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Episode Two of RINGS OF POWER: Season Two is one of the program’s best episodes. Posing as Halbrand, the evil Sauron visits Celebrimbor (“Kella-brim-bore”). He uses deception to seduce the elf lord to make nine rings of power for men. Meanwhile, Galadriel hears that Sauron is on his way to visit Celebrimbor’s city. She appeals to the Elf King to let her go there to confront him, but the King is reluctant. Also, the dwarves in Khazad-dûm face a deadly new threat. Finally, five evil henchmen from an evil wizard threaten the lives of the Stranger and his two hobbit companions.

GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE is a colorful children’s program on Netflix. It combines live-action and animation. The magical adventures of Gabby and her cartoon cat friends continue in Episodes 4 to 6 of Season 10. In Episode 4, Gabby plans a surprise birthday party for Cat Rat. In Episode 5, Gabby’s friend, Baby Box, has sent her little cat bots to the wrong rooms, creating a big mess in every room! In Episode 6, a “bubble chomper” in a virtual world threatens to eat Cat Rat and his grandma! Gabby and her cat friends go to save them, then have fun afterwards.

“The Heart of a Saturday Night,” Episode 10 of BLUE BLOODS: Season 14 on CBS, finds Detective Danny Reagan and Lt. Sid Gormley ordered to stop a veteran detective from crossing the line in a case involving a serial rapist. Meanwhile, Jamie Reagan and his wife, Eddie, go undercover on their anniversary to get evidence of insurance fraud at a government-funded halfway house for recovering addicts. Finally, Commissioner Frank Reagan tries to reconcile with his father. The father’s mad Frank didn’t try harder to get 9/11 money for the family of a cop who died of cancer.

CHIP AND POTATO: Season 4 is an animated series for children on Netflix. The series features Chip, an adorable pug, and her small mouse friend, Potato. Each episode contains two adventure-filled segments. Together, they help friends and family and learn lessons about sharing, forgiveness and the importance of being a good friend. It stresses family unity, with characters working to help each other. CHIP AND POTATO also focuses on friends forgiving one another for mistakes. The series has a strong Christian and Biblical worldview, emphasizing family values and traditional marriage; an episode features Chip’s grandmother preparing for her wedding.

DANIEL LIVE is a live broadcast in theaters of a play about the Jewish prophet. In 605 BC, Daniel is taken captive from Jerusalem to King Nebuchadnezzar’s powerful kingdom of Babylon. The play portrays Daniel’s interpretation of the King’s dream. It also shows the trial of his three friends in the fire and Daniel’s survival in the lions’ den. It also depicts Daniel’s dreams and their interpretation.

SLINGSHOT is an intense science fiction thriller that explores the impact isolation has on the human psyche. After more than one year in space, the three-man crew of the Odyssey-1 begins to experience extreme mental pressure. The length of their mission and the isolation they’ve faced begin to take a toll on them. Matters are made worse by an unexplained impact on the ship’s hull. The problem causes tension among the crew over whether to abort the mission or not. Meanwhile, the crew starts hallucinating, due to the effects of their personal hibernation units.

THE WILD ROBOT is an incredibly heartfelt, entertaining, humorous animated story. An intelligent robot nicknamed Roz is stranded on an isolated, uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the animals. She also must take care of an orphaned baby goose, whom she calls Brightbill, so he can join the migration.

TRANSFORMERS ONE is a spectacular animated movie about the origins of the epic battle between the good Autobots and the evil Decepticon robots. On the planet Cybertron, a lowly mining robot, Orion Pax, and his friend, D-16, discover a holographic map to the missing Matrix of Leadership. The Matrix is a device that may help them awaken the power of their creator, Primus, the source of the liquid energon that fuels robotkind and their machines. It’s much easier to use the liquid form of the material than to mine the solid ore. However, Orion Pax also discovers their planet is ruled by a deceitful tyrannical government. A great war ensures.

Pastor David Hill of the GOD’S NOT DEAD franchise is back, in a new story titled IN GOD WE TRUST. Everywhere Pastor Hill turns, it seems like God and Christianity are being erased and replaced by hostile, godless, immoral values. When a candidate dies unexpectedly, Reverend David decides to run for Congress against Peter Kane. Kane is a died-in-the-wool atheist fundamentalist. He wants to totally erase God and Christian, biblical values from America. Meanwhile, the local women’s shelter is losing government funding merely because some of the women started a Bible study.

THE IMAGINARY is an animated fantasy adventure on Netflix. It tells the story of Amanda, a young girl with an Imaginary friend she calls, Rudger. However, when Amanda gets hurt, they are separated. Rudger discovers a fantasy world where he may be able to experience the love of another child, provided that it’s not Amanda. Meanwhile, he’s menaced by a malevolent man. The question is, will Rudger be able to sever his ties with the girl who imagined him into being?