Star Trek: The Next Generation 3.24

Ménage à Troi

Commander Riker and Counselor Troi and her mother are abducted by Ferengi captain Daimon Tog. Lwaxana Troi finds Tog repulsive but he is infatuated with her and her telepathic abilities which he hopes to use to make money. She has no interest in changing her mind but in the interest of getting herself, her daughter, and Commander Riker away from the Ferengi ship on which they are being held against their will, Lwaxana feigns interest in Tog.

Amazing Stories (1985) 1.03

Alamo Jobe

starring Kelly Reno

written byb Joshua Brand, John Falsey, Stephen Spielberg

directed by Michael D. Moore

Fifteen year old Jobe starts seeing strange things while serving at the Alamo in 1836 when it was under attack by Mexican General Santa Anna's army. Jobe sees people in late 20th century clothing walking through the battle. He tries to warn them that they are in danger by being there but they don't see or hear him. Colonel Travis gives Jobe a message to get to General John Lefferts on Suttlecock Road.

Jobe leaves the Alamo and finds himself in San Antonio in 1985. He looks for Shuttlecock Road. He takes a horse someone has left unattended and rides around town. The police chase him for a while. He's about ready to give up when he finds first Shuttlecock Road and then a store named Lefferts Antiques. The owner claims to be the great-grandson of General Lefferts. He thanks Jobe for the letter. Jobe heads back to the Alamo.

Paths of Glory (1957)

Paths of Glory (1957)

starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready

directed by Stanley Kubrick

88 minutes

French Brigadier General Mireau (George Macready), in the midst of the First World War, indignant after one of his regiments fails to achieve, what was deemed from the outset to be an unachievable goal, insists on court martialing three rank and file members of the regiment. Major General Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) agrees with Mireau's reaction to the defeat and thinks it will be good for morale if three soldiers are executed. Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas), the regiment's commander, who was present on the battlefield at the time of the attack insists on defending the three men in what turns out to be nothing but a show trial in which he is given no opportunity to provide the three soldiers with a proper defense.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.33

Bilko in Outer Space

Ritzik and Grover have $600 that they plan to use to pay for their vacation in Hawaii. Bilko tries to get them to play cards with him but they do their best to avoid him. They manage to steer clear of him until he tricks them into signing up for a phony space program.

Thoughts

This was okay. I was hoping that part of the episode would involve Bilko going to outer space but that is not the case. I was hoping for something along the lines of The Outer Space Spirit or Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD 6 (Nov 1968). That is not what I got. 

Un Village Français 6.04

Sur le quai

or On the Platform

Anselme, Raymond, and the others find the bodies still hanging in the schoolyard, including Marie's. Antoine goes to take her down but Anselme insists that it's his fault that it came to this and that he should not be the one to do it. Raymond takes Marie's body for burial even though Anselme insists that he shouldn't. Before the are done taking the bodies down they receive word that it was Marchetti who hanged Marie.

Heinrich and Hortense try to get through a German checkpoint but someone spots them. They are pulled aside. Heinrich is made to dig a grave for the two of them. They are about to get executed when some Americans show up and kill the German soldiers. Heinrich, speaking in English, claims that he is with the anti-fascist underground.

Steven Universe 1.49

The Message

Greg helps the Crystal Gems figure out how to decipher a message that is being transmitted by a Wailing Stone. They assume at first that it is an audio message but then it occurs to Steven and Greg that it might be a video message. They are correct. It was sent by Lapis Lazuli who warns them that someone is coming for them. They assume that the someone is Peridot.

Thoughts

The order of the episodes seems to be jumbled on Hulu, according to the Steven Universe Wiki. I just discovered that I skipped over three episodes by mistake.

The Wailing Stone previously appeared in 1.19 Rose's Room but I did not make any mention of it my notes for that episode. I went back and watched that episode. It only appears very briefly in that one.

This was a good episode. I like the humor and the way it expands the world in which the story takes place. Greg and Lapis Lazuli are the only characters to appear in this story other than Steven, Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. Peridot is mentioned but does not appear.

Adventure Time 5.20

Shh!

Jake and Finn have a contest to see who can go the longest without speaking. They communicate mostly by using signs that they have written. BMO freaks out when Finn and Jake won't speak. BMO assumes that they aren't really Finn and Jake but doppelgangers. They try desperately to convince BMO, without talking, that they are the real thing.

Thoughts

This was a fun episode. I love how BMO immediately assumed the worst.