Jarod‘s (Michael T. Weiss) fascination with probability and number theory, and his interest in the case of a Vegas showgirl in a coma after an unsolved violent attack, takes him to Las Vegas where he takes over as the new head of security for a Las Vegas casino after proving to the manger (Gregg Henry) just how much the man in the current position was stealing every night.
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Raven (Tara Strong) gets increasing frustrated with the rest of the team first for being so mesmerized by Mumbo Jumbo‘s (Tom Kenny) magic tricks that they don’t even realize the villain is robbing their favorite diner and later when Robin (Scott Menville) begins doing similar tricks back at Titans Tower.
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Finding Derek Yates (Joseph Millson) dead in a public restroom, Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) and Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub) race to try and catch the young woman who was posing as the hacker’s girlfriend who they discover is in fact Simone Al-Harazi (Emily Berrington), the daughter of terrorist Margot Al-Harazi (Michelle Fairley). Despite tracking her to the London’s subway system (in this week’s best action sequence), the young woman proves quite capable and inventive in loosing her pursuit and deliver Yates’ device into the hands of her mother and brother Ian (Liam Garrigan).
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The Seventh Season finale begins with big news as Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Penny (Kaley Cuoco) announce their engagement to their friends. Although happy for the couple, the group is much more surprised and joyous for Raj (Kunal Nayyar) who announces he has finally slept with Emily (Laura Spencer).
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Inspired by the 1779 painting of mixed-raced aristocrat Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) beside her white cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray (Sarah Gadon) with whom she was raised by her uncle William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson), Belle is an interesting look at a woman who grew up in lavish luxury but still searched long and hard for her true place both within her family and the wider world to whom she was seen as (at best) an outcast.
With no diary to draw directly from and only scattered reports of what the woman’s life would have been like under her uncle’s roof (such as not being allowed to dine with guests), screenwriter Misan Sagay certainly takes liberties with the story. At its best Belle is a strong character drama although it also devolves at several points into a time-period-specific romance novel. The rougher moments of Sagay’s tale are saved by the terrific performance of Gugu Mbatha-Raw who infuses the character with passion, strength, and a dogged determinedness which serves her well (but also gets her into spots of trouble).
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