Battlestar Galactica (2006) – Epiphanies, and Black Market

Written by Joel Anderson Thompson, Epiphanies first aired on 20 January, 2006. President Roslin’s (Mary McDonnell) health continues to decline. She believes death may be imminent, and she has become convinced that Boomer’s (Grace Park) child, the human/cylon hybrid she is carrying, has to die. Cottle (Donnelly Rhodes) reports that there are odd traits developing…

Battlestar Galactica (2005) – Final Cut, and Flight of the Phoenix

Final Cut first aired on 9 September, 2005 and was written by Mark Verheiden. A new journalist is on the scene, D’Anna Biers (Lucly Lawless). She’s doing a piece on the Gideon Incident. As seen in the episode Resistance Tigh (Michael Hogan) ordered supplies taken from the Gideon for the Galactica, and marines accidently opened…

Battlestar Galactica (2005) – Bastille Day, and Act of Contrition

The Galactica has found water on a nearby ice planet. Now they have to get it to the fleet. The idea of using the prisoners aboard the Astral Queen is floated, and problems ensue in Bastille Day. Written by Toni Graphia this episode was first broadcast on 21 January, 2005. The episode features some of…

Hill Street Blues (1982) – Requiem for a Hairbag, and A Hair of the Dog

While the investigation into Mizell’s murder continues (and is ultimately resolved after a fashion), the precinct has a lot on the go in Requiem for a Haribag. Written by Mark Frost, this episode was first broadcast on 18 November, 1982. Hill (Michael Warren) is finally getting the boil on his backside taken care of, just…

Mission: Impossible (1972) – Ultimatum, and Kidnap

Murray Hamilton (the beaches will be open!) guest stars in Ultimatum. Written by Harold Livington from a story by Shirl Hendryx and Livingston, the episode all guests Donnelly Rhodes! First airing on 18 November, 1972, the episode sees the IMF on familiar ground. Phelps (Peter Graves) and his team are after a nuclear physicist, Cooper…

Mission: Impossible (1969) – Submarine, and Mastermind

Donald James pens an exceptional episode of Mission: Impossible, Submarine, which was first broadcast on 16 November, 1969. Phelps (Peter Graves) and his IMF team are working with a ticking clock. They have to kidnap former SS officer, Kruger Schetlman (Stephen McNally), and learn the location stolen Nazi funds, before the local military police track…

Millennium (1998) – …Thirteen Years Later, and Skull and Bones

Micheal R. Perry pens the fiftieth episode of Millennium that feels like it riffs a bit on the whole meta horror movie serial killer theme revolutionised a few years earlier by Wes Craven’s film Scream. Airing on 30 October, 1998, the episode was another Halloween episode. This time around, Frank (Lance Henriksen) finds himself mired…