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Beware the Batman – Control

Alan Rapp / September 23, 2013 / Television Reviews

Title: Beware the Batman – Control
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“Control” returns Dr. Jason Burr (Matthew Lillard), his crush on Tatsu (Sumalee Montano), and his work on the Cortex when the League of Assassins send Cypher to steal the invention for themselves. The choice of Cypher continues the series attempt to pull from lesser known Bat-villains, although the character is certainly given an upgrade to make this version far more intimidating than the original.

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Covert Affairs – Levitate Me

Alan Rapp / September 18, 2013 / Television Reviews

Title: Covert Affairs – Levitate Me
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News of Teo’s (Manolo Cardona) death, and that the terrorist people believe is responsible for the attack in Denmark is Arthur‘s (Peter Gallagher) son, leaves Arthur under military arrest, Joan (Kari Matchett) relieved of her duties and hospitalized with stress-caused pregnancy complications, and Annie hunted and alone in the cold in Germany. That doesn’t stop our heroine from setting out to take down Henry Wilcox (Gregory Itzin) and get some justice for her fallen friend. Thankfully Annie still has some friends in the CIA including Auggie (Christopher Gorham) who, despite still being under review, ropes Barber (Dylan Taylor) and another tech into getting Annie the intel she needs to find out what Henry was doing in Frankfurt in the hours leading up the attack.

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Sleepy Hollow – Pilot

Alan Rapp / September 17, 2013 / Television Reviews

Title: Sleepy Hollow – Pilot
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Loosely, very loosely, based on Washington Irving‘s short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, FOX’s new series casts Tom Mison as Ichabod Crane (re-imagined as a Revolutionary War soldier rather than a superstitious schoolmaster) who in the opening scene beheads a dark figure who also manages to strike down Crane on the battlefield, becoming (as the Pilot tells us) forever linked by blood. More than two centuries later, Crane and the Headless Horseman both awake in modern times where their battle will begin again in Sleepy Hollow.

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Bones – The Secrets in the Proposal

Alan Rapp / September 17, 2013 / Television Reviews

Title: Bones – The Secrets in the Proposal
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“You’re miserable, and that is love.”

As their friends begin to worry about the strained state of the pair’s relationship, Booth (David Boreanaz) and Bones (Emily Deschanel) begin investigating the remains of a murdered State Department accountant found in a hotel’s industrial-size 6-ton air conditioning unit which Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) has transported back to the Jeffersonian to clean out the remains by unorthodox means. Unable to talk to Bones or any of his friends about Pelant (Andrew Leeds) forcing Booth to call off his engagement to Bones, Booth turns to an old Army priest turned bartender (Mather Zickel) for guidance.

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The Newsroom – Election Night, Part II

Alan Rapp / September 16, 2013 / Television Reviews

Title: The Newsroom – Election Night, Part II
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Election night, and The Newsroom‘s Second Season, comes to a close with a proposal, a kiss, a confession, and everyone keeping their jobs. “Election Night, Part II” wraps up most of the season’s ongoing stories by a pair of couples finally admitting their feelings for one another as Sloan (Olivia Munn) discovers Don (Thomas Sadoski) is the one who anonymously paid $1,000 to charity for her book no one wanted and Will (Jeff Daniels) surprises everyone, including himself, by proposing to MacKenzie (Emily Mortimer) with the ring he couldn’t bring himself to return.

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