The plan has changed. As Moya slowly begins to recover from burning out the living ingots, D’Argo (Anthony Simcoe) realizes what Crichton (Ben Browder) has done! He’s given himself up to Scorpius (Wayne Pygram) to allow he and his friends to go free, including D’Argo’s son, Jothee (Matthew Nelson). With their hired guns, Aeryn (Claudia…
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Northern Exposure (1993) – Old Tree, and Three Doctors
The fourth season of Northern Exposure came to an end on 24 May, 1993 with Old Tree. Written by Diane Frolov and Robin Green, the final episode of the season focuses on an old tree, Vicky, that seems to be dying , everyone turns to Joel (Rob Morrow) for a diagnosis. Maurice (Barry Corbin) is…
Stargate SG-1 (2002) – Allegiance, and Cure
At Stargate Command’s Alpha Site, problems are arising between the free Jaffa, Earth, and some newly arrived Tok’ra. Tensions that are raised when a naquadria bomb is discovered and suspects start dropping like flies. Written and directed by Peter DeLuise, no time for a cameo though, this episode was first broadcast on 9 August, 2002….
Stargate SG-1 (2001) – Red Sky, and Rite of Passage
Ronald Wilkerson delivers a tale that sees SG-1 traveling to a world where Norse religion has progressed and created a devout group of faithful to the Asgardians. That’s all well and good, but by activating the gate, they triggered something that has caused a red shift in the local sun by introducing a foreign element,…
Farscape (2000) – Nerve, and The Hidden Memory
It’s a good thing that the secret Peacekeeper installation, Gamak base is so close, because Aeryn (Claudia Black) is in need of some serious medical assistance following their run-in with the Peacekeepers in the previous episode. Nerve was written by Richard Manning, and it was first broadcast on 7 January, 2000. John Crichton (Ben Browder)…
Stargate SG-1 (1999) – Past and Present, and Jolinar’s Memories
Jackson (Michael Shanks) seems to be bouncing back pretty quick after the death of his wife last week. He seems to have a connection, and shared attraction between Ke’ra (Megan Leitch) when he and SG-1 arrive on an industrial age planet where there are no children, no old people, and those who live there have…
Farscape (1999) – Back and Back and Back to the Future, and Thank God It’s Friday… Again
When Moya brings aboard a couple of scientists from a disintegrating research station things start to get bizarre and a little temporal in Back and Back and Back to the Future. Written by Babs Greyhosky it was actually the third episode broadcast, first airing on 2 April, 1999. Verell (John Clayton) and his assistant, Matala…
Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Call to Darkness (1989) – Michael Jan Friedman
We’re still early into The Next Generation novel series, this is only the ninth in the series. Set in the second season, while the third season was just getting underway on television, the book had to be written while the second season was in production. And that means not everything was going to work as…
Stargate SG-1 (1999) – One False Step, and Show and Tell
There’s always going to be at least one episode a season that I don’t really care for, and this time around it’s One False Step. Written by Michael Kaplan and John Sanborn this episode was first broadcast on 19 February, 1999. When SG-1 gates to a distant planet to recover a downed UAV, O’Neill (Richard…
The Invisible Man Returns (1940) – Joe May
It’s more time well spent with the Universal Monsters as I dive into the first sequel to 1933’s The Invisible Man. Vincent Price in one of his earliest performances is Geoffrey Radcliffe, a man imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit. His beloved Helen Manson (Nan Grey) is stunned and refuses to believe he’s guilty….
The Mind Reels 