Butterfly 1.04

Pohang

Juno gets very angry over the disappearance of Oliver. Gun is found, alive, among the bodies of the other Caddis operatives. David, Rebecca, Eunju, and Minhee meetup with Eunju's parents who are in the import-export business. 

David and Rebecca play good cop / bad cop with Oliver. David gets him to talk. David and Rebecca take Oliver and head to Seoul while the others go into hiding. David gets a few minutes alone with Senator Dawson. David talks the senator into giving him a chance to prove that Juno and Caddis are working with the Russians.

David leaves Oliver where he can be found by Caddis. David warns him that Juno isn't very forgiving.

Tales from the Crypt 1.06

Collection Completed

starring M. Emmet Walsh, Audra Lindley

directed by Mary Lambert

Jonas (M. Emmet Walsh) retires after 47 years of working for the same company only to discover that Anita (Audra Lindley), his wife, has more pets than he realized. Jonas' can't cope with being at home with Anita and her pets most of the day. His stress level starts to rise until he comes up with a solution, taxidermy.

Thoughts

I liked the build up in this episode but the twist in this story was a little too sudden for me. It seemed to come out of left field. I think both actors did a decent job but the way the story was paced left something to be desired. It is a better episode than most of the others in this season but it still falls short for me.

Doctor Who (1963) 12.05.02

Revenge of the Cybermen - Part Two

The Doctor escapes from Kellman's quarters. He rushes to save Sarah who was just bitten by a Cybermat. The Doctor kills the Cybermat but is too late to prevent Sarah from getting infected. He sends Harry with Sarah, who is unconscious, by tranmat beam to Voga. There is a piece missing from the tranmat device but the Doctor rigs it together good enough to get it to work once.

Stevenson and Lester hunt and capture Kellman. The Doctor asks him for the missing piece to the transmat beam. Kellman refuses to talk until the Doctor threatens to sick a Cybermat on him. The Doctor puts the transmat beam back together but when he activates it no one materializes.

Sarah recovers as soon as she and Harry materialize on Voga. Something about the act of tranmitting her from Nerva to Voga cured her. Sarah and Harry quickly get caught up in an internal squabble between warring factions on Voga.

The Cybermen dock with Nerva. They kill the Doctor, Stevenson, and Lester when they try to fight back against the alien invaders.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.07

Breakdown

starring Joseph Cotten

directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Cutthroat business owner William Callew (Joseph Cotten), gets into a car accident on a mostly deserted road. He crashes into a prison vehicle. The guards are killed. The prisoners take off running. Callew is paralyzed in the accident and can't speak or do anything to indicate to the men who come by scavenging that he is still alive.

The Phil Silvers Show 4.22

Bilko's Formula Seven

Bilko sees dollar signs after he discovers that the moonshine that Jenkins, one of the men in his platoon, is the secret ingredient to make a rejuvenating facial cream. Bilko quickly goes into production and sales mode. He tries selling it to the Deborah Darling company only to find out, at the last minute that the effects of the facial cream are very temporary.

Thoughts

Natalie Schafer played the part of Deborah Darling. She is best known for playing Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island (and its various spinoffs and TV movies). I've also seen her in Repeat Performance (1947).

I liked this episode very much and rate it above average.

Ash is Purest White (2018)

Ash is Purest White (2018)

starring Zhao Tao, Liao Fan

directed by Jia Zhangke

136 minutes

in Chinese with English subtitles

Zhao Qiao (Zhao Tao) has a good relationship with Guo Bin (Liao Fan) her gangster boyfriend. Their world comes apart after they are stopped by some punks who beat up first Bin's driver and then Bin himself. Qiao, fearing the worst, gets out of the car and fires a gun in the air which gets everyone to back off.

Qiao goes to prison for illegal possession of a fire arm. She maintains that the gun was hers and that she just found it. She spends five years behind bars. Bin spends just a year in prison but he never comes to visit her in prison and isn't there when she is released.

Teen Titans 4.11

The End - Part 1

Raven spends the day with her teammates. She makes them breakfast, they fight a bad guy (Plasmus) together, and then hangout after. Raven knows the Trigon is coming and that she is the portal that will enable him to come to Earth.

Raven's friends try to protect her but when Slade shows up with an army of fire demons they are no match for him. Raven has to step in to help her teammates but instead of doing that she neutralizes them and leaves with Slade.