There were plenty of stories this season got right. Cory (Billy Crudup) becoming the CEO of UBA Networks. Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) exploring her sexuality with the alluring Laura Peterson (Julianna Margulies). Alex (Jennifer Aniston) facing the consequences of her past actions. COVID as the backdrop of crisis. And so much more!
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The third episode of DuckTales season 3 introduced Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers into the reality of the reboot series, with a wild new origin story that also involved a continual Darkwing Duck nemesis - the Fiendish Organization for World Larceny, aka FOWL. This marks the latest effort to create a shared universe between the various shows that made up the Disney Afternoon line-up of the 1980s and 1990s.
First airing on The Disney Channel in 1988, Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers cast the perpetually pesky chipmunks (who were the bane of Donald Duck's existence in many a short cartoon) in a new role as aspiring detectives. Aided by a fly named Zipper, a burly bruiser of a mouse called Monterey Jack and inventor Gadget Hackwrench, the Rescue Rangers worked their way around a human-sized world, helping other animals in need and taking on those cases that the police often ignored. This brought them into frequent conflict with villains like the diminutive human mad scientist Norton Nimnul and feline crime-boss Fat Cat.
While the Rescue Rangers' introduction into the DuckTales reboot was teased in a poster at San Diego ComicCon 2019, it was unclear just how the pint-sized team would be able to exist in the new reality. While a wide variety of anthropomorphic birds existed in Duckburg alongside man-sized dogs like Goofy, there were no intelligent rodents. An explanation came in DuckTales season 3, episode 3, "Double-O-Duck in You Only Crash Twice," as FOWL agent Black Heron attempted to explain her latest evil plan to the dim-witted Steelbeak with a convenient video presentation.
FOWL intended to weaponize the Third Eye Diamond; a mystic artifact believed to enhance the intelligence of whoever possessed it. Black Heron successfully built a ray gun that harnessed the power of the gem, allowing her to increase or decrease the intelligence of whoever she zapped. Being a responsible evil scientist, she tested the ray gun on unintelligent animals before trying it out on her henchmen. It was at this point in the video that two familiar looking chipmunks and two equally familiar mice could be seen in Black Heron's lab.
By the episode's end, it was made clear that the rest of the Rescue Rangers were similar enhanced, as they take a hand in helping Launchpad McQuack and Dewey Duck escape from FOWL's custody after Gadget builds the famous Ranger Plane from Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers out of garbage in Launchpad's cell. It seems a safe bet that we'll see more of the Rescue Rangers later in DuckTales season 3, along with more familiar villains from Darkwing Duck, like Steelbeak.
Just two months after Season 2 concluded, Apple TV+ has renewed The Morning Show for a third season. Alex Levy (played by Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) will be back on our screens to brighten our mornings, alongside Cory Ellison (Billy Crudup) and Chip Black (Mark Duplass) working behind the scenes.
Announcing the news of the show's renewal, Matt Cherniss, head of programming for Apple TV+ said in a statement: "It has been thrilling to watch The Morning Show go from strength to strength over the past two seasons, exploring topical storylines that have resonated with audiences around the world while also being incredibly addictive and entertaining.
"We're excited to see where Charlotte takes these extraordinary characters in season three and to watch the magic that Jennifer, Reese, and our awe-inspiring cast continue to bring to the captivating world of morning television."
Addressing the news via her Instagram rose, Witherspoon posted a screenshot of a Variety article reporting the show's renewal, captioning the snap "So excited to bring y'all the third season of @themorningshow!"
Chip first appears as a non-anthropomorphic chipmunk in a cage in Black Heron's lab, when she's using the Intelli-Ray on Gadget Hackwrench. Presumably, the Intelli-Ray was used on him off-screen, because he appears in anthropomorphic form with the other Rescue Rangers as they escape the F.O.W.L. lair in the Ranger Plane.
