Better Call Saul 6.01

Wine and Roses

Saul’s home, before he skipped town at the end of Breaking Bad, gets cleaned out by professionals who pack everything up and load it into trucks.

Nacho, on the run, calls Mike who gives him instructions. Lalo shows up at the home of someone he knows where he is offered breakfast and meets up with someone who looks just like him. Jimmy and Kim wake up and get ready for work.

Mike meets with Gus. Mike wants Gus to give the order to go get Nacho. Gus wants to know how it is that Lalo and the strike team sent to kill him could all be dead.

Tales of the Unexpected 1.05

The Landlady

Billy Weaver moves from London to Bath for his job. He finds a room at a bed and breakfast. The landlady seems very nice but then, after Billy sits down to have tea with her, he starts to notice somethings that don't seem quite right. Her dog and her parrot are both stuffed. The two names on the register before his sound familiar. He swears he's heard them before but he can't remember where or when.

Billy starts to feel tired and overheated. He can barely keep his eyes open. The landlady helps him to his room. She puts him in bed, undresses him and then pulls out her tools.

A Man on the Inside 1.03

The Emily Always Rings Twice

Elliott accuses Charles of stealing his expensive wristwatch in front of everyone. Emily comes to visit while Julie is visiting. Charles has to tell Emily about his working relationship with Julie. He is forced to introduce Emily to Didi and says that she is his niece Julie.

Julie (aka fake Emily) leaves but Emily (aka fake Julie) sticks around and helps Charles with his work for Julie. Elliott punches Charles in the nose. Charles learns that Elliott and Virginia were once married. Didi asks the a couple of the employees to see what they can find out about Charles.

Bleach 26 / 2.06

Formation! The Worst Tag

Ichigo's group of six are split into four groups as they fall to the ground. The four grouping are (1) Chad, (2) Orihime and Uryū, (3) Ichigo and Ganju, and (4) Yoruichi. The four groupings each wind up in a different part of the Seireitei. Ganju cushions his and Ichigo's landing by turning the group below them to sand.

Two Shinnigami grom 11th division, Madarame and Ayasegawa quickly find them. Ganju takes off running. Ayasegawa takes off after him. Madarame stays behind to deal with Ichigo.

Star Trek (1966) 1.21

The Return of the Archons

The Enterprise visits the planet Beta III hoping to find any clues as to what happened to the Archon, a spaceship that vanished 100 years prior. A two-man scouting party is sent down to the surface of the planet. Sulu returns acting weird. O'Neil doesn't return. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and three other crew members beam down to the surface of the planet to try and figure out what's going on and find O'Neil. They find a society that acts strangely docile except during the "red hour" when everyone outdoors goes nuts.

Someone named Landru seems to be in charge but before their investigation can go much further Kirk and the rest of the landing party are forced to run and hide. They find a hiding place with some help from Reger, one of the locals who is part of a movement opposed to Landru. They find O'Neil while they are on the run but he has been brainwashed.

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse 1.06

The Time Element

starring William Bendix, Martin Balsam

directed by Allen Reisner

written by Rod Serling

Peter Jenson (William Bendix) goes (in 1958) to see Dr. Gillespie, a psychiatrist (Martin Balsam), and tells him about a recurring dream he’s been having. In the dream, he wakes up in Hawaii on Dec 6, 1941. Jenson believes that what he’s experienced aren’t dreams but time travel.

Jenson, in the dream and possibly reality, had a few too many drinks the night and doesn't realize at first where or when he has woken up. He tells the doctor about trying to tell other people about what’s going to happen the next day, but no one believe him. He keeps trying to tell people about the imminent attack by the Japanese navy until finally someone beats him up for making a scene and getting people agitated.

She's Alive: Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein' (1999)

She's Alive: Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein' (1999)

directed by David J. Skal

39 minutes

This documentary takes a very meticulous look back at The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), from several different angles. The people interviewed for this movie were all people very familiar with the movie or the people involved in the making of the movie. They cover everything from biographical sketches of the top billed actors to the special effects and why James Whale agreed to direct the sequel to Frankenstein (1931), which he also directed.

This is a better than average documentary about the making of a movie. It was both enjoyable and informative. I found it on YouTube.

Tremors: Making Perfection (2020)

Tremors: Making Perfection (2020)

directed by Matthew Snead

30 minutes

This documentary about the making of Tremors (1990) includes interviews with many people involved in the making of the movie, only three of whom were actors. Those three are Kevin Bacon, Michael Gross, and Ariana Richards. Most of the other interviewees were part of the crew including the director, Ron Underwood.

