The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House 1.04

Wish

Everyone in the house gets obsessed with a lucky charm that Momoko gives to Sumire. Sumire's father comes to visit, partly out of concern for his daughter's well being.

Thoughts

The parts of the episode dealing with the visit of Sumire's father were a bit tense. The parts dealing with the charm didn't pull me in quite as much. He wasn't rude. He seemed genuinely concerned but I think mostly that it was just that he wasn't ready for his daughter to grow up and leave home.

Steven Universe 1.40

On the Run

Amethyst and Steven go on the Run, just like the No Home Boys, the main characters from a series of books that Steven has been reading. Amethyst takes Steven to see the Prime Kindergarten, the place where she was born. Pearl catches up to them. She is angry at Amethyst for brining Steven to the Prime Kindergarten. Amethyst and Pearl fight but Steven intercedes and gets them to stop. They all go home together in the end.

Thoughts

The title of this episode is also the title of one of the No Home Boys novels.

Adventure Time 5.14

Simon & Marcy

Marceline tells Finn and Jake a story about her and Simon (aka the Ice King) from (996 years earlier) when she was just 7 years old and he was 47. The Ice King was just Simon back then. He had the crown but he didn't wear it except in extreme emergencies because it warped his mind.

Thoughts

Simon entertains Marcy at one point by pretending to put on a TV show. His presentation begins with him singing the theme song to Cheers.

This was an excellent episode. It was kind of awesome to see how well Simon and Marcy got along and how he looked out for her. This episode was nominated for an emmy.

The Orville 3.01

Electric Sheep

The Orville gets some upgrades but some of the crew, in particular Charly Burke (the newest member of the bridge crew) and Marcus Finn, continue to blame Isaac for helping the Kaylon to wreck havoc on Earth and the fleet of ships that worked to defend it. Isaac decides that it would be better if he was no longer around and fries his circuits.

Repairs to the Orville finish and the ship departs Earth. Lieutenant Commander LaMarr comes up with a possible way to bring Isaac back. He needs some help from Charly but she refuses to help.

Better Call Saul 6.11

Breaking Bad

Gene calls a pay phone, from another payphone. Francesca picks up. He wants know what's been going on. She wants her money first. He tells her where to find it. They talk after she retrieves the money. The Feds got most of his money. Kim called, looking for Jimmy, wanting to know if he was still alive. Francesca says she didn't tell her anything.

Gene gets the band back together, the three man team he got up and running in the previous episode. He starts a new scheme. This time around they drug single men and steal their identities and passwords to their bank accounts. Everything goes well until Buddy, develops a conscience over bilking a guy with cancer. Gene shows him the door and then goes to finish the job himself.

Doctor Who (1963) 8.05.03

The Daemons - Part Three

The Doctor scares off Bok, the gargoyle, with a piece of iron. It seems to believe that it has magical powers even though it doesn't. The Master is very disappointed.

The Doctor and Jo return to the village. The Doctor explains to Jo, Miss Hawthorne, Sgt Benton, and Captain Yeats about the forces that the Master is trying to call forth. It isn't the Devil or occult magic, as Miss Hawthorne seems to believe, but aliens who arrived on Earth 100,000 years ago.

The Master calls a meeting of the leading villagers. He explains to them that he needs their help. He promises to reward them if they will do his bidding. The Squire, one of the village elders decides he's had enough. The Master punishes his insolence by calling forth Bok who vaporizes the Squire.

The Twilight Zone 1.13

The Four of Us Are Dying

starring Harry Townes, Phillip Pine, Ross Martin, Don Gordon

directed by John Brahm

Arch Hammer (Harry Townes), a man who can change his appearance at will attempts to use his superpower to his advantage but it gets him into trouble, lots of trouble; the kind of trouble that gets him killed!

Arch starts off by impersonating a dead man, musician Johnny Foster (Ross Martin). He uses Johnny's appearance to seduce Maggie, a lounge singer. Next, he makes himself look like gangster Virge Sterig (Phillip Pine) and strongarms a mob boss out of some money. The mob boss's henchmen come after him so he changes his appearance once again. This time he makes himself look like Andy Marshak (Don Gordon).