Inuyasha 1.03

Down the Rabbit Hole and Back Again

Kagome bathes in a stream. She decides that she should try once again to return home. She returns to the well. She is having second thoughts about descending into the well when Yura of the Demon Hair finds her. Yura senses the shard of the Shikon Jewel and uses her magical power to take it. She knocks Kagome down into to the well.

Inuyasha goes looking for Kagome. He arrives at the village only to find most of the villagers acting strange. He cannot see it but they are controlled by Yura. Kaede warns him not to harm the villagers. 

Kagome wakes up at the bottom of the well but back in the present.

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray

directed by Edward Dmytryk

125 minutes

In 1943, Ensign Willis Keith is disappointed when he discovers himself assigned to the USS Caine, a minesweeper with a captain who has very lax attitude. The captain of the ship is eventually reassigned and replaced by Lt Commander Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) who previously served in the North Atlantic.

Queeg’s approach is very different from that of his predecessor. He is very strict but he also makes serious mistakes which he covers up. Lieutenant Maryk (Van Johnson), the Caine’s executive officer, tries to stand by the captain even when all the other officers onboard are sick of him.

Doctor Who (1963) 15.06.X

Out of Time (2008)

17 minutes

This feature takes a look back at the making of The Invasion of Time.

People interviewed for this feature include

• Anthony Read, script editor
• Louise Jameson, Leela
• John Leeson, voice of K9
• Colin Mapson, visual effects designer
• Chris Tranchell, Andred
• Milton Johns, Kelner

Paranoia Agent 1.06

Fear of a Direct Hit

Tokyo experiences stormy weather. Ikari and Maniwa, the two police detectives, continue to investigate the case of Shonen Bat. They spend a lot of time questioning the old homeless lady. Ikari is very aggressive in his questioning. She only wants to talk about her granddaughter whom she has not seen in a long time.

A young teenager named Taeko has run away from home after finding out that someone has been watching her, taking pictures of her as she undresses. She suspects or knows that it was her father. After tearing her room apart and destroying the hidden camera, she takes to the streets.

The storm gets more intense. It destroys the shelter that the old homeless lady built for herself and carries her away. Ikari and Maniwa summon Tsukiko Sagi, the first person attacked by Shonen Bat, and question her. Ikari is very verbally aggressive. He insists that there Lil' Slugger does not exist and that she injured herself. He tells her that the old homeless lady saw it all. Tsukiko falls down in the middle of the interrogation as if she was just hit by Shonen Bat.

Moonlighting 2.05

My Fair David

Maddie is enraged when she walks into the office of the Blue Moon Detective Agency only to find that David has a limbo contest going, during working hours. Maddie bets David that he can't act professional for one week. He accepts the bet.

Maddie and David are hired my Emily Greydon to deliver the $100,000 ransom for her stepson Clark. She wants them to try and bargain with the kidnappers and offers them a bonus if they can get the kidnappers to take an amount less than $100,000.

David does his best to win the bet. It gets Maddie on the bad side of everyone in the office, especially Ms. DiPesto who accuses her of de-Dave-ing Mr. Addison.

Abbott Elementary 2.07

Attack Ad

Legendary Schools, a charter school company, puts out an ad that uses footage of the teachers of Abbott Elementary to promote their charter schools. The teachers at Abbott are fighting mad. They track down the CEO of Legendary Schools, who turns out to be a former student at Abbott. He was in Barbara's first class at Abbott.

Tariq returns. He's back to get some stuff that he left at Janine's apartment. He has ulterior motives. Janine assumes the best, at first, but eventually is reminded of why she broke up with Tariq.

Thoughts

This was a good episode. It didn't blow me away but it also did not disappoint. There is some hint that Draemond, the CEO of Legendary Schools, will be back.

The Phil Silvers Show 3.23

Bilko Saves Ritzik's Marriage

Ritzik plays cards with Bilko and the other sergeants instead of going home to Emma, his wife, on the night of their 15th wedding anniversary. Bilko comes up with more than one scheme to get the quarrelling couple back together again.

This is a decent episode. Bilko assumes another identity, yet again, in order to further one of his schemes. This time he pretends to be Ritzik while Barbella and Henshaw pretend to be Ritzik's sons.

You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

starring Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth

directed by Wlliam A. Seiter

97 minutes

Unemployed dancer Robert Davis (Fred Astaire) is trying to get a job at the Acuña Hotel but can't get a meeting with the hotel's owner, Eduardo Acuña. Maria Acuña (Rita Hayworth), Eduardo's daughter, is under pressure from Eduardo, her mother, and her younger sisters to get married. Eduardo won't let Maria's younger sisters, both of whom have prospects lined up, get married until Maria gets married.

