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Adventures of Superman – The Monkey Mystery

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Adventures of Superman - The Monkey Mystery

Superman Saturday takes us back to the 1950s and a strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. “The Monkey Mystery” is an odd episode about the daughter of an Eastern European scientist (Allene Roberts) making her way to the United States to deliver her father’s secret formula to stop atomic power to the President of the United States. Pivotal to the plot is an organ grinder’s monkey, dressed in a small Superman costume, who is used to deliver messages between the baddies in Metropolis but who accidentally puts a pivotal piece of information into the hands of Lois Lane (Phyllis Coates) who then spends most of the episode unconscious and off-screen after being attacked.

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Batman: Caped Crusader – Moving Target

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  • Title: Batman: Caped Crusader – Moving Target
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Batman: Caped Crusader - Moving Target

An attempt on Jim Gordon‘s (Eric Morgan Stuart) life sends Batman (Hamish Linklater) to prison in an attempt to get the hit called off and with a warning for Barbara (Krystal Joy Brown) and to visit the prison in an attempt to get Muller (Peter Jessop) to call of the hit leading to an unexpected discovery: Jim isn’t the target. While the action is good, and the twist works well enough with Barbara revealed to be the target even one of the police detectives is willing to kill for, “Moving Target” is the most forgettable episode of the season. The point of the episode, so to speak, is to provide Barbara a new perspective as to what someone deserves. 

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The Umbrella Academy – The Cleanse

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The Umbrella Academy - The Cleanse

“The Cleanse” is most notable for revealing how the Ben died during the flashback of the opening scene showing the last mission he went on as a member of the Umbrella Academy. Hargreeves (Colm Feore) explains the action of his other self and also why this version was working so hard to keep the team away from the adult Jennifer (Victoria Sawal) whose proximity to a member of the team, or anyone exposed to the marigold which gives them their powers could lead to the end of the world (foreshadowing the end of the series).

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Wizards of Waverly Place – You Can’t Always Get What You Carpet

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Wizards of Waverly Place - You Can't Always Get What You Carpet

While redoing her room, Alex (Selena Gomez) stumbles upon a magic carpet which she guilts her father into teacher (David DeLuise) her to ride. However, the situation raises tensions between the two with her father struggling about letting his little girl grow up. Along with the carpet, the episode is also notable for Justin (David Henrie) helping her sister, both in learning how to fly the carpet and attempting to help her lower the tensions with their father. Given less time is Justin’s attempt to redecorate his own room to be more manly and grown-up which only ends up frightening him.

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Leverage: Redemption – The Belly of the Beast Job

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Leverage: Redemption - The Belly of the Beast Job

In one of the more interesting setups of the relaunched series, “The Belly of the Beast Job” features our team taking on a sexual predator of a music producer (Jeffrey Vincent Parise) but keeps them mostly in the background allowing the guest-stars to take over center stage when the naive Jenna (Emily Hall) gets hired for the new assistant position that their plans relied on. Working their way around less access than they planned, Leverage gives Jenna the proper nudges at the right time to lead her to uncover the truth about her boss and expose him, and his crooked business partner (Gail Rastorfer), to the world.

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