Fumo Chitai 1.02

aka The Waste Land

Episode 2

The aircraft division at Kinki Trading continues to try and win the jet fighter contract from the Japanese government. Iki gets an assistant, Koide. Tokyo Trading, one of Kinki's rivals, has the upper hand. General Kaiduka, the Japanese Defense Minister, buries a report on the power of the Luckheed F-104, Kinki's jet.

Iki and Satoi, his boss, appeal to a leading politician in the opposition party. The politician pledges that he will have the Defense Minister answer for burying the report. The politician backs off this pledge after he receives a visit from Samejime, an employee of Tokyo Trading.

The Outer Limits (1963) 1.22

Specimen: Unknown

starring Stephen McNally, Richard Jaeckel

written by Stephen Lord

directed by Gerd Oswald

Four astronauts return by shuttlecraft from a space station in orbit around Earth. A strange spore (found attached to the space station) killed one of the other crewmen. They bring with them specimens of the spores. The spores turn into flower like objects and spray the men with pellets and gas. Once by one the men succumb to the plants.

Batman: Caped Crusader 2.01

Brute Force

The trial of Rupert Thorne is about to begin. The prosecution's star witness is Julian Gregory, Thorne's accountant. Edward Nygma, one of Thorne's enforcers, is in charge of finding the accountant (aka the squealer) and bumping him off.

Nygma turns to Hugo Strange for some help. Strange gives him a solution that Nygma injects into one of his unsuspecting lackeys. The lackey grows to monstrous proportions and attempts to murder the squealer. Batman, Montoya, and several other police officers get in the way of the monster man.

The fight ends when Batman kills the monster man with his car, although it takes several attempts to get the job done. The accountant makes it to court and testifies against Thorne, but the judge throws out the case against Thorne.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) 1.27

Help Wanted

starring John Qualen, Lorne Greene

written by Stanley Ellin, 

directed by James Neilson

Mr. Crabtree (John Qualen) accepts a job working for a mysterious man (Lorne Greene) who hires him to work in an office by himself and write reports. The mysterious employer visits Mr. Crabtree in his office one day and explains to him that he has a new assignment for him. He wants him to kill a man.

Mr. Crabtree doesn't know what to say. He really needs the money he's been making. His wife is sick and needs an operation. The employer has it all figured out. He explains to Mr. Crabtree how it will work. It's foolproof according to his employer but Mr. Crabtree has his doubts.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.19

Blood Oath

Three Klingons come to Deep Space Nine, old friends of Dax, Curzon Dax. Together Kor , Koloth, and Kang (along with Curzon) swore a blood oath to get vengeance on the Albino, a criminal who killed the sons of the three Klingons. Curzon was the godfather to Kang's son who was named Dax in his honor.

The Klingons have some doubts about Jadzia Dax accompanying them on this mission. She proves herself to them while sparring with Koloth in a holo-suite. Together the four friends use their skills and the intelligence they have gathered to complete their mission although is costs two of them their lives.

Doctor Who (1963) 13.02.03

Planet of Evil - Part Three

The Doctor survives the fall into the pit and makes it back out alive. Sarah sneaks out of the spaceship and is there to greet the Doctor when he climbs out of the pit. He collapses and has to be carried back to the Morestran spaceship on a stretcher. Salamar orders the anti-matter removed from the spaceship over Professor Sorenson's objections.

Sorenson manages to keep some of the anti-matter without letting anyone know about it. The antimatter infects Sorenson. His eyes start glowing but after drinking some brew he gets is under control and his eyes stop glowing. Sorenson attacks and kills Morelli who was taking some antimatter that the Doctor still had on him to the ejection port. Later he kills De Haan.

Bleach 49 / 3.08

Rukia's Nightmare

Rukia lies in her jail cell awaiting execution and thinks about Kaien Shiba, the lieutenant of 13th Squad. He went out of his way to make her feel welcome in 13th Squad. He lost his wife, Miyako, also a member of 13th Squad when she was killed by a Hollow. He went after the Hollow which took over Miyako and used her to kill other Shinigami who didn't suspect what had happened to her. Kaien and the Hollow were killed by Rukia when they was impaled on her Zanpakutō.

Thoughts

Kaien was Ganju's older brother. Ganju does not appear in this episode.

This is a grim episode. Most of it is flashback.