The End of the Tour

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The End of the TourBased on the memoir Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself in which David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) recounts his experiences meeting and interviewing David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) at the end of the author’s book tour for Infinite Jest, The End of the Tour is character-driven piece centered around the conversations between the two authors twelve years before Wallace’s suicide. Smart, insecure, and low-key (all which could also be used to describe Segel’s character), director James Ponsoldt‘s take on the memoir allows us to see both men at their best and worst (often brought out by their own fears and each other) over a condensed period of time.

Playing on themes of imperfection, ego, self-doubt, envy, and an undeniable need to connect and befriend someone else in your same specialized niche, Ponsoldt and his two stars deliver an engaging movie about nothing more than two writers talking about what they do and how they think.

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Galavant – World’s Best Kiss

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Galavant - World's Best Kiss

The second episode of the show’s Second Season gets back in the groove as Galavant (Harry Collett) and Richard‘s (Timothy Omundson) journey continues, Gareth (Vinnie Jones) struggles with both Madalena (Mallory Jansen) and his role in the kingdom – offering Sid (Luke Youngblood) a temporary position (before being thrown into the moat), and Isabella‘s (Karen David) continued attempts to free herself from Prince Harry‘s court. Although the premiere had its moments, “World’s Best Kiss” does a better job of recapturing the magic of he show’s First Season.

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Scorpion – White Out

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Scorpion - White Out

When the lives of of a special forces team in Darfur is put in jeopardy after the military temporarily loses connection with the satellite used to control drone strikes Scorpion heads to Antarctica to perform a quick fix. As is the nature of the show, the simple satellite upload almost immediately becomes far more complicated due to a blizzard which limits connectivity to the satellite and, while the team attempts to rectify the situation, comes close to claiming the lives of two Scorpion‘s team after Happy (Jadyn Wong) is separated from the group and Toby (Eddie Kaye Thomas) risks his own life to find her.

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Longmire – Highway Robbery

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  • Title: Longmire – The Calling Back
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Longmire - Highway Robbery

Bringing back two of the former deputy candidates, “Highway Robbery” sends Walt (Robert Taylor) on an investigation into a highway robbery and murder that left one dead and one unreliable witness (David Dean Bottrell) to the crime. The episode deals with one of the primary themes of the show in examining forgiveness versus vengeance as Walt discovers the crippled survivor of the attack was put in that condition by his dead “friend.” Despite marveling at the man’s ability to befriend the person responsible for his condition, Walt’s own experience with revenge makes the sheriff unable to completely buy the lone witness’ account of events.

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