Jake and the Fatman – Laura

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Jake and the Fatman - Laura

Flashback Friday takes us to 80s Las Angeles, a large and in charge district attorney, and his special investigator with a taste of the finer things in life. After starting out with an unrelated win for McCabe (William Conrad)  in court, and the introduction of Jake’s (Joe Penny) old partner (Alan Campbell) and fiancée (Brynn Thayer) at a party he throws in their honor, we witness Laura kill him in an alley attempting to pin the crime on a local gang kid stealing some electronics equipment. 

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Thelma

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Thelma

June Squibb is delightful in writer/director Josh Margolin‘s tale of senior citizen struggling to retain her independence after the death of her husband. Taken advantage of by a phone scam, and hearing the whispers of her children debating her health, Thelma decides to take matters into her own hands and recover her stolen money. Fred Hechinger plays Thelma’s loving but distracted grandson Daniel who is closer to his grandmother than either of his easily and often hysterical parents (Parker Posey and Clark Gregg) and whose own fears about his inadequacy will play into the story as well.

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Wonder Woman #10

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Wonder Woman #10

Wonder Woman #10 concludes the storyline of the Sovereign attempting to break down Wonder Woman  without wrapping up the entire arc. Having been unable to beat Diana with hired guns, the United States Army, or weeks of torture, the Sovereign looks to let Wonder Woman’s greatest enemy do their job for them as they drop Wonder Woman off on an island in the middle of nowhere where the only other inhabitant is Cheetah. The result is another great story of Wonder Woman kicking some butt while also showing some heart with the frenemy who knows her as well as anyone else on the planet.

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Jurassic World: Chaos Theory – Aftershock / Rest Stop

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Jurassic World: Chaos Theory - Aftershock / Rest Stop

Set after the events of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, in a world when dinosaurs roam freely, we catch up with Darius (Paul-Mikél Williams) living alone and hunting the Allosaurus that killed his friend Brooklynn (who appears in flashbacks) which gets away again in the opening scene. The struggle with adapting to life in the “normal” world is the first theme of the show. The reintroduction of Ben (Sean Giambrone), fully consumed by conspiracy theories, introduces the second theme about someone targeting the Nublar Six including sending raptors after Ben and Darius.

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