Friday, April 19, 2024

Inuyasha 1.03

Down the Rabbit Hole and Back Again

Kagome bathes in a stream. She decides that she should try once again to return home. She returns to the well. She is having second thoughts about descending into the well when Yura of the Demon Hair finds her. Yura senses the shard of the Shikon Jewel and uses her magical power to take it. She knocks Kagome down into to the well.

Inuyasha goes looking for Kagome. He arrives at the village only to find most of the villagers acting strange. He cannot see it but they are controlled by Yura. Kaede warns him not to harm the villagers. 

Kagome wakes up at the bottom of the well but back in the present.

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray
directed by Edward Dmytryk

125 minutes

In 1943, Ensign Willis Keith is disappointed when he discovers himself assigned to the USS Caine, a minesweeper with a captain who has very lax attitude. The captain of the ship is eventually reassigned and replaced by Lt Commander Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) who previously served in the North Atlantic.

Queeg’s approach is very different from that of his predecessor. He is very strict but he also makes serious mistakes which he covers up. Lieutenant Maryk (Van Johnson), the Caine’s executive officer, tries to stand by the captain even when all the other officers onboard are sick of him.

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Doctor Who (1963) 15.06.X

Out of Time (2008)

17 minutes

This feature takes a look back at the making of The Invasion of Time.

People interviewed for this feature include
  • Anthony Read, script editor
  • Louise Jameson, Leela
  • John Leeson, voice of K9
  • Colin Mapson, visual effects designer
  • Chris Tranchell, Andred
  • Milton Johns, Kelner

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Paranoia Agent 1.06

Fear of a Direct Hit

Tokyo experiences stormy weather. Ikari and Maniwa, the two police detectives, continue to investigate the case of Shonen Bat. They spend a lot of time questioning the old homeless lady. Ikari is very aggressive in his questioning. She only wants to talk about her granddaughter whom she has not seen in a long time.

A young teenager named Taeko has run away from home after finding out that someone has been watching her, taking pictures of her as she undresses. She suspects or knows that it was her father. After tearing her room apart and destroying the hidden camera, she takes to the streets.

The storm gets more intense. It destroys the shelter that the old homeless lady built for herself and carries her away. Ikari and Maniwa summon Tsukiko Sagi, the first person attacked by Shonen Bat, and question her. Ikari is very verbally aggressive. He insists that there Lil' Slugger does not exist and that she injured herself. He tells her that the old homeless lady saw it all. Tsukiko falls down in the middle of the interrogation as if she was just hit by Shonen Bat.

Monday, April 15, 2024

Moonlighting 2.05

My Fair David

Maddie is enraged when she walks into the office of the Blue Moon Detective Agency only to find that David has a limbo contest going, during working hours. Maddie bets David that he can't act professional for one week. He accepts the bet.

Maddie and David are hired my Emily Greydon to deliver the $100,000 ransom for her stepson Clark. She wants them to try and bargain with the kidnappers and offers them a bonus if they can get the kidnappers to take an amount less than $100,000.

David does his best to win the bet. It gets Maddie on the bad side of everyone in the office, especially Ms. DiPesto who accuses her of de-Dave-ing Mr. Addison.

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Abbott Elementary 2.07

Attack Ad

Legendary Schools, a charter school company, puts out an ad that uses footage of the teachers of Abbott Elementary to promote their charter schools. The teachers at Abbott are fighting mad. They track down the CEO of Legendary Schools, who turns out to be a former student at Abbott. He was in Barbara's first class at Abbott.

Tariq returns. He's back to get some stuff that he left at Janine's apartment. He has ulterior motives. Janine assumes the best, at first, but eventually is reminded of why she broke up with Tariq.

Thoughts

This was a good episode. It didn't blow me away but it also did not disappoint. There is some hint that Draemond, the CEO of Legendary Schools, will be back.

Saturday, April 13, 2024

The Phil Silvers Show 3.23

Bilko Saves Ritzik's Marriage

Ritzik plays cards with Bilko and the other sergeants instead of going home to Emma, his wife, on the night of their 15th wedding anniversary. Bilko comes up with more than one scheme to get the quarrelling couple back together again.

This is a decent episode. Bilko assumes another identity, yet again, in order to further one of his schemes. This time he pretends to be Ritzik while Barbella and Henshaw pretend to be Ritzik's sons.