La Règle du jeu (1939)

La Règle du jeu (1939)

aka The Rules of the Game

starring Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost

directed by Jean Renoir

110 minutes

in French with English subtitles

Robert (Marcel Dalio) and Christine de la Cheyniest (Nora Gregor) invite friends over for a weekend at their palatial home. The guest list includes former and current lovers of both spouses. The infidelity extends beyond the party guests to the servants including Lisette Schumacher (Paulette Dubost), Christine's chamber maid, who despite being married finds herself attracted to Marceau, a new addition to the staff. Ultimately the infidelity leads to tragedy as one of the guests is killed by Lisette's husband who thinks he witnesses Lisette being unfaithful with one of the guests.

Kraft Suspense Theatre 2.02

Operation Greif

starring Claude Akins, Robert Goulet

written by Jerome Ross

directed by Jack Smight

German commando units infiltrate the allied lines in 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge and sow confusion. Five American soldiers who barely know one another but are traveling together by chance start to suspect one another of being German. The paranoia rises to a point until one of them is caught in a lie.

He turns out not to be a German but one of the other soldiers does. The German spy murders a French teenager who catches on to his true identity and almost succeeds in his mission to blow up a US Army fire direction center.

Steven Universe 1.42

Weather Forecast

Connie is hanging out with Steven at his place when her mother calls. There is a snowstorm coming and she wants Connie to come home. Steven's father tries driving them home but they get stuck in the snow and have to walk the rest of the way.

Something weird happens and Steven finds himself stepping backwards in time more than once as he envisions different scenarios. In the end they leave earlier and don't have to trudge through the snow. Also, Steven discovers that Garnet shared her future vision power with him which explains why he he experienced so many different possible outcomes.

Thoughts

This was a decent episode. It wasn't bad but it didn't really excite me or feel like it expanded Steven's world.

Adventure Time 5.16

Puhoy

Finn is feeling down because he told the Flame Princes a joke and she didn't seem to get it. He tells Jake and BMO that he needs a moment. He burrows into a pillow fort that they built and winds up in a pillow world. He is unable to find his way back. The path that led him there has disappeared.

Finn slays a pillow dragon and marries a pillow princess. They have pillow children. Finn grows old and dies. As he is dying he finds himself transported back to the treehouse where he lives with Jake and BMO. Everything is just as it was when he climbed into the pillow fort.

Star Trek: Lower Decks 2.10

First First Contact

Captain Freeman finds out that she about to receive a promotion and a transfer to another ship. She tries to keep it a secret but Mariner overhears her talking about the transfer to Captain Sonya Gomez, of the USS Archimedes. Mariner tells first her lower decks friends and then Ransom, Shaxs, and Billups.

The senior officers don't waste any time in confronting Captain Freeman about the transfer. They are angry that she didn't tell them immediately. Mariner isn't exactly overjoyed either. The arguments over Captain Freeman's imminent departure are set aside when they see the Archimedes get badly damaged by the side effects of a unexpected solar flare. Rutherford, whose cybernetic implant is malfunctioning due to it running out of memory, comes up with a solution that involves jettisoning the outer hull.

Better Call Saul 6.13

Saul Gone

Gene runs but the police find him. He calls Bill Oakley, the attorney whom he regularly saw when he was working in Albuquerque. Oakley agrees to defend him. Saul gets a sweetheart deal despite the mountain of crimes with which they have charged him. Saul is riding high until he learns that Kim confessed to their role in discrediting Howard. Kim learns about what Jimmy has done and flies to Albuquerque for the the sentencing hearing.

Saul sees Kim in the courtroom and changes his testimony on the spot. He confesses to quite a bit and claims full responsibility in the matter of the smearing of Howard's good name. He was only going to serve eight years in a minimum security facility, according to the terms of the plea arrangement. His sentence is changed after his performance at the sentencing hearing and his sentence is increased to 86 years in a maximum security prison.

The Twilight Zone 1.14

Third from the Sun

starring Fritz Weaver, Edward Andrews, Joe Maross

written by Rod Serling, Richard Matheson

directed by Richard L. Bare

Scientist William Sturka (Fritz Weaver) and pilot Jerry Riden (Joe Maross) both work for the government. They learn that nuclear war is about to break out and make plans to escape with their families. They are under surveillance by Mr. Carling (Edward Andrews).

Carling keeps them on their toes but late one night they break into the base where they work. They, along with their wives and Sturka's teenage daughter, steal a spaceship and head for another planet where humans also live. A planet that is the third from the sun around which it orbits. A planet that is more similar to their own than they realize.