Adventure Time 4.08

Hug Wolf

Finn gets hugged by a hug wolf and becomes one himself. Jake gets the candy people to lock up Finn and then he leads them on a quest to find the hug wolf who turned Finn.

Thoughts

A hug wolf is something like a werewolf. 

This was a lot of fun and very silly. 

Steven Universe 1.05

Frybo

Pearl misplaces the shard of a gem that brings clothes to life. She tries to warn Steven about the shard but he doesn't listen. He finds the shard and uses it to animate Frybo, a mascot uniforms for a shop that sells French fries. Frybo gets out of control and Steven has to stop it when Pearl is unable to get the job done.

Thoughts

Garnet and Amethyst are not in this episode.

This was decent and fun and kind of weird (bordering on horrific) but not great.

Fargo 5.05

The Tiger

Lorraine decides to have Dorothy committed, for legal reasons. Roy visits Lorraine in the hopes of getting Nadine back. Lorraine is unwilling to play ball. She offers to pay him for his trouble if he will sign some documents and never come back again. Roy is unwilling to play ball.

Dot doesn't waste any time. She escapes from the hospital room they put her in. She takes a nurse's clothing and ID badge. She encounters some difficulty getting out of the hospital.

Roy sends three of his men with Gator to execute Plan B, kidnap Wayne. Dot overhears who they are looking for while she is trying to escape and tricks them into kidnapping the wrong guy.

Inuyasha 1.20

Despicable Villain: The Mystery of Onigumo!

Inuyasha and Miroku turn to Kaede for guidance in finding Naraku. Inuyasha is still hurting from his fight with Sesshomaru but he insists that is he well enough to deal with Naraku.

Kaede takes them to a cave where Onigumo, a badly injured man used to live. Kikyo used to bring him food. Onigumo disappeared after Inuyasha was bound to the tree and Kikyo was killed.

Kagome returns to school in the modern era. She can't stop thinking about Inuyasha and the hug he gave her. Her friends push her into accepting a date with one of their classmates. 

Sherlock Jr. (1924)

Sherlock Jr. (1924)

starring Buster Keaton

directed by Buster Keaton

45 minutes

Silent

A film projectionist (Buster Keaton), who wants to be a detective, tries to impress the woman he loves. He first gets upstaged by a rival for the woman's affections and then accused of stealing her father's pocket watch. He returns to the theater where he works and dreams of how Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton) would handle this case.

Ala Kachuu: Take and Run (2020)

Ala Kachuu: Take and Run (2020)

starring Alina Turdurmamatova

directed by Maria Brendle

38 minutes

in Kyrgyz with English subtitles

Sezim (Alina Turdurmamatova), a young woman from a small town in Kyrgyzstan, aspires to go to university in Bishkek, the capital. She runs away and goes to live with a friend in Bishkek. She takes the test but while awaiting her results she is kidnapped and returned to her home village. She is forced into an arranged marriage.

The women in her husband's village tell her that they all came there in tears but that they learned to accept. Sezim rebels more than once. Her husband tries to convince her that they will have a good life together. The movie ends with her on the run, after she finds his keys and takes off in his car.

Solos 1.01

Tom

Tom meets a copy of himself that he ordered and for which he paid $30K. Tom knows that he is going to die soon and he doesn't want his wife and two children to be without him. The copy looks and talks exactly like Tom.

Tom gets angry and rejects the copy. He calls the company that provided his copy with the intention of returning him but then he changes his mind. He starts to talk to his copy and slowly he starts to calm down and bond with new Tom.

Moonlighting 2.18

Camille

David and Maddie hire Camille Brand, a woman on the run from a man pretending to be a police officer. They don't know about her fugitive status, just that she saved the life of a politician and is about to be given the key to the city. David figures that she will be an excellent hire but Maddie has her doubts.

Camille rejects David's sales pitch when he first makes it. When the phony police officer shows up and tries to shake her down she reconsiders. She shows up at the office of the Blue Moon Detective Agency and finds herself greeted enthusiastically by the staff of the office.

David gives up his office for Camille. The phony cop eventually tracks her down. There is a chase. The fourth wall is broken. The episode ends with Maddie and David saying goodbye to one another until they meet again next season.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.05

Bilko vs. Covington

Master Sergeant Covington moves in on Bilko's territory at Camp Fremont and starts taking Bilko's men for all the money they've got. Bilko comes up with a scheme to trick Covington into requesting a transfer to Japan. It almost works but at the last minute Covington figures out what's going on and doesn't go through with the transfer request.