Maria has no interest in getting married until she starts receiving orchids from a secret admirer. What she doesn't know that it is her father who has been sending her the flowers in the hopes that it will change her mind about getting married.

Un Village Français 4.06

La Libération

or The Liberation

July 25, 1942

Marie Germain and Hélène Crémieux escape from the school. They are forced to depart on foot because the car is being watched. Marie sends Sophie to Lucienne's home and then heads back to her farm. She tells Albert Crémieux about what happened.

Lucienne keeps an eye on Hélène until Jules returns. The Gestapo search the town for Hélène and they are nearing Jules and Lucienne's apartment. Jules hides Hélène in a closet which he then locks. The Gestapo shows up and starts to search but then Lucienne pretends that she is going into labor.  The Gestapo officers leave without searching the closet.

From Here to Eternity (1953)

From Here to Eternity (1953)

starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift

directed by Fred Zinnemann

118 minutes

Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) transfers to Company G in 1941 on the island of Oahu where First Sergeant Milton Warden (Burt Lancaster) is the senior staff NCO. Captain Dana Holmes, the company commander, wants Prewitt to join the company boxing team. The CO offers Prewitt a promotion and an easier life if he will do it. Prewitt declines the offer and explains that he gave up boxing after accidentally blinding an opponent. Holmes doesn’t take kindly to Prewitt’s attitude and gives the men on his boxing team orders to harass and bully Prewitt until he agrees to join the team.

Inuyasha 1.02

Seekers of the Sacred Jewel

Kagome learns more about the world in which she has found herself and the Shikon Jewel. The villagers are convinced that she is the reincanation of Kikyo, Kaede's older sister, who was killed 50 years ago. Kagome argues with Inuyasha, whom she can now control thanks to a magical magical necklace that Kaede placed on him. She tries to make friends with Inyasha but he is determined to get the Shikon Jewel.

Kagome goes for a walk outside the village. She is hoping to find the well that brought her back in time. She is captured by a gang of men who aren't from the village. They work for a very big man whose body is controlled by a demon that looks like a crow and is after the Shikon Jewel. Inuyasha rescues Kagome but the crow-like demon gets the Shikon Jewel and swallows it. Kagome tries to shoot it down with a bow and arrow, as Kikyo might have, but she is not as skilled with the bow and arrow as Kikyo.

The crow demon is shredded to pieces by Inuyasha but it reassembles itself. The Shikon Jewel is shattered when Kagome finally hits the demon crow with an arrow. The episode ends with Kagome finding a shard of the Shikon Jewel but she worries about what happened to the other shards.

Doctor Who (1963) 15.06.06

The Invasion of Time - Part Six

The Doctor and the others retreat deep into the TARDIS. The Sontarans break into the TARDIS with Kelner and go after the Doctor, Leela, K-9, Rodan, Andred, and Borusa but the Doctor is the one they really want. He has the Great Key.

The groups cover a lot of ground and walk through many sections of the TARDIS. Many of them look identical to one another.

The Doctor hypnotizes Rodan. He orders her to build something for him and to keep an eye on K-9. He returns later and retrieves the thing she built, a D-Mat gun. It is powered by the Great Key. He uses it to kill both of the Sontarans that are chasing him.

The Doctor finds his friends. He doesn't remember anything about the Sontarans, the Vardans, or becoming president of the High Council of Gallifrey.

Paranoia Agent 1.05

The Holy Warrior

The two detectives interrogate Makoto Kozuka, Shonen Bat. He's the boy who was arrested at the end of the previous episode for attacking at least five different people. Ikari, the older detective takes charge of the questioning but gets nowhere. Ikari gets increasingly more confused the more questions he asks of Kozuka. Maniwa, the younger detective seems to understand what Kozuka is saying.

Kozuka is convinced that he is a holy warrior and on a quest. Ikari keeps trying to bring the story back to reality but Maniwa takes the opposite tactic and accepts Kosuka's story at face value. The two detectives find them selves in a magical world. They follow Kozuka, who is dressed in armor, around. They meet two of his victims in that world, Harumi and Kawazu. Kozuka keeps talking about a supernatural being named Gohma that he is at war with. They finally encounter Gohma at the end of the episode. It is the homeless woman from episode 1.

Moonlighting 2.04

The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice

The episode opens with an introduction by Orson Welles. He informs the viewers that part of the episode will be not be in color.

