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The Mystery of the Deadly Double

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Wayback Weekend takes us back to a mystery involving the Three Investigators whose mantra of “We Investigate Everything” lead them to solving strange and unusual mysteries. In the case of The Mystery of the Deadly Double, lead investigator Jupiter Jones himself is the mystery, or rather his unexpected kidnapping which opens the tale. In that it isn’t begun by the discovery of an odd artifact or occurrence brought to the attention of the investigators, it does stand out as an unusual starting point for one of their mysteries (and initially everyone is baffled as to the reason behind the kidnapping).

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Citadel – Infinite Shadows

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  • Title: Citadel – Infinite Shadows
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The theme of trust and secrets slowly being revealed makes up the majority of Citadel’s third episode. “Infinite Shadows” offers a flashback into the first meeting between Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) on a mission in the Alborz Mountains to retrieve a deadly virus a decade ago. Now ten years later, in one of Citadel’s former safehouses, the questions of trust the spies asked each other years ago are as relevant today as they were then. Meanwhile, Manticore tortures Bernard Orlick (Stanley Tucci) for information and access into Citadel technology. 

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The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #9

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Taking place in Crystal Cove rather than Gotham City, Batman, Batgirl, and Commissioner Gordon are all on hand to see Mystery, Inc. be awarded the key to the city (and another gift which is saved for the last panel). However, when a group of hypnotized townspeople, all dressed as clowns, disrupt the scene, the celebration turns with Mystery, Inc. eventually being arrested, Batman chasing the wrong villain, and leaving Batgirl and Scooby-Doo to save the day and prevent the gang from being sentenced to prison (albeit by a villain with no real legal powers).

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Young Sherlock Holmes

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  • Title: Young Sherlock Holmes
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“In my entire life, I have only seen Holmes cry on two occasions.”

Released in 1985 to critical, but not box office, success, director Barry Levinson‘s Young Sherlock Holmes reimagined the first meeting of Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) and John Watson (Alan Cox) as teens rather than adults when Watson transfers to London’s Brompton Academy and quickly befriends the genius but brash Holmes whose actions gets himself, and Watson, into trouble.

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Panhandle – To Bell or Not To Bell?

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  • Title: Panhandle – To Bell or Not To Bell?
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Similar to Endgame (the one with Shawn Doyle not Morena Baccarin), the opening episode of Panhandle casts Luke Kirby as a genius agoraphobic haunted by his wife’s murder who helps the police solve crimes. In the case of Panhandle, named after the northern swampy region of Florida, Kirby stars as Bell Prescott a Renaissance man who put his life on hold after the death of his wife (Lorenza Izzo who appears as a ghost talking to only him) and has taken up the hobby of solving crimes from his manor. Our other main character is overworked patrol officer Cammie Lorde (Tiana Okoye) called in when a dead body is found on the Bell property.

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