I'm past ready for Girls With Guns to make a comeback. This is one of those seasons that is absolutely goddamned plagued by sequels and spinoffs. I'm not dismissing all of them out of hand, but I'm comfortable assumi. To make the point though, the list of sequels/spinoffs beginning in the next month is: Horse […]
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