Star Trek (1966) 1.27

The Alternative Factor

The Enterprise is rocked by an phenomenon of unknown origin that almost destroys the universe. Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock descend to the planet they were observing when the phenomenon occurred to investigate something that appears to have materialized on the planet at the same that the phenomenon occurred.

Kirk and Spock find Lazarus, an injured man on the planet. They take him back to the Enterprise where he is attended to by Dr. McCoy. Once the man has recovered he explains to Kirk what he was doing on the planet, about his fight with a thing that destroyed the world from which he came.

Doctor Who (1963) 12.X

Tom Baker in Conversation

(with Matthew Sweet)

65 minutes

The interview is divided into 6 segments with the following titles

1. Bill Slater’s Wife 
2. God Willing
3. Friends in Space
4. Less Than Perfect
5. Diminishing, Returns
6. Curating

Schitt's Creek 5.03

The Plant

Alexis arranges to bring in Emir Kaplan, a travel blogger, to review the motel. Stevie pretends to be a guest at the motel so that she can talk to Emir about how much she loves the motel. Emir and Stevie get along, have a meal together, and then she decides that she can't continue to pretend. She tells him the truth.

Jocelyn feels overwhelmed with being the mother of an infant and left our of the Jazzagals.

Patrick decides that he needs a new place. He brings David along which he misinterprets to mean that Patrick wants them to move in together.

Thoughts

This episode was a lot of fun. I enjoyed all three subplots. All three made me laugh.

Four Star Playhouse 1.06

The Island

starring David Niven

directed by Robert Florey

George Masterson, the owner of a South Pacific island and the company that employs most of the natives, is suspicious of Dr. Sydney Bartel (David Niven), the company doctor assigned to the island. George gives Sydney a couple days to clear out but then George gets sick. He needs Dr. Bartel's help to recover and tries to keep Dr. Martel from treating him. Dr. Bartel sedates and treats George, thus saving his life. 

Thoughts

I wasn't terribly moved or impressed by this story. It isn't bad but I didn't find the central conflict to be engaging.

Bleach 36 / 2.16

Kenpachi Zaraki Approaches!

Tenth Squad Lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto visits Fifth Squad Lieutenant Momo Hinamori while she sits in her jail cell. Rangiku brings her the last thing that Captain Aizen wrote before he was murdered. Rangiku offers Momo some advice about proper behavior given the current circumstances. Momo starts to read the note after Rangiku leaves.

Ichigo, Ganju, and Hanataro are overwhelmed by the spiritual pressure they feel. They try running from it but it gets them nowhere and merely exhausts them. Ichigo stops when he hears someone calling to him, Eleventh Squad Captain Kenpachi Zaraki. He looks up and sees Zaraki. He turns to Ganju and tells him to get out of there with Hanataro and go find Rukia, so that they can rescue her.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.13

The Cheney Vase

starring Patricia Collinge, Darren McGavin

directed by Robert Stevens

Lyle Endicott (Darren McGavin) is fired by his boss. He wiggles his way into a job as a caretaker for Martha Cheney (Patricia Collinge), an elderly artist who is confined to a wheelchair. She has a vase that is extremely valuable. He wants to get his hands on the vase. He takes over her life in the hopes of stealing the vase, killing her (if necessary), and selling it to someone in Germany (who is willing to pay top dollar for it).

Crash Landing on You 1.07

Episode 7

Se-ri misses her flight out of North Korea. Instead she drives Jeong-Hyuk to the nearest hospital and stays there while is operated on and then convalesces. Seung-jun wonders what happened to Se-ri. He runs into Seo-dan in the village where Jeong-hyuk lives. She is there looking for Jeong-hyuk. 

Cho Cheol-gang hears about the incident on the road. Once his people have found Jeong-hyuk he goes to the hospital to arrest him. Jeong-hyuk's father, who is a high level government official, shows up just in time to prevent Cheol-gang from arresting his son.

Se-ri sticks around as long as she dares but eventually leaves the hospital with Seung-jun, barely avoiding running into Cheol-gang. Seo-dan finds out who Se-ri really is. Se-ri's parents have her declared dead and one of her brother's placed in charge of the family business.