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Cross – Hero Complex

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  • Title: Cross – Hero Complex
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Cross - Hero Complex

I really want to like this new Amazon series starring Leverage‘s Aldis Hodge as James Patterson‘s super-sleuth Alex Cross but I’m finding it quite hard to become emotionally invested in the story of a great detective getting the runaround by not one but two uncatchable serial killers in separate storylines that only somewhat overlap. My issues have more to do with Patterson and the structure of his work, always focusing on making the killers as genius and unstoppable as possible (and here throwing in two!) than Hodge or any member of the cast which also includes short appearances from Alona Tal who I would happily watch more of.

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NCIS: Origins – Last Rites

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  • Title: NCIS: Origins – Last Rites
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Keeping to the theme of every single case being important to at least one member of the team (an idea that is destined for diminishing returns), “Last Rites” involves a serial killer on death row and the one victim who Franks (Kyle Schmid) was never able to find. On the eve of the execution, Franks gets roped into trying to get information out of the killer one last time before being jerked around and, finally, getting the family some closure. With Franks’ behavior more on display, in the current timeline Gibbs (Austin Stowell) gets shunted to a supporting role (although his overreaction at one point to a situation doesn’t go unnoticed). However, the episode provides more flashbacks to his past, and his hospitalization following the death of his family and his attempted suicide overseas.

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Only Murders in the Building – Escape From Planet Klongo / My Best Friend’s Wedding

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  • Title: Only Murders in the Building – Escape From Planet Klongo / My Best Friend’s Wedding
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Only Murders in the Building - Escape From Planet Klongo / My Best Friend's Wedding

The Fourth Season of Only Murders in the Building comes to a close with a trip to the set of Ron Howard’s (appearing as himself after a long tease that suggested he might not make an appearance) new film, the reveal of the killer and his motive, and a wedding (along with the tease of a new murder to solve next season). Along with Howard’s appearance, which actually confirms one of Oliver‘s (Martin Short) outlandish stories, the final two episodes fill in the gaps to Sazz‘s (Jane Lynch) murder providing not only the motive writer turned stuntman turned writer Marshall P. Pope (Jin Ha) but the events which led up her death.

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NCIS: Origins – All’s Not Lost

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  • Title: NCIS: Origins – All’s Not Lost
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NCIS: Origins - All's Not Lost

In the best episode of the show so far, the murder of a deployed soldier’s girlfriend and the disappearance of his daughter (Hattie Hoskins) hits close to home for Gibbs (Austin Stowell). While instrumental in helping with the case and knowing how to talk with the girl to get what they need to identify the killer, events also trigger memories for Gibbs about the loss of his wife and daughter which are shown in flashbacks. We see him receive the news of their deaths immediately followed by an attack on the base in which Gibbs moves towards the shelling, rather than taking cover, providing insight to Franks (Kyle Schmid) actions this season concerned with Gibbs’ state of mind and whether or not something might trigger those suicidal tendencies again.

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The Irrational – Formal Ties

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  • Title: The Irrational – Formal Ties
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The Irrational - Formal Ties

“Formal Ties” takes Alec (Jesse L. Martin), Marisa (Maahra Hill), and Owen (Arash DeMaxi) to the Italian embassy for the marriage of a the daughter of a political refugee (Nikolai Tsankov) who someone at the heavily-guarded event wants dead. Putting the life of another guest in jeopardy, the killer uses the opportunity to sneak a second assassin on to the premises leaving our trio to work with the embassy security and find both men, without alerting the guests. Getting these three to the embassy and the eventual motive both feel a bit shaky, but the investigation itself works well. 

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