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The Blacklist – The Stewmaker

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“I don’t think you’re going to have a very good day in court at all.”

The Blacklist - The Stewmaker

Just hours before Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) is scheduled to testify in court against a murderous drug dealer (Clifton Collins Jr.) with more than 100 victims to his name, none of whose bodies have ever been recovered, Reddington (James Spader) reaches out with a prophetic warning that her day may not go quite as planned. After the prosecution’s star witness is taken from the court house in the middle of the trial and is disappeared in a very specific fashion Reddington’s interest is raised as he realizes “The Stewmaker” (Tom Noonan), a chemical expert with a talent for destroying all traces of his victims (except the trophies he keeps for himself), is responsible.

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Sleepy Hollow – John Doe

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Sleepy Hollow - John Doe

The arrival of an odd young boy (Matthew Lintz) with unusual symptoms (including an unknown illness and the ability to only speak Middle English) brings the CDC to Sleepy Hollow to stop the spread of any possible infection. After speaking briefly to young Thomas, Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) believes he may have lived in the lost colony of Roanoke. Taking Abbie (Nicole Beharie) into the woods in search of the boy’s origins where they find an entire colony of Middle English folk all infected with the same disease which is already spreading through Sleepy Hollow.

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Castle – Number One Fan

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Castle - Number One Fan

Captain Gates (Penny Johnson) calls in Castle (Nathan Fillion) with an unusual situation. A woman (Alicia Lagano) fleeing from the murder scene of her boyfriend has barricaded herself in a dentist’s office with five hostages and the only one she will speak to is the mystery writer. After meeting her face-to-face, Castle discovers the gun-wielding crazy lady has only a single demand – that Richard Castle solve the murder of her boyfriend and prove her innocence. With her fiance occupied talking with his number one fan, the still unemployed Beckett (Stana Katic) convinces Gates to let her work the case.

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The Mentalist – Wedding in Red

  • Title: The Mentalist – Wedding in Red
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The Mentalist - Wedding in Red

Hoping to spend a little time further studying one of his remaining six Red John suspects, Jane (Simon Baker) drags Lisbon (Robin Tunney) to Napa to investigate the murder of a wedding party and keep a close eye on Sheriff Thomas McAllister (Xander Berkeley). None of the wedding party, other than the bride’s mother (Christine Dunford), seems particularly sad that the estranged uncle met his end in the lake behind the winery’s chapel. In order to get the two families to honestly open up about what they may know, Jane decides to publicly air the problems the groom’s sister (Lexi Lawson) has with the bride (Erica Piccininni) and the fact that the bride’s mother made out with the groom’s father (Miguel Nájera) the night of the murder.

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Once Upon a Time – Quite a Common Fairy

  • Title: Once Upon a Time – Quite a Common Fairy
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Once Upon a Time - Quite a Common Fairy

Needing help to find Peter Pan‘s (Robbie Kay) secret camp and rescue Henry (Jared Gilmore), and discovering Emma’s (Jennifer Morrison) map is doing nothing but leading the group in circles, Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) suggests going to Tinker Bell (Rose McIver) for help. However, Regina‘s (Lana Parrilla) past with the fairy, which we view in a series of flashbacks involving Tinker Bell being defrocked by the Blue Fairy (Keegan Connor Tracy) for her attempt to save the wicked queen, makes that a complicated proposition.

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