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Jake and the Fatman – Fatal Attraction

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Jake and the Fatman - Fatal Attraction

Flashback Friday takes us to 80s Las Angeles, a large and in charge district attorney, and his special investigator with a taste of the finer things in life. The double-length “Fatal Attraction” provides a challenge for District Attorney Jason McCabe (William Conrad) in attempting to solve the murder of an old friend he suspects was killed by his wife (Rebeccah Bush) and son (Bruce Greenwood) despite the pair’s careful work to frame a fall guy for the crime. The episode sets up McCabe’s manner of investigation, bringing out the annoying “one more thing” Columbo-style of questioning when calling on the widow and the stepson she’s sleeping with.

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch – Shadows of Tantiss

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch - Shadows of Tantiss

“Shadows of Tantiss” makes good use of a ticking tock trope using the blood sampling we saw introduced in “Confined.” With Omega‘s (Michelle Ang) blood now in the system, she’s forced to escape with Crosshair (Dee Bradley Baker) before the sample is tested leading to a hurried, but ultimately successful, escape from Tantiss. However, now that the Empire knows the secret they have been searching for so relentlessly is locked in Omega’s genetic code you would expect them to redouble their efforts to capturing her again.

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NCIS: Hawai’i – License to Thrill

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NCIS: Hawai'i - License to Thrill

Somebody has been watching Point Break. Recovering from an opening with laughably inept performances by both bank security guards and local police (the GCPD in the 60s Batman show were more convincing) allowing a band of thieves on motorcycles to escape, “License to Thrill” wins back some good will with a dumb, but fun, episode playing largely on Jesse (Noah Mills) looking back on the road not taken. There’s not much to the episode other than the team working to identify the stunt-riders turned robbers, with more of Tennant (Vanessa Lachey) struggling, and failing, to discover what Sam Hanna (LL Cool J) is really doing on the island, but there are some fun moments here and there in Jesse shaking dust off some forgotten skills and Whistler (Tori Anderson) attempting to blend in at a supercross rally.

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The Irrational – Reciprocity

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The Irrational - Reciprocity

The Irrational closes out its first season solving the murder of Jace (Brian King) and the true (and more than slightly convoluted) motivations behind the 20 year-old bombing and bringing Senator Sanford (James Tupper) to justice. In what appears to be the continuing small shakeup to the status quo, The Irrational doubles down on its connection to the FBI with Kylie (Travina Springer) taking a federal job and Phoebe (Molly Kunz) exits stage left for new position with less health risks. The awkwardly tacked-on epilogue also suggests Rose (Karen David) will be returning for at least part of next season.

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Death and Other Details – Memorable / Vanishing

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Death and Other Details - Memorable / Vanishing

Where “Memorable” works on delving into Imogene’s (Violett Beane) broken memories about the death of her mother, “Vanishing” returns to the ship to examine the events before and after the death of Llewellyn Mathers (Jere Burns) providing motivations, secrets, and revelations for multiple characters and, before all is said and done, the elimination of two more passengers as the mysterious Victor Sams.

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