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The Newsroom – Unintended Consequences

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The Newsroom - Unintended Consequences

Smugness is a common problem for the cast in “Unintended Consequences” which begins with Will (Jeff Daniels) shredding Neal‘s (Dev Patel) friend Shelley Wexler (Aya Cash) live on the air over the more ridiculous aspects of Occupy Wall Street (as writer/creator Aaron Sorkin continues to make no bones about how inane he believes the entire protest to be). The trouble for the rest of the staff is the fact that Shelley has what may be the only source left for Jerry (Hamish Linklater) to continue the Operation Genoa story (stretching the story’s bounds of coincidence and lucky breaks to even more absurd levels) but is far less willing to share that information after being made a fool of in front of 1.5 million viewers unless Will agrees to an on-air apology. Yeah sister, that ain’t happening.

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Uncanny X-Men #9

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Uncanny X-Men #9As a covert operative the Dazzler kinda sucks. Hand-picked by Maria Hill to learn more about Cyclops and his team, Dazzler knocks Fabio‘s family unconscious (but not before they recognize her), kidnaps the young man, leads the X-Men straight to S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s secret detention facility, and then uses her close personal relationship with her fellow mutants to insult Scott Summers and make a new enemy. Oh, and then she gets poisoned and replaced by Mystique. That’s not a great first day.

Aside from the intrinsic humor of S.H.I.E.L.D. recruiting a former disco star, Dazzler is largely wasted here. Since her relationships with her fellow mutants are not really capitalized on any number of characters could have performed her role. I’m also a bit disappointed that we get the suggestion of Hijack did to the Helicarrier (the only real action of the entire comic) but it takes place all off-panel.

Those complaints aside, Brian Michael Bendis provides another solid issue. I’m happy to seen Gold Balls sticking around and I’ll be curious to see just what role Mystique has to play in the larger picture (and whose side she’s really on). Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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Beware the Batman – Safe

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Beware the Batman - Safe

Enter the ninja. When a Wanye Tech scientist who has invented a revolutionary energy redistribution artificial intelligence is targeted by the League of Assassins, Bruce Wayne (Anthony Ruivivar)  puts the man up in the fortress that is Wayne Manor. With the Manor’s defenses, a private security detail, Tatsu (Sumalee Montano), and Alfred (JB Blanc) all on hand to keep the scientist safe, Batman heads out to try and find and stop the illusive ninja.

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Continuum – Seconds

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Continuum - Seconds

Although there’s good news for the police department with return of Dillon (Brian Markinson) and Mr. Escher (Hugh Dillon) offering to privately fund the mission to take down Liber8, Kiera‘s (Rachel Nichols) sense of duty and morality is put into question following Julian Randol‘s (Richard Harmon) release from prison, especially once she realizes Julian will grow into her future’s most notorious killer: Theseus.

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Burn Notice – Nature of the Beast

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Burn Notice - Nature of the Beast

Sam (Bruce Campbell) begins to grow concerned about his friend when Michael (Jeffrey Donovan) gets his first assignment from James (John Pyper-Ferguson), to take down a bloody drug smuggler and the head of the Dominican Narcotics Police (Peter Mensah) who Burke (Adrian Pasdar) was targeting before his death. The man has just signed a sweetheart of an extradition deal with MI6 to retire in relative luxury, something James wants Michael and Sam to ruin and deliver the drug dealer to him personally. Unable to coerce the man to choose a new lucrative career over MI6’s offer, Michael and Sam set about undermining the British team’s protection detail and forcing their mark to consider other options. And when that doesn’t work there’s always kidnapping.

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