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Dragons: The Nine Realms – Follow the Lightning

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  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – Follow the Lightning Part 1 & Part 2
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Tom (Jeremy Shada) and the other Dragon Riders search for the missing Thunder in the two-part Second Season finale which plays on the previously-established themes of Tom and Thunder often going out on their own and not sharing with the rest of the group. The Riders eventually find Thunder in a previously unexplored portion of the underground world where he is caught in a battle between a much larger Skrill. Several other types of dragons make cameo appearances on the way, reminding viewers of past experiences, but the main story involves surviving the Skrill and the discovery of deeper caverns and artifacts that tie back to How to Train Your Dragon.

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Lucifer – Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam

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  • Title: Lucifer – Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam
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An unforeseen consequence of God‘s(Dennis Haysbert) appearance on Earth is revealed in “Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam” as people begin breaking into song and dance in his prescence, although no one but Lucifer (Tom Ellis) is aware of it afterwards. All the main characters get a number here highlighted by Lucifer’s duet of “I Dreamed a Dream” with his father and the surprise of Trixie (Scarlett Estevez) singing “Smile.” While not all the members of the cast have the singing voice of the show’s star, the staging of the numbers proves quite entertaining such as in Ella (Aimee Garcia) and Mazikeen‘s (Lesley-Ann Brandt) mashup of “Bad to the Bone” and “No Scrubs.”

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Lucifer – Family Dinner

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  • Title: Lucifer – Family Dinner
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The arrival of God (Dennis Haysbert) on Earth, continuing to work in mysterious ways, drives Lucifer (Tom Ellis) into a tailspin and leads to one hell of an uncomfortable family dinner. The case of the week involves a barbequed victim at a miniature golf course which also follows the theme of a dysfunctional family. Realizing Lucifer is dealing with family drama, but not its source, Chloe (Lauren German) steers the investigation both to find a killer and to see if will help her partner work through his own issues.  Despite the confession of the victim’s father (John Glover), the truth behind the murder turns out to be a bit more complicated.

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Dragons: The Nine Realms – The Tangled Web

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  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – The Tangled Web
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While working out some internal conflict between Tom (Jeremy Shada) and D’Angelo (Marcus Scribner), “The Tangled Web” introduces a new species of Spdierwings to the series whose robust webs nearly prove to be the end of and the arachnophobic Jun (Ashley Liao). While the Tom/D’Angelo tension seems ramp-up and then be diffused a bit too conveniently to fit all in the single episode, it does deal with the more rule-abiding and structured Dragon Rider’s conflict over his actions in the caves.

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Dragons: The Nine Realms – Downpour

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  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – Downpour
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Tom‘s (Jeremy Shada) discovery of some Tidal Dragons comes in handy when an out of control forest fire threatens the area. After chastising him for hiding things from the rest of the riders, Alex (Aimee Garcia) figures out a way to lead the dragons to the fire and help put it out before it reaches ICARIS. The smoke helps hide the dragons for the most part, but although the group manages to stop the fire their activity doesn’t go completely unnoticed. Along with the new dragons, “Downpour” also introduces a potential new adversary for the riders in the irresponsible Buzzsaw (Haley Joel Osment) who started the fire but blames the mysterious lightning bird he sees in the smoky aftermath for his own misfortune.

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