Saturday, July 31, 2021

Better Call Saul 2.08

Fifi

A truck labeled Regalo Helado crosses into the United States at the Santa Teresa, New Mexico Border Station. It passes inspection and the driver continues on. Miles down the road he stops alongside the highway to retrieve a hidden revolver. He delivers the truck to El Griego Guinador, the restaurant out of which the Salamancas run their operation. Mike sees the truck arrive at the restaurant and makes some notes.

Jimmy and Kim move forward with their plans to open a joint office. Kim delivers her resignation letter to Howard in person. He acts very gracious. She then meets with the folks from Mesa Verde to try and talk them into staying with her. She got a good feeling from the meeting but has yet to get anything in writing. She and Jimmy pick out an office.

Friday, July 30, 2021

Doctor Who (1963) 7.04.03

Inferno - Part 3

The Doctor, the TARDIS console, and Betsy disappear as Liz Shaw and the Brigadier watch helplessly. The power has been cut to the hut where they are standing. They rush back to the drilling operation. Liz, the Brigadier, and Sir Keith Gold try to get Professor Shahlman to listen to reason but he refuses. He is happy to hear that the Doctor has disappeared.

The Doctor wakes up next to the TARDIS console. Something is wrong. His sonic screwdriver doesn't open the doors to the hut. He opens them manually and exits with Betsy. He is shot at by a soldier. He runs and is soon being pursued by several soldier of what he later learns are the Republican Security Forces (RSF). He is eventually caught when he tries approaching a soldier who looks like Liz Shaw. Her hair is a different color than Liz has, she isn't a scientist, and her name is Section Leader Elizabeth Shaw.

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Rick and Morty 4.06

Never Ricking Morty

Rick and Morty on a train, traveling through space.

So confusing.

Rick and Morty aren't on the train at first but then it turns out that two of the passengers are actually Rick and Morty in disguise. They get into a fight with the conductor and then with train security

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Freaks and Geeks 1.09

We've Got Spirit

Sam still has a thing for Cindy. She still has a thing for Todd, the captain of the McKinley basketball team. Sam applies to be the new school mascot when the current one get injured. It turns out to be a lot more work than he expected.

Lindsey wants to break up with Nick after she finds out about his former girlfriend. She tells her mother about it and her plans to end her relationship with Nick. Lindsey changes her mind after she learns more about what happened between Nick and his former girlfriend.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 4.09

Hero

Adora and Swift Wind visit Madam Razz. Adora remembers that Mara told her about a weapon. Adora thinks that Madam Razz should know about the weapon. Madam Razz has other ideas. She wants to make a pie. She wants Adora to help her make the pie. 

Adora and Swift Wind follow Madam Razz as she runs around looking for sugar and berries for the pie. Madam Razz leads Adora and Swift Wind to a site of First Ones tech that they had not known about.

Madam Razz experiences flashbacks throughout the episode. She jumps back and forth between the past (with Mara) and the present (with Adora). She teaches Mara about Etheria while she runs around looking for ingredients for the pie. She calls Mara and Adora by one another's names on numrous occasions.

Monday, July 26, 2021

The Front (1976)

starring Woody Allen
directed by Martin Ritt

1952. Howard Prince (Woody Allen), a down on his luck bookie, agrees to be a front for a friend of his who has been blacklisted. Howard sells his friend's scripts as if they were his own. He becomes very successful.

Howard's success is contrasted with the fall of Hecky Brown (Zero Mostel). Hecky was a big star but he comes under scrutiny. He tries to explain himself to an investigator but he still get blacklisted.

Saturday, July 24, 2021

Better Call Saul 2.07

Inflatable

1973. Young Jimmy McGill sees his father getting conned. He tries to convince his father that the man is a con artist. His father won't listen and gives the man money.

The present. Jimmy represents Mike when he goes to see the police. Jimmy tells the police that Mike has changed his testimony. The gun does not belong to Tuco Salamance. The attorneys representing the state try to find out what's really going on but Jimmy and Mike stick to the new story. They don't know where the gun came from but it is not Tuco's gun.

Jimmy wants to quit his job at Davis and Main but Omar points out the consequences of that course of action. It has been less than a year since he took the job. If he quits within the first year than he will have to repay the signing bonus they gave him.

