Atlanta 3.08

New Jazz

Darius takes Al to a special cafe in Amsterdam. They get coffee and cakes which are supposed to get them hgh. They walk around after having the coffee and cake don't feel anything. Al gets separated from Darius. Three teenage boys recognizes Paper Boi. They chase him. He ducks into a building which turns out to be a museum.

Al meets a woman, Lorraine, in the museum. She isn't very nice to him. She hangs around even when he makes it clear that he doesn't want her company. She takes him to a club. He meets Liam Neeson in the club. They leave the club and she does something to him that causes him to collapse.

Doctor Who (1963) 11.01.01

The Time Warrior - Part One

Linx, a Sontaran warrior, arrives in medieval England. He makes an alliance with Irongron, a rogue who seeks to gain more power. Irongron's first goal is to take over a nearby castle which belongs to Edward of Wessex. Linx' ship is damaged. He needs to repair it. He uses the parts that work to steal scientists from the 20th century to help him repair his ship. This brings him to the Doctor's attention.

The Doctor, before traveling to the past, meets Sarah Jane Smith, a journalist, and Professor Rubeish. The Doctor consults with Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, who is concerned about the disappearance of several scientists. Professor Rubeish is the next scientist to disappear.

Sarah Jane sneaks into the TARDIS, while the Doctor and the Brigadier, are talking about the disappearance of Professor Rubeish. The Doctor heads to the past, in the TARDIS, unaware that he is taking the journalist with him. She gets captured by one of Irongron's men and the Doctor gets to see Linx without his helmet.

Borderline (1950)

starring Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr

directed by William A. Seiter

Los Angeles Police Officer Madeline Haley (Claire Trevor) is sent to Mexico to make contact with and learn what she can about a drug smuggling operation run by Pete Ritchie (Raymond Burr). She finds him but after shooting him she goes on the run with Johnny Macklin (Fred MacMurray), one of Ritchie's associates.

Ritchie pursues them as they make a run for the US-Mexican border  with some of his drugs. They pretend to be newlyweds. Ritchie catches up to them a couple times but they evade capture and make their way back to the United States where they learn that they are on the same side of the law. Macklin, whose real name is McEvoy, is also a cop.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.15

Bilko Gets Some Sleep

Bilko hallucinates a conversation with his conscience and his ego. He thinks they are real until he relizaes that no one else can see them. Bilko goes to see Captain Adams, Fort Baxter's phychyitrist, who recommends that he get to bed on time, get up on time, and start living like the rest of the soldiers.

Bilko folows the captain's advice. Everyone gets suspicious of his motives. They start to think that he is up to something. Everyone (Colonel Hall, Master Sergeant Hogan, Mrs. Hall, the men in his platoon) start going to see Captain Adams. Bilko finds out about this and decides somethign has to be done.

Orange Is the New Black 5.08

Tied to the Tracks

Red and Flores continue to try and lure Piscatella into Litchfield using Humps' phone. they have a secret way in. Piscatella, thinking that he is dealing with Humps, tries telling the commander in charge about Humps but he just laughs at him.

Judy King and Aleida Diaz are on Meredith Viera's TV show. The two former inmates do not get along. Judy reveals that there was shooting in Litchfield. She drops enough hints so that Aleida knows that Daya was the shooter. 

Figueroa comes to negotiate on behalf of the governor. She talks to Taystee, the negotiator for the inmates. They make progress until Figueroa learns that one of the guards was shot.

Daya gets the backstory spotlight.

Mendoza finds out that her son is in a coma in the ICU. She wants to get out to help him but she can't. She tries talking to Caputo, who is still locked in one of the port-a-poddies. He tells her that she needs to do something to help end the current situation at Litchfield if she wants his help.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.14

Sergeant Bilko Presents Ed Sullivan

Bilko audtions for The Ed Sullivan Show's tribute to the US Army. He goes into a funk when he does hear back from them but then he lucks his way into a request to appear on the show. He shows up at the CBS studio in New York City and takes over. He changes all the plans and convinces all of Sullivan's assistants that Sullivan has done them wrong. Bilko gets Sullivan's righthand men doing his bidding until Sullivan gets word of what's going on.

