Doctor Who (1963) 22.06.01

Revelation of the Daleks - Part One

The Doctor and Peri arrive on the planet Necros. They are there to see Arthur Stengos, a friend of the Doctor. The Doctor lands the TARDIS outside of Tranquil Repose, a mortuary. They have a bit of a walk to get to Tranquil Repose. They are attacked by a rough looking man. He dies before they can find out what happened to him. He warns them about the Great Healer.

Inside Tranquil Repose the staff of the mortuaty are getting ready for a visit from the President who is there to see his wife's body. Jobel, the head mortician, orders everyone around. They are all incompetent in Jobel's eyes. He is the head mortician but he is not the Great Healer, the one who runs Tranquil Repose; that is Davros and he has cameras everywhere and sees everything that is going on. 

NewsRadio 5.01

Bill Moves On

The employees of WNYX remember Bill McNeal, their colleague from the first 4 seasons of the show, who passed away between seasons 4 and 5. Matthew is convinced that Bill is still alive. Lisa gets grief from the others for turning to alcohol after she heard about Bill's death. Dave obssesses about the eulogy he gave at the funeral for Bill.

Thoughts

Catherine returns to the show to join the others in mourning the loss of Bill. This is her final appearance on the show.

My notes about what happened to Phil Hartman can be found in my thoughts about 4.22 - Sinking Ship.

This episode is heartfelt. There are a few jokes but most of them didn't connect in my opinion. I am glad that they acknowledged the loss of Bill in an appropriate way.

The Central Park Five (2013)

The Central Park Five (2013)

starring Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise

written and directed by Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Ken Burns

119 minutes

This documentary recounts the story of the five young men who were exonerated in Dec 2002 of the rape of the Central Park Jogger in 1989. The story follows the case chronologically. The first 40 minutes set the scene, cover the events of the crime itself and that lead up to the arraignment of Antron, Kevin, Ray, Yusef, and Korey. The next 50 minutes follow the story through the trials that led to them getting thrown in prison. The last 30 minutes are about their time in prison and how it is that they came to be released and have their convictions overturned. 

All five men, in their mid to late 30s at the time the documentary was made, participate in the documentary. There is lots of video and photographs of them from 1989 and 1990. All but Antron appear on camera at the time the documentary was being made.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.20

Bilko Enters Politics

Bilko talks Doberman into running for mayor of Roseville when Mayor Burke refuses to build a servicemen's center in Roseville. Doberman isn't allowed to campaign for himself so Bilko organizes others to campaign for him. Mayor Burke doesn't know what to do. He hasn't had an opponent in the past 15 years. Mr. Donelly, the local party boss, tries to help Mayor Burke but in the end Doberman decides to bow out of the race for mayor.

The Orville 1.01

Old Wounds

Captain Ed Mercer assumes command of the Orville, an exploratory starship, one year after his marriage ended. The ship's first mission takes Captain Mercer and his crew to the science center on Eplison Two. They pick up Commadner Kelly Grayson, the Orville's new executive officer and Ed's ex-wife, on the way to Eplison Two. Ed tries arguing with Admiral Halsey about the decision to make Commander Grayson the ship's XO but it gets him nowhere.

The Orville arrives as Epsilon Two. Captain Mercer, Commander Grayson, Security Chief Alara Kitan, and Chief Medical Officer Claire Finn travel to the surface of the planet by shuttle. Dr. Aronoff shows them around. The tour incudes a demonstration of a new piece of technology that rapidly ages things. Dr. Aronoff is worried about the Krill, a warlike race of aliens, who have threatened Epsilon Two in the past.

Un Village Français 2.01

La Loterie

or The Lottery

De Kervern celebrates with Alfred, a friend. They recently bought a winning lottery ticket. They won 150,000 francs. Alfred goes upstairs with one of the prostitutes who works in the brothel where they were celebrating. Minutes later Alfred is dead. The prostitute doesn't know where Alfred's wallet is. De Kervern takes her in for questioning.

Daniel Larcher goes to see Marcel, his brother, in prison. He brings him a picture that Gustave drew for him. He tries to get Marcel to sign a paper promising to give up his political activities but Marcel refuses. Daniel starts to suspect that there is something going on between Hortense, his wife, and Jean Machetti, the policeman. He questions her about it but she insists that it is just his imagination. Daniel finds Marchetti a place to stay and makes it clear that he wants him to move out as soon as possible.

When They See Us (2019) Extra

Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now

This program is divided into three sections. Oprah brought out Ava Duvernay the director and co-writer of When They See Us, along with most of the primary cast members. Oprah talked to the director for the first 10 minutes. She spent the next 20 minutes talking to the cast of the mini-series. All of the actors who played the 5 young men, the exonerated 5, were there expect for the actor who played Ray as a young man. Also on stage were Michael K. Williams, Nicey Nash, and Joshua Jackson. All of them got a chance to speak. There were three other members of the production team but Oprah did not ask them any questions.

The cast and crew on stage took a seat in the audience, around the midway point in this 61 minute program, and Oprah then brought out the actual five exonerated men. She talked to them about what they went through, both the good and the bad, and what it was like seeing their story brought to life. Three of them (Yusef, Kevin, Ray) were very eager to talk. Antron talked but he did not seem as outgoing as the other three. Korey said very little. Oprah didn't push him too much but she asked him a few questions. Most of his answers were short. He seemed uncomfortable.