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Improve Reading, Enhance Comprehension, Build Vocabulary, Encourage Curiosity, Broaden Horizons Ask Questions, Answer Questions, Inspire Goals & Reach 81,400 Teachers, Parents & Children Every Month? Of Cumberland County www.kidsvillenews.com/ cumberland Undercover Mom A former spy searches for her son in Missing TV by DEAN ROBBINS In Missing (Thursday, 8 p.m., ABC), Becca (Ashley Judd) is a nor- mal middle-aged mom who sends teenage son Mike (Nick Eversman) off to school in Rome. We feel their strong bond as Becca talks to Mike long-distance from the flower shop where she works. Then, Mike un- characteristically stops returning her calls. In a panic, Becca flies to Rome and stumbles on an armed intruder in Mike's apartment. To our shock, she disarms and strangles him in a jiffy. Styles of Yesterday & Today Hosted by The Child Advocacy Center of Fayetteville To benefit Child Abuse Prevention & Intervention Programs Saturday, March 24, 2012 11 a.m. & 3 p.m. Sunday, March 25, 2012 1 p.m. & 5 p.m. Location Crown Center Ballroom 1960 Coliseum Drive • Fayetteville, NC 28306 Tickets: $35 VIP Tickets: $60 (Limited quantity available) For more information, visit www.childadvocacycenter.com or call (910) 486-9700 Special thank you to our generous sponsors: Corporate Benefactors: TLC Auto Wash & Fast Lube Moonlight Communications BB&T Timothy D. Edwards, Attorney At Law Robin & Debbie Jenkins Dr. Wes & Lucy Jones Deborah Koenig, Attorney At Law Short Stop Systel Business Equipment Gold Sponsors: Lumberton Ford Williams Printing 20 UCW MARCH 14-20, 2012 Silver Sponsors: AA All American Family Health Care – Jos R. Santz I, MD & Maria J. Villena, MD Bank of America Celebrations Wedding & Events Centerplate Catering Crown Center Crown Trophy Fayetteville Psychiatric Associates Sam & Sharon Fleishman Highland Construction Highland Pediatric Dental – Dr. Yvette Stokes & Dr. Phillip Caldwell Once Upon A Child/Plato's Closet Silver Sponsors: Rainbow Florist Up & Coming Weekly Pink Sponsors: CTS Cleaning Systems, Inc. Dairy Queen Jernigan's Need Speech? Inc. Pilates of Fayetteville Dr. J. Michael Ruff The Little Gym of Fayette- ville TRP CPAs, PLLC Vantage South Bank Village Family Dental YogAngie Fitness Doll Salon Sponsors: Taco Bell William F. Freccia, DDS, MS, PA – Endodontics Recommended for children 6 and up American Girl Fashion Show is licensed from American Girl Programs, Inc. All American Girl trademarks, names, and characters are trademarks of American Girl, LLC, used under license. All rights reserved. The normal middle-aged mom, it turns out, has skills. She's an ex-CIA agent who can speak multiple languages, handle a firearm and ride a motorcycle through a glass window. Becca can apparently do anything, and that includes worming her way into our hearts. Judd has movie-star presence, and she creates a character who is both believably tough and believably vulnerable. She's the kind of superwoman who smarts from bruises after her fistfights. The production, meanwhile, efficiently establishes its premise. Every scene is assured, whether aiming for humor, pathos, romance or action. The pilot ends with a cliffhanger, but Missing had me hooked long before then. Bent Wednesday, 9 pm (NBC) Alex (Amanda Peet) is a beautiful newly-divorced single mom/harried lawyer looking for a fresh start in life. Pete (David Walton) is a handsome recovering gambling addict/cocky contractor looking for a fresh start himself. When Pete gets the job of renovating Alex's house, romantic sparks fly, even though the two of them hate each other at first. I realize I've just described the plot of nearly every sitcom. But Bent is some- thing altogether different. When I say "sparks," I'm talking about the kind that can melt your TV screen. Peet and Walton have extraordinary intensity, hurling insults at each other like thunderbolts. The script delivers up-to-the-minute irony, but also real emotion. And the supporting cast offers exquisitely absurd touches, including Jeffrey Tambor as Pete's Fleetwood Mac-loving dad. I hope Alex's renovation takes at least five years and 100 episodes. Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis Wednesday, 9 pm (Bravo) We've developed a love-hate relationship with obsessive-compulsive house-flipper Jeff Lewis after five seasons of his reality series Flipping Out. And the new Interior Therapy gives us more reasons to both love and hate him. As usual, Lewis holds the screen, this time while moving in with families who live in ugly homes. The premise is that he has five days to redo the house and the family's life. He rides herd on the project with assistant Jenni Pulos, taking care of business with his amusing perfectionism. On the other hand, Lewis' self-satisfaction can be off-putting. "I'm known for two things," he brags. "Beautiful design and brutal honesty." Interior Therapy can get bogged down in details, just like Jeff himself. For ex- ample, it's not always exciting to watch the construction crew grind through its work. I think Jeff needs to spice things up a bit here, if I may be brutally honest. In Plain Sight Friday, 10 pm (USA) U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack) returns for the fifth and (boo!) final season of In Plain Sight. The season premiere is a typically gripping story about a guy who needs government protection after witnessing a murder. The episode is also typically funny and touching. Mary returns to work after two cataclysmic events: shooting a suspect and then going into labor. She's now a single mom who must somehow balance her baby and her rough-and-tumble job. Motherhood seems to have softened her, but whenever things get too sappy she comes through with a bitingly sarcastic comment. That's what I love about In Plain Sight. It gets into heavy-duty emotions without taking itself too seriously. When the series ends, I'll certainly miss McCormack's outsized character — big gun, big mouth, big heart. I'm sure Mary would consider that sentiment too sappy. Insert bitingly sarcas- tic comment here. WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM more information 484-6200 Call for