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Running Point – Pilot

  • Title: Running Point – Pilot
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In what feels like Netflix’s version of a sitcom (with broad comedy and a concerted effort to seem edgy by shoehorning in as much swearing as possible), the “Pilot” episode of Running Point introduces us to Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson) as the least fucked up member of her family, a family that runs a professional basketball team. Thrown into the role of president after her eldest brother’s (Justin Theroux) cocaine bender becomes national news, Isla finally gets to put her basketball IQ to use much to the chagrin of her other brothers (Scott MacArthur and Drew Tarver) jealous they weren’t tapped for the position. The opening episode is mostly about introducing the characters, setting up a new path for Isla and the Waves, and also teasing one more surprise for the family which will be sprung in the season’s second episode.

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Queen of the Ring

  • Title: Queen of the Ring
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Despite what the WWE may want you to believe, Vince McMahon didn’t invent wrestling. He didn’t invent women’s wrestling. And he sure as hell didn’t even the first superstar of women’s wrestling. Queen of the Ring examines the life and career of Mildred Burke (Emily Bett Rickards), a single mother chasing a dream who would become the most famous female wrestler in the world at a time the sport was banned in most states.

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