Covington executes a similar scheme to get Bilko to request a transfer to Japan. Bilko almost falls for it but he gets wise to it before its too late.

Both Master Sergeants are so riled at one another that they miss out on a real opportunity in Japan that MSgt Grover ends up accepting.

Star Trek (1966) 1.07

What Are Little Girls Made Of?

Captain Kirk and Nurse Chapel beam down to Exo-III to meet Doctor Roger Korby, her long lost fiancé. Captain Kirk calls the Enterprise and asks them to send down two security guards when he senses that something is amiss. It isn't long before both security guards are dead and Captain Kirk and Nurse Chapel find themselves in danger.

Doctor Korby with some help from Rok, an android he found on Exo-III, built a couple androids to help him. One of the androids is a replica of Korby's former assistant, Doctor Brown, the other is a scantily clad female presenting android named Andrea.

Adventure Time 4.06

Daddy's Little Monster

Finn and Jake watch the videos on Jake's phone from the night before. They learn about how they wound up in the Nightosphere and what's the deal with the bananas.

Finn decides that they must return to the Nightosphere to rescue Marceline from her father. Marceline gets transformed into a monster. Finn and Jake save her with the power of political rap.

Thoughts

This was weird, very weird, but that's more or less par for the course with this show. I enjoyed this episode very much.

02/08/25 09:50

Steven Universe 1.04

Together Breakfast

Steven makes breakfast (toaster waffles, chocolate sauce, popcorn, strawberries) for himself and his friends (Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl). They stop by but they don't have time to eat with Steven. They disappear into the Temple. Steven can't get his gen to unlock the door but he forces his way in behind Pearl.

Eventually he gets his three friends together but before they can eat they have to fight a dark entity that takes control of the breakfast that Steven whipped up.

Thoughts

Still fun. There is still nothing terribly profound about this show but I'm going to stick with it for now.

Fargo 5.04

Insolubilia

Gator and his three assistants break in to the Lyon household. Dot is ready for them but not as effective as she hoped she would be. Wayne gets zapped by one of Dot's traps. The house catches fire but Gator and his helpers leave empty handed.

Roy comes home late at night and finds a symbol painted on the wall of his daughters' room.

Dot and Scotty talk in the waiting room at the emergency room. Trooper Witt and Officer Olmstead review the footage from the gas station. They drop that and head to the hospital when they hear about the fire at the Lyon household and that Wayne is in the ER.

Spy x Family 1.04

The Prestigious School's Interview

Loid, Yor, and Anya go to Eden College for the interview. Henry Henderson, the headmaster and also one of the interviewers, suspects that the Forgers are too low class for Eden College. Loid and Yor impress him on multiple occasions. He sees them as being very elegant, which scores a lot of points with him.

Murdoch, one of the other interviewers whose father used to run Eden College, gives the Forgers a hard time. Anya is pushed to tears which causes Loid to lose his temper. The Forgers wind up leaving unsure if Anya had been accepted or not but fairly sure that she had not.

Doctor Who (1963) 12.03.02

The Sontaran Experiment - Part Two

Styre the Sontaran introduces himself to Sarah. Roth loses it and tries to run away but Styre kills him with a blast from his pistol. The Sontaran ties up Sarah and conducts an experiment on her to learn more about her resistance to hallucinations of snakes and other threats to her life.

Harry finds Sarah but he is blocked from helping her by a force field that surrounds her. Styre returns and is makes notes on his experiment on Sarah. Harry is ready whack him when the Doctor shows up and prevents him from doing that.

Vurul and the other men in space suits are captured and experimented on by Styre. Vurul tries to point out that he helped Styre but the Sontaran gives nothing in return for the traitorous deeds of the group's leader. Vurul wins no points with his mates by coming out and admitting what he did.

The Doctor shows up and challenges Styre to a fight. The Doctor fights with a staff, Styre with a machete. Styre tires and returns to his space ship to recharge. Harry following the Doctor's orders, has sabotaged the Sontaran's space ship. Styre is killed by the device intended to help him.

Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.26

The Beast that Shouted 'I' at the Heart of the World

Shinji imagines all sorts of things. He wonders about all sorts of things. He imagines another version of his life. He finally seems to learn to be comfortable with himself.

