Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.14

Whispers

Chief O'Brien knows that something is wrong but he can't figure out what it is. What he knows is that everyone is acting strange. Everyone includes Keiko, Sisko, Odo, Kira, Jake, Julian, and Quark. He tries running scans but nothing comes up as reading unusual. Things that should be in proper working order are not. Keiko prepares a meal that she hates, but that she knows he loves.

Chief O'Brien can't figure out what's causing the problem. He becomes increasingly paranoid. It leads him to eventually flee the space station and head through the wormhole. He's convinced that whatever is going on has something to do with the Paradas, a race with whom they recently made first contact. Eventually he gets his answer.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.22

Place of Shadows

starring Everett Sloane
written by Robert C. Dennie
directed by Robert Stevens

Ray Clements goes to a monastery looking for a man who stole some money from him. Clements intends to kill him when he finds him. Father Vincente (Everett Sloane) and Brother Gerard try to convince Clements to give up his quest for revenge. Clements leaves after he gets the money back but not long after that he is attacked and badly injured by another man, Floyd Unser.

Clements shoots and kills Unser. Clements returns to the monastery and asks for help. The police are looking for him. Clements confesses to Father Vincente and Brother Gerard. He tells them the story of what happened after he left the monastery. He admits that they were right about killing. The police decide to leave Clements be considering that Clements only shot Under in self defense.

My Royal Nemesis 1.03

A Whole New Reality

Dan-sim has a flashback to an attempt on the Emperor's life. Mun-do tries talking to Se-gye but Dan-sim won't let go of him. Mun-do chides his cousin and then leaves. Se-gye starts to drive Dan-sim home but stops at a gas station after she complains about getting nauseous riding in his car. While he is in the convenience store she leaves on foot but not before the gas attendant gives her Se-gye's credit card.

Se-gye is wondering about where she disappeared to with his credit card when he gets a call from Son Jae-han, his assistant. He fills his boss in on what he just learned: Mun-do is the one behind Kaiserman Capital, the company that bought the convertible bonds that Biojei floated. The stock price of Bio-jei currently sits at 90K. If it drops below 50K then Kaiserman could convert the bonds into shares of stock which would effectively make Kaiserman (and by proxy Mun-do) the majority shareholder of Biojei.

Monday, June 1, 2026

Amazing Stories (1985) 1.06

The Amazing Falsworth

starring Gregory Hines, Richard Masur
written by Mick Garris, Steven Spielberg
directed by Peter Hyams

The Amazing Falsworth (Gregory Hines) a stage magician and psychic discovers (using his psychic abilities) that one of the members of the audience is a serial killer known as the Keyboard Killer. Falsworth tries calling the police but they don't believe him. A police detective shows up later that night to interview him .

Falsworth leads the detective to an apartment which he believes belongs to the Keyboard Killer. There's a piano there. Falsworth sits down at the piano to see what her can learn from using his paranormal ability from the piano. He sees the face of the killer. It's the face of the detective.

The Good Place 1.12

Mindy St. Claire

Eleanor, Jason, and Janet take the train to the in between place. They meet Mindy St. Claire who lives there by herself. Eleanor and Mindy talk while Jason and Janet try to figure out how to have sex. Judge Shawn hears testimony from Michael, Chidi, Tahani, and the other Eleanor as to whether Eleanor deserves to stay in the Good Place or not.

Shawn ultimately decides that Eleanor and Jason deserve to go to the Bad Place. He gives them four hours to return or elase Tahani and Chidi will take their places in the Bad Place. The episode ends with Eleanor and Jason (and Janet) returning from Mindy St. Claire's place. 

Thoughts

There are flashbacks to Eleanor's past including the day she was killed and the day that talked her deadbeat parents in to signing the paperwork to emancipate her.

This episode was okay. There was a laugh or two in it. The Mindy St. Clair part of it seemed like filler, although as I understand it Mindy does return in future episodes.

Notes

Judge Shawn was played by Mark Evan Jackson. This is the second of 21 episodes of this show in which he appeared. I've watched a few other things he has in which he has made guest appearances including episodes of GLOW, Parks and Recreation, and Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Maribeth Monroe played the part of Mindy St. Claire. This is the first of seven episodes of this show in which she appeared.

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

starring John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe
written by Steven Katz
directed by E. Elias Merhige

95 minutes

F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) sets out in 1921 to make a vampire film, Nosferau. Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) plays Count Orlock, the vampire. Murnau is very much focused on the movie and on keeping his star happy. His two goals come into conflict on more than one occasion. Finally at the end of the movie, Murnau gets the performance he wants out of Schreck.

Adventure Time 5.25

Candy Streets

Finn and Jake are on the case when Lumpy Space Princess comes in hysterical because she's been robbed. They only get part of the story after Princess Bubblegum sedates LSP. They find a clue that leads them to a hotel room. They find some clues there that lead them to pharmacy. The person working at the pharmacy remembers something that leads them to the train station. Finn and Jake lock up Pete Sassafras for the robbery but later discover that he's innocent.

Thoughts

Jake contorts his body into the shape of many police related objects like a police badge, a magnifying glass, a police car, a donut, and more.