Season Two picks up a few days after the cliffhanger ending of season one. No one seems to be in a good mood despite the fact that everyone survived. Written by Richard Manning, the season got underway on 17 March, 2000. D’Argo (Anthony Simcoe), and Crichton (Ben Browder) survived! They were finally picked up by…
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Stargate SG-1 (2001) – Enemies, and Threshold
The fifth season of Stargate SG-1 got underway on 29 June, 2001 with Enemies. Written by Robert C. Cooper from a story by Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie and one of the series creators, Brad Wright, this episode picks up where the season four cliffhanger left us… … in a galaxy far, far away. SG-1…
Northern Exposure (1992) – Northwest Passages, and Midnight Sun
Season four starts with Northwest Passages. Maggie’s (Janine Turner) 30th birthday is arriving, and everyone in Cicely reflects on it, as she undertakes an Indigenous ritual to say goodbye to all of her dead boyfriends. With some guidance from Ed (Darren E. Burrows) she heads out to the perfect spot on the river to write…
Stargate SG-1 (1997) – The Torment of Tantalus, and Bloodlines
How do we know we’re in the SGC in the 40s with the opening of this episode? The bluesy version of the Stargate theme, honestly it’s a solid episode that helps the series continue to build its backstory, and its worldbuilding. Jackson (Michael Shanks) is watching old footage of the Stargate project and both her…
Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) – Kimyoshi Yasuda
Wow, did I have fun with this one. I had never heard of it, but I do love a lot of J-horror, and this one definitely had an interesting sound to it, a Japanese monster movie with practical effects, costumes and a touch of animation, what’s not to like? The monsters are allowed to show…
Sherlock Holmes (2009) – Guy Ritchie
Guy Ritchie brings his trademark rough and tumble style to the iconic Arthur Conan Doyle creation, Sherlock Holmes. Robert Downey Jr. steps into the titular role, and while the script plays with the literary canon and text, it remains a fun interpretation of the character. Jude Law plays the loyal Doctor John Watson, Rachel McAdams…
Midsommar (2019) – Ari Aster
Writer/director Ari Aster’s follow-up to his unnerving horror film, Hereditary, is another menacing, and ominous story, Midsommar. Florence Pugh stars as Dani, a traumatised young woman, who is dealing with personal grief, and a crumbling love life, when she learns that her boyfriend, Christian (Jack Reynor) and a number of his buddies, some are doing…
Millennium (1997) – Powers, Principalities, Thrones, and Dominions, and Broken World
Ted Mann and Howard Rosenthal expand Frank Black’s (Lance Henriksen) in this episode of Millennium that first aired on 25 April, 1997. Still reeling from the murder of his friend, police detective Bletcher (Bill Smitrovich), Frank is unsure of his gift and may not be ready to return to work with the Millennium Group, despite…
Millennium (1996) – 5-2-2-6-6-6, and Kingdom Come
Writers James Wong and Glen Morgan pit Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) and the Millennium Group against a serial bomber in 5-2-2-6-6-6 (which entered into a phone pad spells K-A-B-O-O-M), which first aired on 22 November, 1996. Raymond Dees (Joe Chrest) is a bomber, there is sexual transference involved, as well as the desire to be…
The X-Files (1995) – Anasazi, and The Blessing Way
Series creator Chris Carter (who makes a cameo in this episode) penned the teleplay from a story he and David Duchovny developed, and season two of The X-Files came to a conclusion on 19 May, 1995, with Anasazi. In a Navajo reservation in New Mexico, something that looks like an alien corpse is recovered from…
The Mind Reels 