Steven Universe 1.01

Gem Glow

Steven has a panic attack when he learns that his favorite ice cream sandwich has been discontinued and struggles to discover how to activate his gem's special weapon. He gets his weapon, a shield, to activate once but only by chance and can't figure out how to recreate the experience.

Steven's friends (Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl) fight centipede like monsters but in the end need a bit of help from Steven to win the fight.

Thoughts

The episodes of this show are fairly short, about 12 minutes each.

Fargo 5.01

The Tragedy of the Commons

Dorothy "Dot" Lyon is at a school board meeting at Scandia Middle School at which a fight breaks out. She tasers one man (who comes at her in a threatening manner) and then another as she tries to escape the meeting with her child, Scotty. The second man she tasers is a police officer but she doesn't realize that until it is too late. Dot gets arrested and taken in by Officer Indira Olmstead of the Scandia Police Department. Dot spends a few hours in jail until Wayne, her husband gets her out. Lorraine Lyon, Wayne's mother, has some pull with local law enforcement. 

Dot is abducted the next day by two men wearing ski masks, after her husband and Scotty have left for the day. She puts up a fight before they knock her out. She hits one of the men with a lighter and bottle of hairspray, setting his ski mask on fire. She hits the other one with an ice skate, cutting up part of his face with the blade of the skate.

J.D.'s Revenge (1976)

J.D.'s Revenge (1976)

starring Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett, Joan Pringle

directed by Arthur Marks

The soul of New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker returns more than 30 years after he was murdered. Walker is looking for revenge. Intermittently and to a larger and larger degree Walker starts to take over the body and mind of law student Ike Hendrix (Glynn Turman). J.D. interferes with Ike's shared life with Christella (Joan Pringle), his girlfriend. J.D.'s search for his killer leads him to the church of Reverend Elijah Bliss (Louis Gossett Jr.) whose daughter's mother was J.D.'s sister Roberta.

Interior Chinatown 1.09

Bad Guy

McDonough resurfaces. He looks the same as he did a decade ago. Willis talks to McDonough and gets the real story about how he was shot and who shot him. Willis continues to search for Johnathan. It ultimately leads him to the Painted Faces.

Green finds footage of Willis and realizes that they've been dealing with him much longer that they thought they were. She tries to talk Turner into returning to work as a police detective. Turner has become a manga-ka and chooses not to return with Green.

Lana works at the Golden Palace with Carl and Fatty. Audrey visits Lily and then stops by Fatty's apartment. They talk and then she kisses Fatty. The episode ends with a message popping up on the arcade game. It reads something like

Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.23

Tears

Another Angel attacks. Rei tries to deal with it in Unit 00. The Angel overwhelms Unit 00 and Rei. Asuka tries to help but she can't make Unit 02 function. Shinji is sent out in Unit 01. The Angel has merged with Unit 00 and Rei. She destroys Unit 00 which also destroys herself and the Angel.

Everyone is sad. Rei is gone but then she's back. It's a clone of the Rei who was just killed. Ritsuko shows Shinji and Katsuragi the secret chamber where the spare versions of Rei are kept. Ritsuko is disgusted with herself. She pulls the plug on the spare versions of Rei in the secret chamber.

Doctor Who (1963) 8.02.06

The Mind of Evil - Part Six

The Brigadier shows up and shoots Mailer before he can shoot the Doctor. U.N.I.T. quickly takes control of Stangmoor Prison. The Brigadier puts Sergeant Benton in charge of the prison and turns his attention to finding the missing missile.

The Doctor mulls over what the Master is up to before going down to check on the machine. It has broken the collar that was holding it in check. Barnham turns out to be the key to keep it from killing anyone else. It remains passive as long as he is very close to it.

The Doctor gets a telephone call from the Master. They strike a deal. The Doctor agrees to return the Master's dematerialization circuit in return for the missile. The Doctor brings with him Jo, Barham, and the machine in the van that he drives over to the hangar where the Master and the missile can be found.

Bleach 1.10

Casual Soul Realm Assault Trip!

Ichigo, Rukia, their classmates, and his family all go to watch the taping of a celebrity reality TV show. Don Kan'onji, the host claims to be a spiritual medium. He plans to exorcise a spirit that lives in an abandoned hospital. Instead he causes the spirit to turn into a Hollow.

Ichigo, with some help from Urahara, transforms into his spirit self and helps Don Kan'onji deal with the spirit. Kan'onji doesn't realize the danger the Hollow poses until Ichigo educates him.

Thoughts

This is a fairly light episode compared to the last couple.