Smart Fell on Alabama aired on 31 October, 1969. It was written by Lloyd Turner and Gordon Mitchell. Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) finds himself working and training some convicts so that they can break into a mansion, and help him steal a codebook to keep it out of a KAOS agent’s, Colonel Kyle K. Kirby…
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Firefly (2002) – Objects in Space
This is it, the final episode of the series. Which is frustrating, because you can see the potential in each and every one of these episodes. It was written and directed by Joss Whedon. It aired on 13 December, 2002. River’s (Summer Glau) issues seem to be escalating, and someone has found her. A bounty…
Get Smart (1969) – Valerie of the Dolls, Widow Often Annie, and The Treasure of C. Errol Madre
Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) enrolls in an expectant father’s class, not only to get some necessary knowledge, but also to stop KAOS latest plan – using dolls to smuggle out a formula. Written by Les Colodny and Ed Haas, this episode first aired on 10 October, 1969. To foil the plan, Smart and the Chief…
Firefly (2002) – The Message, and Heart of Gold
The Message was broadcast out of order on Fox (nice going dumbasses) after the series had already been cancelled and cut from the schedule (did I mention the dumbass part?). It aired, finally, on 28 July, 2003. It was written by Joss Whedon and Tim Minear. Minear also served as director. This is the episode…
Get Smart (1969) – The Not-So-Great Escape: Part 2, Pheasant Under Glass, and Ironhand
Season 4 of Get Smart ended on 29 March, 1969. Chris Hayward and Arne Sultan penned the script, and Don Adams once again directed the episode. Smart (Adams) and his fellow CONTROL agents are planning to escape the KAOS prison camp in New Jersey, and there will be lots of riffing on the classic film….
Firefly (2002) – Our Mrs. Reynolds, and Jaynestown
The problematic Joss Whedon wrote Our Mrs. Reynolds which had an air date of 4 October, 2002, and introduced a character that not only had a huge effect on Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), but also on viewers. The stunning Christina Hendricks appears as Saffron, a woman who shows up on Serenity claiming to be Mal’s…
Get Smart (1969) – Leadside, Greer Window, and The Not-So-Great Escape: Part 1
Leadside debuted on 8 March, 1969. It was written by Lloyd Turner and Gordon Mitchell. Leadside (Ronald Long) is a wheelchair bound mastermind who is working to destroy CONTROL and kill Maxwell Smart (Don Adams). Max has apparently ruined a number of Leadside’s plans before, and now, Leadside is going to take on CONTROL one…
Firefly (2002) – The Train Job, and Bushwhacked
The Train Job was the first episode of Firefly to be aired, because Fox didn’t want to start with the pilot, Serenity, they wanted something that had more action. So the script had to be reworked quickly to not only introduce the characters anew, but have solid action beats. It launched the series on 20…
Firefly (2002) – Serenity
Yes, Joss Whedon is problematic. But damn, I loved Firefly. Yes, he created it, but like Buffy and Angel, he’s not the only one who brought it to life. So with all that Nathan Fillion and the cast have done of late to bring about a continuation, in an animated format, I’ve decided to dig…
Lake Mungo (2008) – Joel Anderson
I’ve wanted to see Lake Mungo for awhile. When I first heard about this found footage style film, I was immediately intrigued. And honestly, it’s not so much found footage. It’s put together like a documentary, and there’s no real shaky cam. And it’s by turns haunting, surprising, and with a hefty emotional impact. In…
The Mind Reels 