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Poirot – Peril at End House

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Murder Mystery Monday takes us back to the early 20th Century and another case for the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot to solve while on his travels. While vacationing with Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser) in the Cornish resort town of St. Loo, Poirot (David Suchet) makes the acquaintance of Nick Buckley (Polly Walker). After hearing her recount a series of close calls, Poirot becomes convinced someone is attempting to kill her. Setting out to prevent a murder, however, Poirot’s actions only lead to a different murder taking place.

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The Legend of Vox Machina – Taryon, My Wayward Son

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Doty, take this down. This is the episode where Taryon Darrington (Wayne Brady) proves his worth leading Vox Machima home. While  Percy (Taliesin Jaffe) and Grog (Travis Willingham) keep his father at bay in a game of chance by pulling from a Deck of Many Things (leading to one of the funniest one-off closing lines of the series), Taryon takes the group to the mines mistakenly believing his father is innocent of all the chicanery afoot. Confronting his parental issues, Taryon proves instrumental in the travelers’ victory earning him an official spot on the team. Other fun moments include Pike‘s (Ashley Johnson) fake pregnancy and a callback to the previous season with an appearance by the skull of Umbrasyl.

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Poirot – The Third Floor Flat

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Murder Mystery Monday takes us back to early 20th Century London and another case for the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Murder hits close to home for Poirot (David Suchet) when his new downstairs neighbor Mrs Ernestine Grant (Josie Lawrence) is found murdered. Returning from the theatre with Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser), for a play which the downstairs neighbors of Grant also attended, Poirot is alerted to the crime by the two men (Nicholas Pritchard and Robert Hines) attempting to get back to their locked apartment using the dumbwaiter system, and, on accidentally arriving on the wrong floor, discovering the body.

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Obsession

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  • Title: Obsession
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Okay, that’s pretty fucked up. Having never heard of “The Monkey’s Paw,” Bear (Michael Johnston) uses an odd novelty item found in the type of antique stores that sell magical items normally only found in movies like this, Needful Things, or Gremlins, to wish that his longtime crush loved him. Almost immediately, Bear sees a change in Nikki (Inde Navarrette) who becomes both more emotionally open but also psychologically unhinged. 

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MacGyver – The Heist

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MacGyver Monday takes us back to another adventure featuring science-adventurer Angus MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) who heads down to the Virgin Islands to steal back $60 million in diamonds earmarked for African relief funds. Working with the daughter (Doran Clark) of the senator (John Carter) who sent him on the mission, Mac first locates the diamonds and then stages the heist while his partner-in-crime works to create mass chaos in our villain’s casino to, ultimately unsuccessfully, hide the theft.

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