Vic Morrow plays the baddie in Two Thousand. Written by Harold Livingston, this episode debuted 23 September, 1972. Morrow plays Joseph Collins a nuclear scientist preparing to sell nuclear materials to a foreign country. You know what that means right? We’re not taking on the mob/Syndicate this episode! In order to get Collins to reveal…
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Mission: Impossible (1970/1971) – The Hostage, and Takeover
Sometimes, your cover is just too good. Paris (Leonard Nimoy) finds that out in the first few minutes of The Hostage. Written by Harold Livingston, this episode first debuted on 19 December, 1970. The IMF is working south of the border again, and Paris has been posing as a hotel magnate that has agreed to…
The Twilight Zone (1962) – The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank, To Serve Man, and The Fugitive
It’s time to go back into The Zone with Paramount Pictures’ Complete Series on blu-ray! The first episode up this week is The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank. Written and directed by Montgomery Pittman, this tale first aired on 23 February, 1962. Jeff Myrtlebank (James Best) wakes up at his own funeral, and while the…
Batman: The Animated Series (1994) – Riddler’s Reform, Baby-Doll and Time Out of Joint
Season 3 of Gotham’s Caped Crusader, Batman (Kevin Conroy) continues with Riddler’s Reform, which aired 24 September, 1994. Is it possible that Edward Nygma (John Glover) aka The Riddler has gone on the straight and narrow… Batman and Robin (Loren Lester) refuse to believe it’s true. But it seems that Nygma has sold his…
Batman: The Animated Series (1992) – Heart of Steel: Part II, If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich? and Joker’s Wild
This week’s trip to Gotham brings us part II of Heart of Steel, which aired on 17 November, 1992. Batman (Kevin Conroy) is trying to stop H.A.R.D.A.C. (Jeff Bennett) and gets some help from Miss Barbara Gordon (Melissa Gilbert). H.A.R.D.A.C. is solidifying its plans, and even assaults its creator, Rossum (William Sanderson), when the…
Batman: The Animated Series (1992) -P.O.V., The Clock King and The Last Laugh
The next three episodes up for review from this much loved Batman series originally aired on the 18th, 20th and 21st of September, 1992. First up is P.O.V., which is a fun episode, as three different versions of the same story are told when a drug bust goes terribly wrong. Relating the evening’s events,…
Batman: The Animated Series (1992) – Nothing to Fear, Be a Clown, Appointment in Crime Alley
Time for more Bat-goodness with these three episodes that originally aired on 15, 16 & 17 of September, 1992. First up is Nothing to Fear, which sees the Scarecrow (Henry Polic II) being introduced to the Batman’s (Kevin Conroy) rogues gallery. When Bats is exposed to the villain’s scare-gas, he begins to fear that…
The Mind Reels 