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Good Omens – The Arrival

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  • Title: Good Omens – The Arrival
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Time has past since the end of the First Season of Good Omens and while Crowley (David Tennant) and Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) have both remained on Earth, they have decided to go their separate ways. However, the arrival of an amnesiac Gabriel (Jon Hamm) who disappears from Heaven and shows up wandering naked through the city and into the angel’s book shop will reunite the unlikely pair once more. With the First Season relying on the source material for its storyline, this new season feels very much like the writers feeling their way with yet-unnamed new trouble related to Gabriel’s amnesia, his reason for showing up on Earth, and what he may have been carrying in the empty box.

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Almost Paradise – Breaking Badminton

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  • Title: Almost Paradise – Breaking Badminton
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After uncovering an underground badminton club and drug smuggling enterprise, Alex (Christian Kane) and Ernesto (Art Acuñ)  go in undercover as an unlikely team in the second episode of Almost Paradise‘s Second Season. Alex’s interest in the case comes from a local friend who was killed after discovering the drug smuggling and chose to try and blackmail his way out of his heavy debts. The episode is most memorable for Alex and Ernesto’s time on the courts, including Alex’s kill shot that embeds a shuttlecock into an opposing player’s leg, and Kai (Samantha Richelle) calling a late audible that ends up saving their lives and taking down the drug ring.

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The Rocketeer: Den of Thieves #1

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After their ups and downs in Europe in The Rocketeer: The Great Race, Cliff and Betty have returned home. For Betty her career is on the rise with a role in a major motion picture. Cliff returns to piloting but misses his days as the Rocketeer which, given the state of the jet pack at the end of the last mini-series, appear to be finished for the time being. Some good advice from Peevy leads Cliff to embrace the new life that has opened before them. However, things are about to change.

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The Lazarus Project – Episode 4

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  • Title: The Lazarus Project – Episode 4
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While Shiv (Rudi Dharmalingam) begins to suspect what his coworker is up to, and trails him halfway around the world, George (Paapa Essiedu) goes all in on his plan to cause a world ending event which would force the Lazarus Project to reset time and bring Sarah (Charly Clive) back to life. We get cat-and-mouse play throughout the episode leading into a full on chase with George crossing another line both in killing Shiv. This is followed up quickly by his cold and calculated decision to lead another member of the Project to his death in order to hide all traces of his movements prior to a time reset (where he’ll have an entirely new set of problems to deal with).

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The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #10

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Mystery, Inc. is on hand for the launch of Silver St. Cloud, a ship with proprietary technology from WayneTech allowing it to scan the ocean floor “with incredible precision.” Bruce Wayne has spared no expense in making the cruise fun for the guests with mystery-themed rooms in each of the ship’s cabins. However, when pirates show up to steal the ship there’s a new mystery for the gang to solve and enough danger for Bruce Wayne to retreat to his cabin and become Batman.

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