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9/10
Wild and Convoluted
justinboggan17 September 2018
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Seven seasons in and the series is not only still on top of it's game, it's gotten better and more bizarre.

Dr. Venture has invented a teleporter, which brings him to the attention of a secret elite group of baby-eating "Eyes Wide Shut" people who want the device withheld so it doesn't disrupt society.

Meanwhile, The Monarch is made a part of a mission for the Guild to steal the teleporter pads. A mission which has not only angered him since he isn't leading it, but has more going on behind the scenes than he knows.

The plot will give you surprises and leave you with questions.

How a show like this doesn't easily go on for seventeen seasons and not lose steam with all the characters, plots, subplots, and back stories, is hard to fathom as long as the original creators are still behind it and writing it.
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8/10
Fun enough
jwwalrath-227-8548718 September 2018
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I really did like the heist part of this episode. It's fun seeing the Monarch and Gary succeed despite themselves. Not to mention that I was waiting to see something bad happen to the smug Copy Cat since last season. Mark Hamill's Presto Chango was a great parody of sixties superhero cartoon villains. The teleporters being involved in Ramburglar's death were pleasantly surprising.

However, I wasn't so much a fan of the Dr. Venture story. Maybe it was the Eyes Wide Shut parody. That was never my thing. Maybe it was the fact that this is the shows' third joke about doing horrible things to orphans. Seriously Hammer and Publick, what's your deal?
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