Patrick Hasburgh writes the first episode up this week, Now You See It, which originally aired 20 January, 1982. When Ralph (William Katt) has to look after Pam’s (Connie Sellecca) cat, things get a little bizarre, but it may allow the awkward superhero a chance to save his lady-love before she dies in plane crash….
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The Greatest American Hero (1982) – Plague and Train of Thought
Bill (Robert Culp) and Ralph (William Katt) are exposed to danger this week in the episode Plague, which aired 6 January, 1982, and was penned by Rudolph Borchert. Picking up an assignment from Carlisle (William Bogert) that none of his fellow agents want, Bill gets a number of inoculations before going into the field…
The Greatest American Hero (1981) – The Beast in the Black and The Lost Diablo
This week’s installment of The Greatest American Hero allows me to revisit an episode I hadn’t seen since I was a kid, which freaked me out at the time. Juanita Bartlett writes The Beast in the Black, which aired 9 December, 1981 and brought our heroes into spooky territory, or at least it was to…
The Greatest American Hero (1981) – Hog Wild and Classical Gas
The effects for the flying sequences are still terrible but the charm of the series remains in this week’s installment! First up, Hog Wild. This one aired 25 November, 1981 and was written once again by Cannell. Ralph (William Katt) and Bill (Robert Culp) are returning from a communication seminar, something Bill feels was…
The Greatest American Hero (1981) – Operation: Spoilsport and Don’t Mess Around with Jim
Season 2 continues this week as Bill (Robert Culp) and Ralph (William Katt) deal with some new dangers!! Up first is Operation: Spoilsport, which aired 11 November, 1981, and was written by Frank Lupo. World War III is on the horizon, and within 24 hours will be well underway, when an automatic missile system…
The Greatest American Hero (1981) – My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys and Fire Man
The torch of heroism is passed from one generation of television series to the next, as John Hart, who played the Lone Ranger in 52 episodes of the original series shows up in the first episode this week to give Ralph (William Katt) a bit of much-needed advice. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys…
The Greatest American Hero (1981) – Saturday Night on Sunset Boulevard and Reseda Rose
Alright kiddies, here’s the scenario; Bill (Robert Culp), Ralph (William Katt) and Pam (Connie Sellecca) have even more fun this week. Cannell scripted Saturday Night on Sunset Boulevard, which aired on 8 April, 1981. Ralph and Bill find themselves mixed up in an international mess, when a married couple, Theresa (Alexa Hamilton), an Italian…
The Greatest American Hero (1981) – The Hit Car and Here’s Looking at You, Kid
It’s time to join Ralph (William Katt), Bill (Robert Culp) and Pam (Connie Sellecca) for more fun this week. But first, as I was watching the opening credits, I noticed that Juanita Bartlett who wrote and served as a producer on The Rockford Files, joined Cannell as Executive Producer on this show! Alright kids,…
Happiness (1998) – Todd Solondz
Another odd recommendation from Great Movies – 100 Years of Film, for my screening of Pulp Fiction. A trio of sisters lives interweave with a number of other characters, all of whom are seeking happiness, but are all looking for it in really dark and troubling places. Joy (Jane Adams) is a struggling songwriter,…
True Blood Season 6
Releasing today from HBO Canada on Blu-ray and DVD is the penultimate season of the bloody and sexy vampire series, True Blood, based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris. I fell out of the series about a quarter of the way through the third season, briefly after the introduction of a character, who…
The Mind Reels 