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The Acolyte – Episode 3

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The Acolyte - Episode 3

The third episode of The Acolyte takes a step back exploring the past of Osha (Lauren Brady) and Mae (Leah Brady) coming of age in the commune of witches on Brendok when a group of Jedi arrive. Immediately we notice differences between the twins with Mae being both the more obedient and more aggressive of the sisters and Osha dreaming of a possible life of her own not tied to the witches who raised them. While we see the events which led to the sisters being separated, and mistakenly believing each other had perished, there’s plenty of story left unexplored (especially the actions of the Jedi once Osha made her wishes to leave known to them).

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Dead Boy Detectives – The Case of the Two Dead Dragons

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Dead Boy Detectives - The Case of the Two Dead Dragons

Taking the case of a couple of recently murdered local jocks, Edwin (George Rexstrew), Charles (Jayden Revri), and Crystal (Kassius Nelson) soon discover that, despite the nice words other students at the school had for them, there were many with motive for wanting them dead including the ghost the raise of the girl (Sarah Desjardins) they drove to suicide and the latest victim (Mya Lowe) of their cruelty. The B-story starts out sweet with Niko (Yuyu Kitamura) playing matchmaker with the reluctant Jenny (Briana Cuoco), pushing her on a date with her secret admirer (Lindsey Gort). The date goes fantastic until it goes completely, utterly, murderously wrong leading to the creation of a new ghost in the town.

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Charlie’s Angels – Angels on Horseback

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Charlie's Angels - Angels on Horseback

Throwback Tuesday takes us back to the tale of three beautiful former police officers turned private detectives working for a faceless boss known as Charlie. Murder on a bus on the way to the Sunwest Dude Rach leads the Angels and Bosley (David Doyle) undercover as separate guests at the ranch with Kelly (Jaclyn Smith) playing up the big city girl getting over failed marriage, Sabrina (Kate Jackson) playing up her knowledge of horses as a rodeo rider, and Kris (Cheryl Ladd) who quickly abandons her role as the buttoned up accountant from Iowa. As the title of the episode suggests, it’s mainly an excuse to get the Angels in to western wear and on horseback solving a crime including the climax of Kelly and Chris racing after the killers who have taken Sabrina hostage.

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Doctor Who – Rogue

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Doctor Who - Rogue

In an Bridgerton inspired episode (they even namedrop the show, along with “cosplay” many, many times), The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) head to a ball in 1813 only to discover they aren’t the only uninvited guests who include a family of shapeshifting cosplayers and a roguish bounty hunter named, er, Rogue (Jonathan Groff). Let’s just say this isn’t the most subtle episode of Doctor Who. The highs of the episode are some of the best of the season, although its awkward bits are extremely awkward.

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Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum

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Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum

Monk Monday takes us back to San Francisco and the toils of the defective detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub). “Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum” stands out for a few reasons. First, neither Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine) nor Randy (Jason Gray-Stanford) appear in the episode. And second, no one brings a case to Monk who ends up stumbling over one all on his own in a psychiatric institution where he’s placed on a 48-hour hold after an incident involving Adrian attempting to cook his dead wife’s favorite dish in the apartment now occupied by another family.

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