Mystery

The Mystery of the Magic Circle

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  • Title: The Mystery of the Magic Circle
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Flashback Friday takes us back to a mystery involving the Three Investigators whose mantra of “We Investigate Everything” lead them to go in search of the missing tell-all manuscript and stolen films of a reclusive retired actress. The story begins in fire and will take a few twists and turns including Jupiter, Pete, and Bob uncovering the actress’ secret coven and her mistaken belief that her powers have been used to harm those close to her in the past allowing others to take advantage of her guilt.

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The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #11

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After Wayne Tech’s new artificial intelligence is corrupted by a villain calling themselves the Ghost in the Machine, taking control of the Internet and communication across the city and holding Gotham City hostage, Batman and Mystery, Inc. are on the case. The latest issue of the series reintroduces Barbara as Oracle who guides Shaggy, Scooby-Doo, and Velma into the virtual world of cyber-space eventually leading to Mystery, Inc. unmasking the Ghost and discovering it’s an old Batman villain (and one with specific ties to Oracle’s complicated comic’s history).

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Only Murders in the Building – The Show Must…

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  • Title: Only Murders in the Building – The Show Must…
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As was teased in last season’s epilogue, the show’s Third Season opens up with a murder. Well, technically it opens up with two murders, of the same victim (Paul Rudd). The first takes place on stage during the Broadway premiere of Oliver‘s (Martin Short) comeback. We get some conversations among our trio about the sudden death, and an awkward afterparty turned wake, but the majority of the episode begins to fill in events between the solving of the last murder and opening night through a series of flashbacks. Oh, and then the victim shows up after being miraculously resurrected at the hospital only to be killed again that night (this time in the building). You know what that means, podcast listeners!

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Only Murders in the Building – Sparring Partners / I Know Who Did It

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  • Title: Only Murders in the Building – Sparring Partners / I Know Who Did It
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The final two episodes of the Second Season of Only Murders in the Building allow for Charles (Steve Martin) and Oliver (Martin Short) to deal with their own personal discoveries while Mabel (Selena Gomez) makes the pivotal connections to solve the case connecting Detective Kreps (Michael Rapaport) to the All Is Not OK in Oklahoma podcast. While our intrepid trio initially suspect Cinda Canning (Tina Fey) of being the mastermind behind the murder in order to create a more popular podcast, for the true brains behind the crime they need to look no further than her assistant Poppy (Adina Verson) who has her own twisted tale to tell.

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Remington Steele – Steele Away with Me

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  • Title: Remington Steele – Steele Away with Me: Part 1 & Part 2
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Wayback Wednesday takes us back to a con man pretending to be the world’s greatest detective in Remington Steele. Returning for its Second Season, the show saw some major shakeup to it supporting characters with the off-screen departures of both Murphy Michaels (James Read) and Bernice Fox (Janet DeMay). Rather than recast both characters individually, Michael Gleason decided to create a new character to fill both roles offering us the introduction of Mildred Krebs (Doris Roberts), an agent of the IRS on the scent of tax evasion who will follow Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan) to Acapulco but ultimately end up on his side in a mystery involving diamond smuggling and murder. While I miss the mostly underutilized Janet DeMay, Read’s character had outlived his usefulness at this point, and Roberts makes a great addition to the cast adding a completely different kind of energy to the show.

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