Four Star Playhouse 1.02

Dante's Inferno

starring Dick Powell, Virginia Grey, Regis Toomey

directed by Robert Florey

Nightclub owner Willie Dante (Dick Powell) runs into trouble when he tries to help out one of his customers. She says that her husband, gangster Steve Caspery, is going to kill her. Later that night she turns up dead. Police Lt. Manny Waldo (Regis Toomey) investigates the case. Dante is initially suspected of being the murderer but then someone tries to kill him.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.09

The Long Shot

starring Peter Lawford, John Williams

directed by Robert Stevenson

Charlie Raymond (Peter Lawford) takes a job driving Walker Hendricks (John Williams),  an Englishman, from New York to San Francisco. He considers robbing the bloke but along the way he discovers that Hendricks is about to inherit $200,000. Charlie murders Walker, drives over him with the car, while they are in the desert in Nevada. He makes it to San Francisco and tries to impersonate Hendricks only to learn that the police are already on to him.

Moonlighting 3.07

Atomic Shakespeare

Padua, 1593. Lucentio (Burt) wants to marry Bianca (Agnes) but her father won’t let her marry until Kate (Maddie), her older sister, is married. Kate is a bit wild and intimidating. The men of Padua are not interested in her but then Petruchio (David) comes to town and Lucentio sees an opportunity.

Petruchio gets Kate’s father’s blessings to marry her but Kate is very resistant to Petruchio’s attempts to woo her.

Petruchio and Kate get married even though (a) she is bound and gagged at the time and (b) he shows up three hours late for the ceremony. 

The marriage starts out rocky but eventually Kate grows to appreciate Petruchio. They return together to Padua for the marriage of Bianca and Lucentio.

Tales of the Unexpected 1.07

Edward the Conqueror

starring Wendy Hiller, Joseph Cotten

directed by Rodney Bennett

Louisa (Wendy Hiller) takes in a cat, against her husband Edward's (Joseph Cotten) wishes. The manner in which the cat responds to the music she plays on the piano leads her believe that it is the reincarnation of Franz Liszt. Edward isn't convinced by the arguments and evidence that she produces. He takes the cat outside. Louisa thinks he killed it so she kills him, with a large carving knife. The cat returns after Edward is dead.

Star Trek (1966) 1.23

A Taste of Armageddon 

The Enterprise approaches Eminiar VII but is warned to stay away by a message from the planet’s surface. Ambassador Fox, who has command authority on this mission, orders Captain Kirk to ignore the warning and proceed to the planet.

Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and three other crew members beam down to Eminiar VII. There they discover why they were warned to stay away from the planet. The people of Eminiar VII are at war with Vendikar, a neighboring planet. The war, which has been ongoing for 500 years, is conducted virtually but has real world consequences. People living in areas that are “obliterated” are ordered to report to disintegration stations where they are disintegrated. 

Psycho (1960)

Psycho (1960)

starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles

directed by Alfred Hitchcock

109 minutes

Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) steals $40,000 from her employer and leaves town. She gets nervous about what she is doing and winds up stopping at the Bates Motel for the night. The motel is run by Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins). Someone murders her later that night.

Lila Crane (Vera Miles) goes looking for her sister. She gets some help from Milton Arbogast, a private investigator hired by Marion's employer. Arbogast finds the Bates Motel about a week after Marion disappeared. He calls Lila and Sam, Marion's boyfriend, to let them know about the progress he's made but then he disappears.

Lila and Sam try to get the local sheriff involved. He doesn't show enough interest in finding Marion so they go out to the Bates Motel themselves.

Adventure Time 5.01

Finn the Human

The Lich gets away from Finn and Jake. Finn is given the opportunity to make a wish. He wishes that the Lich had never existed. Finn wakes up in a very different world where he has parents. His father is being bullied by the Destiny Gang. Jake is there but he is just an ordinary dog. He doesn't speak, or stretch, or change size.

Jake meets Marceline, who is very old, and finds the Ice King's crown. He takes the crown and tries to sell it but the Destiny Gang take it from him. He gets it back after fighting with them. He decides to use it despite Marceline's warning him against it.