Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

starring Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte

directed by Woody Allen

84 minutes

Agent Danny Rose (Woody Allen) tries to keep lounge act Lou Canova (Nick Apolli Forte), one of his clients, happy by picking up Tina Vitale (Mia Farrow) Lou's mistress and bringing her to a show he will be doing at the Waldorf. Lou is married so Danny will have to pretend to be her boyfriend.

Everything starts to go wrong when Danny meets Johnny, Tina's ex-boyfriend, and Johnny's brothers who are both hitmen and quickly come to the conclusion that Danny is the one who stole Tina away from their brother. Johnny's brothers pursue Danny and Tina as they try to get to the show at the Waldorf. 

Doctor Who (1963) 21.06.X

Chain Reaction (2010)

36 minutes

This is the making of documentary for Caves of Androzani. Chain Reaction was the working title for Caves of Androzani. Matthew Sweet was the presenter.

People interviewed included

• Eric Saward, writer/script editor
• Graeme Harper, director
• Peter Davison, The Doctor
• John Hurst, production designer
• Martin Cochrane, General Chellak
• Nicola Bryant, Peri
• Robert Glenister, Major Salateen
• Maurice Roëves, Stotz
• Roger Limb, composer

Star Trek: Lower Decks 1.01

Second Contact

Ensign D'Vana Tendi joins the crew of the USS Cerritos. She is shown around by Ensigns Beckett Mariner and Brad Boimler before they are sent planet side as part of an away team. Ensign Sam Rutherford is on a date with Barnes in the ship's lounge when Commander Jack Ransom returns from the planet with an insect bite that causes him to transform into a flesh eating zombie.

Everything goes nuts aboard the Cerritos for a while. Rutherford and Barnes manage to continue their date and avoid getting bitten although in the end they both come to the realization that they aren't interested in one another.

Solos 1.06

Nera

Nera, is stuck at home alone, very pregnant, during a snow storm. She starts to go into labor. She calls her doctor but the connection is weak and the call gets dropped. She calls 911 but the same thing happens.

Nera gives birth by herself. She cuts the umbilical cord and places the baby in a bassinet. She turns away and walks into the kitchen. Minutes later the baby, whom she has named Jacob, has aged a couple years. She talks to the boy. Minutes later he ages again, and then minutes later again.

Star Trek: The Next Generation 3.23

Sarek

The Enterprise takes Ambassador Sarek to a peace conference. He is over 200 year old and his age is starting to get to him. He can no longer control his emotions, although he seems to be unaware or in denial of this fact. His assistant tries to unknowingly keep his emotions in check but there is some spill over and people aboard the Enterprise find themselves getting into heated arguments and fist fights with little to no provocation.

Captain Picard tries to talk Ambassador Sarek out of taking part in the peace conference. Sarek insists on going forward with his plans. Captain Picard proposes a solution, a mind meld between himself and Sarek. The ambassador accepts the captain's suggestion although he warns him that it will be a painful experience for Picard, and it is.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.08

Bilko and the Crosbys

Bilko gets a new man in his platoon, Lindsay Crosby, one of Bing Crosby's sons. Bilko treats Private Crosby like royalty in the hopes of getting a chance to meet his father. Bilko subsequently learns that his grandmother, Maude Skinner, married his grandfather, Felix Crosby, instead of marrying Bing Crosby's grandfather. Bilko dreams of what his life might have been like if he had been born a Crosby.

Thoughts

The four Cosby brothers (Dennis, Gary, Lindsay, Phillip) appeared in this episode. They were also in Sergeant Bilko Presents Bing Crosby.

This was an okay episode but it felt a bit rushed and muddled.

Star Trek (1966) 1.13

The Conscience of the King

Captain Kirk is invited by Dr. Thomas Leighton, an old friend, to Planet Q to see a play. Leighton is convinced that Anton Karidian, the lead actor in the play is actually Kodos the Executioner of Tarsus IV.

Twenty years prior, Kodos was the governor of the colony on Tarsus IV. A large portion of the food supply was destroyed by an exotic fungus. Kodos, understanding that there wasn't enough food to feed everyone until more food could be delivered, took extreme measures and had half the population of the colony, 4000 people, killed. The food shipment eventually arrived but by then Kodos had disappeared and was believed to be dead.