Friday, July 23, 2021

Captain Harlock (1978) 1.10

Advance on the Mystery Planet

Daiba and Captain Harlock return from the Amazon to the Arcadia. Tadashi goes beserk and launches bomb after bomb at the jungle where the Mazone live. He doesn't stop until Cpatain Harlock pulls him away from the bombing controls.

The Arcadia takes off for space. They are pursued by a Mazone command ship. A battle breaks out once the Mazone ship catches up to the Arcadia. Daiba pilots one of the fighters that is sent out to defend the Arcadia. He gets into a fight with the leader of the Mazone fighters and she almost kills him.

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Doctor Who (1963) 7.04.02

Inferno - Part 2

The Doctor, the Brigadier, Sgt Benton, and Pvt Wyatt deal with Slocum who seems to have turned up the the power level in the nuclear reactor. Wyatt shoots Slocum but it only slows him down. Wyatt collapses after Slocum knocks him down. Slocum finally dies from the wounds he sustained and the Doctor turned down the power level at the nuclear reactor.

Sutton manages to do his part and get the coolant flowing again. This gets the drill rig back under control. None of this seems to phase Professor Stahlman who is intent on making up for lost time by moving forward the time table.

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Rick and Morty 4.05


Rattlestar Ricklactica

Morty gets bit by a snake from another planet. Rick heals him but the snake is dead. Morty feels bad so he gets another snake, steals Rick's spaceship, flies back to the planet of snakes, and leaves the snake from Earth on the planet of snakes.

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Freaks and Geeks 1.08

Girlfriends and Boyfriends

Bill gets the biology class lab partner that Sam wanted, Cindy. Sam gets stuck with Gordon, the overweight kid who smells. Cindy invites Bill over after school so they can work on their assignment together. Bill isn't really interested in Cindy but Sam is jealous.

Monday, July 19, 2021

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 4.08

Boys Night Out

Mermista is in the dumps because she lost her kingdom. Adora and Glimmer are still getting on one another's nerves. Sea Hawk gets Bow and Swift Wind to accompany him on a Boys Night Out. They go to a pub, have some drinks, and then get captured by pirates. Sea Hawk tells Bow and Swift Wind not to worry. Their captors aren't real pirates and it is all part of his plan bring everyone back together.

It turns out that the pirates are real pirates. They are led by an old acquaintance of Sea Hawk, Admiral Scurvy. He turns them over the Horde but not before Sea Hawk gets a message off to Mermista, by seagull.

Mermista gets Adora and Glimmer to stop fighting long enough to help her rescue the boys.

Sunday, July 18, 2021

The Phil Silvers Show 1.28

Bilko and the Beast

Master Sgt Quentin Q. Benton, aka Beast, threatens to ruin things for Bilko after he is transferred to Fort Baxter. He starts pushing everyone around as soon as he arrives. He even gets some money off of Bilko.

Bilko tries explaining what's going on in Sgt Benton's head y ohis men but they don't follow his explanation. Bilko comes up with a plan to get Beast to leave. It plays on Sgt Benton's lack of understanding of life insurance policies.

Saturday, July 17, 2021

Better Call Saul 2.06

Bali Ha'i

Jimmy can't sleep. He tries lots of things but he's restless. He goes back to the teensy little office in the back of the Salon. He falls asleep there. 

Jimmy leaves Kim a voice mail the next morning. He sings her a show tune, Bali Ha'i. She doesn't pick up but she sits there and listens to it with a smile on her face.

The owner of the spa is surprised to see Jimmy. He doesn't offer her much in the way of explanation.

Kim's relationship with Howard continues to be frosty as they work on the Mesa Verde matter.

Friday, July 16, 2021

Captain Harlock (1978) 1.09

The Fearsome Plant Life Form

Doctor Zero finishes his examination of the Mazone. They are humanoid plants. The plants on Earth that most closely resemble the Mazone are found in South America, South East Asia, and along the Nile. There seems to be some connection between the Mazone and ancient ruins.

Captain Harlock sends Daiba, Kei, Yattaran, and the robot to Earth to retrieve the Flame Vessel from the Federation Museum. He believes it will help them gain a better understanding of the enemy.

