So Baltar (James Callis) is back in the fleet. He doesn’t plan on facing anything, so he attempts to take his own life, with help from Six (Tricia Helfer) – he dreams (?) of resurrecting on a Cylon ship – is he a Cylon? – but Gaeta (Alessandro Juliani) saves him as one of the…
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Batttlestar Galactica (2005) – Colonial Day, and Kobol’s Last Gleaming: Part 1
Colonial Day was first broadcast on 18 March, 2005. It was written by Carla Robinson. With Colonial Day approaching, Roslin (Mary McDonnell) announces a formation of a new Quorum of the Twelve. Each of the colonies of man will have a representative on this ruling board. Things are thrown for a loop, however, when Tom…
Get Smart (1966) – Smart the Assassin, I’m Only Human, and Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain
Both Smart (Don Adams) and the Chief (Edward Platt) are in trouble in this episode! Smart the Assassin first aired on 19 February, 1966 and was written by Budd Grossman. KAOS gets their hands on Smart and hypnotizes him in order to have the agent assassinate the Chief during their nightly chess game. His trigger…
Farscape (2000) – Look at the Princess: Part 3 (The Maltese Crichton), and Beware of Dog
Crichton (Ben Browder) is a statue. There’s a Peacekeeper spy working within the royal court, and a number of people are ready to seize power. After an assassination attempt and a rescue by Scorpius (Wayne Pygram), Crichton is restored to flesh and spirited away by the spy. Will he be able to stop the Scarran…
Longlegs (2024) – Osgood Perkins
I really wanted to see this one in the theaters, but I could never make it work with my schedule, so when it finally popped up on a streaming service, I was all in. Immediately. And I loved it. It’s spooky, freaky, and Osgood Perkins masterfully frames his images. He makes use of negative space…
Fringe (2012) – Black Blotter, and Anomaly XB-6783746
Walter (John Noble) is in crisis. He’s trying to recall his plan to defeat the Observers and along the way, he decides to drop some LSD that he’s rediscovered in his lab. What follows is a troubling confrontation with himself as he, Astrid (Jasika Nicole), Olivia (Anna Torv) and Peter (Joshua Jackson) continue in their…
Fringe (2012) – Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11, and In Absentia
Fringe’s fifth and final season began on 28 September, 2012 with the Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11. Written by J.H. Wyman it takes us back to the future, the year 2036, which was first introduced in the fourth season episode Letters of Transit. As Peter (Joshua Jackson), Walter (John Noble), Astrid (Jasika Nicole) track down Olivia’s…
Mission: Impossible (1966) – Pilot, and Memory
Your mission, should you choose to accept it… This week I begin my travels with the original Impossible Mission Force, as I explore The Complete Series on blu-ray available now from Paramount Pictures. The series originally debuted on 17 September, 1966 with the Pilot episode written by the series creator Bruce Geller. We are introduced…
Star Wars: Rebels (2015) – Call to Action, Rebel Resolve, and Fire Across the Galaxy
We dive into the final three episodes of the inaugural season of Star Wars: Rebels this week. First up is Call to Action. Written by Greg Weisman and Simon Kinberg and originally aired on 26 January, 2015. The spark of rebellion is spreading across the galaxy, so to draw even more attention to it, the…
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003) – The Shipment, and Twilight
Captain’s log: date unknown Chris Black and Brent V. Friedman pen this episode of the Xindi arc that first debuted on 29 October, 2003. Archer (Scott Bakula) discovers a mining operation that seems to be compiling resources and components for the Xindi weapon that is being prepared for Earth. He, Reed (Dominc Keating) and Hayes…