Sudan, Remember Us (2024)

Sudan, Remember Us (2024)

directed by Hind Meddeb

in Arabic with English subtitles

Most of the footage in this film is of young people in Khartoum who feel free to express themselves in public for the first time in years, probably within their lifetimes. This footage is from the period just following the overthrow of Omar Al-Bashir who ruled the country from 1989 to 2019. The happy moment unfortunately doesn't last long as military forces soon come in and start cracking down on civilians who have taken to the streets to peacefully express themselves.

This documentary does not provide a comprehensive look at recent events in Sudan in recent years. It isn't even focused on the bigger picture in Sudan. There is no one central character or narrative. This documentary feels like an incomplete collection of moments. It seems like it might have been cut short by the crack down.

Steven Universe 1.10

Steven's Lion

Steven meets a pink lion while he is in the desert with Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. He has to leave it behind but it comes looking for him in Beach City. Steven tries playing with the lion but it turns out that the lion is after the gem that the Crystal Gems brought back from the desert.

Thoughts

This was a decent episode. It is mostly Steven and the lion but there are a few other characters in addition to Steven, the lion, and the Crystal Gems.

Fargo 5.10

Bisquik

Gator wanders blindly. He finds his way into the bunker and then out through via a ladder. He is eventually found by the FBI.

Roy kills his father-in-law. Dot shoots Roy in the gut, but he survives long enough to kill Deputy Farr. Roy goes to prison. 

The story flashes forward one year.

Lorraine visits Roy in prison and makes it clear that she has bought influence in the prison and that what remains of his life will not be pleasant.

Doctor Who (1963) 21.06.04

The Caves of Androzani - Part Four

The Doctor crash lands the mercenaries' spaceship back on Androzani Minor and escapes on foot. The two junior mercenaries come after him but they give up the chase after a series of mud bursts begin. They rush back to the spaceship while the Doctor makes his way to the caves.

Chellak and Real Salateen lead an assault on the level where Sharaz Jek's base of operations is located. All of the humans with the exception of Chellak are killed.

Morgus arrives on Androzani Minor and links up with the mercenaries. He is explaining his plan to them when he gets a call from his lieutenant back on Androzani Major. She explains that he is wanted for treason and murdering the president. All of his assets have been frozen. She is now in charge.

Bleach 1.16

The Encounter, Renji Abarai!

Rukia reflects back on moments she has shared with Ichigo, Orihime, and others over recent weeks as she literally runs away. She is lost in thought and doesn't sense the presence of two Shinigami: Renji Abarai and Byakuya Kuchiki, her older brother.

Renji stops Rukia in her tracks and demands to know who took her powers. She refuses to answer as she dodges his sword. Uryū, walking home late at night from the 24 hour sewing supply store, interrupts Renji's interrogation session. Renji is suprised that Uryū can see him and his boss, Byakuya. Uryū isn't scared of Renji but doesn't prove to be much of a challenge for Renji.

Solos 1.05

Leah

Leah is working on a time travel device that doesn't seem to work. She takes a break and falls asleep on her couch. She is awoken by a phone call from her sister who has news about their mother who is in the hospital. Leah talks to her sister for a minute but then cuts off the conversation and hangs up.

Uncommon Valor (1983)

Uncommon Valor (1983)

starring Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Robert Stack, Patrick Swayze

directed by Ted Kotcheff

105 minutes

Retired USMC Colonel Cal Rhodes (Gene Hackman) is tired of waiting for the US Government to do something about finding his son Frank who has been missing in action for 10 years. Rhodes recruits and leads a team in search of Frank whom he believes is being held captive in Northen Laos. The operation is bankrolled by MacGregor (Robert Stack), whose son served with Frank and is also listed as missing in action.

Wonder Woman 1.07

The Pluto File

Sep 1942 - Professor Warren, an American scientist, develops a way of inducing earthquakes. The Falcon, a master spy who has just flown in from India, steals the Pluto File which contains the professor's explanation of how to create earthquakes. The Falcon unknowingly leaves a trail of people in his wake who have been infected with the bubonic plague, which he picked up while he was in India.

The Falcon quickly puts the information in the Pluto File to use when he creates a series of Earthquakes that threaten a top secret laboratory in Bladensburg, MD. The Falcon knows that Professor Warren is the only one who knows how to counter the effects of the earthquakes he has created. The Falcon attempts to kill Professor Warren but Wonder Woman gets there before him and protects the professor.

