Dan Da Dan 1.02

That's a Space Alien, Ain't It?!

Momo and Okarun go over to her place. Her grandmother isn't home. Okarun experiences great pain and catches on fire when he tries to walk through the gate to the property. It has something to do with a barrier that her grandmother erected and the fact that Okarun has had a curse placed on him.

Momo disables the barrier and they go inside. They change clothes and are talking about what to do next when they realize that something is outside. The something turns out to a giant creature that kind of resembles a sumo wrestler.

Momo and Okarun aren't sure what to do, at first, but they eventually try some things and expel the alien. Momo re-installs the barrier once they have left the property and then she passes out.

Mad Love (1935)

Mad Love (1935)

starring Peter Lorre, Frances Drakes, Colin Clive

directed by Karl Freund

68 minutes

Doctor Gogol (Peter Lorre) is in love with performer Yvonne Orlac (Frances Drakes). He comes to see her show every night but she is married and doesn't have any interest in him. Stephen (Colin Clive), her husband, is a composer and concert pianist. His hands are badly damaged in a train wreck.

Doctor Gogol does what he can for Stephen, after Yvonne begs him for his help. He replaces Stephen's hands with those of Rollo, a knife-throwing murderer who was executed that same day. The operation is a success, to a degree. Stephen is able to use his new hands but he can't play the piano as well as he once did.

Dark Winds 1.05

Ha'iinini

Frank Nakai escapes from jail thanks to some dark magic. Jim Chee finds out that Whitover has been hiding things from him and something about the Buffalo Society's operations. Manuelito has it out with Sally Growing Thunder's mother. Joe Leaphorn learns a little more about what happened on the day that his son was killed. Whitover shows up just as Manuelito is about to go after Frank Nakai. Joe Leaphorn finds Nakai and keeps an eye on him from a distance.

Thoughts

This episode, especially towards the end, felt messy. There's a lot happening at once. Not everything makes logical sense. In some cases there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to explain why some things are happening. It feels like there is just too many things to cover and not enough time to give them all the proper treatment.

Doctor Who (1963) 2.02.04

The End of Tomorrow

(aka The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Part Four)

David disarms the bomb that the Robomen left behind. The Doctor is still recovering and in no condition to travel. David convinces Susan that the Doctor will be safe there, Together, Susan and David, head into the sewers to see who and what they can find.

Ian and Larry explore the area where the Dalek saucer landed. They see a work gang and meet a man named Wells who fills them in on how things are going. Their conversation gets interrupted by a Roboman. The Roboman is getting ready to take them to the Daleks but they overpower him and knock him out.

Barbara and Jenny talk about what Dortmun did and then load up in a truck. They drive towards the outskirts of London. They have to run a Dalek blockade. They drive right through it.

Moonlighting 2.11

The Bride of Tupperman

David and Maddie are hired by Alan Tupperman to find him a wife. David is excited about taking the case. Maddie is not. Tupperman gives them a document containing a description of what he is looking for in a wife.

Maddie and David disagree over how to interpret the description. They decide to have a contest. Each will bring Tupperman a woman and they will see which one he picks. Maddie finds Molly, who is an expert chef, speaks three languages, but doesn't spend a lot of time on her appearance. David finds Stevie, who presents herself as a woman who spends most of her time on her looks and not much else.

David and Maddie argue over which woman Tupperman will pick. David is certain that it will be Stevie. They get paid by Tupperman for finding him a wife but there is some confusion as to which woman Tupperman picked. 

They follow Tupperman back to his home Connecticut in the hopes of solving the mystery. There they discover a crime.

The Phil Silvers Show 3.36

Bilko's School Days

Bilko feels as though there are too many soldiers who are wise to his tactics. He applies for a transfer to another base. Colonel Hall is more than happy to sign it.

Bilko quickly retracts his request when he learns that 1500 new men are going to be transferred to Fort Baxter. Bilko is surprised to learn that the 1500 men due to be transferred to Fort Baxter are all MPs.

The MPs get in the way of Bilko's gambling. He comes up with a new plan. He enrolls in the MP school and proceeds to lock up everyone from his platoon and all other essential services for minor infractions in the hopes of bringing the base to a standstill.

Bilko's plan is for the most part successful. When it looks like the MP school is going to get moved to another base and he is going to have to go with them he comes up with another scheme to allow himself to stay at Fort Baxter.

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)

starring Hedy Lamarr

written and directed by Alexandra Dean

88 minutes

Hedy Lamarr was born and raised in Austria. The first of her six marriages happened when she young and still living in Austria. She fled her first husband and her life in Austria when World War 2 was looming on the horizon. She fled first to England and then to the United States. She got work acting in Hollywood at MGM and later directed some of her own projects.

Lamarr's first love wasn't acting but inventing. Her father was also someone who liked to tinker with devices. During World War II she came up with and worked with a scientist to develop an idea that was turned over to the War Department.