Get On Up (2014)

Get On Up (2014)

starring Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis

directed by Tate Taylor

This movie chronicles portions of singer James Brown's life. The focus seems to be on his childhood, his rise to fame, and his relationships with a number of people, most notably Bobby Byrd. Byrd worked with and for James Brown for most of their lives. There is also time spent on his relationship with his father (Joe Brown), his mother (Susie Brown), his second wife (DeeDee), and his manager (Ben Bart). The movie starts with a moment in 1988 and then jumps backwards. The story follows his career as a singer with lots of flashbacks throughout to his early days with and without his parents.

Orange Is the New Black 5.07

Full Bush, Half Snickers

Doggett does community service by pushing a cart around with refreshments that she made herself. She offers Suzanne a drink but she is a little too far gone. She thinks her adoptive parents are there to see her. Cindy and Abdullah see how crazy Suzanne has gotten. They talk to Taystee about it but she is too busy to do anything about it so they come up with a plan to help Suzanne.

Chapman suggests to Taystee that they should do something to honor Poussey. Chapman puts up flyers and tries to get other inmates involved. They aren't very inspired by the inmates who offer to put the memorial together. Soso doesn't have an idea but she criticizes their approach which leads Chapman and Taystee to suggest that Soso should put something together to honor Poussey.

Chapman suggests to Flaca and Ramos that they should use their beauty skills on their fellow inmates. They take her suggestion seriously and get to work.

Berlin and the other inmates in the bunker stay put, for the most part. They just hang out in the bunker. Mendoza eventually leaves when she gets a text indicating that something happened to her son and that he is in a hospital. She tries to contact family but can't get a straight answer about what happened to her son.

Atlanta 3.07

Trini 2 De Bone

Miles and Bronwyn, a White couple, take Sebastian, their young son, to the funeral for Sylvia, his nanny. Bronwyn was reluctant to tell Sebastian that Sylvia was dead. Sebastian wants to be at the funeral and gets into the spirit of the event a little more than his parents do.

The funeral does not go off without some confrontations. One of Sylvia's daughters has some unaired grievances. Two men start wrestling. Miles and Bronwyn leave before it is all over. It's a little too much for them.

Young Rock 2.08

Corpus Christi

Dwayne Johnson gets his first shot at professional wrestling in a dark match against the Brooklyn Brawler. He meets a number of famous wrestlers, not all of whom were well known at that time, before the match.

I watched this episode because it was available on Hulu and because I was getting ready to listen to an episode of Art of Wrestling. Brooklyn Brawler is the guest on that episode of AOW and the host, Colt Cabana, played the role of the Brooklyn Brawler in this episode of Young Rock. I thought it would give me some context for the episode of the podcast.

It wasn't an awful episode but I don't think I want to watch anymore episodes of this show. I don't regret watching it but I don't feel any desire to watch the show or this episode again.

Rick and Morty 5.03

A Rickconvenient Mort

Morty falls for Planetina, a superhero. They date briefly but then a group of four adults, who are responsible for Planetina, interfere. They try to keep Morty and Planetina apart. Morty fights back and kills the adults. Beth tries to forbid Morty from seeing Planetina but he runs away with his new girlfriend. He quickly discovers that she has a murderous streak when it comes to dealing with humans who pollute the planet.

Rick takes Summer on a trip to help her forget about her ex-boyfriend. They go to visit three planets that are about to get destroyed. One is near a star that is about to go supernova. The second is about to get swallowed by a black hole. The third is about to get hit by a large meteor. They party on the first two planets. They agree not to get attached to the aliens but Rick breaks that promise.

