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Hit-Monkey – The Estate

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  • Title: Hit-Monkey – The Estate
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Hit-Monkey - The Estate

While sadly not furthering the Akiko (Olivia Munn) storyline, “The Estate” involves the Collective dealing with the last living member of the Aldermen and retrieving the final artifact which has an effect on animals temporarily pushing Monkey against his new killer friends. After a purposefully off-putting setup, there’s plenty of action with the most notable piece of the episode being Haruka‘s (Ally Maki) observation about one of the members of the Collective leading to some troubling conclusions which will lead to friend vs. friend in the next episode.

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Adventures of Superman – The Monkey Mystery

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  • Title: Adventures of Superman – The Monkey Mystery
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Adventures of Superman - The Monkey Mystery

Superman Saturday takes us back to the 1950s and a strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. “The Monkey Mystery” is an odd episode about the daughter of an Eastern European scientist (Allene Roberts) making her way to the United States to deliver her father’s secret formula to stop atomic power to the President of the United States. Pivotal to the plot is an organ grinder’s monkey, dressed in a small Superman costume, who is used to deliver messages between the baddies in Metropolis but who accidentally puts a pivotal piece of information into the hands of Lois Lane (Phyllis Coates) who then spends most of the episode unconscious and off-screen after being attacked.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

After languishing in development hell for three decades, a sequel to 1988’s Beetlejuice finally makes it to theaters (sadly without any references to the previous failed sequel plans such as Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian). Bringing back some of the original cast (with notable exceptions of Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) while mixing in a few new faces such as Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci, and Justin Theroux, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice captures the same zany energy of the first film if not quite the same magic. Lacking the boldness of Beetlejuice, the sequel feels very much the compromise of a movie just happy to have finally gotten made.

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The Umbrella Academy – The Cleanse

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  • Title: The Umbrella Academy – The Cleanse
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The Umbrella Academy - The Cleanse

“The Cleanse” is most notable for revealing how the Ben died during the flashback of the opening scene showing the last mission he went on as a member of the Umbrella Academy. Hargreeves (Colm Feore) explains the action of his other self and also why this version was working so hard to keep the team away from the adult Jennifer (Victoria Sawal) whose proximity to a member of the team, or anyone exposed to the marigold which gives them their powers could lead to the end of the world (foreshadowing the end of the series).

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Wizards of Waverly Place – You Can’t Always Get What You Carpet

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  • Title: Wizards of Waverly Place – You Can’t Always Get What You Carpet
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Wizards of Waverly Place - You Can't Always Get What You Carpet

While redoing her room, Alex (Selena Gomez) stumbles upon a magic carpet which she guilts her father into teacher (David DeLuise) her to ride. However, the situation raises tensions between the two with her father struggling about letting his little girl grow up. Along with the carpet, the episode is also notable for Justin (David Henrie) helping her sister, both in learning how to fly the carpet and attempting to help her lower the tensions with their father. Given less time is Justin’s attempt to redecorate his own room to be more manly and grown-up which only ends up frightening him.

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