They talk about a number of subjects including

• The location where a fair amount of the filming was done
• The special effects, all of which were practical, including the graboids

Moonlighting 3.06

Big Man on Mulberry Street

David angers Maddie once again, this time for showing up late to a meeting with a client, smelling like booze, and without the photos she promised the client he would have. They argue about it after they get back to the office. Later, David tells Maddie that he has to fly to New York to attend the funeral of his ex-wife's brother.

Maddie and Allyce search David’s desk for wedding pictures, without success. Maddie goes home and has a dream about David which involves him dancing with another woman to the tune of Big Man on Mulberry Street. Towards the end of the dream the woman leaves him and Maddie takes her place.

David hangs out with some friends in New York on the night before the funeral. They talk about Jimmy. David finds Maddie waiting for him when he gets back to his hotel room. She tries to explain why she came to New York. He tells her about his marriage.

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger

directed by James Whale

75 minutes

Doctor Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger) comes to Henry Frankenstein while he is recovering from wounds sustained during the fight with the Monster, towards the end of the Frankenstein (1931). Pretorius suggests that they should work together to make a mate for the Monster. Henry wavers and at first agrees to work with Pretorius.

The Monster kills the parents of the young girl whom he drowned in the previous film. An armed mob hunts down the creature, captures it alive and locks it up, but it escapes. It has a friendly encounter with a blind man who befriends it and teaches it how to speak. The Monster later meets Dr. Pretorius by chance. 

Frankenstein (1931)

Frankenstein (1931)

starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff

directed by James Whale

70 minutes

Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) ignores Elizabeth (Mae Clarke) his fiancée and works in his lab. Using a collection of body parts that he stole with the help of Fritz, his faithful assistant, Henry brings to life a man-like creation (Boris Karloff) which is later described by some as The Monster. 

Henry delights in what he has wrought until his creation kills Fritz and almost kills him. Doctor Waldman, Henry’s mentor, convinces him to abandon his research and return to Elizabeth. Waldman promises to look after and dispose of The Monster.

Star Trek: The Next Generation 3.26

The Best of Both Worlds

The Enterprise arrives at Jouret IV after receiving a distress call from the colony located on the planet. Commander Riker beams down with Lieutenant Commander La Forge, Lieutenant Commander Data, and Lieutenant Worf only to discover that the Starfleet colony is gone.

Lieutenant Commander Shelby, an expert in the Borg, joins the investigation into what happened. She settles in on the Enterprise and takes part in a poker game hosted by Commander Riker. The next day she gets on Riker’s nerves when she and Data beam down to Jouret IV without telling Riker. She and Data find evidence that confirms that the Borg have been on Jouret IV.

Tremors (1990)

Tremors (1990)

starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward

directed by Ron Underwood

96 minutes

The residents of the extremely small town of Perfection, NV find themselves under attack by giant worms. Handymen Val McKee (Kevin Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Fred Ward) lead the towns people in their fight against the slithering and burrowing creatures.

Thoughts

The creatures are pretty gross looking but for the most part I found this movie to be more humorous than scary.

Teen Titans 4.10

Mother Mae-Eye

An evil witch named Mother Mae-Eye brainwashes the Teen Titans with a pie that they consume. She keeps them enthralled. Is isn't until Starfire is hit on the head and remembers who she really is (and sees what's going on) that she is able to try and set things right.

Mother Mae-Eye doesn't approve of Starfire's rebellious tact and does what she can to try and bring Starfire, whom she calls Twinklestar, back in line. Starfire proves to be a little too much for Mother Mae-Eye to handle. Starfire wakes her teammates up from the brainwashed state they are in and together they deal with Mother Mae-Eye and her army of gingerbread men.

The Darkroom 1.03.B

Siege of 31 August

starring Ronny Cox, Gail Strickland

directed by Peter Crane

Neil (Ronny Cox), a farmer who is also a veteran of the war in Vietnam, wants Ben, his 11-year-old son, to go to a military academy. Ben is eager to go. Helen (Gail Strickland), Ben's mother, doesn't want him to go. 

Neil buys Ben some toy soldiers. Weird things start happening. Ben asks his father about a village in Vietnam that he should know nothing about. A miniature model of the Vietnamese village mysteriously appears. More toy soldiers show up overnight.

