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Legacies – Was This the Monster You Saw?

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  • Title: Legacies – Was This the Monster You Saw?
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“Was This the Monster You Saw?” offers the return of both Hope (Danielle Rose Russell) and Alaric (Matthew Davis) to the Salvatore School as well as the arrival of a creepy clown for the monster of the week. Hope’s return isn’t a happy occasion and she attempts to force her old friends into becoming her new army against the Gods. While she doesn’t get exactly what she wanted, a shaky truce is created while we also see the beginning of Hope’s humanity returning. The other storyline continues to follow Lizzie (Jenny Boyd) and Aurora de Martel (Rebecca Breeds) who discover they have more than a little in common while doing their own God hunting, although we’ll have to wait at least a week to understand just what they’ve found.

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Kung Fu – Clementine

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  • Title: Kung Fu – Clementine
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While the villains are mostly absent in “Clementine,” their one move of the episode will be felt by one character in particular as Evan‘s (Gavin Stenhouse) attempts to hide Nicky‘s (Olivia Liang) involvement in a break-in at the Tans leave him facing serious consequences at work. We also get the first fight between Nicky and Henry (Eddie Liu) and the introduction of Henry’s estranged father (Terry Chen) who, unknown to Henry, has been wrapped up the secret world for some time.

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Supergirl: The Complete Series

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  • Title: Supergirl (The Complete Series)
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At its highwater mark it was the best of the Arrowverse. At its weakest moments it was marginally watchable (although, even at its worst, was still better than Batwoman). All six seasons of The CW’s Supergirl are collected here on 24 discs. While the quality over the full run make be inconsistent, there’s quite a bit here for fans of the characters starting with Melissa Benoist as Kara.

The eventually bloated supporting roster didn’t do any favors to the show or to Benoist, but is worth noting for introducing Nicole Maines as a transgender hero on a network show, even if that show struggled to find interesting things to do with her, and making some smart decisions where the casting of the Luthors (Katie McGrath and later Jon Cryer) was concerned.

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The Flash – The Fire Next Time

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  • Title: The Flash – The Fire Next Time
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On his father’s birthday, Barry (Grant Gustin) comes across a murder caused by a fire metahuman. An overwhelming amount of evidence, including motive and opportunity, points to recently-released two-time loser Jaco Birch (Max Adler). However, Barry isn’t sure the police have the right man and continues to investigate the crime while being haunted by memories of his own family torn apart by a father incarcerated for a murder he didn’t commit. While Barry is able to eventually prove the man’s innocence, and prevent him from doing something that would send him back to Iron Heights, Team Flash isn’t able to find the meta behind the attacks.

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Silk Stalkings – Domestic Agenda

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  • Title: Silk Stalkings – Domestic Agenda
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Throwback Thursday takes us back to the unsolved crimes of passion in the wealthy playground of Palm Beach, Florida. While Chris (Rob Estes) mulls over the possibility of moving in with his girlfriend (Kristen Cloke), he and Rita (Mitzi Kapture) investigate the murder of a nanny (Alina Arenal) where all evidence points to one of Rita’s oldest friends (Claire Yarlett) who suspected the nanny was sleeping with her husband (Franc Luz). Never trusting the husband, who initially seems to have an alibi for the crime, Chris and Rita search for evidence to not only prove the affair but also motive for the crime.

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