Wednesday, July 13, 2016

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THIS ISSUE: Containment, Animal Kingdom, Pretty Little Liars, Zoo, Maya & Marty
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Containment Goes for the Kill
The CW
BECAUSE: Containment doesn't seem long for The CW world in its penultimate episode, but you have to hand it to them -- they're going out in a big way. For example, the series just stone-cold killed off its leading lady. In an episode that contained multiple jewelry heists, the main function of the hour was simply to grieve the loss of Katie. And in next week's finale: Escape.

Animal Kingdom
TNT
WHAT HAPPENED: Don't you just hate when you fail a drug test because your mom has been tampering with your food? Or when you get tied to a chair and forced into a fake drug overdose by the woman you recently left for dead? Such is the life of a Cody boy...er, man. In between these little snafus for Pope and Craig, respectively, Baz is presenting his new criminal idea to his adoptive criminal family: He wants to use the relationship he's been developing with Nicky's father Paul to steal a bunch of money from his military base. But first he wants to mess with him a little bit. Pope and Deran hit up Paul's house and steal his laptop and briefcase, and it's somehow all a plan to earn his trust. When he confides in Baz that his briefcase contained classified documents, Baz tells his new pal he'll find a way to get the briefcase back. But J is none too happy to find his family messing with his girlfriend's father, so he breaks up with Nicky to keep her safe. Oh, J -- it's just not that easy. And Baz tells him so.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Things are feeling ripe for a meltdown in the already explosive Cody family, and not just with Baz and J. There are a lot of questions swirling in Pope's head about his family, too -- and with a character that can't be pinned down, that feels particularly dangerous. As actor Shawn Hatosy told EW, though, that uncertainty regarding Pope's motives is a very intentional part of his performance: "Ben Mendelsohn's portrayal of Pope was very dark," Hatosy said of Pope's original film portrayal. "I figured if I was going to succeed for a season or multiple seasons, I wanted him to be a little bit more ambiguous. I know that he's creepy and dark and disturbing, but I also feel like you have to trust him, at least within the family. The one thing about Pope is he is the emotional center of the family. He is also the most fiercely loyal." That's a statement that seems ready to be tested.




Pretty Little Liars
Freeform
WHAT HAPPENED: Guess who's back, back again? Jenna's back -- tell a friend. (Perhaps while you're all taking a break from burying a dead body in the woods.) Not only do we see Jenna return, but it's revealed that for somereason, she left a voicemail on Elliot's newly discovered burner phone. And not only is Elliot way, way dead at the hands of the Liars, but so is Archer Dunhill.Because, well, they're kind of the same person, but kind of died a few years apart. (Confused yet? That's what happens when we get so many answers only four episodes into a PLL season.) Archer Dunhill -- A.D. for short -- is Elliot Rollins' real name, and the actual Dr. Rollins has been dead for quite a while, as discovered by Toby. We've yet to discover why Jenna would be working with Mr. Dunhill, and further, why she's rolled back into Rosewood at all.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Jenna isn't the only special lady back in our lives. Please welcome Mona to the stage! Had Mona not come around, the Liars would probably already be facing life with no parole, and yet, here she is in Tuesday's episode. Refinery29 has a few questions: "Is Mona still stalking them? Of course she's the one [who] knows they murdered someone," they point out. Here's another question we were all thinking: "Why is Mona better than everyone? Thank goodness she got the window replaced, didn't burn the damn car, knew Elliot was sketchy, and knew he had a burner phone." Mona really does think of it all, and the Liars really don't.


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Zoo
CBS
WHAT HAPPENED: Wait -- is Zoo killing off Chloe? The Animal Avengers can't die. They have to save the world! In Tuesday's episode, the gang is on the (humane) hunt for a sloth that's causing earthquakes with a little help from his low-frequency cry. But as it turns out, he's getting a little help from underground moles (and the Avengers are getting exactly no help from that mutant alligator lurking in the mole tunnels) that bring an entire building crashing to its foundation. General Davies makes off with the sloth and locks it up at Reiden Global HQ, but doors with heartbeat scanners are no match for Chloe and the gang. They do a quick change into cocktail attire, infiltrate the party where Davies is detailing the Noah Objective -- to spread two poisonous gasses that will kill mutated animals, but not humans -- and march him at gunpoint to the sloth. When Dariela and Chloe end up in a shootout, a tank of the newly created poisonous gas gets hit, and they have to outrun the poison cloud before the doors seal them inside the chamber...
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Dariela makes it through, but she sees that Chloe won't be so fortunate before the poison reaches the rest of the team. Dariela is forced to lock the doors just as Chloe slams up against the glass, eventually collapsing to the ground. This is just after she'd told Jackson she's in love with him ! And before she can relay Jamie's recently discovered location! TVLine has questions about Chloe's possible death: "Did the CBS promo guydupe us all? Promos for this Tuesday's Zoo warned us that by the end of the episode, 'one of these people won't survive.' And based on the flurry of faces that flashed on-screen, I surely was not alone in deeming General Davies as disposable." What about that all-important preview following the episode? "Then again, does Chloe have some life left in her, based on next week's promo? Or is that just taunting us with her last few dying breaths?" We shall see.

One More Thing...
Emma Stone & Maya Ruloph Sing!
NBC
TV GIRLFRIENDS: Didn't know you wanted to see Emma Stone and Maya Rudolph sing "Call Your Girlfriend" with nothing but two butter tubs on Tuesday's season finale of Maya & Marty? We're here to tell you that you do.

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