Bleach 51 / 3.10

Morning of the Sentence

Everyone starts to gather for the big event, the execution of Rukia. Eleventh Division's captian Kenpachi Zaraki and his lieutenant Yachiru Kusajishi, free the prisoners (Sado, Ganju, Uryu) from their jail cell. Together they try to make their way to the site of the execution but then get hopelessly lost in the maze of streets.

They stop, exhausted from running and are confronted by Ninth Division Captain Kaname Tōsen, Seventh Division Captain Sajin Komamura, and their lieutenants. Two of Zaraki's men stay behind to help him fight the four but everyone else takes off. Zaraki seems to think that the odds are about right and in his favor. Tōsen strikes first but his attack proves to be ineffective.

Amazing Stories (1985) 1.12

Vanessa in the Garden

starring Harvey Keitel, Sondra Locke, Beau Bridges

written by Steven Spielberg

directed by Clint Eastwood

Hours after Byron Sullivan (Harvey Keitel) learns that Teddy (Beau Bridges), his friend and agent, has arranged for a gallery show for his artwork he is involved in a deadly vehicle accident. Byron survives but Vanessa (Sondra Locke), his wife, is killed. Byron is despondent in the wake of her death. Byron destroys most of his paintings in a drunken rage.

The next day he discovers that his most recent painting, Vanessa in the Garden, survived his inebriated efforts to destroy anything that reminded him of Vanessa. Not only that but she still lives through the painting. He soon discovers that by creating new paintings of them together he (and only he) is able to see her again.

The Invaders 2.02

The Saucer

David Vincent travels to the desert southwest of the United States to investigate a sighting of a flying saucer. John Carter is the man who claims to have seen a flying saucer. He meets David out in the desert and together they stake out the site where John saw the flying saucer.

They spot the saucer and see it land. Men emerge from the saucer and meet with more men who arrive in a truck. They leave one man behind. Two more men descend from the saucer. David and John shoot and kill two of the three saucer men. The third crewman from the saucer takes off on foot.

Ballard 1.08

Last Call

Olivas gets his hand on Driscoll's phone after Bosch's man placed it in Driscoll's home and before it was entered in as evidence. 

The cold case team works on identifying the unknown numbers from Driscoll's phone. They are able to nail down four of them as belonging to police officers. There are still a few left. One of them belongs to Manny. Martina makes the connection when she sees a text from Olivas number on Manny's phone. She immediately gets away from him and tells Ballard.

They set a trap for Manny. They catch him and get him to confess. They turn over what they've found to Captain Berchem. It doesn't make him happy but he accepts it and agrees that they will move on Olivas and the others ASAP.

WALL-E (2008)

WALL-E (2008)

starring Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin

directed by Andrew Stanton

98 minutes

Trash compactor robot WALL-E (Ben Burtt), one of the last remaining creatures on Earth, lives a lonely existence until EVE (Elissa Knight), another robot arrives. Eve searches for signs of life. EVE ceases shuts down after finding a small plant. WALL-E tags along with EVE on the ship that comes to retrieve her and winds up on the spaceship Axiom.

The Axiom's captain (Jeff Garlin) gets very excited when he learns about that EVE's mission was successful. It means that they know where to find Earth which has been devastated by pollution. The ship's computer has other ideas. WALL-E and EVE work together to stay one step ahead of the ship's computer and help the captain get the Axiom back to Earth.

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone

directed by Frank Lloyd

The HMS Bounty, under the command of Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton), departs Portsmouth in England and heads to Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean. Captain Bligh, unlike First Mate Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable), believes in punishing his men severely for infractions great and small.

The Bounty arrives in Tahiti intact and spends a few months there gathering breadfruit plants which are to be delivered to plantations in the West Indies. Bligh pushes Mr. Christian too far. Christian leads most of the men on board the Bounty in a mutiny. Bligh and most of the men loyal to him are set adrift in a small boat.

