Monk 1.01

Mr. Monk and the Candidate

Adrian Monk is a former San Francisco Police Detective. He's consulting on one case in Santa Clara and brought back to work on another case. He's something. He as issues. Everything went south for him a few years ago after his wife was killed. He's a germaphobe, he's obsessive-compulsive, he has problems with heights.

He has a nurse, Sharona Fleming, who looks after him. She drives him around and helps him to deal with his issues. 

San Francisco Police Captain Leland Stottlemeyer is forced to bring Monk in after there is an attempt on the life of Warren St. Claire, who is running for mayor. Someone tried to shoot St. Claire. Monk thinks it is connected to the other case he is working on, in Santa Clara. No one else agrees. Sharona thinks Miranda St. Claire is behind the attempt on her husband's life.

It turns out that Monk is right about there being a link to the other case he is working on. It takes a while for Monk, Sharona, and the police to track down the killer but eventually they do. The killer gets away, but they track him down again. Sharona gets taken hostage. Monk saves her despite his issues.

Captain Harlock (1978) 1.14

The Mausoleum of the Sphinx

Harlock goes to see Mayu only to find out that Commender Kiruta has taken her to Egypt. Captain Harlock and the crew of the Arcadia follow Kiruta and Mayu to the airport in Cairo. Kiruta left instructions for them there. Harlock is to proceed on his own. Harlock, despite being warned by the crew, chooses to follow the instructions. He is taken first by airplane, then by car, and finally he is given a horse with which to cross the desert. 

The horse eventually collapses. Harlock puts it out of its misery and keeps going on foot. He has almost caught up to Kiruta and Mayu when he collapses. He is found by Mayu while she is going to get water. Commander Kiruta was stung by a scorpion which was about to bite Mayu. Harlock and Mayu nurse Kiruta back to health. He tells them about his sister who is buried nearby, next to the Sphinx.

Kiruta turns on Harlock and Mayu. He activates a secret opening in the chest of the Sphinx which reveals a Mazone weapon. Kiruta uses it to bury the Arcadia, which is parked 120 miles away in the Valley of the Dead, in a pile of rubble. The crew don't know what to do but the ship comes back to life and extricates them from the rubble. They find the Sphinx and destroy it and rescue Harlock and Mayu. They leave Commander Kiruta behind.

Atypical 4.07

Channel the Cat

Sam wants Zahid to break up with Gretchen. Zahid refuses. He's having too much fun with her. 

Sam is hired to draw a picture of a cat wearing a cowboy hat and chaps. He's only doing it for the money. He doesn't really like cats.

Casey is feeling the pressure. She is having trouble relaxing. She has been doing something to her fingers. something that she uses bandages to cover up.

Paige wants to have sex with Sam but he gets it in his head that he needs to abstain until he gets the picture of the cat completed. Paige takes some advice from Gretchen but it blows up in her face.

Samurai Jack 5.02

XCIII

Aku is bored. His great plan didn't work out exactly as planned. He destroyed all the portals to the past but Jack has stopped aging. He doesn't know that Jack no longer has his magic sword.

Jack is attacked by the Daughters of Aku. They attack him while he is in a wooded area. They pursue him to an ancient structure. The fight continues there. They outnumber him 6 to 1 and seem faster. He eludes them put they keep coming.

One comes after him. She is much closer to him than any of the others. he turns and attacks her. She stabs him in the side with a dagger. He slashes her throat. He didn't realize that they were human. He hears the others coming and jumps in the roaring river.

The attack on Jack is paralleled by another fight. This one is between a white wolf and three large cat like beasts. The wolf seems hopelessly smaller than the the cat-like beasts but it fights on. The episode ends with the three larger beasts and the wolf dead.

Doctor Who (1963) 14.06 Extras (Part 2)

Moving On (2010)

4 minutes

Philip Hinchcliffe talks about plans that were never realized for the next season of Doctor Who.

The Foe from the Future (2010)

7 minutes

The Foe from the Future was an idea for a Doctor Who story that Robert Banks Stewart wrote. There were a few elements from it that were used in The Talons of Weng-Chiang but it was its own, unfinished story. Robert Banks Stewart left Doctor Who before work began on The Talons of Weng-Chiang. He and Philip Hinchciffe talk about their memories of the original idea for the story and the connections between it and The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

Now and Then (2010)

11 minutes

This is a look at some of the locations where The Talons of Weng-Chiang was filmed. They show both what the locations look like in 2010 and what they looked like in 1977 when The Talons of Weng-Chiang was filmed. Some of the locations don't exist anymore or were in the process of being demolished in 2010. Other locations look more or less the same.

Look East (1977)

4 minutes

This is a news featurette that was filmed, presumably for the BBC, while Talons of Weng-Chiang was being filmed. It includes a minute or two of Tom Baker talking about the character of Doctor Who.

Victoriana and Chinoiserie (2010)

References in The Talons of Weng-Chiang

8 minutes

Philip Hinchcliffe and Dr. Anne Witchard talk about the origins of some of the elements of The Talons of Weng-Chiang. There is a heavy emphasis on popular and urban myths of the Victorian Era.

Freaks and Geeks 1.18

Discos and Dragons

Nick has a new girlfriend, Sara, and she has gotten him into disco. Daniel and Ken show up at the disco, which is in a room at a bowling alley and shout "Disco Sucks!" while Nick is dancing with Sarah. Ken is convinced that the only reason Nick is with Sarah is to make Lindsey jealous.

Mr. Rosso punishes Daniel for trying to pull the fire alarm by making him join the AV club. Sam, Bill, and Neal are all members of the AV club. Neal and Bill have their doubts about Daniel but Sam tries to stick up for him.

Lindsey is selected for Academic Summit at University of Michigan. It is a two week summer camp of sorts for the best and brightest students in Michigan. She doesn't want to go. Mr. Rosso gives her a Grateful Dead album to listen to in the hopes that it will help to mellow her out to the idea of going to Academic Summit.

Captain Harlock (1978) 1.13

The Castle of Evil in the Sea of Death

The Arcadia returns to Earth and heads to the Sargasso Sea, off the eastern coast of South America. Captain Harlock makes a visit to a military base in South America on the way to their destination. The Arcadia is attacked by a submarine which looks like I-168, a Japanese submarine that disappeared during World War II more than 1000 years before.

The submarine fires a single torpedo, which doesn't do any damage to the Arcadia, and then takes off. The Arcadia follows it. 

Commander Kiruta gets word of Captain Harlock's return after Harlock calls Mayu. Harlock wanted to make sure she was okay. Kiruta leads a squadron of fighter planes against the Arcadia but their weapons aren't powerful enough to damage the Arcadia.