Television Reviews

Futurama – Forty Percent Leadbelly

  • Title: Futurama – Forty Percent Leadbelly
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Futurama - Forty Percent Leadbelly

After meeting a famous folk singer while on a delivery to a maximum security prison, Bender (John Di Maggio) decides to get a duplicate guitar of the man’s famous guitar made and start his own career as a folk singer. Unable to write an authentic folk song, Bender takes Zoidberg‘s (Billy West) advice and live the railroad life (and steal others’ true experiences for his new “original” songs).

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Franklin & Bash – Captain Johnny

  • Title: Franklin & Bash – Captain Johnny
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Franklin & Bash - Captain Johnny

Rachel (Heather Locklear) makes a bet with Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared (Breckin Meyer) over which of their cases will garner the firm more notoriety. As Rachel defends a self-proclaimed psychic (Fernanda Andrade) who pepper sprayed her boss (Roy Abramsohn) after having a vision he was going to assault her, Franklin and Bash perform a motion sickness demonstration, subpoena a parrot, and invoke Pirate Law while defending a “grossly negligent” commercial fisherman (Matt Battaglia) being sued for $25,000 from the team that rescued him against his will from a storm he did’t believe was dangerous (and cost him his fishing boat only after being forcibly removed from the sea).

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Superman – Stolen Memories

  • Title: Superman: The Animated Series – Stolen Memories
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Superman - Stolen Memories

With a new Superman in now in theaters every now and then I’ll continue to take a look back at the hero’s more memorable moments on both the big and small screen. After being introduced in the show’s Pilot, Brainiac (Corey Burton) finally makes it to Earth in “Feeding Time” when the knowledge-seeking artificial lifeform makes contact with Lex Luthor (Clancy Brown) and agrees to trade technology and innovation in exchange for the full knowledge of Earth. Brainiac also makes Superman (Tim Daly) an offer to share his knowledge of Krypton with the Man of Steel in exchange for Superman leaving Earth with Braniac and venturing out into the larger universe.

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Perception – Alienation

  • Title: Perception – Alienation
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Perception - Alienation

While hiding both the fact that he’s stopped taking his medication and the return of his hallucinations of Natalie (Kelly Rowan) from his real, but still secret, girlfriend (also Rowan), Daniel (Eric McCormack) is approached by Kate (Rachael Leigh Cook) whose latest case involves a woman (Hedy Burress) who believes her husband (Geoffrey Blake) was abducted by aliens and replaced with a duplicate. Daniel diagnoses the woman is likely suffering from Capgras syndrome, caused by a recent aneurysm, which has made the woman believe both her husband and best friend (Maggie Wheeler) are aliens from outer space.

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Pretty Little Liars – Face Time

  • Title: Pretty Little Liars – Face Time
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Pretty Little Liars - Face Time

Col. Fields (Eric Steinberg) returns home to a Family Services investigation into Emily (Shay Mitchell) and her mother (Nia Peeples). He also has troubling dealing with daughter who is distraught over the trouble she has caused as well as the news that surgery may be necessary to repair her shoulder and there’s no guarantee that doing so won’t end her days of competitive swimming (and any hopes of a college scholarship). A uses the rising tension in the house, and Emily running away that night to spend some time with Paige (Lindsey Shaw) to continue to make it look like there is something seriously wrong in the Fields’ household. Of all attacks A has orchestrated none have have been more vicious as whispers about domestic violence in Rosewood are not likely to be quieted anytime soon.

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