Tokimeki Tonight 1.03

Bathroom Crisis

Ranze accidentally turns into a piece of toast while eating breakfast with her parents and her brother. Her mother warns her against turning into inanimate objects. Ranze turns back to her human form with some help from her brother and goes to school where she crushes hard on Makabe but he doesn’t pay her much attention. 

Ranze’s father follows her to school but at the end of the school day she loses him by biting a bird and transforming into a bird. She follows Makabe home. He, not realizing that the bird is Ranze, puts her in a cage with a male bird and then goes to the gym to work out. The male bird falls in love with Ranze and chases her around the cage. Feathers go flying when she struggles to get away from his grasp and she sneezes.

Sunset Blvd (1950)

Sunset Blvd (1950)

starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson

directed by Billy Wilder

110 minutes

Unemployed screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden), is on the run from repo men who are trying to grab his car when he hides out in what he thinks is an abandoned mansion but turns out to the home of Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) former star of silent films. She shows no interest in him until he mentions his profession. She quickly engages him to help her edit a screenplay she has written. She envisions that it will be her next movie.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)

directed by Johan Grimonprez

150 minutes

in multiple languages with subtitles in English

This documentary tells the story of the Congo's transition from colony of Belgium in the late 1950s to independence in 1960 up to the point where Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was assassinated by mercenaries in 1961. Music of the era, mostly music of African American musicians is woven into the documentary. Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Abbey Lincoln, Melba Liston, Max Roach, are some of the musicians whose work is used to great effect.

Adventure Time 4.12

Gotcha!

Lumpy Space Princess goes undercover to write a book about how to woo men. She does the research for her book while pretending to be Finn and Jake's adventure secretary. She tries to get Finn to fall in love with her.

LSP goes on an adventure with Finn and Jake. She inadvertently gets trapped and they have to rescue her. She comes to the realization that Finn is really hot.

Thoughts

This was very funny. LSP's efforts to get Finn to fall for her cracked me up.

Steven Universe 1.09

Tiger Millionaire

Steven catches Amethyst sneaking out and finds out that she has been a part of an underground wrestling organization where she wrestles under the name of Purple Puma. He begs her to let him join. She agrees but only because she needs a partner in order to win the tag team belt.

Steven wrestles under the name of Tiger Millionaire. Amethyst does most of the wrestling but he contributes here and there. Everything is going great until Garnet and Pearl find out about the underground wrestling league and try to put a stop to it.

Thoughts

This was a lot of fun and very silly. It's pretty clear that the writers did their homework when it comes to professional wrestling.

Fargo 5.09

The Useless Hand

Munch deals with Gator. He heats up a knife and takes out his eyes. Munch explains that it is retribution for what Gator did, killing the old woman.

Dot gets free. She gets the cuffs off her wrists and makes her way to the house. Roy is getting ready for a standoff with the Feds. He sends out a call to all his allies to come to come to his ranch to help him defend his property.

Lorraine finds out that Danish's last known location was the Tillman Ranch. He doesn't pick up when she tries calling him. Lorraine calls in favors and pretty soon the FBI and North Dakota State Police are on their way to the Tillman Ranch. Indira calls Farr, lets him know what's going on, and asks him to save Dot.

Star Trek (1966) 1.12

The Menagerie - Part Two

Kirk and the others continue to watch broadcasts of the Enterprise's visit 13-years earlier to Talos IV. Captain Pike is imprisoned with Vina. He tries to resist the commands of the Talosians who are able to read his mind. Vina does what she can to try and make his imprisonment a happy one but Pike continues to resist.

The crew of the Enterprise try to break into the underground lair where the Talosian's are keeping Captain Pike. The phaser canon they use seems to have no effect although they consider the possibility that it is effective but that the Talosians are using the power of illusion to lead them to believe that it is not.

Doctor Who (1963) 21.06.03

The Caves of Androzani - Part Three

The Doctor escapes while the soldiers and fighting with the monster. Only three of the mercenaries survive the fight with the creature.

Salateen and Peri find Chellak. Salateen explains everything that he knows about his android double. Chellak and Salateen come up with a plan to feed bad information to the android which will then be transmitted to Sharaz Jek.