This episode is like the previous one in that there are a lot of quick images flashing across the screen. This is the end of the original series. There have been more than a few movies that retold or revised the original series. I think I've had enough. I think that there are plenty of other less confusing series for me to watch.

I don't care how many people enjoyed this series or rate it highly. There is something to the way it is put together that I like but it is just too much for me. I don't feel like spending any more time on it than I already have.

The Pawnbroker (1964)

The Pawnbroker (1964)

starring Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez

directed by Sidney Lumet

116 minutes

Sol Nazerman (Rod Steiger), a survivor of the Holocaust who lost his wife and two children during World War 2, stumbles through life. He runs a pawn shop in East Harlem but is unable to make ends meet, leaving him indebted to Rodriguez (Brock Peters), the local mob boss. Jesus Ortiz (Jaime Sánchez), who works for Nazerman, tries to form a bond with his boss. Sol teaches him some of what he has learned but Sol has no interest in bonding with anyone. This includes Marilyn Birchfield (Geraldine Fitzgerald), a social worker who shows an interest in Sol that he is unable to reciprocate in any way. 

Bleach 1.13

Flower and Hollow

Orihime, Tatsuki, and Chizuru get attacked by a Hollow. It attacks a number of their friends first and turns them into its brainless servants. Their classmates attack them. Tatsuki keeps them at bay until the Hollow attacks her and turns her into a zombie-like servant just like the others.

The Hollow turns on Orihime and is about to attack her when something from within her comes alive. It is six creatures know as the Six Princess Shielding Flowers. They quickly introduce themselves and then instruct her as to how they can help protect her, help her to heal Tatsuki, and deal with the Hollow. Once the fight is over the six disappear and return to her hair pins from which they emerged.

Inuyasha 1.19

Go Home to Your Own Time, Kagome!

The fight with Sesshomaru continues. Kagome exposes the fact that Sesshomaru's left arm is a human arm that is powered by a shard of the Shikon Jewal. Inuyasha and his half-brother continue to fight while Kagome tends to Miroku's injuries with some help from Shippo.

Inuyasha gets badly wounded but he breaks off the hand on Sesshomaru's left arm. Sesshomaru is unable to wield Tetsusaiga without the human hand because unlike Inuyasha he is not half human. Sesshomaru and Jaken leave once Sesshomaru sees that the tide has turned.

Inuyasha thanks Kagome which shocks her because it is the first time he has done that but then he pushes her down the well and back to her own time. He hugs her before doing so and takes the shards of the Shikon Jewel from her. She is ready to jump back through the well but without a portion of the Shikon Jewel she in unable to use the well as a portal.

Moonlighting 2.17

Funeral for a Door Nail

Roger Clements is distraught after Celia, his wife is killed in a car accident. Roger hires someone to kill him but he asks for a few days to clear up some matters before the hired killer fulfills the contract. Roger goes to get his will straightened out but while he is waiting to see Alan Margolese, his lawyer, he spots Celia down on the street. He runs outside but she is gone by the time he gets to where he last saw her.

Clements contacts Blue Moon Detective Agency. He asks them to get the hired hit called off. They do but it turns out to be too late. There was a bomb planted in his car. When he goes to leave his car explodes.

Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

starring Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Calvin Lockhart

directed by Sidney Poitier

104 minutes

Steve Jackson (Sidney Poitier) and Wardell Franklin (Bill Cosby) are held up at gun point at Madame Zenobia's, an after hours club, along with the rest of the patrons. The next day Steve discovers that the lottery ticket that he bought earlier than week and had in his wallet is worth $50,000.

Steve and Wardell look for the masked men who held up the after hours joint. Their search leads them to cross paths with a few crime bosses including Little Seymour, Geechie Dan Beauford (Harry Belafonte), and Silky Slim (Calvin Lockhart).

Star Trek: The Next Generation 3.05

The Bonding

Lieutenant Maria Aster, is killed during an away mission led by Worf. Lieutenant Aster was a widow and now her nine-year-son Jeremy (who lives aboard the Enterprise) and is an orphan. Worf feels responsible for what happened even though it was not his fault. Lieutenant Aster was killed by an explosive on a world that had long since been devoid of intelligent life. The explosive was not detected by any scans that the away team conducted.

