Schitt's Creek 3.11

Stop Saying Lice!

Alexis gets lice. Moira gets angry at Johnny for having a garden dedicated to her. David talks Stevie into letting him sleep over because he wants to distance himself from Alexis and the lice.

Thoughts

This was decent. I loved the ending.

Doctor Who (1963) 12.02.02

The Ark in Space - Part Two

The creature that lurches forth from the closet is dead. The Doctor and Harry turn back to trying to revive Sarah. Vira, one the of sleepers, wakes up. She demands to know what the Doctor and his companions are doing on the space station.

The Doctor and Harry try to explain. They ask about reviving Sarah. The power starts to fail. The Doctor rushes to the power room to see what can be done. There he finds a larva like creature inside the solar stack. He rushes back to find the others.

Noah, the leader of the station's crew is the next sleeper to wake up. He is very suspicious of the Doctor and his companions. He goes to check on a couple things. He finds the Doctor in the station's control room and shoots him with a stun blast from his pistol.

Vira helps the Doctor and Harry to revive Sarah. Noah goes to check out the solar stack. The creature that the Doctor saw breaks out of the solar stack and infects Noah by touching him.

Vira wakes up Libri, another of the sleepers. He freaks out when he looks at Noah. It isn't clear why at the moment but later Noah shoots Libri. The episode ends with Noah pulling his hand out of his pocket. It has turned green and no longer looks like a human appendage.

Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.12

A Miracle's Worth

The episode opens up with a flashback to Katsuragi's youth, fifteen years earlier, when her father sacrificed himself and made sure that she survived a very large (possibly nuclear) explosion.

In the present, Captain Katsuragi was recently promoted to the rank of major. Shinji and Asuka throw a small party for her. They invite Rei but she doesn't come.

Katsuragi is left in charge of Nerv HQ when Shinji's father leaves for a trip to Antarctica. An angel attacks Tokyo-3. Katsuragi takes the initiative and uses Special Declaration D-17 to order the evacuation of Tokyo-3.

The Angel drops from the sky like a bomb. The three pilots in their EVA units have to catch it and use their force fields to keep it from causing too much damage.

They are successful and for the first time Shinji's father congratulates him. Katsuragi takes the pilots out for ramen to celebrate the successful mission.

Kiss of Death (1947)

Kiss of Death (1947)

starring Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray

directed by Henry Hathaway

99 minutes

Nick Bianco (Victor Mature) gets nabbed by the police while trying to escape after robbing a jewelry store. He had partners in the job but the cops only catch Nick. Louis DeAngelo (Brian Donlevy), the assistant district attorney, tries to talk Nick into squealing on his accomplices but Nick would rather go to prison.

Three years into his prison term in Sing Sing, Nick changes his mind about giving the assistant DA what he wants after he finds out that his wife has committed suicide and that his two young daughters are in an orphanage. The ADA does what he can for Nick after he provides testimony.

Nick marries again, this time to Nettie (Coleen Gray), who used to babysit for him and his wife. Things are looking up until DeAngelo insists that Nick helps put away a hired gun, Tommy Udo. Nick provides testimony in court but Udo is not found guilty of the murder.

Udo knows that Nick testified against him which leaves Nick in a very precarious situation. DeAngelo tries to insist that they deal with Udo in his way but Nick can't go for that and comes up with his own plan.

George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (1994)

George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (1994)

written, directed, produced and narrated by George Stevens, Jr.

46 minutes

This documentary follows film director George Stevens and the men who served with him as they served in the US Army and traveled from the beaches of Normandy, France in early June 1944 to Berlin, Germany in May 1945.

The footage for this documentary is mostly in color and all silent. It was shot by Stevens and the men who served with him. There are audio clips from interviews with a few of the men who served with Steven including Dick Kent, Ken Marthey, Ivan Moffat, Mullinghouse Morse, Jack Muth, and Irwin Shaw. The only footage from the time that the documentary was assembled was of George Stevens, Jr. first introducing and then closing out the film.

The Tick (2016) 2.09

In the Woods

Arthur and the Tick receive a call informing them that they have been selected to be part of the new Flag Five. Bronze Star, Sage, and Joan of Arc fill out the rest of the roster. Arthur and the Tick meet with Flexon, after their first Flag Five team meeting, and help him to convince Lobsterucles that they need to introduce her children to the judge in order to get her released.

Joan of Arc meets with Frank and explains what has changed now that she is part of the Flag Five. He decides that He's had enough and leaves. Arthur and the Rick return to Danger Boat where they find Dot and Walter waiting for them. Walter explains that his real name isn't Walter and convinces Arthur that he needs to contact Tyrannorsaurus Rathbone and arrange a special meeting so that they can explain what they have found, away from AEGIS HQ.

Arthur, the Tick, Dot and Walter meet with Rathbone. Walter finds Joan after the meeting and explains what he's been hiding from her. Rathbone returns to his office where he has a meeting with Agent Doctor Hobbes. Overkill observes the meeting from a distance, through the scope of his sniper rifle before pulling the trigger and killing Rathbone.

All the King's Men (1949)

All the King's Men (1949)

starring Broderick Crawford, John Ireland

written and directed by Robert Rossen

110 minutes

Reporter Jack Burden (John Ireland) takes an interest in Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford), a wanna be small town lawyer, after writing a few stories about Stark who is running for county treasurer. Stark loses that election, and the next one when he aims higher and runs for governor.

Jack quits his job after the newspaper bends to pressure and stops backing Stark. Jack takes a job working for Stark and is part of the team when Stark wins the governorship four years later.