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Riverdale Season 3 Review: 3.10: The Stranger
Photo: Jack Rowand/The CW This week on Riverdale the main characters at least spoke to each other. That might be the standard for a good episode at this point. The show revealed one person who’s...
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The Flash Season 5 Review: 5.11: Seeing Red
This week’s episode of The Flash season 5 was a bland episode that asked viewers to care way too much about Barry Allen’s ethics. The Flash is at its best when it’s silly and fun...
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Supergirl Season 4: 4.10: Suspicious Minds
This week on Supergirl season 4, Alex Danvers wondered if she should stay in a government organization that does torture. If you’ve been watching this season, the resolution won’t surprise you. Even putting politics aside,...
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Gotham Season 5: 5.3: Penguin, Our Hero
This week Gotham season 5 delivered an episode entirely about Oswald Cobblepot’s ego. They know what the fans want and it was delightful. It opened by showing that in the midst of this citywide emergency,...
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Riverdale Season 3 Review: 3.9: No Exit
This week on Riverdale , a bear mauled Archie Andrews. While injured, he hallucinated playing a game of Gargoyles and Griffins in which the final quest was to cool himself. At the end of the...
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The Flash Season 5: 5.10: The Flash and the Furious
The Flash returned this week with an episode focused on Nora West-Allen. Normally I would welcome focus on Nora, but they botched the execution. In this episode, Joslyn Jackam aka Weather Witch went on trial...
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Bob’s Burgers Season 9: 9.12: The Helen Hunt
On this week’s episode of Bob’s Burgers season 9, Linda Belcher tried to set Teddy up with Helen. But, Tina Belcher became determined to set her up with a woman named Kathleen. The premise of...
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Gotham Season 5 Review: 5.2: Trespassers
This week’s episode of Gotham season 5 felt like a horror movie. The creepy imagery, flickering lights and jump scares added a stylistic layer. At the same time, the episode still fit in with Gotham...
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Bob’s Burgers Season 9 Review: 9.11: Lorenzo’s Oil? No, Linda’s
CR: Fox. Bob’s Burgers season 9 returned this week. The midseason premiere dealt with the fertile territory of multi-level marketing schemes. Linda Belcher excitedly introduced her new beautiful young friend Angie. Angie invited her to...
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Gotham Season 5 Review: 5.1: Year Zero
The Gotham season 5 premiere felt more like a series of establishing scenes than a real episode. It didn’t have much story, but it set the stage for the final season. The premiere showed what...