Counselor Troi talks to Worf about what and how he is feeling. He expresses a desire to help Jeremy by sharing a Klingon ritual with the young boy. Troi expresses doubts about conducting such a ceremony.

Monkey Business (1952)

Monkey Business (1952)

starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe

directed by Howard Hawks

97 minutes

Barnaby Fulton (Cary Grant) believes that he has come up with a formula that makes people more youthful. He tries it on himself and starts acting much younger. He eventually recovers but doesn't realize that it is actually the water cooler in his office that caused him act younger. The water was spiked by a monkey that escaped from it's cage temporarily and was messing with chemicals. Mr. Oxly (Charles Coburn), Barnaby's boss is very excited to hear about the discovery.

Edwina Fulton (Ginger Rogers), Barnaby's wife, isn't as excited especially when she notes the lipstick on his face that came from Lois Laurel (Marilyn Monroe), Mr. Oxly's secretary. Edwina insists on trying the formula herself. She has a similar experience to Barnaby.

The hijinks continue after Barnaby and Edwina unknowingly each take another dose (after she has recovered from the first dose) via drinks from the water cooler.

Star Trek (1966) 1.06

Mudd's Women

The Enterprise rescues Harcourt Fenton Mudd (aka Harry Mudd) and his three passengers (Eve, Ruth, Magda) from their ship just before it is destroyed in an asteroid field. The Enterprise is damaged in the process of the rescue effort and has to make for Rigel 12 where they can obtain replacements for the damaged Lithium Crystals.

Several male members of the crew (most notably Doctor McCoy and Mister Scott) fawn over Mudd's three passengers who are dressed in slinky, colorful dresses.

Harry radios ahead to the three miners on Rigel 12 and cuts a deal with them, without telling Captain Kirk. Mudd fails to tell the miners or the crew of the Enterprise that the women need the Venus drug to keep them looking beautiful. He has them hooked on it.

Adventure Time 4.05

Return to the Nightosphere

Finn and Jake wake up in the Nightosphere in a jail cell filled with bananas. They have no recollection as to how they got there. They learn from a video on Jake's phone that they stepped through a portal the night before but then Jake's phone runs out of juice.

Finn and Jake spend the rest of the episode looking for Hunson Abadeer, Marceline's father. They find him and fight with him. The fight ends with them discovering that he is Marceline in disguise.

Thoughts

It looks like Jake and Finn return to the Nightosphere in the next episode.

This was fun, gross, and weird. I liked it. 

Steven Universe 1.03

Cheeseburger Backpack

Steven travels to the Sea Spire with Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl. The spire is coming apart and they have to return a statue to the pinnacle of the spire. They encounter a number of obstacles. Steven loads up his cheeseburger backpack with items which prove to be very useful in dealing with some of the obstacles they encounter.

Thoughts

This was a fun episode. I'm still getting used to this show.

Fargo 5.03

The Paradox of Intermediate Transactions

Roy meets up with Gator at the gas station near Beulah. He gets the story from Gator and then tells him what to do with the body and what to do after that. Roy returns home to Karen, his wife, and eight-year-old twin daughters. He has a visitor waiting for him, a man by the name of Odin who is looking for more ammunition.

Dot goes out in the neighborhood at night and changes a bunch of the street signs. Dot and Wayne go to gun world the next day. They pick out a couple assault rifles and a pistol. Dot wants to take them home with them but there's a seven day waiting period so they can't get them for a week.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden

directed by Stanley Kubrick

95 minutes

US Air Force General Jack T. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) thinking that the Russians are about to launch an all out assault on the United States, issues orders for the bomber squadron under his command to strike military targets in the Soviet Union with nuclear bombs. RAF Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers), Ripper's executive officer, shows the general evidence that the Russians aren't attacking but Ripper won't listen, has the base locked down, and cuts off all communication with the outside world and the bombers. The general has a new justification for the attack, the protection of the "vital fluids" of the the American public.

Spy x Family 1.03

Prepare for the Interview

Yor moves in with Loid and Anya. Loid tries to get Anya and Yor ready for the interview at Eden College. He asks them simple questions but neither of them seem to have a clue as to how to answer the questions in a way that satisfies him.

Loid takes Anya and Yor to the opera, a museum, and to a restaurant. Loid and Yor end up chasing down a man whom they see mug an old woman. They recover her wallet for her.

Loid isn't very confident at the end of the day that they will be able to impress the interviewers at Eden College.

Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.25

The Ending World

Shinji, Asuka, Rei, Misato, and other characters' lives are examined but primarily it is just the four that I just named. All four suffer distress when they look back at their lives up to this point. They try to help one another see that life isn't as simple as they want it to be. The focus shifts from one character to another.

Once again I am at a loss. I don't fully understand what this is all about. It seems that the Angels are gone but I'm not certain about that. I'm not sure that everything will be resolved in the final episode. I'm pretty sure there will be quite a bit left on the table unfinished.

I feel as though I've been handed a basket full of yarn of various colors that is all tangled together. I'm supposed to untangle it all but I don't see what's to be gained by doing that.

Doctor Who (1963) 12.03.01

The Sontaran Experiment - Part 1

The Doctor, Sarah, and Ian arrive on Earth by transmat beam. It is deserted of human life, or so they believe. Sarah and Harry go for a look around while the Doctor works on the transmat beam which needs some adjustments.

Harry falls down into a hole. Sarah goes to get the Doctor but when she gets back to where they left the Doctor he is gone. She finds his sonic screwdriver and takes it with her and heads back to where she left Harry.

The Doctor is taken captive by three men in space suits who blame him for killing one of their friends. The Doctor found their friend, dead, at the bottom of a cliff. He tries to make light of the situation but they don't care for his sense of humor.

Bleach 1.12

A Gentle Right Arm

Ishida Uryū releases something that lures lots of Hollows to Karakura Town. He is supremely confident that he can kill them all but he challenges Ichigo to try and kill more of them than him. Ichigo thinks Uryū's actions are reckless but he has no choice but to take up the challenge now that there are Hollows on their way to town.

The Hollows target those with a greater amount of spiritual energy, like Ichigo's sisters. He goes to find them so he can protect them. It doesn't occur to him that there are other people he knows (Chad, Orihime, Tatsuki) who also will be prime targets for Hollows.

Rukia visits Urahara's store. She keeps getting Hollow alerts on her phone that disappear fairly quickly, leaving her very confused.

Inuyasha 1.18

Naraku and Sesshomaru Joins Forces

Inuyasha's brother Sesshomaru crosses paths with Naraku, the demon who cursed Miroku. Sesshomaru is still missing an arm. Naraku gives him an arm that is powered by a shard of the Shikon Jewel. He also gives him a tool to help him deal with Miroku.

Sesshomaru and Jaken find Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo, and Miroku. Inuyasha oulls out Tetsusaiga, his sword, and attacks his brother. Sesshomaru overpowers Inuyasha and takes Tetsusaiga from him. Inuyasha uses Tetsusaiga's sheath to defend himself.

Miroku tries to help by using his cursed hand. Jaken uses the hive that Naraku gave them. The insects that come out of it aren't affected by the wind tunnel created by Miroku's cursed hand. They stop his hand from functioning.

Jaken takes on Miroku and Shippo. They fall back. It doesn't look good but then Kagome joins the fight. She hits Tetsusaiga with an arrow which causes the magical sword to revert to its normal form. She threatens that the next arrow will take out Sesshomaru himself.

Deadloch 1.01

The naked body of Trent Latham, coach of a local rugby club, is found on Deadloch Beach in Tasmania. Senior Sergeant Dulcie Collins is forced to take the case until Detective Eddie Redcliffe arrives from Darwin to investigate. Collins wants to hand over the case but when she sees the sort of job Redcliffe is doing she talks to her boss and gets her temporary assignment to the case made permanent.

It takes some work but by the end of the episode Eddie finally seems to understand that the case isn't as simple as she wants to believe it is, The pieces finally fall into place for Eddie when she and Dulcie find the body of Gavin Latham, Trent's brother and the one she wanted to arrest for Trent's murder, dead on the beach and without a tongue, just like Trent.

Moonlighting 2.16

Sleep Talkin' Guy

A prostitute named Toby comes into the office and tells David about Jerry, one of her regular clients, who said something in his sleep about someone named Farley getting murdered later that night. She doesn't want to hire David. She just thought she should tell someone.

There's no job so David doesn't do anything about it. The the front page story the next day is about someone named Farley who was murdered. David finds Toby and pays her to listen to what her regular client who talks in his sleep has to say and report back to him. She says okay.

