Borderline (1950)

starring Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr

directed by William A. Seiter

Los Angeles Police Officer Madeline Haley (Claire Trevor) is sent to Mexico to make contact with and learn what she can about a drug smuggling operation run by Pete Ritchie (Raymond Burr). She finds him but after shooting him she goes on the run with Johnny Macklin (Fred MacMurray), one of Ritchie's associates.

Ritchie pursues them as they make a run for the US-Mexican border  with some of his drugs. They pretend to be newlyweds. Ritchie catches up to them a couple times but they evade capture and make their way back to the United States where they learn that they are on the same side of the law. Macklin, whose real name is McEvoy, is also a cop.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.15

Bilko Gets Some Sleep

Bilko hallucinates a conversation with his conscience and his ego. He thinks they are real until he relizaes that no one else can see them. Bilko goes to see Captain Adams, Fort Baxter's phychyitrist, who recommends that he get to bed on time, get up on time, and start living like the rest of the soldiers.

Bilko folows the captain's advice. Everyone gets suspicious of his motives. They start to think that he is up to something. Everyone (Colonel Hall, Master Sergeant Hogan, Mrs. Hall, the men in his platoon) start going to see Captain Adams. Bilko finds out about this and decides somethign has to be done.

Orange Is the New Black 5.08

Tied to the Tracks

Red and Flores continue to try and lure Piscatella into Litchfield using Humps' phone. they have a secret way in. Piscatella, thinking that he is dealing with Humps, tries telling the commander in charge about Humps but he just laughs at him.

Judy King and Aleida Diaz are on Meredith Viera's TV show. The two former inmates do not get along. Judy reveals that there was shooting in Litchfield. She drops enough hints so that Aleida knows that Daya was the shooter. 

Figueroa comes to negotiate on behalf of the governor. She talks to Taystee, the negotiator for the inmates. They make progress until Figueroa learns that one of the guards was shot.

Daya gets the backstory spotlight.

Mendoza finds out that her son is in a coma in the ICU. She wants to get out to help him but she can't. She tries talking to Caputo, who is still locked in one of the port-a-poddies. He tells her that she needs to do something to help end the current situation at Litchfield if she wants his help.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.14

Sergeant Bilko Presents Ed Sullivan

Bilko audtions for The Ed Sullivan Show's tribute to the US Army. He goes into a funk when he does hear back from them but then he lucks his way into a request to appear on the show. He shows up at the CBS studio in New York City and takes over. He changes all the plans and convinces all of Sullivan's assistants that Sullivan has done them wrong. Bilko gets Sullivan's righthand men doing his bidding until Sullivan gets word of what's going on.

Get On Up (2014)

Get On Up (2014)

starring Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis

directed by Tate Taylor

This movie chronicles portions of singer James Brown's life. The focus seems to be on his childhood, his rise to fame, and his relationships with a number of people, most notably Bobby Byrd. Byrd worked with and for James Brown for most of their lives. There is also time spent on his relationship with his father (Joe Brown), his mother (Susie Brown), his second wife (DeeDee), and his manager (Ben Bart). The movie starts with a moment in 1988 and then jumps backwards. The story follows his career as a singer with lots of flashbacks throughout to his early days with and without his parents.

Orange Is the New Black 5.07

Full Bush, Half Snickers

Doggett does community service by pushing a cart around with refreshments that she made herself. She offers Suzanne a drink but she is a little too far gone. She thinks her adoptive parents are there to see her. Cindy and Abdullah see how crazy Suzanne has gotten. They talk to Taystee about it but she is too busy to do anything about it so they come up with a plan to help Suzanne.

Chapman suggests to Taystee that they should do something to honor Poussey. Chapman puts up flyers and tries to get other inmates involved. They aren't very inspired by the inmates who offer to put the memorial together. Soso doesn't have an idea but she criticizes their approach which leads Chapman and Taystee to suggest that Soso should put something together to honor Poussey.

Chapman suggests to Flaca and Ramos that they should use their beauty skills on their fellow inmates. They take her suggestion seriously and get to work.

Berlin and the other inmates in the bunker stay put, for the most part. They just hang out in the bunker. Mendoza eventually leaves when she gets a text indicating that something happened to her son and that he is in a hospital. She tries to contact family but can't get a straight answer about what happened to her son.

Atlanta 3.07

Trini 2 De Bone

Miles and Bronwyn, a White couple, take Sebastian, their young son, to the funeral for Sylvia, his nanny. Bronwyn was reluctant to tell Sebastian that Sylvia was dead. Sebastian wants to be at the funeral and gets into the spirit of the event a little more than his parents do.

The funeral does not go off without some confrontations. One of Sylvia's daughters has some unaired grievances. Two men start wrestling. Miles and Bronwyn leave before it is all over. It's a little too much for them.