Mystery

Spenser: For Hire – At the River’s Edge

  • Title: Spenser: For Hire – At the River’s Edge
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Spenser: For Hire - At the River's Edge

Throwback Tuesday takes us back to the mean streets of Boston and the travails of a smart ass private detective. Spenser’s (Robert Urich) latest case comes to him in an odd manner when he and Susan (Barbara Stock) witness what appears to be an armed robbery. After wounding the attacker and corning him in the parking garage, rather than be taken alive the criminal commits suicide allowing for several comments and ribbing from Spenser’s friends afterwards about his power to compel suspects to take their own lives. Spenser is left with a mystery but no client, at least until the victim’s prepubescent sister (Carrie Kei Heim) decides to hire him. Spenser makes a tenuous connection between the dead attacker and the victim, both with a connection to a preacher with a growing national following.

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The Irrational – The Real Deal

  • Title: The Irrational – The Real Deal
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The Irrational - The Real Deal

Maybe The Irrational should keep Alec Mercer (Jesse L. Martin) as far away from the FBI as possible. For another week, the show offers Mercer working a case outside of his consultant role for the FBI finding a rhythm that has been missing in the previous episodes. “The Real Deal” gives us Alec on a date with Rose (Karen David) that turns into an investigation of a forged masterpiece. It’s easily the best episode of the series, in part to the chemistry between Martin and David, but also with the show capturing a bit more fun than the more gruesome cases Alec usually finds himself involved in.

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Wednesday – If You Don’t Woe Me By Now / A Murder of Woes

  • Title: Wednesday – If You Don’t Woe Me By Now / A Murder of Woes
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Wednesday - If You Don't Woe Me By Now / A Murder of Woes

The final two episodes of Wednesday‘s First Season dealing with Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) solving the mystery of the monster and the murders not once but twice with her realizing she’s actually been duped into believing Xavier (Percy Hynes White) is the monster, although the identity of the actual monster hits closer to home, and she’s completely mistaken about the identity of the woman controlling him. The penultimate episode of the season also brings a visit from Uncle Fester (Fred Armisen) while the final two episodes pull on various threads from the season allowing for Enid (Emma Myers) first transformation and make-up with her bestie, the culmination of Wednesday’s visions and the prophecy, and Wednesday’s friends standing up for her in the final battle including Eugene (Moosa Mostafa) and his bees.

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A Deadly Invitation

  • Title: Invitación a un Asesinato
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A Deadly Invitation

Giving off strong Murder She Wrote vibes, Invitación a un Asesinato stars Regina Blandón as a famous true crime podcaster who her eccentric sister Olivia (Maribel Verdú) invites to a party along with several friends which will take place on her yacht and remote beach estate. In the kind of scene that only takes place in movies like this, Olivia provides motive for murder for all of her guests and when someone turns up dead Agatha (Blandón) will help a local police officer solve the crime.

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And Be a Villain

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And Be a Villain

Throwback Thursday takes us back to a New York City brownstone on the southside of West 35 Street and the mystery of a murder broadcast live on radio. Originally published in 1948, With more than a dozen Nero Wolfe mysteries under his belt, Rex Stout‘s And Be a Villain gives the great detective a case which will frustrate and confound both Wolfe and Archie for almost the entire novel when he’s hired to discover who poisoned a guest on a popular radio program during the sponsor’s commercial break.

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