When an office drone from a Vogue-like magazine is found dead in a nearby dumpster, the gang at the 12th catch the case. Assistant Ella Hayes has been murdered by fabric and it just so happens that she is fashion magnate and editorial goddess Matilda King’s go to gal. I will say that Frances Fisher (Titanic, Gone in 60 Seconds) is inspired casting as the publishing diva. Clearly the episode has taken a page from the Devil Wears Prada playbook milking the metaphors about how difficult life is especially when compared to the fashion industry....

When an overnight limo driver shows up at a church riddled with bullet holes and a baby in tow the mystery begins. Just who was this driver and more importantly whose kid is this?? Castle immediately is taken with the little rugrat and has taken to calling him “Cosmo” and spoils the little guy with Manhattan’s finest in chi-chi baby-wear. As they say, “only in New York.” The driving force of the episode is not only to determine whose baby Cosmo is but also to figure just why a man was killed saving him....

6.15 Smells Like Teen Spirit One of the many joys that we get out of watching or reading narratives is that of identifying with the characters. We see ourselves in the struggles of those whose tales we are enjoying and we take pleasure in their triumphs as though they are, in some small part, our own. Likewise, such identification also offers us a kind of reality check, reassuring us that our doubts, our weaknesses, our ways of being are, if not universal to the human condition, at least not unique....

7.21 In Plane Sight On one level, this is a surprise. After all, this episode has few of the hallmarks of what faithful viewers tend to think of as key to a good Castle tale. In Plane Sight takes place entirely during the course of a transatlantic flight on the always-tragic Oceanic Air (Oceanic Air/Airlines/Airways is the commonly used name of an airline company where bad air stuff always happens—think Lost or Executive Decision) during which Rick and Alexis are on their way to London to have a little father-daughter bonding-time....

“Pilot” introduces us to Chozen, a young white man who is what we in the gay community call a bear: a stocky, scruffy guy who at least looks fairly masculine. This only serves to make the two teddy bears he carts around all the funnier for those of us in the know. After a commendably succinct bit of backstory about how he ended up in prison in the first place—framed on multiple counts by a former collaborator, Phantasm, who grew resentful of his glory-hogging—we find Chozen on the other side of his prison time....

The inevitable future WWE Hall of Famer, is currently putting together his own celebrity cruise that sets sail in October to the Bahamas, the Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager at Sea (chrisjerichocruise.com), featuring a Ring of Honor tournament and a diverse lineup of music, comedy, and guest appearances from wrestling legends. Before that, he’s booked for WWE’s special event The Greatest Royal Rumble, which airs live April 27th on PPV and the WWE network....

In Community’s world, it only makes sense to say goodbye to a character with a ridiculous concept episode. Or, rather, it makes sense for certain characters. Pierce’s official goodbye last week was about as grounded as the show gets, canisters of sperm notwithstanding. But Troy is one half of the Troy and Abed Manchild Make-Believe Team, so ending his time at Greendale with a post-apocalyptic war about standing on chairs is the way to go....

Having kicked off its first season with a Breakfast Club homage of epic proportions, Community went back to its roots this week with some more locked library shenanigans. Cooperative Calligraphy, while a nod to its origins, is also a fabulous excuse for Kids in the Hall-inspired comedy, a little more Winger nudity and torturing Pierce while he’s still unable to get away. From invading the privacy of everyone’s bags, to the privacy of everyone’s underwear, the group turns a simple pen mishap into Greendale’s version of Guantanamo Bay....

A show with a constantly growing classic episodes list, Community came up with the goods once again this week, adding yet another 21 minutes of comedy gold to the Community hall of fame. Each of the timelines has terrible consequences for someone, and in more than one case, everyone. Chaos does not like these people. As a plot device, the die works well, and allows us to see things that wouldn’t ordinarily come up – Shirley’s alleged baking habit being a case in point, as is Britta’s least subtle joint smoking ever....

Sir Dante of Quick Stop rides his horses into work after an emergency telegram from the boss. He opens up the convenience store where he works and makes a sign to hang up, as some local savages couldn’t work out what to do with chewing gum and so jammed it into the shutter lock, which I understand used to happen quite regularly in pre-historic times. “Where is the video store clerk?...

