True Detective 1.07

After You've Gone

Rust and Marty talk over a few beers. Rust explains that he feels that they have unfinished business. He is referring to the case of Dora Lange. Rust is convinced that there was a third man in addition to Reggie and Dewall Ledoux, and he might still be out there. Rust's word and his impressions aren't enough to convince Marty. It isn't until Rust shows Marty some evidence he stole from one of the Reverend Tuttle's homes, some pretty horrific stuff, that Marty gets on board.

Marty goes to see Maggie. He asks about their girls. He also wants to know about what she told Detectives Gilbough and Papania. Later in the episode she goes to see Rust.

The Trouble with Harry (1955)

The Trouble with Harry (1955)

starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Shirley MacLaine

directed by Alfred Hitchcock

99 minutes

Captain Wiles (Edmund Gwen) is out hunting in the woods in Vermont when he runs across the body of Harry Worp. He assumes that he must have shot the man accidentally. He tries to hide the body but people keep running across it while he watches from behind a tree trunk. Miss Gravely (Mildred Natwick) is one of them. The captain is trying to drag the body into the woods when she shows up. They chat, make a date, and then she goes on her way.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.28

Ritzik Goes Civilian

Sgt Ritzik gets out of the Army earlier than Bilko anticipated. Bilko can't stand to see him go, for the usual reason: one less person with whom to gamble. Mrs. Ritzik has her husband take out a loan against his life insurance policy and buy a road side diner. The venture does not prove successful. Bilko shows up just in time to help out Rupert and Emma. He talks the man who sold them the diner into repaying the Ritziks or else get a lot of bad publicity for ripping off an army veteran. 

Thoughts

There was a dream sequence in which Bilko, influenced by something Henshaw and Barbella told him, dreams that everyone he knows is poor but he is rich. It looked like A Christmas Carol, but without Christmas. Colonel Hall and some of the men from Bilko's platoon (Fender, Mullen, Paparelli) show up in the dream sequence.

This was fun. I enjoyed this episode. It wasn't great but it works.

The Wrong Man (1956)

The Wrong Man (1956)

starring Henry Fonda, Vera Miles

directed by Alfred Hitchcock

105 minutes

Jazz musician Manny Balestrero (Henry Fonda), goes to inquire about borrowing some money against his wife Rose's (Vera Miles) insurance policy. She needs some dental work and the Balestreros are short on cash. Not long after that he is accused of robbing the insurance company at gun point, as well as several other businesses in his neighborhood.

The employees who were present at the time of the robberies, most notably the ones at the insurance company, all insist that he was the robber. The police arrest and charge him with the crimes. Rose, plus his sister and brother-in-law, rally around him and get him out on bail.

Star Trek (1966) 1.27

The Alternative Factor

The Enterprise is rocked by an phenomenon of unknown origin that almost destroys the universe. Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock descend to the planet they were observing when the phenomenon occurred to investigate something that appears to have materialized on the planet at the same that the phenomenon occurred.

Kirk and Spock find Lazarus, an injured man on the planet. They take him back to the Enterprise where he is attended to by Dr. McCoy. Once the man has recovered he explains to Kirk what he was doing on the planet, about his fight with a thing that destroyed the world from which he came.

Doctor Who (1963) 12.X

Tom Baker in Conversation

(with Matthew Sweet)

65 minutes

The interview is divided into 6 segments with the following titles

1. Bill Slater’s Wife 
2. God Willing
3. Friends in Space
4. Less Than Perfect
5. Diminishing, Returns
6. Curating

Schitt's Creek 5.03

The Plant

Alexis arranges to bring in Emir Kaplan, a travel blogger, to review the motel. Stevie pretends to be a guest at the motel so that she can talk to Emir about how much she loves the motel. Emir and Stevie get along, have a meal together, and then she decides that she can't continue to pretend. She tells him the truth.

Jocelyn feels overwhelmed with being the mother of an infant and left our of the Jazzagals.

Patrick decides that he needs a new place. He brings David along which he misinterprets to mean that Patrick wants them to move in together.

Thoughts

This episode was a lot of fun. I enjoyed all three subplots. All three made me laugh.

