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Ironheart – We in Danger, Girl / Bad Magic

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  • Title: Ironheart – We in Danger, Girl / Bad Magic
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“We in Danger, Girl” and “Bad Magic” are where Riri Williams‘ (Dominique Thorne) life takes a turn. More interested in investigating the Hood‘s (Anthony Ramos) than doing her part in the next heist, for no real reason other than curiosity, Riri nearly botches another robbery and her actions not only cause to be killed (Manny Montana) but also throw the life of Joe (Alden Ehrenreich), who it turns out isn’t really Joe, into chaos allowing the Hood to recruit him as well. The two episode arc is all about bad decisions and regret and Riri creating a number of enemies who now want her dead. Of course what this means is that Riri doesn’t get to make a hero turn but will be forced into becoming on due the fallout of her own actions.  That’s not the most intriguing hero’s journey.

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The Wheel of Time – The Shadow in the Night

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  • Title: The Wheels of Time – The Shadow in the Night
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The most memorable moment of “The Shadow of Night” doesn’t come from Egwene (Madeleine Madden) eventually confronting Rand al’Thor (Josha Stradowski) about seeing him with Lanfear (Natasha O’Keeffe) nor the tragedy at the end of the episode where Rand struggles at how helpless the one power is even against death. Instead, the best moment of the episode is courtesy of Elayne (Ceara Coveney), covering for herself after being recognized in the bar, with the help of Mat‘s (Dónal Finn) old friend Thom Merrilin (Alexandre Willaume), by delivering a rowdy rendition of “The Hills of Tanchico” which is so good the episode reuses the song for the outro and credit sequence. Also of note, Perrin (Marcus Rutherford) and Faile (Isabella Bucceri) finally admit their feelings for each other on the eve of an army about to hit the Two Rivers.

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The Secret World of Arrietty

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  • Title: The Secret World of Arrietty
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Back in theaters as part of Studio Ghibli Fest, the 2010 Japanese animated film explores the world of tiny people known as Borrowers who live secret lives hidden away by borrowing small amounts from the human world and carefully hiding their existence. Our main character is Arrietty (Mirai Shida | Bridgit Mendler) who comes of age in the course of the film taking part in her first borrowing with her father (Tomokazu Miura | Will Arnett) and also, against her peoples’ custom and her mother’s (Shinobu Otake | Amy Poehler) warnings, beginning a friendship with a sickly human child name Sho (Ryunosuke Kamiki | David Henrie).

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The Librarians: The Next Chapter – And the Memory Crystal

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  • Title: The Librarians: The Next Chapter – And the Memory Crystal
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On the campus of the nearby university, Vikram Chamberlain (Callum McGowan) and his companions search for a crystal capable of allowing one to discover potential knowledge but at the cost of their own memories. The group discovers that the crystal has fallen into nefarious hands by a scientist (Paul Leonard Murray) attempting to steal glimpses into the future while at the same time stealing the past events and memories of students and faculty, rewriting history so the events of those individuals never happened. Things get even more complicated when Charlie‘s (Jessica Green) recent memories are stolen as well, but it’s not just her memories at stake as the continued existence of the entire group is about to be overwritten.

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The Wheel of Time – Tel’aran’rhiod

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  • Title: The Wheel of Time – Tel’aran’rhiod
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While Rand al’Thor‘s (Josha Stradowski) awaits for the arrivals of the chiefs of the Ariel Waste, Egwene (Madeleine Madden) begins training to control the dreaming allowing her to help Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike), who is still coming to terms with what she saw in the rings, send a desperate message home but also come upon a dark secret Rand has been keeping concerning Lanfear (Natasha O’Keeffe). At the White Tower, a trap is laid to discover if Elaida (Shohreh Aghdashloo) is Black Ajah, Min (Kae Alexander) officially joins Elayne (Ceara Coveney), Nynaeve (Zoë Robins), and Mat (Dónal Finn) in their search for the Ajah, and in the Two Rivers Perrin (Marcus Rutherford) and his friends attempt a rescue.

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