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Bosch: Legacy's final season arrives; double-dose of Daredevil

March 30, 2025

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What did Martin do…

After a short hiatus, my afternoon story, Beyond the Gates, resumed following its March Madness hiatus. After learning all the characters and their proximity to the Dupree clan, I’ve come to enjoy the weekly escapades of this prosperously problematic family. However, one story in particular has piqued my interest and last nerve: the mysterious case of Martin Richardson.

The prestigious Black queer statesman has everything going for him. In addition to carrying on the Duprees’ political legacy, he has a loving husband and family who support him. However, his new ambition to be the first openly gay president has been met with direct opposition from his grandparents. They keep referencing some dark, dire secret that would destroy his career and family if exposed.

Whatever it is, his immediate family isn’t the only one privy to this alleged secret. Bill threatened Anita and Vernon with it before his wedding to Hayley. And this omen is so bad, it causes Martin to suffer terrible nightmares, as if he experienced something too awful to recall or chooses to bury it.

I love a good mystery, but how much longer until the secret is revealed? Is he a mutant? The Manchurian Candidate? Do we have an Andrew Gillum on our hands? Whatever the secret, it better be a juggernaut-sized incident to garner all this secrecy.

Catch the new soap opera weekdays at 2 p.m. on CBS.

Mask off

This week, Disney Plus delivered a double-dose of Daredevil. While episode five played more into the MCU’s family-friendly quirk with a Ms. Marvel cameo, episode six delved back into Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk’s mutual struggles with their alter ego.

Matt, after defeating the Irish bank robbers, salivates for more when he learns a serial killer is terrorizing the city. The masked murderer, Muse, haunts the brick and mortar alleyways in plain sight with graffiti; the paint deriving from his victims’ blood.

Fisk, growing tired of being handcuffed by politics, hears of the killer’s most recent victims. Incensed, he forms a personal task force of rotten cops to target the vigilante scare. Things accelerate when Fisk’s ego meets its match with high-profile political donors.

Just as Fisk no longer fits his suit of diplomacy, Matt gives into temptation when Angela, Hector Ayala’s niece, goes missing. The devil is freed and meets Muse face-to-face in a grueling fight scene, while Fisk erupts on his captive, destroying his mask.

The parallels drawn between the co-leads were astounding. Neither one could continue the charade, hiding their raw form underneath the mask of normalcy. Three episodes remain in the season, and we’re only now meeting this new threat. He will most certainly bleed into season two, which has added Lili Taylor and Matthew Lillard.

New episodes of Daredevil: Born Again drop on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.

Sorry I’m Late: Prime Video’s Bosch: Legacy

By happenstance, I ended up reviewing the third and final season of Prime’s Bosch: Legacy, a spinoff of the streaming serviec’s longest-running original series, Bosch. Based on the novels from Michael Connnelly, Titus Welliver is Harry Bosch, a LAPD homicide detective who perscribes his form of justice to the troubled streets. After retiring from the force, Legacy follows Harry as a PI, handling the crimes outside police jurisdiction. As he cleans the city of criminals, he can’t help but get his hands dirty.

Watching the first four episodes, the series is a well-acted and written procedural. Welliver delivers as lead with a supporting cast including Mimi Rogers as attorney Honey Chandler, Madison Lintz as Maddie Bosch, Stephen A. Chang as Mo, and Paul Calderon as Det. Jimmy Robertson.

While this series will soon end, another spinoff focusing on cold case detective Renee Ballard, played by Maggie Q, is in the works.

New episodes of Bosch: Legacy arrive every Thursday on Prime.

Previously on Found …

In the bustle of life, I lost track of NBC’s Found. I was wary of how the second season would play out, with Sir in jail and Gabi free from criminal charges. But baby, the writers are writing.

Having Sir do what he does best — manipulate those around him — to keep access to Gabi from prison works well. And Heather’s ambition to become his lawyer is genius. I never trusted her and still don’t believe Christian shot her.

Jamie’s arrival subverted expectations, bringing a subtle darkness into M&A’s circle. It is clear that something more sinister happened to Margaret’s son, and closer to home than she ever could imagine.

I love the development of Lacey and Zeke’s relationship. It shows growth for both characters, healing from their separate traumas. And baby, when we dive into Zeke’s past >>>.

The biggest surprise is how each case-of-the-week remains fresh and different. They find new ways to touch your heart with stories that feel more fact than fiction. “Missing While Seeking Asylum” hit hard, seeing those children reunited with their families.

Found returns on Thursday, April 3 at 10 p.m. on NBC.

At the Movies: Abora

After its dark horse takeover of award season, I finally watched Sean Baker’s Anora. The Best Picture Oscar winner is currently streaming on Hulu, all two hours and 19 minutes of Mikey Madison’s whirlwind lovebombing from an oligarch’s son she met in the strip club. While I found it funny, I really didn’t get it. Madison was great, delivering an honest authenticity in her performance.

Was she better than Demi? Absolutely, not.

While it looked perfectly fine and the narrative was straightforward — in a why-is-this-so-long kind of way — I walked away unfazed. It had some remnants of Uncut Gems, especially the second half with this random group of people searching all of Long Island (?) to find this random spoiled brat. I just kept thinking, “She really thinks he loves her?” It all felt like a cautionary tale someone like Ani would have peeped a mile away.

If you enjoyed it, more power to you. However, a better movie from 2024 is Sing Sing. Colman Domingo is great as a man who leads the prison’s theatre program, while awaiting a clemency hearing for his wrongful conviction. However, the film’s star is Clarence Maclain, who plays a version of himself in his first film role.

Abbott Elementary is still great

Saturday, I caught up on ABC’s best comedy, Abbott Elementary. The Quinta Brunson-created series remains one of the highlights on broadcast and TV, period. Not only is it hilarious, boasts the best ensemble on the small screen, and remains culturally relevant, balancing the mockumentary hijinks with commentary on the U.S. education system, it does all this in the alleged dead sitcom format.

While some of it was spoiled — specifically the karaoke episode — I still found myself overjoyed. It felt great as well, giving me a much-needed boost. Give ‘em another season.

Coming Attractions

  • 4.1 Join me as I rewatch Andor S1 ahead of its April 22 premiere

  • 4.3 Netflix explores another video game anime with Devil May Cry

  • 4.10 Hacks season four arrives

  • 4.13 HBO takes back Sunday nights with The Last of Us season two

  • 4.18 Ryan Coogler’s Sinners hits theaters