Un Village Français 6.08

Le Procès

or The Trial

Alban prevents Xavier from detonating the explosives in the basement of the school. The representatives of the various factions come together with Bériot presiding and deciding that a court martial must occur that very day to try the 14 members of the militia captured at the school. Bériot appoints Anselme, Antoine, and Suzanne to be the judges and Edmond (leader of the CDL) to be the prosecutor. Bériot convinces Doctor Larcher to be the attorney for the defense by promising him that he will go easy on Hortense.

Rita tries to find food for her son. Edmond says he might be able to find her some food if she joins the communist party. She turns down his offer. She runs into Ezechial Cohen while she is searching for food. He points her in the direction of the black market. She ultimately ends up prostituting herself for food for her son.

The Apothecary Diaries 1.02

Chilly Apothecary

Maomao moves into the household of Gyokuyō. She learns that one of her duties is to taste test all of the food brought to her mistress. Maomao used to test poisons on herself so she isn't terribly concerned about getting ill or dying from most poisons. She makes some suggestions about best practices.

Jinshi tries to keep Maomao in line by flirting with her only to discover that, unlike most women in the Rear Palace, she isn't attracted to him. 

One of her other duties is making drugs. They have her make some food laced with aphrodisiacs.

Doctor Who (1963) 13.01.02

Terror of the Zygons - Part Two

The Doctor rushes to the infirmary but Sarah and Harry have disappeared. The Doctor asks Sister Lamont, the nurse, but she didn't see them leave. The Doctor finds Sarah in a decompression chamber, passed out. Someone locks them both in the decompression chamber while he is trying to revive her. The Doctor puts Sarah in a deep trance to keep her from freaking out. He then places himself in a deep trance and stays like that until Sgt Benton finds them and frees them.

The Zygons take Harry to their base/space ship. They explain a little bit about why they are on Earth and what their plans are before they take him to the body print room and demonstrate how they can use body prints of humans to take on human appearance.

My Royal Nemesis 1.01

The Vixen and the Beast

Royal concubine Kang Dan-sim is sentenced to death. She is forced to drink poison and dies. Her soul leaves her body and travels forward in time 300 years into the body of actress Shin Seo-ri. Dan-sim returns to consciousness in the middle of a shoot of a tv show. The scene is very similar to the one she just experienced, that led to her death. She freaks out and fights back.

It takes her some time to realize that time has passed since she died. She wanders outside the historical section of Seoul, where the shoot is taking place, and finds herself in the 21st century. She has an encounter with Chaebol bad boy Cha Se-gye. His driver almost hit her when she wandered into the street. Cha Se-gye berates her for doing what she did. She attacks him. He fights back, both wielding bouquets of flowers that they have grabbed from a nearby truck. He realizes he is creating a scene and backs off. He gives her his business card, saying that he will pay for her medical bills and then leaves.

Four Star Playhouse 1.14

The Man Who Walked Out on Himself

starring Ronald Colman

written by Milton Merlin

directed by Robert Florey

Cameron (Ronald Colman) is getting ready to divorce his wife. He has met another woman. He spends a lot of time thinking about what he is doing. He notices that he no longer casts a reflection in the mirror. His reflection walked out on him while he had his back turned. He starts to have doubts and then ultimately decides to return home and not get a divorce.

The Good Place 1.09

...Someone Like Me as a Member

Trevor tries to talk Eleanor into leaving the Good Place. Michael tries to talk her into staying. The story behind how the mix up occurred is revealed. Chidi and the other Eleanor get along really well. Eleanor is ready to give in to Trevor but then Michael steps up and refuses to let Trevor take her.

The episode ends with Tahani revealing that she knows Jianyu isn't who he claims to be.

Thoughts

This was an okay episode. I loved the reveal at the ending but it felt like this episode didn't need to be as long as it was.

Star Trek (1966) 2.03

The Changeling

The Enterprise comes in contact with a probe that attacks the ship and almost destroys it. The probe isn't very big and after conversing with the probe it is beamed aboard the Enterprise. The probe calls itself Nomad. It sees humans as inferior and flawed with the exception of Kirk who it mistakes for its creator, Jackson Roykirk.

Nomad gets distracted while exploring Engineering by the sound of Lieutenant Uhura singing. It goes to the bridge and probes her mind. Chief Engineer Scott sees that it is harming Uhura and tries to get it to stop. It kills him. Provided with sufficient knowledge of human biology and Scotty's medical records, it restores him to life. Uhura's memories have been wiped. Nurse Chapel works to get Lieutenant Uhura back up to speed.