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DuckTales Season 3 Episode 9 Review: They Put a Moonlander on Earth!

This DUCKTALES review contains spoilers. Every so often, from the moment a DuckTales episode begins, I have a gut feeling it’s going to be incredible. That it’s going to somehow reach beyond DuckTales‘ usual greatness. ‘They Put a Moonlander on Earth!’ gave me that feeling from its opening moments… yet somehow went even furthur than I could predicted. Its quality, ironically, was so high it hit the moon. This episode is one of DuckTales’ best by far. Everything works about it. There’s so much going on but it never feels overstuffed. The jokes all land brilliantly, building on one another with expert precision.…
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DuckTales Season 3 Episode 8 Review: The Phantom and the Sorceress!

This DUCKTALES review contains spoilers. Lena and Magica’s arc in  DuckTales has consistently been the series’ strongest. While fantastical on the surface it’s been grounded in the very real emotions of trauma. It’s shown off the more dramatic side of the series and most of the Lena and Magica episodes have featured some incredibly creepy images. All of that makes ‘The Phantom and the Sorceress!’ fall short in comparison. It’s DuckTales so there’s a lot to love but after two full seasons of building up a strong arc between Magica and Lena this episode rushed through a great deal of development that…
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