Neil loses his cool. He gets into a fight with the toy soldiers that have come to life. He dies in an explosion.

The Outer Limits (1963) 1.04

The Man with the Power

starting Donald Pleasance

directed by Laslo Benedek

College professor Harold J. Finley (Donald Pleasance) gets a job working for a government project that is planning to mine asteroids. He had an operation on his brain which left him with ability to manipulate electro magnetic forces. Vera, his wife disapproves. Dean Radcliffe, his boss at the college, forbids him from doing outside work but Finley doesn’t care what they think. He subconsciously uses the power to injure Vera and kill Dean Radcliffe.

Star Trek: The Next Generation 6.06

True Q

The Enterprise is picking up supplies at Starbase 112 when Amanda Rogers, the Enterprise’s newest intern, boards joins the crew. They are headed for Tagra IV, a planet with serious environmental issues.

Amanda gets to know the Enterprise as she interacts with Dr. Crusher, Commander Riker, Lieutenant Commander La Forge, and Lieutenant Commander Data. Without anyone knowing it she saves Riker from injury by preventing a large container from falling on him. The ship’s engines go critical while Amanda is visiting Engineering. She does something that resets the engine back to normal but this time Geordi and Data witness what she does.

Butterfly 1.03

Busan

David, Rebecca, Eunju, and Minhee get to a safehouse in Busan. It is Minhee's birthday. Rebecca (reluctantly at first) bonds with her younger half-sister. David makes plans to get them out of the country but Gun finds David's contact and figures out what David's next step is going to be.

Oliver convinces Juno, his mother, that he should be in on the capture of David and Rebecca. Oliver, Gun, and some of Juno's men show up at the market where David was supposed to pick up fake passports that would help them get out of the country.

David figures out what it going on and runs back to the house. He tells Rebecca and Eunju that they have to get out of there. The quartet makes their way to the docks and find a ship that will take them to a nearby island. The ship's crew needs a few minutes to get things ready but Oliver, Gun, and the others close in on the docks as they wait.

David and Rebecca don't wait for others to attack them. They take the fight to them. David kills first Gun and then Oliver.

The Night Stalker (1972)

The Night Stalker (1972)

starting Darren McGavin

directed by John Llewellyn Moxey

74 minutes

Freelance reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) starts to work on a story in Las Vegas, NV about a series of impossible seeming murders. The victims are all women and are all found drained of their blood.

The district attorney, the chief of police, and sheriff hold a press conference. Kolchak asks if the killer might be a vampire. The D.A. and the sheriff tell him not to start spreading rumors. The editor of the local newspaper tells Kolchak to drop the story but he continues to see what he can find. Another women is killed in a similar manner to the others and fifth one disappears. 

Noir City DC 2025

Noir City DC 2025

The theme of this year's edition of Noir City DC was When Winsome Women Turn Wicked. Twenty-four films were shown. I made it to twelve of them, six of the screenings I saw were introduced by Foster Hirsch, four by Alan K. Rode, and two were without introduction because I saw them on weekdays.

Week 1

Friday

• Raw Deal (1984)
• Murder, My Sweet (1944)
• The Narrow Margin (1952)

Saturday

• The Prowler (1951)

Sunday

• Tension (1949)
• Mary Ryan, Detective (1949)

Monday

• Out of the Past (1947)
• Hell's Half Acre (1954)

Week 2

Saturday

• 99 River Street (1953)
• The Long Wait (1954)

Sunday

• Cry Danger (1951)
• Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)

My favorites from the first weekend were The Narrow Margin (1951) and Tension (1949). My standout favorite from the second weekend was Cry Danger (1951).

I had plans to see a few more films than I did but twelve was considerably more than I usually watch in a span of 10 days. I hope that they work at least a few foreign films into the schedule next year. I look forward to Noir City DC 2026.

For more about movies I've seen at prior editions of Noir City DC see the following posts

• Noir City DC 2024
• Noir City DC 2023
• Noir City DC 2022

Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)

Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)

starring Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran

directed by Felix Feist

90 minutes

Bill Clark (Steve Cochran), murdered his father when he was just 13 years old. He gets out of prison after spending almost 20 years behind bars. He moves to New York City where he meets Catherine Higgins (Ruth Roman). She doesn't want much to do with him at first but they wind up fleeing the Big Apple together after she shoots and kills a corrupt police officer.

