The finale for season two was a two-parter with part one airing on 3 March, 2006. It was written by showrunner Ronald D. Moore. The cold open sees us checking in on a number of characters, Tyrol (Aaron Douglas) seems to be having drunken nightmares, with unfortunate results for Cally (Nicki Clyne), Baltar (James Callis)…
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All That Jazz (1979) – Bob Fosse
Roy Scheider owns this movie. He definitely deserved the Oscar for which he was nominated, but didn’t win. He turns in a fantastic performance as Joe Gideon, an avatar for Fosse in this captivating tale. Gideon is a womanizer, a father, a choreographer, a director, a drinker, and an addict. He’s also sick. But he…
Smallville (2002) – Heat, and Duplicity
The second episode of season two drops us right back into the freak-of-the-week cycle, while continuing to develop the overall character and mythology arcs. Heat first aired on 1 October, 2002 and was written by Mark Verheiden. Clark (Tom Welling) discovers his heat vision, which gets out of control pretty quickly, and hurts Lana (Kristin…
Smallville (2002) – Reaper, and Drone
Reaper is a different kind of freak-of-the-week episode. Written by Cameron Litvack, it was first broadcast on 23 April, 2002. Tyler Randall (Reynaldo Rosales) is at the local hospital, trying to see his ailing mother’s request for euthanasia to be fullfilled. Something he attempts to do himself. When he falls from the sixth floor and…
Northern Exposure (1994) – A Wing and a Prayer, and I Feel the Earth Move
A Wing and a Prayer was written by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, and it debuted on 11 April, 1994. Shelly (Cynthia Geary) is excited by the arrival of Father McKerry (Tom Mason) who is coming to baptize the baby. Holling (John Cullum) is agnostic but opened minded, and Chris (John Corbett) wants to get…
Stargate SG-1 (2004) – Lockdown, and Zero Hour
Stargate Command is showing a little more international cooperation, as the Russians have a detachment working there in concert with a space station in orbit. This space station has a close call with a piece of debris from the most recent battle and it seems something has survived. Lockdown was written by Joseph Mallozzi and…
Klara and the Sun (2021) – Kazuo Ishiguro
I was completely floored by how much I enjoyed Klara and the Sun, a beautiful novel filled with emotion. It is a completely engrossing read and offers perspectives on love, hope, faith, family, and relationships. Klara is an AF, an Artificial Friend, and she spends her day watching the sun, and the people go by…
Magnum P.I. (2022) – If I Should Die Before I Wake, and Angels Sometimes Kill
Jin (Bobby Lee) decides to get into dog walking, but then when Higgins (Perdita Weeks) allows him to look after the lads, he feeds them chocolate and makes them sick, and of course, things go sideways at the animal hospital when armed criminals show up to have one of their injured crew seen to be…
Starman (1986) – Society’s Pet, and Fever
Janet Leigh guest stars in Society’s Pet. Written by Ross Hirshom, this episode was first broadcast on 28 November, 1986. Paul (Robert Hays) and Scott (Christopher Daniel Barnes) are contacted by a private investigator who has been looking for him. It seems Scott’s foster-aunt, Antonia Weyburn (Leigh) has offered Scott a $10,000 inheritance, so the…
Family Ties (1986) – Checkmate, Engine Trouble, and A Word to the Wise
Alex (Micheal J. Fox) learns the difference between countries fighting for honour, and two people playing chess for the love of the game in Checkmate. Written by Micheal J. Weithorn, it first aired on 30 January, 1986. Alex is gearing up for a showdown with a Russian chess champ, Ivan Rozmirovich (Albert Macklin) and despite…
The Mind Reels 