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Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale

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Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale

Monk Monday takes us back to San Francisco and the toils of the defective detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) attempting to solve a case where he knows the who but cannot fathom the how. The who in this case is excessively obese Dale the Whale (Adam Arkin) who all evidence points to murdering a local judge he had disagreements with. However, Dale Biederbeck is too large to leave his own apartment let alone travel across town and kill someone. Knowing they can’t possible tie him to the crime, Biederbeck taunts both Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine) and Monk reopening old wounds for our detective.

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My Adventures with Superman – More Things in Heaven and Earth

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My Adventures with Superman - More Things in Heaven and Earth

The season premiere of My Adventures with Superman foreshadows Jimmy‘s (Ishmel Sahid) inevitable screw-up of Flamebird and sends our three intrepid reporters north to the crashed ship in the Arctic where Clark (Jack Quaid) will have a talk with his Ghost Dad (Jason Marnocha), Lois (Alice Lee) and Jimmy will run into Amanda Waller (Debra Wilson) and her goons, Lois will learn the fate of her father, and we see the creation of the Fortress of Solitude (well, sort of). When the show sticks with its primary characters and their relationships it continues to entertain, although it also struggles in terms of larger plot, villains, and giving Superman exciting things to do (other than beat up the same generic losers we saw last season).

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Spider-Man – Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous

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Spider-Man - Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous

Spidey Saturday takes us back to the 90s New York City and an animated Wall-Crawler. “Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous” introduces another classic Spider-Man (Christopher Daniel Barnes) villain when Doctor Octopus (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) kidnaps Felicia Hardy (Jennifer Hale), and later J. Jonah Jameson (Edward Asner), to further fund his research into cold fusion. Giving Doc Ock and Peter a connection from Peter’s childhood allows both Peter and Spidey to try different tactics to free Felicia. However, when it comes down to it, the mad scientist will see no reason and Spider-Man will need to take him down.

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Doctor Who – Boom

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Doctor Who - Boom

Inspired by a scene from “Genesis of the Daleks” where the Doctor extricates himself out of a landmine situation with relative ease, comes “Boom.” The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) land in a battlefield on Kastarion 3 where the Doctor accidentally steps on a landmine and is forced to hold his position for the entire episode. It’s an interesting setup for an episode, as in many adventures it would be the companion, not the Doctor, to get themselves into a situation in need of saving.

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Dead Boy Detectives – The Case of the Lighthouse Leapers

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Dead Boy Detectives - The Case of the Lighthouse Leapers

For their latest case, the detectives investigate a number of people who willingly are jumping to their deaths into the sea from the local lighthouse. Playing on the ideas of a siren’s call, albeit one with a more unusual creature revealed a the end, offers an unusual setup that is quite effective, especially after Crystal (Kassius Nelson)  becomes attracted to the call. The town’s reluctance to acknowledge the supernatural, including the local police, as illustrated in no one believing the eye witness of multiple people seeing a suicide helps explain how so much wacky stuff can go down without anyone giving it any mind.

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