Doctor Who (1963) 14.02.03

The Hand of Fear - Part 3

The Doctor and Sarah arrive at the reactor room too late. Driscoll has already entered with the hand. The Doctor considers sticking around but decides to leave after Professor Watson announces that the RAF who will be hitting the facility with tactical nuclear weapons in less than 10 minutes.

The RAF fires missiles at the facility but Eldrad absorbs the energy of the weapons and there is no explosion.

Eldrad emerges from the reactor core. Eldrad has assumed a human form. The Doctor, Sarah, and Professor Watson return to the reactor room after they witness what happened to the RAF strike. The Doctor has a chat with Eldrad who uses her power to confirm that he is telling the truth and to ascertain that he is not human. She knows of the time lords and asks the Doctor to help her.

Eldrad explains that she came from Kastria. She restored the planet, which was once a barren world, but then it got caught in the middle of a war between two other planets. She learns from the Doctor that it has been 150 million years since she arrived on Earth. Ekdrad asks the Doctor to take her back in time to the time she left Kastria so that she can get her revenge.

The Doctor agrees to take Eldrad back to Kastria but in the present. Professor Watson doesn't trust Eldrad and tries to kill her with a gun. Eldrad almost kills the professor but stops when the Doctor threatens to break his promise (to take her back to Kastria) if she kills Professor Watson.

The Doctor, Sarah Jane, and Eldrad return to the TARDIS. They travel to Kastria. Eldrad is happy but then she gets shot with a bolt in the chest.

Samurai Jack 4.13

LII: Jack and the Baby

Jack rescues a baby from ogres who are getting ready to cook the baby. Jack goes looking for the baby's mother. He entertains the baby with the story of Momotaro, a story which Jack's mother used to tell him. Jack struggles to find milk for the baby.

Jack and the baby eventually find themselves back in the woods where they first met and where the ogres live. Jack battles the ogres once again. This time he makes sure that they will never harm the baby again. The episode ends with the baby's mother showing up and Jack walking off over the horizon.

The Phil Silvers Show 1.32

The Con Men

Doberman receives a check for $500. He goes into town and promptly loses the money to some con men. Sgt Bilko decides he must get Doberman's money back. He goes into town, dressed as a private and flashes a lot of money around. He quickly gets the attention of the con men.

Thoughts

Colonel Hall is not in this episode.

There was at least one inconsistency in this episode. Sgt Bilko already seems to know that Doberman was hanging out with people from his hometown before he tells him that. I don't understand how that can be possible.

This was a lot of fun and very funny. I love watching Bilko work.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 1.05

Doink

Midge gets a job working in a department store. She wants a job as an elevator operator but they won't hire her to do that. She instead gets a job at the makeup counter. Her mother is very disappointed. Her father is a bit surprised and has lots of questions.

Joel introduces Penny to his parents. They are not impressed.

Midge bombs on stage at the Gaslight. She's doesn't understand what went wrong. Midge turns to Herb Smith, a "professional", for help writing material. His help doesn't help. She bombs again. The jokes Smith writes are old and tired and seem as if they are written for someone else. Midge and Susie get into an argument after her second bombing run. Midge declares that she's done with comedy.

The next night Midge goes to a party thrown by one of her coworkers. She tells her coworkers stories and quickly has them all laughing.

Animaniacs 1.03

H.M.S. Yakko - Yakko, Wakko, and Dot travel to an island where they encounter a pirate and sing songs composed by Gilbert & Sullivan for the Pirates of Penzance but with new lyrics.

Slappy Goes Walnuts - Slappy Squirrel - Slappy doesn't mess around or let Doug the Dog between her and the walnuts she needs for a recipe.

Yakko's Universe Song - Yakko sings a song about the universe

Thoughts

Fun, decent, but not great.

Booksmart (2019)

starring Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis 

directed by Olivia Wilde

1 hr 43 min

Molly (Feldstein) and Amy (Dever) are about to graduate from high school. It is the day before graduation. They've spent all their time studying so that they can get into top schools only to discover that the people who partied and had fun are also getting into the top schools. Molly decides that they have to make up for it by going to the party that one of their classmates is throwing.

They realize that they don't know where the party is happening. They call one guy who takes them to the party he is throwing. He agrees to pick them up but they quickly realize that no one else is at his party. They get what they think is the right place only to discover that once again it is the wrong party. They finally get to the right party but things don't go exactly according to plan.

UFO Robo Grendizer 2.09

Flying in Space with Double Spazer

or Fly! Double Spazer!

or Le premier raid (The First Raid)

The Vegans send a new saucer beast to Earth. Commander Beto is the pilot and he is given instructions to tunnel underground in search of Grendizer's secret base. His digging causes earthquakes at the Makiba Ranch, the Space Center, and elsewhere.

Grendizer launches in search of the source of the earthquakes. Professor Umon and Duke Fleed suspect that a saucer beast might be the source of the earthquakes. Grendizer goes looking for the underground saucer beast by tunneling underground. 

Duke Fleed finds the beast on two occasions but it keeps getting away from him. Grendizer gets in a couple good hits but then the beast crashes into the Space Center. Duke Fleed doesn't know what to do. If he shoots the saucer beast he might destroy the Space Center. Professor Umon tells him to send Spazer at the saucer beast. He does and it works, the saucer beast is pushed away from the Space Center.

Professor Umon tells Kouji to launch in his new ship. Kuoji in Double Spazer and Duke Fleed in Grendizer team up and destroy the saucer beast.