Doctor Who (1963) 12.03.X2

The Tom Baker Years - Part 1 (1992)

90 minutes

The Tom Baker Years - Part 2 (1992)

87 minutes

Tom Baker watches clips from all 41 stories from the seven seasons (Seasons 12-18) in which he played the Doctor. He comments on each story after he watches a clip from it.

This documentary is included in the Blu-Ray set for Season 12 (on the same disc as The Sontaran Experiment) but it can also be found on the Internet Archive. It was originally released on VHS.

This was fun to watch. I watched it a season at a time (20-25 minutes per season) over the course of a few days.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.04

Bilko the Potato Sack King

Bilko gets discharged from the army after he gets offered a job in the civilian world, selling burlap sacks. Bilko's civilian job collapses after the potato industry moves topackaging potaoes in plastic bags.

Bilko almost returns to the army but then he gets the idea to cinvince the US Army to start making uniforms out of burlap, which he renames Burlacon. He almost convinces the big brass to go with his idea until the Army tests the prototype uniforms that Bilko has made.

Thoughts

This might be my new favorite episode from this season.

D.O.A. (1949)

D.O.A. (1949)

starring Edmond O'Brien

directed by Rudolph Maté

83 minutes

Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien) goes to San Francisco on a vacation. He hangs out with some people he doesn't know when he gets there. He wakes up the next morning with a pain in his stomach. He goes to see a doctor and learns that he has been poisoned. The poison has been in his system too long for the doctor or anyone to do anything for him. He has only a day or two to live.

Stark Trek (1966) 1.05

The Enemy Within

The transporter malfunctions. Captain Kirk is split in two while beaming back on board from the surface of Alpha 177. One Kirk is kind and thoughtful, the other is violent and animalistic. The dark side of Kirk goes to sick bay and demands that Doctor McCoy hands over the brandy. Kirk's dark side also attacks Yeoman Rand in her living quarters and attempts to rape her. The kind Kirk is indecisive and unable to decide how to proceed.

While capturing dark Kirk, the transporter is damaged and unable to be repaired in less than a week. Four men including Lieutenant Sulu, are still on the planet as night falls and the temperature drops precipitously. Mister Spock finds a work around that allows them to use the transporter. The two Kirks need to be reunited, using the transporter but dark Kirk resists. It is up to kind Kirk to convince him otherwise before the men on the surface of the planet die from exposure to the freezing temperatures.

Adventure Time 4.07

In Your Footsteps

Finn and Jake meet a bear who wants to be just like Finn. Jake is suspicious. He eventually convinces Finn that the bear is up to no good.

The episode ends with Jake giving the bear the Enchiridion. Jake tries to talk him out of giving the book to the bear but Finn does it anyway. The bear gives the book to a slug who seems very happy to get it.

Thoughts

It's been a long time since I watched as episode of Adventure Time, since Aug 2016. Crazy.

Steven Universe 1.02

Laser Light Cannon

Beach City is theatened by a giant object in the sky. Steven turns to his father for help in finding his mother's Laser Light Cannon. He digs through his father's storage unit and finds it. Steven and his father get it to the beach just in time to use it and obliterate the giant object in the sky, which kind of looks like a big eyeball.

Thoughts

Steven and his father get to the beach in his father's van. On the way to the beach they listen to a song that his father recorded years before, Let Me Drive My Van into Your Heart.

This was fun and not too complicated.

Fargo 5.02

Trials and Tribulations

Sheriff Roy Tillman of Stark County, ND meets with Munch, the kidnapper who survived and got away from the gas station. Munch explains that they weren't properly warned what to expect and that they should have been paid more given the level of danger. Tillman agrees to pay Munch anyway but Gator, Tillman's righthand man, doesn't get the job done. Munch gets away after breaking Gator's wrist and shooting two of Roy's men. They were getting ready to execute him.

Officer Olmstead visits the Lyon home. She meets with Dot and Wayne. She casts doubts on Dot's story but Dot has excuses for everything. Officer Olmstead leaves empty handed but promises to keep working the case, which does not please Dot.

Spy x Family 1.02

Secure a Wife

Loid needs a wife to take with him to the interview at Eden College.

Yor Briar, an assassin with the code name of Thorn Princess, needs a boyfriend or husband. Her brother Yuri and her coworkers keep giving her a hard time about being single.