Catherine convinces Steve, who was unconscious at the time she pulled the trigger, that he's the one who killed the cop. She eventually grows to like him as they hitchhike from New York to California where they become migrant laborers. He picks lettuce and she works in the factory where the lettuce is cleaned and prepared for shipping. Everything seems to be looking up for them until his picture surfaces in a magazine article that offers a $1,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

Cry Danger (1951)

Cry Danger (1951)

starring Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, William Conrad

directed by Robert Parrish

79 minutes

Rocky Mulloy (Dick Powell), fresh out of prison, tries to pick up his life where it left off. He was behind bars for five years. He tries to look after Nancy Morgan (Rhonda Fleming), the wife of his friend Danny, who is still behind bars.

Rocky figures he is owed a cut of the stolen money that got him sent to prison. He goes to Louis Castro (William Conrad) figuring that the bookie has the stolen loot hidden somewhere. Castro is less than accommodating and his attempt to "help" Rocky gets the ex-con picked up by the police for flashing lots of cash around town.

Rocky eventually finds out what's going on but not before at least one person is killed and his buddy winds up in the hospital in critical condition.

The Long Wait (1954)

The Long Wait (1954)

starring Anthony Quinn, Gene Evans, Peggie Castle, Mary Ellen Kay

directed by Victor Saville

94 minutes

Johnny McBride (Anthony Quinn) loses his memory in a car accident. Two years pass and he still has yet to figure out who he was before the accident. Following a trail of information that begins (unknown to him) with a picture from a wanted poster, Johnny makes his way to Lyncastle. There he quickly finds out that he is wanted for murder. He beats the murder rap but he still doesn't remember who he is.

99 River Street (1953)

starring John Payne, Evelyn Keyes

directed by Phil Karlson

83 minutes

Cabbie Ernie Driscoll (John Payne) finds out that his wife is cheating on him. When he goes to try and reconcile with her he finds her dead, in his cab. Aspiring Broadway actress Linda James (Evelyn Keyes) uses her acting chops to help him figure out who killed his wife and catch up to them.

Thoughts

I saw this movie as part of the 2025 edition of the Noir City DC film festival.

Wonder Woman 1.13

Wonder Woman in Hollywood

Steve Trevor is sent to Hollywood by General Blankenship who wants him to be one of a few war heroes to appear in a war movie. Diana Prince goes with Steve. She doesn't have much to do while Steve is busy but she saves Steve from a lighting rig that almost falls on him. She also rescues Corporal Ames, one of the other war heroes who almost gets kidnapped.

Drusilla, Diana's sister, is sent by the Queen to get Diana to return to Paradise Island for the upcoming bi-millennial celebration. Dru arrives just in time to see Wonder Woman rescue Corporal Ames.

Diana, Dru, Steve, and Corporal Ames go to a party thrown by the film's producer, Mark Bremer. There they meet two more war heroes who are scheduled to be in the movie: Lieutenant Bill Rand (US Navy) and Sergeant Harry Willard (US Marine Corps). Lieutenant Rand gets kidnapped during the party and Mark Bremer is revealed to be a Nazi, but only to the audience.

Tales from the Crypt 1.05

Lover Come Hack to Me

Starting Amanda Plummer, Stephen Shellen

directed by Tom Holland

Peggy (Amanda Plummer) and Charles (Stephen Shellen) get married. He’s marrying her because she’s filthy rich. Her reasons for getting married are a bit more unclear but presumably she loves him. They wind up at a strange abandoned mansion on their wedding night, by accident. It is a dark and rainy night. They consummate their love in the master bedroom.

Charles falls asleep and has a strange dream about her parents. He wakes up and discovers that there was some truth to the dream, just before Peggy kills him with a large axe. 

Star Trek (1966) 1.20

Court Martial

An inquiry into the death of Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Finney (the records officer on board the Enterprise) is conducted at Starbase 11. Finney died while the Enterprise was caught in an ion storm. Kirk insists that he had the ship at Red Alert just before Finney was killed but the ship’s records indicate that the ship was at Yellow Alert. Commodore Stone concludes that Captain Kirk committed perjury and may be guilty of willful negligence in the death of Finney.

Commodore Stone suggests Kirk be relieved of command and transferred to a ground assignment. Kirk balks at the suggestion which leads Stone to point out that the only other option is a general court martial.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.06

Salvage

starring Gene Barry, Nancy Gates

directed by Justus Addiss

Lois Williams (Nancy Gates) fears the return of Dan Varrell (Gene Barry). She talked his brother Ritchie into robbing a bank and then when she was questioned by the police she panicked and told them where Ritchie could be found. Ritchie was killed by the cops when he pulled a gun on them.

