Sleepy Hollow – Pilot

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Sleepy Hollow - Pilot

Loosely, very loosely, based on Washington Irving‘s short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, FOX’s new series casts Tom Mison as Ichabod Crane (re-imagined as a Revolutionary War soldier rather than a superstitious schoolmaster) who in the opening scene beheads a dark figure who also manages to strike down Crane on the battlefield, becoming (as the Pilot tells us) forever linked by blood. More than two centuries later, Crane and the Headless Horseman both awake in modern times where their battle will begin again in Sleepy Hollow.

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Astro City #4

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Astro City #4It seems like a foregone conclusion in comics that someone born, or later gifted/cursed, with super-powers will one day take their place as either a super-hero or super-villain. According to the latest issue of Astro City, that’s not necessarily the case.

Focusing on Martha Sullivan, a telekinetic who uses her powers not for personal gain or glory or to save the world, Astro City #4 gives us a look at an individual who uses her powers to get by but has no interest in using them as part of a grander design. Ben Parker may have called this selfish, but Martha and others known as Sideliners simply want to live their life in peace and relative anonymity.

Of course when villains such as the ridiculous Majordomo show up to forcibly recruit those like Martha who have no interest in their conquest, the Sidelineres do know how to defend themselves. Once again writer Kurt Busiek and artist Brent Anderson find another niche in super-hero comics to explore with entertaining results. Worth a look.

[Vertigo, $2.99]

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Bones – The Secrets in the Proposal

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“You’re miserable, and that is love.”

Bones - The Secrets in the Proposal

As their friends begin to worry about the strained state of the pair’s relationship, Booth (David Boreanaz) and Bones (Emily Deschanel) begin investigating the remains of a murdered State Department accountant found in a hotel’s industrial-size 6-ton air conditioning unit which Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) has transported back to the Jeffersonian to clean out the remains by unorthodox means. Unable to talk to Bones or any of his friends about Pelant (Andrew Leeds) forcing Booth to call off his engagement to Bones, Booth turns to an old Army priest turned bartender (Mather Zickel) for guidance.

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Scandal – The Complete Second Season

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  • Title: Scandal – Season Two
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Scandal - The Complete Second SeasonOlivia Pope (Kerry Washington) and her white hats return for a Second Season which brings a new romantic interest for the Washington fixer in the form of  the duplicitous Jake Ballard (Scott Foley), and President Grant (Tony Goldwyn) discovers the truth about his election as James (Dan Bucatinsky) and David Rosen (Joshua Malina) continue to search for answers about Defiance.

Highlights from the season include saving Quinn (Katie Lowes) from murder charges, searching for the murderer of a promiscuous gossip blogger, getting played by an old enemy (Tom Amandes), the attempted assassination of the President, helping David Rosen when he is framed for murder, dealing with Mellie (Bellamy Young) threatening to expose Fitz’s affair, a sex scandal and the President’s choice for a Supreme Court Justice, looking into the kidnapping of Hollis Doyle‘s (Gregg Henry) daughter (Andrea Bowen), and  Quinn, Abby (Darby Stanchfield), and Harrison (Columbus Short) search for the leak inside the White House.

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