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Obi-Wan Kenobi – Part II

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  • Title: Obi-Wan Kenobi – Part II
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In a twist from the Jedi looking after one twin to instead go save the other, “Part II” begins Obi-Wan‘s (Ewan McGregor) mission to save young Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) from her kidnappers. The second episode of the series hits some highs and lows before settling on the big reveal where Obi-Wan discovers his former apprentice is still alive. Before that we’ll get some random alien market backdrop, Kumail Nanjiani having some fun as a fake Jedi (yes, he’s fun, but can we agree he would been killed in three-seconds or less by any competent Inquisitor?), and several supposedly smart characters continuing to make bonehead decisions against their own self-interest. Oh, and we get the dumbest smart kid ever introduced to the Star Wars universe who continues to make her rescue far more difficult than it needs to be. I know they are working from a basic formula at this point, but not every Star Wars property needs a cute kid.

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Scooby-Doo! – Don’t Fool with a Phantom

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  • Title: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! – Don’t Fool with a Phantom
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Throwback Thursday takes us back to Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! for another mystery involving some meddling kids and their talking dog. “Don’t Fool with a Phantom” was the final episode of the Second Season of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and the last new episode of the show for 8 years until the characters returned in the Fall of 1978. Opening with the gang performing in a dance contest on The Johnny Sands Dance Game Show, where they appear to be the only contestants, the dancing is interrupted by the sudden appearance of a Wax Phantom who superstitious states could the creation of Mr. Grisby (Don Messick), a wax sculptor with a grudge against the station although the true culprit is merely attempting to put suspicion elsewhere while carrying out his plan.

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The Hardy Boys – Conflicting Reports

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  • Title: The Hardy Boys – Conflicting Reports
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The Second Season of The Hardy Boys continues with Frank (Rohan Campbell) and Joe (Alexander Elliot) continuing to look for answers about the disappearance, and sudden reappearance of one of their classmates. The more they investigate, the more the brothers discover deception pointing to some larger and more sinister going on in the sleepy town. Joe also tries to make sense of his visions and dreams, letting Joe know where the power of the artifact has found a new home. As for the other kids, they are mainly used to keep the grown-ups busy, although “Conflicting Reports” does continue Callie‘s (Keana Lyn) troubles leading her to look for help in the only place left to her.

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Star Trek: Discovery – Kobayashi Maru

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  • Title: Star Trek: Discovery – Kobayashi Maru
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Our first look at Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) in the captain’s chair offers a pair of risky adventures for the U.S.S. Discovery as well as introducing a new looming threat for the season arc. In the shorter opening segment, diplomacy gets a bit tricky for Michael and Book (David Ajala) with the butterfly people of Alshain IV which Michael solves with a risky proposition that ultimately pans out. Later she’ll need to make similar calls when Discovery is sent on a rescue mission from a Federation Space Station spinning out of control after its encounter with some kind of spatial anomaly. Along for the longer mission is the new Federation President (Chelah Horsdal) who tags along to evaluate the ship’s captain.

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NCIS: Hawai’i – Ohana

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  • Title: NCIS: Hawai’i – Ohana
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The second-half of the NCIS: Hawai’i season finale features the team searching for the person responsible for the dead spies on both sides of the prisoner exchange leading to increasing tensions between the United States and Russia. The episode ends with a bit of a twist, but since there’s nothing known about the character beforehand it’s a bit of a toothless move that simply used for the sake of having a twist. Along the way another member of the team will be put in momentary danger when he triggers the assassin’s bomb, but once again things are quickly solved as the show moves toward stopping the larger target. That said, the finale does deliver (finally) a reconciliation between Lucy (Yasmine Al-Bustami) and Whistler (Tori Anderson) hopefully leading to plenty more of the couple together next season.

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