Inside Man (2006)

Inside Man (2006)

starring Denzel Washington, Clive Owen

written by Russell Gewirtz

directed by Spike Lee

129 minutes

NYPD Detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) is called on to negotiate a hostage crisis after a group of armed men take over a bank. Dalton Russell (Clive Owen) the man behind the bank heist, keeps Frazier and the police at bay and confused while he and his gang do what they came to do in the bank. It isn't until late in the game that Frazier discovers that he's been had and how.

Un Village Français 6.09

Le Crépuscule avant la nuit

or The Dusk Before the Night

Bériot talks to Anselme, Suzanne, and Antoine in private and tells them about what he was ordered to do. They reluctantly agree to find the men of the militia guilty. The verdict will be announced the next day and the executions will occur soon thereafter.

Bériot goes to see Raymond Schwartz to get wood for the coffins. He doesn't tell Schwartz what it is for but Schwartz figures out what is happening. He gets Bériot to promise that Jeanine won't get anything worse than a fine and in return he promises to keep his mouth shut.

Crash Landing on You 1.10

Episode 10

Se-Ri returns to work just as Kang-a, her sister-in-law, is about to take over her company, Se-Ri's Choice. Everyone is stunned to see Se-ri alive. Some are happy to see her but many are not or they are too stunned to react one way or another.

Jeong-hyuk gets a visit from Jung Man-bok, Who works for Cho Cheol-gang and who knew Mu-hyuk, Jeong-hyuk's brother. Man-bok explains why he was working for Cheol-gang and of his connection to Mu-hyuk. He tells him what he knows about what Mu-hyuk was doing and says that he wants to do whatever he can to help Jeong-hyuk.

The women in the North Korean village find a note left by Se-ri. She tells them the truth in the note. She apologizes for not telling them sooner and thanks them for all that they did for her.

Solar Opposites 2.02

The Earth Eraser

Korvo bribes some politicians and gets dinner parties outlawed after he has a bad time at one. Yumyulak had a similar experience and is totally on board with Korvo's scheme. Terry and Jesses feel otherwise. Yumyulack shrinks down and deposits someone new in the Wall. 

Thoughts

The Earth Eraser is a device that Korvo threatens to use early in the episode when Terry balks at the idea of taking him to a dinner party.

The Twilight Zone 1.19

The Purple Testament

starring Dick York, William Reynolds

written by Rod Serling

directed by Richard L. Bare

Lieutenant Fitz (William Reynolds), a platoon commander serving with Company A in the Philippines during World War II discovers that he can tell when men are about to get killed. He tells Captain Riker (Dick  York), the company commander, but Riker doesn't believe him.

Thoughts

This was interesting episode. It isn't heavy on plot. The ending wasn't too surprising when I got to it. Most of the weight of this episode is found in the performances of the two lead actors. I think they were both quite good.

The Makani: Cooking for the Maiko House 1.08

Carnival

Riko, a new girl comes to the Maiko House. She wants to become a maiko and she is very enthusiastic and indelicate. Momoko puts together a skit involving the maikos that is modeled after George Romero's zombie films. Yoshino complains about not having a bigger part in the skit. Ryoko goes to see her father and encourages him to be a bigger part of her  mother's life. Kiyo cooks tonjiru, a miso soup with pork.

Thoughts

At first it looked like Riko's story was going to be the core of the episode. I enjoyed watching Momoko's skit develop. 

Doctor Who (1963) 13.01.04

Terror of the Zygons - Part Four

The Zygons lock up the Doctor within their spaceship. They turn off all external communications and jam all radar in the UK. The Skarasen leaves Loch Ness and heads south, to London. The Doctor figures out how (from the room in which he is locked up) to cause the Zygon ship to emit a signal. UNIT picks up the signal and pinpoints the location of the Zygon ship.

The Doctor escapes from the Zygon space ship with the Duke of Forgill, the Caber, and Sister Lamont. Just before he departs the space shup he sets it to self-destruct. The Brigadier, Sarah, Harry, and Sgt Benton show up just in time to see the spaceship explode.