Monday, February 28, 2022

The Phil Silvers Show 2.08

Bilko's Engagement

Ernie gets into a fight with Joan. He tries to make it up to her but the gift he buys her gets mixed up with an engagement ring. She thinks he wants to get married. She's game and he can't get a word in edgewise to explain the mistake. He acts weird when he meets her parents but it turns out to be their kind of weird and they love him. The same is true when he meets her aunts.

Joan calls off the engagement when she find out, from someone else, that the ring belongs to someone else. Ernie, by then, has resigned himself to getting married but Joan is no longer interested.

Saturday, February 26, 2022

Counterpart 1.09

No Man's Land, Part One

Seven Weeks Ago. Howard Alpha meets Andrei for the first time, in the hospital while Howard was waiting to find out if she would survive. She had just been hit by a car.

Present. Peter Quayle calls Howard Prime. He warns him that Aldrich and his men are coming for him. Quayle tells Howard to come see him, at his home.

Ian confronts Alexander Pope. Ian wants to know where Casper is. Pope has backup to protect him. Pope tells Ian that Howard isn't who he seems to be. Ian ends up leaving without any information on the whereabouts of Casper.

Baldwin visits the three agents. She has finished off their counterparts. She gives them the personal effects and identification that belonged to their counterparts.

Emily, Ian, and his men intercept a coded communication between Casper and Pope. They are able to decipher the message and it points them to a meeting at Potsdamer Platz Station at 11 AM. Howard wants to accompany them but Ian says no. Emily agrees with Ian.

The three agents get ready to assume their counterpart's identity's. One of them is working in the same building where Quayle works.

Greta takes Baldwin clothes shopping. It makes Baldwin uncomfortable. Baldwin is spotted by Sofia, her counterpart's girlfriend. Sofia wants to know what is going on. Baldwin plays stupid. Sofia stomps off. Greta is confused.

Friday, February 25, 2022

Outlaw Star 1.09

A Journey of Adventure! Huh?

The Outlaw Star heads for Heifong. The journey will take several days. Jim and Gene start to get on one another's nerves. Gene likes to play things by ear but Jim insists that they need to plan their next move.

They stop at a port on the way to Heifong. Suzuka is still with them. She has matters to attend to and takes off. Gene has heard that Zomba, a wanted man, lives in the port. Gene and Jim go looking for Zomba. They find him and capture him but the bounty turns out to be less than expected because it was an android copy of Zomba. They later find out that Suzuka captured the real Zomba and turned him in for a larger reward than they received.

Gene sees an advertisement for a space race near Heifong. He sees that the MacDougall ship is signed up for the race. He doesn't say anything to Jim about it but he decides on the spot that they must enter the Outlaw Star in the race.

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Schitt's Creek 1.05

The Cabin

David walks in on his parents having sex. Roland offers Johnny and Moira the use of his cabin. They take him up on the offer.

Alexis wants to have a party while their parents are away. David agrees but only if it is just a games night event. He turns to Stevie for help finding one more person to invite.

Johnny and Moira find the cabin, have sex in the cabin, and then find out that they are in the wrong cabin. The owners of the cabin seem to take it in stride.

David walks out of games night after Alexis invites a bunch of extra people over and drinking games begin.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Samurai Jack 5.06

XCVII

Ashi searches for Jack. She meets lots of people who were helped by Jack. She shares moments with them.

Ashi continues to search for Jack. She stops and scrubs herself clean, makes herself some new clothes, and searches some more. She eventually locates Jack in a cemetery. The ghost warrior is with him. Jack looks ready to kill himself.

The ghost warrior warns her to stay back and not interfere. The ghost warrior encourages Jack to end his life. Ashi tries to reassure Jack that he has done much good. She tells him of the many people she has met who are grateful for what he did.

The ghost warrior attacks Ashi. It is ready to deal her a devastating blow when Jack steps in and destroys it. The episode ends with Jack suggesting that it is time to find his sword.

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Doctor Who (1963) 6.05.04

The Seeds of Death - Episode Four

The Ice Warriors, with the help of Fewsham, use the T-Mat to deliver exploding seed pods to stations in the Northern Hemisphere. Radnor and Professor Eldred just barely avoid death in the London station. They use the ventillation system to flush the dust that is emitted from the seed pods outside.

Jamie and Phipps rescue the Doctor, who is still unconscious. Ms. Kelly tries to fix the gadget that Phipps built and used against the Ice Warriors. Phipps wants to turn the heat in the Moon Base back up but it is guarded by an Ice Warrior. Phipps can't fit through the narrow access portal to get to it. Zoe volunteers to do it since she is smaller.

The dust from the seed pods that is flushed outside starts to bloom and creates a substance that looks like snow. One of the Ice Warriors arrives in the London Station. He kills the security guards and heads outside.

Zoe gets to the heating control with some help from Fewsham who distracts the guard. She turns the temperature way up but then the Ice Warrior sees her and starts shooting at her.

Monday, February 21, 2022

The Phil Silvers Show 2.07

The Song of the Motor Pool

Sgt Bilko tries to get his platoon on TV but Captain Buckmaster, the talent scout for the Army on Parade, turns them down. Bilko gets the idea that they need a song that will dinstinguish them. He wants to write a song about the motor pool. He gets the tune from a song that one of his men likes to hum in the shower. Bilko writes words for the song and they get on TV but they discover just before they go on that music is from the Song of the Signal Corps.