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Bones – The Blood from the Stones

Alan Rapp / March 27, 2013 / Television Reviews

Title: Bones – The Blood from the Stones
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Working around a documentary crew focusing on Bones (Emily Deschanel) and the team’s work for the Jeffersonian, the team investigates the murder of an undercover cop whose body decomposed in two different micro-climates after being shot twice in the chest (where the team also finds a bag of diamonds the victim swallowed before his death). Unbeknownst to Bones, the Jeffersonian asks Edison (Eugene Byrd) to take part in the documentary, whose sole purpose is to raise money for the institute, in order to “temper Dr. Brennan’s unusual abrasive manner.”

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Castle – The Wild Rover

Alan Rapp / March 26, 2013 / Television Reviews

Title: Castle – The Wild Rover
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Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle’s (Nathan Fillion) latest investigation of the murder of a man shot and left in an industrial cake mixer leads them to the shot caller of the Irish mob. While bringing in a bar owner named Siobhan (Cara Buono) with ties to the family for questioning the team accidentally blows Ryan’s (Seamus Dever) eight year-old undercover identity when the woman kisses him, and then slaps him, in front of his wife (Juliana Dever) and coworkers. A visit from Special Agent Sam Walker (Benito Martinez) gives them a motive for the killing when he reveals the victim was his confidential informant who was helping the FBI get their hand’s on the mob’s bible (a list of payoffs and transactions which could take down the whole crew).

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House of Lies – Exit Strategy

Alan Rapp / March 26, 2013 / Television Reviews

Title: House of Lies – Exit Strategy
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While trying not to let his brother (Larenz Tate) getting Roscoe (Donis Leonard Jr.) involved in his latest cause get on his nerves, Marty (Don Cheadle) continues to work behind the scenes to procure the funding and clients he needs to get his new agency off the ground. Meanwhile Jeannie (Kristen Bell) is blindsided by Julianne Hotschragar’s (Bess Armstrong) offer to promote her and put her in charge of her own Pod.

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The Mentalist – Behind the Red Curtain

Alan Rapp / March 25, 2013 / Television Reviews

Title: The Mentalist – Behind the Red Curtain
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“Excuse me, your coat is playing the Fifth Symphony.”

The CBI investigates the mysterious death of the leading actress in a local theater who was pushed to her death on opening night. Lisbon (Robin Tunney) talks with the victim’s Foster parent (Maggie Egan) who points the CBI in the direction of the girl’s violent ex-boyfriend (Derek Ray) who she believes may have assaulted her a week before the murder. The returning Van Pelt (Amanda Righetti) puts the man at the gala on the night the victim was killed, but the boyfriend paints a far different story when he informs them he attended the party only to protect his girl from one of other cast members she believed was out to get her.

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Doctor Who – Dalek

Alan Rapp / March 24, 2013 / Television Reviews

Title: Doctor Who – Dalek
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“You would make a good Dalek.”

In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who we continue to look back at some old episodes of the series. When Doctor Who returned in 2005 it was in the wake of the last Time War between the Time Lords and the Daleks. The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) arrived on Earth believing he was the sole survivor but when a mysterious signal reaches out pulling the TARDIS off course and 52 levels down into a Utah millionaire’s bunker, he discovers the last thing he expected: a captured Dalek alone in the universe.

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