The Phil Silvers Show 4.01

Gold Fever

Bilko discovers a map to an old gold mine. The mine was located on the grounds of an abandoned US Army base in California. Bilko works some magic and gets the powers that be at the Pentagon to agree to reoccupy Fort Fremont and gets Colonel Hall to volunteer his unit at Fort Baxter to move to Fort Freemont in Grove City, CA.

Thoughts

There is one scene that took place in Colonel Hall's office at Fort Baxter but none of the WACs were present. I know that Sgt Hogan won't be back but I'm not so sure about the other WACs.

This episode is ostensibly about a serarch for gold but really is about explaining the move from Kansas to California. Its nice to see that they took the time to explain the move but other than that it was a kind of a lackluster episode.

The Hill (1965)

The Hill (1965)

starring Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen

directed by Sidney Lumet

123 minutes 

Joe Roberts (Sean Connery), a former Sergeant Major who has been reduced in rank and sentenced to time in a British military prison in North Africa during World War 2, becomes one of the pet cases of Williams, one of the correctional officers at the prison. Roberts and four other prisoners are punished mercilessly until Stevens, one of the other four prisoners drops dead but life doesn’t get any better for Roberts and the other three prisoners as the death is ruled to be accidental.

Justice League Action 1.28

The Fatal Fare

Superman boards one of Darkseid's battle cruisers that is ready to jump through a Boom Tube to Earth. Superman interferes with the Boom Tube to the degree that it doesn't take them to Earth but he gets captured by DeSaad and Kanto.

Darkseid gets a ride from Space Cabbie to the fourth moon of Graxos IV. He tells Space Cabbie not to stick around but when Space Cabbie catches up to Darkseid, who forgot his receipt, his discovers that Darkseid, Kanto, and DeSaad are holding Superman prisoner in a cave.

Darkseid asks Space Cabbie to take Kanto back to Apokolips. Space Cabbie talks Kanto into making a stop on a swamp planet but tricks him by taking him to Earth instead. Swamp Thing, Wonder Woman, and Hawkman are waiting for them. Kanto is captured and then Space Cabbie takes them back to the fourth moon of Graxos IV to rescue Superman.

Better Call Saul 5.06

Wexler v. Goodman

This episode opens with a flashback to Kim's youth. Her mother comes to pick her up from school. Her mother is drunk and Kim can smell it. She refuses to get in the car. She opts to walk home instead. Her mother isn't happy about it.

Jimmy, in the present, with the help of his film making trio cooks up some commercials to make it look like Mesa Verde has been scamming its customers and worse. Kim doesn't want to proceed with the commercial. Jimmy agrees to shut it down.

Mike and Gus meets with Nacho. Nacho tells them about Lalo’s plans to bring down Gus's operations. Gus explains that Nacho needs to give Mike whatever help he needs. Nacho asks for help protecting his father. Mike says that they need to deal with Lalo first.

Jimmy hires a couple of his clients, sex workers, to embarrass Howard while he is having lunch in an upscale restaurant with Cliff Main of Davis & Main. 

Kim, Rich Schweikart, Paige, and Kevin meet with Saul to discuss a settlement. Kim thinks she knows what's coming. Saul pulls a fast one and shows Kevin the commercials. Kim, Paige, and Rich are all outraged. Kevin caves and agrees to Saul's terms.

Mike surreptitiosly passes information along to the police implicating that Lalo is the one who killed the guy at the money transfer business that Werner Ziegler used. He gives them enough information to track him down, which they do.

Kim comes home to Jimmy very angry about what happened. She no longer feels like she can trust him. She wants to break up with him but at the last minute she suggests that the only way they can stay together is if they get married.

Thoughts

I wasn't sure who the girl was in the opening scene. It wasn't until about ten minutes after I watched the scene that it occurred to me that it was Kim, even though her mother calls her by name.

What's next for Lalo? It looks like the police have him. My guess is that somehow he will wiggle his way out of jail. I doubt that he will exit the story this quickly. Who will take the blame for his apprehension by the police? Nacho?

Will Jimmy and Kim really get married? Even if they do I can't see it lasting.

What's next for Mike? What about Nacho?

This was a really good episode.  It makes me hungry for more.

Samurai Champloo 1.03

Hellhounds for Hire (Part 1)

Mugen and Jin run away from Foo. They run in opposite directions but wind up in the same town. Two gangs are in the midst of a turf war. The Kawara gang have been there for decades and the Nagatomi gang are fairly recent arrivals. Mugen hooks up with the Nagatomi gang. Jin hooks up with the Kawara gang. Foo gets tricked out of the last of her money and then gets captured and locked up in a brothel that belongs to the Nagatomi gang.

The three are reunited at the end of the episode when Jin and the son of Heitaro the Buddha, the leader of the Kawara gang, try to rescue his sister who has also been captured and thrown in the brothel. Jin and Mugen are ready to cross swords when the episode ends. 

Interior Chinatown 1.04

Kung Fu Guy

Willis spends a lot of time reviewing video tape of his brother. His brother was Kung Fu Guy, the Chinatown specialist and martial arts expert that the cops called on for help. Lana joins Willis for part of the dive into his brothers past.

Fatty becomes a celebrity of sorts in the restaurant. Lots of White patrons come to the restaurant to eat. He is rude to them and they love it. The restaurant owner sees what's happening. Fatty is ready to throw in the towel but the owner convinces him to stick it out.

Willis' mother goes to a party thrown by another real estate agent. She takes her estranged husband with her. He tells a funny story that she doesn't love but that grabs everyone's attention at the party.

Willis stays late, after Lana leaves. He discoers incriminating evidence that his brother was involved with the Painted Faces gang. Willis freaks out, imagines how bad things could get and decides to delete all that evidence.

The episode ends with Willis finding a secret passage into the owner's office in Golden Palace. 

Christmas Holiday (1944)

Christmas Holiday (1944)

starring Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly

directed by Robert Siodmak

93 minutes

On Christmas Eve, Charlie, a serviceman who has just learned that his fiance has married another man before he could get home on leave to marry her, meets Abigail (Deanna Durbin), whose husband Robert (Gene Kelly) is in prison for murder. Abigail feels as if she didn't do enough to help guide Robert away from the path that he chose to take.

Abigail's been suffering internally for the two-and-a-half years since Robert was locked up. She changed her name and been working as a nightclub singer. She unburdens herself by telling Charlie her story but then Robert returns, after breaking out of prison. He is convinced that she is to blame and is looking for payback.