Tony Isabella writes a two-part story that brings back Redjac from Wolf in the Fold. The Wolf, issue 22 in DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series, was on shelves for January of 1986. It featured pencils by Tom Sutton and inks by Ricardo Villagran. Does the comic pull off a worthy successor to the classic…
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Battlestar Galactica (2006) – Unfinished Business (The Ronald D. Moore Version), and The Passage
The aired version of Unfinished Business was first broadcast on 1 December, 2006, and it was written by Michael Taylor. It’s Fight Night on Galactica. Anyone can step into the ring and call out anyone else, regardless of rank, as a way of venting frustrations. Intercut with these matches are flashbacks to the missing year…
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…
Smallville (2004) – Facade, and Devoted
Facade was written by Holly Harold and debuted on 6 October, 2004. It’s his senior year, and Clark (Tom Welling) ignores Jonathan (John Schneider) and signs up for high school football, whose team has a new assistant coach, Jason (Jensen Ackles), Lana’s (Kristin Kreuk) new fella. That raises a number of ethical questions. We also…
Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – Phantoms, and The Return: Part 1
Carl Binder wrote Phantoms that first aired on 15 September, 2006. Hallucinations seem to be running rampant through offworld teams. What’s causing them? What are they? Can it be stopped? Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) leads his team, along with Dr. Beckett (Paul McGillion) to follow up on a team that has missed its check-in. But things…
Split (2016) – M. Night Shyamalan
It’s been awhile since I watched a Shyamalan film. I kind of tuned out after awhile. I think Lady in the Water did it for me. But I did remember enjoying his earliest films, The Sixth Sense, The Village, Unbreakable. And it seemed like enough time had past that I could see if I could…
Stargate SG-1 (2001) – Enemies, and Threshold
The fifth season of Stargate SG-1 got underway on 29 June, 2001 with Enemies. Written by Robert C. Cooper from a story by Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie and one of the series creators, Brad Wright, this episode picks up where the season four cliffhanger left us… … in a galaxy far, far away. SG-1…
The Octagon (1980) – Eric Karson
Welcome to the 80s, the age of the ninja as Chuck Norris guides us through a haphazard adventure that sees him entering The Octagon! Scott James (Norris) is a world-class martial artist who is accompanied by an echoey voiceover almost everywhere he goes. He and his frenemy, A.J. (Art Hindle!) live a high roller life…
Avatar: The Last Airbender – Book 2: Earth (2006) – Tales of Ba Sing Se, Appa’s Lost Days, and Lake Laogai
Tales of Ba Sing Se is a fun little episode, especially coming after the reveal of the last episode. It’s a collection of short vignettes that delve into the adventures of our various characters around the city. The episode first aired on 29 September, 2006, and has five segments. The Tale of Toph and Katara…
Star Trek: Picard (2022) – Fly Me to the Moon, and Two of One
Jonathan Frakes directs Fly Me to the Moon, which brings us to the halfway marl of season two of Star Trek: Picard, and features a brief cameo by Lea Thompson who directed the previous pair of episodes. Written by Cindy Appel, the episode debuted on 31 March, 2022, and reveals what Picard (Patrick Stewart) has…
