The Twilight Zone (1959) 1.01

Where Is Everybody?

A man who doesn't remember his name or how he got to be where he is finds himself walking down a road into a town that he doesn't recognize. He finds signs of life but no people or animals of any sort. He visits a diner, the town's police station, a movie theater. At one point he gets stuck in a phone booth. He tries calling the operator but he just gets a recording.

The man is slowly losing it. The story ends with the reveal that the man is in a sensory deprivation chamber. He's been in there for about 484 hours or almost 3 weeks. His name is Mike Ferris. He's in the US Air Force and this was a test to see how he would handle isolation in a rocket ship.

Attack on Titan 1.11

Idol: The Struggle for Trost, Part 7

Eren is on board with the plan but some of the members of the city guard need some convincing. General Pyxis gives a rousing speech in an effort to convince the city guards of why they need to stand and fight. He says that anyone who wants to leave is free to go.

An elite group from the city guards is sent with Eren. Their job is to keep any other Titans from distracting him from his mission.

Thoughts

This show continues to move at a glacial pace. They are coloring in details but I still can't help but feel that the story should be moving faster than this.

Star Trek (1966) 1.18

Arena

The Enterprise travels to Cestus III. Captain Kirk, Mister Spock, Doctor McCoy and three other members of the crew (O'Herlihy, Kelowitz, Lang) beam down to the surface of the planet. They immediately discover that the outpost they were supposed to be visiting has been almost completely obliterated. There is only one person left alive.

The Enterprise and the landing party come under attack. O'Herlihy and Lang are killed. The Enterprise is unable to beam anyone back up while they are fighting off an unknown enemy. The enemy takes off after several exchanges of fire. The Enterprise beams the landing party back up and then takes off after the enemy ship.

Jaws (1975)

Jaws (1975)

starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss

directed by Steven Spielberg

124 minutes

A great white shark kills a swimmer off the coast of Amity. Sheriff Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to shut down the beaches but the mayor won't let him. The town depends on beachgoers for its economic livelihood and July is just around the corner.

Another swimmer is killed. This time it is a young boy. The mother of the dead boy posts a reward for the capture of the shark. Lots of men in boats go out to find the shark. One of the boats comes back with a dead tiger shark. Almost everyone rejoices but Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss), a marine biologist, quickly determines that dead shark isn't big enough to be the killer shark.

Tales from the Crypt 1.01

The Man Who Was Death

starring William Sadler

directed by Walter Hill

Niles Talbot (William Sadler), the executioner at the state prison, loses his job after a law is passed banning the death penalty. He decides to take the law into his own hands and becomes a vigilante, killing people who escape justice but eventually he gets caught and is executed in the same electric chair in which he used to execute criminals.

Thoughts

I'm not that crazy about this episode. It feels kind of flat. There was an excessive amount of narration. It didn't excite or scare me. It didn't make me laugh or bring a smile to my face.

The Orville 2.13

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

The Orville goes through a time distortion while Isaac and John are working on a temporal experiment. Nothing has changed except that Kelly from seven years ago, the morning after her first date with Ed, appears on the Orville.

Present Kelly is disturbed by having a prior version of herself around. Past Kelly isn't exactly overjoyed to be separated from the life she knew. Present Kelly lectures Past Kelly on a lot of things. Past Kelly decides to go on a second date with Ed.

Ed has fun with Past Kelly but ultimately realizes that it doesn't feel right. He's already been through a lot of things with Present Kelly, some of which he doesn't want to experience all over again with Past Kelly.

The Long Season 1.08

Episode 8

Hualin, 1998. Wang Xiang finds Wang Yang with some help from another young man who was looking for him. Xiang convinces his son to come home. He confronts him with the evidence he found, the bloodstained hazmat suit. Xiang demands to know what's going on. Wang won't tell him. He asks his father for a couple days to sort some things out before he will tell him.

Xiang gets his hands on a note that Fu Weijun left for him. He reads it and responds by calling for Luo Meisu. Together they tackle hold their son down and tie him up. They tell him that it will be better for him if he turns himself in to the police. Luo Meisu goes to bed. Xiang goes to the kitchen, reads the note again, and then destroys it.

The message on the note read: Take the birch transportation line on the evening of the 17th.