The New Batman Adventures 2.01

The Ultimate Thrill

Stuntwoman Roxanne Sutton, aka Roxy Rocket, turns to a life of crime when movie studios no longer want to employ her due to the enormous risks she insists on taking. She loves the thrill of danger. Batman, with some help from intel provided by Batgirl, tracks down Roxy who by then has gotten on the bad side of her client, the Penguin.

Thoughts

The episode can be found in various places on line as Batman: The Animated Series 4.11 but when it was originally broadcast it was part of The New Batman Adventures.

Batman: Caped Crusader 2.02

Rocket's Red Glare

Batman investigates a break-in at Triad Industries which leads him to discover that Triad's top scientist, Dr. Roxanne Sutton isn't dead. Gunther Hardwick, Armand Lydecker, and Warren Lawford (the three men who run Triad) thought they had dealt with her. Batman doesn't understand why Sutton is sabotaging Triad's attempts to capitalize on her inventions and tries to stop her. It is almost too late when he finally changes sides and chooses to help her.

Thoughts

There is a brief moment at the very end of the episode involving someone stealing from Hugo Strange. It looks like Strange is dead. The thief is whistling In the Hall of the Mountain King.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) 1.28

Portrait of Jocelyn

starring Philip Abbott, Nancy Gates, John Baragrey

written by Edgar Marvin, Harold Swanton

directed by Robert Stevens

Mark Halliday (Philip Abbott) takes to see his wife Debbie (Nancy Gates) to see a painting he bought for her for their first wedding anniversary except that when the dealer shows it to them it isn't the painting he remembered buying. It is a portrait of Mark's first wife, Jocelyn, who disappeared five years ago. Nancy is disturbed by the painting. They learn where they can find the man who painted the portrait, Arthur Clymer (John Baragrey), thanks to Jeff, Jocelyn's brother.

Debbie insists that they go looking for Clymer. They drive up the coast and find Clymer. There is something about Clymer that doesn't feel right to Mark. He goes to visit him and finds out what's really going on.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.20

The Maquis, Part 1

A Cardassian ship, The Bok'Nor, blows up as it departs the space station. Chief O'Brien and Lieutenant Jadzia Dax investigate the cause of the explosion. Commander Calvin Hudson, friend of Commander Benjamin Sisko, visits Deep Space Nine. He and Sisko spend some time together reminiscing.

Quark is approached by Sakonna, a Vulcan woman who wants to talk business. Quark is smitten and intrigued. He agrees to a meeting. He later learns that she is looking for someone who can supply her with weapons. She offers to pay him quite handsomely. 

Gul Dukat visits the space station and surprises Commander Sisko in his quarters.

Doctor Who (1963) 13.02.04

Planet of Evil - Part Four

There's an emergency on the bridge. The man who was left on duty on the bridge is dead. Everyone rushes there. Vishinsky recalls the sleds that the Doctor and Sarah Jane were in when Salamar ejected them at the end of the previous episode. 

The Doctor confronts Professor Sorenson. He talks Sorenson into doing the right thing, getting rid of the antimatter and himself. Sorenson reverts to anti-matter man before he can follow through.

The Morestran spaceship continues to be pulled back to the planet. Vishinsky takes takes command of the spaceship. Salamar goes looking for Sorenson and gets himself killed. The Doctor goes after Sorenson and knocks him out. He drags the professor into the TARDIS and pilots it back to Zeta Minor.

Bleach 50 / 3.09

The Reviving Lion

Kon teams up with Don Kanonji and the other Karakura Superheroes (Yuzu, Ururu, Jinta, Karin). Yuzu is confused because Kon, who calls himself Karakura King, looks just like Bostov. Kon is happy that he is no longer being treated like he's a girl. Kon get captured by a Hollow but the others rescue him.

Thoughts

Yes, sure, I could describe this episode in detail but I don't see the point. Last episode was a flashback episode and this one is an even bigger diversion from the main story. The preview for the next episode seems to indicate that they will be getting back to the Soul Society in the next episode.

Tales from the Crypt 2.02

The Switch

starring William Hickey, Rick Rossovich, Kelly Preston

written by Michael Taav, Richard Tuggle

directed by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Carlton Webster (William Hickey), a rich, elderly man is in love with Linda (Kelly Preston), a much younger woman. He pays millions of dollars to change first his face, then his torso, then the rest of his body in the hopes of impressing her.

