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Who’s Who in the Kinsella Clan

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KIN – Season 1 Episode 1 – SPOILERS The Kinsellas are a clan that deals drugs for a living. A conflict develops when their primary supplier (whose boss is Eamon Cunningham, played by Ciarán Hinds) insists on becoming their only …

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Amanda and the Two Brothers

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KIN – Season 1 Episode 2 – SPOILERS Last episode, some of the folks who work for rival drug boss Eamon Cunningham (Ciarรกn Hinds) poked fun at Frank Kinsella’s son Viking (Sam Keeley), who, along with a friend of his …

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Rendezvous With Death

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KIN – Season 1 Episode 3 – SPOILERS A perfect emotional storm causes the Kinsella clan to initiate a series of events that will inevitably lead to their destruction. Frank (Aidan Gillen) has issued a stern warning to his family …

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The Raven Himself Is Hoarse

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KIN – Season 1 Episode 4 – SPOILERS Blood has mostly been absent from KIN, but the killing in this episode signals the beginning of more graphic violence. Francis Flynn (Thommas Kane-Byrne), nicknamed “Fudge”, is the victim this time. While …

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Birdy, Amanda, and the Jack of Hearts

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KIN – Season 1 Episode 5 – SPOILERS In a well-organized heist, the Kinsellas nab $50 million worth of Eamon Cunningham’s drugs (pretty much all that he had). They can’t sell the stuff right away, so they stash it and …

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A House Divided Against Itself

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KIN – Season 1 Episode 6 – SPOILERS Eamon Cunningham (Ciarรกn Hinds) manages to negotiate a two week grace period from his suppliers (at the rate of $140K per day). His new-age-y ex-wife Angela (Fiona Bell),who is dying of cancer …

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When Your Day Is Done, And You Want To Ride On

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KIN – Season 1 Episode 7 – SPOILERS Amanda (Clare Dunne) is very methodical. She hires her own lawyer and persuades Jenny Lawlor (Denise McCormack) to say (for $500K) that her dead husband (see Episode 1.3) did all the money …

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War, Peace, and Leviticus (24:19)

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KIN – Season 1 Episode 8 – SPOILERS Amanda (Clare Dunne) arranges a meeting with Eamon Cunningham (Ciarรกn Hinds) to negotiate an end to the war. The two of them meet in an airport lounge on the other side of …

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Bang Bang Baby – Thoughts on the First Episode

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A speculative recap – SPOILERS The opening scene might be a short film unto itself, and if it does not pique your interest, stop watching, because you just won’t get it. Alice Barone (Arianna Becheroni) sits in a bar in …

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Romance, Art, and Mystery in Paris

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L’ART DU CRIME – created by Angรจle Herry-Leclerc & Pierre-Yves Mora Season Five of the adventures of Parisian art crime investigators Florence Chassange (Elรฉonore Bernheim) and Police Captain Verlay (Nicolas Gob) has been released, and its first story, Un coeur …

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The Clairvoyant, the Succubus, and the Empath

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PREMONITIONS – the first three episodes – (limited spoilers) It is 2016, and Clara (Pascale Bussiรจres), the clairvoyant matriarch of the Jakob family is playing poker, which is how she makes her living. Silently, and to no one in particular, …

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Tannie Maria’s Comforting Cookery

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RECIPES FOR LOVE AND MURDER – Season 1 – Episodes 1-4 – (minor spoilers) For seven years, Maria (Maria Doyle Kennedy) wrote the recipe column for the Klein Karoo Gazette, so when it was decided an advice column would sell …

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The Suspect List – Who Murdered Martine and Why?

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RECIPES FOR LOVE & MURDER – mid-first-season thoughts – SPOILERS Weeks after two probably related homicides, a lot of Eden’s townspeople seem worthy of suspicion. Anna (Daneel Van Der Walt), Martine’s would-be lover shares a gun fetish with Martine’s husband …

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The Hunt For Jessie September

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RECIPES FOR LOVE AND MURDER – Season 1 – Episodes 9 & 10 – SPOILERS ⁓ Jessie (Kylie Fisher) has been kidnapped, probably by the same person who killed Martine. In the course of her investigations, Tannie Maria (Maria Doyle …

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An Introduction to ‘Family Law’

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FAMILY LAW – Season 1 – Episode 1 – SPOILERS Abigail Bianchi (Jewel Staite) has two families and is alienated from both of them. Her husband Frank (Luke Camilleri) kicked her out of the house months ago because of behaviour …

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Feels Like I’m Winning When I’m Losing Again

