Joel (Rob Morrow) is a little out of sorts when it seems that everyone in Cicely has been invited to Maurice’s (Barry Corbin) celebratory dinner except him. The Big Feast was written by Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green. It first aired on 22 March, 1993. The whole town is gearing up for the party, but…
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M*A*S*H (1978) – Mail Call Three, Temporary Duty, and Potter’s Retirement
Everett Greenbaum and James Fritzell delivered Mail Call Three, which aired on 6 February, 1978. After a long delayed delivery of mail, a number of problems arrive with the envelopes. Hawkeye (Alan Alda) has been receiving love letters meant for another Benjamin Pierce, which he reads with lustful joy. B.J. (Mike Farrell) learns that a…
Peril at End House (1932) – Agatha Christie
It’s time to check in with that little Belgian investigator, Hercule Poirot, is doing. He and Hastings return in Agatha Christie’s Peril at End House. And to keep the genre fresh, this time Poirot and his slawart companion are determined to stop a murder before it happens. When a chance meeting with Nick Buckley, a…
Millennium (1999) – Collateral Damage, and The Sound of Snow
MIchael R.Perry pens the first episode up this week, Collateral Damage, which first aired on 22 January, 1999. It features two familiar looking guest stars James Marsters, and Brendan Fehr. The story works to tie in the mythology of the Millennium Group by having the FBI called in to investigate the disappearance of a young…
M*A*S*H (1975) – Soldier of the Month, The Gun, and Mail Call, Again
Radar (Gary Burghoff) ties one on for the first time, and Frank (Larry Linville) falls ill while trying to rid the camp of a rat infestation on Soldier of the Month. Written by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason this episode first debuted on 28 November, 1975. Word comes down that there is going to be a Soldier of…
Millennium (1996) – Dead Letters, and The Judge
Glen Morgan and James Wong pen Dead Letters, an episode that doesn’t deal with any arcs of the season, but gives us a look at the procedure and the strain of hunting a serial killer. Dead Letters first aired on 8 November, 1996, and sees Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) teaming up with a profiler that…
Moonlighting (1986) – Every Daughter’s Father Is a Virgin, and Witness For The Execution
Eva Marie Saint guest stars in the first episode up this week, Every Daughter’s Father is a Virgin. It debuted on 17 February, 1986, and was written by Debra Frank and Bruce Franklin Singer. It has a cold open with David (Bruce Willis) and Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) answering mail about whether or not they were…
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) – Nora Ephron
Wonderfully saccharine, filled with classic romantic songs, and Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in their second on-screen pairing, Sleepless in Seattle from Nora Ephron remains an enjoyable 90s rom-com. It is also the next recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following my screening of Pretty Woman. Recently widowed, and now…
Magnum, p.i. (1987) – Solo Flight and Forty
It’s back to Hawaii! This week we start off with Solo Flight, which originally aired on 4 February, 1987, and was written by jay Huguely. When Thomas (Tom Selleck) can’t resolve a case and is fired from it, he decides to take some alone time, and after spotting an old World War II fighter…
The Mind Reels 