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Death and Other Details – Impossible / Chilling

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Death and Other Details - Chilling

The penultimate episode the the season removes Rufus (Mandy Patinkin) from the ship forcing Imogene (Violett Beane) to solve the case on her own with a help of a few others who are now all hostages of Victor Sams. Our boogeyman will be revealed in the final scene of the episode, solving both the murders onboard the ship and that of Imogene’s mother. However, it’s one hell of a twist the writers have in store for Sams’ identity and it will take an entire separate episode to deal with explanations and epilogue for the key characters of the series (while also teasing the possibility of a new murder mystery if the show does get renewed).

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Delicious in Dungeon – Raspberries/Grilled Meat

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Delicious in Dungeon - Raspberries/Grilled Meat

Growing ever closer to the last sighting of the Red Dragon, the party attempts to rest which becomes harder after Marcille (Emily Rudd) accidentally awakens an Undine and depletes herself of Mana and blood to fight off the creature. The episode is more notable for Marcille’s comments on the dungeon’s ecosystem which lead her to think back on her friendship with Falin (Lisa Reimold), their first meeting, and how the unusual girl made Marcille look at the world and magic in an entirely different way. The Grilled Kelpie, the dish of the episode, comes not from creatures introduced in this adventure but the previous one, and is chosen by Senshi (SungWon Cho) to help restore Marcille’s strength.

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Shōgun – Anjin

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Shōgun - Anjin

The ten episode limited series begins with a starving ship of Dutch sailors crashing into the coast of Japan. One of the only survivors of what started out as a five-ship fleet, Major John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) is interrogated in the fishing village before taken to Osaka where more drama is afoot with four of the five feudal lords looking to oust Lord Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), the most loyal to the the child heir to the empire in a move to consolidate power. The third pivotal role in the series, Lady Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai), has the smallest role in the opener really on part of a sequence involving the honor and attempted suicide of another woman, but more about her character will be expanded as the mini-series continues.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender – Warriors

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Avatar: The Last Airbender - Warriors

The second episode of Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender gives us Aang‘s (Gordon Cormier) short time on Kyoshi Island. There are several pleasant changes from the animated version most noticeably Aang not needing to showoff to impress and removing Sokka‘s (Ian Ousley) toxic masculinity and sexist attitude from the episode altogether. I also quite enjoyed Maria Zhang‘s version of Suki, one of the original series’ best supporting characters, and the mutual attraction the two pair share. Memorable moments mostly center around the Sokka and Suki together, although the episode also provides a memorable example of what an Avatar in control of their powers can accomplish when Avatar Kyoshi (Yvonne Chapman) takes control of Aang and dispels Fire Nation intruders from the island.

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Will Trent – It’s the Work I Signed Up For

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  • Title: Will Trent – It’s the Work I Signed Up For
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Will Trent - It's the Work I Signed Up For

Spinning out of events from the season premiere, and touching on storylines began last season, both Will (Ramón Rodríguez) and Faith (Iantha Richardson) visit the prison to find the shot-caller responsible for the bombing that took the life of Cricket (Susan Kelechi Watson). The investigation is stymied by the corruption within the prison and a prison break attempt which fails, but still leaves our detectives without answers. This leads to multiple father/son scenes between Will and James Ulster (Greg Germann) including the serial killer taking enough to “save” Will (but really just help out his own position within the prison hierarchy).

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