Thoughts

This isn't bad. I like the ending but as short as this episode is it felt like it could have been shorter or that they should have filled it with something more interesting than just the operations.

High Anxiety (1977)

High Anxiety (1977)

starring Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman

directed by Mel Brooks

94 minutes

Doctor Richard Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) takes over the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous. His predecessor died suddenly. Thorndyke is misled by his employees, including Nurse Diesel (Cloris Leachman), to believe that many of the patients are in worse shape that they actually are.

Ballard 1.07

Fork in the Road

Ballard is forced to spend some time in the hospital. The Pearlman case and the Ibarra case, in which Driscoll was the primary suspect, are taken away from the cold case unit and given to homicide. Ballard swipes Driscoll's phone and hands it off to Laffont.

Ballard is forced to stay at a motel and is assigned a security detail. She tries pushing back but it gets her nowhere. She starts to work on another cold case, Ray Lee. There was no body in the case of Ray Lee but thanks to someone who remembers something from years ago they locate the body in a canyon not far from a hiking trail.

Ballard visits a prisoner related to one of the victims whose belongings they found in the storage unit. She gets some more information from him and then refers his case to a defense attorney who promises to help him.

Teen Titans 5.08

Lightspeed

The H.I.V.E. Five (Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth, Billy Numerous, See-More, Kyd Wykkyd) are foiled multiple times in their attempts to rob and steal, by Kid Flash. They capture him and Jinx calls Madame Rouge to let her know. Kid Flash escapes.

Madame Rouge arrives and is disappointed to learn that Kid Flash has escaped. She goes after him herself. She wears him down but Jinx catches him. Madame Rouge's is unimpressed so Jinx frees Kid Flash. Madame Rouge and Jinx exchange more words before Madame Rouge departs, empty-handed.

Wife vs. Secretary (1936)

Wife vs. Secretary (1936)

starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy

directed by Clarence Brown

88 minutes

Van Stanhope (Clark Gable), in part due to a series of boneheaded decisions (of his own) and in part fue to things his mother tells her daughter-in-law, leads Linda (Myrna Loy), said daughter-in-law, to believe that he is having an affair with Whitey (Jean Harlow), his secretary. Linda tries to be understanding but eventually it gets to be too much and even though there isn't anything romantic going on between her husband and his secretary she starts to think very seriously about asking for a divorce.

Fumo Chitai 1.02

aka The Waste Land

Episode 2

The aircraft division at Kinki Trading continues to try and win the jet fighter contract from the Japanese government. Iki gets an assistant, Koide. Tokyo Trading, one of Kinki's rivals, has the upper hand. General Kaiduka, the Japanese Defense Minister, buries a report on the power of the Luckheed F-104, Kinki's jet.

Iki and Satoi, his boss, appeal to a leading politician in the opposition party. The politician pledges that he will have the Defense Minister answer for burying the report. The politician backs off this pledge after he receives a visit from Samejime, an employee of Tokyo Trading.

The Outer Limits (1963) 1.22

Specimen: Unknown

starring Stephen McNally, Richard Jaeckel

written by Stephen Lord

directed by Gerd Oswald

Four astronauts return by shuttlecraft from a space station in orbit around Earth. A strange spore (found attached to the space station) killed one of the other crewmen. They bring with them specimens of the spores. The spores turn into flower like objects and spray the men with pellets and gas. Once by one the men succumb to the plants.

Batman: Caped Crusader 2.01

Brute Force

The trial of Rupert Thorne is about to begin. The prosecution's star witness is Julian Gregory, Thorne's accountant. Edward Nygma, one of Thorne's enforcers, is in charge of finding the accountant (aka the squealer) and bumping him off.

Nygma turns to Hugo Strange for some help. Strange gives him a solution that Nygma injects into one of his unsuspecting lackeys. The lackey grows to monstrous proportions and attempts to murder the squealer. Batman, Montoya, and several other police officers get in the way of the monster man.