Thursday, July 15, 2021

Doctor Who (1963) 7.04.01

Inferno - Part 1

Harry Slocum, a technician working on the "inferno" project, gets infected while doing some routine maintenance. He murders a scientist while leaving the site of the drilling, where he did the repair work. 

Sir Keith Gold brings in Greg Sutton, an expert in oil rigs, to have a look at the project. Sir Keith is concerned about safety something that the project's originator, Professor Stahlman, doesn't want to hear about. The professor thinks he's got everything under control.

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Rick and Morty 4.04

Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty

Morty wants a dragon. Rick reluctantly gets him the dragon. Balthromar, the dragon, is bonded to Morty by a wizard. Rick doesn't like the dragon until they hang out together. They have so much fun that they are magically soul bonded. Morty finds out. Rick, Morty, Summer, and the dragon go looking for the wizard to get him to unbond Rick and the dragon. The wizard isn't very cooperative.

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Freaks and Geeks 1.07

Carded and Discarded

Lindsey gets $300 from her aunt and uncle on her birthday. Her parents want her to add it to her college fund but she has other ideas. She wants to use it to buy herself and her friends fake IDs.

Monday, July 12, 2021

Knights of Sidonia 2.08

Reunion

Teams of Gardes work on repairing the breach in the hull caused by the weapons test. Tsumugi causes a bit of problems flying around the work site a little too quickly. Yuhata moves in with Nagate and Izana. They didn't invite her to but they are too polite to say no. 

Izana goes to visit Yure, her grandmother. Yure notices the changes in Izana's body and insists that they dress up in some revealing clothes she used to wear when she was younger. They get dressed up and go out for a bite to eat but then Yure gets called away and Izana has to return home alone. She is very nervous about being seen dressed such as she is.

Sunday, July 11, 2021

NewsRadio 4.13

Who's the Boss (Part 2)

Mr. James decides that there will be an election to determine whether Dave or Lisa will be the News Director. Neither of them want the job. They do their best to make it clear that they don't want the job to everyone voting.

Matthew runs for the office of Fire Marshall. No one else wants the job but Matthew insists on campaigning for it.

Joe's brothers show up. They argue and fight with him and one another about the plans for their parents' 35th wedding anniversary.

Saturday, July 10, 2021

Better Call Saul 2.05

Rebecca

Past. Chuck and Rebecca, his wife, are getting ready for a dinner guest, Jimmy. Chuck isn't so sure about it. Jimmy arrives and charms Rebecca with jokes about lawyers. He learned the jokes in the mail room at Hamlin Hamlin McGill, where he just started working the week before. Chuck doesn't care for the jokes. He tries desperately to give his wife the secret signal but she is laughing too hard at Jimmy's jokes to notice.

Present. Jimmy is working late at night at Davis and Main. He thinks he's alone but Erin, one of his colleagues, shows up out of nowhere. She has edited one of his briefs and wants to go over her suggestions. She is junior to him. Jimmy doesn't want to take her seriously so when she isn't looking he slips out of the office.

Friday, July 9, 2021

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 4.07

Mer-Mysteries

Mermista uses her knowledge of murder mysteries novels to try and figure out who the traitor is in their midst. Perfuma assists Mermista. Adora and Glimmer argue about the trustworthiness of Shadow Weaver. Sea Hawk brags about his exploits. Bow is convinced that he must somehow be the traitor. Double Trouble enjoys the confusion.

It doesn't look good for the rebellion but in the end Double Trouble walks into the trap set by Glimmer. Double Trouble reveals that the Horde has been busy while the Rebellion has been focused on finding the traitor in their midst. Catra, Hordak, and the Horde have conquered Salineas, Mermista's country. 

Thursday, July 8, 2021

Doctor Who (1963) 14.06.06

The Talons of Weng-Chiang - Part 6

Leela fights back but she is knocked out with a rag soaked in chloroform. Weng-Chiang demands that the Doctor hand over the key to the time cabinet. The Doctor agrees to to do so but only after they have reached the House of the Dragon. Leela gets left behind. She wakes up after they leave, grabs a knife, and goes after them.

