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Castle – The Squab and The Quail

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“I can’t believe the department is forcing her to hang out with some womanizing rich guy against her will.”

Castle - The Squab and The Quail

The murder of a venture capitalist by an exotic supercharged poison gets Beckett (Stana Katic) assigned to protect the real target,  charming billionaire inventor Eric Vaughn (Ioan Gruffudd) whose mutual attraction to Beckett doesn’t go unnoticed by a jealous Castle (Nathan Fillion).Incentivized to solve the case as soon as possible, the mystery writer jumps headfirst into the investigation with Ryan (Seamus Dever) and Esposito (Jon Huertas), but they hit a snag when the busboy who poured the poison on the entree turns up murdered as well.

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The Mentalist – Red Velvet Cupcakes

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The Mentalist - Red Velvet Cupcakes

The murder of a housewife who spent her free time teaching ex-cons to cook sends Jane (Simon Baker) and Lisbon (Robin Tunney) to a radio love doctor (John O’Hurley) who was acting as the marriage counselor for the victim and her husband (Chris Marrs). Meanwhile Rigsby (Owain Yeoman) and Van Pelt (Amanda Righetti) try to track down one of the victim’s recently paroled students (Samantha Esteban) who slashed her tires after the teacher reported the young woman for dealing drugs.

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Doctor Who – Hide

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“Don’t trust him. There’s a sliver of ice in his heart.”

 

Doctor Who - Hide

The Doctor (Matt Smith) and Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) arrive at Caliburn House where a former spy turned ghost hunter (Dougray Scott) and an emphatic psychic (Jessica Raine) are hunting the legendary Witch of the Well who has haunted the area even longer than the 400 years Caliburn House has stood. Intrigued, The Doctor and Clara begin their own search of the house which gives them their first glimpse of the apparition who The Doctor doesn’t believe is a ghost at all.

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XIII – Tempest

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XIII - Tempest

Searching for answers to the latest conspiracy surrounding him, XIII (Stuart Townsend) travels to Ariella Island to seek out a scientist with a connection to the Tesla letters. Dr. Westlund (Kenneth Welsh) and his daughter Gale (Cristina Rosato) are kept on the isolated island under a perpetual storm and armed guards to protect the scientist while he works on a top secret Tesla weapon project for HARPE. However, that’s by far the only secret on the island as in his wanderings XIII discovers the grave of the scientist’s real daughter (Jennifer Dzialoszynski).

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Nikita – Broken Home

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“In Geneva you demanded I tell you what made me. Be careful what you wish for.”

Nikita - Broken Home

Things have looked better for Nikita (Maggie Q) and Michael (Shane West). Alex‘s (Lyndsy Fonseca) little rebellion has gotten out of her control as her co-conspirators have taken Division by force and are threatening to kill anyone who stands against them. Michael and Sean (Dillon Casey) are both locked up, unable to warn anyone that Owen (Devon Sawa) has turned and is in possession of the Black Box. As Rachel (Jessica Camacho) busies herself with emptying Division’s bank accounts and providing each agent a shiny new life, Alex’s other minions force Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford) to shutdown Shadownet for good making it nearly impossible for Division to find the scattered assassins after they leave the nest, which means killing Birkhoff as well.

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