I, Tonya (2017)

I, Tonya (2017)

starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney

directed by Craig Gillespie

119 minutes

Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) grew up poor in Portland, Oregon. LaVona (Allison Janney), Tonya's mother worked as a waitress. Tonya started dating and ultimately married Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan) the first man she fell in love with. Tonya and Jeff had a rocky relationship. He was physically and verbally abusive. They split apart and came back together more than once.

Tonya went through a couple coaches. She didn't have much money. Her clothes weren't up to the level of the stage on which she performed. She wasn't the image that the US figure skating association wanted even though she was technically one of the top women in the sport in the early 1990s.

Adventure Time 4.16

Burning Love

Finn has the hots for Flame Princess. Jake encourages Finn to pursue Flame Princess. Bubblegum Princess fears what will happen if Finn kisses Flame Princess. Jake thinks that BP still has the hots for Finn even though she rejected him in the past.

Thoughts

I found the story in this episode to be a little lacking but I like the character interactions.

Steven Universe 1.14

Lars and the Cool Kids

Steven and Lars hang out with the Cool Kids (Buck, Jenny, Sour Cream). Lars really wants the cool kids to like him. Steven has no awareness about seeming cool.

Thoughts

There's not much in the way of plot here. Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl are only in the very beginning of this episode. THe rest of the episode is all Steven, Lars, and the Cool Kids.

Un Village Français 5.04

La Répétition

or Training

25 Oct 1943

Antoine and his friends are still in the woods. Antoine makes them train, rain or shine, even though they don't have any weapons. They scrounge for food. Claude, Antoine's friend who studied acting, suggests that they put on a play in the hopes that it will raise spirits. Antoine is aginst it but many of the others are in favor of it.

Chassagne pushes Marchetti to make some progress on finding Antoine and his guys. Chassagne thinks that they are are the ones who killed the three German soldiers who were killed by the communists. Chassagne knows that Marchetti is the one who killed a German border soldier near the Swiss border. Chassagne knows of Judith and that she is in a refugee camp outside of Switzerland and threatens to have her picked up and deported to Poland.

Doctor Who (1963) 8.03.03

The Claws of Axos - Part Three

The Doctor and Jo are taken prisoner and Bill Filer is knocked unconscious by the Axons. The Axons interrogate the Doctor about time travel. They torture first him and then Jo before he finally gives them what they need to allow them travel through time.

The Brigadier reasserts control of the situation and gets the Ministry of Defense to let UNIT take charge, instead of Mr. Chinn. 

The Master, wearing a disguise, tricks Sgt Benton into letting him into the TARDIS, which is in very bad shape. He's very disappointed by what he finds but he does his best to get it back in working order.

Star Trek: Lower Decks 1.04

Moist Vessel

Captain Freeman tries to make Ensign Mariner's life miserable so that she will ask for a transfer. Freeman starts by assigning her to all the worst assignments on board the Cerritos but when that doesn't work she promotes her.

Tendi ruins a ceremony that Lieutenant JG O'Connor, another crew member, is performing. It was supposed to end with him ascending to a higher plane of existence. She tries to make it up to him. She tries to get him back on track but he refuses to accept her suggestions or gifts.

Everything goes haywire aboard the Cerritos while it is helping the Merced to tow an ancient generation ship. Molecular fluid from aboard the generaion ship spreads to the Cerritos and the Merced. The fluid is capable of creating life from inorganic matter.

Bleach 1.18

Reclaim! The Power of the Shinigami

Ichigo mourns the fact that no one seems to remember Rukia as the school year ends. He later learns that Orihime remembers her and wonders why no one else does.

Rukia, imprisoned in the Soul Society, gets a visit from Renji who unsuccessfully tries to joke about her possible fate.

Orihime, Chad, and the talking cat visit with Uryū. They try to get him interested in helping Rukia but he is too busy worrying about how he could have lost his competition with Ichigo.

Ichigo starts to train with Urahara and his followers. The episode ends with Urahara giving him 72 hours to escape from a deep pit while his arms are tied behind his back. If he is unsuccessful then he will turn into a Hollow.