Teen Titans 3.01

Deception

Cyborg uses a holographic generator to disguise himself and infiltrate the Hive Academy. Stone is his new name. He impresses the headmaster, Brother Blood, but in doing so he gets on the bad side of some of the other students (Jinx, Mammoth, Gizmo).

It turns out that Brother Blood knows Stone's true identity. He promises to make Cyborg fully human again if he will continue to work for the Hive. Cyborg accepts Brother Blood's offer.

Robin, Starfire, Rave, and Beast Boy break into Hive Academy after they start to worry about their teammate. They get into a fight with a team from Hive Academy led by Stone/Cyborg. It looks like the Teen Titans have lost their teammate but at the last minute Cyborg sets the record straight and sides with the other Teen Titans. 

Dexter's Laboratory 1.01

1. Deedeemensional

Dexter sends Dee Dee back in time to warn him of a monster from another dimension.

2. Dial M for Monkey: Magmanamus

A superpowered monkey (known as Monkey) does battle with a magma monster (known as Magmanamus).

3. Maternal Combat

Dexter builds a robotic version of his mother when his real mother gets sick.

Schitt's Creek 2.01

Finding David

David is missing. He drove off in Roland's truck at the end of the first season. One of Moira's bags is missing. She thinks David might have taken it. Alexis has awkward conversations, first with Mutt and then with Ted.

Roland's truck turns up. The Roses borrow Stevie's car and go find him. He ran out of gas and has been staying with an Amish family. They are more than ready to kick him out.

Thoughts

This was a decent start to the second season. It wasn't amazing but I enjoyed it. I didn't remember that David ran away at the end of the first season.

Babylon Berlin 1.02

Episode 2

Konig kills himself with Rath's gun. Rath finds a new place to stay. Lotte goes to a nightclub. Lotte and Rath cross paths in the mens room at the police station. Rath uses up the drugs he has left and goes to get some more. Kardakow's lover betrays him and his communist friends. 

I started to write a more detailed description of this episode but I don't feel like doing that now.

This show feels very surface level. I'm not feeling much if anything in the way of character moments. It is much more style than substance. There are too many things going on at once. I'm just not feeling it. Nothing about it is grabbing me. I think this will be the last episode for me.

Captain Harlock (1978) 1.30

My Friend, My Youth

Captain Harlock and his crew repair the Arcadia in Pirate Island. The Mazone look for the Arcadia. Queen Lafresia suspects that the Arcadia must be in bad shape, wherever it is. She initiates Operation Roller to find Captain Harlock and his ship but her forces are unable to find any sign of the Arcadia.

Pirate Island blends in very well with the other asteroids in that region of space. Captain Harlock reminisces about Tochiro Oyama, his friend who built the Arcadia and who is the father of Mayu.

Doctor Who (1963) 11.03.04

Death to the Daleks - Part Four

The Doctor and Bellal avoid the trap the Doctor detected at the end of the previous episode. They continue to work their way through the city. Two Daleks continue to follow them. The Doctor and Bellal encounter a few other challenges but eventually make it to the nerve center of the city. The Doctor rigs the city to self destruct.

The city sends a couple humanoid creatures to stop the Doctor and Bellal. The two Daleks show up just as the two humanoid creatures are attacking the Doctor and Bellal. The Daleks fight with the city's creatures. The Doctor and Bellal escape during the confusion.

The Woman King (2022)

The Woman King (2022)

starring Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch

directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood

Nawi (Thuso Mbedu) is sent to work in the palace after she refuses to marry the much older man her father wants her to marry. She joins the Agojie, an army of women that protect the people of the Dahomey kingdom of Africa. Nawi is mentored by Izogie (Lashana Lynch). King Ghezo (John Boyega) rules Dahomey. The Agojie are a sisterhood who, in addition to being warriors, have sworn never to get married or have children. They are led by Nanisca (Viola Davis) who doesn't take kindly to Nawi's insolent attitude.

Dahomey is threatened by Oyo, another kingdom whose warriors are led by Oba, who years before was one of many men who raped Nanisca when she was captured in battle. Nanisca escaped but she was pregnant by then. Nanisca is still haunted by memories of what she experienced at the hands of Oba.

Oba does business with white men from Brazil who are there to buy Africans who they can take back to Brazil to sell. Oba and his people gather support from other kingdoms and make plans to destroy the Dahomey. Nanisca comes up with a plan to drive off the would-be invaders.