2.11 Josh Is The Man Of My Dreams, Right? Because it’s a musical, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend can sometimes afford to get weird. We’ve seen it in the past, like when Rebecca encountered a planeful of Dreamgirls-esque dream ghosts, or when she was plagued by tap-dancing memory spirits, but this week’s demonic singing weatherman might be the weirdest things have ever got. I’m overusing the word “weird” here, but that’s partly because we had a whole episode’s worth of Frankie Valli pastiche about being weird, and also because, well, really things did get weird, didn’t they?...

Let’s start with the good. First off, I think the idea of magic being so public that it’s a major in college is a pretty cool thing, and I like the idea that seemingly anyone can choose to become a magician. Most books about magic use the idea that only “special” people have the power; here, it’s a skill that is learned, no different from any other. I also like the idea that magicians bond to one man-made object and can only do magic through that medium for the rest of their lives....

In August, Bungie told Game Informer their latest expansion was about nostalgia. It might seem a bit strange to encourage nostalgia for a game just entering into its third year. Rise of Iron remixes the Cosmodrome and digs deep into Destiny’s history to tell the story of the player becoming an Iron Lord, finishing what Lord Saladin of Iron Banner fame started. The “machine-plague” SIVA killed Saladin’s companions centuries ago, and has now corrupted the Fallen, and it’s your job to cleanse the disease....

A good Dexter season must set its stall out. Hello, Bandit was exactly that, for this reviewer, although it’s still keeping the true antagonist (allegedly to be played by Wayne Hatosy) in the shadows. Or maybe the hint we should take from this is that season 5 is going to be a significantly different Dexter. I’ve never much cared for the two child actors who play Cody and Astor, if I’m honest, but here we got a hint that Christina Robinson, who plays Astor, has some real potential....

Initially investigating the disappearance of a missing cat, Gently soon finds himself teaming up with a former university friend, Richard (Darren Boyd), and for reasons far too odd and convoluted to explain, they both find themselves involved in an unexpected warehouse explosion and an apparently dead billionaire, all of which appear to have some sort of arcane, tenuous connection. Nevertheless, writer Howard Overman has created an hour-long drama that successfully pulls all the seemingly disparate strands together for a surprisingly tidy conclusion....

The first Discworld novel I ever read was the third published, Equal Rites. It introduced one of the Discworld’s strongest characters, in every sense of the word. Granny Weatherwax is the good variety of strong female character, able to keep elves at bay and Borrow a swarm of bees, but she is also a strong character in the sense that she feels so completely three-dimensional you almost expect her to leap off the page and scold you for neglecting your common sense....

Disenchantment Episode 10 I don’t watch many Netflix Originals, but as I understand it quite a lot of them end with cliffhangers. I’m not sure why this would be, if it’s a mandate handed down from Netflix HQ or something, that creators should raise the stakes high to close out every season and keep viewers chomping at the bit for more. Or maybe it’s down to the freedom of a TV production model where self-contained episodes have greatly diminished in necessity, so this attitude has extended to the seasons as well....

Eoin Colfer, acclaimed author of the Artemis Fowl series (and internationally vilified author of Another Thing…) presents William Hartnell’s Doctor in a scenario that evokes Steven Moffat’s “Dark Fairy Tale” approach, right down to the alien objects hidden in the clouds above Victorian London. While the tone is that of a playful children’s fantasy, the concepts within remain those of enjoyable science-fiction. The resolution involves quick thinking, a computer interface and some implausibly fast typing....

On paper, the ingredients for Amy’s Choice are impressive. There are the intriguing shots of a pregnant Amy Pond, for starters, and the outline premise that she’s not seen the Doctor for years, and is now having a baby with Rory. That’s a solid place to start. Yet, sadly, and you probably saw this conclusion coming, Amy’s Choice just doesn’t gel together as well as it feels it should, and the end result subsequently amounts to less than the sum of its collected parts....

If series four of new Who becomes available with a ‘Turn off over-bearing James Horner-style choir music’ button in ‘audio options’, I will buy it at full price. And pre-order. I’m able to recognise dramatic situations and respond to well-written dialogue without having my lugholes washed in the waves of saccharine-sweet music cues that were in evidence towards the conclusion of The Fires Of Pompeii, and I imagine most Who fans over the age of three are as well....