Here we go, the penultimate installment of my re-watch of M*A*S*H. There are two episodes this week. The first one is Give and Take. Written by Dennis Koenig, this episode was first broadcast on 14 February, 1983. While Charles (David Ogden Stiers) tries to pawn off being charity collection officer, which leads to countless favor…
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1999) – What You Leave Behind
Station log: stardate 52902.0 The series finale. The final episode was written by Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler. It’s a feature length story that debuted on 2 June, 1999, and brought the arc of DS9 to its conclusion, as we dive into the last piece of The Final Chapter. Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks) and…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1998) – Profit and Lace, and Time’s Orphan
Station log: stardate unknown Alexander Siddig directs this Quark (Armin Shimerman) episode that was written by Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler, which first aired on 13 May, 1998. Female rights aren’t a thing in the Ferengi end of space, but Grand Nagus Zek (Wallace Shawn) wants to change that, and begins promoting equal rights….
Miami Vice (1988) – Redemption in Blood, and Heart of Night
The Sonny Burnett arc comes to a close this week with Redemption in Blood. Written by Scott Shepherd and Ken Solarz from a story by Robert Ward, this story first debuted on 11 November, 1988. Vice detective Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) still believes he is his undercover alter ego, Sonny Burnett, and has done some…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996) – The Assignment, and Trials and Tribble-ations
Station log: stardate unknown Bradley Thompson and David Weddle pen this episode from a story by Robert Lederman and David R. Long, which first aired on 28 October, 1996. When Keiko (Rosalind Chao) returns from a trip to the Fire Caves of Bajor, there’s definitely something wrong with her. It seems she’s been taken over…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996) – Looking for par’Mach in All the Wrong Places, and …Nor the Battle to the Strong
Station log: stardate unknown Ronald D. Moore pens this episode that first debuted on 14 October, 1996. Worf (Micheal Dorn) agrees to help Quark (Armin Shimerman) in an attempt to help woo back the Ferengi’s Klingon ex-wife, Grilka (Mary Kay Adams), last seen in The House of Quark. Worf is stunned by her appearance and…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996) – Body Parts, and Broken Link
Station log: stardate 49930.3 Avery Brooks directs the penultimate episode of the season, which was written by Hans Beimler from a story by Louis P. DeSantis and Robert J. Boliver. It had its premiere on 10 June, 1996. Quark (Armin Shimerman) learns he is (apparently) going to die soon he and Rom (Max Grodenchik) decide…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996) – Hard Time, and Shattered Mirror
Station log: stardate unknown Robert Hewitt Wolfe writes the teleplay for this episode from a story by Daniel Keys Moran and Lynn Barker. It first aired on 15 April, 1996. This Miles O’Brien (Colm Meaney) story is exemplary, and stunning, The Chief tries to integrate back to station life, and deal with implanted memories of…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996) – Accession, and Rules of Engagement
Station log: stardate unknown Jane Espenson pens this episode that first aired on 24 February, 1996. It shakes things up for the Bajorans and the station a little, when a three hundred year old Bajoran craft emerges from the wormhole, and its occupant, Akorem Laan (Richard Libertini) claims to be the Emissary… Which would mean…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994) – Defiant, and Fascination
Station log: stardate 48467.3 While Star Trek: Generations floundered a bit at the box office, Trek continued it’s small screen adventures on DS9. It brought a couple of carryovers from Next Gen as well that show up in the episodes this week. First up, Defiant, written by Ronald D. Moore. Airing on 21 November, 1994,…
The Mind Reels 