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FAMILY LAW – Season 1 Episode 3 – SPOILERS The week’s new client is Marlee Liu-Hartford (Steph Song) whose husband Dwight (Haig Sutherland) wants temporary custody of their children because Marlee (he says) is addicted to gaming. She is in …

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Caught In A Bad Romance

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FAMILY LAW – Season 1 Episode 5 – SPOILERS Agigail (Jewel Staite) dreams about having sex with her husband Frank (Luke Camilleri), from whom she is separated. Then four things happen in rapid succession. The receptionist at Svensson & Associates …

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Truth and Rumours of Truth

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FAMILY LAW – Season 1 Episode 7 – SPOILERS Last episode, Daniel (Zach Smadu) asked Harry (Victor Garber) to make him a partner in the firm, and Harry declined. Also, Abby (Jewel Staite) saw Lucy (Genelle Williams) kissing someone other …

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Queens of Mystery – A Primer

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QUEENS OF MYSTERY – created by Julian Unthank – (minor spoilers) Matilda Stone, played by Olivia Vinall in Season One and by Florence Hall in Season Two, was born circa 1991. Her mother, Eleanor (Jemma Amos) disappeared when Matilda was …

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Harry and Crystal Are Dated

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FAMILY LAW – Season 1 Episode 9 – SPOILERS The birthdays of Lucy’s deceased mom Monique and Nina the Receptionist (Kelli Ogmundson) very nearly coincide. Nina’s dad Bryan (Patrick Gilmmore) gives his (almost) twenty-two-year-old daughter a DNA kit. “Here’s hoping …

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Alien Invaders: Asha, Felicity, and Doctor Peterson

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FAMILY LAW – Season 1 Episode 10 – SPOILERS The three lawyers at Svensson and Associates are quite different from one another. Abigail (Jewel Staite) is ruthless and borderline unethical in advocating for her clients. Harry Svensson (Victor Garber) is …

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Memorable TV Characters of 2022

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BELLA SWAY – Moonhaven – Emma MacDonald Bella is a pilot shuttling cargo and people between Earth (where human civilization is in its death throes) and the Moon, specifically a 1300 square kilometer colony called Moonhaven, a multi-generational think tank …

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Sometimes Goodbye is a Second Chance

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LE CODE – Season One – Episodes 1 & 2 – (limited spoilers) In the opening scene, Corporate lawyer Idriss Toma is held at gunpoint in his Paris office by Carl Roussell (Stรฉphane Blancafort). Toma has just won acquittal for …

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Lucy and the No Good, Very Bad Day

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FAMILY LAW โ€“ Season 2 Episode 1 โ€“ SPOILERS – Relationships become more clearly defined. An amnesiac inventor has his day in court. Crystal pushes her luck.

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Why do the Birds go on Singing?

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FAMILY LAW – Season 2 Episode 3 – SPOILERS Paralegal Cecil Patterson (Brett Kelly) wants to ask receptionist Nina Beasley (Kelli Ogumndson) out on a date, but before he can do that, she reveals her plan to backpack around the …

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Nina Leaves and Winston Takes Over

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FAMILY LAW – Season 2 Episode 5 – SPOILERS Nina Beasley, the Svensson and Svensson receptionist whose name is a thinly veiled reference to MOOMLIGHTING (the Blue Moon Detective Agency‘s receptionist was played by Allyce Beasley), is off backpacking around …

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Mrs. Sidhu: Food, Music, and Mysteries

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MRS SIDHU INVESTIGATES – a series created by Suk Pannu ⁓ Mrs. Suki Sidhu (Meera Syal) runs a catering company in the town of Slough which rhymes with “plow” and is located midway between London and Reading on the M4. …

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Thoughts on Agatha Christie’s Hjerson

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Reality TV writer Klara Sandberg (Hanna Alstrรถm) listens to herself pitch new ideas for her show “Milf Hotelle” and is suddenly revolted by her own ideas. She suggests they should be making better television, and, inspired by the cover of …

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The Adventures of Max and Cole

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WILD CARDS – created by Michael Konyves (limited spoilers) Police Detective Cole Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti) has a new sidekick, and he’s not sure it’s a good thing. A year ago, his brother Daniel was killed in an apparently random mugging. …

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Formless, Shapeless, Like Water

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WILD CARDS – Episode 108 – Eternal Sunshine of the Therapized Mind – (limited spoilers) ⁓ Dr. Sophie Fernwood, renowned therapist and self-help guru, is found floating face down in her swimming pool, dead. Cole (Giacomo Gianniotti) and Max (Vanessa …

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