Mystery

The Irrational – Ghost Ship

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  • Title: The Irrational – Ghost Ship
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Aside from exploring family dynamics of Alec (Jesse L. Martin) with his father (Ron Canada), “Ghost Ship” feels like a story that could have been written for any number of procedurals that was adapted for The Irrational. The idea of unraveling a ship with a missing crew is an interesting setup, but the mystery turns out to be rather straightforward (even if it was fun to see Monk‘s Jason Gray-Stanford, albeit in a mostly thankless role). In terms of psychology, Alec is able to get a key witness to relax enough to provide answers, but the show is largely geared to Alec’s damaged relationship with his father and a necessary first-step to remedy that.

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Will Trent – Floor Is Lava

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  • Title: Will Trent – Floor Is Lava
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In an episode that involves Will (Ramón Rodríguez), Angie (Erika Christensen), Faith (Iantha Richardson) and Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin) all awkwardly trying not to disturb evidence (in the sequence which provides the episode its title), “Floor Is Lava” is most notable for walking Will and Angie through a series of meetings from some awkward on-the-job discussions to a tearful confrontation after hours to an honest break in their relationship that leaves the two firmly separated. Going along with this theme is another appearance of Marion (Gina Rodriguez) confirming her as Will’s new love interest.

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NCIS: Origins – Flight of Icarus

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  • Title: NCIS: Origins – Flight of Icarus
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NCIS takes on a case involving the apparent suicide of a general’s son just days before the soldier’s redeployment which have elements that hit home for Franks through a series of flashbacks. While I don’t have an issue with exploring Franks’ past, nor using a current case to provide the framework for those flashbacks, I’m not sure the script of “Flight of the Icarus” was necessarily the best episode to do so (when you think the actions of the dead solider would hit harder for our main character who attempted suicide himself not all that long ago). With so much time focused on Franks, Gibbs (Austin Stowell) and his new romantic relationship with Dominguez (Mariel Molino) gets mostly pushed to the side without an immediate follow up, although one of their colleagues appears to have sniffed out the change in their relationship.

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Charlie’s Angels – Game, Set, Death

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  • Title: Charlie’s Angels – Game, Set, Death
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Wayback Wednesday takes us back to the tale of three beautiful former police officers turned private detectives working for a faceless boss known as Charlie. The Angels are brought in to investigate a series of incidents and attacks on female players in the La Hermosa Women’s Tennis Tournament. Relying on her collegiate experience, Kris (Cheryl Ladd) goes in undercover as one of the players (which apparently had enough withdrawals to allow any unranked player into the tournament) while Sabrina (Kate Jackson) and Kelly (Jaclyn Smith) double-up as a fashion designer and model hocking their wares at the club.

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The Irrational – Now You Don’t

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  • Title: The Irrational – Now You Don’t
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Love, and magic, is in the air in “Now You Don’t” when Alec (Jesse L. Martin) taking Rose (Karen David) on a date to a magic club ends in murder. The Irrational’s use of psychology is more about explaining magic tricks than solving the case involving a magician friend (Carmel Amit) of Alec’s whose volunteer dies on stage. While I like the magic bits of the episode, including the fun moments from Simon (Max Lloyd-Jones) and Phoebe (Molly Kunz), the writing of the episode (relying mostly on the cops being too dumb to think things through and Alec stumbling into a solution rather than finding it through his talents) leaves something to be desired.

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