Saturday, October 26, 2019

GLOW 3.03

Desert Pollen

Cherry signs the ladies up for a dance class with Denise, a former showgirl. Most of them are not into it. Cherry has problems of her own. She and Keith want to have a baby but after she has a conversation with Denise she starts having second thoughts.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010)

Starring Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Allison Pill, Aubrey Plaza, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong
Directed by Edgar Wright

Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is dating Knives Chau (Ellen Wong) when he sees Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). He loses interest in Knives and starts dating Ramona but Knives isn't ready to give up on him just yet. Scott is forced to fight Ramona's evil exes and deal with Knives and another ex-girlfriend of his who is now dating one of Ramona's evil exes. Scott is in a band, Sex Bob-omb, that is taking part in the local Battle of the Bands competition.

Monday, October 14, 2019

Dear White People 1.02

Chapter II

This episode is a companion piece to the prior one and has me wondering about the rest of the season. Lionel Higgins, the reporter for the Independent who broke the story about the Dear Black People party, gets the spotlight. The events of the previous episode are also part of this episode. Samantha is only seen fleetingly, just as Lionel was in the previous episode.

Sunday, October 13, 2019

Samurai Jack 3.08

XXXIV: Jack and the Swamp Wizard

Jack meets a wizard in a swamp who tells him a story about the titan Cronus. The wizard, who is actually Aku, leads him on a quest to recover the three gems of power that once belonged to Cronus. The gems were hidden on Earth. Each of the gems is protected by a different sort of trap.

Saturday, October 12, 2019

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 1.05

The Sea Gate

Adora, Glimmer, and Bow travel to Salineas to try and get Princess Mermista to join the Princess Alliance. They meet Sea Hawk, captain of a ship, who helps them get to Salineas. He likes to sing shanties and claims to know Princess Mermista. Both turn out to be true but the princess isn't thrilled to see him when get there.

Shadow Weaver sends Catra and Force Captain Scorpia, along with a few troops to the Sea Gate. Their mission is to recapture Adora. Shadow Weaver doesn't care that Hordak wants her to forget about Adora.

The two teams meet at the Sea Gate. A fight ensues. Catra confronts She-Ra but is unable to abduct her.

Fargo 3.01

The Law of Vacant Places

East Berlin, 1988

A man is brought into a police station. He is accused of murdering Helga Albracht, his girlfriend. The man denies that he did it and says that the police have misidentified him. They think he is Yuri Gurka, a 20-year-old immigrant from Ukraine. He tells them that his name is Jakob Ungerleider and he is clearly older than 20. His wife is named Helga but her last name is not Albracht, and the police met her when he was arrested.

Friday, October 11, 2019

GLOW 3.02

Hot Tub Club

GLOW has a day off. Sam talks Ruth into taking a walk with him. They wind up at a blackjack table. Ruth doesn't know how to play. Sam teaches her and she ends up winning a lot of money. They have spend some of the winnings on a meal.

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Future Man 1.12

Prelude to an Apocalypse

Josh tries to enter the Kronish building in 2017 but he gets kicked out. He goes home and discovers that his life is amazing. He is an e-Sports superstar named Joosh. Everything is wonderful. He is ready to give up on the mission but then Tiger and Wolf show up at his house. Years have passed for them as seen in the previous episode but it has only been 20 minutes for Josh.

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Russian Doll 1.08

Ariadne

Nadia starts from the bathroom, at the party, but everything has changed. Everything is back to the way it was before she died the first time. She remembers everything she has been through. She leaves the party and goes to look for Alan. She runs into Horse, in the park. He's got Oatmeal.

Sunday, October 6, 2019

Dear White People 1.01

Chapter I

Samantha White, leader of the Black Student Union at elite Winchester University exposes a blackface party on campus sponsored by Pastiche, the school's humor magazine, but all is not as it seems. The party was planned as a reaction to her campus radio program, Dear White People. The party (Dear Black People) was shut down before it happened by the university administration but somehow invitations went out anyway.

Saturday, October 5, 2019

Samurai Jack 3.07

XXXIII: Jack and the Annoying Creature

Jack meets a large, blue creature which follows him around.

This episode is a collection of moments involving Jack and the annoying creature. It follows him. He tries to lose it. It destroys a gem that might have helped him return to the past. It saves him from a quartet of robots. The episode ends with Jack and the creature walking off into the sunset together.

Friday, October 4, 2019

GLOW 3.01

Up, Up, Up

I don't know how I avoided the spoilers but I was genuinely surprised, shocked, and saddened by the way the episode opened. There is an oblique reference to what happened on the day that GLOW opens in Vegas in the description of the first episode but I was completely unaware of it. I stayed unaware until they showed Bash and Rhonda getting ready to watch the launch of the Challenger.

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Batman: Brave and the Bold 2.03

Revenge of the Reach

Before the Credits: Batman helps the Challengers of the Unknown battle a giant spider on what looks like Dinosaur Island. The Challengers are there to investigate a meteorite which crashed on the island recently. Batman leaves once the spider has been defeated. The Challengers are overwhelmed by Starros that emerge from the meteorite.

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Future Man 1.11

Beyond the Truffledome

Tiger leaves Josh behind and travels back to 1949. Her plan is to kill Elias Kronish when he was still a baby. She finds him but can't get herself to do it. She sticks around for a few years, helping Elias' single mother. She has to leave when Elias' mother gets engaged. She heads back to 2017 where she finds Wolf's suicide note.