SG-1 is called to Abydos by Kasuf (Erik Aviari). There they witness the returns of the harcesis, known a young boy calling himself Shifu (Lane Gates). Absolute Power was written by Robert C. Cooper and first debuted on 19 January, 2001. Unfortunately, something begins to happen to Daniel (Michael Shanks), caused by some effect of…
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Farscape (1999) – DNA Mad Scientist, and They’ve Got a Secret
Getting hooked on PK Tech Girl was the beginning. DNA Mad Scientist cemented my Farscape addiction, because in this episode we see what some of Moya’s crew will do to get home, and how much it may cost them. Written by Tom Blomquist, this episode was first broadcast on 18 June, 1999. When the crew…
Stargate SG-1 (1998) – Need, and Thor’s Chariot
SG-1 does its addiction episode with Need. Written by Robert C. Cooper from a story Cooper developed with Damian Kindler. It first aired on 24 July, 1998. When the team arrives on a distant world Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) saves a young woman, Shyla (Heather Hanson) from taking her own life. The team is captured…
Family Ties (1984) – Go Tigers, ‘M’ is for the Many Things, and Say Uncle
Alex (Micheal J. Fox) is heading up to Princeton by train for an interview with one of the admitting deans. Mallory (Justine Bateman) tags along to see her boyfriend, Jeff (John Dukakis) with unexpected results. Go Tigers was written by Micheal J. Weithorn and it had an original airdate of 12 January, 1984. Back at…
TAD 2022: International Shorts Program
Festival directors and Scotiabank Theatre invites After Dark fans to attend the International Shorts Progam this afternoon. Take in an offering of strange and unusual entries from around the world that will bemuse, beguile and befuddle. Bug Bites, directed by Daniel DelPurgatori is a bizarre little short about what we are led to believe, initially…
M*A*S*H (1974) – Check-Up, Life with Father, and Alcoholics Unanimous
Laurence Marks pens a great Trapper (Wayne Rogers) episode. First debuting on 22 October, 1974, the episode opens with the announcement that is time for the camp’s yearly physical, so everyone is getting checked out, but Trap is unwilling to let Frank Burns (Larry Linville) examine him. In a conversation with Hawkeye (Alan Alda) they…
National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) – John Landis
Ten Bad Dates With De Niro brings me this John Landis comedy classic from the late 70s for my viewing enjoyment. It tops the list of Unlikeliest Films Ever Judged ‘The Best of All Time.’ And while the film is brilliantly funny, boasts an all-star cast and has made the song Louie, Louie iconic, there…
The Lost Weekend (1945) – Billy Wilder
I dig into a new movie book today, Ten Bad Dates with De Niro, which have a number of different chapters and submissions. There’s going to be a lot of interesting films in this one. The first section is titles Losing it at the Movies – Pure Emotional Responses to Cinema. I found myself coming…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995) – The Visitor, and Hippocratic Oath
Station log: stardate unknown Micheal Taylor pens this exemplary episode that first aired on 9 October, 1995. Tony Todd plays an adult Jake Sisko as we find ourselves in a temporal tale that is one of the best of the series. A young writer, Melanie (Rachel Robinson) knocks on an elderly man’s door, and we…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994) – Second Skin, and The Abandoned
Station log: stardate unknown Robert Hewitt Wolfe pens this Kira (Nana Visitor) episode that first aired on 24 October, 1994. When Major Kira is abducted by Cardassians, and she is horrified to discover that she is supposed to be one of them. She no longer appears to be a Bajoran, she’s been modified to look…
The Mind Reels 