Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2020 March 8

Coming in like a lion, the Deserted Crowd of Disguise and Costume roar back onto the breakroom boobtube, and Batwoman realizes she should smile a bit more, Supergirl will always love you, Black Lightning finishes his season, The Flash finishes off the Speed Force, and The Legends meet up with a non-spider-powered Mr. Parker.  Saul takes up Yoga and finds inner peace.  Things are looking up for Neil deGrasse Tyson, as his second season of Cosmos returns with two episodes.  The other type of Good Doctor takes two recently broken up doctors and makes them work together on a small problem.  Someone does their best to keep the Riverdale “teens” from getting back to the screen.  To round out the week, we also get Picard learning what really caused the demise of the red planet.

[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut, except when there really aren’t any.  (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click More…)]

Batwoman – S01E14 – Grinning from Ear to Ear – Batwoman and Luke are on the trail of a villain targeting social media mavens. Sophie gets an unexpected visit from her mother, and Mary offers her expertise to assist Kate. Jacob Kane is approached to make good on a favor, while Alice focuses on her plans for retribution.

Supergirl – S05E14 – The Bodyguard – Lex tasks Supergirl with protecting Andrea from an anti-tech extremist, but his nefarious purpose goes beyond merely keeping Andrea alive. With Alex’s help, Lena moves forward with Non Nocere.

Better Call Saul – S05E04 – Namaste – As Jimmy doubles down on Saul Goodman, a deeply conflicted Kim brings him an interesting proposition. Gus makes a sacrifice in order to play the long game. Mike attempts to smooth things over with his family.

Black Lightning – S03E16 – The Book of War: Chapter Three: Liberation – [Season Finale] Black Lightning faces off against Gravedigger.

Cosmos – S02E01 – Ladder to the Stars – An adventure spanning billions of years into the evolution of life and consciousness. A visit to a 100,000-year-old laboratory. The story of the change in life-style that radically altered human existence and the life of the heretic who found god in the book of nature, opening our way to the stars.

Cosmos – S02E02 – The Fleeting Grace of the Habitable Zone – There is no refuge from change in the cosmos. There will come a time in the life of the Sun when Earth will no longer be a home for us. The story of our ancestors who rose to a comparable challenge and a long-term vision of our future on other worlds.

Good Doctor – S03E18 – Heartbreak – Claire and Shaun treat a patient with a rare form of dwarfism. Reznick, Lim and Park treat a young man who had both arms torn off in a previous farming accident. Shaun reacts to an emotional situation.

The Flash – S06E14 – Death of the Speed Force – Kid Flash returns to Central City with a Zen attitude and new tricks up his sleeve. While thrilled to see his family again, Wally confides to Barry that he returned because he thinks there is something wrong with the speed force. Cisco returns from his fact-finding mission across Earth-Prime.

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow – S05E07 – Mr. Parker’s Cul-De-Sac – Ray plans a date night for him and Nora, but all goes awry when an Encore shows up making the team think on their feet and create a lie to keep the Encore at bay. While trying to fool the Encore, Ava learns what Sara was really doing while she was away and confronts her. Charlie and Constantine make a deal to work together, which will benefit both of them. Meanwhile, Rory is upset when he gets negative comments about his book, so Zari helps track down who the critic is, and Rory gets more than he bargained for.

Riverdale – S04E16 – Chapter Seventy-three: The Locked Room – [No description given.]

Star Trek: Picard – S01E08 – Broken Pieces – When devastating truths behind the Mars attack are revealed, Picard realizes just how far many will go to preserve secrets stretching back generations, all while the La Sirena crew grapples with secrets and revelations of their own. Narissa directs her guards to capture Elnor, setting off an unexpected chain of events on the Borg cube.

 

4 replies on “Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2020 March 8”

  1. Since Picard ends with a two-part finale, I’m going to wait until next week to review the four episodes that fall between the previous review and the finale. But I’m sure people have opinions….

    • I loved Episode 7 of Picard as it felt like it had pulled the threads together into a cohesive narrative. It also cleared up how the borg queen got away but this also created other plot holes with ST continuity.

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