Floor Is Lave 1.01

The Basement: Level 1

I decided to give this show a try. I'm not sure if I want to watch any more episodes. It sounded fun but everyone one involved was kind of annoying. I laughed a few times but not enough. Worth a shot but I don't think I want to take any more shots at this show. The stakes were a little too low for me. I might have enjoyed it if it wasn't for the voice over narration. It might have been the most annoying part of the whole thing.

The Invaders 1.14

Panic

David Vincent arrives in rural West Virginia on the trail of a man whose touch is deadly. The locals don't know what to make of the number of recent deaths of people who seemed healthy. David is convinced that it is something related to the Invaders and that a young man in a red plaid jacket is the one causing it. A policeman, probably an Invader, tails David as he searches for the young man in the red plaid jacket.

David knocks out and disarms the policeman who has been tailing him. He takes the policeman's gun and uses it to convince Nick Baxter, the young man, to come quietly. He puts on gloves to make sure he doesn't inadvertently touch his prisoner. Nick is an Invader with a disease that is almost instantly fatal to humans. Other Invaders are searching for Nick. David and Nick evade the other invaders and meet Madeline, a young woman, who takes them to her home.

Orange Is the New Black 5.06

Flaming Hot Cheetos, Literally

Doggett is put on trial for helping Coates escape from Litchfield. Boo is her defense lawyer. She starts the defense of her friend by trying to make Angie look like a liar. That only gets her so far.

The governor sends Nita, one of his staff, with boxes and boxes full of Takis, Flamin' Hot Cheetos, and tampons. The prisoners live it up for a few hours until they learn that the governor wants something in exchange. He wants the hostages to be released. 

Watson makes peace with Soso. They talk about Poussey. Watson tries to help Soso get over her grief by encouraging to run laps around the yard with her.

Aleida gets to be on TV. She gets all dressed up. They send a car for her. It goes well until she starts cursing on the air.

Taystee gets the backstory spotlight. It revolves around two things. She has just turned 18 and needs to get ready to leave the foster home where she is staying. She meets her mother who wants to re-establish a relationship with Taystee but it isn't as simple as all that. Her mother was 15 when she was pregnant with Taystee. She has a husband and a young daughter now. She can't bring herself to tell them about Taystee. When they meet Taystee her mother says she is the daughter of a friend. 

Outlaw Star 1.16

Demon of the Water Planet

The crew of the Outlaw star are hired by an old outlaw. He wants them to help him recover a treasure worth 5 million. Gene and Jim talk it over before deciding to do it. The treasure is located on Heifong VII, the water planet.

The Old Man goes with them and tells them more while they are on their way to Heifong VII. There is a ship filled with 15 tons Dragonite, one of the rarest, most valuable substances in the galaxy. The catch is that the Dragonite is guarded by local monster like sea creatures. The Old Man has a plan. They distract the creatures and then go for the treasure. They think they have enough to time but the distraction doesn't keep the creatures occupied as long as they hoped it would.

An even bigger creature shows up. It grabs the Outlaw Star and tears off two of the grappler arms. The Old Man sacrifices himself to destroy the creature. The Outlaw Star returns home. The treasure turns out not to be as valuable as they thought it was. They get just enough money from selling it to fix up the Outlaw Star.

Atlanta 3.06

White Fashion

Alfred joins a diversity board for a fashion company. He quickly learns that the other members of board are in it for their own purposes. They know who is buttering their bread. Alfred tries to make a suggestion and his idea ends up being the basis for a new fashion campaign instead of an attempt to make things better for Black people.

Darius inadvertently inspires a White entrepreneur to change her husband's food truck. They start selling food that sounds Nigerian but isn't. They push a Nigerian restaurant out of business. Darius doesn't see it coming until it is too late.

Earn runs into Van in a hotel lobby. He wants to know where she's been. They get interrupted by a White woman who accuses Van of stealing. The management of the hotel chase the woman off. The management apologizes and offers Earn and Van a free night's stay at the hotel. They spend the night together but in the morning Van is gone.