Let’s Dance is the penultimate episode of Northern Exposure. It’s almost over, so they must be wrapping up character and narrative arcs. After a fashion, anyway. Written by Sam Egan, this episode was first broadcast on 19 July, 1995. It gets underway with Cal (Simon Templeman), you remember the violinist with mental issues?, who has…
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To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) – Harper Lee
Countless people read To Kill a Mockingbird in high school, or couldn’t read it because people fought to get it banned. In high school, for me, it was all about Le Petit Prince and The Catcher in the Rye. I’ve had a huge hole in my literary field. But I was finally glad to fill…
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Metamorphosis (1990) – Jean Lorrah
Jean Lorrah, who had previously penned Survivors for The Next Generation book series delivered the first Giant Novel in the Star Trek line. Once again, it focuses on Data. Sure Data was an interesting character, but the rest of the Enterprise-D crew gets the short-shrift in this story. But that may be a blessing for…
Stargate: Atlantis (2005) – Instinct, and Conversion
Instinct, written by Treena Hancock and Melissa R. Byer, opens with a bit of a nod to An American Werewolf in London. McKay (David Hewlett), Ronon (Jason Momoa), Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) enter a pub house on a distant world. They are unwelcome and urged to leave, but one of them warns…
Star Wars: Ambush at Corellia (1995) – Roger MacBride Allen
It’s been awhile since I traveled to a galaxy far, far away. That being said, it’s surprising how quickly I fell back into the storylines and these versions of iconic characters. Originally published in 1995, this story, the first installment in The Corellian Trilogy is set 18 years after the Battle of Yavin. Allen has…
Northern Exposure (1995) – Mi Casa, Su Casa, and Horns
Marilyn (Elaine Miles) comes to visit Joel (Rob Morrow), well not really, so he’s a little bothered by the fact that she didn’t. She’s there for a community event, not to see how Joel is getting by. As they spend time together, Joel finds himself trying to convince her that he’s changed. Mi Casa, Su…
Stargate SG-1 (2005) – Avalon: Part 1, and Part 2
Season nine got underway with Avalon: Part 1 on 15 July, 2005. It was written by Robert C. Cooper with excerpts written by Cooper and Brad Wright. And it is not the show it was at the end of the last season. Season nine features some big changes for the series. Sure we had Jonas…
Never Flinch (2025) – Stephen King
I love the character of Holly Gibney, so anytime King wants to put her in another story, I’m there for it. And he did just that with Never Flinch. And if Holly is there, you know some of her friends will be around – Barbara, Jerome, Izzy. Holly, and the readers, soon find themselves dealing…
Stargate SG-1 (2005) – Citizen Joe, and Reckoning: Part 1
Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson, guest stars in Citizen Joe. Written by Damian Kindler from a story by Robert C. Cooper this episode debuted on 18 February, 2025. It’s a unique kind of clip show, with excerpts featuring the writing of Cooper, James Crocker, Peter DeLuise, Jonathan Glassner, Victoria James, Kindler, Joseph Mallozzi,…
The Mercy of Gods (2024) – James S.A. Corey
When I see James S.A. Corey on the front of a book, I know I can buy it whether I know anything about it or not. I love their storytelling style, and The Mercy of the Gods, the first book in a new trilogy called The Captive’s War. Shorter than some of the entries in…
