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Wizards Beyond Waverly Place – Mortal Vibes Only

Alan Rapp / November 13, 2024 / Television Reviews

Title: Wizards Beyond Waverly Place – Mortal Vibes Only
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The second episode of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place is a by-the-numbers episode of Billie (Janice LeAnn Brown) screwing up with magic, accidentally revealing their father’s magical past to Milo (Max Matenko) and Roman (Alkaio Thiele) and then making half of each invisible, all while attempting to fit in leading to various shenanigans. Meanwhile, in attempts to cover up everything, Justin Russo (David Henrie) lies to his wife (Mimi Gianopulos), badly.

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Jurassic World: Chaos Theory – The Adjustment / Troubled Waters

Alan Rapp / November 12, 2024 / Television Reviews

Title: Jurassic World: Chaos Theory – The Adjustment / Troubled Waters
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After the reintroduction of Brooklyn (Kiersten Kelly), the show moves forward splitting the focus between Brooklyn and the rest of the Nublar Six who will eventually all reach the same location by season end. We see some of Brooklyn’s time with the DLN, explaining what she was doing with the rather dim eco-terrorists using them to find the Broker (Dichen Lachman) and nearly getting eaten by her pet raptor. We also see Brooklyn’s call with Ben (Sean Giambrone) and the reasoning behind her decision to stay disconnected from her friends. The tension in Brooklyn segments work really well, as she barely escapes for her life, but this also marks the end of her story making any sort of sense for the remainder of the season.

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Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft – Whanaungatanga

Alan Rapp / November 11, 2024 / Television Reviews

Title: Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft – Whanaungatanga
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Catching up to Charles Devereaux (Richard Armitage) in Iran, Lara Croft (Hayley Atwell) manages to save Jonah (Earl Baylon) but ends up even further behind her competition as Devereaux finds another stone. Highlights of the episode are Lara’s skydiving into Iran and the fight on the bullet train. The episode is also notable for Lara being unable to talk Devereaux down from his obsession and for Camilla Roth (Zoe Boyle) discovering that the Light are up to something as it appears another player is about to enter the game.

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Doctor Odyssey – I Always Cry at Weddings

Alan Rapp / November 11, 2024 / Television Reviews

Title: Doctor Odyssey – I Always Cry at Weddings
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With the ship being bought out for a wedding cruise, most of the storylines of “I Always Cry at Weddings” have to deal with the medical team dealing with issues of the wedding party and mother of the bride. Most turn out to be not so serious, although the psychological problems of the groom to be put a permanent damper on the festivities after he commits suicide. The crew also get to stand in for the bride and groom at the rehearsal allowing for us to get at least the semblance of a wedding in the wedding episode.

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AEW Collision – 11/9/2024

Alan Rapp / November 10, 2024 / Television Reviews

The November 9th episode of AEW Collision featured the Death Riders vs. the Conglomeration, the House of Black vs. the Iron Savages, Roderick Strong vs. the Beast Mortos, Jack Perry vs. Action Andretti, Nick Wayne vs. AR Fox, and the Outrunners vs. Top Flight with the winner advancing to the tag team championship four-way at Full Gear.

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