The fight ends when Batman kills the monster man with his car, although it takes several attempts to get the job done. The accountant makes it to court and testifies against Thorne, but the judge throws out the case against Thorne.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) 1.27

Help Wanted

starring John Qualen, Lorne Greene

written by Stanley Ellin, 

directed by James Neilson

Mr. Crabtree (John Qualen) accepts a job working for a mysterious man (Lorne Greene) who hires him to work in an office by himself and write reports. The mysterious employer visits Mr. Crabtree in his office one day and explains to him that he has a new assignment for him. He wants him to kill a man.

Mr. Crabtree doesn't know what to say. He really needs the money he's been making. His wife is sick and needs an operation. The employer has it all figured out. He explains to Mr. Crabtree how it will work. It's foolproof according to his employer but Mr. Crabtree has his doubts.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.19

Blood Oath

Three Klingons come to Deep Space Nine, old friends of Dax, Curzon Dax. Together Kor , Koloth, and Kang (along with Curzon) swore a blood oath to get vengeance on the Albino, a criminal who killed the sons of the three Klingons. Curzon was the godfather to Kang's son who was named Dax in his honor.

The Klingons have some doubts about Jadzia Dax accompanying them on this mission. She proves herself to them while sparring with Koloth in a holo-suite. Together the four friends use their skills and the intelligence they have gathered to complete their mission although is costs two of them their lives.

Doctor Who (1963) 13.02.03

Planet of Evil - Part Three

The Doctor survives the fall into the pit and makes it back out alive. Sarah sneaks out of the spaceship and is there to greet the Doctor when he climbs out of the pit. He collapses and has to be carried back to the Morestran spaceship on a stretcher. Salamar orders the anti-matter removed from the spaceship over Professor Sorenson's objections.

Sorenson manages to keep some of the anti-matter without letting anyone know about it. The antimatter infects Sorenson. His eyes start glowing but after drinking some brew he gets is under control and his eyes stop glowing. Sorenson attacks and kills Morelli who was taking some antimatter that the Doctor still had on him to the ejection port. Later he kills De Haan.

Bleach 49 / 3.08

Rukia's Nightmare

Rukia lies in her jail cell awaiting execution and thinks about Kaien Shiba, the lieutenant of 13th Squad. He went out of his way to make her feel welcome in 13th Squad. He lost his wife, Miyako, also a member of 13th Squad when she was killed by a Hollow. He went after the Hollow which took over Miyako and used her to kill other Shinigami who didn't suspect what had happened to her. Kaien and the Hollow were killed by Rukia when they was impaled on her Zanpakutō.

Thoughts

Kaien was Ganju's older brother. Ganju does not appear in this episode.

This is a grim episode. Most of it is flashback.

Amazing Stories (1985) 1.11

Santa '85

starring Douglas Seale, Pat Hingle, Gabriel Damon

written by Joshua Brand, John Falsey, Steven Spielberg

directed by Phil Joanou

Santa (Douglas Seale) goes out on Christmas Eve 1985 to deliver presents. He trips the silent alarm in one house. The owners call the police who come and arrest the old man. He winds up in jail with three other men dressed as Santa Claus.

Sheriff Horace Smyvie (Pat Hingle) is a bit of a curmudgeon and refuses to believe that he has actually arrested Santa Claus.

Bobby (Gabriel Damon), the young boy whose house Santa was visiting when he was arrested, finds Santa's sleigh and reindeer behind his house. He makes his way to the police station in Santa's sleigh and uses it to break him out.

Ballard 1.06

Beneath the Surface

Ballard and her team seem to have found trinkets from 14 victims in the storage unit. They are given 72 hours by Captain Berchem to make some progress. They work around the clock on the case. Some DNA from the evidence recovered leads them to a body in another case that dates back to 1997. The victim was Mike Garrison, the owner of the blue Van that was junked years ago.

Laffont keeps tabs on Driscoll's home. Ballard and Laffont tail Driscoll after he returns home and then leaves again. They see him meet with a uniformed police officer but they don't get close enough to identify the police officer or see the license plate of the vehicle that the uniformed cop was driving. 