At the boat, Emori pries open the case with her knife, revealing technology with the infinity symbol, which is the same logo stamped on the chip Jaha gave to Murphy. Murphy realizes the case is housing A.L.I.E. and Jaha had brought her with them. Otan shows up and demands the case from Murphy, taking Emori hostage. Jaha arrives as Emori asks what is going on. Murphy says that Otan "ate the damned chip" that Jaha gave him and threatens to drop the case into the water unless they let Emori go. Jaha starts proselytizing about the City of Light to Murphy and Murphy goes to drop the case in the water. Jaha and Otan give up and release Emori. Murphy throws the case far from them and into the water, leaving them running after it while he and Emori take off in the boat. Jaha is transported to the City of Light and tells A.L.I.E. they should go after them. Otan is there with them and his face is no longer disfigured. A.L.I.E. tells Jaha there is also no death in the City of Light as Gideon appears, also not disfigured and not dead.
In Perverse Instantiation (Part 2), Clarke decides to take the Flame while receiving a continuous transfusion of Nightblood from Ontari. After taking the Flame, Clarke realizes that she must enter the City of Light to find A.L.I.E.'s kill switch and stop her. As her friends defend her, Clarke enters the City of Light using one of the chips where the Flame shields her from detection and helps to guide Clarke towards the kill switch. As A.L.I.E. adapts, Lexa's spirit appears to help guide Clarke who finally enters through a hatchway created by Raven and finds herself in Polaris where the kill switch is located. A.L.I.E. reveals to Clarke that she created the City of Light as it is the only way to save humanity from the Second Nuclear Apocalypse. Despite A.L.I.E.'s protests, and on the urging of Becca, Clarke activates the kill switch, destroying A.L.I.E. and the City of Light. All of the minds trapped within the City are freed and returned to normal.
In Nevermind, Clarke learns that she retains a neural mesh after taking the chip to enter the City of Light. As a result, Clarke survived the mind wipe and implantation of Josephine Lightbourne's Mind Drive.
However, while the device eliminates the ability to feel physical pain, it would appear that it also eliminates all memories linked to painful ones, including the positive ones, when dealing with psychological damage. After becoming connected to the City of Light, Thelonious Jaha had to be reminded of Wells Jaha by A.L.I.E., suggesting that his use of the Key has erased the memory of his son's existence to spare him the pain of his death. This idea is confirmed when Raven Reyes realizes while being questioned by Jasper Jordan that she has lost even the good memories of Finn following his death (Jasper talked about Maya after taking the chip, but he showed no sign that he had any conscious memory of her beyond what A.L.I.E. might have told him).
In "Nevermore", Jacapo Sinclair was able to fry the chip inside of Raven using an EMP. However, Raven was left unconscious until Clarke cut into the back of Raven's neck and released the remnants of the chip. However, the need for an EMP makes it impractical to use this method on a regular basis, the device only having enough power to perform one more chip extraction after being used on Raven. After Ontari is rendered brain dead on A.L.I.E.'s orders, Clarke uses the device to remove the chip from her mother. Those who had the chip removed via EMP still had some of A.L.I.E.'s code in their brain. This allowed Abby and Raven the ability to see hallucinations, as well as increasing Raven's intelligence significantly. In The Other Side, Raven compared removing the chip with an EMP to shutting down a computer by pulling the plug which resulted in the residual code being left in their minds. With the help of a hallucination of Jacapo Sinclair, Raven comes up with a plan to purge the remaining code by "rebooting" her mind through stopping her heart and all brain activity. By freezing herself to death, thus preserving her brain and being revived after 15 minutes, the residual code is purged and Raven loses all of the negative effects that come with it. In The Blood of Sanctum, Raven is confirmed to still retain the hacking skills she gained from being connected to the AI even with all of A.L.I.E.'s code purged from her mind.
In "Nevermind", Clarke discovers that the chip is still inside of her head and has given Clarke a neural mesh that protected Clarke from the drug the Lightbournes attempted to use to erase her mind. A manifestation of A.L.I.E. warns Clarke that if the same EMP technique she used to save Raven is used on Clarke to remove the chip, her mind will no longer be protected and can be erased. A.L.I.E. helps Clarke to protect the memory in the form of one of the chips, but she later gives it to Josephine Lightbourne.
In "The Blood of Sanctum", Russell Lightbourne confirms that the EMP used on Abby to remove the chip also destroyed her neural mesh, allowing Russell to mind wipe Abby and make her the new host of his wife. When the Flame is destroyed by Raven, she realizes that it has to be removed like the chip after an EMP to avoid detrimental effects on Madi's health as Madi nearly dies after the Flame is terminated.
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