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Arrow – Home Invasion

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 “You’re thinking too much.”
“Nobody ever accused me of that before.”

Arrow - Home Invasion

Deadshot (Michael Rowe) returns to Starling City, walking into a trap set for the assassin by Diggle‘s (David Ramsey) old friend Lyla (Audrey Marie Anderson) who is less than pleased to learn Diggle wasn’t completely honest for his reasons in wanting to see the hired killer taken down. Green Arrow (Stephen Amell) also steps in to help a young boy, a client of Laurel (Katie Cassidy), whose family was murdered by a hitman (J. August Richards) working for Starling City’s most crooked financier Edward Rasmus (Al Sapienza).

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Bones – The Pathos in the Pathogens

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Bones - The Pathos in the Pathogens

The murder of a journalist  becomes personal for the Jeffersonian team when Arastoo (Pej Vahdat) is accidentally infected with the mutated RNA virus that killed her while examining the remains. Sweets (John Francis Daley) talks with the victim’s fiance (Kenneth Mitchell), a travel blogger who was out of town and isn’t helpful in piecing together the victim’s whereabouts over the past three days to discover where she might have come in contact with the virus. Angela (Michaela Conlin) tackles the victim’s encrypted laptop to discover he latest story involved talking to a scientist (Laura Kai Chen) at a biohazard facility and an expose about the dangers of scientists mutating pandemic diseases such as SARS and Yellow Fever.

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Castle – The Squab and The Quail

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“I can’t believe the department is forcing her to hang out with some womanizing rich guy against her will.”

Castle - The Squab and The Quail

The murder of a venture capitalist by an exotic supercharged poison gets Beckett (Stana Katic) assigned to protect the real target,  charming billionaire inventor Eric Vaughn (Ioan Gruffudd) whose mutual attraction to Beckett doesn’t go unnoticed by a jealous Castle (Nathan Fillion).Incentivized to solve the case as soon as possible, the mystery writer jumps headfirst into the investigation with Ryan (Seamus Dever) and Esposito (Jon Huertas), but they hit a snag when the busboy who poured the poison on the entree turns up murdered as well.

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Nova #3

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Nova #3Surviving his first flight as Nova, Sam Alexander returns from the moon after getting a warning of impending danger from The Watcher to get chewed out by his mother for staying out to late and find Rocket Racoon and Gamora waiting for him. Needing Sam’s help, and keeping their promise to his father, Rocket and Gamora begin to train the new Nova and prepare him for what is to come (namely the fleet of Chitauri warships on their way to destroy the Earth).

I have to say I’m really enjoying this series as writer Jeph Loeb provides Sam with the right mix of joy and terror at the gift and heavy responsibility which has been laid at his feet. I still have mixed reaction to artist’s Ed McGuinness version of Rocket Raccoon, but the spirit of the character is intact.

The choice to bring the Chitauri into the proper Marvel Universe (they were originally a Marvel Ultimate creation) doesn’t bother me, although it is another sign of Marvel Studios directly influencing both the style and storylines of Marvel Comics. Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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Doctor Who – Hide

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“Don’t trust him. There’s a sliver of ice in his heart.”

 

Doctor Who - Hide

The Doctor (Matt Smith) and Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) arrive at Caliburn House where a former spy turned ghost hunter (Dougray Scott) and an emphatic psychic (Jessica Raine) are hunting the legendary Witch of the Well who has haunted the area even longer than the 400 years Caliburn House has stood. Intrigued, The Doctor and Clara begin their own search of the house which gives them their first glimpse of the apparition who The Doctor doesn’t believe is a ghost at all.

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