The mercenaries run into Jek in the caves. He gives them some of the Spectrox then were promised but refuses to give them the rest because they didn't deliver all the weapons that they promised him. Jek instructs them to take the Doctor with them back to Androzani Major.

The Big Lebowski (1998)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore

directed by Joel Coen

117 minutes

Jeff Lebowski (Jeff Bridges), who prefers to be called The Dude, gets roughed up by two thugs who have mistaken him for another Jeff Lebowski, aka the Big Lebowski. The Dude goes to see the Big Lebowski hoping to get some restitution for his rug on which one of the thugs peed.

The Big Lebowski at first doesn't want to have anything to do with the dude but after Bunny, the Big Lebowski's trophy wife, is kidnapped, he asks The Dude to help him out by taking the ransom money to the kidnappers. The Big Lebowski offers to compensate The Dude for completing this task.

Inuyasha 1.22

A Wicked Smile: Kikyo's Wandering Soul

Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku, and Shippo move on after their battle with Naraku. They stop at a mansion where they guard the body of a dead princess from demons. They move on the next day and run into a priest who has had an encounter with Kikyo. Inuyasha takes off when he hears the news. The episode ends with Kagome finding Kikyo.

Thoughts

About half of this episode is devoted to scenes involving Kikyo. The only time that she crosses paths with Kagome or any of the others is at the end of the episode.

Mickey 17 (2025)

Mickey 17 (2025)

starring Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo

directed by Bong Joon-ho

137 minutes

Mickey (Robert Pattinson) and Timo (Steven Yeun) flee Earth aboard a spaceship headed for the distant planet of Niflheim. The spaceship is run by former congressman Kenneth Marshall (Mark Ruffalo) and his wife Ylfa (Toni Collette). Timo gets someone to hook him up with a halfway decent job but Mickey winds up volunteering to be an "expendable" because he is desperate to get away from the loan shark to whom he and Timo owe money.

Solos 1.04

Sasha

Sasha has been living in her home without leaving for 20 years, ever since the virus started to spread. ZEN, her AI companion, tries to talk her into taking a step outside but she is convinced that it is a trick. She refuses all efforts to get her to leave her home.

The Orville 2.07

Deflectors

Kelly breaks up with Cassius. He doesn't take it well. He tries to talk her into taking him back. 

Locar, Bortus' ex, comes aboard the Orville to help upgrade the ship's deflectors. Bortus is not happy to have Locar aboard the Orville. 

Locar expresses an interest in Talla. Locar is attracted to females which is unusual for Moclans. Talla doesn't know how to respond at first but later decides to show Locar the simulator. They step into a simulation of a city in the United States, just after World War 2 has ended. She shows him how to dance.

Talla is called away. She leaves Locar in the simulation. Klyden walks into the simulator after Talla has left and accuses Locar of being disgusting for being interested in females. Locar disappears, soon thereafter, and the simulator playback reveals that Klyden killed Locar.

Talla investigates the death of Locar. She tries to determine what happened and if Klyden was really the killer.

Thoughts

This was another quality episode. It dealt with some heavy material. I thought the performances and character moments were all very good. There weren't as many laughs in this episode as in the previous one.

The Swimming Pool (1968)

The Swimming Pool (1968)

aka La Piscine

starring Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin

directed by Jacques Deray

in French with English subtitles

123 minutes

Marianne (Romy Schneider) and Jean-Paul (Alain Delon) live in a beautiful villa on the Cote d'Azure with a view of the Mediterranean Sea and a beautiful swimming pool. They have been together for more than two years when Harry (Maurice Ronet) and Penelope (Jane Birkin), Harry's 18-year-old daughter, come to visit. Harry and Marianne were romantically involved with a few years before she met Jean-Paul.

Jean-Paul is very possessive of Marianne. Harry is very possessive of Penelope. Things turn sour after Marianne spends a day shopping with Harry and Jean-Paul takes Penelope to the beach, a secluded beach.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.07

Bilko's Big Woman Hunt

Bilko falls in love at first sight after chastising Henshaw about being more loyal to his girlfriend than to him. Bilko loses track of the woman he has fallen for, before he can get her name or find out where he can find her.

Thoughts

The first few minutes of this episode take place at Camp Fremont. Most of the rest of the episode takes pace at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco.

Paul Lynde played the desk clerk at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. I know him best for his guest appearances on shows like Bewitched. This is the first of two appearances he made on The Phil Silvers Show.