Maddie and David meet with a client (Mr. Bigelow) at the Flamingo Cove, an old run down nightclub. Bigelow wanted them to get evidence that his wife is cheating on him. They followed her around for days but were unable to come up with any evidence to support his claim. He is not pleased.

David and Maddie strike up a conversation with the guy who is trying to sell the Flamingo Cove. The subject quickly turns to the murder that happened there, decades before. There was a love triangle. A married woman and her lover killed her husband, or at least that's the story. They both went to the electric chair. The truth behind the murder was never resolved. They both died swearing that the other was the one who killed her husband.

Maddie and David leave the nightclub arguing about who killed who. That night they both dream about the case, not the case they were working on but the Flamingo Cove murder.

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)

starring Lee Majors

directed by Russ Mayberry

73 minutes

Steve Austin is down on his luck after an unsuccessful mission. Tamara, one of the agents with whom he was working, was killed after he was pulled off the mission. Steve wants revenge but Oscar Goldman, his boss, refuses to authorize such a mission. Steve is tricked into going on a vacation to the Bahamas by Harry Donner, an old friend. Goldman is pulling the strings, behind the scenes.

Steve meets a couple of Russians in the Bahamas, Katrina Volana and Alexi Kaslov. Steve and Kaslov met years before when they were involved in their countries' respective space missions. Steve gets some assistance from Cynthia Holland

Steve sneaks around, gets kidnapped by the Russians, and subsequently escapes from the Russians. He locates international arms dealer Arlen Findletter's secret base and then improvises a mission to stop the arms dealer.

Silver Lode (1954)

Silver Lode (1954)

starring John Payne, Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea

directed by Allan Dwan

81 minutes

Dan Ballard (John Payne) is about to get married to Rose Evans (Lizabeth Scott) when US Marshall Fred McCarty (Dan Duryea) comes to town with a warrant for Dan's arrest. He is wanted for killing McCarty's brother and stealing $20,000. The people of Silver Lode can't believe it. They stand by Dan. McCarty reluctantly gives Dan a couple hours to prove his innocence after the local judge and sheriff insist on it.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

starring Peter O'Toole, Anthony Quinn, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif

directed by David Lean

228 min

During the first World War, Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) is sent by the British Government on a mission to contact Prince Faisal (Alec Guinenss) of Iraq. His original guide on this mission is killed by Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif) who then volunteers to lead him to Prince Faisal. Lawrence and Ali, under instructions from the prince, lead an expedition to Aqaba to try and retake the city. On their way there they meet Auda Abu Tayi (Anthony Quinn) who is at first antagonistic towards the pair and their small strike force but later agrees to join them in the attack on Aqaba.

The storming of Aqaba is a raging success. The Turkish forces that held the city are routed. Lawrence leaves his allies in Aqaba and heads across the Sinai Peninsula to the British military command in Cairo. He convinces them to allow him to return with supplies and money.

Un Village Français 4.05

La Mission

or The Mission

The Jewish people being held at the school learn that they are to be taken to Poland. Albert Crémieux gets increasingly agitated about what is going to happen to his wife and daughter. Raymond brings Marie some information that he copied from his wife's papers, about the work his business is doing for the Germans. Marie passes that information on to Victor, her contact with the Resistance. She tries to convince Victor that they need to try and rescue Anna and Hélène but he isn't buying it.

Servier chastises Daniel Larcher for hiding Sarah Meyers in his house. Daniel returns home empty handed, unable to see Sarah or do anything for her. He talks to Hortense about it. She puts together a suitcase of clothing for Sarah.

It Should Happen to You (1954)

It Should Happen to You (1954)

starring Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon

directed by George Cukor

86 minutes

Unemployed model Gladys Glover (Judy Holliday) is spotted by photographer Pete Sheppard (Jack Lemmon) in Central Park. He strikes up a conversation with her. He’s there shooting footage with a handheld camera for a movie he is making. He gets her address after she expresses an interest in seeing the movie he is working on.  They chitchat and then go their separate ways.

She spots an unused billboard near Columbus Circle. She contacts the company that owns the billboard and rents it for a week. She has them paint her name on the billboard. 

Doctor Who (1963) 15.06.05

The Invasion of Time - Part Five

The Sontarans, led by Commander Stor, take over. Cardinal Borusa creates a distraction which allows that Doctor and the others to escape. They head to the President's office where they find Borusa. Stor sends his troops after them. Leela kills one of them after the Doctor tells her how it can be done.

