Television Reviews

Nikita – Set-Up

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Nikita - Set-Up

Hitting the halfway point of the show’s final six-episode Fourth Season, “Step-Up” focuses on Birkhoff‘s (Aaron Stanford) suspicious behavior and the trouble Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) runs into in India after Amanda‘s (Melinda Clarke) manipulations make it appear as if she is privately funding Nikita’s terrorist network. Although Ryan‘s (Noah Bean) suspicions put everyone on edge it turns out Birkhoff isn’t a mole for Amanda but has hidden the likely target of Ronald Peller (Judd Nelson) who he believes has been swapped out with one of Amanda’s doubles. Fearing exposing the fake will endanger the real Peller, Birkhoff didn’t want to put his father in any more danger.

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Scandal – YOLO

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Scandal - YOLO

Family troubles are the major theme of the latest episode of Scandal. “YOLO” begins with Olivia (Kerry Washington) being reunited with her mother (Khandi Alexander), who her father (Joe Morton) has kept in a secret government prison for more than 20 years after faking her death, while Huck (Guillermo Díaz) begins torturing Quinn (Katie Lowes) for answers after discovering she has been working against Oliva and for B613. There’s also trouble between Cyrus (Jeff Perry) and James (Dan Bucatinsky) after the reporter deduces how his husband used to him to out the Vice-President’s husband () and decides to go ahead with the affair to teach Cyrus a lesson.

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Glee – Previously Unaired Christmas

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Glee - Previously Unaired Christmas

Set during the show’s previous season, this “lost” Christmas episode (obviously filmed this year) centers around various Christmas themes in both New York and Lima. As Rachel (Lea Michele), Kurt (Chris Colfer), and a visiting Santana (Naya Rivera) all struggle with their holiday jobs as Christmas elves, the New Directions focus on winning McKinley High’s room decoration contest and auditioning for role of Mary in the live nativity that Marley (Melissa Benoist), Unique (Alex Newell), Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz), and Kitty (Becca Tobin) all have their eye on.

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Elementary – Tremors

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Elementary - Tremors

When Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) makes a mistake the consequences could be dire for both Holmes and Watson (Lucy Liu) as well as Detective Bell (Jon Michael Hill). “Tremors” begins, after the detectives help the NYPD close a brutal murder a confused schizophrenic (Zachary Booth) had been framed for by the victim’s doctor (Jordan Lage), in a courtroom to examine the events that led to Bell’s shooting and the methods employed by Holmes to determine if the detective will be allowed to stay on as a consultant with the NYPD.

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The Crazy Ones – Models Love Magic

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“This is a remarkably stupid predicament.”

The Crazy Ones - Models Love Magic

As the office is overrun by Victoria’s Secret models for a photo campaign which reverses Zach (James Wolk) and Andrew‘s (Hamish Linklater) luck with women and gets Lauren (Amanda Setton) in trouble when she can’t pass up the chance to try on (and get stuck in) Adriana Lima‘s $10 million fantasy bra, Gordon (Brad Garrett) attempts to get Simon (Robin Williams) to dial it back to help them land a far more traditional client.

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