Bob’s Burgers – Heist Things Are Heist

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In an episode that doesn’t include a single scene taking place within the restaurant (other than a montage flashback of ranting), the family heads across the bay to a small island for an award ceremony after the restaurant wins for “best dive.” Uncharacteristically cheery, at least initially, Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) crashes back to Earth after realizing he doesn’t get to keep the award, which is just a prop for the publicity photos, and is asked to shell out $200 for his own. Inspired by a sighting of Vincent (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), the kids decide to steal the trophy for Bob.

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11 Rebels

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  • Title: 11 Rebels
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Set during the Japanese Revolution, 11 Rebels offers a fictionalized account of the Shibata clan’s betrayal. Attempting to mollify both sides, the clan prepares for envoys of the current government, it sends a smattering of soldiers in a group made up mostly of pardoned convicts to defend an outpost outside the city, delaying forces from the other side of the war until the current envoys have left (allowing the clan to appear as if they are backing both sides).

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The Acquisitive Chuckle

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  • Title: The Acquisitive Chuckle
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Mystery Monday takes us back to the Milano restaurant located in Midtown Manhattan where a group of six friends would gather once a month for an exclusive dinner of themselves, their server Henry Jackson, and a (decidedly male) guest of their choice to be grilled over the course of the evening and would invariably would bring up a problem or puzzle to be solved (almost always by Henry rather than the more distinguished members of the club).

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The Woman in Cabin 10

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  • Title: The Woman in Cabin 10
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Adapted from the novel of the same name, and with more than a passing resemblance to Alfred Hitchcock‘s The Lady Vanishes, Keira Knightly stars as investigative journalist Laura Blacklock who, after a rough assignment, takes a posh assignment covering a group of the uber-rich on a private yacht. Things go wrong when Laura witnesses what she believes is a murder onboard, only for no one found to be missing and none of the crew nor the other guests willing to believe her story.

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