This episode, especially the way it all wound up, didn't do a whole lot for me.

Star Trek (1966) 1.11

The Menagerie - Part One

The Enterprise visits Starbase 11 after receiving a message that Captain Christopher Pike wants to see Captain Kirk. No such message was sent from Starbase 11 but Captain Pike is present. 

Captain Pike was incapacitated not long before the Enterprise arrived at Starbase 11. He is confined to a mechanized wheelchair and only able to communicate through the use of a flashing light on the wheelchair which allows him to blink once for YES and twice for NO. Pike, when questioned, indicates that he did not send the message.

Mister Spock served under Captain Pike, aboard the Enterprise before Captain Kirk assumed command. Pike and Spock visited Talos IV thirteen years earlier. Starfleet issued General Order 7, after that visit, which forbids travel to or contact with Talos IV under penalty of death.

Up (2009)

Up (2009)

starring Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai

directed by Pete Docter

96 minutes

Seventy-eight-year-old Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner), soon after his wife Ellie dies, takes off on a journey to visit Paradise Falls in South America. Russell (Jordan Nagai), a Wilderness Explorer Scout, accompanies Carl on the journey, partly by chance and partly because he needs to earn a badge for helping the elderly.

Carl and Russell discover a colorful bird in the vicinity of Paradise Falls. Russell names it Kevin although he later learns that it is a female. They also encounter several talking dogs on their trek to the top of the falls, all but one of whom wants to capture the bird for their master, Charles Muntz (Christopher Plummer).

Adventure Time 4.11

Beyond this Earthly Realm

Finn and Jake are exploring a cave when Finn finds an idol of a lamb. Jake warns him not to touch it. Finn touches the idol and is transported to the spirit realm. He can see Jake but Jake cannot see him.

Finn turns to the Ice King for help when he learns that the Ice King can see him.

Thoughts

This was fun and weird, but not gross or too weird.

Steven Universe 1.08

Serious Steven

Steven goes on his first serious mission with Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. They travel to another dimension where they enter an inverted pyramid in search of another gem.

Thoughts

There are two flashbacks in this episode, both of which are to moments two weeks prior to when most of the episode takes place.

Steven's friends keep telling him that he needs to be serious. He tries but being serious for more than ten or twenty seconds seems to be a challenge for Steven.

This was fun. I liked it.

Fargo 5.08

Blanket

Dot and Roy run into Trooper Farr when she is checking out of the hospital. He recognizes Roy. He asks her if she needs some help but she tells him that she's okay. Gator and two of Roy's other deputies show up and hassle Farr but no one gets injured and Dot winds up leaving with Roy. Farr calls Officer Olmstead after the others have left the hospital and lets her know what he witnessed.

Roy takes Dot back to his place and chains her up in a small building, far from his house. She talks to him, tries to talk him into letting her go but he's made up his mind. Karen, Roy's third wife stops by to remind him about the sheriff debate.

Doctor Who (1963) 21.06.02

The Caves of Androzani - Part Two

Chellak discovers that the Doctor and Peri he had executed were actually androids. The real Doctor and Peri find that they are now prisoners of Sharaz Jek. He explains that they will live with him indefinitely. Neither the Doctor nor Peri is excited by this proposition. Jek is very taken by Peri's beauty.

Jek is at war with Morgus, Chellak's boss. They were once partners but Morgus tried to kill him. Jek survived but is horribly scarred as a result of the attempt on his life. He wants Morgus' dead and until he gets what he wants he plans to keep the miners from reaching the reserves of Spectrox.

Salateen, the real Salateen, brings the Doctor and Peri some gruel. He tells them a bit more about Sharaz Jek. He explains that Jek will probably kill him now that he has Peri and the Doctor but his mood changes when the Doctor complains about cramps. Salateen asks them a couple questions and then explains that they must have been infected when they stepped in Spectrox nest.

Bleach 1.15

Kon's Great Plan

Kon feels underappreciated and runs away from home. He dreams of getting taken in by a cute girl but nothing goes as he hoped it would.

Ichigo tries making peace with Uryū but the archer has no interest in being friends with Ichigo.

A talking cat named Yoruichi visits Urahara's shop. 

