The Twilight Zone 1.13

The Four of Us Are Dying

starring Harry Townes, Phillip Pine, Ross Martin, Don Gordon

directed by John Brahm

Arch Hammer (Harry Townes), a man who can change his appearance at will attempts to use his superpower to his advantage but it gets him into trouble, lots of trouble; the kind of trouble that gets him killed!

Arch starts off by impersonating a dead man, musician Johnny Foster (Ross Martin). He uses Johnny's appearance to seduce Maggie, a lounge singer. Next, he makes himself look like gangster Virge Sterig (Phillip Pine) and strongarms a mob boss out of some money. The mob boss's henchmen come after him so he changes his appearance once again. This time he makes himself look like Andy Marshak (Don Gordon).

Bleach 41 / 2.21

Reunion, Ichigo and Rukia

Ichigo wakes up and finds Yoruichi sitting near him. Yoruichi tells Ichigo to rest but Ichigo doesn't. He freaks out when Yoruichi transforms into her human form and is revealed to be a naked woman. He takes a magic rod she shows him, against her protestations, and uses it to fly to the Senzaikyū.

Ichigo doesn't arrive until after Ganju has attempted to deal with Sixth Squad Captain Byakuya Kuchiki. Captain Kuchiki knows that Ganju is hopelessly outclassed. He goes easy on Ganju until he learns that his opponent is of the Shiba Clan. He then unleashes the full power of his Zanpakutō. which disperses the blade into a thousand pieces that fly at Ganju and cut him up. Ganju collapses, unconscious or dead.

Four Star Playhouse 1.08

Knockout

starring Broderick Crawford

directed and co-written by Blake Edwards

Boxing manager Mike Dundee (Broderick Crawford) takes a chance on Bobby Gregory, a very raw talent. Julio, Dundee's trainer, gets Gregory into shape. Gregory does well as a professional boxer but he gets thrown a curveball on the night before his first big fight when he learns that the champion he will be fighting has been paid to throw the fight by a gangster named Bulloti who has waged $200K on the match.

Thoughts

This is a decent episode. It ended a little too abruptly to fully satisfy me but I enjoyed it more than most of the previous episodes of this show.

Aontas (2025)

Aontas (2025)

starring Carrie Crowley, Brid Brennan

directed by Damian McCann

92 minutes

in Irish with English subtitles

Mairéad (Carrie Crowley), Cáit (Brid Brennan), and Sheila hold up a local credit union in a small Irish town. Dara and Colly, owners of the recently closed local quarry, are in the credit union at the time of the time of the stickup. There is more to the actions and identities of the robbers and the customers present than meets the eye.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.30

Doberman, Missing Heir

Bilko convinces Lord and Lady Rockford that Private Duane Doberman is their long lost missing son. Doberman is opposed to the idea at first but once he gets accepted by Lord and Lady Rockford he starts to like it and gives Bilko the cold shoulder. Bilko introduces Doberman to Dixie, a burlesque dancer, in the hopes of being able to sponge off of Doberman by proxy once Doberman and Dixie get married. Everything falls apart when the real long lost son of of Lord and Lady Rockford turns up.

Thoughts

Corporals Henshaw and Barbella are in this episode but Colonel Hall is not.

Adventure Time 5.13

The Great Bird Man

Finn and Jake go looking for the Great Bird Man. He finds them after they collapse while trekking through the desert. It turns out that he is someone that they have met before. He was previously known as Xergiok the Goblin King. He lost his eyes since he last encountered Finn and Jake and changed his life. He went to live with large birds that live in the mountains.

Finn and Jake can see that Xergiok's missing eyes are in his beard. They debate whether to tell him or not but eventually they do. Xergiok puts his eyes back in and turns evil again. Ultimately he decides to remove his eyes. He wanders off into a reservoir where he meets a mermaid.

Steven Universe 1.39

Future Vision

Steven learns that Garnet can see possible future outcomes of his actions. At first he thinks its cool but then he gets freaked out after he learns how fatal some of the future outcomes could be. Steven gets paralyzed by indecision until he finally comes to terms with reality and the role he plays he determining his own future.

Thoughts

This was an okay episode. It felt a bit like an afterschool special. I guess that another possible ending could be one where Steven got distracted and completely forgot about he worries over the future. I guess that this ending is better than that one but at the same time I didn't find it to be terribly rewarding.