Steven Universe 1.50

Political Power

Pearl tests a device which she hopes will deactivate robonoids. It doesn't but it does knock out the power all across Beach City. Steven spends the next day going around town with Mayor Dewey trying to reassure people that the power will come back on and that everything will be alright. 

Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl worry about the arrival of Peridot. They try to keep their worrying from Steven but in the end they level with him and tell him the truth.

Thoughts

Most of the previously seen residents of Beach City are in this episode but Connie and her parents are not. 

Adventure Time 5.24

Another Five More Short Graybles

1. Jake and Finn build a fake time machine for Jake, Jr.
2. Cinnamon Bun wants a night light but Princess Bubblegum says no way.
3. Ice King gets ready to watch television with Gunther and the other penguins
4. The Earl of Lemongrab and his brother get into a fight
5. A wolf comes home to his old country house after visiting his cousin in the city

Thoughts

Well, that was different. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation 1.08

The Battle

Captain Picard starts to experience headaches just before an encounter with a Ferengi vessel. Dr. Ceusher checks him out but can't figure out what is wrong with him.

DaiMon Bok plus his first and second officers beam over to the bridge of the Enterprise. Bok explains that they have something for Picard, the USS Stargazer, his old ship. The ship was believed lost after a battle nine years earlier in which the Stargazer blew up a Ferengi ship that opened fire on it. The Ferengi want Picard to accept it as a gift and ask for nothing in return.

Fled (1996)

Fled (1996)

starring Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton

written by Preston A. Whitmore II

directed by Kevin Hooks

98 minutes

Two convicts, Piper (Laurence Fishburne) and Dodge (Stephen Baldwin), escape from a prison road work gang and make their way to Atlanta, GA. They are pursued by a US Marshall Pat Schiller and local or state police detective Matthew Gibson (Will Patton). 

Dodge has just 9 months to go on his prison sentence. He convinces Piper to stick with him (after they get free from the handcuffs that keep them shackled together) by offering him a piece of the money he stole. They don't know it but quickly discover that the Cuban mafia has sent Rico Santiago, a hitman after Dodge.

The Apothecary Diaries 1.03

The Unsettling Matter of the Spirit

Maomao diagnoses the case of Lady Fuyou, who was rejected by the emperor. Fuyou sleepwalks at night. Both Lady Gokuyou and Jinshi wonder what is wrong with her. The episode ends with Fuyou being sold to a military officer who was her childhood friend.

Jinshi continues to try to charm Maomao but she continues to find him repulsive. Gaoshun, one of Jinshi's assistants, warns her about making faces when she looks at Jinshi.

Thoughts

Maomao didn't actually interact with Fuyou. She only observed her from a distance. It might be inferred from the way this story unfolds that Lady Fuyou engineered her fate. It isn't clear that's the case but the thought did occur to me.

Doctor Who (1963) 13.01.03

Terror of the Zygons - Part Three

Harry gets free from grip that the Zygons have over him. He rushes into their control room and throws himself on the controls. His efforts disrupt their efforts to kill the Doctor using the Skarasen. The signaling device no longer works and the Zygons no longer have a visual on the Doctor. They assume that he must be dead.

Sergeant Benton and some of the other UNIT soldiers search the inn for hidden cameras or microphones. They don't find any but the Zygons catch on to what they are doing thanks to one of the devices in the main room of the inn. Angus, the inn keeper, after Benton and the others have left finds one of the devices but one of the Zygons finds him and kills him before he can tell anyone about it.

Crash Landing on You 1.09

Episode 9

Se-ri is forced to call Jeong-hyuk and tell him that she won't be returning. He tries to reason with her but the call is cut off. He goes home only to find that Cheol-gang and his men are searching the place. Jeong-hyuk attacks Cheol-gang and gets locked up. He calls Seo-dan to see what she had to do with his arrest. She tells him that their wedding is still on and that he will have to remain locked up until the day of the ceremony.

Jeong-hyuk tells his men, when they come to visit him in prison, to let word get out about the identity of his father. They do just that. It isn't long before word spreads to the man who runs the prison. He releases his Jeong-hyuk and gives him a car.