Rick and Morty 5.02

Mortyplicity

Rick, Morty, Summer, Beth, and Jerry go on the run to escape clones of themselves. They run and they run and they run. They get killed many times, many times. Some of the clones look human, some do not. Some clones want to kill them, others want to help them. The episode ends with the family returning from space with Beth's clone from Season 4.

Doctor Who (1963) 15.01.04

Horror of Fang Rock - Part 4

The Doctor explains to Leela that what they thought was Reuben was actually an alien disguised as Reuben. The alien kills Vince. The Doctor finds a device attached to the furnace which looks like it must power the alien's signaling device. He goes looking for the signaling device and sends Leela to find Skinsale and Adelaide.

The Doctor finds the signaling device. Leela finds Skinsale and Adelaide but then the alien finds them. It kills Adelaide. Skinsale and Leela escape up the stairs of the lighthouse. They run past the Doctor who gives them instructions. He stays behind to have a chat with the alien, which reverts to its own form. It is a Rutan, a race that is at war with the Sontarans.

The Doctor joins Leela and Skinsale in the signaling room. They use some gunpowder to scare off the Rutan. It goes scurrying back down the stairs. The Doctor, using a suggestion from Leela, comes up with a plan to destroy the Rutan mothership which is on its way to the lighthouse. The Doctor and Skinsale go to retrieve some diamonds off the body of Palmerdale while Leela prepares a mortar like weapon to use on the Rutan. The Doctor gets the diamond he needs to turn the lighthouse signal light into a laser. Skinsale gets killed by the Rutan.

Leela uses the weapon on the Rutan. The Doctor destroys the Rutan mothership with the signaling light. The Doctor and Leela leave in the TARDIS.

Third Rock from the Sun 4.07

D3: Judgement Day

Dick wants to break up with Jennifer and get back together with Mary. He runs into some complications. Mary wants to get back together with Dick but Nina coaches her to play it cool and not act desperate.

Don takes Sally bowling but her technique breaks all the rules. He tries talking to her about it but she can't take him seriously.

Thoughts

Tommy and Harry don't get a whole lot to do in this episode. 

This was a decent end to this little trilogy of episodes involving Jennifer (Laurie Metcalf). I enjoyed it but wasn't blown over by greatness.

Cartoon Wars 1.05

When Cartoons Went to War - Part 2: Propaganda and Instructional Films

The cartoons from which clips are shown in this episode focus on the importance of air power, buying war bonds, vaccinations, how to shoot a machine gun, and what life is like in Nazi Germany.

These are the cartoons that are part of this episode.

Propaganda Films

• Victory Through Air Power
• Which Way This Time
• Defense Against Invasion
• Food Will Win the War

Instructional Films

• Stop That Tank
• Hitler's Children
• Bugs Bunny Bomb Rally

Thoughts

The extensive use of cartoons in this era makes me wonder about their impact on the perceptions of the medium.

Orange Is the New Black 5.05

Sing It, White Effie

The second day of the inmate take over of Litchfield begins. The local news is reporting that Judy King is a hostage and being held by Muslim terrorists. The governor decides to send in an elite unit to take over the attempt to retake the prison. Piscatella doesn't like it but he doesn't have much of a choice.

Flaca and Maritza spend time making and posting videos on YouTube. Flaca gets angry when it becomes clear that all the people leaving comments are not interested in her, just Maritza.

Vause develops something of a following. Chapman proposes to her. Vause accepts. Things go well between them until Vause tells Chapman about how she told the others about the murder, without getting specific.

Mendoza tries to make peace with Daya but Daya is still angry at her. Gloria calls Aleida but doesn't tell Aleida about what is going on at Litchfield. Aleida eventually finds out from the TV news. She contacts one of the TV stations. The producer that's she speaks to wants to get her on TV and agrees to send a car for her. 

Judy King becomes a pawn. The White Pride sisters have her. Taystee wants Judy to speak to the press so that they can prove that she has not been mistreated. The Whites want something in return for Judy. They wind up auctioning her off to the highest bidder which winds up being Cindy.

Watson gets the backstory spotlight. She is in her early teens in the spotlight. She goes on a field trip with her class to a private school. She felt good about herself and worked hard before going on the field trip. She sees how much the kids at the private, White school have. She also gets to see a rehearsal of their version of Dream Girls. It is a wake up call for her. She starts to see life differently.

Stratman, one of the guards, who is locked up is going a little nuts. He cannot relieve himself with other people in the room with him. He begs to be allowed to use the bathroom. He tries singing to keep himself from exploding. This goes on for a while before Ruiz takes him to one of the porta-a-johns. She ducktapes him in.

Atlanta 3.05

Cancer Attack

Alfred's phone disappears while he in on stage in Budapest. He can't figure out what happened to it. Earn thinks that the Make-a-Wish Foundation kid, that Paper Boi met with before the show, might have taken it. He catches up to the kid but the kid doesn't have the it.

Earn, Alfred, Darius, and Socks turn their attention next to Wiley, the nephew of the man who runs the venue. They get him to come back to the venue. They go round and round with him, but he says he doesn't have it. He plays Paper Boi a song.

They give up and head out, without the phone. Earn gets a text from Van confirming that she's okay.

Rick and Morty 5.01

Mort Dinner Rick Andre

Rick has to negotiate with Mr. Nimbus, his arch-enemy, after Morty accidentally violates the treaty between Rick and Mr. Nimbus. Morty calls Jessica and she suggests they hang out and watch a movie together. Morty's attempt to watch a movie with Jessica gets derailed by Rick's demands for help while he is negotiating with Mr. Nimbus. Morty is sent to another dimension (where time passes more quickly) to get wine and he ends up becoming the great evil of that dimension. Mr. Nimbus and Rick patch things up but then one of Rick's contingency plans make things worse.