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Perry Mason – The Case of the Nervous Accomplice

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Perry Mason - The Case of the Nervous Accomplice television review

Throwback Tuesday takes us back to the courtroom of Perry Mason. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is in good form in “The Case of the Nervous Accomplice” as he’s able smartly outthink the prosecution in a murder case long enough to prove his client (Margaret Hayes), who he was helping attempt to salvage her marriage, is innocent of murder. First, with the help of the defendant’s best friend, Mason is able to cloud the testimony of the taxi driver who picked up the woman from the crime scene. Next, he’s able to prove his theory of how the victim was killed providing doubt about the murder weapon. And finally, with more pizazz than the judge (Morris Ankrum) deems necessary, he’s able to stage a recreation in the courtroom to force a confession of the nervous accomplice (Greta Thyssen) to the murder who helped dispose of evidence after the fact.

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Miss Sherlock – Stella Maris

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Miss Sherlock - Stella Maris television review

A severed ear and finger, from separate victims, sent through the mail to a politician (Yuki Saitô) piques Sherlock’s (Yûko Takeuchi) interest in an unusual case. Each body part is traced back to a member of the police force, but each is adorned with an item that does not belong to either victim. Instead they belong to a hit-and-run victim of the politician years before, and it’s the victim’s father who has come after those responsible for covering up his crime. The unusual case is interesting to see unfold, although the episode is more memorable for Sherlock discovering that Dr. Wato (Shihori Kanjiya) can be useful on a case and the final scene in which she uncovers the existence of Akira Moriwaki who is the head of the secret organization known as Stella Maris.

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Prodigal Son – It’s All in the Execution

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Prodigal Son - It's All in the Execution television review

Prodigal Son returns for its Second Season with Malcolm (Tom Payne) even “more brightish than usual.” Still feeling the effects of helping his sister get away with murder, it’s not until the final scene where the Surgeon (Michael Sheen), now reinstated back to the asylum, correctly diagnoses the true cause of his son’s guilt. With Gil (Lou Diamond Phillips) still recovering from his wounds, JT (Frank Harts) has done a solid job running the unit which catches a new case in a justice killer dispatching the guilty by obscure means (one by guillotine and walling another inside a literal dungeon while still alive).

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All In: The Fight for Democracy

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All In: The Fight for Democracy movie reviewAll In: The Fight for Democracy tackles voter suppression in a documentary that examines both the racial roots of a practice to disenfranchise voters over the color of their skin and specifically Stacey Abrams‘ defeat in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election which led to her becoming a national voice on the subject. Tied both to Abrams’ own account, who produced the film and appears multiple times on camera, while also tackling the larger historical look and voter suppression, at times the documentary from Lisa Cortes and Liz Garbus feels a bit fragmented.

Like Slay the Dragon, All In: The Fight for Democracy examines gerrymandering, but here the subject is tackled along with several other aspects of voter suppression including poll taxes, literacy tests, and modern examples such as Voter ID laws. The former feels a bit more targeted with time to go into further depth. However, the film is still quite informative and works as intended – as a rallying cry to fight for your right to vote and be aware of those who would try to take it away for their own selfish ends.

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MacGyver – Jack + Kinematics + Safe Cracker + MgKNO3 + GTO

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  • Title: MacGyver (2016) – Jack + Kinematics + Safe Cracker + MgKNO3 + GTO
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MacGyver - Jack + Kinematics + Safe Cracker + MgKNO3 + GTO television review

“Jack + Kinematics + Safe Cracker + MgKNO3 + GTO” picks up the long-dormant thread of the missing member of the team: Jack Dalton (George Eads). Eads, who left the show in the middle of the show’s Third Season, doesn’t appear in the episode other than in previously-shot footage to open the show in which Jack leaves the team to join a task force to hunt down terrorist Tiberius Kovac. The episode opens with Jack’s body returned to the United States and the team’s wake for their fallen friend. Nearly two-years since Dalton’s exit, this episode has been coming for awhile. The only real surprise is how quickly things are wrapped-up in a single-episode storyline (rather than kick-off a longer arc).

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