Star Trek: Lower Decks 1.03

Temporal Edict

Boimler rats out the rest of the crew when he is cornered by Captain Freeman in the turbolift. She wants to know about buffer time. He explains it to her and she reacts by making it against the rules to use buffer time. This drives everyone nuts except Boimler who loves it.

Mariner goes on an away mission to Gelrak V with Commander Ransom and several other members of the crew. They accidentally insult the locals, in part because of Captain Freeman's temporal edict. The people of Gelrak imprison them and insist that either Mariner or ransom will have to fight Vindor, the Genrakian champion.

Inuyasha 1.24

Enter Sango, the Demon Slayer

Sango, her father, her brother, and a few other demon slayers are tricked into fighting a spider demon. All the demon slayers are killed except Sango.

Kagome, Inuyasha, Shippo, and Miroku find the village where Sango lived. They came looking for Sango when they heard that she had a shard of the Shikon Jewel. The village was devastated the night before by a horde of demons summoned by Naraku. Kagome and the others bury the dead villagers.

Sango is recovering when she hears about what happened to her village and about a half-demon named Inuyasha. Naraku tells her that Inuyasha is the one who destroyed her village. She vows to get revenge.

Star Trek: The Next Generation 4.12

The Wounded

The Enterprise pursues the Phoenix, another Starfleet starship which has been accused of destroying a Cardassian scientific outpost. The pursuit occurs in Cardassian space.

A peace treaty between Starfleet and the Cardassians has recently been agreed upon by both sides. Captain Picard allows three Cardassians on board the Enterprise to monitor the apprehension of the Phoenix.

Chief O'Brien served under Captain Maxwell, who now commands the Phoenix. He's convinced that whatever Captain Maxwell did he did for a good reason even though he knows that Captain Maxwell's wife and child were killed along with dozens of others in a Cardassian raid on Setlik III.

The Orville 2.08

Identity - Part 1

Isaac stops functioning. The crew of the Orville can't figure out how to help him. Captain Mercer, after consulting with the Admiral Halsey, sets a course for Kaylon 1, Isaac's home world.

The Orville arrives on Kaylon 1. They bring the comatose Isaac out of the ship with them. The Kaylons bring Isaac back online. Captain Mercer expresses thanks and invites Isaac to rejoin them aboard the Orville but Isaac says his mission is over.

Ty and Marcus, Dr. Finn's sons, are disappointed to learn that Isaac will not be coming back to the Orville. Isaac explains his reasons to them in person but it doesn't make them feel any better. Ty takes it especially hard. Dr. Finn is also very hurt by Isaac's decision to leave the Orville.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.09

Bilko's Allergy

Bilko gets excited when he finds out about a high stakes poker game. His hopes for winning big at the poker game are dashed when he learns that he is allergic to playing cards. Bilko tries finding a work around but soon discovers that it isn't the playing cards that are making him sneeze.

Thoughts

I love the moment when Bilko learns that he is allergic to playing cards. Captain Masters' diagnosis of Bilko's allergy turns out to be incorrect. The allergy is part of the episode but it isn't the focus of the episode.

There are two recurring characters that show up in this episode.

Princess Mononoke (1997)

Princess Mononoke (1997)

starring Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yuko Tanaka

written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki

134 minutes

in Japanese with English subtitles

Prince Ashitaka, is forced to leave his people after he is infected by a curse that had previously infected a giant boar. Ashitaka reluctantly slew the boar when it threatened to destroy his village. He was unable to avoid contact with the beast thus leading to his condition.

Adventure Time 4.14

Card Wars

Jake is down in the dumps because no one will play Card Wars with him. Finn offers to play a game. Jake is ready to beat Finn really badly but Finn turns out to be really good at the game.

Thoughts

I liked how crazy the mechanics of what was supposed to be a card game turned out to be. I also liked how crazy the stakes of the game got to be once Finn realized how seriously Jake was taking the game.

This was a fun episode.