Kelner stays behind and does his best to assist the Sontarans. He leads them straight to the President's office. The Doctor and his friends are already in there by that point and have locked the door. They eventually leave by a secret back door and head for the TARDIS. Leela takes most of the others with her.

The Doctor and Bousa stay behind, in Borusa's office. The Doctor needs the Great Key and insists that Borusa hand it over. Once the Doctor has thte key they head for the TARDIS.

Paranoia Agent 1.04

A Man's Path

Hirukawa, a uniformed police officer, was a client of Maria, is obsessed with a manga series called A Man's Path, and owes money to the mob. He gets desperate and starts robbing people to get the money he needs. The boss to whom he owes the money isn't very understanding when Hirukawa has trouble coming up with all the money he owes.

Hirukawa frequently thinks about his favorite manga, A Man's Path. He tries to recast his situation to be like that of the hero of the manga. The two men couldn't be more dissimilar.

Hirukawa crosses paths with Ikiru, the older of the two detectives investigating the Lil' Slugger case. They've known each other for years.

Hirukawa gets stressed out over what his life has come to, robbing people. He is freaking out when the boy with the golden skates and the bat comes along and hits him. Hirukawa, unlike the others, doesn't fall down and stay down. He gets up and attacks Lil' Slugger. The next day there is a press conference at which Hirukawa is identified as the officer who captured Shonen Bat.

Moonlighting 2.03

Money Talks... Maddie Walks

Maddie and David are walking down the street, after a meeting with a potential client that didn't go so well, arguing when Maddie looks up and spots some she knows, about to jump off a ledge. She goes up to the ledge to try and talk him out of doing it. She learns that the accountant who stole her money used it to help build a casino in Buenos Aires.

Maddie flies to Buenos Aires and goes to see Ron Sawyer, the accountant. He isn't very nice or cooperative. She doesn't get anywhere with him. David shows up and suggests that they use some of the money that Ron gave Maddie to spend on gambling. They play craps and several other games and win $20,000.

David is ready to leave but Maddie isn't satisfied. She wants David to play Ron in a game of stud poker, which he told her is his game. David tries to talk her out of it but she insists. The game doesn't go exactly as Maddie hoped it would. She walks away only $4,000 richer than she was an the beginning of the night.

Abbott Elementary 2.06

Candy Zombies

Everytone dresses up for Halloween including the teachers and staff. One of the students steals the candy that is supposed to be held until the end of the day. That student is dressed up as Thanos. The teachers do their best to stop him but in the end it is a student dressed as Mr. Johnson who finds and stops Thanos.

Janine contemplates her plans for Halloween night. SHe changes her pans after talking to Barbara and Melissa.

Amber, the mother of a student, flirts with Gregory.

Thoughts

This was a very fun episode. I rate it as much better than average. I chuckled several times. There were some nice character moments involving Janine and Gregory.

The New Original Wonder Woman (1975)

The New Original Wonder Woman (1975)

starring Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner

directed by Leonard Horn

74 minutes

A German plan to bomb the Brooklyn Navy tards is foiled by Major Steve Trevor (Lyle Waggoner). He parachutes out of his plane as it was destroyed while stopping the German plane that was sent to bomb the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He lands on Paradise Island. He is unconscious when he is found by Diana (Lynda Carter), Princess of the Amazons.

Queen Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, decides that Major Trevor must be returned to the United States. She holds a contest to determine which Amazon will undertake this mission. All of the Amazons taking part in the contest are masked and wear numbers. In the end it comes down to a contest of bullets and bracelets between the two Amazons who score the highest, numbers 8 and 33. The winner (33) reveals herself to be Diana, after she has won the contest of bullets and bracelets.

Un Village Français 4.04

Une évasion

or An Escape

Jul 23, 1942

Judith brings back food and news about the children to the adult Jewish prisoners. She says she will need a couple more women to help look after the children. Marianna Cohn tries to volunteer but Judith refuses the offer. Mrs. Cohn objects but Judith says that Marianna is hysterical and will just make the situation worse for the children. Marianna commits suicide minutes later in the bathroom, using a pair of scissors.

Ezéchiel, Marianna's husband, starts to act strange. Judith can see that he is up to something. She tells Doctor Larcher while he is at the school checking on people who are sick. Daniel and Judith corner Mr. Cohn. They make him promise not to try to escape.

