Bleach 1.10

Casual Soul Realm Assault Trip!

Ichigo, Rukia, their classmates, and his family all go to watch the taping of a celebrity reality TV show. Don Kan'onji, the host claims to be a spiritual medium. He plans to exorcise a spirit that lives in an abandoned hospital. Instead he causes the spirit to turn into a Hollow.

Ichigo, with some help from Urahara, transforms into his spirit self and helps Don Kan'onji deal with the spirit. Kan'onji doesn't realize the danger the Hollow poses until Ichigo educates him.

Thoughts

This is a fairly light episode compared to the last couple.

Inuyasha 1.16

Mystical Hand of the Amorous Monk, Miroku

Kagome, Inuyasha, and Shippo encounter Miroku, a monk who like them is searching for shards of the Shikon Jewel. He steals the shards that Kagome wears around her neck. Inuyasha tracks him down but the wind tunnel, which is kind of like a black hole, in Miroku's right hand makes him very tough to beat.

Kagome joins the fight. She collides with Miroku knocking him out. Miroku tells them about his hand and his quest after he wakes up. A curse was placed on his grandfather by a demon named Naraku. The curse was passed down to Miroku. who is still searching for Naraku.

Miroku's story reveals that Naraku is probably the one who killed Kikyo while disguised as Inuyasha. Kagome suggests that Miroku join them in their quest for the shards of the Shikon Jewel.

Moonlighting 2.14

Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin

Alexander and Virginia Hayes, Maddie's parents, come to Los Angeles for a wedding. Maddie's mother suspects that Alexander is having an affair. Maddie hires David to follow her father and see what he can find. David follows Maddie's father to a hotel, finds out his room number, and knocks on the door when he knows that he isn't there. A woman answers the door who isn't Virginia.

David reports back in to Maddie what he found. Maddie feels like she has to tell her mother but doesn't know how to do it. Maddie and David go to dinner with Maddie's parents the next night. Maddie can't bring herself to tell her mother but after dinner, when she gets a moment alone with her father she gives her father a piece of her mind.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.03

Bilko's Deluxe Tours

Bilko starts a tour bus company using the bus he tricked the local school into selling him. The original reason for buying the bus was so that they would have a way to get to San Francisco but after they learn that there are plans to start running trains five times a day from Grove City into San Francisco he realizes that he stands to lose money if he doesn't find a way to make money using the bus.

Thoughts

I wasn't overwhelmed by this episode but it might be my favorite of the first three episodes of the fourth season.

Star Trek: The Original Series 1.03

Where No Man Has Gone Before

Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and the crew of the Enterprise investigate traces they find of a ship that disappeared a couple centuries earlier. The investigation takes the ship through a space anomaly when two members of the crew (Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell and Doctor Elizabeth Dehner) are struck down. Mitchell and Dehner recover but Mitchell seems to have gained great power.

The Enterprise was damaged in the strike that also affected Mitchell and Dehner. The Enterprise heads to Delta Vega, a nearby planet where there is an automated facility, in the hopes of finding parts to repair the ship. A landing party beams down to look for parts. Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. Dehner, and Lieutenant Commander Mitchell are among those in the group that descend to the planet's surface. Mitchell has to be sedated and does not go willingly.

Dead Ringers (1988)

Dead Ringers (1988)

starring Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold

directed by David Cronenberg

115 minutes

Twin brothers and gynecologists Beverly and Elliot Mantle (both played by Jeremy Irons) find their relationship deteriorating after Beverly enters a relationship with actress Claire Niveau (Geneviève Bujold), one of Elliot's patients.

Claire has a history of misusing prescription drugs. Beverly joins her in experimenting with prescription meds in the hopes that it will enhance their sexual adventures. It seems to help at first but Elliot can sense that something is off with his brother.

Better Call Saul 5.10

Something Unforgivable

Jimmy and Kim move into a hotel in downtown Albuquerque. They are still worried about Lalo coming after them. Jimmy reaches out to Mike but Mike won't talk to him. Jimmy goes to Mike's house and makes a nuisance of himself. Mike lets him in and tells him that there is nothing to worry about. Lalo will be taken care of within 24 hours.

Kim goes back to work doing pro bono work. She takes on some more cases. She runs into Howard, who tells her about what Jimmy did to him: bowling balls, hookers. It makes her laugh. She goes back to the hotel and tells Jimmy about running into Howard. She suggests that they get him good, put a real dent in his reputation, something unforgivable.