The Mess of Adrian Listenger first aired on 30 January, 1970 and was written by Chris Hayward. It’s baseball season, and the CONTROL team are all dead but for Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and the Chief (Edward Platt) and they begin to suspect one another. The pair are forced to work together, to find the…
The Dog Stars (2012) – Peter Heller
When I heard The Dog Stars was going to be Ridley Scott’s new film, it moved up to the top of my reading list. I almost wish it hadn’t. I didn’t not like it, but the event that occurs on third into the book kicked my ass, so much that I almost decided not to…
Taken (2002) – John
The penultimate episode of the Taken mini-series first aired on 12 December, 2002. Leslie Bohem continues delivering a solid script that picks up exactly where the previous episode left off. Looks like we’re on the end run of the series now. Mary Crawford (Heather Donahue) has entered the crashed alien craft, while General Beers (James…
The Martian Chronicles (1980) – The Martians
Richard Matheson concludes his adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles with the final episode, The Martians. It brought the miniseris to a close on 29 January, 1980. The Earth is dead. But Wilder (Rock Hudson) returns to see if there are any survivors. Despite the charred appearance of the Earth in space, it seems…
The Martian Chronicles (1980) – The Settlers
Richard Matheson scripted the entire miniseries adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, and the second part of the series aired on 28 January, 1980. The series aired on three consecutive nights. This episode, as hinted by the title follows the Earth settlers on Mars, and their encounters there with the remnants of the Martian…
Smallville (2005) – Sacred, and Lucy
The Kents learn that Virgil Swann (Christopher Reeve) has passed, just as Clark (Tom Welling) receives a package from him. It’s another of those Kryptonian stones, so it’s back to the caves, where Jor-El (Terrence Stamp) informs Clark that he has three stones to recover, they hold the knowledge of all of Krypton, with the…
Star Trek: #10 Double Image (1985)
The Human Adventure continues with DC’s ongoing Star Trek series. Double Image is the second part of an eight part story, written by Mike W. Barr. The comic once agin features pencils by Tom Sutton, and inks by Ricardo Villgaran, both of whom created the cover, which was on stands for January 1985. Stardate: 8216.4…
The Martian Chronicles (1980) – The Expeditions
As mentioned in my book review, I was introduced to the miniseries before the book, thanks to my parents going to the video store (before they let me choose my own titles, which didn’t take long) and asking the clerk for space stuff. Having read the book now, I was curious if the miniseries would…
Taken (2002) – Dropping the Dishes
Lisa (Emily Bergl) and Charlie (Adam Kaufman) realize that Allie (Dakota Fanning) has saved them by taking them out of time and returning them two hours later, after Allie has agreed to go with Mary Crawford (Heather Donahue) and Wakeman (Matt Frewer). Dropping the Dishes, the eighth episode of the Leslie Bohem-scripted miniseries, which was…
Get Smart (1970) – House of Max: Part 1, Part 2, and Rebecca of Funny-Folk Farm
House of Max is a two-parter, which, if you can’t tell, riffs on House of Wax. It was written by Chris Hayward and was first broadcast on 9 January, 1970. Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and 99 (Barbara Feldon) find themselves heading to London (read as the studio backlot) to investigate the impossible… Jack the Ripper…
The Mind Reels 