Longmire – The Complete Second Season

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Longmire - The Complete Second SeasonLongmire‘s Second Season presents new crimes of the week to solve in Absaroka County while continuing ongoing storylines of the election of town sheriff and Detective Fales’ (Charles S. Dutton) investigation into the murder of the man responsible for the death of the wife of Sheriff Longmire (Robert Taylor). Highlights of the season include the season opener as the sheriff tracks an escaped serial killer through the snowy wilderness, Longmire looking into a couple who want each other dead, Vic (Katee Sackhoff) being stalked by a man from her past (Lee Tergesen), murder tied to an illegal rodeo, the armed hijacking of a cattle trailer, Branch (Bailey Chase) searching for the truth behind the attack on Cady (Cassidy Freeman), a murder by alcohol poisoning, and the season finale as Henry (Lou Diamond Phillips) is arrested for murder.

The three-disc set includes all 13 episodes, introduction from the show’s executive producers for two extended episodes, and a behind-the-scenes featurette.

[Warner Home Video, $39.98]

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Star Wars #17

Star Wars #17After teasing us over the past couple of issues with the looming betrayal of Arrochar and its monarchy, it finally arrives just hours before Leia‘s wedding which was meant to seal the alliance between the Rebels and the planet’s leaders against the Empire.

Although there is an attack in the palace just before the wedding, and an armada of Star Destroyers appears in orbit led by none other than Darth Vader himself, the majority of Star Wars #17 focuses on Luke and how quickly what started out as him tagging along with a group of soldiers to change a fuel cell on a mountain outpost soon turns deadly as the group’s true agenda of leaving Luke dead in the mountains becomes evident.

The return of Obi-Wan‘s guidance helps save Luke’s life and prepare him for the deception to come, but I wonder home much of Ben’s ghostly wisdom the comic should and/or will use going forward as Luke’s own instincts should have likely warned him of the danger (even with his only limited understanding of the Force). Worth a look.

[Dark Horse, $2.99]

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All-New X-Men #27

All-New X-Men #27Picking up where the last issue left off, All-New X-Men #27 focuses on the attack of Cyclops‘ secret base by the Future Brotherhood of Mutants led by Xavier (the son of Charles Xavier and Mystique from an alternate future).

Offering flashbacks to Xavier’s birth, the first appearance of his powers, and seeking out his half-brother Raze, All-New X-Men #27 fills in some of the blanks for those of us not sure exactly who these characters are. That said, their motives are still a bit hard to understand (or why the older version of Jean Grey is continually masked when everyone knows who she is).

Smartly, the group attacks the team’s psychics taking down the Cuckoos and then turns its attention to Cyclops, Emma Frost, and Jean Grey (who Xavier psychically reaches out to at the end of the issue). Even with a full issue of action, there’s not much here in terms of advancing the story as the Brotherhood is only marginally more in control of their attack on the base than it is at the beginning. Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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