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NCIS: Origins – Who by Fire

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  • Title: NCIS: Origins – Who by Fire
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After the season premiere brought the team back together, “Who by Fire” offers a common theme about members of the team taking chances perhaps the shouldn’t. The second episode takes a longer look at the aftereffects of Lala‘s (Mariel Molino) car accident on both her and others while providing a case for a dead surfer on the Naval beach. Along with unexpectedly bringing back Flaco Navarro (Scotty Tovar) who has a dangerous deal for Lala, the episode is also built around Gibbs‘ (Austin Stowell) towards Franks (Kyle Schmid) for not allowing him to conduct an interrogation and eventually deciding to take matters into his own hands.

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Murder in a Small Town – One Last Song

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  • Title: Murder in a Small Town – One Last Song
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The death of a popstar (MacKenzie Porter) staying at one of Phyllis’ (Fiona Vroom) rental properties provides the murder of the week for Karl (Rossif Sutherland) to solve while Cassandra (Kristin Kreuk) attempts to comfort her stressed out best-friend who appears to be on the path to a nervous breakdown. Given both have their hands full, we don’t see much of the couple together other than a quick check-in here and there as he heads out to the crime scene and she to a town council meeting.

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Watson – A Son in the Oven

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  • Title: Watson – A Son in the Oven
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Picking up a few months after the events of the Season One finale, Watson returns with another case of the week while also teasing the possible return of Dr. Ingrid Derian (Eve Harlow) to the team as Watson (Morris Chestnut) hasn’t found a suitable replacement. However, it’s the final scene of the episode that provides the most intriguing change to the show with the apparent return of Sherlock Holmes (Robert Carlyle) potentially disrupting the life Watson has finally been able to carve out for himself after the loss of his friend. As to what Holmes’ return means, in both the short and long term, we’ll just have to wait and see.

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The Phantom #1

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Originally created nearly 90 years ago, the Phantom gets a new lease on live in this new series from Mad Cave Studios. All the pieces of the classic character are included here as we see Kit Walker protecting the jungle and verbally sparring with Diana Palmer in-between action. The first issue also takes to the time to show how the Phantom is part of the local community, not only as their protector but a loyal friend.

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John Candy: I Like Me

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  • Title: John Candy: I Like Me
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Colin Hanks‘ documentary examines the life of John Candy through friends and family while featuring a number of clips from TV and movie performances, interviews (both archival and new), and home videos of Candy with his family. The film works as a celebration of Candy’s life and work, rather than a more critical delve into the man, while also examining into demons he struggled with before dying of a heart attack at the age of 43.

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