Four Star Playhouse 1.06

The Island

starring David Niven

directed by Robert Florey

George Masterson, the owner of a South Pacific island and the company that employs most of the natives, is suspicious of Dr. Sydney Bartel (David Niven), the company doctor assigned to the island. George gives Sydney a couple days to clear out but then George gets sick. He needs Dr. Bartel's help to recover and tries to keep Dr. Martel from treating him. Dr. Bartel sedates and treats George, thus saving his life. 

Thoughts

I wasn't terribly moved or impressed by this story. It isn't bad but I didn't find the central conflict to be engaging.

Bleach 36 / 2.16

Kenpachi Zaraki Approaches!

Tenth Squad Lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto visits Fifth Squad Lieutenant Momo Hinamori while she sits in her jail cell. Rangiku brings her the last thing that Captain Aizen wrote before he was murdered. Rangiku offers Momo some advice about proper behavior given the current circumstances. Momo starts to read the note after Rangiku leaves.

Ichigo, Ganju, and Hanataro are overwhelmed by the spiritual pressure they feel. They try running from it but it gets them nowhere and merely exhausts them. Ichigo stops when he hears someone calling to him, Eleventh Squad Captain Kenpachi Zaraki. He looks up and sees Zaraki. He turns to Ganju and tells him to get out of there with Hanataro and go find Rukia, so that they can rescue her.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.13

The Cheney Vase

starring Patricia Collinge, Darren McGavin

directed by Robert Stevens

Lyle Endicott (Darren McGavin) is fired by his boss. He wiggles his way into a job as a caretaker for Martha Cheney (Patricia Collinge), an elderly artist who is confined to a wheelchair. She has a vase that is extremely valuable. He wants to get his hands on the vase. He takes over her life in the hopes of stealing the vase, killing her (if necessary), and selling it to someone in Germany (who is willing to pay top dollar for it).

Crash Landing on You 1.07

Episode 7

Se-ri misses her flight out of North Korea. Instead she drives Jeong-Hyuk to the nearest hospital and stays there while is operated on and then convalesces. Seung-jun wonders what happened to Se-ri. He runs into Seo-dan in the village where Jeong-hyuk lives. She is there looking for Jeong-hyuk. 

Cho Cheol-gang hears about the incident on the road. Once his people have found Jeong-hyuk he goes to the hospital to arrest him. Jeong-hyuk's father, who is a high level government official, shows up just in time to prevent Cheol-gang from arresting his son.

Se-ri sticks around as long as she dares but eventually leaves the hospital with Seung-jun, barely avoiding running into Cheol-gang. Seo-dan finds out who Se-ri really is. Se-ri's parents have her declared dead and one of her brother's placed in charge of the family business.

Moonlighting 3.09

The Straight Poop

Rona Barrett visits the office of the Blue Moon Detective Agency. She brings a camera crew with her. She wants to get to the bottom of what's going on in the office, between David and Maddie. She tries interviewing David but he tells her that he will need to talk to Maddie. Rona Barrett relents and goes to talk to Maddie. She asks Maddie about her relationship with David, how they met, how things are going between them, and how she feels about him.

Rona Barrett leaves Maddie's office and talks to Agnes DiPesto for a few minutes. She asks her what it's like working for Maddie and David and about her relationship with the two of them. She goes to see David after talking to Agnes. She asks him about what it's like working with Maddie.

Double Indemnity (1944)

Double Indemnity (1944)

starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson

directed by Billy Wilder

107 minutes

Insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) teams up with Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck), the unhappy second wife of one of his clients to murder her husband and collect the loot. Everything goes to plan up to a point. Neff murders her husband and then they dump the body in such a way as to make it look like he fell from a moving train.

Walter's boss, Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson), suspects foul play. His investigation into the death of Mr. Dietrichson causes the murderous pair to ultimately turn on one another.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.27

Bilko the Butler

Bilko goes to the USO in the hopes of getting invited to the home of a rich family and marrying their daughter. He gets invited to the home of a rich family for a meal but the invitation comes from the butler. The family isn't home at the time.

Things start to look up for Bilko after he volunteers to help the butler and the made serve at a big dinner. He overhears a big stock tip and runs to the phone and calls Barbella and Henshaw. The stock turns out to be no good but he can't reach them to tell them to avoid investing the money.

Thoughts

Colonel Hall wasn't in this episode. Most of the other regulars on this show only showed up very briefly at the beginning and end of this episode.