Fumo Chitai 1.01

aka The Waste Land

Episode 1

Lieutenant Colonel Tadashi Iki an officer in the Japanese Army during the Second World War, returns home after spending 11 years in a Russian prison camp in Siberia. He was captured by the Russians while he was in Manchuria. He had the opportunity to return to Japan but chose to stay as the Russians closed in and captured the Japanese Army.

Iki was pressured to  testify by the Russians who wanted to prove that the Japanese Emperor was personally responsible for the way the Japanese Army conducted the war. Iki and two other high ranking officers agreed to testify.

They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

starring John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris

directed by Juel Taylor

Drug dealer Fontaine (John Boyega) gets shot and killed while trying to collect money from Slick Charles (Jamie Foxx), a pimp who owes him money. Fontaine gets killed that night by Isaac, a rival drug dealer, but Fontaine wakes up the next morning with no memory of what happened.

Slick Charles and Yo-Yo (Teyonah Parris), who works for Charles but is looking to get out of town and build herself a better life, work with Fontaine to put the pieces together. What they find are secret laboratories, fried chicken laced with mind control drugs, hypnotic songs, and hair products that are also being used to control people. 

Teen Titans 5.07

Hide and Seek

Robin sends Raven on a mission in which she has to escort three young kids (Melvin, Timmy, Teether) from one place to another. She is less than enthused about the mission. Monsieur Mallah comes after the kids. Raven does her best to defend them but in the end Bobby, Melvin's invisible friend whom Raven thinks must be Melvin's imaginary friend, saves the day.

Shadows and Fog (1991)

starring Woody Allen, Mia Farrow

written and directed by Woody Allen

85 minutes

A killer stalks the streets of the city. Vigilante gangs search for him. Kleinman (Woody Allen), a humble nobody, is recruited by one of the vigilante gangs. He goes out unaware of what his role is in their scheme.

Kleinman meets a Irmy (Mia Farrow) a sword swallower with the circus, which is getting ready to leave town. She has left her boyfriend the clown after catching him with a tightrope walker.

Kleinman is suspected of being the killer at one point. The vigilante gangs chase him through the streets. He runs. He hides. He winds up at the circus, as does the killer, and a lot of other people.

The Orville 3.02

Shadow Realms

Admiral Paul Christy joins the crew of the Orville and helps to negotiate an agreement with the Krill. The Orville is given access to parts of Krill space under the terms of the agreement.

Doctor Finn reveals to Kelly that she and Admiral Christy used to be married. They met when she was in university and he was one of her professors. They've been divorced for quite a long time but she still isn't comfortable having him around and doesn't want to rekindle anything with him.

The Invaders 2.01

Condition Red

David Vincent visits the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) in Colorado. He claims to be Robert Davis, a freelance journalist. David suspects that the aliens might be targeting NORAD. Part of what brought him to NORAD was a report of a doctor who claimed to have found a woman, dead. The Doctor was subsequently found dead, from drowning, but the woman is very much alive. David suspects that she might be an alien.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.18

Profit and Loss

A Cardassian ship that is experiencing major problems with it's life support systems arrives at the space station. Natima Lanf, the leader of the three people aboard the space ship, is an old acquaintance of Quark. She explains that her two companions are her students. Quark tries to get close to Natima. She is hostile at first but eventually warms up to the point that she is at least interested in rekindling what they had seven years before.

Garak warns Commander Sisko that it wouldn't be wise to help the three Cardassians as they are wanted by the Cardassian high command. Sisko helps the fugitive Cardassians, despite the warning, until he finds out that the Bejorans government wants to turn them over to the Cardassians as part of a prisoner exchange.

The Twilight Zone (1959) 1.24

Long Live Walter Jameson

starring Kevin McCarthy, Edgar Stehli, Estelle Winwood

written by Charles Beaumont

directed by Anton Leader

Professor Sam Kittridge (Edgar Stehli) suspects that his colleague Professor Walter Jameson (Kevin McCarthy) is older than he claims to be. Jameson is engaged to Susanna Kittridge, his colleague's daughter. Walter confesses to the truth, he is more than 2,000 years old once Sam presents him with the evidence he has amassed.