Ride the High Country (1962)

Ride the High Country (1962)

starring Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea

directed by Sam Peckinpah

94 minutes

Former lawman Steve Judd (Joel McCrea) hires Gil Westrum (Randolph Scott), his former partner in crime fighting, and Heck Longtree to help him transport gold from a mining camp back to town. They pick up Elsa, a preacher's daughter who wants their help getting away from her father, on the way to the mining camp. There she she hopes to find Billy Hammond, who once proposed to her. Westrum and Longtree have plans to double cross Judd.

Not everything goes as planned. Heck falls for Elsa who rebuffs his advances until they get her to Hammond. She soon discovers that Billy (and his four unmarried brothers) is much scarier than she remembered. Judd and Heck insist on doing the right thing and rescue Elsa from Billy and his brothers. Elsa is already married at this point which complicates things further.

It isn't long before they discover, as they are trying to get the gold back to town, that the Hammond brothers are on their tail.

Inuyasha 1.01

The Girl Who Overcame Time... and the Boy Who Was Just Overcome

Inuyasha, a young half demon, living hundreds of years in the past, is stopped by a young woman named Kikyo who shoots him in the shoulder with a magic arrow. Kikyo was wounded herself and dies from her wounds. She begs Kaede, her younger sister, to make sure that the Shikon Jewel, that Inuyasha was after, is burned along with her body.

Kagome, a 15-year-old girl, living in the late 20th century, is sucked down a well in a shrine and finds herself hundreds of years in the past. It is 50 years since Kikyo stopped Inuyasha. He is asleep and still attached to the tree by the arrow with which Kikyo shot him. He wakes up when he senses the presence of the Shikon Jewel.

Doctor Who (1963) 15.06.04

The Invasion of Time - Part Four

Andred attempts to shoot the Doctor with his blaster but it doesn't work inside the TARDIS. The doctor has K-9 poke around in the Matrix. K-9 finds a way to create a hole in the force field protecting Gallifrey. He hopes that this will convince the Vardans to reveal themselves.

Kelner send some of his guards to deal with Andred's compatriots. The guards, sent by Kelner, kill Andred's allies who are standing outside the TARDIS. The Doctor exits the TARDIS and sends the guards that Kelner sent off on a wild goose chase.

The Doctor then goes to see the Vardans. He explains to them that he has found a way to create a hole in the force field surrounding Gallifrey. The Vardans are pleased. One of them goes with the Doctor as he deals with the force field. The Vardans materialize once the force field has dropped. 

Paranoia Agent 1.03

Double Lips

The two detectives continue to investigate the Shonen Bat case. They can't talk to Yuichi because he is unconscious.

Chono Harumi lives a double life. She is a university student by day. She sometimes tutors Yuichi Taira (see previous episode) but she also works as a prostitute named Maria. Maria and Harumi are two distinct personalities that inhabit the same body. Maria leaves messages on Harumi's answering machine and in her voice mail.

Harumi tries to distance herself from Maria. She accepts an offer of marriage from her faculty advisor. She packs up Maria's belongings but Maria refuses to put aside. Harumi visits Yuichi in the hospital. He tells her about how relieved he is that Lil' Slugger, Shonen Bat, attacked him. He is no longer a suspect because he was attacked.

Moonlighting 2.02

The Lady in the Iron Mask

Maddie and David are hired by Barbara Wiley, a woman who hides her face behind a mask and has a raspy voice. She wants the Blue Moon Detective Agency to find a man who named Harbert who just got out of prison. He was locked up for throwing acid in her face years ago, just before she got married. Harbert claimed that he was in love with her. 

David and Maddie argue about whether they should take the case. He thinks they should. She does not. He finally talks her into taking the case. They find Harbert working as a tour guide. He tells them to tell Barbara Wiley that they couldn't find him.

Harbert turns up dead the next day. Maddie and David suspect that Barbara Wiley might be the killer. They try to talk to her about the murder but she doesn't want to talk. They stakeout the hotel where she is staying. They follow her but then notice something different about her. They discover that the person they've been following, the one beneath the veil is not Barbara but her husband.

David and Maddie get into an argument. They return to the hotel separately. They are both disguised as Barbara. They both get the key to her room. Hilarity ensues.

The Phil Silvers Show 3.22

The Colonel's Reunion

Colonel Hall starts to make serious progress in shutting down Bilko's gambling operations. Bilko schemes to get Colonel Hall out of town for a weekend. Bilko's scheme works but then Colonel Hall orders Bilko to come come with him and his wife to a regimental reunion.

Bilko sees how poorly the other veterans at the regimental reunion are treating Colonel Hall and decides that he has to do something about it.

