Television Reviews

Daredevil – With Interest

  • Title: Daredevil: Born Again – With Interest
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In what is the obligatory standalone crossover episode, “With Interest” continues themes of Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) struggling with his need to put his skills outside of the courtroom to use. In this episode this involves Hell Kitchen’s most famous blind lawyer walking into a bank during a robbery and finding ways to keep everyone safe, prevent the theft of a rare jewel from a safe deposit box, and dole out a little punishment. The episode works in a vacuum with the various other storylines put on hold for this single adventure which, in part, is also used to introduce Matt to the bank’s assistant manager Yusuf Khan (Mohan Kapur) who happens to have a hero in the family.

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Watson – Teeth Marks

  • Title: Watson – Teeth Marks
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While Watson (Morris Chestnut) and his team begin diagnosing a scared and erratic young woman (Caitlin Stasey) whose short-term memory resets every three minutes, Moriarty (Randall Park) blackmails Shinwell (Ritchie Coster) into messing with the good doctor’s medicine once again. This time, however, despite the hallucinations, Watson is clear enough to suspect the medication and the most likely source of its tampering. Stepping into to allow for an alternate fall guy (Ryan Robbins), Moriarty still reveals himself to Watson and recruits another member of his staff for purposes that are yet to be revealed.

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Doctor Odyssey – Casino Week

  • Title: Doctor Odyssey – Casino Week
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Angela Bassett guest-stars as a cop who gets stuck aboard the Odyssey while looking for thieves who plan to rob the ship during Casino Week. Although one thief is caught while attempting to board, his two accomplices are still on the ship allowing the episode to offer up an eclectic list of red herrings including a pair of card sharks (Robbie Silverman and Angela Zhou) working the tables and a young woman named Daphne (Jade Pettyjohn) in desperate need of a heart transplant choosing to make the best of what little time she has left. The medical escapades are mostly minor, such as keeping Daphne in comfort as much as possible while Max (Joshua Jackson) helps Grant (Bassett) search for the robbers. And, in terms of ongoing storylines, Avery (Phillipa Soo) makes the first big decision regarding her future.

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The Irrational – Suddenly Alec

  • Title: The Irrational – Suddenly Alec
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“Suddenly Alec” is a fun episode of The Irrational that allows the show to play on the musical theatre backgrounds of both Jesse L. Martin and Karen David when Alec and Rose go undercover working for a community theatre company looking for a killer. We’d seen the show make use of David’s musical chops in a previous episode, but “Suddenly Alec” pushes the professor under the spotlight stepping in for the murder victim to provide the voice of Aubrey II in a production of Little Shop of Horrors. While the professor gets a bit too good to fast for someone with no experience (why not give him a bit of background like the show has done for Rose) it is quite fun to see Alec play the murderous plant while also using the play to solve a murder and a separate case for a client which Rose was hired for.

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Scooby-Doo! – A Scary Night with a Snow Beast Fright

  • Title: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! – A Scary Night with a Snow Beast Fright
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Scooby Saturday takes us back to Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! for another mystery involving some meddling kids and their talking dog. Before disappearing, Professor Kreuger (John Stephenson) flies Mystery, Inc. to an Inuit village at the North Pole. Once arriving the find only a half-demolished village and Chief Manook (Vic Perrin) who informs them a giant Snow Beast of local legends appeared and carried the professor off. Despite warnings from both Manook and the professor’s assistant Jean Pierre Baptiste (Alan Oppenheimer), the gang decide to remain and investigate the new mystery which involves giant totem poles in the snowy wasteland.

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