Television Review: Breaking Bad, Season 5

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Synopsis: With Jesse (Aaron Paul) back on his side, pressure of Walt’s criminal life starts to build as Skyler (Anna Gunn) struggles to keep his terrible secrets. Facing resistance from sometime adversary and former Fring lieutenant Mike, Walt tries to keep his world from falling apart even as his DEA Agent brother in law, Hank (Dean Norris), finds numerous leads that could blaze a path straight to Walt.

 

 

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Television Review: The Gifted, Series 1

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Synopsis: In a world where mutated humans are treated with distrust and fear, an institute for mutants battles to achieve peaceful co-existence with humanity. Their fight is joined by a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the discovery that their teenage children possess mutant powers.

Show: The Gifted, Series 1

Company: 20th Century Fox Television

Date: 2017

 

 

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Television Review: Orphan Black, Series 4

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Synopsis: With the threat of the Castor clones no longer plaguing them, the sisterhood’s future looks bright.

That is, until the past comes crashing back into their lives with the return of Neolution – the organisation that has been pulling the strings all along.

Forced to emerge from her Icelandic safe house, Sarah is led down a dangerous path back to the clone that started it all: Beth Childs.

As Sarah begins to crack under the overwhelming pressure of keeping her family safe, the sisters are pushed in disparate directions. But in order to survive, they will need to band together like never before, or be torn apart forever.

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Television Review: Arrow, Series 4

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Synopsis: After defeating his most formidable foe to date and riding off into the sunset with longtime flame Felicity Smoak, Oliver Queen (aka The Arrow) left Starling City with the hopes of beginning a new life.

But will Oliver ever truly be able to leave behind his past as the Arrow, and, if so, what becomes of the team he has worked so hard to assemble? Will military vet John Diggle, Oliver’s sister Thea Queen, and lawyer-turned-vigilante Laurel Lance be left to continue Oliver’s crusade without him? And with Malcolm Merlyn having ascended to the top of the League of Assassins as the new Ra’s al Ghul, is anyone really safe?

The action-packed series continues with new villains, new heroes and new challenges!

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Television Review: Inhumans

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Synopsis: Black Bolt, the enigmatic, commanding head of the Inhuman royal family and King of Attilan, possesses a voice so powerful that the slightest whisper can destroy a city.

After a military coup splinters the family, the group — which includes Black Bolt’s wife, Medusa; his brother and rival, Maximus; his cousins Karnak, Gorgon and Triton; and Medusa’s sister, Crystal — barely manages to escape to Hawaii, where surprising interactions with the lush world and humanity around them may prove to not only save them, but Earth itself.

 

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Television Review: Grimm, Series 4

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Synopsis: In the wake of Monroe and Rosalee’s wedding, things have never been more chaotic. Nick, having lost his Grimm abilities, must dig deep and decide what type of person he wants to be.

With Captain Renard in critical condition after being gravely injured and Juliette trying to come to grips with Nick’s recent betrayal, the world of Grimm is spiraling out of control more than ever.

As even more dangerous Wesen are making their way to the great northwest, it’s going to take all of Team Grimm’s strength and energy to keep Portland from bursting open at the seams.

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Television Review: Game of Thrones, Series 7

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Synopsis: This penultimate series contains seven episodes. Jon Snow must seek allies to defeat the army of the Dead, while Daenerys must strengthen her position in Westeros. Arya and Bran return to Winterfell, but adjusting to the changes in their home will not be easy.

Meanwhile, Tyrion fights for his counsel to be heard and Jaime starts to doubt his own loyalty. Cersie will do whatever it takes to remain on the throne and no one – friend, foe or lover alike – will stand in her way.

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Television Review: Grimm, Series 3

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Amazon Synopsis: Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt is back – but not exactly himself – as Grimm returns for another 22 hair-raising episodes.

With his abilities manifesting in new and unusual ways, Nick is stronger than ever with his partner, Hank, and reunited love, Juliette, by his side as he tracks down Wesen criminals with renewed determination.

But things are changing all around him. As Captain Renard embroils himself with the birth of a royal child and Monroe and Rosalee’s relationship intensifies, the ties between humans and the Wesen world will become even more irrevocably intertwined.

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Television Review: The Night Manager

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Night Manager 1Synposis: After seeing classified information about an arms deal, Johnathon Pine, a hotel night manager, is determined to seek justice for the murder of a woman. But in order to do so, he must infiltrate the killer’s circle, a notorious arms dealer determined to make money through destruction.

Evil can have a charming smile, though. Pine must win over Richard Roper, the man behind it all, and gain his trust in order to gain evidence against the man.

Things become more complicated when he starts to fall for Roper’s lover and Pine knows that everything – even the world – is at stake.

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