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The Mandalorian – The Complete Second Season

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  • Title: The Mandalorian – Season Two
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The Mandalorian - The Complete Second Season

After finishing the story of the Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu at the end of the First Season of The Mandalorian, the pair were thrown back together in The Book of Boba Fett. This makes the Second Season feel like a major step back for both characters, Grogu has abandoned his journey to become a Jedi and Din Djarin has returned to the strict ways of his upbringing despite learning to let go of those at the end of the previous season.

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Darth Vader #41

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Darth Vader #41

Picking up the story with Darth Vader having been infected by Scourge as part of the Dark Droids crossover continues. Darth Vader #41 basically features a battle of wills between the Dark Lord of the Sith and the droid virus which attempts to convince Vader to let go of his remaining humanity and embrace what Scourge offers while Vader uses Scourge’s own droid virus to turn droids to his control leading to lots of carnage but basically a standstill with an epilogue teasing the storyline which will begin after this arc concludes.

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Doctor Who – The Church on Ruby Road

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  • Title: Doctor Who – The Church on Ruby Road
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Doctor Who - The Church on Ruby Road

The last of the four holiday specials, “The Church on Ruby Road” marks the first adventure of the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and the introduction of his next companion in Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) and her adopted mother (Michelle Greenidge). Ignoring for now the rather obvious comparisons between Ruby and Rose, Gibson’s story also comes with a mysterious heritage whose foreshadowing looms large over the episode. While I think it’s possible the identity of her parents won’t play a major role in her arc, I don’t think it’s all that likely. While that provides one mystery, another is raised in the identity of the Sunday’s neighbor (Anita Dobson) who knows more than your average person about time travel and the TARDIS.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Complete Second Season

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  • Title: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season Two
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - The Complete Second Season

Returning for its sophomore voyage, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds features more adventures for Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Highlights from the season include the trial of Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn) whose career in Starfleet is threatened after the truth about her genetic engineering is revealed. We also get another wacky Spock (Ethan Peck) romance episode when an accident leaves him human without the Vulcan half just as T’Pring (Gia Sandhu) and her disapproving parents arrive. The episode also explores the mutual feelings between the Enterprise’s Science Officer and Nurse Chapel (Jess Bush).

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Doctor Who – The Giggle

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  • Title: Doctor Who – The Giggle
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Doctor Who - The Giggle

Apparently there are no rules left in the Whoverse worth following. To introduce our next Doctor, Russell T. Davies pulls out all the stops (some of which work, some of which don’t). Dusting off a classic Who villain in the Toymaker (Neil Patrick Harris), a powerful adversary from one of the lost Doctor Who serials, we get David Tennant‘s final (again… but not really) adventure as The Doctor. Sporting a pretty awful accent, Harris’ Toymaker is presented as a being of immeasurable power from somewhere outside the known universe who returns to toy with humanity for fun by driving them mad hijacking the first ever television signal with a creepy puppet. While the character has been referenced over the years in comics and novels, this is the first on-screen interaction with The Doctor the Toymaker has had since “The Celestial Toymaker.”

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