Friday, March 27, 2026

Un Village Français 6.01

Paris libéré 
or Paris Liberated

25 Aug 1944

The Resistance is split over what to do now that France is in the process of being liberated. The Allied armies have yet to reach Villeneuve. Antoine, Suzanne, and Raymond want to attack the jail and liberate the prisoners that are held there but everyone else is against it.

Janvier, the local French militia leader, and his troops remain loyal to the Vichy government. Janvier takes some of his men and murders Vernet, a former member of the resistance, and his family. Suzanne and Antoine witness the attack. She decides that they must avenge the dead family. She and Antoine, with help from a couple others, come up with a plan.

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.11

Rivals

Chief O'Brien gets annoyed when he learns that Doctor Bashir is better than him at racquetball. Quark feels threatened by Martus, who opens up a casino on the Promenade. Sisko and Dax discover that something is causing people to experience big swings of good and bad luck aboard the space station.

Thoughts

This episode doesn't do it for me. Nothing about it pulled me in, touched me, or gave me a reason to care. There was an attempt to explain the whole luck aspect of the episode but it felt very unscientific.

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

The Good Place 1.03

Tahani Al Jamil

Chidi tries to teach Eleanor to be good. Eleanor isn't a very good pupil. She thinks that Tahani is the one who left her the note. 

Michael tries to help Chidi find a hobby but all Chidi wants to do is finish writing the book he's been working on for close to two decades. 

Eleanor bonds with Tahani despite having her doubts about her. Michael asks Eleanor to be his assistant after Janet proves to be incapable of serving in that role.

Eleanor finds out that the person writing the notes is Jianyu. He talks for the first time and tells her that he also doesn't belong there and it's freaking him out.

Doctor Who (1963) 8.05.X1

The Devil Rides Out: Making The Daemons (2012)

29 minutes

A number of people were interviewed for this documentary including
  • Terrance Dicks, script editor
  • Barry Letts, producer and co-writer
  • Katy Manning, Jo Grant
  • Richard Franklin, Captain Mike Yeats
  • Damaris Hayman, Miss Hawthorne
  • Sue Heddon, assistant Floor manager 

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.17

The Older Sister

starring Joan Lorring, Carmen Matthews, Polly Rowles
written by Robert C. Dennis, Lillian de la Torre
directed by Robert Stevens

Reporter Nell Cutts (Polly Rowles) visits Lizzie Borden (Carmen Matthews) one year after she was acquitted of murdering her parents with an axe. Nell wants the truth from Lizzie. She first meets Emma (Joan Lorring), Lizzie's younger sister. Emma is in a rush to leave town but feels obliged to answer Ms. Cutts' questions.

Monday, March 23, 2026

Indomptables (2025)

Indomptables (2025)
aka Untamable

starring Thomas Ngijol, 
directed by Thomas Ngijol

in French with English subtitles

81 minutes

Police Commissioner Zarchary Billong investigates the murder of a police officer while his home life starts to unravel. Neither the investigation nor his home life are in great shape. The men he has working for him are rougher than necessary with the suspects. The corrupt and negligent actions of one of his men leads to the death of a top suspect. His relationship with Arthur, his oldest son, is rocky at best and comes apart until his son leaves home and goes to live with Adeline, Arthur's older sister, who similarly flew the coop when her father got to be too rough on her.

Amazing Stories (1985) 1.01

Ghost Train

starring Robert Blossom, Scott Paulin, Gail Edwards, Lukas Haas
written by Frank Deese, Steven Spielberg
directed by Steven Spielberg

Fenton (Scott Paulin) and Joleen Globe (Gail Edwards) bring his aged father, Clyde Globe (Roberts Blossom) home to live with them and their young son Brian (Lukas Haas) in their new house. The house is built on a piece of land through which the the railroad used to pass. Clyde doesn't like it. He takes his grandson around and figures out exactly where the railroad track used to be. He calculates that the tracks ran right through where the house stands now.