Rukia thinks about where things are headed. She worries that someone from the Soul Society will come for her again. The episode ends with her deciding to leave. Two Shinigami watch her from a distance as she leaves the Kurosaki residence and walks down the street, late at night.

XXX (2002)

XXX (2002)

starring Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson

directed by Rob Cohen

125 minutes

YouTube x-treme sports daredevil Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) is blackmailed by Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) into working for the NSA. He is dropped into rural Colombia to test his skills before he is sent on a more serious mission in the Czech Republic. Cage (aka X) is sent to make contact with Anarchy 99, a group of former Russian Special Forces soldiers.

X makes friends with Yorgi (Marton Csokas) the leader of Anarchy 99 and for a little while they are on decent terms. X and Marton's bromance ends about the time that X reveals to Yelena (Asia Argento), one of Yorgi's team, that he is a secret agent. X and Yelena learn about Yorgi's bond villain style plan to sow chaos and kill millions of people.

The Orville 2.06

A Happy Refrain

Claire develops feelings for Isaac. She consults with Kelly and then asks Isaac out on a date. The date goes okay. It ends with them having dinner in one of the simulators but Claire isn't satisfied and doesn't ask for another date.

Isaac gets pointers from John, who has some suggestions as to how to proceed. Isaac puts John's ideas into action and invites Claire out on a date. She shows up and it goes much better than their first date did. 

Isaac decides that he's learned all that he needs from his relationship and decides it is time to end his relationship with Claire. He turns once again to John for advice.

Tokimeki Tonight 1.02

Door to the Demon World

Ranze dreams of Makabe. Her mother walks in and sees her laughing as she sleeps and gets curious. Shiira breaks into Ranze’s dream and sees that it is a human boy thta she is dreaming about and flips out. Ranze flips out when she wakes up and realizes what her mother did. She kicks her mother out of her room and then sneaks down to the basement.

Ranze opens the door to the Demon World. Her plan is to ask the ruler of the Demon World to make her a normal girl so that she can be with Makabe. Something goes wrong after she passes into the Demon World and Ranze winds up back in the human world. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation 3.07

The Enemy

Commander Riker, Lieutenant Commander La Forge, and Lieutenant Worf beam down to Galorndon Core to see if there are any survivors of a Romulan ship which crashed there. They find one but they are operating in a tight window due to storms on the planet's surface. Geordi gets separated and left behind when the window of opportunity closes and his location is unknown.

The Enterprise makes contact with a Romulan warship that is preparing to cross into Federation space to come looking for its missing ship. Captain Picard warns them not to do so and promises to return the survivor whom they found.

The efforts to rescue Geordi continue. Wesley comes up with a way to send a signal through the storm to Geordi. In practice it works but Geordi is unable to respond after he encounters Bochra, another Romulan survivor from the crashed spaceship. Bochra insists on holding Georgi at gun point until it is almost too late.

Star Trek (1966) 1.10

The Corbomite Maneuver

The Enterprise encounters a large, spinning, multi-colored cube while mapping unknown parts of space.  The cube blocks the Enterprise from proceeding further. All attempts to navigate around the cube are similarly blocked.

The cube approaches the Enterprise and emits harmful radiation. The Enterprise opens fire on the cube, destroying it. The Enterprise is recovering from the encounter with the cube when the Fesorius, a ship much larger than the cube or the Enterprise, approaches. A transmission from the the Fesorius reveals that the cube was a buoy and that the Enterprise will be destroyed in 10 minutes because they destroyed the buoy.

Adventure Time 4.10

Goliad

Princess Bubblegum makes a creature to rule when she is dead. She names it Goliad. It is much bigger than she. She lets Finn and Jake teach Goliad but they quickly find out that it has bad instincts and that it has learned from their bad examples. They tell Princess Bubblegum what happened. She gets to work on building another creature (Stormo) to counter Goliad while they keep Goliad distracted.

Thoughts

I enjoyed this episode but it felt like an incomplete story. Maybe Goliad and Stormo will return in a future episode.

Steven Universe 1.07

Bubble Buddies

Steven talks to Connie for the first time. He creates a bubble around them when some falling debris looks like it is about to hit them. Steven doesn't know how to disperse the bubble so they are stuck in the bubble for a while. They go looking for someone to help them pop the bubble.

They wind up in the ocean. The bubble sinks to the bottom but they eventually escape from the bubble and swim back to the surface.

