The Blacklist – Vanessa Cruz

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The Blacklist - Vanessa Cruz

As Reddington (James Spader) attempts to stop events with the secret cabal from spiraling completely out of control he alerts the FBI to the latest name on The Blacklist. Vanessa Cruz (Ana de la Reguera) is a ghost with means, motive, and opportunity to frame several one-percenters with crimes destroying their lives just as they destroyed the life of her husband. Talking with one of her former victims (Stephen Schnetzer), one that she left alive serving years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, leads Lizzie and Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff) to her latest targets one of whom she become so emotionally attached she’s unable to complete the job. Cruz may escape FBI custody but from the offer she recieves near the end of the episode suggests we’ll be seeing her again very soon.

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Arrow – Public Enemy

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Arrow - Public Enemy

Oliver Queen‘s (Stephen Amell) world crumbles as the murder of Starling City’s mayor and wounding of Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh) by arrows leads Captain Lance (Paul Blackthorne) to declare Green Arrow the city’s most wanted fugitive and rally the entire police force for the vigilante’s capture, dead or alive. Realizing Maseo (Karl Yune) is leading Ra’s al Ghul‘s (Matt Nable) army of Arrow killers, Oliver enlists the help of Nyssa (Katrina Law) to track down his old friend believing he can put a stop to the killing. He’s wrong, and when Oliver refuses to accept Ra’s offer again the Demon’s Head lets Lance in on the truth of just who he’s hunting making Oliver Queen, not just the Arrow, the focus of a citywide manhunt.

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Coming Soon – Spectre

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  • Title: Spectre
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The first trailer for Spectre links the upcoming Bond film to Skyfall sending James Bond (Daniel Craig) to follow a single thread from his past to unravel the mystery of a secret organization (which apparently won’t be led this time around by a faceless man with a love of white cats). Monica Bellucci, Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista, Ralph Fiennes, Christoph Waltz, and Naomie Harris also star. Spectre opens on November 6th.

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Morning Glories #44

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Morning Glories #44The latest issue of Morning Glories returns to the unique relationship of Vanessa and her mother Ellen who, as far as we know, are the only mother-daughter combination allowed within the walls of Morning Glory Academy. Why this is the case remains a mystery, but what the issue is clear about is the faculty’s insistence on breaking, or at least weakening, the ties between mother and daughter despite going to all the trouble to allow their reunion.

Although the issue alludes to the equally odd, but less emotional, relationship between Oliver and Ian, the comic is primarily concerned with mother and daughter and the efforts Ellen took to protect Vanessa from ending up a the Academy before Ms. Clarkson‘s intervention.

Like pretty much every other student in the school Vanessa is a puzzle piece that doesn’t quite yet fit. Why is she important enough to (at least partially) mollify Ellen? And why was it necessary for Casey, under the guise of Clarkson, to make sure both mother and daughter made it safely to the school? Worth a look.

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