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Will Trent – It’s Easier to Handcuff a Human Being

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Will Trent - It's Easier to Handcuff a Human Being

A missing persons case takes Will (Ramón Rodríguez) and Faith (Iantha Richardson) to a town on the coast where a small group disappeared after their party in the woods. They may or may not have been taken by a boo hag locals believe are responsible for a half dozen missing people over the years. Survivors from whatever happened start appearing one at a time with muddied memories of what happened. That is, until one eventually turns up dead.

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X-Men ’97 – To Me, My X-Men / Mutant Liberation Begins

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X-Men '97 - To Me, My X-Men / Mutant Liberation Begins

Resurrecting the 90s X-Men cartoon, X-Men ’97 returns much of its voice cast and core characters to continue its storylines following the death of Charles Xavier. There’s quite a bit to praise in the opening two episodes of the series. As a huge fan of Cyclops (Ray Chase), I’ll start with the much maligned X-Men’s field leader who gets to kick a serious amount of butt stopping a terrorist group known as the Friends of Humanity who are kidnapping mutants and have access to Sentinel technology. A character Fox struggled with in various live-action adaptations is given a great showcase here. Cyclops is also navigating a world without his mentor one the eve of the birth of his son both of which alter his role towards the rest of the X-Men.

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Shōgun – Tomorrow is Tomorrow

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Shōgun - Tomorrow is Tomorrow

“Tomorrow is Tomorrow” accomplishes two major tasks. The first is Lord Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), and Mariko (Anna Sawai) and out of the clutches of those who want both Toranaga and Blackthorne dead. The second is it provides multiple opportunities for both Toranaga and Blackthorne to get a measure of each other. Blackthorne discovers the cunning of his rescuer/captor in getting out of Osaka while leaving his enemies at an empass unable to move forward with their plans without his presence. Toranaga gets a measure of the pilot who puts his own life on the line rather than be left behind. As so a friendship begins between the pair with Mariko cemented as the bridge between them.

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Delicious in Dungeon – Tentacles/Stew

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Delicious in Dungeon - Tentacles/Stew

While worrying about the wounded Marcille (Emily Rudd) the party gets an unexpected reunion when another party, with their former associate Namari (Akira Miki) as guide, comes across their path. Through Namari’s eyes we see how the party has changed since his departure as their old friend is introduced to one of the party’s celebratory feast after the successfully defeat a tentacle monster. Namari also helps Senshi (SungWon Cho) defeat the Undine that bested the party in the last episode.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – The Naval Treaty

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Naval Treaty

Sherlock Saturday takes us back to 221 B Baker Street and the Granada Television’s faithful adaptations of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. A letter from Percy Phelps (David Gwillim), an old schoolmate of Watson (David Burke), leads Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) to investigate the theft of secret naval treaty has been stolen from his office at the Foreign Office. The theft has left him in a state of ill-health for several weeks convalescing at home with his fiancée (Alison Skilbeck) and her brother (Gareth Thomas) at a loss as to what happened to the plans or how to salvage his reputation.

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