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The Secret Circle recap – 1×12: ‘Witness’

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Courtesy of The CW

Last week Faye (Phoebe Tonkin) went batshit crazy for Cassie’s (Britt Robertson) black magic powers and Jake (newly minted series regular Chris Zylka) returned to crash Adam’s (Thomas Dekker) suck-face time with Cassie. What kind of trouble can our teen witches get into this week? As usual, it seems that the answer is plenty.

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Happy Endings recap 2×12: ‘Makin’ Changes!’

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Courtesy of ABC

Change can sometimes suck. Like when Popular got “weird” in season 2. Or when Felicity cut her hair. But sometimes we need to change. Last night’s episode of Happy Endings dealt with this idea: the good kind and the bad kind, and the struggle we sometimes go through when faced with change.

Oh, and it featured the ever-so-delicious Ryan Hansen!

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Revenge recap 1×13: ‘Commitment’

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Courtesy of ABC

It’s rainy proposal Wednesday: everyone’s favourite happy couple whose entire relationship is based on a lie has gotten engaged! In the rain, no less. Naturally, because this is Revenge, that is about the least interesting thing that happens in ‘Commitment.’

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Justified recap 3×01: ‘The Gunfighter’

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Courtesy of FX

After a stunning conclusion to the events of last year, which saw US Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) shot, the Bennett family mostly wiped out and Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) return to his life of crime, what could Justified possibly do for an encore? How about return just as solid as ever?

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Alcatraz recap 1 x 01/02: ‘Pilot’ and ‘Ernest Cobb’

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Courtesy of FOX

If we didn’t have enough fun drinking to REVENGE! over on ABC, then FOX’s latest offering has certainly made up for it. Last night’s two-hour Alcatraz pilot gave us plenty of drinking game moments with its cliched sound bites of the famed prison (i.e. “No one escapes Alcatraz!”; “Welcome to the ROCK” etc. etc.) So how did the new serial from virtuoso TV producer, J.J. Abrams fare? Let’s break it down after the jump.

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