Reacher – Persuader

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  • Title: Reacher – Persuader
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Adapting a different novel for each season, every season of Reacher has been a bit different. That continues in the kick-off of the show’s Third Season where Reacher‘s (Alan Ritchson) good Samaritan schtick gets him in hot water. Saving a young man (Johnny Berchtold) from a kidnapping attempt, things go downhill quickly with our hero having few options and delivering the kid to his wealthy father (Anthony Michael Hall). The rest of the episode involves flashbacks to the days leading up to Reacher’s save, where we learn not everything we’ve seen is exactly as it seems, and Reacher agreeing to work for the wealthy rug importer (but that’s not the only thing he’s importing).

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Magik #2

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The second issue of the new Magik series sends Illyana Rasputina and Callen Isaacs into the Tokyo underground to protect another of the seals preventing the rise of the demon Liminal from being open. Magik will get a face-to-face with the demon at the end of the issue, but before that comes to pass we’ll get the mutant fighting off the possessed Ren and demon apparitions out of her electric guitar from breaching another seal.

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Invincible – A Deal with the Devil

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  • Title: Invincible – A Deal with the Devil
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The tensions between Mark (Steven Yeun) and Cecil (Walton Goggins) at the end of the previous episode only increase in “A Deal with the Devil” as Mark’s attempt to walk away GDA reveal the links Cecil has gone to in order to try to control him (including implanting a device inside Mark’s skull to case him pain if activated). This leads to lots, and lots, and lots of cyborg casualties. Unfortunately for Cecil, the implant doesn’t stop Mark from fleeing the Pentagon and bringing their private war to the Guardians doorstep where the truth of Cecil’s recent actions causes a fissure within the group with half, like Mark, deciding to walk away.

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