A very young Macaulay Culkin guest stars in Something Green. Written by Kevin Droney the episode debuted on 10 February, 1988. When Mrs. Gephart’s (Lisa Eichorn) son, Paul (Cuklin) is kidnapped from her house in broad daylight, she suspects her ex-husband, Raymond (Jon DeVries), a Swiss diplomat. She turns to Robert McCall (Edward Woodward) for…
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The Equalizer (1988) – The Child Broker, and Video Games
This week’s episode, The Child Broker, boasts a bevy of recognizable guest stars, Sam Rockwell, Jerry O’Connell, Frank Whaley, Max Casella, Lycia Naff and Anthony LaPaglia. Written by Mick Curran this episode debuted on 20 January, 1988. McCall (Edward Woodward) and Harley (Richard Jordan) are contacted by Irene Winters (Mary-Joan Negro) to help her son,…
The Equalizer (1987/1988) – Christmas Presence, and A Dance on the Dark Side
McCall (Edward Woodward) gifts Harley (Richard Jordan) with another episode, as a Christmas present. Christmas Presence written by Coleman Luck first aired on 16 December, 1987. A young boy, Mickey (Corey Carrier before he took on the role of Young Indiana Jones) calls The Equalizer for help. He knows that he’s more than a comic…
The Equalizer (1987) – Inner View, and The Rehearsal
McCall (Edward Woodward) and Harley (Richard Jordan) – and again this could have been Keith Szarabajka’s Mickey – find themselves helping Karen Alden (Katherine Cortez), who may or may not be psychic. It seems she’s being haunted by visions of the Shadow Man (Terrence Mann) who is stalking New York City for his next victim….
Superman: The Animated Series (1997) – World’s Finest Part III, Bizarro’s World and The Hand of Fate
Superman (Tim Daly) and Batman (Kevin Conroy) join forces in World’s Finest Part III. Originally airing on 4 October, 1997, the story comes to its conclusion as our two caped heroes take on Lex Luthor (Clancy Brown) and the Joker (Mark Hamill). And with this episode, we see the beginning of the formation of the…
Batman: The Animated Series (1998) – Chemistry, Judgement Day, Beware the Creeper and Mad Love
The animated adventures of Batman come to a close this week, with these last four episodes of the final season. First up is Chemistry which aired 24 October, 1998. This plot for this one comes off as kind of odd, Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy) falls for and marries (!) the perfect woman, Susan Maguire…
Batman: The Animated Series (1997/1998) – Double Talk, Joker’s Millions and Growing Pains
Turn on the Bat-Signal, there’s more trouble in Gotham this week! With Double Talk, which aired 22 November, 1997, Arnold Wesker aka The Ventriloquist (George Dzunda) is deemed fit and healthy, he is released from Arkham, but his inner demon, voiced through his dummy, Scarface, may be trying to return! Wayne Enterprises and a…
Batman: The Animated Series (1995/1997) – The Lion and The Unicorn, Holiday Knights, and Sins of the Father
The first iteration of Batman: The Animated Series comes to a close with this episode, The Lion and The Unicorn, which had an airdate of 15 September, 1995. In it, Gotham, Batman (Kevin Conroy) and Alfred (Efrem Zimbalist jr.) are threatened one final time by the Red Claw (Kate Mulgrew) who returns and kidnaps…
Batman: The Animated Series (1994) – Sideshow, Avatar and Trial
Killer Croc (Aron Kincaid) is the center of the first episode this week, in Sideshow. This one had an original airdate of 3 May, 1994, and saw Croc escaping from a prison train, and finds solace and refuge with a retired circus show that takes pity on him. Amongst the sideshow carnival is May and June,…
Batman: The Animated Series (1993) – The Laughing Fish, Harley and Ivy, and The Mechanic
The Joker (Mark Hamill) is causing problems again, in The Laughing Fish, which aired 10 January, 1993. It seems the Clown Prince, having escaped from Arkham Asylum, yet again, is a little perturbed with the patent office when they refuse to patent his disfigured fish. Batman (Kevin Conroy), stalking the rainy streets of Gotham,…