Abbott Elementary 2.06

Candy Zombies

Everytone dresses up for Halloween including the teachers and staff. One of the students steals the candy that is supposed to be held until the end of the day. That student is dressed up as Thanos. The teachers do their best to stop him but in the end it is a student dressed as Mr. Johnson who finds and stops Thanos.

Janine contemplates her plans for Halloween night. SHe changes her pans after talking to Barbara and Melissa.

Amber, the mother of a student, flirts with Gregory.

Thoughts

This was a very fun episode. I rate it as much better than average. I chuckled several times. There were some nice character moments involving Janine and Gregory.

The New Original Wonder Woman (1975)

The New Original Wonder Woman (1975)

starring Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner

directed by Leonard Horn

74 minutes

A German plan to bomb the Brooklyn Navy tards is foiled by Major Steve Trevor (Lyle Waggoner). He parachutes out of his plane as it was destroyed while stopping the German plane that was sent to bomb the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He lands on Paradise Island. He is unconscious when he is found by Diana (Lynda Carter), Princess of the Amazons.

Queen Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, decides that Major Trevor must be returned to the United States. She holds a contest to determine which Amazon will undertake this mission. All of the Amazons taking part in the contest are masked and wear numbers. In the end it comes down to a contest of bullets and bracelets between the two Amazons who score the highest, numbers 8 and 33. The winner (33) reveals herself to be Diana, after she has won the contest of bullets and bracelets.

Un Village Français 4.04

Une évasion

or An Escape

Jul 23, 1942

Judith brings back food and news about the children to the adult Jewish prisoners. She says she will need a couple more women to help look after the children. Marianna Cohn tries to volunteer but Judith refuses the offer. Mrs. Cohn objects but Judith says that Marianna is hysterical and will just make the situation worse for the children. Marianna commits suicide minutes later in the bathroom, using a pair of scissors.

Ezéchiel, Marianna's husband, starts to act strange. Judith can see that he is up to something. She tells Doctor Larcher while he is at the school checking on people who are sick. Daniel and Judith corner Mr. Cohn. They make him promise not to try to escape.

Ride the High Country (1962)

Ride the High Country (1962)

starring Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea

directed by Sam Peckinpah

94 minutes

Former lawman Steve Judd (Joel McCrea) hires Gil Westrum (Randolph Scott), his former partner in crime fighting, and Heck Longtree to help him transport gold from a mining camp back to town. They pick up Elsa, a preacher's daughter who wants their help getting away from her father, on the way to the mining camp. There she she hopes to find Billy Hammond, who once proposed to her. Westrum and Longtree have plans to double cross Judd.

Not everything goes as planned. Heck falls for Elsa who rebuffs his advances until they get her to Hammond. She soon discovers that Billy (and his four unmarried brothers) is much scarier than she remembered. Judd and Heck insist on doing the right thing and rescue Elsa from Billy and his brothers. Elsa is already married at this point which complicates things further.

It isn't long before they discover, as they are trying to get the gold back to town, that the Hammond brothers are on their tail.

Inuyasha 1.01

The Girl Who Overcame Time... and the Boy Who Was Just Overcome

Inuyasha, a young half demon, living hundreds of years in the past, is stopped by a young woman named Kikyo who shoots him in the shoulder with a magic arrow. Kikyo was wounded herself and dies from her wounds. She begs Kaede, her younger sister, to make sure that the Shikon Jewel, that Inuyasha was after, is burned along with her body.

Kagome, a 15-year-old girl, living in the late 20th century, is sucked down a well in a shrine and finds herself hundreds of years in the past. It is 50 years since Kikyo stopped Inuyasha. He is asleep and still attached to the tree by the arrow with which Kikyo shot him. He wakes up when he senses the presence of the Shikon Jewel.

Doctor Who (1963) 15.06.04

The Invasion of Time - Part Four

Andred attempts to shoot the Doctor with his blaster but it doesn't work inside the TARDIS. The doctor has K-9 poke around in the Matrix. K-9 finds a way to create a hole in the force field protecting Gallifrey. He hopes that this will convince the Vardans to reveal themselves.

Kelner send some of his guards to deal with Andred's compatriots. The guards, sent by Kelner, kill Andred's allies who are standing outside the TARDIS. The Doctor exits the TARDIS and sends the guards that Kelner sent off on a wild goose chase.

The Doctor then goes to see the Vardans. He explains to them that he has found a way to create a hole in the force field surrounding Gallifrey. The Vardans are pleased. One of them goes with the Doctor as he deals with the force field. The Vardans materialize once the force field has dropped. 

Paranoia Agent 1.03

Double Lips

The two detectives continue to investigate the Shonen Bat case. They can't talk to Yuichi because he is unconscious.

Chono Harumi lives a double life. She is a university student by day. She sometimes tutors Yuichi Taira (see previous episode) but she also works as a prostitute named Maria. Maria and Harumi are two distinct personalities that inhabit the same body. Maria leaves messages on Harumi's answering machine and in her voice mail.

Harumi tries to distance herself from Maria. She accepts an offer of marriage from her faculty advisor. She packs up Maria's belongings but Maria refuses to put aside. Harumi visits Yuichi in the hospital. He tells her about how relieved he is that Lil' Slugger, Shonen Bat, attacked him. He is no longer a suspect because he was attacked.