This was a fun episode. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Bilko at his best.

Steven Universe 1.34

Watermelon Steven

Steven accidentally creates a bunch of watermelons that look like people. He doesn't know what to do with them. Something Greg says makes him decide to sell them. He sets up a table on the boardwalk. Pretty soon he has sold all but one of them. That's when he learns that the watermelons are sentient. They all start coming to life. Steven runs around town getting the watermelons back from the people he took them from.

Thoughts

This is a weird episode. I'm not sure what to make of it. I laughed a few times but I wouldn't call it a favorite or even say that it is an upper tier episode.

Adventure Time 5.07

Davey

Finn changes his appearance and starts calling himself Davey to avoid having to deal with some of his fans. Jake doesn't like it. He tries to get Finn to revert to his old self by pretending to be a criminal but that just gets Jake arrested. Finn, still disguised as Davey, rescues Jake from jail and then then reverts to being Finn.

Thoughts

Finn's disguise made him look like a balding middle aged man.

I like this episode. It made me laugh.

Star Trek: Lower Decks 2.03

We'll Always Have Tom Paris

Tendi and Mariner go on a mission to retrieve a family heirloom for Doctor T'Ana. It is their first mission together. They get the heirloom but then Mariner breaks it. They go to great lengths to try and get it fixed. Their plan falls apart and they return to the Cerritos with the broken heirloom.

Boimler isn't recognized by the ship's computer. He goes to great lengths to get around on board the ship without it recognizing him. He can't even get doors to open for him. He has a commemorative plate that he wants Tom Paris to sign but by the time Boimler meets Lieutenant Paris he (Boimler) looks kind of odd and Paris beats him up because he thinks that Boimler is an intruder.

True Detective 1.06

Haunted Houses

Marty beats up the two young men who were caught having sex with his daughter. He seems to gives them an option before he does it: take the beating or else get charged with statutory rape. They seem hesitant so he makes the decision for them.

Rust continues to investigate cold cases, in 2002, cases that he thinks might be linked to the murder of Dora Lange. He gets in trouble for doing that. He doesn't get Marty involved in or keep him apprised of what he is doing. Among the people he talks to are the girl who they found locked up in Ledoux's home and the revival tent minister from the third episode. Eventually he gets in trouble with Salter, their boss, for working these cases on the side.

Taken (2008)

Taken (2008)

starring Liam Neeson

directed by Pierre Morel

94 minutes

Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) decides, despite having lots of doubts, to let his daughter Kim go to Paris with her friend Amanda. Kim says she wants to visit the museums in Paris but actually she and Amanda have plans to spend their time overseas traveling around Europe to see U2 concerts. Kim and Amanda are kidnapped, not long after they arrive in Paris. The people who kidnapped them have no interest in ransoming them. They just want to sex traffic them to whomever will pay them the most money.

Studio One 5.34

The Laugh Maker

starring Jackie Gleason, Art Carney

directed by Paul Nickell

Reporter Bill Berkson (Art Carney) is sent to Hollywood to write a profile of a rising star, comedian Jerry Giles (Jackie Gleason). Berkson and Giles don't exactly click. Berkson sees how things go for Giles on and off camera. He's there when Giles gets his big break and sees how he treats people. Giles loves to be loved and it annoys him when Berkson doesn't laugh at his jokes.

Berkson continues to follow Giles around as he starts to work on his television show. The assistant director on the show is Peggy Trent, who used to be in a relationship with Bill. He tries to renew that relationship but she is more interested in her career. She doesn't care for Giles at first but once she sees him do something nice for a friend of hers she changes her attitude toward Jerry.

Bleach 35 / 2.15

Aizen Assassinated! The Darkness which Approaches

Fifth Squad's Lieutenant Momo Hinamori screams when she sees Captain Aizen dead, pinned to the wall. She remembers what Tenth Squad's Captain Tōshirō Hitsugaya told her the day before about Third Squad Captain Gin Ichimaru. She attempts to strike Ichimaru down but Third Squad Lieutenant Izuru Kira steps between her and his captain and parries her strike. Momo unleashes her Zanpakutō. Izuru quickly follows suit but Captain Hitsugaya steps in and breaks up the fight before it can go any further. He orders those standing around to lock up both lieutenants.

