UFO Robo Grendizer 3.20

A Citizen from a Distant Planet

or Our so-distant home star

or La princesse amoureuse (The princess in love)

Rubina, the daughter of the Great Vega Daio, leaves planet Rubi and comes to Earth. Her first stop is Skull Moon Base. The Great Vega Daio doesn't know what to do. He proposes to Zuril that he can marry her if he can keep her in line. Zuril isn't successful at that. Rubina tries to talk her father into making peace with Duke Fleed. She suggests that she and Duke Fleed could get married to seal the peace but her father doesn't want to have anything to do with her plan.

Rubina goes to Earth, unaware that Zuril is following her in a saucer beast. She finds Duke Fleed, who initially thinks that it is a trick and that she isn't who she says she is. Even after he has been convinced of her identity he still can't help but think of how the Vegans, her people, killed his parents.

Broadchurch 1.03

Episode 3

Mark Latimer is brought in to the police station for questioning. Before he goes in he texts his employee Nige and asks him to cover for him on the night of the murder. Mark tells Alec and Allie that he was with Nige. He also tells them that he was in the cottage fixing something, which explains how his prints wound up there. 

Alec and Ellie talk to the cleaning lady. She has no recollection of giving the keys to the cottage to Mark. They investigate Mark's boat and find some blood stains. 

They question Nige but he doesn't have a very good story and they see right through it and are able to confirm he wasn't with Mark when they talk to his mother.

The Phil Silvers Show 3.19

Bilko's Cousin

Bilko gets very excited when he learns that his cousin Swifty has joined the Army and will soon be stationed at Fort Baxter. Bilko assumes that Swifty will be just as slick as he. It turns out that Swifty is not very much like Bilko.

Bilko tries to get Swifty into Officer Candidate School (OCS). Bilko pulls a few strings and tricks Col Hall into thinking that Swifty is much much more impressive than he actually is. Bilko's plan goes up in flames once Col. Hall meets Swifty and asks him a few questions.

Gravity (2013)

Gravity (2013)

starring Sandra Bullock, George Clooney

directed by Alfonso Cuarón

91 minutes

Scientist and rookie astronaut Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and veteran astronaut Lt. Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) are the only survivors of an accident that totals the US Space Shuttle while it is in orbit repairing the Hubble Telescope. Their oxygen is running out. They make an attempt to get to the International Space Station with some success but that proves to be also damaged to the point of not being able to provide the help they need. Dr. Stone is forced to go on alone after Lt. Kowalski sacrifices himself to provide her with a chance to survive.

My Son John (1952)

My Son John (1952)

starring Robert Walker, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Dean Jagger

directed by Leo McCarey

122 minutes

Dan Jefferson, a member of the American Legion, has two sons who have done him proud by serving their country in the USMC. His other son, John (Robert Walker), is another story. John doesn't care for his father's bible thumping and rah-rah patriotism. He tries to be respectful but his father doesn't make it easy. Lucille (Helen Hayes), John's mother tries to make peace between her husband and her son, without much success.

John ends up cutting a visit short with his parents after his father knocks him over. He returns to Washington DC where he works. He leaves in such a rush that he leaves behind something of value. His mother retrieves the item but not before learning that John is being investigated by Stedman (Van Heflin) an FBI agent.

Stedman, over the course of a few conversation with Lucille, convinces her to look into the allegations against him. She finds a gap in John's story. She assumes the worst, that John is a Communist. She urges John to tell Stedman everything and refuses to help him hide the truth from the FBI.

Better Call Saul 4.08

Coushatta

Jimmy takes a bus east to Coushatta, Louisiana, Huell's hometown. There and along the way he gets people to write letters to the judge. The letters all talk about how great a person Huell is and beg the judge not to throw the book at him.

Nacho is in charge of the Salamanca operation in Albuquerque. He's the enforcer and deals harshly with those who don't day their debts.

Mike takes the men working on the space under the laundry out to a strip club. They have fun but Kai gets in trouble. He tries to get hands on with one of the dancers. Werner, the foreman, causes a different kind of trouble. While Mike is dealing with Kai, Wener starts talking about the project, without getting too specific, to a couple of locals.

Sherman's Showcase 1.02

The Showcase Dancers

This episode is introduced and presented by Nigel Lythgoe. It includes a preview for a movie called Black People Were Right, a dance marathon to raise money to cure cancer, and Frederick Douglass makes another appearance, this time in an ad for a dating web site.

I'm still loving this show and still unsure how to describe it in any detail. There were some good laughs in this one. I think that there may have been a few jokes that I missed.