Loid and Yor cross paths. Anya is gob smacked and very excited to learn that Yor is an assassin. Anya uses what she learns from reading their minds to help them open up to one another. Loid agrees to go to a party with Yor that one of her coworkers is having and pretend to be her boyfriend. He asks in return that she go the interview with him and pretend to be his wife.

Interior Chinatown 1.10

Willis, Willis Wu

Willis meets the Painted Faces, learns who they really are. He talks to Turner and Lana about what he found out about the Painted Faces. Willis and Turner later meet up with Green. The Port Harbor Police are after Willis. He has to run but then he gets a chance to explain it all to the reporters who are also there.

Everything comes to a head. Everyone (Willis, Lana, Turner, Green, Willis' parents, Fatty, Betty Wu, Uncle Wong, etc.) winds up at the Golden Palace. The video game plays a role in the ending but it doesn't resolve everything, nor does everything else.

The episode ends with Willis sitting at a desk, in front of a laptop, typing the end to a script. Lana walks in. Fade to black.

Doctor Who (1963) 8.02 - Extras

The Military Mind: Making the Mind of Evil (2013)

23 minutes

The people who were interviewed for this documentary feature are

• Pik-Sen Lim, Captain Chin Lee
• Terrance Dicks, script writer
• Barry Letts, producer
• Fernanda Marlowe, Corporal Bell
• Tim Combe, director
• Nicholas Courtney, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

The interviews were all shot at Dover Castle (aka Stangmoor Prison) in 2009.

Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.24

The Last Cometh

Another pilot arrives, Kaworu Nagisa. He spends time with Shinji but he later presents a threat to Nerv. He takes control of Unit 02. Shinji goes after his in Unit 01. Readings seem to indicate that Kaworu is an Angel. Shinji stops him in Unit 01 but he later regrets it.

Thoughts

They keep talking about things that I don't understand. They keep talking about people or things that haven't been shown, as far as I can tell. I don't understand what they are going on about. It is almost like there is another show that I should have watched before watching this one or that I should be watching in parallel with this one.

Bleach 1.11

The Legendary Quincy

Ichigo and Rukia learn that Uryu Ishida, one of their classmates, is a Quincy. Rukia goes to see Urahara to learn more about the Quincys. Ishida challenges Ichigo to a duel while she is talking to Urahara.

Urahara explains that the Quincy's are a group of humans that died out 200 years ago. They fought Hollows, just like Soul Reapers do, but (unlike Shinigami) Quincy kill all Hollows they encounter.

The episode ends on cliffhanger after Ichigo has separated from his body and entrusted it to Kon. Uryu is getting ready to explain the rules of the duel just as the episode ends.

Inuyasha 1.17

The Cursed Ink of the Hell-Painter

An artist who has found a shard of the Shikon Jewel uses it to bring his paintings of demons to life. Miroku parts ways with Kagome, Inuyasha, and Shippo but eventually they are reunited when they find themselves fighting the demons released by the artist. 

Thoughts

This episode felt very monster-of-the-week. It doesn't seem to lead anywhere by itself. Kagome and the others find another shard of the Shikon Jewel. This one was mostly action but I didn't find the action to be all that interesting. There wasn't as much humor in this episode as there has been in some of the episodes I prefer. It also lacked in meaningful character moments. It is not one of my favorite episodes.

Clay (1965)

Clay (1965)

directed by Giorgio Mangiamele

80 minutes

Nick, a man on the run is found and taken in by a small community of artists. His presence gives Margo, the youngest of the artists, hope. Nick's presence and his growing closeness Margo angers Chris, one of the other artists. Chris thought that Margo was his but she rejects that notion.

Chris tries to get Nick to leave. He gets into a fight with Nick. Finally, when he learns that Nick is wanted by the police he tells them where he can be found.

Moonlighting 2.15

Witness for the Execution

Ninety-year-old Lawrence Everette wants to hire Maddie and David to witness his murder. Maddie doesn't want to have anything to do with the matter. David is okay with taking the case. They argue about it. He winds up going to Mr. Everette's room at the nursing home at the appointed hour. Mr. Everette is already dead.

David is standing over the life-support machines in Mr. Everette's room when a nurse walks in. She accuses David of murdering Mr. Everette. David runs off. He stops by Maddie's home later that night. He tells her what happened. While they are talking police detective Lieutenant Tappia shows up.

Maddie talks to the detective but is evasive when he asks her about David. The detective leaves. Maddie returns to her bedroom only to discover that David has left.