Series creator Chris Carter directs this episode, Providence, that he co-wrote with Frank Spotnitz, that concludes the story begun next week, while pushing the mythology arc forward with the super-soldiers, baby William and the UFO cult that wants him. First airing on 10 March, 2002, the cult, who believes that the ship they have uncovered,…
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Mission: Impossible (1967) – The Survivors, and The Bank
The second season of Mission: Impossible continues to up its game with The Survivors. In fact, three episodes in, and I feel this second season has a completely different feel from the first. Sure, there’s the arrival of Phelps (Peter Graves) but, so far, the stories feel sharper, arguably more tense, and pretty damned enjoyable….
The X-Files (1996) – Tunguska, and Terma
Frank Spotnitz and series creator Chris Carter bring Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) deeper into the mythology arc with Tunguska, which debuted on 24 November, 1996. That duplicitous rat, Krycek (Nicholas Lea) resurfaces, having been freed from the missile silo by an extremist far right group which found him on a salvaging haul….
Star Trek: Short Treks (2019) – Q&A, The Trouble with Edward, Ask Not, Ephraim and Dot, and The Girl Who Made the Stars
Captain’s log: 2254 Micheal Chabon pens the first Short Trek of the second season. This short traps Number One (Rebecca Romijn) and Spock (Ethan Peck) in a turbolift, shortly after the young science officer has joined the Enterprise crew – his first day in fact. Trapped together, the two slowly get to know one another….
Star Trek: Sanctuary (1992) – John Vornholt
Set during The Original Series, this week’s Trek book is fairly run of the mill and doesn’t do anything exceptional with our characters, but it makes for what would feel like a fairly solid two-part episode. The Enterprise is pursuing a pirate through uncharted space, and when it enters the atmosphere of a planet known,…
Moonlighting (1989) – In ‘N Outlaws, Eine Kleine Nacht Murder, and Lunar Eclipse
This is it, the last instalment in my viewing of Moonlighting. The fifth season comes to a conclusion with this post, so lets dig into the last trio of episodes. First up is In ‘N Outlaws. Written by Marc Abraham, this Agnes DiPesto (Allyce Beasley) story first aired on 23 April, 1989. Agnes is preparing…
Star Trek: Enterprise (2002) – Detained, and Vox Sola
Captain’s log: date unknown Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong pen the teleplay for this episode from a story by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. It first aired on 24 April, 2002 and featured Dean Stockwell, Scott Bakula’s co-star in Quantum Leap in his only Trek appearance. Archer (Bakula) and Mayweather (Anthony Montgomery) are captured by…
Star Trek: Voyager (2000) – Fair Haven, and Blink of an Eye
Captain’s log: stardate unknown Robin Burger pens this holodeck/Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) episode that some will love, some will hate. It’s just different. It first aired on 12 Janyary, 2000. Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) has given us a couple of relaxing holodeck programs over the course of the Voyager’s journey. There was a French bistro,…
Oldboy (2003) – Chan-wook Park
The intense South Korean thriller, Oldboy is the next movie recommendation from DK Canada’s highly enjoyable The Movie Book. Brutal, intense, and wow that reveal, this one floored me when I first saw it back in 2003, so I was eager to settle in and watch it again to see if it still had the…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008/2010) – Clone Cadets, Supply Lines, and Ambush
“Brothers in arms are brothers for life” After the introduction of the series in the previous cluster of episodes, we get a look at the training and the lessons clones (Dee Bradley Baker) have to go through before they can join their brothers on the battlefield. The training is overseen by the Jedi Shaak Ti…
The Mind Reels 