Private Eye Jim Rockford (James Garner) has his hands full in this week’s installment of The Rockford Files. The first episode, The Deep Blue Sleep was written by Juanita Bartlett from a story by Roy Huggins, and aired 10 October, 1975. It has a great phone gag with a young lady calling to agree to…
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The Rockford Files (1975) – The Aaron Ironwood School of Success & The Farnsworth Stratagem
Season 2 of The Rockford Files gets underway with private investigator, Jim Rockford (James Garner), caught up in an episode that focuses on family, so it makes sense that Rocky (Noah Beery Jr.), Beth (Gretchen Corbett) and Becker (Joe Santos) – who just took his lieutenant’s exam, are all present. Angel (Stuart Margolin), sadly,…
The Rockford Files (1975) – Say Goodbye to Jennifer & Charlie Harris at Large
Private Investigator Jim Rockford (James Garner) gets into it again with this week’s two episode installment. Up first is Say Goodbye to Jennifer, which aired 7 February, 1975, was directed by acting legend Jackie Cooper, and penned by Juanita Bartlett and Rudolph Borchert from a story by Roy Huggins.It guest stars Hector Elizondo as ex-war…
The Rockford Files (1974) Profit and Loss Parts 1 & 2
Private Eye Jim Rockford (James Garner) is hip deep in it this time with this two-parter written by Cannell, based on a story by Roy Huggins. Airing during the holiday season of 1974, part one on December 20, and the conclusion on December 27, the story sees Jim drawn into a world of corporate…
The Rockford Files (1974) – Tall Woman In Red Wagon
This week’s episode was originally aired October 11, 1974 with a teleplay by Cannell based on a story by Roy Huggins, and is a bit of a fun romp, despite the fact that Jim Rockford (James Garner) is left in right after the phone gag, which this time features Laurie calling from the trailer…
Orphan Black S01E09 – Unconscious Selection
It’s hard writing reviews for this show each week, because one runs out of ways to describe Tatiana Maslany’s stellar performances. She continues to stun and shine in every incarnation she embodies on the show, and this week was no different. In the season’s penultimate episode Alex Levine’s script puts Graeme Manson’s and John Fawcett’s…
Orphan Black S01E08 – Entangled Bank
The circles Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) as well as her clones Kasima and Allison seem to be resembling nooses as the first season of this amazing show rockets towards its finale, only two episodes left after this! Art (Kevin Hanchard) and Angela (Inga Cadranel) learn that the Jane Does they’ve been investigating are dead ringers for…
Orphan Black S01E07 – Parts Developed in an Unusual Manner
Orphan Black, and its engaging lead, Tatiana Maslany continues to wow as this week we tumble deeper into the conspiracy, where threads are connected, and trouble is brewing. Sarah (Maslany) meets back up with a slightly recovered Helena, released by her minder to continue hunting down the clones. Paul (Dylan Bruce) deals with Olivier (David…
Orphan Black S01E05 – Conditions of Existence
Oh what a tangled web! I finally got a chance to catch up on last week’s Orphan Black (sometimes there are just not enough hours in the day!) and this show gets better and better each episode! I’m so glad they are coming back for a second season! This episode marks the halfway point of…
Orphan Black S01E02 – Instinct
Tonight on Space, things get even crazier for Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) as she learns the threads of her own and Beth’s life are more complicated than she thought, both personally and professionally. SPOILERS may abound, so proceed with caution… Now, we as viewers already know Sarah and her doppelgänger are clones, we don’t know the…
The Mind Reels 