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Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries–Season 1, Episode 2 (Dead Beat)

Now that the premise and characters of the show have been established, the real fun can begin. The episode revolves around the murders of Duane Gordon, a popular singer, and Gidget, a back-up singer. The murders were unique in that they were both electrocuted as an electrical cord attached to a surfboard in a pool malfunctioned, which lead to Duane

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Charmed (Reboot)–Season 1, Episode 16 (Memento Mori)

After the twist of Charity being revealed as Marisol’s killer, the episode focused on this revelation being played out, and due to this, there was no battle of the week. The episode kicks off with Charity waking up a confused Macy from an apparent deep sleep, encouraging her to join the sisters and Harry for breakfast. It’s revealed that Macy

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Charmed (Reboot)–Season 1, Episode 15 (Switches & Stones)

Well, the Charmed writers are certainly masters of twists, that’s for sure. The A story and the battle of the week focused on Medusa and Macy’s ability to see the demonic attacks in her dreams. While Harry initially thought that Macy may have received the power of premonition, which Marisol possessed, he eventually concludes that the demonic part of her

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Charmed (Reboot)–Season 1, Episode 14 (Touched by a Demon)

I felt this episode was cheesy and a hit-and-miss in comparison to the previous three episodes. The episode picks up from where the end of the previous one left off, with Mel trying to heal Jada’s wounds inflicted by the witch hunters. Jada thinks Niko was helping the witch hunters, but Mel insists Niko wouldn’t do that, which leads to

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Charmed (Reboot)–Season 1, Episode 13 (Manic Pixie Nightmare)

This episode kicks off with a man live streaming a date with his girlfriend, who seems to be demonic, and encourages him to jump off a building and into a river. It cuts to Parker informing Maggie of the man’s death, asking her to look into it as it seems to be of a demonic nature, and Harry conceding Parker

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Charmed (Reboot)–Season 1, Episode 12 (You’re Dead to Me)

This episode kicks off with a flashback to 28 years ago when Macy died as a baby with Marisol and Macy’s father, Dexter, begging a necromancer to revive her. The necromancer informs them that resurrection incurs a cosmic debt and Marisol’s and Dexter’s will be living together as a family for two years and then separating. I found this to

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Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries–Pilot (Just Murdered)

When I wrote my blog post on the TV Week‘s Previews issue, Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, the titular character, Peregrine, was described as “kinetic and bored at the same time…she can’t hold down a job, but also doesn’t know what she wants to do or who she wants to be, in Melbourne’s St Kilda during the swinging ’60s. But

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