The Orville – Command Performance

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The Orville - Command Performance television review

Half-assed. I’ve been searching for the right words to describe Seth MacFarlane‘s Star Trek rip-off and “half-assed” is about as succinct as I can get. There’s a reason sitcoms aren’t an hour long. Even at 20 minutes the lazy comedy can begin to stretch thin. At a full hour The Orville‘s latest episodes has more groans than laughs. If the whole enterprise was crap it would be easy enough to ignore, but what’s maddening is that there is some good acting and some interesting ideas that just keep getting mired in basic sitcom hell. The premise of “Command Performance” finds Alara Kitan (Halston Sage) in charge of the ship after Ed Mercer (MacFarlane) are Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) kidnapped and Bortus (Peter Macon) is unavailable while sitting on his egg during the misadventures which will follow.

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Jessica Jones #12

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Jessica Jones #12 comic reviewJessica Jones #12 wraps up the Maria Hill arc with answers for Jessica about why Hill put out a hit on herself, hired Jessica to dig into her past, refused to answer questions about the reason for why she hired Jessica, and then shot her for doing her job. After a couple of final battle blows, including seeing her office explode, Jessica is able to track down her client and get paid (along with an overdue apology).

The issue answers most of the questions the arc has raised but not in an altogether satisfactory manner. Hill’s need to find a classified file but hide it from others makes sense from her character’s point of view but her behavior, even after being explained, is baffling. No longer frenemies, the arc’s end at least allows the two women to sit down together and talk honestly for the first time.

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Supergirl – The Complete Second Season

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Supergirl - The Complete Second Season Blu-ray reviewIn a year where both The Flash and Arrow found themselves recycling different versions of the same story (evil speedsters and archers), Supergirl took a definite step forward as the best of DC’s television line-up. Sure, the exit of Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart) as a regular after the first couple of episodes left a huge hole to fill and there were some clunkers early on, but this season saw Kara (Melissa Benoist) grow considerably over the course of the year take on Cadmus, get a boyfriend (Chris Wood) and deal with his evil mother (Teri Hatcher), and make an unlikely friend in Lena Luther (Katie McGrath).

Highlights from this year include the two-part season finale, the show taking a hard stand against anti-immigration policy, the first appearance of Mr. Mxyzptlk (Peter Gadiot), exploring what’s next for Superman’s best friend, Kara flexing her reporting muscles and standing by her friends, the return of Livewire (Brit Morgan), the introduction of Superman (Tyler Hoechlin), and a super-team-up against Metallo.

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