Friday, November 23, 2012

New this week (11/23/12):

Criminal Minds, Season 2
Jason Gideon is the head of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) and mentor to an elite team of profilers, including family man Aaron Hotchner, sex-crimes expert Elle Greenaway, hunky Derek Morgan, genius-geek Dr. Spencer Reid, department liaison "JJ" Jareau, and computer whiz Penelope Garcia. Joining them this season is Emily Prentiss who quickly learns there's nothing these agents would rather do than profile murderers and put them away. 

Dalziel and Pascoe, Season 6
In season six of this gritty British crime thriller, grumpy old-school copper Andy Dalziel and his well-mannered university educated partner Peter Pascoe face more perplexing cases: The puzzling death of a schoolboy, the mysterious murder of a Sikh woman, the unexplained killing of a solicitor, and the appearance of a skeleton in a former mining town. On top of which, with Pascoe's wife and daughter now in America, the odd couple find themselves sharing Dalziel's house.

Dark Shadows
Imprisoned vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better and are in need of his protection. 

Delicacy (French)
When a woman loses the love of her life, she struggles to rekindle any kind of passion until she begins an unlikely relationship with a klutzy underling at work. 

Expendables 2
When Mr. Church decides to reunite the Expendables, and one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat. 

Lucky One
U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive - a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm. 

New Tricks, Season 1
As punishment for messing up a kidnap rescue and shooting a dog in the process, Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman is re-assigned to the newly created unsolved murder squad. Due to a manpower shortage her team is made up of veteran detectives brought back onto the police force, bringing a 1970's mentality to modern policing. The team's first case is to re-investigate a twenty year old murder conviction which has suddenly come into question due to police corruption. Sifting through the lies, dubious motives and the police cover up during the first investigation, the unorthodox methods of the dinosaur detectives eventually discover what really happened twenty years ago. In the process, the squad clears up two murders and an armed robbery. 

Savages
Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben, a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon, a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry, raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia. Life is idyllic in their Southern California town, until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them. 

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan. 

Upstairs Downstairs, Season 2
Now a well established household in the heart of London, life in Eaton Place has moved on; Lady Agnes and Sir Hallam's family is complete with the addition of two small children and London has settled into an uneasy peace with the apparent aversion of war. Yet below the surface of a well-run household, both upstairs and downstairs are harboring life-changing secrets. As romance, heartbreak and revelation engulf the household; its inhabitants discover that the real threat is closer to home. 

Without Motive, Season 1
DC Jack Mowbray has seen many disturbing things on the job. But the family man has never taken it home with him--until now. The brutal murder of a young woman sets off a chain of events that may change Mowbray forever and tear his family apart.

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