Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #8

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Set during the rise of the First Order, Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #8 has Snoke send the bickering pair of Kylo Ren and General Hux to Karaxis to get the planet under control. Challenged by Snoke for a show of strength, both men attempt to bend the locals to their will causing more chaos than loyalty (such as Hux’s plan to unleash Bramalish beasts on the city that then his Stormtroopers can’t corral).

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Futurama – Parasites Regained

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  • Title: Futurama – Parasites Regained
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After Nibbler (Frank Welker) falls ill to the parasites living in his sandbox, slowly making him stupider, the crew uses Professor Farnsworth‘s (Billy West) shrink ray to go into the sandbox and save Nibbler’s mind. The episode is a callback to Fry‘s (West) infestation of worms which made him smarter back in Season Three, but it’s really just an excuse for Futurama to have fun parodying various aspects of Dune. The episode falls apart when Nibbler’s damaged brain decides he’d rather stay dumb, logic that doesn’t make any sense but does offer the chance of a nice bittersweet moment for Leela (Katey Sagal). This is immediately wiped away with Leela’s last-second discovery of how to save Nibbler’s mind (which will likely be ignored for several more episodes until the plot calls for it to be referenced again).

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Almost Paradise – All In

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  • Title: Almost Paradise – All In
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The opening of her family’s casino brings the return of Ann Villegas (Max Collins) whose distrust of security expert Barton Coyne (Joel Pierce), and threats about a potential robbery, forces her to enlist the help of Alex Walker (Christian Kane) to test out the casino’s security… by robbing it. Putting a small crew together with Kai (Samantha Richelle) and Ernesto (Art Acuñ), Alex and his group successfully pull off a robbery to highlight gaps in the casino’s security only to discover other thieves piggybacked on their plan, with the help of one of the crew posing as a hostess in the casino (Erika Heynatz), and stole millions more.

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