Hell's Half Acre (1954)

Hell's Half Acre (1954)

starring Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester

directed by John H. Auer

90 minutes

Donna Williams (Evelyn Keyes) travels to Hawaii in search of Chet Chester (Wendell Corey), whom she believes might be her husband whom she thought was killed at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. She knew him as Randy Williams. They were only married for three days before he was shipped off to Hawaii.

Donna's quest gets sidetracked when Chet's girlfriend is killed. He had been arrested for the murder of a former business partner but Chet escapes from the police after identifying her body.

Out of the Past (1947)

Out of the Past (1947)

starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas

directed by Jacques Tourneur

97 minutes

Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas) hires private investigator Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) to find Kathie Moffatt (Jane Greer). She shot Whit and ran off with $40,000 of Whit's money. Jeff finds her in Acapulco. He falls for Kathie and they are getting ready to run off together to South America when Whit unexpectedly shows up in Acapulco.

Jeff lies to Whit, tells him that he couldn't find Kathie, and then Jeff and Kathie run off together. They have fun together but their relationship falls apart after she shoots and kills Fisher, Jeff's former business partner. She runs away, leaving Jeff to dispose of Fisher's body.

Mary Ryan, Detective (1949)

Mary Ryan, Detective (1949)

starring Marsha Hunt, John Litel, June Vincent

directed by Abby Berlin

68 minutes

Policewoman Mary Ryan (Marsha Hunt) is assigned by Captain Billings (John Litel), her boss, to some undercover work. The first part of her assignment has her being placed in a prison cell with a known thief.

Intel she picks up from the thief leads her to a ring of thieves who steal jewelry from rich people. That gig leads to her losing contact with the police department and working for a larger operation that is based out of a turkey farm.

Tension (1949)

Tension (1949)

starring Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan

directed by John Berry

91 minutes

Drugstore manager Warren Quimby's (Richard Basehart) marriage to Claire (Audrey Totter) is on the rocks. She regularly goes out with other men. She leaves him and moves in with Barney Deager, one of those men, which pushes him into desperate territory. 

Warren gets another apartment and establishes himself there under the identity of Paul Sothern. He claims to be a traveling salesman and only stays in the second apartment on weekends. His plan is to kill Barney Deager and have everyone think that it is Paul Sothern that did it.

The Prowler (1951)

The Prowler (1951)

starring Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes

directed by Joseph Losey

92 minutes

Police Officer (and general no goodnik) Webb Garwood (Van Heflin) wins over lonely housewife Susan Gilvray. He covets the success she has achieved by marrying a rich man. They start an affair which ends after he murders her husband, makes it look like an accident, and then convinces her to marry him.

Webb's plans hit a snag when on their honeymoon Susan tells him that she is pregnant, with his baby. There's no possibility of passing it off as her first husband's child because he was incapable of fathering a child.

Teen Titans 4.09

Overdrive

Cyborg decides that he needs an upgrade so that he can get even more stuff done. He installs a new computer chip in his operating system. the MAX-7. His teammates are stunned by how much faster and more efficient it makes Cyborg. He takes down Adonis, the next supervillain they battle, singlehandedly. 

The Narrow Margin (1952)

The Narrow Margin (1952)

starring Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White

directed by Richard Fleischer

71 minutes

Detective Sergeant Walter Brown (Charles McGraw) escorts Mrs. Neall (Marie Windsor), the wife of a deceased mob boss, from Chicago to Los Angeles so that she can provide testimony to a grand jury. They travel by train and are pursued by at least two hit men who are aboard the same train as them.

Brown flirts with Ann Sinclair (Jacqueline Sinclair), another passenger on the train who is traveling with her young son and a nanny.

Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Murder, My Sweet (1944)

starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley

directed by Edward Dmytryk

95 minutes

Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) finds himself caught between opposing forces when he tries to work two different cases only to discover that they are interrelated. First, Moose Malloy hires Marlowe to find Velma, his girlfriend from years ago. Second, less that a day later, Lindsay Marriott hires Marlowe to help him facilitate the payment of a ransom for a stolen necklace.

