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First Viewing Viewing Date: September 8th Via: DVD Plot: While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with - a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer. Rating: 6.3/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: September 8th Via: iTunes Store Plot: A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman. Rating: 8.7/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: September 8th Via: iTunes Store Plot: When a wealthy, successful baseball player moves to the San Francisco Giants, he becomes the focus of a crazed superfan who will do anything for acknowledgement. Rating: 6.6/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: September 7th Via: iTunes Store Plot: During one night on patrol, LAPD officer Ray Mandel and his rookie partner Nick Holland chase down suspects while searching for a missing girl and hunting two violent cop killers on the loose in Los Angeles. Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: September 7th Via: Blu-ray Plot: Veteran soldier Markus loses his wife in a tragic train accident, leaving him as the sole parent for their teenage daughter. However, a statistical analyst suspects that the accident was a deliberate act on the part of a motorcycle gang known as the Riders of Justice. Showing Markus his findings, the military man begins a vendetta of vengeance. Rating: 7.9/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: September 7th Via: Blu-ray Plot: A mysterious, gunslinging preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land. Rating: 7.0/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: September 6th Via: Netflix Plot: When a woman is convicted of murder and sent to prison for life, her husband - convinced of her innocence - tries every legal avenue for appeal, but to no success. Determined to start a new life, he plots to break his wife out of prison and move to a foreign country with their young son. Rating: 7.7/10

Viewed: Season 8

And thus, one of my favourite sitcoms has finally come to a close after eight seasons and a lot of uncertainty. Indeed, every year, I used to frequently search for renewal news, and I was so happy when the show was quickly picked up by another network after Fox unfairly cancelled it. But the deck was stacked against this show due to the events of 2020. Suddenly, cop hatred hit an all-time high, slogans like "Defund the Police" were pushed, and people online were even bemoaning that Brooklyn Nine-Nine follows a group of cops. I got extremely nervous when I heard the news that the first few scripts for the eighth season were being binned in response to the political climate, as I feared what the show might become. Indeed, completely ignoring 2020 and continuing as normal would anger people, but heavy-handed social commentary would also alienate people... As it stands, the show tries to do both in its eighth season. There are several episodes in the classic mould, but other episodes attempt to deal with politics in a completely unsubtle fashion. The lowest point of the season, and the show overall, is the debut episode of the season which reads like it was written by a Twitter bot. The episode fails at comedy and fails to provide a meaningful social commentary, rendering it completely useless. A couple of other episodes aren't as poor, but the way it preaches to the audience feels like an after school special. So, yes, this is an uneven season, which is disappointing for the end of this great show. However, the good episodes are really good, including the return of Doug Judy, the Pontiac Bandit, which is a funny and poignant episode. The two-part finale, luckily, sticks the landing, providing a chaotic, uproarious and emotional last episode that hits all the right notes with confidence. I'm going to miss this show, and I'm going to miss looking forward to a new season every year, but it is going to be rewatched for many years to come. I'll just skip a few episodes of this last season during rewatches. Now, how long do we have to wait before talks of a reunion special or movie start to come up?

First Viewing Viewing Date: September 6th Via: Netflix Plot: After years in witness protection, Rick Jarmin is recognized by his old flame and tries to obtain a new identity. However, he's betrayed by an FBI agent, who gives his position to the killers wanting Rick dead. Rating: 6.6/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: September 5th Via: Disney+ Plot: When a machete-wielding serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort - a hedonistic island paradise for swingers - it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence...or at least hide it. Rating: 6.2/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: September 5th Via: Blu-ray Plot: Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from Wyoming by an Australian rancher paying a very high price. But when Quigley arrives Down Under, all is not as it seems. Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: September 5th Via: Disney+ Plot: A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence. Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: September 4th Via: Netflix Plot: In Australia, a man returns to his rural hometown for his father's wedding. However, he brings with him the knowledge of a devastating, long-buried family secret that threatens the lives of those he left behind years previously. Rating: 7.9/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: September 4th Via: Blu-ray Plot: In a dystopian future where deviants are held in "re-education" camps, a freedom fighter and a wrongfully accused prisoner form an alliance to survive their decadent oppressors' game of kill-or-be-killed, and turn the tide against them. Rating: 6.7/10