Doctor Who (1963) 12.05.X2

Cheques, Lies and Videotape (2009)

28 minutes

In 1983 the BBC released Revenge of the Cybermen on videocassette. It was the first Doctor Who story to be made available to the public in this format. Prior to the official release of Revenge of the Cybermen (on videocassette) fans had been trading videocassettes of episodes that other fans had tapes at home. A half dozen fans who lived through that time remember tell stories and recall what it was like.

The Twilight Zone (1959) 1.10

Judgement Night

starring Nehemiah Persoff

directed by John Brahm

Carl Lanser (Nehemiah Persoff) is aboard a ship headed across the Atlantic, bound for New York City, in 1942. All he can remember is his name and that he was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He has no memory of boarding the ship or anything beyond his name and place of birth. The captain and some of the passengers try asking him questions. He seems to know something about German submarines but beyond that he's a blank slate.

Schitt's Creek 5.02

Love Letters

Moira returns from the film shoot in Bosnia. She finds some love letters that another woman wrote to Johnny. She doesn't want to ask him about them so she shows them to everyone else in town instead. Eventually Johnny finds out about the love letters and confronts Moira.

Rose Apothecary is held up by a man wearing a ski mask. David and Stevie are the only ones in the store at the time. There's no money in the register so they give the robber wine and cheese and other products. Patrick doesn't find out about the robbery until later.

Alexis admits to Ted that she got rid of some of the gifts he gave her when the split up.

Star Trek (1966) 1.26

Errand of Mercy

The Enterprise is on its way to Organia when it is attacked by a Klingon warship. Captain Kirk knew that relations with the Klingons were on the decline but war had yet to be declared when the Enterprise was attacked. The Enterprise returns fire and destroys the Klingon ship.

Kirk and Spock beam down to Organia in the hopes of negotiating with the people who live there. They warn the leaders of Organia that the Klingons are on their way and that it would be far better to make an alliance with the Federation than to become a vassal of the Klingon Empire. The Organians refuse to accept that they are in any danger.

The Avengers 4.21

A Touch of Brimstone

Steed and Peel investigate a series of incidents in which diplomats and leaders from other countries have been humiliated via practical jokes. It is all harmless until a foreign diplomat gets electrocuted. Steed and Peel’s work leads them to the Hellfire Club.

Peel catches the eye of Cartney, leader of the Hellfire Club, and gets to attend one of the club’s parties. Darcy, a member of the Hellfire Club, interrupts the party. He feels guilt over what happened to the dead diplomat and wants answers from the club’s leadership. He doesn’t get answers but a meeting is called at which he is murdered.

Steed applies for membership in the Hellfire Club. They warn him that they are dedicated to evil but Steed insists that he wants to be a member. He passed their tests and is accepted into the club.

Adventure Time 5.06

Jake the Dad

Jake tries to be the perfect father to his and Lady Rainicorn's five kids. He uses the manual that he got from his mother. He stays up all night keeping an eye on the kids but then he can barely keep his eyes open the next day. He tries reading a book to them about a fox that likes to eat babies but then realizes that it is wildly inappropriate. He throws the book away but then a fox finds it and shows it to some other foxes.

Thoughts

I didn't realize that Lady Rainicorn was about to have babies. I don't know if any hints were dropped in earlier episodes.

Finn is in this episode but this one is mostly about Jake.

This was a lot of fun. I loved the parts with the foxes.

Steven Universe 1.33

Garnet's Universe

Garnet asks Steven if he knows what she did. He sees that she has a gem stone and comes up with a story about how her day went. She has two companions in Steven's story, Hopper (a frog) and Hoppy (a rabbit). Garnet, Hopper, and Hoppy attempt to help a hapless temple guardian only to discover that he has been lying to them.

Thoughts

Amethyst and Pearl do not appear in this episode. Hopper was voiced by the actor who usually voices the part of Pearl. Hoppy was voiced by the actor who usually voices the part of Amethyst.

This was an okay story. I like the alternate animation style in the depiction of Garnet's adventure. It isn't the style of it so much as it is the fact that they decided to do something different with this episode.

