Ghosted

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{4.5/5} “‘You know what you’re doing? You’ve done this before?’ ‘I’m going to let you think yes.’” Ghosted, released in 2023 Cole, a farmer, and Sadie, who says she’s an art curator, have a first date that goes very well. Cole texts her a bunch of times the next day but he doesn’t hear back. […]

Star Trek: Picard (season 3)

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{5/5} “You’re only ever really as good as those around you. Your crew become a part of you. Complete you. They lift you up to accomplish the things you never could do alone.” Star Trek: Picard season 3, aired in 2023 Jean-Luc Picard and Laris are moving to Chaltak Four. Neither Picard nor any of […]

Jason Bourne

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{4.5/5} “I volunteered because I thought our enemies killed him. I volunteered because of a lie.” Jason Bourne, released in 2016 Nicky Parsons has hacked into the CIA in order to reveal the black ops projects like Treadstone to the world. But the CIA caught her, and they’re tracking her every move. She also found […]

The Bourne Legacy

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{5/5} “You were given a Ferrari and your people treated it like a lawnmower.” The Bourne Legacy, released in 2012 Aaron Cross is part of a top-secret CIA program that requires him to swallow pills every day. He’s lost his pills so he’s heading back to civilization — the first person he meets is a […]

Penn & Teller: Fool Us (season 9)

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{4.5/5} “I want to bring the audience to a place that seems real but where the rules have changed.” Penn & Teller: Fool Us season 9, aired in 2022-23 Jon Mobley catches a bullet in his teeth that Allison fires from an invisible gun. The Van Hargen Twins from Britain are able to send each […]

Run the Burbs (season 2)

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{4.5/5} “You know what they say, when one door closes make lemonade instead.” Run the Burbs season 2, aired in 2023 When Andrew gets an interview for his dream job with the city, he takes them on a tour. When the person he was going to replace decides not to resign after all, he decides […]

Wolf

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{4.5/5} “‘Not all who are bitten change. There must be something wild within. An analogue of the wolf.’ ‘Well, that lets me out. Among my people, I’m known as the guy least likely to have an analogue of the wolf.’” Wolf, released in 1994 Will was bitten by a wolf, and now he’s feeling different. […]

Murdoch Mysteries (season 16)

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{5/5} “The only way out of darkness is to bring the truth to light.” — Murdoch Murdoch Mysteries season 16, aired in 2022-23 George leaves Effie at the altar, because of a premonition from one of his aunts. A man’s dog digs up a coffin, and the man in the coffin comes out and kills […]

Worlds of DS9: Cardassia / Andor

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{4.5/5} “‘You know, Keiko, when you’re brought up to think carefully before you dare to utter even a single word, suddenly being free to say what you like is…’ He had to grope for the right words to express himself here. ‘Well, it’s terrifying,’ he said, at last.” (from Cardassia: The Lotus Flower) Worlds of […]

Whose Line is it Anyway? (season 19)

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{4.5/5} “Our top story today: A scientist successfully cloned himself. Said a coworker, ‘That’s just like him.’” — Colin Whose Line is it Anyway? season 19, aired in 2022-23 They play some games they haven’t played lately like, Radio Show, in which 2 performers are radio hosts and the other 2 are callers — the […]