The Only Way to Die riffs on the idea of Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) being publicly dead, and using that as cover to get his mission done. But everyone is going to have to believe he’s dead including 99 (Barbara Feldon), the Chief (Edward Platt) and Fang. Written by Arne Sultan, this episode first aired…
Tag: dead
Magpie Murders (2016) – Anthony Horowitz
I’ve always enjoyed Anthony Horowitz’s writing. I dug his young spy novels, the Alex Rider series, and his foray into James Bond territory. But he is not a writer to be confined by genre, and when I came across Magpie Murders in one of the little libraries in a neighbor’s yard, I had to at…
Stargate SG-1 (2005) – Reckoning: Part 2, and Threads
Anubis (Rik Kiviaho) and the Replicators are posing a giant threat to Earth, and O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) as the head of Stargate Command is sending his teams out to do their thing. Reckoning: Part 2 first aired on 4 March, 2005 and was written by Damian Kindler, with excerpts written by Robert C. Cooper….
Stargate SG-1 (2004) – Affinity, and Covenant
Teal’c (Christopher Judge) has a new apartment, and is making a name for himself in his neighbourhood. He’s finally living off base! But things are going to get complicated for him pretty quickly. Written and directed by Peter DeLuise, this episode first aired on 20 August, 2004. Complications arrive in the form of Krista (Erica…
Stargate SG-1 (2001) – Double Jeopardy, and Exodus
Double Jeopardy wraps up a story thread that you didn’t know you wanted wrapped up, and it works wonderfully. There are clues right from the off that the SG-1 arriving through the gate isn’t the one we know. They’re using MP-5s instead of the P-90s, O’Neill’s (Richard Dean Anderson) hair is darker, Carter (Amanda Tapping)…
Northern Exposure (1991) Slow Dance, and The Bumpy Road to Love
Slow Dance closes out the truncated second season of Northern Exposure, and also clears the path for Joel (Rob Morrow) to possibly pursue Maggie (Janine Turner) – but what about her reputation as a black widow? All of her boyfriends have died – and Rick (Grant Goodeve) is no exception… he’s killed by a falling…
Stargate SG-1 (1997) – Fire and Water, and Hathor
SG-1 returns to the SGC with sad news, it seems Jackson (Michael Shanks) is dead. Or at least that is the way O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Teal’c (Christopher Judge) remember it. Fire and Water was written by Kathryn Powers from a story she developed with Brad Wright, one of the showrunners….
Magnum P.I. (2023) – Birthright, and Dark Skies
While Higgins (Perdita Weeks) starts work on the latest case, which involves the robbery of an elderly man, Gus (Lawrence Pressman) suffering from Alzheimer’s, whose daughter, Kerry (Bethany Anne Lind) now looks after him, while her brother, Brent (Jordan Belfi) doesn’t understand all the strain Kerry and her father are under. Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is…
Magnum P.I. (2021) – The Day Danger Walked In, and Tell No One
A hurricane is going to hit the island, and La Mariana’s hurricane insurance policy has lapsed, as Rick (Zachary Knighton) had other expenses through COVID. But things are going to get way more complicated before the storm is over. The Day Danger Walked In was written by showrunners Peter M. Lenkov and Eric Guggenheim, and…
Magnum P.I. (2018) – Sudden Death, and Death is Only Temporary
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) helps T.C. (Stephen Hill) and one of his football little leaguers in Sudden Death. It first aired on 22 October, 2018, and was written by David Fury, and features Cyndi Lauper as a local lawyer, Vanessa Nero. Young Makoa (Zio Junk) looks for help from T.C. and Magnum when his father, Honi…
The Mind Reels 