Thoughts

You can count this among the episodes where Bilko puts on a disguise to convince someone do something.

This was a fun episode. I like how things flip flop more than once in this episode.

Pusher (1996)

Pusher (1996)

starring Kim Bodnia

directed by Nicholas Winding Refn

110 minutes

Danish with English subtitles

Most things go horribly wrong for Frank, a drug dealer, over the course of a week. He owes money to Milo, his supplier. An old acquaintance approaches Frank looking to buy a large amount of drugs. Frank brokers a deal with Milo, who is skeptical but goes along with it. The sale to the old acquaintance goes badly. The police show up just as the sale is about to go down. Frank gets away (temporarily) and throws the drugs in the lake. The police hold Frank for 24 hours but don't have enough to keep holding him.

The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)

The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)

starring Lee Majors, Martin Balsalm

directed by Richard Irving

74 minutes

Former NASA Astronaut Steve Austin (Lee Majors) is testing an airplane for the Air Force when it malfunctions. He is unable to land the plane safely. He loses his right arm, left eye, and parts of both his legs when he crash lands the plane. Oliver Spencer of the OSO (a covert government agency) offers Dr. Rudy Wells (Martin Balsam), Austin's friend, the means to repair Steve's body.

Rudy pulls Austin out of an induced coma and explains to him what is going to happen but doesn't tell him everything. One day Steve wakes up to find that his arm, his eye, and his legs have been replaced or augmented. It takes him time to learn and get used to his new limbs but now he is stronger and faster than he ever was before.

Un Village Français 4.03

Mille et une nuits

or A Thousand and One Nights

Bériot makes it back to his house the next morning. He tries to hide the truth from Lucienne but winds up telling her what happened. Crémieux makes it to Marie Germain's farm. He still doesn't know that his wife has been taken to the school. Marie agrees to go down the road try calling his house.

Bériot goes to the school. He talks to Anna Crémieux. She asks him to bring Hélène, her daughter, to the school. He sends Lucienne to pick up Hélène and bring her to the school. Lucienne gets there and finds Hélène but then Marchetti and a couple other policemen show up. They search the place. They know that Crémieux was one of the men who ran from the police the night before. They don't know that Bériot was the other one.

The Thing from Another World (1951)

The Thing from Another World (1951)

starring Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite

directed by Christian Nyby

87 minutes

Captain Patrick Hendry (Kenneth Tobey) leads a team of soldiers near the North Pole who investigate the crash of what turns out to be a UFO. Trapped in the ice they find a humanoid shape. They bring the humanoid shape, trapped in a block of ice, back to the research station which reported the crash. 

The attempts to keep the block of ice frozen are undone when a soldier covers it with a blanket. A creature emerges from the block of ice. The soldiers and scientists at the frozen research station soon learn that the creature is more vegetable than animal and that it feeds on blood. 

Sherman's Showcase 1.08

Ray J's Showcase

Sherman steps into the twilight zone and finds himself trapped in world where he is a bit player on someone else's show. It takes him a minute to figure out what is going on and who is behind it all.

This is the best episode since the first couple. What took them so long to come up with another good idea for an episode? I actually felt engaged in this episode. I enjoyed the reveal towards the end of the episode. It kind of made sense.

I'm not sold on coming back to watch the second season. There were considerably more misses than hits this season. I might but I'm not leaning in that direction at the moment even though I really liked this episode.

Doctor Who (1963) 15.06.03

The Invasion of Time - Part Three

The Doctor explains to the Time Lords that the Vardans, the creatures who just materialized, are in charge now. The Doctor and Borusa meet in the Doctor's newly redecorated office. It is lined in lead which provides the barrier he needs to finally tell Borusa what's going on.

Leela and Rodan make their way out of the Citadel and into the wilderness that surrounds the city. They run into Andred as they are leaving the Citadel. They meet other people, savages, in the wilderness led by a man named Nesbin.

The Doctor speaks to Castellan Kelner and has him make a list of any Time Lords who might cause trouble. The Doctor then asks Kelner to have them rounded up and expelled from the Citadel. The Vardans express some doubt when it comes to the Doctor's plans but he explains that the expelled Time Lords won't stand a chance in the wilderness.

Paranoia Agent 1.02

The Golden Shoes

The investigation into the mysterious assailant continues. An accusatory finger gets pointed at Yuichi Taira, the most popular 6th grader in his elementary school. He goes from being the person that everyone wants to know and hang out with to a pariah. He was running for president of the student council. His only competition was Shogo Ushiyama, a new kid in school who is overweight and lousy at sports.

