Ballard 1.08

Last Call

Olivas gets his hand on Driscoll's phone after Bosch's man placed it in Driscoll's home and before it was entered in as evidence. 

The cold case team works on identifying the unknown numbers from Driscoll's phone. They are able to nail down four of them as belonging to police officers. There are still a few left. One of them belongs to Manny. Martina makes the connection when she sees a text from Olivas number on Manny's phone. She immediately gets away from him and tells Ballard.

They set a trap for Manny. They catch him and get him to confess. They turn over what they've found to Captain Berchem. It doesn't make him happy but he accepts it and agrees that they will move on Olivas and the others ASAP.

WALL-E (2008)

WALL-E (2008)

starring Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin

directed by Andrew Stanton

98 minutes

Trash compactor robot WALL-E (Ben Burtt), one of the last remaining creatures on Earth, lives a lonely existence until EVE (Elissa Knight), another robot arrives. Eve searches for signs of life. EVE ceases shuts down after finding a small plant. WALL-E tags along with EVE on the ship that comes to retrieve her and winds up on the spaceship Axiom.

The Axiom's captain (Jeff Garlin) gets very excited when he learns about that EVE's mission was successful. It means that they know where to find Earth which has been devastated by pollution. The ship's computer has other ideas. WALL-E and EVE work together to stay one step ahead of the ship's computer and help the captain get the Axiom back to Earth.

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone

directed by Frank Lloyd

The HMS Bounty, under the command of Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton), departs Portsmouth in England and heads to Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean. Captain Bligh, unlike First Mate Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable), believes in punishing his men severely for infractions great and small.

The Bounty arrives in Tahiti intact and spends a few months there gathering breadfruit plants which are to be delivered to plantations in the West Indies. Bligh pushes Mr. Christian too far. Christian leads most of the men on board the Bounty in a mutiny. Bligh and most of the men loyal to him are set adrift in a small boat.

The New Batman Adventures 2.01

The Ultimate Thrill

Stuntwoman Roxanne Sutton, aka Roxy Rocket, turns to a life of crime when movie studios no longer want to employ her due to the enormous risks she insists on taking. She loves the thrill of danger. Batman, with some help from intel provided by Batgirl, tracks down Roxy who by then has gotten on the bad side of her client, the Penguin.

Thoughts

The episode can be found in various places on line as Batman: The Animated Series 4.11 but when it was originally broadcast it was part of The New Batman Adventures.

Batman: Caped Crusader 2.02

Rocket's Red Glare

Batman investigates a break-in at Triad Industries which leads him to discover that Triad's top scientist, Dr. Roxanne Sutton isn't dead. Gunther Hardwick, Armand Lydecker, and Warren Lawford (the three men who run Triad) thought they had dealt with her. Batman doesn't understand why Sutton is sabotaging Triad's attempts to capitalize on her inventions and tries to stop her. It is almost too late when he finally changes sides and chooses to help her.

Thoughts

There is a brief moment at the very end of the episode involving someone stealing from Hugo Strange. It looks like Strange is dead. The thief is whistling In the Hall of the Mountain King.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) 1.28

Portrait of Jocelyn

starring Philip Abbott, Nancy Gates, John Baragrey

written by Edgar Marvin, Harold Swanton

directed by Robert Stevens

Mark Halliday (Philip Abbott) takes to see his wife Debbie (Nancy Gates) to see a painting he bought for her for their first wedding anniversary except that when the dealer shows it to them it isn't the painting he remembered buying. It is a portrait of Mark's first wife, Jocelyn, who disappeared five years ago. Nancy is disturbed by the painting. They learn where they can find the man who painted the portrait, Arthur Clymer (John Baragrey), thanks to Jeff, Jocelyn's brother.

Debbie insists that they go looking for Clymer. They drive up the coast and find Clymer. There is something about Clymer that doesn't feel right to Mark. He goes to visit him and finds out what's really going on.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.20

The Maquis, Part 1

A Cardassian ship, The Bok'Nor, blows up as it departs the space station. Chief O'Brien and Lieutenant Jadzia Dax investigate the cause of the explosion. Commander Calvin Hudson, friend of Commander Benjamin Sisko, visits Deep Space Nine. He and Sisko spend some time together reminiscing.

Quark is approached by Sakonna, a Vulcan woman who wants to talk business. Quark is smitten and intrigued. He agrees to a meeting. He later learns that she is looking for someone who can supply her with weapons. She offers to pay him quite handsomely. 

Gul Dukat visits the space station and surprises Commander Sisko in his quarters.