Life in the country isn’t what Andy (chevy Chase) and Elizabeth Farmer (Madolyn Smith Osborne) thought it was going to be. They are moving out of New York and settling into a small town, Redbud, so that Andy can work on his first novel. Unfortunately, life has other plans, and nothing goes right, from phone…
Battlestar Galactica (2008) – Guess What’s Coming to Dinner, and Sine Qua Non
Michael Angeli wrote Guess What’s Coming to Dinner, which first aired on 16 May, 2008. The opening of this episode is awesome; it sees the rebel Cylon baseship and the Demetrius jumping into the fleet, but the Demetrius arrives late, and tensions are insanely high. Tigh (Michael Hogan) orders a weapons hold before the Demetrius…
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2022) – Reflections, Hear All, Trust Nothing, and A Mathematically Perfect Redemption
Reflections debuted on 22 September, 2022. It was written by series creator and showrunner Mike McMahan. Mariner (Tawney Newsome) and Boimler (Jack Quaid) are working a recruitment booth at a job fair, and you know that is just going to be the launching point for wackiness. The booth next to them, has an Archeologist Guild…
Star Trek: New Earth – Wagon Train to the Stars (2000) – Diane Carey
I’ve been circling starting this novel for a couple of decades now. I love how the Enterprise looks on the cover; I love the idea that the story takes place between The Motion Picture and The Wrath of Khan. I’m not going to lie, I was hoping they would be in the TMP uniforms for…
Battlestar Galactica (2008) – The Road Less Traveled, and Faith
The Road Less Traveled was written by Mark Verheiden and first aired on 2 May, 2008. Leoben (Callum Keith Rennie) arrives on the Demetrius (58 days into its search for Earth) in a heavily Raider. The idea of a truce with the Cylon rebels causes a lot of friction between members of the crew, and…
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) – Jay Roach
For some reason, I haven’t written about the second Austin Powers before, which also means somewhere in the near-ish future I can do the third one as well. I did the first one a number of years ago, and perhaps never got around to completing the trilogy. Well, now I am. Following Austin Powers: International…
Stroker Ace (1983) – Hal Needham
Hal Needham and Burt Reynolds made seven films together. I loved Smokey & The Bandit, I think Hooper is really well done, Cannonball Run is just goofy fun. And Stroker Ace? There was potential for sure, but even in 1983 some of the humor was rough, and in today’s world a lot of the jokes…
Smallville (2006) – Reunion, and Fallout
Steven S. DeKnight wrote Reunion, which first aired on 26 October, 2006. Former classmates of Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) and Oliver (Justin Hartley) begin to turn up dead, causing the two to blame each other, as they are also haunted by a prep school incident from their past. I’d like to care a little, but seeing…
Star Trek: #26 – The Trouble with Transporters (1986)
Bob Rozakis serves as the author for issue 26 of DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series. He wrote The Trouble with Transporters! which continued to feature pencils by Tom Sutton and inks by Ricardo Villagran. It was on comic spinners until May of 1986. After having had a run of issues checking in with supporting…
Supergirl (2026) – Craig Gillespie
Taking the bulk of its narrative inspiration from the comic, Woman of Tomorrow, Supergirl is a solid introduction to this new version of Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock). Piggybacking on the end of Superman, we see Kara in a red sun system celebrating her birthday week. Under a red sun, she doesn’t have her super-powered abilities…