The Doctor and Weng-Chiang talk at the House of the Dragon. The Doctor insists that Jago and Litefoot be released before he will hand over the key. Weng-Chiang agrees but then he breaks his promise. Mr. Sin shoots the Doctor with a laser beam than emits from the glass eyes of a large bronze dragon. The Doctor is then locked up with Jago and Litefoot while Magnus Greel, Weng-Chiang's real name, makes plans to return to the future.

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Rick and Morty 4.03

One Crew Over the Crewcoo's Morty

Morty helps Rick with a heist but things don't go exactly as planned. The treasure that Rick was after is gone but there's a calling card which tells him who got there before them.

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Mr. Inbetween 3.05

Before I Went to War

Ray finds out that one of his friends committed suicide after getting in over his head in debt. The debt was caused by a scam. Ray goes after the guy who was running the scam.

Gary takes his first job as a porn director. It turns out to be two men who want him to film them. Gary seems to take it pretty much in stride. They want him to tell them what to do but he does his best to put it back on them.

Monday, July 5, 2021

Knights of Sidonia 2.07

Rumbling

The test of the new weapon goes horribly wrong. It is made from gauna parts and starts to act like a gauna. They can't shut it down. It starts to affect all of Sidonia. Surveillance for the area where the weapon's test was conducted is restricted. Yuahta send out garde units to investigate because it is the only way to get eyes on the disturbance.

Yure Shinatose tries unsuccessfully to manually disconnect the gauna from the power source and loses an eye while trying to do so. The distrubance ends when the gauna parts explode, blowing a hole in Sidona and obliterating itself. Captain Kobayashi considers the experiment to be a success and wants Yure to continue work on perfecting control over the weapon.

The Secret of My Success (1987)

starring Michael J. Fox
directed by Herbert Ross

Brantley Foster moves from Kansas to New York City in the hopes of getting a job. The job he was promised disappears just as he arrives. He winds up working for his uncle Howard (Richard Jordan) who is the CEO of the Pemrose Corporation. His job is delivering mail but he fakes his way into a job as an executive. He gets involved with Vera (Margaret Whitton), his uncle's wife, and then with Christy (Helen Slater), another executive at Pemrose.

Uncle Howard is having an affair with Christy. The company is in danger of being taken over by Donald Davenport (Fred Gwynne). The executives are scrambling to come up with a plan to prevent Davenport from taking control. Vera is fed up with Howard and helps Brantley to take over Pemrose which was originally started by her father.

Sunday, July 4, 2021

The Phil Silvers Show 1.27

The Big Uranium Strike

Sgt Bilko gets his hopes up when he learns that someone discovered uranium near Fort Baxter. He puts his platoon to work looking for uranium on the base. His plan is to locate the uranium and then have the base condemned so that they can buy up the land at a deep discount. Bilko's plan hits a snag when the search for uranium leads them to Colonel Hall's basement. 

Saturday, July 3, 2021

Better Call Saul 2.04

Gloves Off

Mike walks into his place in bad shape. One side of his face is bruised up. He's been hit hard.

Jimmy faces the music. He meets with the partners of Davis and Main. All three of them disapprove of his decision to air the commercial, without consulting with them first. They don't care about the results it produced. They care more about the firm's reputation than they do about the outcome of the Sandpiper case. Cliff warns Jimmy that he now has two strikes against him.

Howard gives Kim a hard time, in front of Chuck, for not warning them about the commercial. 

Friday, July 2, 2021

Burn After Reading (2008)

starring Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins
directed by Joel & Ethan Coen

Osbourne Cox (Malkovich) quits his job at the CIA. He tells Katie (Swinton), his wife, that he's going to write his memoirs. She's in the midst of an affair with Harry Pfarrer (Clooney) and ready to divorce Osbourne. Harry is in a similar position with his wife.

Linda Litzke (McDormand) is desperate to get some cosmetic surgery. The medical insurance she has from her job at Hardbodies, a gym, won't cover the cost of the surgery. She hatches a plan with Chad (Pitt), her coworker, after one of the other employees of the gym finds a disc in the ladies locker room with what looks like top secret stuff on it.

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Samurai Jack 4.09

XLVIII: Jack vs. Aku

Aku tires of watching his minions fail to kill Jack. He proposes a duel in which Jack cannot use his sword. Jack accepts provided that Aku cannot use his super powers, receive assistance from his minions, or fight Jack as anything other than a human.