Thursday, November 11, 2021

Doctor Who (1963) 2.09.02

The Time Meddler
Part 2: The Meddling Monk

The Monk has the Doctor locked up. He brings him some food and then leaves. Vicki and Steven are captured by some of the locals and taken to the village.

The Monk goes to the coast and, using a pair of binoculars, he spots a Viking ship. He seems pleased to see them coming.

Wulnoth, the village headman, and Eldred, another villager argue over what to do with Vicki and Steven. Wulnoth decides to let them go. Edith, Wulnoth's wife, prepares Vicki and Stephen some food for their trip. She tells Vicki what she knows about the whereabouts of the Doctor. 

The villagers go to work in the fields. Vicki and Steven go to the monastery. They talk to the Monk but he says no one has visited the monastery in days. They don't believe him and catch him lying to them. They don't call him out on it. They are convinced that he knows what happened to the Doctor and need to find a way in to the monastery.

The Vikings land and attack the village while Edith is the only one there. Wulnoth, Eldred, and the others return to find her unconscious. She recovers enough to tell them what happened. The men of the village head out looking for the Vikings. They find them. A fight ensues.

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Knights of Sidonia 2.11

Chance Meeting

The fight continues with the Crimson Hawksmoth. Tsumugi fights the Crimson Hawksmoth while Tanikaze goes to find Izana and the other survivor of the reconnaissance mission. He gets to them just as they are attacked by several gauna. He gets them on board his garde and then deals with the gauna. 

Tsumugi continues to fight the Crimson Hawksmoth alone. Tsumugi seems to get the upper hand and is about to destroy it when the Crimson Hawksmoth turns the tables. It is ready to destroy Tsumugi when Tanikaze shows up. The episode ends with the tendrils of the Crimson Hawksmoth worming their way into the cockpit of the Garde.

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Atypical 4.03

You Say You Want a Revolution

Sam still wants to go to Antarctica. Paige is opposed to the idea. Sam finds out it costs a lot of money. He loses his job at Techtropolis because it is closing. He tries to raise money by selling his parents kitchen appliances but no one seems to want them.

Paige's boss likes the work she is doing now that she's a manager. He gives her a set of keys to the restaurant. She is very pleased. She tries to share the news with Sam but he is too absorbed in his desire to go to Antarctica.

Casey tries to get back into the swing of things at school. Izzy decides to petition the school to change the dress code. That doesn't work so she organizes a protest. Casey tries to talk her out of it.

Monday, November 8, 2021

Justice League 2.13.C

Starcrossed - Part 3

Shayera returns to Thanagarian command ship where she is met by Kragger. He arrest her and takes her to Hro Talak. Kragger shows Hro the evidence that Shayera has told the Justice League about their plans and returned Green Lantern's ring. Talak is anrgy he has Shayera locked up and then sends Kragger to kill the others.

The Justice League is still in the Batcave making plans when Kragger and a squad of Thanagarians arrive at Wayne Manor. The Leaguers defeat the Thanagarians. Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern head to the Gobi Desert, where the Thanagarian command ship and the Hyperpace Bypass Generator are located. Batman, J'onn J'onzz, and Flash interrogate Kragger to learn how to fly the Thanagarian craft. J'onn has to use his mental powers to enter Kragger's mind and learn how to fly the Thanagarian ship.

Sunday, November 7, 2021

No Time to Die (2021)

starring Daniel Craig
directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga

The movie opens with flashback to Madeline Swann's (Lea Seydoux) youth. Someone came looking for her father. Her mother gets killed. The killer comes after her. She shoots him but he still keeps coming after her. He chases her out onto the ice of a frozen lake. She falls through the ice and is stuck under the ice.

James Bond is still with Madeline. She wants him to make peace with his memories of Vesper Lynd. He goes to Vesper's grave. An attempt is made on his life while he is at the grave. He thinks that Madeline knows something about it. She is keeping secrets from him. She insists that she had nothing to do with it. He doesn't believe her and puts her on a train. He says he never wants to have anything to with her again.

5 years later. James is living in Jamaica. He gets approached by MI-6 and the CIA, both of whom want him to track down Obruchev, a scientist who disappeared after an attack on a secret weapons lab in the UK. Bond refuses to help MI-6 but he winds up working with the Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) and a couple of other CIA agents. He is teamed up with CIA Agent Paloma (Ana de Armas).

Saturday, November 6, 2021

Un Village Français 1.01

Le débarquement
or The Landing

June 1940. The war is getting closer to the French town of Villeneuve but life goes on. A group of school children, with two of their teachers, are out having a picnic when the Germans attack. One of the teachers and two students are killed by German fighter planes. Lucienne, the surviving teacher, gathers the rest of the kids together but Gustave, one of the students has run off scared into the woods and can't be found.

Raymond Schwartz, owner of a saw mill, is dealing with French policemen who are looking for communists when the Germans roll into town. His foreman, Marcel, is a communist and responsible for the printed literature that led the police to the saw mill. The investigation is forgotten once the Germans arrive. Raymond is driving Marcel home when they see the class of kids in a field. Marceau, Raymond's son was wounded in the attack. Marcel's son is the missing Gustave.

Daniel Larcher, a doctor and brother of Marcel, delivers a baby just as the Germans are rolling into town. The mother is a Spanish refugee. She starts to hemorrhage after giving birth. He tries to rush her to a nearby hospital but runs into a blockade manned by French troops. He pays them to take her to a hospital but has to keep the baby. He takes the baby home to Hortense, his wife. They give him the name Tequiero, the name that the mother wanted him to have.

Gustave, Marcel's son, meets a wanderer named Jacques who encourages the boy to come with him. Gustave stays with Jacques until he frightens the boy by taking stuff off the bodies of dead French soldiers whom they find alongside the road.

The episode ends with Raymond getting home with his son Marceau. Jeannine, his wife, wants to know what they are going to do. He starts to make plans but then the Germans show up and take charge of his house.

Friday, November 5, 2021

Freaks and Geeks 1.14

Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers

Kim and Lindsay run over Goliath, Millie's dog, by mistake. They don't realize what happened until the next day when they see Millie and ask her why she looks so sad. They want to tell her but they don't. Kim starts treating Millie decently. She even invites her to go to the Who concert with them.

Bill's mother is dating Mr. Fredericks, the gym teacher. Bill does not approve. He acts up in gym class. Mr. Fredericks doesn't do anything to him.

Lindsay wants to go the Who concert. Her father says no, at first but then agrees to listen to their latest album and decide based on that. He doesn't like what he hears and tells Lindsay no. He changes his mind after he finds out that Millie is going too and Lindsay wants to keep an eye on her.