Thoughts

Connie is in the opening credits but I think this is the first time she has been in an episode.

I'm not sure how long the air in a bubble that size would last.

Amethyst and Pearl are eager to meet Steven's new friend but Garnet respects Steven's wishes and drags the other two away.

Fargo 5.07

Linda

The woman in whose house Munch lives has an adult son who comes to visit. He wants money. Munch gives him some but then as the son is leaving Munch comes at him with an axe.

Dot stops for a bite to eat, pancakes. She gets back on the road after her meal. She stops near a wind mill and pulls a post card for Camp Utopia out from under some rocks next to the wind mill. She keeps driving until she finds Camp Utopia.

She's there to find Linda, Roy's first wife. Linda is there. She's the one who runs Camp Utopia. It's a place for women who have escaped abusive relationships. Dot wants Linda to leave with her, to go back and testify against Roy. Linda tells Dot that she needs to do like the rest of the women and make a puppet and use it to tell her story.

Con Air (1997)

Con Air (1997)

starring Nicholas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich

directed by Simon West

116 minutes

Former US Army Ranger Cameron Poe (Nicholas Cage) is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. He gets paroled after eight years but the flight he is on gets taken over by Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (John Malkovich) and a gang of prisoners that he has recruited to help him out.

Poe wants nothing more than to get home but he has to play along in order to survive. US Marshall Vince Larkin (John Cusack) and DEA Agent Duncan Malloy both work to recapture or kill the inmates on the flight. Larkin is convinced that they should trust Poe but Malloy feels otherwise.

Eventually some of Poe's fellow inmates get wise that he hasn't been telling them the truth and his situation becomes considerably more perilous.

Solos 1.03

Jenny

Jenny, dressed like an angel, waits in a room and tries to remember why she is there. She remembers things from her life, about how she wants to have a baby but she and her husband Lazlo have yet to have any success in that area. She talks about how she used to babysit the Tyler, the kid who lived next door, and had a crush on Carl, Tyler's father. She talks about how she lost that job. She talks about the last things she remembers.

Inuyasha 1.21

Naraku's True Identity Unveiled

Kagome goes on a date with Hojo. He can tell she seems distracted. She can't stop thinking about Inuyasha. She ends the date early and runs back to the well.

A shard of the Shikon Jewel falls to the ground during the fight between Inuayasha and Rōyakan. Inuyasha tries to get it but he is too slow. Shippo grabs the shard and runs off, chased by three eyed wolves created by Rōyakan's roar. They chase him back to the blocked up well. He fools them momentarily and then falls in.

Kagome is down in the well in the Modern Era and tries digging her way through. She senses a shard of the Shikon Jewel. Suddenly the shard that Shippo grabbed appears before her. Inuyasha senses the arrival of Kagome. He rushes to the well. Rōyakan follows him. Inuyasha deals with him and the three eyed wolves.

Doctor Who (1963) 21.06.01

The Caves of Androzani - Part One

The Doctor and Peri land in the TARDIS on Androzani Minor. They go for a walk, at the Doctor's suggestion. They follow some tracks that they find which lead them to some caves.

The Doctor and Peri are apprehended by miners who assume that they are arms smugglers because the Doctor and Peri were examining some weapons that they found. They are taken to the leader of the miners, General Chellak. He offers them clemency if they will give up the names of their associates but he later has to rescind that offer when Morgus, his boss, finds out that they caught two smugglers.

The real gun smugglers attack and kill several miners. The Doctor and Peri are taken before a firing squad and prepared for execution. Sharaz Jek, the man whom the miners hate most, watches on a screen as the firing squad lines up the Doctor and Peri and then opens fire.

The Six Million Dollar Man 1.01

Population: Zero

A renegade scientist, Doctor Stanley Bacon, demonstrates the potential of an ultrasonic weapon on the extremely small town of Norris, population 23. Steve Austin, who grew up not far from Norris, goes in to investigate despite orders from Oscar Goldman to stay away from Norris. Steve, not knowing what it is that incapacitated the residents of Norris, goes in wearing his space suit.

Doctor Bacon issues an ultimatum to the US Government demanding ten million dollars or else he will use his ultrasonic weapon on a larger town and that there will be no survivors the second time he strikes. Oscar receives the demand for money. He tries to get authorization to pay up but the higher ups won't approve it.