The Good Place 1.05

Category 55 Emergency Doomsday

Everyone is forced to stay inside for an extended period of time because of a Category 55 Emergency Doomsday situation, the sink hole won't stop growing.

Tahani discovers that she has an extremely low ranking among the citizens of The Good Place. The discovery brings on a bit of anxiety and some memories of her life before she died. She confronts Michael about the matter but he waves it off.

Eleanor and Chidi go a little nuts being locked up together inside for days on end. Michael asks them to let another couple, Nina and Bart, stay with them while the sinkhole is being repaired. Eleanor and Chidi get very nervous when they learn that Nina is a marriage counselor and Bart is a fraud investigator. Their guests put them under the microscope after they catch them having an argument.

Amazing Stories (1985) 1.02

The Main Attraction

starring John Scott Clough

written by Brad Bird, Mick Garris, Steven Spielberg

directed by Matthew Robbins

Brad Bender (John Scott Clough) has his life turned upside down the day before he expects to be named prom king. A meteorite crashes through the window of his bedroom. His body becomes magnetized which in turn makes his life a living hell.

Thoughts

The first half of this episode makes it seem like Brad has it all. It is halfway through the episode that the meteor crashes through Brad's window turning his life upside down.

The Godfather Part 2 (1974)

The Godfather Part 2 (1974)

starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale

directed by Francis Ford Coppola

202 minutes

I still don't like this one as much as The Godfather (1972). It is much more ambitious that the first movie but it also feels overly full. One thing that I was surprised by was how fast some things happened in this film considering how long it is.

See my notes from the last time I watched The Godfather Part 2 (1974) in Aug 2025 for a summary and more of my thoughts about this movie.

Steven Universe 1.44

Marble Madness

Connie gets Steven interested in a series of books, The Spirit Morph Saga. He gives them a try but she gets a bit worried when he reads the books out of order.

A giant robonoid, sent by Peridot arrives in Beach City. Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl destroy it but then another one shows up and then another, and another. Steven suggests that they should follow the latest robonoid that see what it wants.

The robonoid goes to the Kindergarten. There it goes to the Prime Control Room and contacts Peridot. Steven asks Peridot what she wants. The Crystal Gems step in and smash Peridot's connection to the Prime Control Room.

Adventure Time 5.18

Princess Potluck

Jake and Finn go to a potluck party thrown by the princesses. Ice King finds out about it and gets angry that he wasn't invited. He comes up with numerous ways to ruin the party but none of them seem to work. He finally attacks the party. It is then that he learns he was invited but never saw the invitation because he doesn't read his mail.

Thoughts

This was fun. It starts with Finn and Jake but quickly becomes the Ice King's episode.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.12

The Alternate

Doctor Mora, who has a history with Odo, visits Deep Space Nine. Mora is amazed at the progress that Odo has made, the way he handles himself but he isn't there for a social call. He has found something in the Gamma Quadrant that resembles Odo's genetic structure that he wants to investigate further.

Doctor Mora, Odo, Dax, and one of Mora's associates go to the Gamma Quadrant to a planet where they find something alive that seems to be metamorphic, like Odo. They bring it back to the Alpha Quadrant, to the space station. They proceed to examine it. During the night it escapes from the lab in which it was kept. Chief O'Brien tracks it through the ducts and finds what looks like the remnants of the life form but it is no longer alive.

North by Northwest (1959)

North by Northwest (1959)

starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason

written by Ernest Lehman

directed by Alfred Hitchcock

136 minutes

Two armed men, employees of Lester Townsend (James Mason), kidnap Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) thinking that he is George Kaplan. Thornhill tries to explain to them that he isn't Kaplan but they refuse to listen. Thornhill is taken to see Lester Townsend who tries to get information out of him. Thornhill has no idea what they are talking about. He continues to insist that he is Thornhill, not Kaplan. They force him to drink a lot of bourbon and are getting ready to kill in what will look like a drunk driving accident when Thornhill escapes.