Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.17

Playing God

Arjin, a Trill host candidate, comes to Deep Space Nine to be mentored and evaluated by Jadzia Dax. Chief O'Brien deals with an infestation of voles aboard the space station. Jake admits to his father that he's in love with a Dabo girl.

Jadzia's initial evaluation of Arjin is that he isn't a good candidate to be a host. He seems to just be telling her what he thinks she wants to hear. Together they go into the wormhole, aboard the Mekong and pick up something on the outer hull of the runabout that Jadzia describes as space seaweed.

Jadzia studies the thing attached to the Mekong once they get back. It seems to be a proto-universe. It is expanding and threatens to destroy Deep Space Nine. There is some debate over what to do about it. Ultimately, despite not knowing what will happen, Sisko decides that it needs to be returned to the Gamma Quadrant.

Amazing Stories (1985) 1.08

Mr. Magic

starring Sid Caesar

written by Joshua Brand, John Falsey

directed by Donald Petrie

The career of stage magician Lou Bundles (Sid Caeser) is spiraling downward, after years of success, when he finds a deck of magic cards. They briefly revive his career but then he decides that it is time to retire.

Thoughts

There isn't much to this episode. The central conflict is internal as Lou struggles with aging and accepting that he is no longer the stage magician that he once was. The special effects probably looked very impressive in 1985 when this episode first aired but 41 years later they don't look all that special.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.X

The Phil Silver Pontiac Special: Keep In Step (1959)

21 minutes

This TV special starred the cast of The Phil Silver Show. It plays a bit like an episode of the show but it is incomplete. Bilko gets Lanny Langford, a singer, who has just been drafter into the army transferred to Camp Fremont. Bilko's plan is to have Langford be the star of a stage musical that he will produce. The 21 minute clip of the special ends after Langford has been transferred to Camp Fremont but before he arrives.

The quality of the picture is not up to the standards of the rest of the episodes of the show. According to IMDb this episode also starred Diana Dors but she did not appear in the clip that was on the DVD. From the looks of it there are three separate listings for this special on IMDb. My guess is that's an error.

Un Village Français 6.12

Libération

or Liberation

6 Sep 1940

Antoine gets Marchetti to the police station. It isn't long before word gets out that Marchetti has been apprehended. Bériot is ordered to drive him to Dijon for trial but the people of Villeneuve want him tried in Villeneuve. Bériot manages to get Marchetti out of town in a car. The mob turns on Antoine and kills the remaining militia men who were not executed. Most of them are gunned down but Alban is hung in the schoolyard.

Daniel Larcher and Hortense try to get away but they are stopped by another mob. The mob knocks him down but forgets about him when they recognize Hortense. She is dragged through the streets with another woman who is similarly accused of sleeping with German soldiers. They are taken to the schoolyard. Gustave is there. She begs him to help her but he spits in her face. Someone takes a pair of scissors and cuts off all the hair on her head. Lucienne is there and watches it happen without saying a word.

Teen Titans 5.02

Homecoming - Part 2

The Teen Titans are eager to team up with the Doom Patrol but the Doom Patrol continue their quest to stop the Brotherhood of Evil on their own. Mento insists that Beast Boy come with them. Robin tries to prevent Mento from forcing Beast Boy to go with the Doom Patrol but Beast Boy decides to go with the Doom Patrol.

Anna Lucasta (1958)

Anna Lucasta (1958)

starring Eartha Kitt, Frederick O'Neal, Henry Scott

written by Philip Yordan

directed by Arnold Laven

Anna Lucasta (Eartha Kitt) returns home from San Diego and tries to put the pieces of her life back together after getting by as a prostitute. Randolph Slocum (Henry Scott) takes an interest in her as almost everyone in her family hoped he would but Joe (Anna's overbearing, alcoholic father) can't stand to let things be. On her wedding day he sabotages her life. Unable to deal with her father's behavior she runs off with Danny a cabbie she first met while she was living in San Diego.

Thoughts

There's more to this movie than my description entails. It is unclear how much time has passed since Joe ejected Anna from the Lucasta family home. 

Crash Landing on You 1.12

Episode 12

Se-ri and Jeong-hyuk avoid getting killed by Cho Cheol-gang thanks to Se-ri's quick thinking. She meets with some Korean and Chinese gangsters and puts them to work looking for Cheol-gang. Jeong-hyuk does some searching online in the hopes of discovering something about who is helping Cheol-gang.

Man-bok shares with the other about how he listened to Se-ri's employees gossip. Chi-su share with the others about how he worked as a delivery driver for a chicken restaurant. Ju-meok and Eun-dong went to an internet cafe. Ju-meok watched dramas while Eun-dong played video games. He almost met Jeong-hyuk but Se-ri came home in time to prevent Jeong-hyuk from going out to meet him.