Marriott turns up dead. Marlowe gets knocked out and gets caught between various parties who want the missing jade necklace. One of those parties is Helen Grayle (Claire Trevor) the rightful owner of the missing necklace, who hires him to find it but then pulls a disappearing act.

Raw Deal (1948)

Raw Deal (1948)

starring Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt

directed by Anthony Mann

79 minutes

Pat (Claire Trevor) helps Joe (Dennis O'Keefe), her boyfriend, break out of prison. They have to abandon their car when it runs out of gas. They turn to Ann (Marsha Hunt), Joe's attorney for help. She tries to encourage Joe to return to prison but that's out of the question as far as he and Pat are concerned.

Joe and Pat take Marsha with them as they head for San Francisco. They have tickets on a ship that's headed to South America. Joe has plans to stop and see Rick (Joe's business partner who managed to evade capture when Joe went to prison) on his way to Frisco. Rick hears about Joe's escape from prison and sends some of his men to kill Joe.

Tales of the Unexpected 1.04

Lamb to the Slaughter

starring Susan George, Brian Blessed

directed by John Davies

Mary Marney (Susan George) comes home from the local market and finds Patrick, her husband, dead. She calls the police. Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan (Brian Blessed) is in charge of the team that shows up. 

The team of policemen survey the scene and determine that Patrick Marnie must have been killed by a blow to the head. There is no sign of forced entry and no one's fingerprints are found except Mary's and Patrick's.

Mary tells them what she recalls but she doesn't tell them everything. She leaves out the part where Patrick told her that he was leaving her for another woman and the part where she bashed him over the head with a frozen leg of lamb.

She cooks the leg of lamb while the policemen are working. She invites them to have some. They haven't had a chance to eat dinner and are more than happy to dig in.

Bleach 25 / 2.05

Penetrate the Center with an Enormous Bombshell?

Kūkaku lauches Ichigo, Ganju, Inoue, Yoruichi, Chad, and Uryū in a giant cannonball using Flower Crane Archery Second Style. Ganju takes control of guiding them towards the Seireitei but he and Ichigo get to arguing so much that he is unable to concentrate.

The canonball crashes into the shield that protects the Seireitei. It breaks through and everyone is separated as the cannonball loses its shape. They fall in different directions as Shinnigami captains, lieutenants, and others watch from below.

Thoughts

I didn't remember that that Ichigo and the others would enter the Seireitei quite so soon after they arrived in the Soul Society. Yoruichi warned them that they needed to stick together so naturally the first thing that happened is that they got split up.

The Long Season 1.12

Episode 12

Hualin, 1997. Family and friends come over to Wang Xiang and Luo Meisu's apartment after Wang's body has been found. Xiang fusses over where to hang the picture of Wang. Meisu doesn't want to talk to him.

Ma Desheng stops by during the meal. He talks briefly to Xiang in private. He explains that all evidence seems to indicate that Wang committed suicide. Xiang refuses to accept that.

Ma Desheng returns to the office, dressed in a uniform. He wants to take a look at the case again but his boss has the file and refuses to give it to him. His boss tells him that he needs to get back to work. Ma Desheng takes off his uniform and quits.

Doctor Who (1963) 12.05.01

Revenge of the Cybermen - Part One

The Doctor, Sarah, and Harry arrive in the aft control room on Space Station Nerva. It is much earlier in time than when they left. The TARDIS isn't there. The Doctor decides that they should have a look around while they wait for the TARDIS to catch up to them. 

They head for the forward control room. Walking through the hallways they discover dead bodies everywhere. They encounter a locked door. The Doctor unlocks it which trips a silent alarm.

The only other humans aboard Nerva are talking things over when the alarm goes off. Three of them are crew and the other is a civilian. Commander Stevenson and Lester take weapons and head for the forward control room.

Star Trek (1966) 1.19

Tomorrow is Yesterday

Earth, late 1960s. US Air Force jets are scrambled to investigate the sighting of a UFO, which turns out to be the USS Enterprise. The first pilot on the scene, USAF Captain John Christopher is beamed aboard when his jet starts to break up. He is treated as a guest but Captain Christopher attempts to escape. Captain Kirk catches him before he can get away. Spock's research reveals that Christopher’s son will command a future mission to Saturn.

Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Sulu beam down to recover evidence of the Enterprise’s visit to the 20th century. Military Police capture Kirk. Sulu beams back to the Enterprise with the stolen audio and video evidence. Spock, Sulu, and Captain Christopher beam back down to rescue Captain Kirk.

