Interior Chinatown – Detective

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  • Title: Interior Chinatown – Detective
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“Detective” offers a big change for the show and a new path for Willis (Jimmy O. Yang) as the department begins looking into his brother’s disappearance in earnest. Willis, teamed with Turner (Sullivan Jones) shows off a knack for the job while Lana (Chloe Bennet) being paired with Green (Lisa Gilroy) provides the missing background of her relationship with Jonathan (Chris Pang) and events surrounding his disappearance. Together, Green and Lana discover the crashed boat which Jonathan had apparently been using to flee the area providing a potential end to the case (although the show is far from over).

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The Shining

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  • Title: The Shining
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While I don’t think the film completely succeeds in explaining all the story elements from Stephen King’s novel, Stanley Kubrick‘s version of The Shining is something to behold. A master visual storyteller, Kubrick brings the empty hotel to life in vivid hues as Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a job as the caretaker for the Overlook Hotel during the winter months along with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and son (Danny Lloyd).

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The Irrational – Straight from the Heart

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  • Title: The Irrational – Straight from the Heart
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“Straight from the Heart” gets into fringe science as Alec (Jesse L. Martin) is approached by an old friend with dreams of a murder that happened to victim who died and provided the heart she is now using. The show doesn’t go as far to confirm events witnessed by the previous heart’s owner got transferred to the new one, although it certainly doesn’t shy away from the possibility with minimal effort spent to an alternate explanation for events. While once again the experiments don’t really tie-into the main case, a disturbing trend and growing concern, the show does open with Alec teaching his students a lesson. The episode is also notable for Marisa (Maahra Hill) meeting the child (Fritzy-Klevans Destine) she gave up for adoption several years ago. 

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Matlock – Crash Helmets On

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  • Title: Matlock – Crash Helmets On
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The cases of the week involve Olympia (Skye P. Marshall) defending a senior living facility after one of the residents dies and the return of Autry Tucker (Hal Williams) who is being forced out of his apartment and comes to Madeline (Kathy Bates) for help. While not arguing either case herself, Maddy does plenty of snooping in the nursing home unexpectedly bonding with Sarah (Leah Lewis) in the process and is given the choice of which of the assistants can argue Autry’s case in court. 

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