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The Big Leap – We Were Just Babies / I Should Have Gone to Motown

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  • Title: The Big Leap – We Were Just Babies / I Should Have Gone to Motown
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In “We Were Just Babies” the truth about Sam’s (Crew Kingston Miskel) father is revealed when the show returns to Gabby (Simone Recasner) and Justin’s (Raymond Cham Jr.) high school bringing Gabby’s oldest secret to light by revealing her favorite teacher took advantage of her and then promptly dumped Gabby when she became pregnant with his child. The long-running thread has a far better payoff than I expected, and also gives us a look at the crew discussing what’s best to do with this information, both for Gabby and for the show, ultimately giving Gabby a strong moment to stand-up for herself.

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Wonder Woman: Black & Gold #5

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Wonder Woman: Black & Gold #5 offers black and white tales, with a flourish of gold, featuring Wonder Woman. My favorite of the tales, “Feet of Clay,” is told from the point of view of the Amazons’ greatest general, Antiope, who is reluctantly brought out of retirement to train Hippolyta‘s precocious young daughter molded from clay and given life by the gods (keeping with Wonder Woman’s original origin). The story highlights the pair’s unique relationship, and the similarities the two warrior women share.

In “Hellzapoppin'” Diana visits Hephaestus only to discover the forge of the gods in disarray leading to battle through Hell in a search for her missing friend.  Ships of Themyscira are attacked by a sea ghost in “Beyond the Horizon” and a confrontation with a spirit in torment deep in the ocean’s depths.

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River’s End

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  • Title: River’s End: California’s Latest Water War
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Using California, specifically Southern California’s heavy irrigation and consumption of water pumped in from Northern California and elsewhere, director Jacob Morrison examines a growing water crisis involving far too many players fighting over far too scarce a resource.

At the heart of the film is the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta which provides water to much of the state including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and one of the largest (and most profitable) corporate industrial agricultural businesses in the world. The Delta also provides water to its existing area, including farms and an increasingly fragile ecosystem feeling the effects of decades of too much water being taken out of the Delta. The documentary offers examples of the ecological disaster of Lake Erie and the destruction of the Owens Valley as potential futures for the Delta unless changes are made.

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The Amazing Spider-Man #77

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Peter Parker is in the hospital fighting for his life. The Beyond Corporation has bought the rights to Spider-Man. And Ben Reilly is back as Spider-Man. Things certainly have changed. Personally, I’d much prefer to see Reilly as the Scarlet Spider which was far more successful that his last stint stepping in for Peter. But it looks like that’s not in the cards. Ben Reilly is now Spider-Man (and with an entire conglomerate working on gadgets and doodads for him).

After seeing Ben in action for the past couple of issues, The Amazing Spider-Man #77 takes a step back and examines the life of a corporate super-hero trying to live up to both internal and external expectations. If Ben is likely to have struggles, they may be more from Beyond than what he faces on the streets. It’s more building block than standalone issue, although it does offer Spidey versus Morbius for a late fight cliffhanger.

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Silk Stalkings – Witness

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  • Title: Silk Stalkings – Witness
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The murder of the week involving the death of an actor shot in the middle of a cuckold threesome takes backseat to Rita’s (Mitzi Kapture) interest in the 15 year-old homeless girl (J.C. Brandy) who witnessed the body dump. While there is a murder to solve, Rita’s attention is focused on keeping the girl safe from the killer and attempting to get her the help she needs (even after she steals from the soft-hearted detective). Morgan Brittany guest-stars as the woman whose bed the victim dies in while Barry Laws plays her jealous murdering husband. The episode also introduces Kristen Cloke as former model turned clothing designer Annie Overstreet who will stoke Chris’ passions for a handful of episodes before exiting, stage left.

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