The Twilight Zone (1959) 1.04

The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

starring Ida Lupino, Martin Balsam

directed by Michael Leisen

Barbara Jean Trenton (Ida Lupino), aging and past her prime movie star, spends most of her time sitting at home watching her old movies. She dreams of returning to that life but doesn't think that it's possible until Danny Weiss (Martin Balsam), her agent, arranges for a meeting with a studio head.

Barbara takes the meeting but quickly discovers that they don't want her to star in a movie. They want her to play a supporting role. She walks out indignant.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

starring Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutake Itakura

directed by Mamoru Hosoda

98 minutes

Seventeen year old Makoto Konno (Riisa Naka) spends most of her time hanging out with her two guy friends Chiaki Mamiya (Takuya Ishida) and Kousuke Tsuda (Mitsutake Itakura). Life takes a dramatic turn for her when she discovers one day, after almost getting hit by a train, that she has jumped backward in time.

She experiments with the ability that she has discovered. She changes the past which alters her life in big and small ways, and the lives of others around her.

A Man on the Inside 1.02

The Man Who Knew Too Much About Bridges

Charles gets to know a lot of the other residents at the retirement community. He goes to happy hour with a bunch of the residents. He drinks a lot and smokes some marijuana. He gets the impression that his cover has been blown but later figures out that's not the case.

Charles has dinner with Virginia. He tries talking to Helen Cubbler, the woman whose necklace was stolen but she gets nervous and pulls the alarm. The episode ends with another theft. This time it is a valuable watch.

Wonder Woman 1.12

The Bushwhackers

Texas cattleman JP Hadley, who has been selling a lot of his cattle to the US Government to support the war efforts, keeps losing cattle to rustlers. The local police aren’t much help so he calls an old friend in Washington, DC, General Blankenship. The General sends Major Steve Trevor to the Diamond H Ranch to help out JP. Wonder Woman follows Steve in her invisible airplane.

The cattle rustlers get word about Major Trevor from Jeff Hadley, JP's son. JP recently adopted five war orphans and Jeff feels as though his father doesn't have time for him anymore. The cattle rustlers trap Steve while he is driving to the Diamond H Ranch from nearby Kelly AFB. Wonder Woman, with the help of Charlie, one of the war orphans, rescues Steve from the trap. 

The Darkroom 1.03.A

Needlepoint

starring Esther Rolle, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

directed by Paul Lynch

A man (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) visita an old woman (Esther Rolle) out in the woods in Louisiana. He tells her that he's been experiencing terrible pain for about three weeks. He knows she's behind it. She tells him that it is because her granddaughter died three weeks ago. He says he did nothing to harm her granddaughter.

She pulls out a doll and sticks it with a pin. He cries out in pain. He strangles her but then hears someone coming. He runs off. He thinks he's got away but then he starts to experience great pain again. The woman's dog is tearing at the doll and then buries it. The man is found dead from asphyxiation.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.21

Bilko's Sharpshooter

Sgt Bilko thinks that her found a sharpshooter (Pvt Emile Schneider) to beat Sgt Ritzik's sharpshooter (Pvt Pete Masters). He soon discovers that the shooting he witnessed wasn't the handy-work of Schneider but of WAC Pvt Polly Porter.

Porter is about to get transferred to a base in Texas until Bilko finds out that she is the real sharpshooter. He arranges for a contest between her and Ritzik's sharpshooter but things don't go exactly as planned after Porter and Masters start making eyes at one another and missing every shot that they take.

The Long Season 1.11

Episode 11

106 minutes

Hualin, 1997. Wang Xiang breaks into the space where Wu Feijun lived. He finds something and takes it with him. He takes it to police HQ but Ma Desheng isn't there.

Wang Yang convinces his mother to untie him. She feeds him. He then tricks her, locks her in his room, and takes off. Xiang comes home and berates Luo Meisu for letting their son get away.

Ma Desheng goes to see Shen Dongliang. He asks him questions about Shen Mo. Shen Dongiang catches on to the fact that Ma Desheng is fishing for answers and laughs at him. Ma Desheng beats him up.

Star Trek: The Next Generation 1.25

The Neutral Zone

Data and Worf investigate an old spaceship from 20th century Earth while Captain Picard attends a meeting on Starbase 718.  Data and Worf find three humans in suspended animation on the spaceship. They bring them back to the Enterprise where Dr. Crusher examines them and then revives them. She cures them of medical problems before reviving them.