News at 11. Impressions: This one is falling prey to the same stuff that makes it not actually a mystery as the doctor show. The dude has a pachinko ball for a head. He loves to gamble. The reveal that he's a gambler who ruined his life by… gambling, is not solving a mystery. […]
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