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When Portland Police Detective Nick Burnhardt (David Giuntoli) discovers he has an innate ability to see Wesen - humans with hidden beast-like powers inside - his world quickly becomes more than he bargains for, but with the help of his partner Hank Griffin (Russell Hornsby), Sgt. Drew Wu (Reggie Lee), and his unlikely Wesen ally Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell), Nick becomes one in a long line of legendary warriors: 'Grimm'.

The series is shot as a weekly death-by-Wesen for most of the episodes; each new corpse leads to a new Wesen breed in Portland. Towards the middle of the series, some infighting and cloak-and-dagger organizations arise, but their writing is lackluster. The acting is fairly decent, most notably from Rosalee Calvert (Bree Turner), a Wesen junkie turned respectable business owner. Despite being a reasonably entertaining show, there are some various plot holes and other moments that seem rushed, particularly the ending. Easily a bingeable show

Worth a watch!

'RoboCop' (2014) follows Detective Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman), who, after suffering a catastrophic injury, becomes the first cyborg police officer for the OCP. Funded through Raymond Sellars (Michael Keaton) and developed through a program with Dr. Dennett Norton (Gary Oldman), RoboCop is to be the solution to the rampant crime in America's cities.

The film is decently shot and the acting is okay, but where the fault lies is in the script. Everything about Murphy is tied into the training and using his family as fodder to do what he is programmed to; there isn't much in the way of 'crime' being solved, but rather a lot of Murphy against the OCP. This, in itself, wouldn't be a bad thing, but the direction was lackluster as well.

Maybe skip this one and watch the original 1987 film. At least in that one, Red Foreman shoots a guy in the d**k.

'Living With Yourself' follows Miles Elliot (Paul Rudd), a successful businessman in advertising, and his wife, Kate (Aisling Bea). After years of trying to conceive a baby, their marriage has hit a bit of a snag, but when Miles hears about a wonderful day spa that completely rejuvenates the patrons, he takes the money that him and Kate had been saving to get a fresh start. As it soon becomes apparent, Miles is cloned and the Old Miles is buried in the woods, while New Miles - with all of the features and memories of Old Miles - tries to resume life with Kate.

The show is 8 episodes and after the first episode, does a lot of time-flipping between New and Old Miles, to fill in gaps in the narrative. The overall story is pretty solid and the acting - much of it done by Paul Rudd against himself - is decent as well. The way in which Old and New Miles try to sabotage each other later on in the series is weird; they both understand the need for preservation, but it becomes more about outdoing each other. The ending is lackluster, but does make a somewhat logical conclusion.

Worth a once over.