Saturday, July 31, 2021

Better Call Saul 2.08

Fifi

A truck labeled Regalo Helado crosses into the United States at the Santa Teresa, New Mexico Border Station. It passes inspection and the driver continues on. Miles down the road he stops alongside the highway to retrieve a hidden revolver. He delivers the truck to El Griego Guinador, the restaurant out of which the Salamancas run their operation. Mike sees the truck arrive at the restaurant and makes some notes.

Jimmy and Kim move forward with their plans to open a joint office. Kim delivers her resignation letter to Howard in person. He acts very gracious. She then meets with the folks from Mesa Verde to try and talk them into staying with her. She got a good feeling from the meeting but has yet to get anything in writing. She and Jimmy pick out an office.

Friday, July 30, 2021

Doctor Who (1963) 7.04.03

Inferno - Part 3

The Doctor, the TARDIS console, and Betsy disappear as Liz Shaw and the Brigadier watch helplessly. The power has been cut to the hut where they are standing. They rush back to the drilling operation. Liz, the Brigadier, and Sir Keith Gold try to get Professor Shahlman to listen to reason but he refuses. He is happy to hear that the Doctor has disappeared.

The Doctor wakes up next to the TARDIS console. Something is wrong. His sonic screwdriver doesn't open the doors to the hut. He opens them manually and exits with Betsy. He is shot at by a soldier. He runs and is soon being pursued by several soldier of what he later learns are the Republican Security Forces (RSF). He is eventually caught when he tries approaching a soldier who looks like Liz Shaw. Her hair is a different color than Liz has, she isn't a scientist, and her name is Section Leader Elizabeth Shaw.

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Rick and Morty 4.06

Never Ricking Morty

Rick and Morty on a train, traveling through space.

So confusing.

Rick and Morty aren't on the train at first but then it turns out that two of the passengers are actually Rick and Morty in disguise. They get into a fight with the conductor and then with train security

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Freaks and Geeks 1.09

We've Got Spirit

Sam still has a thing for Cindy. She still has a thing for Todd, the captain of the McKinley basketball team. Sam applies to be the new school mascot when the current one get injured. It turns out to be a lot more work than he expected.

Lindsey wants to break up with Nick after she finds out about his former girlfriend. She tells her mother about it and her plans to end her relationship with Nick. Lindsey changes her mind after she learns more about what happened between Nick and his former girlfriend.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 4.09

Hero

Adora and Swift Wind visit Madam Razz. Adora remembers that Mara told her about a weapon. Adora thinks that Madam Razz should know about the weapon. Madam Razz has other ideas. She wants to make a pie. She wants Adora to help her make the pie. 

Adora and Swift Wind follow Madam Razz as she runs around looking for sugar and berries for the pie. Madam Razz leads Adora and Swift Wind to a site of First Ones tech that they had not known about.

Madam Razz experiences flashbacks throughout the episode. She jumps back and forth between the past (with Mara) and the present (with Adora). She teaches Mara about Etheria while she runs around looking for ingredients for the pie. She calls Mara and Adora by one another's names on numrous occasions.

Monday, July 26, 2021

The Front (1976)

starring Woody Allen
directed by Martin Ritt

1952. Howard Prince (Woody Allen), a down on his luck bookie, agrees to be a front for a friend of his who has been blacklisted. Howard sells his friend's scripts as if they were his own. He becomes very successful.

Howard's success is contrasted with the fall of Hecky Brown (Zero Mostel). Hecky was a big star but he comes under scrutiny. He tries to explain himself to an investigator but he still get blacklisted.

Saturday, July 24, 2021

Better Call Saul 2.07

Inflatable

1973. Young Jimmy McGill sees his father getting conned. He tries to convince his father that the man is a con artist. His father won't listen and gives the man money.

The present. Jimmy represents Mike when he goes to see the police. Jimmy tells the police that Mike has changed his testimony. The gun does not belong to Tuco Salamance. The attorneys representing the state try to find out what's really going on but Jimmy and Mike stick to the new story. They don't know where the gun came from but it is not Tuco's gun.

Jimmy wants to quit his job at Davis and Main but Omar points out the consequences of that course of action. It has been less than a year since he took the job. If he quits within the first year than he will have to repay the signing bonus they gave him.