Bleach 1.05

Beat the Invisible Enemy!

Rukia and Chad team up and fight the Hollow. Chad can't see the Hollow and Rukia can't harm the Hollow. Together they fight the Hollow until Ichigo finally shows up.

Ichigo is more than the Hollow can manage, once he has separated from his physical form from his Shinigami form. Ichigo performs Konsō on Yuichi the spirit trapped in the parakeet, once the Hollow has been dealt with, thus allowing the boy to move on to the Soul Society where he will be reunited with his mother.

Thoughts

The first half of this episode is almost entirely Rukia and Chad versus the Hollow. Ichigo shows up at the midway point and it is mostly his show from there on out.

Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.18

Life and Death Decisions

Preparations are made for the announcement of the identity of the pilot of Unit 03. None of other pilots seem to know who it will be.

Some tests are run on Unit 03 but something goes wrong. Unit 03 takes off without authorization. It seems that the pilot isn’t able to control Unit 03 and that it may be controlled by an Angel. 

The other three unit’s are sent out to deal with Unit 03. They are given orders to take it out. Shinji asks about the pilot of Unit 03 and is told not to worry about it. Shinji refuses to fight. A switch is flipped back at Nerv HQ and the his unit is remotely controlled from there.

Shinji watches in horror as Unit 01 stops Unit 03, practically destroying it. Somehow the pilot, Tohji, survives.

The Orville 2.04

Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes

Captain Mercer is in a relationship with Lieutenant Janel Tyler. They decide to go public with it. Ed first tells Gordon and then Kelly, both of whom are happy for him. Ed and Janel go on a vacation together. They take off in a shuttle for a distant world while the Orville continues on a supply mission.

Gordon decides that he wants to apply for training make him eligible for command in the future. He doesn't prove to be very good at it but it does seem to improve his confidence.

Ed and Janel are attacked by Krill warships and taken prisoner. Janel turns out to be a Krill named Teleya, disguised as a human, whom Ed met in episode 1.06 (Krill). She was a teacher then but now she is a warrior. The Krill warship that they are aboard is attacked by the Chak'tal, a race that is in a dispute with the Krill.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1.02

The Dancing Men

Hilton Cubitt comes to Sherlock Holmes in need of help. Elsie, his wife, is wracked with anxiety. The source of her distress seems to be a drawing of dancing men. The men are stick figures that are arranged in a horizontal line. Holmes concludes that the drawing must be code.

Mr. Cubitt is also concerned about a letter that Elsie received from Chicago. She burned the letter without even opening the envelope.

Holmes deciphers the code. Holmes anticipates trouble and heads to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cubitt. He is dead and she has been shot. She is suffering from a head wound. 

Holmes examines the evidence and determines that there must have been a third person present. He writes out a note in code and sends it to a nearby inn. A man comes to the Cubitt household in response to the note which he thought was written by Elsie.

Misericordia (2024)

Miséricorde (2024)

or Misericordia

starring Félix Kysyl

directed by Alain Guiraudie

102 minutes

in French with English subtitles

Jérémie (Félix Kysyl) returns to the small town bakery where he used to work. The baker died recently and Martine, the baker’s wife, would like Jérémie to take over the business. Vincent, the baker’s son, who is about the same age as Jérémie, accuses Jérémie of trying to sleep with his mother. Jérémie tries to shrug off Vincent’s accusations but words lead to fists and before he knows it Jérémie has killed Vincent.

Jérémie buries Vincent body in the woods where they fought. Annie, Vincent’s wife reports him as missing. Jérémie was the last one to have seen Vincent alive and everyone from the local priest to the local police have questions for him. 

Justice League Action 1.27

Time Out

Batman, Wonder Woman, and Booster Gold have just defeated H.I.V.E. when a temporal abnormality freezes Wonder Woman and everything else expect Batman and Booster Gold. They flee to Vanishing Point, Booster's secret headquarters where they regroup and attempt to deal with the problem. Batman comes to a greater understanding of who Booster is and what he does but in the end doesn't remember that after Booster fixes everything.

Thoughts

This was a so-so episode up to the moment when Batman realizes that he has been wrong about Booster Gold. It got even better when Batman's memory gets wiped of his new found knowledge.

This was really good, probably one of my favorites so far.

Better Call Saul 5.05

Dedicado a Max

Mike wakes up south of the border. He tries leaving but he is still in bad shape. He resigns himself to staying. His phone is dead and there is no phone that he can use to call the United States. The doctor who takes care of him says it will probably be a week or more before he can leave.

Jimmy puts on the full court press for Acker, the man who refuses to leave. He finds all sorts of gimmicks to delay the police from forcing Acker out. Kevin doesn't like it but he refuses to back down. He knows that Kim's boyfriend, Jimmy, is the one behind it all. Kim offers to step down but Kevin says no. Rich Schweikart meets with Kevin but nothing will sway Kevin.