Sam doesn't want Walter to marry Susanna now that Walter has confirmed his suspicions. Walter refuses to break things off with Susanna but after returning home he discovers that he isn't the only one who has a say in the matter. Laurette (Estelle Winwood), one of his former wives, is waiting for him when he gets home. She insists that he break things off with Susanna.

Doctor Who (1963) 13.02.02

Planet of Evil - Part Two

The creature kills one of the Morestran troops. Salamar and Vishinsky. the leaders of the Morestrans military expedition, assume that the Doctor and Sarah are the killers. The Doctor and Sarah take off. The Morestrans use an ocular probe to find them and then send a team of men after them. The team catches up to them as the Doctor is examining a pit.

The Doctor and Sarah are brought back to the Morestran spaceship but they return short another man who fell into the pit while trying to search Sarah for weapons. The Doctor and Sarah protest, say they are innocent but the Morestrans don't believe them and lock them up.

Bleach 48 / 3.07

Hitsugaya Howls!

The captains of 10th and 3rd divisions, Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Gun Ichimaru, battle one another. Hitsugaya is the one to start it after Momo Hinamori collapses. Izuru Kira, lieutenant of 3rd division watches in awe. The fight ends after Rangiku Matsumoto steps in to prevent Ichimaru from killing or seriously injuring the unconscious Hinamori.

Ichigo gets ready for another day of training under Yoruichi's supervision. She meanwhile has her doubts that he will be ready in time. She assumes that they have several days until the scheduled date of the execution. Towards the end of the episode Renji finds Ichigo and Yoruichi and let's them know that the execution has been moved up and that they only have about 24 hours until the appointed hour.

Tales from the Crypt 2.01

Dead Right

starring Demi Moore, Jeffrey Tambor

written by Andy Wolk

directed by Howard Deutch

Cathy (Demi Moore) goes to see a fortuneteller who informs her that she will meet a large man who stands to inherit a lot of money from a relative. She meets Charlie (Jeffrey Tambor) who is very large. She finds him disgusting but decides to trust the fortune teller and marry him. She puts up with him as long as she can. She is reassured when she learns that he has a rich uncle but then she learns that the uncle has a wife and children.

Cathy wins a million dollars when she is the millionth customer at an automat. She decides that's it. She's had it with Charlie. She goes up to pack her things. She insults him and tells him she's leaving him. It drives him crazy. He picks up a knife and stabs her to death.

Ballard 1.05

What's Done in the Dark

Driscoll makes a delivery to a group of guys in a motel room. He uses the bathroom before he leaves. There is a man tied up and gagged in the bathtub. Driscoll doesn't do anything to help the man.

Martina goes on another date with Manny. Driscoll continues to push Manny to get something of value from Martina. Hastings continues to pressure Ballard to produce results on the Pearlman case.

Ballard and Laffont try to trace Driscoll's whereabout five years earlier. They talk to a DEA agent with whom Driscoll worked back then. Ballard finds a hole in Driscoll's alibi. Ballard and Parker track down someone who might be the daughter of the killer. Parker convinces her to provide a sample of her DNA for comparison's sake. 

Libeled Lady (1936)

Libeled Lady (1936)

starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy

directed by Jack Conway

98 minutes

Connie Allenbury (Myrna Loy) sues the New York Evening Star for $5 million after they publish a story saying she was trying to steal another man's husband. Warren Haggerty (Spencer Tracy), editor of the NY Evening Star, is about to get married to Gladys Benton (Jean Harlow) when he finds out about the lawsuit. He postpones the wedding and hires Bill Chandler (William Powell) to help him turn the tables on Miss Allembury.

Teen Titans 5.06

Kole

The Teen Titans find Doctor Light in the Arctic Circle harnessing the power of the Northern Lights. They fight with the supervillain who is considerably more powerful than when they last battled him. The ice on which Doctor Light and the Teen Titans are standing breaks. They crash through the ice and wind up in a world where it is considerably warmer than expected.