The wedding between Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and 99 (Barbara Feldon) must be getting closer, because this episode sees a plan involving a potential engagement ring. Written by Arne Sultan, Allan Burns, Chris Hayward, and Leonard Stern, Diamonds are A Spy’s Best Friend first aired on 19 October, 1968. KAOS is up to it’s usual…
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Stargate SG-1 (2007) – Talion, and Family Ties
We begin our run to the series finale, with only four episodes left how are stories, and character arcs going to start playing out? Talion was written by Damian Kindler and first debuted on 1 June, 2007. When Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and Bra’tac (Tony Amendola) survive a series of bomb attacks which kill other Jaffa,…
Salem’s Lot (1979) – Tobe Hooper
So since I recently reread Stephen King’s 1975 novel, ‘Salem’s Lot, I thought I would watch the 1979 television miniseries that was directed by Tobe Hooper. Broken into two parts, the three-hour story was broadcast on two consecutive Saturdays, 17 and 24 November, 1979. Even at three hours, the series doesn’t feel like it’s done…
Chuck (2010) – Versus the Honeymooners, and Versus the Role Models
Robert Duncan McNeill directs this episode that was written by Rafe Judkins and Lauren LeFranc from a story by Ali Adler. It first aired on 26 April, 2010. Still in Europe after their last mission, Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) decide to desert and lead regular lives together. But they just got on…
The Twilight Zone (1960) – A Thing About Machines, The Howling Man and Eye of the Beholder
Buckle up because there’s the signpost up ahead! It’s time for more eerie tales from The Twilight Zone as I continue to explore The Complete Series on blu-ray from Paramount Pictures. Up first is A Thing About Machines. Penned by Rod Serling, with an original airdate of 28 October, 1960, the story follows Barlett Finchley’s…
The Mind Reels 