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Origami Man Haven Syfy, Fridays, 9/10 PM “Sketchy” Written by Matt McGuinness Directed by TW Peacocke “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way.” — Jessica Rabbit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? As a party of Wall Street brokers out for a day of fishing breaks up, one of their number literally breaks up in front of a terrified girl; his thighs break so that his legs bend upward, his arms break between elbow and wrist, at the same place. He resembles nothing so much as an origami man being folded—which is our first clue to this episode’s weird-power-of-the-week. As if…

Shadow Boxing Haven Syfy, Fridays, 9/10 PM “Ain’t No Sunshine” Written by Sam Ernst Directed by Ken Girotti “Let’s get to work looking for a tall, short, thin, wide dark man who may or may not be carrying a sword.” – Nathan I remember the moment I got hooked on The X-Files. It wasn’t the first episode I watched, but it was the first episode where the acting and writing and directing all came together to create that special frisson that went down my spine, to create that bond between the characters that I knew would hold through the adventures to…