Mystery

Will Trent – Have You Never Been to a Wedding?

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  • Title: Will Trent – Have You Never Been to a Wedding?
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Will Trent - Have You Never Been to a Wedding?

With Faith’s (Iantha Richardson) boyfriend out of town, Will (Ramón Rodríguez) accompanies his partner and her son (Deion Smith) to a wedding that quickly goes to hell when armed robbers take everyone hostage. The episode allows Faith to play a bit of John McClane while Will attempts to deescalate the situation and talk some sense into the robbers which becomes harder to do once they turn on each other. Eventually Angie (Erika Christensen) and Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin) arrive with the cavalry taking down the remaining thieves.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – The Crooked Man

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  • Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – The Crooked Man
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Crooked Man

Sherlock Saturday takes us back to 221 B Baker Street and the Granada Television’s faithful adaptations of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. “The Crooked Man” is an interesting episode for a couple of reasons. The entire episode, except for the epilogue, take place outside of Baker Street. Also, it becomes a case in search of murder that reveals that no murder actually occurred. Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) and Watson (David Burke) are hired to look into the death of Colonel James Barclay (Denys Hawthorne) whose body was discovered along with that of his uncurious wife Nancy (Lisa Daniely) in a locked room after an argument.

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Inside Man

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  • Title: Inside Man (2022)
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Inside Man

Part Silence of the Lambs and part rash decisions leading to unfortunate outcomes, Inside Man, the recent BBC series not to be confused with Spike Lee‘s 2006 heist flick nor the recent thriller starring Lucy Hale and Ashley Greene, is more notable for the performances than the plot. However, there’s still some interesting pieces worth watching (especially for those seeking it out for the reunion of Steven Moffat and David Tennant). One-half of the series involves a death row inmate (Stanley Tucci) solving crimes from behind bars who agrees to an interview with a reporter (Lydia West) if she can agree to one simple rule. The other involves a series of unfortunate events and misunderstandings involving a preacher (Tennant) from locking a young woman (Dolly Wells) in his basement. 

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Nightmare in Pink

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  • Title: Nightmare in Pink
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Nightmare in Pink

Throwback Tuesday takes us back nearly 60 years to John D. MacDonald‘s second Travis McGee novel. While doing a bit of sleuthing for an old army buddy, the salvage consultant will get into a case which he will lose himself both in the arms of a beautiful young woman and the grips of a dark conspiracy. Out of his element, and working in the big city, McGee looks into money left behind to Mike’s younger sister Nina after the death of her fiancé. There’s no rational explanation for the large sum of money and Nina fears what he might have gotten involved in.

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Will Trent – We Are Family

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  • Title: Will Trent – We Are Family
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Will Trent - We Are Family

While the more impactful moments in terms of ongoing storylines in “We Are Family” involve Will (Ramón Rodríguez) making a connection with his mother’s brother (John Ortiz), the moment I’ll most remember in the episode has to do with the murder of the week outside of a drag club and a discussion with witnesses about a “vanilla envelope” that so perfectly fits our characters. The truth beyond the killing fits the tragic nature of the series, as does Will reaction to finding his uncle’s friends aren’t so happy about him being a cop, but so does this hilarious little segment as well as the closing moments involving the friends coming together to support Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin) in his time of need.

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