Friday, January 31, 2020

Knights of Sidonia 1.03

Glory

The festival begins. There is food and competition but Tanikaze is still recovering and cannot take part in the sparring competition for the Gravity Cup. Norio Kunato is one of the favorites to win the tournament but he has to go up against members of the elite squad. Mochikuni Akai, the leader of the elite squad, defeats Kunato by using a technique he saw Tanikaze use against Gauna 487 in 1.02.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Mr. Inbetween 1.02

Unicorns Know Everybody's Name

Ray kills a man. The man he kills has a family. He finds out after the fact that the person who hired him made a mistake. The guy he killed wasn't the person he wanted dead. Ray feels badly enough about it to give the widow some money.

Monday, January 27, 2020

Young Justice 2.08

Satisfaction

The original Roy Harper wakes up after being in suspended animation for 8 years. Green Arrow explains to him what happened or at least what they know happened. He was captured by Lex Luthor who then amputated his arm and used it to clone him. Green Arrow thought that Clone Roy was Original Roy when he found him and didn't think to keep looking. Original Roy doesn't blame Clone Roy. He does blame Green Arrow.

Sunday, January 26, 2020

Nurse Jackie 1.02

Sweet-N-All

Jackie grinds up Percocet and puts it in packages of artificial sweetener. She then seals up the packages and takes them to work with her. She gets to take one of the three packages herself. Gloria takes one from Jackie, not realizing what it is. She is flying high as a kite for the rest of the episode. Jackie uses the final package to help a cabbie who is having heart pain.

Saturday, January 25, 2020

Orange Is the New Black 3.02

Bed Bugs and Beyond

Flaca goes to the doctor to complain about what she thinks are crabs but turns out to be bed bugs. That's where they begin. The prisoners have to get rid of their clothes, bedding, etc. New temporary clothing is brought in from a supplier but there aren't enough uniforms for everyone. A lot of the women wind up having to walk around in their underwear.

Thursday, January 23, 2020

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 1.11

Promise

Adora enters the Beacon. Catra sneaks in after her. Adora wants to learn how to use the sword to heal Glimmer but as in 1.02 she has trouble getting the system to understand her commands. When she changes into She-Ra it recognizes her but it doesn't really help her get anything more out of it. The Beacon goes into attack mode once Catra makes her presence known by stealing a memory crystal.

She-Ra and Catra flee from spider robots that the Beacon sends after Catra. They evade the robots but then wind up in an area that scans their memories. It uses those memories to project younger versions of themselves. A number of scenes from years before are shown. Adora and Catra were good friends but Catra always felt slighted by Adora. Part of Catra's problem with Adora is due to the way that Shadow Weaver treated them. She always considered Adora to be more important than Catra.

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

NewsRadio 3.21

Our Fiftieth Episode

Bill gets committed to a mental institution. He meets Fred (Jon Lovitz) who claims his real name is Ulysses S. Grant and likes to talk to cigarettes. Dave and Catherine try to get him out. The doctor responsible for Bill says no. He later changes his mind but by then Bill has decided he likes it better in the mental institution.

Lisa and Joe fill in for Bill on the Real Deal with Bill McNeil. It doesn't go well. Phil hears what's going on and decides he has to get back to WNYX.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.16

Victory of Love

Akira Hayashi, one of Professor Umon's assistants, is planning to get married. Kaori Shirakawa, his fiancee, comes to visit. A Vegan spy plants a mind control device in the flower Kaori wears in her hair. She is forced to do what the Vegan orders her to do. It is all a ploy to capture Grendizer and Duke Fleed, of course.

Daisuke sees Kaori wandering around after everyone went to sleep. The next day she asks Akira about Grendizer. He gets suspicious because he hasn't told her anything about the giant robot. Both men are suspicious of her but aren't sure what to make of their suspicions. Things come to a head after the Vegan shows up again, shoots Akira, and kidnaps Kaori.

Monday, January 20, 2020

Fleabag 1.01

Episode 1

Fleabag, the main character, has a series of misadventures. She speaks directly to the camera at some point during most of these moments. She's running out of money. She goes to the bank to get a business loan but she gets turned down after she accidentally flashes the bank manager. She recently split up with her boyfriend, it wasn't the first time. She meets another guy but she blows him off after swiping some cash from his wallet when he isn't looking. She doesn't get along with her sister who she thinks is much more attractive and better off. Her life isn't great and she can't seem to get a break.

She's Gotta Have It (1986)

starring Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee
written and directed by Spike Lee

Nola is an artist. She has three lovers, all of whom would prefer that she wasn't involved with the other two. Jamie Overstreet (Hicks) is fairly straight-laced and wants a traditional relationship. Mars Blackmon (Lee) is a bike messenger who seems happy enough to be a part of Nola's life but bristles every time that he encounters either of the other men. Blackmon, unlike the other two men, knows how to make her laugh. Greer Childs (Terrell) is a model who is very obsessed with appearances.

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Knights of Sidonia 1.02

Oblivion

Nagate is temporarily knocked out of the fight. Most of the other pilots panic and don't know how to respond. The moment is interrupted by a couple of flashbacks. The first recaps the end of the previous episode. The second shows Izana trying to get Nagate and Yamano to link hands with her before they take off on their first mission. It is a bit of superstition and Yamano refuses to take part.

