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The Mysterious Benedict Society – A Bunch of Smart Orphans

Alan Rapp / July 7, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: The Mysterious Benedict Society – A Bunch of Smart Orphans
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The first episode of Disney+’s The Mysterious Benedict Society has a similar vibe to Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Also based on a series of young adult novels, The Mysterious Benedict Society introduces us a world in turmoil and four children who may hold the answers to saving it. The first episode follows orphan Reynie Muldoon (Mystic Inscho) on his journey to earn a scholarship to the prestigious Boatwright Academy. Through some unusual testing, we meet the other students (Mystic Inscho, Seth Carr, and Emmy DeOliveira), and the increasingly quirky adult characters (Tony Hale, Ryan Hurst, Kristen Schaal, and MaameYaa Boafo) who will make up the core cast.

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Kung Fu – Choice

Alan Rapp / July 7, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: Kung Fu (2021) – Choice
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The theme of couples runs through the various storylines in “Choice.” The most interesting of the threads involves Kerwin Tan (Ludi Lin) choosing Zhilan (Yvonne Chapman) over his family when his father’s head of security uncovers what he’s been up to. While his choice leaves him with literal blood on his hands, it does cement the pair’s partnership to work together to acquire the remaining weapons. However, they might not have one piece of important information Nicky (Olivia Liang) uncovers from her aunt’s journals in that the weapons’ true power can only be unlocked at the forge where they were created.

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Legends of Tomorrow – Stressed Western

Alan Rapp / July 6, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: Legends of Tomorrow – Stressed Western
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Sara‘s (Caity Lotz) first mission back is to the Old West where the Legends search for an alien in the peculiar town of Fist City in 1891 where outlaw Levi Stapleton (Nic Bishop) has become sheriff and turned the town into a violence-free zone by controlling a giant space worm. While not getting too angry (an emotion that draws out the worm), the Legends work together to take down the sheriff, remove the alien, and return the town to normal. Sara initially hides her new alien makeup from the rest of the crew, but her ability to survive getting shot through the head turns out to be a pretty big clue something has changed with her captain. Other than her healing abilities, and sudden love of cherries, we don’t see much unusual behavior from Sara… at least not this week.

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We Are Lady Parts – Earth Natives

Alan Rapp / July 1, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: We Are Lady Parts – Potential Future Spouse
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Amina (Anjana Vasan) struggles to keep her two lives separate as the day of Noor’s (Aiysha Hart) engagement party and the band’s audition arrives. Thanks to some unexpected help from Ahsan (Zaqi Ismail), Amina is able to get through the party without explaining to her friends that the two aren’t dating. The audition, however, is another story. Leading up to the scene, “Earth Natives” showcases Amina’s growing tension keeping two halves of her life separate but also how much more comfortable she’s become with playing with the band in private. But when the venue becomes public her new found courage quickly evaporates. At least she didn’t puke. After the disaster of the audition, where does that leave Amina now?

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The Blacklist – Nachalo / Konets

Alan Rapp / June 28, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: The Blacklist – Nachalo / Konets
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It wasn’t that long ago that I checked in on The Blacklist and found Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) obsessed with destroying Raymond Reddington (James Spader). The pair’s love/hate relationship comes to a close in the final two episodes of the show’s Eighth Season which also marks Boone’s exit from the show. While the show never fully commits to delivering Elizabeth Keen the answers about her parents and Red’s true identity in so many words, much can be gleaned from what is suggested in these final two episodes. In “Nachalo,” Red delivers Liz into the heart of the Blacklist and offers more information about her mother. And in “Konets,” the ailing Red decides to sacrifice himself by offering Liz all the answers she seeks if she kills him and assumes control of his organization.

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