The Sound of Metal (2019)

The Sound of Metal (2019)

starring Riz Ahmed

directed by Darius Marder

121 minutes

Ruben Stone (Riz Ahmed) a drummer in a small metal band, starts to lose his hearing. He refuses to accept the reality of his situation. He wants to keep going playing. Lou, Ruben's girlfriend and the musical act's guitarist and singer, feels differently. Ruben used to do heroin regularly. He's been clean ever since he met Lou. She finds him a program for deaf people with drug problems.

Harper (1966)

Harper (1966)

starring Paul Newman

directed by Jack Smight

121 minutes

Private investigator Lew Harper (Paul Newman) searches for a missing multi-millionaire, Ralph Sampson. Harper's friend, attorney Albert Graves, hired him but Mrs. Sampson is the one footing the bill. Harper finds a tangled web of people behind the kidnapping. Some play innocent when Harper meets them, some do not. Mr. Sampson is already dead when Harper finally finds him. Sampson recovers the ransom money but the movie ends on a very ambiguous note.

The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)

The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)

starring Amanda Seyfried

directed by Mona Fastvold

137 minutes

Ann Lee (Amanda Seyfried) was born in 1736 and grew up in Manchester, England. She was from an early age interested in religious movements and repelled by sexual relations. Ann, her brother William, and their niece Nancy joined a group frequently referred to as the Shaking Quakers. She got married to a blacksmith and was pregnant four times but none of her children lived beyond infancy.

Star Trek: Lower Decks 2.02

Kayshon, His Eyes Open

Kayshon, the new security Chief, leads an away team consisting of Mariner, Tendi, Rutherford, and Manhaver to the ship of the collector Kerner Hauze. They are there to help inventory the items in the collection. Siggi, the chairman of the Collectors Guild, requested the help. He supervises their work. Instead of letting Kayshon and the others do their job he gets in the way and sets off a defense system which kills him and threatens to kill the others.

One of the security systems transforms Kayshon into a puppet version of himself. Mariner and Manover bicker until they finally realize that their arguing is putting them all in danger. Mariner asks Rutherford and Tendi to come up with a plan to get them out of there, alive, which they do.

True Detective 1.05

The Secret Fate of All Life

Cohle uses Ginger to get a meeting with Reggie Ledoux in a bar. Ledoux isn't interested in doing business with Cohle. Ledoux leaves but Hart tails him. They find Ledoux's hideout. They try to take him but when Marty finds two kids, one dead and one alive, he kills Ledoux's accomplice. Ledoux accidentally kills himself while trying to escape by running into one of his own booby traps. Marty and Rust modify the facts for the official story. Only they know what really happened.

Life goes back to normal. The story flashes forward from 1995 to 2002. Marty has cleaned up and reconciled with his wife. His relationship with Audrey, his older daughter has gone downhill. She's caught in a car having sex with two guys who are about 20 years old. She is in her mid-teens.

The Outer Limits (1963) 1.10

Nightmare

starting James Shigeta, Ed Nelson, Martin Sheen

directed by John Erman

Six human soldiers are captured by aliens while on their way toward Ebon, an enemy planet that is at war with Earth. They are not the first humans to he captured during the war between Earth and Ebon. They are interrogated. Each man responds differently to interrogation. Some of the men captured before them try to encourage the six men to cooperate with the Ebonites.

Star Trek (1966) 1.25

Devil in the Dark

The Enterprise visits the Janus VI mining colony, a vital source for Pergium. A number of miners are dead, killed by a creature first encountered after the mining operation expanded down into a new level.

Vanderberg, the chief engineer at the mining colony, wants the creature killed. The creature strikes again while Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are investigating. It knocks out a key component of the mining operation’s life support system. 

Spock speculates that the creature might be a silicon based life form. McCoy laughs at Spock’s idea but Spock and Kirk later see the creature and confirm that it is indeed a silicon based life form.

Bleach 34 / 2.14

Tragedy of Dawn

Ichigo and Renji are too injured to continue fighting. Both of them collapse, unconscious. Ganju and Hanataro hear someone coming. They grab Ichigo and find a place to hide. Hanataro starts to work on healing Ichigo.

Kira and a few other men find Renji. They get him to a bed. Kira is about to get some medical help when Captain Byakuya Kuchiki, Renji's boss, shows up and says that he wants Renji locked up for failing to defeat the enemy.