Nagate wakes up in time to rejoin the fight. He seemed to have suffered a heart attack and damage to his vertebrae but he recovers very quickly. He is unable to save to Yamano. She has already been ripped out of her Garde and consumed by the Gauna which changes shape to look like a giant version of her. Nagate attacks while the other retreat. He eventually joins them and together they head back to Sidonia.

Saturday, January 18, 2020

Orange Is the New Black 3.01

Mother's Day

Piper reconnects with Alex, who has just returned to Litchfield, amid the preparation for Mother's Day. Vause is angry at herself for getting caught with a firearm and returned to prison. She blames herself. Chapman seems to want to tell her the truth, that she had Larry and Polly inform on her, but in the end she doesn't. She says that it is the system that is to blame.

Mr. Inbetween 1.01

The Pee Pee Guy

Ray does stuff. He's a bouncer. He collects money. He also has a life outside of his work, a dog, an ex-wife, and a daughter who can't be more than 7 or 8.

Ray is very low key. He gets intense when he needs to. Sometimes he's a little too low key, like when he meets Ally for the first time. They were both in a park near the beach walking their dogs. The dogs get interested in one another. Ray and Ally chat briefly.

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Nurse Jackie 1.01

Pilot

This episode is made up of a number of small moments. It introduces Nurse Jackie (Edie Falco) and her supporting cast. It opens with Peter, a bike messenger who was in an accident. Jackie tries to tell Dr. Cooper that he might have a brain injury but the doctor doesn't listen to her. Peter dies. Jackie has to deal with his mother and his brothers. She gives Dr. Cooper a hard time about it and he grabs her breast and claims it is a condition that he has. Jackie also has to deal with Peter's girlfriend who is very pregnant and doesn't have any money.

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Young Justice 2.07

Depths

Artemis returns to the team for a mission led by Nightwing. The other members of the team are Miss Martian, Superboy, and Lagaan. Miss Martian and Lagaan continue to act all lovey-dovey in front of the others, which irks Superboy. Their mission is to protect the launch of a communications satellite that is intended to create a communications link with Mars. Ferris Aircraft (or is it spacecraft?) is the company behind the launch.

Saturday, January 11, 2020

NewsRadio 3.20

The Real Deal

Matthew tells Dave, and then the rest of the staff at WNYX, that he is still a virgin. He's nervous because Irene, his girlfriend whom everyone assumes he has made up, wants to have sex. Irene turns out to be quite real and everyone gets to meet her when she stops by the radio station.

Bill and Lisa have to get a big guest for The Real Deal with Bill McNeil, his new interview segment of the news. They go to a restaurant to brainstorm and notice that Jerry Seinfeld is there eating lunch. They try to get him to come in for an interview. It does not go well.

Fargo 3.10

Somebody to Love

The IRS agent calls Deputy Burgle. Her name and number were in the packet of papers that he received. He assumes that she's the one who sent them. She wasn't. She was getting ready to resign at the time he called. She had put her resignation letter on her boss's desk and was packing up her things. She promptly retrieves the letter and goes to see the IRS agent.

Thursday, January 9, 2020

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 1.10

The Beacon

The Princess Alliance falls apart in the aftermath of the loss of Entrapta. The princesses each go their separate way. Adora goes back to Bright Moon with Glimmer and Bow. Glimmer has lost the ability to teleport and she is suffering from some weird illness that makes her glow red and hot to the touch. She keeps it secret from her mother as long as she can by hiding in her room. Her mother eventually insists on having dinner with Glimmer alone.

Entrapta resurfaces in the Fright Zone. Catra finds her and locks her up. She tries scaring Entrapta into telling them the secrets of the Princess Alliance. Entrapta is a little too naive to be scared. She keeps breaking out of the restraints in which Catra and Scorpia place her. Catra gets very interested when Entrapta starts talking about First Ones technology. She gets Entrapta to show her where she might find some of it and then takes off on a solo mission to the Whispering Wood.

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Dear White People 1.10

Chapter X

Sam wants to make up with Gabe but he is very reticent to do so. Reggie sees some of her efforts to reunite or at least reconcile with Gabe and feels hurt.

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.15

To My Dear Mother

The Vegans pull Commander Yara, one of their prisoners, out of their prison on the dark side of the moon. They want him to use his knowledge about earthquakes to complete the device they have built in the mountains of the Kanto region of Japan. The device will cause a massive earthquake that will cause much death and destruction. Commander Yara refuses to help until Lady Gandal threatens to send his mother to the mines of the Flaming Ghost Planet. The Vegans send Commander Yara to Earth in Saucer Beast Garu Garu.

Saturday, January 4, 2020

Fargo 3.09

Aporia

Emmit confesses to Gloria. He tells her about what happened in some detail. She has him locked up. She gets a call from Winnie about another murder. The victim's last name is Stussy. This is just one of two other murders of men named Stussy. Meemo is shown killing one of the men but the murder is pinned on someone else.

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Dear White People 1.09

Chapter IX

Coco doesn't care for article that Lionel wrote about Troy. She thinks he exposed too much writing about Troy's relationship with his father, the Dean. Troy doesn't seem to mind. There are other secrets that Lionel learned that he didn't write about.