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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland – Bad Blood

  • Title: Once Upon a Time in Wonderland – Bad Blood
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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland - Bad Blood

As Alice (Sophie Lowe) and the Knave (Michael Socha) work on a plan to get into the floating tower, unaware that Cyrus (Peter Gadiot) has already escaped his prison, Jafar (Naveen Andrews) puts his latest plan into action by taking the form of Alice’s father (Shaun Smyth). Despite his clever ruse Alice sees through the deception, but that doesn’t stop the wizard from putting her father’s life in danger and forcing Alice’s hand to use her second wish to save his life and return him home.

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The Discovery Dissipation

  • Title: The Big Bang Theory – The Discovery Dissipation
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The Discovery Dissipation

Picking up a thread from a previous episode, Sheldon (Jim Parsons) continues to struggle with the notoriety of his famous scientific discovery (which only came about through a mistake). In an attempt to make her boyfriend feel better, Amy (Mayim Bialik) even reaches out to Wil Wheaton who attempts to use his own past as an example to make Sheldon feel better about his circumstances. Finally coming to terms with his celebrity, Sheldon is upset when Leonard (Johnny Galecki) disproves his roommate’s entire theory (and takes away his accidental, but still greatest, achievement).

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Arrow – The Scientist

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Arrow - The Scientist

As Moira (Susanna Thompson) returns to Queen Consolidated over Isabel Rochev‘s (Summer Glau) concerns, Oliver (Stephen Amell) investigates a break-in by one of Brother Blood‘s (Kevin Alejandro) enhanced soldiers (Graham Shiels) and Arrow gets one of its most prestigious guest-stars yet when a criminal scientist from Central City named Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) arrives in town to investigate the odd case. As Barry and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) work (and make goo-goo eyes) together, Oliver has Diggle (David Ramsey) look into the jumpy young scientist who hasn’t been completely honest with his personal reasons for coming to Starling City.

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The Blacklist – Anslo Garrick, Part 2

  • Title: The Blacklist – Anslo Garrick, Part 2
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The Blacklist - Anslo Garrick, Part 2

After using Agent Keen (Megan Boone) to force Reddington (James Spader) out of his cell, Anslo Garrick (Ritchie Coster) makes off with both his prize and Lizzie (who manages to escape but looses Red after Garrick’s men remove his tracking chip. With the entire program being shut down and the FBI washing their hands of Reddington on Fowler’s (Jane Alexander) orders, Lizzie enlists the help of Aram () to find Reddington before its too late which leads her to make a shocking discovery as she meets, and kills, the man (Graeme Malcolm) who has bugged her home and watched her for the past several weeks.

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Almost Human – The Bends

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Almost Human - The Bends

Like several other pretenders in recent years Almost Human steals various ideas from sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov and his mix of mystery, cop story, robots, and futuristic setting with mixed results. It’s certainly nowhere near as well-thought-out or engaging as Asimov’s work, but the new FOX series involving a hard-boiled detective forced to work with a robot partner against his will (who he starts to take a shine to – sound familiar?) makes good use of its stars (even if the psuedo-futuristic episodic storylines haven’t been all that interesting so far).

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