Fifth Division Lieutenant Momo Hinamori is stunned by Captain Kuchiki's coolness. Captain Tōshirō Hitsugaya shows up and warns her to beware of Captain Gin Ichimaru. Hitsugaya isn't sure what he's up to but he seems to suspect something.

KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

starring Arden Cho, May Hong, Ji-young Yoo

directed by Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang

96 minutes

Rumi (Adren Cho), Mira (May Hong), and Zoey (Ji-young Yoo) collectively known as HUNTR/X, a KPop sensation and demon hunters are thrown for a loop when Gwi-Ma, the king of the demons, sends the Saja Boys to challenge them. Rumi hides a secret from her teammates that threatens to break up HUNTR/X. Jinu, leader of the Saja Boys, learns of Rumi's secret but uses it first to get close to her and the two meet a few times away from their respective teammates. Both try to lure the other over to their side. The showdown between the two groups occurs at the Annual International Idol competition.

Four Star Playhouse 1.05

Welcome Home

starring Dick Powell

directed by Robert Florey

Eddie White (Dick Powell) returns to his hometown for the first time in 15 years. He's wanted for murder. The police are looking for him but he's got a head start. No one recognizes him, at first, except for Chuck Stern, whose father owns the hotel where Eddie gets a room. Chuck follows Eddie around. He wants to be just like him.

The police surround the hotel. Chuck runs inside. He wants to help Eddie shoot his way out of there. Eddie decides he would rather ruin Chuck's impression of him rather than get him killed.

Doctor Who (2005) 1.03

The Unquiet Dead

The Doctor and Rose land in Cardiff in 1869, although the Doctor thinks at first that they have landed in Naples in 1860. There are ghost like creatures possessing dead human bodies. Charles Dickens is in town. The Doctor and Rose meet Dickens and the ghosts.

The Doctor tries to help the ghosts. They are victims of the Time War, or so they say. They also claim to just want to attain physical form again. The rift that connects their world to the Earth is found in the morgue of that belongs to an undertaker's business. Gwyneth, the undertaker's assistant turns out to be the key to letting them through the rift and also to destroying the rift. 

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.12

Santa Claus and the 10th Ave. Kid

starring Barry Fitzgerald, Virginia Gregg

Five-time convict Harold Sears (Barry Fitzgerald) is given a job (while on parole) as a department store Santa Claus. He doesn't really care for the job but he does it. Clementine Webster (Virginia Gregg), his parole officer, does her best to encourage him to he honest and avoid things that will get him sent back to prison. One of the kids who comes to see him, the 10th Ave Kid, isn't buying Sears act. Sears sees that the kid is headed for trouble and tries to do him a favor but in doing so Sears almost gets himself locked up again.

Star Trek: Lower Decks 2.01

Strange Energies

Mariner goes on an away mission led by Jack Ransom. She tries to clean up the planet on which they have landed and winds up unleashing strange energies that give Ransom god-like powers. He unleashes his new powers on the Cerritos because he is sick of playing second fiddle to Mariner who has been on really good terms with Captain Freeman ever since 1.10 No Small Parts ended.

Tendi fears that Rutherford has changed and won't want to be her friend anymore. She attempts to cure him of synthetic memory degradation (SMD) while he is on a date with Ensign Barnes.

True Detective 1.04

Who Goes There

Rust and Marty interrogate Charlie, Reggie Ledoux's old cell mate. They talked to Charlie once before; he's also Dora Lange's ex-husband. Dora was the murder victim from the first episode. Charlie helps them get a line on Tyrone Weems, who might know where to find Ledoux.

Lisa tries talking to Marty but he cuts her off and walks away. He goes home later only to find that Lisa was there. Maggie has packed up his stuff. Maggie and their daughters have gone to stay with Maggie's parents. Maggie has had enough. He wants to do something about it but his efforts prove to be ineffectual.

Steven Universe 1.32

Fusion Cuisine

Connie's parents want to meet Steven's mother and father. Steven freaks out at first because his mother is no longer around. He still has a father but picking among Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl to pretend to be his mother proves problematic. He winds up bringing a fused version of the three in place of his mother.

Connie's parents are stunned by the size and appearance of Steven's "mother". Connie's parents are about to forbid her from ever seeing Steven again when the three defuse and harangue Steven for attempting to run away with Connie.

