Wej Duj, Klingon for ‘three ships,’ was written by Kathryn Lyn and was the penultimate episode of season two. It debuted on 7 October, 2021. A Vulcan ship and a Klingon ship have troubling encounters with another starship, and the Cerritos may be next in line. But first, it’s rather quiet on the Cerritos as…
Desperation (1996) – Stephen King
God is cruel. That’s what this book tells me. I remember buying this book, and its companion piece, The Regulators when they came out. I also know I read them, but some twenty years later, I have no memory of what happened in either of them. So it seemed like a great time for a…
Battlestar Galactica (2007) – Crossroads: Part 1, and Part 2
The third season finale of Battlestar Galactica aired on 18 March, 2007. Written by Michael Taylor, the stage is set for Baltar’s (James Callis) trial. A trial that is going to have reverberations throughout the fleet. Welcome to Crossroads: Part 1. Roslin (Mary McDonnell) is having dreams of Hera as a young girl being pursued…
Howard’s Mill (2021) – Shannon Houchins
None of the posters designed to promote this film that I came across on IMDB do this film justice. Some hint at the strangeness that plays out in the later part of the film, and arguably spoil some of it. And the ones hinting at the missing and the mystery at the heart of it,…
Encino Man (1992) – Les Mayfield
Encino Man is a silly, feather-light comedy that gives Pauly Shore too much to do, tries to make Sean Astin a bit of a tool, and lets Brendan Fraser be an absolutely unrestrained goofball. Astin plays Dave Morgan, a high school senior who wants to be cool, is digging his own pool in the backyard,…
Smallville (2006) – Zod, and Sneeze
Season six got underway on 28 September, 2006. Zod, the season premiere was written by Steven S, DeKnight. Clark (Tom Welling) remains trapped in the Phantom Zone, Metropolis looks like a war zone with riots consuming the city, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) is possessed by Zod with Lana (Kristin Kreuk) at his side, Lois (Erica Durance)…
Star Trek: #24 – Double Blind (1986)
Double Blind, a two-part story, was written by Trek author Diane Duane, with the first part being found on comic spinners until March of 1986. DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series continued to feature pencils by Tom Sutton and inks by Ricardo Villagran. The cover was done by Jim Starlin. Duane had written a couple…
The Majestic (2001) – Frank Darabont
Somehow, this Frank Darabont movie has gotten by me for over twenty-some years. I greatly enjoy his work, and I had a friend in my video store days who adored this movie. So I guess I figured it was time to remedy that. As I settled in, I realized why I hadn’t seen this one…
Battlestar Galactica (2007) – Maelstrom, and The Son Also Rises
Maelstrom is a Starbuck (Katee Sachoff) heavy episode written by David Weddle and Bradley Thompson. It first aired on 4 March, 2007. Adama (Edward James Olmos) has to consider grounding Starbuck as she seems increasingly on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Her captivity by Leoben (Callum Keith Rennie) on New Caprica, her painting of…
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2021) – The Spy Humongous, Where Pleasant Fountains Lie, and I, Excretus
The Spy Humongous debuted on 16 September, 2021. It was written by John Cochran. The Pakled situation is continuing to be a minor problem for the Federation. So the Cerritos and Captain Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) are sent to work on negotiating a peace. Things are complicated by the arrival of a Pakled on the Cerritos…
