Friday, August 21, 2026

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone
directed by Frank Lloyd

The HMS Bounty, under the command of Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton), departs Portsmouth in England and heads to Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean. Captain Bligh, unlike First Mate Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable), believes in punishing his men severely for infractions great and small.

The Bounty arrives in Tahiti intact and spends a few months there gathering breadfruit plants which are to be delivered to plantations in the West Indies. Bligh pushes Mr. Christian too far. Christian leads most of the men on board the Bounty in a mutiny. Bligh and most of the men loyal to him are set adrift in a small boat.

The New Batman Adventures 2.01

The Ultimate Thrill

Stuntwoman Roxanne Sutton, aka Roxy Rocket, turns to a life of crime when movie studios no longer want to employ her due to the enormous risks she insists on taking. She loves the thrill of danger. Batman, with some help from intel provided by Batgirl, tracks down Roxy who by then has gotten on the bad side of her client, the Penguin.

Thoughts

The episode can be found in various places on line as Batman: The Animated Series 4.11 but when it was originally broadcast it was part of The New Batman Adventures.

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Batman: Caped Crusader 2.02

Rocket's Red Glare

Batman investigates a break-in at Triad Industries which leads him to discover that Triad's top scientist, Dr. Roxanne Sutton isn't dead. Gunther Hardwick, Armand Lydecker, and Warren Lawford (the three men who run Triad) thought they had dealt with her. Batman doesn't understand why Sutton is sabotaging Triad's attempts to capitalize on her inventions and tries to stop her. It is almost too late when he finally changes sides and chooses to help her.

Thoughts

There is a brief moment at the very end of the episode involving someone stealing from Hugo Strange. It looks like Strange is dead. The thief is whistling In the Hall of the Mountain King.

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) 1.28

Portrait of Jocelyn

starring Philip Abbott, Nancy Gates, John Baragrey
written by Edgar Marvin, Harold Swanton
directed by Robert Stevens

Mark Halliday (Philip Abbott) takes to see his wife Debbie (Nancy Gates) to see a painting he bought for her for their first wedding anniversary except that when the dealer shows it to them it isn't the painting he remembered buying. It is a portrait of Mark's first wife, Jocelyn, who disappeared five years ago. Nancy is disturbed by the painting. They learn where they can find the man who painted the portrait, Arthur Clymer (John Baragrey), thanks to Jeff, Jocelyn's brother.

Debbie insists that they go looking for Clymer. They drive up the coast and find Clymer. There is something about Clymer that doesn't feel right to Mark. He goes to visit him and finds out what's really going on.

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.20

The Maquis, Part 1

A Cardassian ship, The Bok'Nor, blows up as it departs the space station. Chief O'Brien and Lieutenant Jadzia Dax investigate the cause of the explosion. Commander Calvin Hudson, friend of Commander Benjamin Sisko, visits Deep Space Nine. He and Sisko spend some time together reminiscing.

Quark is approached by Sakonna, a Vulcan woman who wants to talk business. Quark is smitten and intrigued. He agrees to a meeting. He later learns that she is looking for someone who can supply her with weapons. She offers to pay him quite handsomely. 

Gul Dukat visits the space station and surprises Commander Sisko in his quarters.

Monday, August 17, 2026

Doctor Who (1963) 13.02.04

Planet of Evil - Part Four

There's an emergency on the bridge. The man who was left on duty on the bridge is dead. Everyone rushes there. Vishinsky recalls the sleds that the Doctor and Sarah Jane were in when Salamar ejected them at the end of the previous episode. 

The Doctor confronts Professor Sorenson. He talks Sorenson into doing the right thing, getting rid of the antimatter and himself. Sorenson reverts to anti-matter man before he can follow through.

The Morestran spaceship continues to be pulled back to the planet. Vishinsky takes takes command of the spaceship. Salamar goes looking for Sorenson and gets himself killed. The Doctor goes after Sorenson and knocks him out. He drags the professor into the TARDIS and pilots it back to Zeta Minor.

Bleach 50 / 3.09

The Reviving Lion

Kon teams up with Don Kanonji and the other Karakura Superheroes (Yuzu, Ururu, Jinta, Karin). Yuzu is confused because Kon, who calls himself Karakura King, looks just like Bostov. Kon is happy that he is no longer being treated like he's a girl. Kon get captured by a Hollow but the others rescue him.

Thoughts

Yes, sure, I could describe this episode in detail but I don't see the point. Last episode was a flashback episode and this one is an even bigger diversion from the main story. The preview for the next episode seems to indicate that they will be getting back to the Soul Society in the next episode.