Dark Winds 1.02

The Male Rain Approaches

The episode opens with a flashback to three years before the heist. There was an explosion at an oil drilling site. Joe Leaphorn's teenage son worked there and was killed in the explosion. Joe Jr. was dating Anna Atcitty. Guy, Anna's father, was warned that something might happen. It is unclear but unlikely that he passed that information on to Joe Jr.

Leaphorn tricks Chee into revealing that he is an undercover FBI agent. Leaphorn asks Chee to get him some information about the two murder victims and to get a water sample analyzed. 

Leaphorn visits Sally Growing Thunder. He tries to talk her into moving to Gallup. He thinks she will be safer there. She doesn't want to leave the reservation. Later in the episode, she moves in with Joe and Emma.

Doctor Who (1963) 2.02.01

World's End

(aka The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Part One)

The TARDIS arrives in London but the city looks quite abandoned. The Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara exit the TARDIS. Susan climbs up a wall but then gets injured when she slips and falls. Her ankle is sprained. Some debris from a nearby bridge falls on the TARDIS, preventing the Doctor and the others from accessing it.

The Doctor and Ian go looking in a nearby warehouse for something to help remove some of the debris. Barbara and Susan stay behind because Susan's ankle is hurting too much.

A man named Tyler approaches Susan and Barbara. He warns them against staying where they are. He carries Susan. Barbara follows on foot. They go underground through a tunnel. They meet a couple more men, David and Dortmun, who is in a wheelchair. David goes back to find the Doctor and Ian when he learns that there are others.

Batman: Caped Crusader 1.10

Savage Night

Barbara Gordon goes to some lengths to protect Harvey Dent. He tries to dissuade her, numerous times. Thorne sends two crooked cops to kidnap Dent and bring the former DA to him. Dent and Barbara Gordon interfere with those plans. Commissioner Gordon and Detective Montoya respond to Barbara's call for help, as does the Batman.

Moonlighting 2.08

Portrait of Maddie

An artist named Philip Wright paints a portrait of Maddie and then kills himself. The police want to know what Maddie knows about Philip Wright. She doesn't know anything and tells the police detective investigating the apparent suicide just that.

Maddie decides to buy the portait with the little bit of profit that Blue Moon has made recently. Charlie Wright, Philip's brother, shows up the next day. He expresses regret at the loss of his brother. He seems sincere to Maddie and she decides to give him the portrait.

Charlie takes the picture to his brother's apartment and kills himself. Once again the detective investigating the case has Maddie come in for questioning. Maddie insists that she doesn't know anything.

David and Maddie go back to her place after the interrogation. They find her living room has been torn to shreds and there is a man there waiting for them. He tells them a story about a different painting, a stolen painting called the Duchess. He forces them at gun point to go to Philip's apartment and take the picture with them.

The man ties them up, after he finds a clue as to where the Duchess might be, and leaves. Maddie figures out where the painting might really be while she is tied up. She and David manage to get themselves untied and then go across the street to a car painting business. They find the painting but then someone else shows up.

The Phil Silvers Show 3.34

Bilko's Insurance Company

Bilko decides to start an insurance company, Bilko of Baxter. He insures every soldier he can find. He is forced to scramble when he discovers that Wally Gunther and Sally Fisher, both of whom bought policies, have fallen in love. She is one of three triplets and he has a twin brother. The insurance policy pays out large amounts to insured families that have twins, triplets, or more.

Thoughts

Orson Bean played the part of Wally Gunther. Rain Winslow played the part of Sally Fisher. Bean and Winslow were married from 1956 to 1962. This episode first aired in 1958.

This was pretty good even though it is a little short on details about how the insurance policies work or how Bilko got the company set up as quickly as he did.

Stella Dallas (1937)

Stella Dallas (1937)

starring Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley

directed by King Vidor

106 minutes

Stella (Barbara Stanwyck) is desperate to get away from the poor family life into which she was born. She finds a man, Stephen Dallas (John Boles), who grew up fairly well off. They get married but he isn't very exciting. They have a daughter together, Laurel (Anne Shirley). Stella dotes on Laurel but she also starts hanging out with Ed Munn, a gambler.

Stephen moves from Massachusetts, where Stella grew up and where they currently live, to New York, to work. More than a decade passes, Laurel grows up. Stella tries to give her daughter what she thinks she needs. Stella is very focused on the material things.

Justice League Action 1.17

Luthor in Paradise

Lex Luthor invades Paradise Island, with some help from Circe. They are there for Queen Hippolyta's staff which can lead the to the Oculus of Argo, an ancient artifact which will give them the power of Zeus. Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman try to stop the supervillains.

Luthor and Circe get the staff and make their way to the Fallen Realm, the dimension where the artifact can be found. Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman (with some help from Queen Hippolyta) follow the supervillains to the Fallen Realm but don't arrive in time to prevent Luthor and Circe from getting their hands on the Oculus of Argo.