Leslie Bohem’s UFO epic continued with its sixth episode on 9 December, 2002. It opens with the aliens arriving in a ship to reclaim the crashed vehicle from the Roswell crash over a bridge with both the Crawfords and the Clarkes as witnesses, amongst others, military and civilian. The climax of the last episode. Eric…
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Taken (2002) – Maintenance
Leslie Bohem continues the UFO narrative in the ‘Steven Spielberg presents’ mini-series, Taken. This episode marks the halfway point of the show, and first aired on 6 December, 2002. The narrative moves into the 1980s. Eric Crawford (Andy Powers) has cemented his role as the head of the government’s UFO program, based out at Groom…
Taken (2002) – Acid Tests
Acid Tests moves Leslie Bohem’s Taken miniseries into the 1970s. Bohem guides the characters through another feature length episode that first aired on 5 December, 2002. We’re entering the era of crop circles, and Crawford (Joel Gretsch) is joined by his grown son, Eric (Andy Powers) and Marty (John Hawkes) as he investigates them. One…
Taken (2002) – High Hopes
The Taken miniseries aired over ten consecutive weekday nights. High Hopes, the third feature-length episode, aired on 4 December, 2002. Leslie Bohem continues to script the narrative, interweaving his fictional families around alleged UFO encounters and historical events. Set in October of 1962, things are developing for both the Keys family, the Crawfords and the…
Taken (2002) – Jacob and Jesse
The second feature-length episode of Taken, presented by Steven Spielberg, first debuted on 3 December, 2002. It was written by series creator Leslie Bohem. The story opens during the winter of ’57 and guides us through 1958. Russel Keys (Steve Burton) has left his wife, Kate (Julie Benz), who has remarried, in an effort to…
Taken (2002) – Beyond the Sky
I’m writing this in May long before Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day comes out. I love when Spielberg plays in the science fiction genre, and I am very excited to see what happens in his new film. But I also realized it had been forever since I watched the Leslie Bohem created miniseries that he executive…
Firefly (2002) – Objects in Space
This is it, the final episode of the series. Which is frustrating, because you can see the potential in each and every one of these episodes. It was written and directed by Joss Whedon. It aired on 13 December, 2002. River’s (Summer Glau) issues seem to be escalating, and someone has found her. A bounty…
Firefly (2002) – The Message, and Heart of Gold
The Message was broadcast out of order on Fox (nice going dumbasses) after the series had already been cancelled and cut from the schedule (did I mention the dumbass part?). It aired, finally, on 28 July, 2003. It was written by Joss Whedon and Tim Minear. Minear also served as director. This is the episode…
Firefly (2002) – War Stories, and Trash
Cheryl Cain wrote War Stories, which debuted on 6 December, 2002 (Fox was screwing up everything with this show). There is some tension arising between Mal (Nathan Fillion) and Wash (Alan Tudyk) over Wash’s wife, and Mal’s most trusted ally on Serenity, Zoe (Gina Torres). Wash is tired of hearing about Zoe and Mal’s war…
Firefly (2002) – Out of Gas, and Ariel
Fan favourite episode Out of Gas was written by Tim Minear and first debuted on 25 October, 2002. Serenity’s life support fails. The whole ship is in need of repairs, something I’m sure Kaylee (Jewel Staite) would remind Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) every chance she gets. Mal sends the entire crew away, with only him…
The Mind Reels 