Yuichi starts to have a mental breakdown. He starts hallucinating. The hallucinations get worse as the episode progresses. His mother throws a birthday party for him but none of his classmates show up. On the day of the student council election he stays in bed and refuses to go to school. The episode ends with Yuichi getting attacked by Shonen Bat.

The Bigamist (1953)

The Bigamist (1953)

starring Joan Fontaine, Edmond O’Brien, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn

directed by Ida Lupino

80 minutes

Harry (Edmond O’Brien) and Eve Graham (Joan Fontaine) are looking to adopt a child because they are unable to have one of their own. The adoption agency puts Mr. Jordan (Edmund Gwenn) in charge of vetting them. He discovers, in the process of looking into their background, that Harry has a second wife. Harry explains his situation to Jordan, once Jordan has cornered him. 

Harry and Eve had been married for a little over seven years when he met Phyllis (Ida Lupino), his second wife. He didn’t tell Phyllis when they met that he was already married. He kept that fact from her until she inadvertently discovered that he had been seen with another woman, Eve. He wanted to tell Eve and get a divorce but circumstances made it difficult for him to do that.

Moonlighting 2.01

Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?

Maddie needs to come up with $35,000 in a hurry or else the IRS is going to seize her house. Richard, David's brother, comes to town. He is loaded, with cash which he found in his car. He doesn't say anything to David and Maddie about how he got the money. He lets them think that he came by it honestly.

David borrows $37,000 from Richard. The next day he gives the money to Maddie. He tells her that he found it in an old bank account that the detective agency has that he forgot. Maddie is very grateful and doesn't question David's story. Ms. DiPesto is another story. The agency only has one bank account that she knows of.

Mr. Navarone, the man who left the money ($100,000) in Richard's car, travels from Philadelphia, PA to Los Angeles, CA looking for Richard and the money. He gets the two Addison brothers mixed up. He assaults David in the bathroom outside of the Blue Moon Detective Agency's offices.

Frida (2002)

Frida (2002)

starring Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina

directed by Julie Taymor

122 minutes

This is the story of Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) from the time she was crippled in a bus crash until she died. Her husband Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina) plays a big part in the story. The movie is a feast visually. The threads that run through it are Frida's relationship with Diego and her artwork.

I've seen some of Frida Kahlo's artwork here and there but I am not very familiar with it. The movie in some ways feels like it was made primarily to bring Frida's artwork to the masses. I think it stretches and tries to cover a little too much ground in terms of Frida's life. It is not in my experience uncommon for biopics to do that. It does get a little exhausting, especially in the last 30-40 minutes.

I'm glad I've seen this movie. I don't love it. It didn't give me a lot to think about. It is visually stunning. I couldn't help but feel that the scenes in Mexico should have, for the most part, been in Spanish.

Wonder Woman (1974)

Wonder Woman (1974)

starring Cathy Lee Crosby

directed by Vincent McEveety

75 minutes

Princess Diana (Cathy Lee Crosby) must track down a missing set of books that contain the names of the United States' top secret agents. Abner Smith (Ricardo Montalban), the mastermind behind the theft of the books, send some of his agents to prevent Wonder Woman from accomplishing her mission. Steve Trevor, her boss, provides assistance and guidance but leaves most of the work up to Wonder Woman.

Mr. Smith's agents aren't quite up the task of dealing with Wonder Woman so he recruits Ahnjayla, one of her sisters, to help him stop her. George, Abner's right hand man, double crosses his own subordinates (Cass and Bob) and tries to do the same to Abner. George's boss proves to be a little more resourceful than George realized. 

Un Village Français 4.02

A Jour Sans Pain

or A Day Without Bread

Most of the Jewish people at the school are hungry but a few of them have food which they refuse to share with the others. Judith Morhange is made the spokesperson for the the people being held at the school. She gets a chance to talk to Jules Bériot. He can't offer much in the way of support. He has problems of his own.

The gendarmes decide that they need to store some mechanical supplies in the basement of the school. The printing press is still there. Bériot is given three hours to get the place cleared out. He talks to Crémieux about it. Crémieux has problems of his own. He needs to get his wife out of town because she is Jewish and originally from Austria.

Sherman's Showcase 1.07

White Music

This episode is mostly about White acts that appeared on Sherman's Showcase. One of them is Sofia Salvatore. She was the first White acts to appear on Sherman's Showcase. She also (kind of, sort of) guest hosts this episode. There are four or five musical performances, including one by Sofia Salvatore. There is one by a country music act who sings a song about a raccoon that NASA sent to the Moon. There are also a few classic commercials including one that involves Frederick Douglass.