Adventure Time 5.11

Bad Little Boy

Ice King tells some captives a story about Fionna and Cake. Marceline interrupts Ice King's story time and comes up with an alternate story about Fiona and Cake. This one involves Marshall Lee luring Fiona out to a party thrown by Lumpy Space Prince. 

Thoughts

This was the next available episode on Hulu. It wasn't until after I watched it that I discovered that it was the 11th episode of Season 5.

This is the second episode in which Fionna, Cake, and the rest of the gender flipped characters appear. Their first appearance was in 3.09 Fionna and Cake. I watched that episode in 2015. I should probably watch that one again.

This was fun. I had completely forgotten about Fionna and Cake. Their next appearance isn't until Season 6.

The Avengers 5.10

Never, Never Say Die

A motorist hits a man with his car. The man is taken to the hospital and declared dead on the spot. Moments later, without saying a word, the dead man comes back to life and leaves the hospital. Steed and Peel are called to the hospital to investigate. They talk to Whittle, the motorist, who is completely mystified by what happened but glad to know that he didn’t kill someone.

Steed and Peel's investigation leads them to a second meeting with Whittle, a fight with the undead man, a trip to the Ministry of Technology - Neotoric Research Unit (MOT-NRU), and the discovery of a plot to replace government officials with duplicates who like the one Whittle hit with his car.

The Six Million Dollar Man 1.06

Doomsday, and Counting

Colonel Vasily Zuchov, an old friend of Steve is visiting the United States when he gets word that there has been an earthquake near Kamkov Island. He rushes to get back there. Steve goes with him.

Vasily and Steve learn, once they get to Kamkov Island, that Irina, Vasily’s fiancée and a computer expert, is trapped in the tunnels beneath the base. The two men, despite being given express orders not to attempt to rescue Irina, grab some gear and head underground. 

Vasily and Steve find Irina. She is unconscious when they find her but she recovers and tells them about the failsafe device on the island that will destroy the entire base in a nuclear blast in less than an hour. 

Kraft Suspense Theatre 1.26

The Watchman

starring Jack Warden, Victoria Shaw, Telly Savalas

directed by Sydney Pollack

Reporter Jack Fleming (Jack Warden) receives a summons from Ramon Castillo (Telly Savalas), a former leader of rebel forces in Spain, a man he has known for over 25 years. Jack reflects on his past encounters with Castillo as he talks to his psychiatrist, before and after going to see Ramon. Jack was in love with Helena (Victoria Shaw), Ramon's woman. He was always afraid of expressing or acting on those feelings. He finally does when he goes to see Ramon in Spain and it gets Helena and Ramon killed by Ramon's righthand man.

Bleach 33 / 2.13

Miracle! The Mysterious New Hero

Interlude - Yuzu finds a cat. Karin thinks that it is just the spirit of cat but Yuzu insists that it isn't. Hollows come after Karin and the cat which she has named Raku. Jinta, and Ururu, lend a hand in fighting the Hollows. Don Kanonji wants first Karin and Jinta and then later Ururu to be his disciples. In the end it is the spirit of the cat, which takes on the form of a lion, that defeats the Hollows before transitioning to the afterlife.

Thoughts

There are no scenes in this episode that take place in the Seireitei. Yuzu and Karin's father makes a brief appearance in this episode. The contents of this episode are not part of the manga series from which the rest of the this season was adapted.

Star Trek: The Next Generation 7.01

Descent - Part Two

Lore and Data, but mostly Lore, explain in vague terms how things have changed. They also reiterate their intent to wipe out the Federation. 

The Enterprise, under the command of Doctor Crusher, starts beaming up away teams. They get most of the crew back aboard when the Borg ship attacks. The Enterprise returns fire and starts to leave the area and head back to Federation space. Worf and Riker remain behind on the surface of the planet.

Doctor Crusher plans with her crew to see how they can covertly return to the planet.

Scrooge (1951)

Scrooge (1951)

starring Alastair Sim

directed by Brian Desmond Hurst

82 minutes

Ebenezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) loves his money and has no time for helping other people. Four ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve: the ghost of Jacob Marley (Scrooge's deceased business partner), the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Future. He gets to see how he became the person he is today, how the people he knows celebrate Christmas, and what is going to happen if he doesn't change his ways.