MacGyver – Diamond + Quake + Carbon + Comms + Tower

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MacGyver - Diamond + Quake + Carbon + Comms + Tower television review

The identity crisis that has plagued MacGyver’s Fifth Season continues here as Codex appears again as a major threat and then is completely dismantled (again) off-camera. In-between we get MacGyver (Lucas Till), Desi, and Riley (Tristin Mays) in Mexico City searching for a Codex headquarters where they become unsuspecting pawns of Murdoc (David Dastmalchian) and Andrews (Joe Pantoliano) who create a man-made earthquake in an attempted power play to grab control of the disorganized Codex. The earthquake sequences provide some pretty good special effects for the show providing one of the better aspects of the episode as does the reveal of Andrews’ real plan of attempting to earn a role as Codex’s new leader by eliminating MacGyver and his friends (even if the events following it are anti-climactic).

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Suicide Squad #1

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Suicide Squad #1 comic reviewFor the second time in a calendar year, DC relaunches Suicide Squad with a new team. Notable here is the inclusion of the Peacemaker, the character who John Cena will play in the upcoming 2021 film The Suicide Squad (although the rest of that team bares little resemblance to what we see here). Amanda Waller is back in command, in full-figured form, as is Rick Flag (although he’s far from pleased with the new direction the Suicide Squad is headed, starting with the recruitment of a new member inside Arkham Asylum).

The rest of the team is made up of Bolt, Film Freak, and Shrike – all of whom die in Arkham while attempting to kidnap and recruit Talon to the Squad.

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The Blacklist – The Cyranoid

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The Blacklist - The Cyranoid television review

It’s been a couple of years since I sat down and watched and episode of The Blacklist. Honestly, I was a bit surprised it was still on. Built on deceptions, secrets, swerves, the battle of wills, and half-truths, the show long ago outlived the original plotline and has attempt to continue to morph in able to keep things going while struggling to still keep its storyline at least marginally plausible. “The Cyranoid” is good example at how ridiculous things have gotten. Mara Davi guest-stars as a stand-in for Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone who doesn’t appear on camera), an agent with a camera and microphone following Keen’s instructions which include proposing a partnership with Neville Townsend (Reg Rogers) and committing murder in the black site of the FBI. While primarily focused on the search for Keen, the episode also features an ongoing storyline about Raymond Reddington‘s (James Spader) fear the FBI is closing in on an asset who still has an important role to play in his larger byzantine schemes.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Faith

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Faith comic reviewI’ll admit, I fell off a bit with my reading of rebooted Buffy and Angel comics with the whole Hellmouth crossover. I’ve picked up a bit here and there, and that’s what made me notice this new 40-page one-shot centered around Faith. The issue offers a glimpse of Faith prior to her introduction in Sunnydale but after she became noticed by the Watchers Council as a potential Slayer (Or became a Slayer? It’s confusing).

The mix of a rebooted universe where you are not sure how much history has carried over, the hit-and-miss schedule I’ve taken recently with the various comics, and not knowing exactly where the comic fits in to the overall timeline all added to my overall confusion here. The story is relatively simple, the Watchers are fucking with Faith, testing her in a movie theater against vampires, wiping her mind, and starting over.

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