Sofia Salvatore was played by Eliza Coupe. I know her best from Future Man and Casual.

This was an okay episode. It wasn't worse than most of the other episodes but aside from a few laughs it doesn't make me want to watch more of this show, once I am done with this season.

Doctor Who (1963) 15.06.02

The Invasion of Time - Part Two

Leela tries to interfere with whatever is harming the Doctor. Chancellor Borusa tries to claim that the Matrix has rejected the Doctor but his argument is rejected. The Doctor is taken to one of Borusa's offices. He wakes up and orders the guards to expel Leela from the Citadel.

Leela runs off. The guards run after her but are unable to catch her. The Doctor is left alone in the office but Andred leaves a couple guards outside the door. The Doctor finds a secret door that leads out in another direction and returns to the TARDIS. Leela sees him and follows him, from a distance.

Castellan Kellner, watching on CCTV, sees the Doctor and Leela in the corridors of the Citadel and orders Andred to capture Leela and bring the Doctor back. Leela continues to evade capture and meets Rodan, a woman who is in charge of an outer space traffic control system. Rodan tells Leela that they have nothing to fear as long as the transduction barrier remains intact.

Paranoia Agent 1.01

Enter Lil' Slugger

Animator Tsukiko Sagi is attacked while walking home at night. Two police officers interrogate Tsukiko about the incident but she doesn't tell them much. All she can remember about the attacker is that he looked like he was in 5th or 6th grade, wielded a bat, and was wearing gold colored rollerblades.

Akio Kawazu, a sleazy gossip magazine writer, finds Tsukiko and tries to get her to tell her story. She isn't anymore forthcoming with him than she was with the policemen. Kawazu thinks the attack didn't really happen. He shows up at her apartment after stopping her on the street, earlier in the day. She tries to run but her injury slows her down. The kid on the rollerblades shows up again but this time he hits Akio with the bat. He stops in front of Tsukiko, tells her he's home, and then skates off.

Broadchurch 1.08

Episode Eight

Tom Miller and his father are brought in for questioning. Alec interviews Tom. He asks him about his computer. Tom lies at first but once he knows that Alec has his computer and some of the messages between Tom and Danny, he opens up. 

The killer gets tired of hiding. He still has Danny's phone. He turns it on. Alec tracks it back to the Miller's residence. Joe Miller, Ellie's husband, is arrested and confesses to killing Danny. He claims that he was in love with Danny but that he did nothing except hold him. He got angry and killed Danny by accident when Danny threatened to to tell about them.

Ellie finds out about it from Alec. She loses it both before and after she talks to Joe. Alec also breaks the news to the Latimer family. Ellie makes an attempt to talk to Beth but Beth doesn't believe that Ellie didn't know anything.

Abbott Elementary 2.05

Juice

Janine gets the school to change the juice that the students are given each day. Barbara warned Janine not to do it. The new juice comes in larger containers with more juice which leads the students to have to use the bathroom more frequently.

Melissa has trouble with Ashley, her new teacher's aide.

Thoughts

They never really explain how it is that Janine got the school to switch juice. She urged the school to change the juice served at the school but how exactly did that translate to the school making the change?

This was a good one. It wasn't the best but it was solidly good.

Bottoms (2023)

Bottoms (2023)

starring Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri

directed by Emma Seligman

92 minutes

PJ (Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri) lie about having spent time fighting for their lives in juvie, over the summer, and start a fight club for female students at their high school. They are hoping to get a chance to score with a couple of the cheerleaders. They find a teacher who is willing to be the group's faculty advisor and the club takes off.

The club is a success until one of the football players does a little digging and discovers the truth (about juvie and the reasons for starting the club). He shares it with the whole school. This creates a major setback for PJ and Josie.

Un Village Français 4.01

Le Train

or The Train

20 July 1942

A train carrying foreign Jews stops in Villeneuve. Daniel Larcher suggests that they could be housed in the school until another train arrives to take them away. Bériot isn't happy with this plan but Larcher doesn't give him any choice in the matter. Larcher doesn't know about the printing press in the basement of the school that Crémieux is using to print anti-German propaganda.

Raymond Schwartz finds out that Jeanine has helped her father to get a piece of his business. He also starts an affair with the new housekeeper after finding out that Jeanine is having an affair with Chassagne, her lawyer. His leg is damaged and he is an invalid for the present.