Dark Skies (1997) – Shades of Gray, and Burn, Baby, Burn

Juliet (Jeri Ryan) gets a bit more of a backstory in Shades of Gray. Written by Brad Markowitz this episode first aired on 8 February, 1997. As things get filled in, including a horrifying encounter during her childhood in Russia, we are invited to an even darker journey John Loengard (Eric Close) and Kim Sayers…

Family Ties (1987) – Love Me Do, The Visit, and Matchmaker

While Steven (Michael Gross) is planning a surprise birthday party for Elyse (Meredith Baxter) in Love Me Do, Skippy (Marc Price) falls for one of Mallory’s (Justine Bateman) classmates, Amy (Sonia Curtis). Written by Marc Lawrence this episode was first broadcast on 30 April, 1987. It’s fun to see Skippy happy and that the relationship…

The Expanse (2021) – Force Projection, and Redoubt

Dan Nowak pens Force Projection which upon its end, will place us halfway through the final season of The Expanse. It first dropped on Prime on 24 December, 2021 and saw tensions rising up all over the system, as well as some interesting things happening on Laconia. The family we’ve been checking in on has…

The Expanse (2021) – Oyedeng, and Hard Vacuum

We are racing towards the conclusion of season five of The Expanse, and Oyedeng, written by Dan Nowak and first airing on Prime on 13 January, 2021, is an emotional rollercoaster. Alex (Cas Anvar) and Bobbie (Frankie Adams) are continuing their hunt for information and can prove that Martians are selling weapons to Inaros (Keon…

The Expanse (2020/2021) – Down and Out, and Tribes

Now that Inaros’ (Keon Alexander) attack on Earth and Mars has succeeded and the fallout begins for a number of characters. Down and Out was written by Matthew Rasmussen and first dropped on Prime on 30 December, 2020. While Naomi (Dominique Tipper) attempts to deal with Inaros, her son, Filip (Jasai Chase Owens) and her…

The Expanse (2020) – Exodus, and Churn

Season five of The Expanse brings the story back into the Sol System even as the mystery of the protomolecule hangs over everything in the system. The season opener, Exodus, was written by Naren Shankar and dropped on Amazon Prime alongside episodes two and three on 16 December, 2020. The crew of the Rocinante are…

The Expanse (2018) – Congregation, and Abaddon’s Gate

The penultimate episode of the third season of The Expanse, Congregation, was written by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (collectively known as the author of The Expanse series, James S.A. Corey) and it first aired on 27 June, 2018. Ashford (David Strathairn) in ‘temporary’ command of the Behemoth has invited all the ships stuck in…

The Expanse (2018) – Immolation, and Delta-V

Things ramp up again not only for the crew of the Rocinante but the entire system in Immolation. Written by Alan DiFiore, this episode first debuted on 16 May, 2018. As Holden (Steven Strait), Amos (Wes Chatham), Bobbie (Frankie Adams) and Prax (Terry Chen) explore the Mao facilities on Io, the hybrid pods that were…

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) – Steven Spielberg

  The Sci-Fi Chronicles brings me another Spielberg film to cover that I previously hadn’t for the blog. A.I. This one proved to be a very divisive film for a lot of viewers, originally planned to be a Stanley Kubrick film a lot of film fans believe that Spielberg over-sentimentalizes it and makes it a…

Bachelor Chatter

Well, here we are…a new season is upon us as bachelor Ben Flajnik takes centre stage on his quest to find true love.  Last night saw a parade of – let’s say interesting and memorable – women, pass by Ben between the limos (and one horse) and the Bachelor mansion.  The field was whittled down…