TV Reviews
Venture Bros TV show
Venture Bros is quite possibly the best Adult Swim original show. It follows the adventures of a super-scientist, his two teenage sons and his bodyguard as they face assorted villains, including Dr. Venture’s nemesis, the Monarch. But while this may sound like a standard action-adventure series, it’s far …
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Fatal Cargo TV Show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Fatal Cargo was the 7th program of this science fiction show’s 4th year on the air. The show starred Richard Basehart as Admiral Harriman Nelson and David Hedison, who I always loved in this role, as Captain Lee Crane.
Following are a …
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Hide and Q
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Hide and Q is really an episode of the series that I do not like. The reason I do not like this episode is because Riker behaves so very out of character and it is clear that the writers twisted the character just …
Have Gun - Will Travel: The Five Books of Owen Deaver
From season one, Have Gun - Will Travel: The Five Books of Owen Deaver, Richard Boone’s Paladin heads to a frontier town called Three Winds to help out a dead friend’s son. The son is trying to bring Philadelphia law to the town, and it’s a recipe for …
Trigun Episode 8
Trigun Episode 8 begins with Vash the Stampede trying to stop the leader of the Bad Lads named Blue Dynamite Neon from destroying the Sand Steamer to break open the safe inside it. With the help of the boy Kite, they try to keep the Sand Steamer from …
Inbetweeners E4
Having ignored this show when it was originally aired, I stumbled across a repeat one evening on E4. I knew it was about four lads at school but that was about it. I must have turned on just at the right moment as I heard a characters reaction to …
Highway Patrol: Hypo Bandit TV Show
Hypo Bandit was the opening episode for Highway Patrol’s third season. Broderick Crawford continues to star as Chief Dan Mathews, who heads up the California Highway Patrol. What I missed, though, were the presence of recurring actors William Boyett and Stuart Whitman, neither of whom appeared here.
In …
Life Beyond Trek: Leonard Nimoy featurette
This feature, Life Beyond Trek: Leonard Nimoy, is really fascinating. As the title indicates, it delves into Nimoy’s life beyond the famous Star Trek series. In his case, it doesn’t even involve acting. In this wonderful piece, the man shares with viewers his love of photography.
I’ve …
Toddlers and Tiaras TV Show “Fancy Faces”
I am not a pageant mom myself. I did enter a couple of pageants myself as a child, but I would never push my children into pageants if they did not want to do them. My kids are pretty much indifferent to pageants at this point so …
CSI Season 7
CSI Season Seven is one of the good seasons, but I didn’t get to see it until I bought the DVD set. Usually I don’t watch CSI because it’s on the same time as one of my favorite shows. I like CSI, but I like the other show better. …
Naruto Episode 9 Subbed
At long last the action is back in Naruto as Kakashi activates his Sharingan(secret eye technique) and the fight between two Jounins(advanced ninjas) finally gets in full swing. This episode has some of the best scenes of Naruto so far as it goes back to the tried and true …
M*A*S*H: White Gold
The problem with M*A*S*H: White Gold is that it’s too much of a vehicle for guest star Edward Winter who returns as Colonel Flagg, the rather odd CIA agent who often ends up at the 4077th unit. I was really surprised by how much time Winter got, even …
Highway Patrol: Hostage Officer TV Show
The third season of the half hour police drama, Highway Patrol, continued on with its amazing 36th episode, entitled Hostage Officer. I do love the early days of television, in the fifties and sixties where TV seasons lasted this long, and even longer.
In the case of Hostage Officer from …
Tales of the Gold Monkey: Legends Are Forever
It would be nice if Tales of the Gold Monkey: Legends Are Forever had begun with a bit more clarity. What was a flashback or dream wasn’t made clear. We have this great adventure scene with Jake Cutter (Stephen Collins) and a colorful character, Gandy Dancer (William …
M*A*S*H: Major Fred C. Dobbs
In M*A*S*H: Major Fred C. Dobbs, after Hawkeye Pierce(Alan Alda) and Trapper John (Wayne Rogers) get revenge on Frank Burns (Larry Linville) for degrading Nurse Ginger Bayliss (Odessa Cleveland) in the operating room, Frank demands a transfer. The funny scene here is when Hawkeye and Trapper John arrange for …
Days of Our Lives - Alice Horton’s Demise Week 1 TV Show
The Horton family has been the core of the Days of our Lives soap opera for decades. At the heart of the family are Tom and Alice Horton. Tom was played by MacDonald Carey , who passed away in 1994. His pictures and character name have …
Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 3
*spoilers ahoy*
Episode three of the first season of Veronica Mars is probably one of my least favorites of the season, mostly because I found the episode mystery to be fairly ridiculous. The episode follows Veronica as she doggedly tries to find the father of one of her classmates, Justin. …
CSI
I love all 3 CSI’s. The Las Vegas one is my very favorite though. I always try and figure out who did it and why they did it. I look forward to Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. If I am going to miss an episode, I make sure I …
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Episode 1.22: Hostage Crisis
The twenty-second and final episode of the first season, “Hostage Crisis”, is certainly a doozy of an episode and a season finale all at once. The main stars here are Anakin Skywalker, Padme Amidala, and a brand new bounty hunter villain named Cad Bane (oh and a special cameo …
M*A*S*H: Guerilla My Dreams
M*A*S*H: Guerilla My Dreams is a pretty intense episode which is also somewhat controversial in how it is played out. Alan Alda, who stars as Hawkeye Pierce, directed this intense episode. The show does include another cameo from Gary Burghoff as Radar O’Reilly. Burghoff has special …
Desperate Housewives
I am a big fan of the series Desperate Housewives. I am so glad it is on back to back episodes on Lifetime now. I am able to dvr two if not three different episodes every day. Desperate Housewives is on ABC normally, and the show made its debut back …
The Twilight Zone: Third from the Sun TV Show
One of the things I’ve always remembered about the filming of The Twilight Zone: Third from the Sun is how the show is filmed. It’s the camera angles that really give it a warped feel. It’s vital for the story and it puts the viewer off guard.
The …
The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 6 Treehouse of Horror V
Halloween episodes are always one of the best episodes of The Simpsons episodes. Again here there are 3 mini episodes packed into one episode. The first episode is a spoof of The Shining. The Simpsons head to MrBurns mansion to take care of it. MrBurns is aware of the …
Everybody Hates Chris show
When I saw the previews for this new show, I knew instantly that I would be drawn to it. Aside from enjoying Chris Rock’s honest brand of humor, I noticed that several colorful character actors were on board for the laughs. Tichina Arnold and Terry Crews do a …
Justice League Unlimited Season One: The Greatest Story Never Told
The Greatest Story Never Told is the awesomely funny eighth episode of Justice League Unlimited, season one. The Episode stars the little used Booster Gold who absolutely steals the show. I found myself wanting a Booster Gold series after watching this episode.
The episode features Booster Gold from start …
Beauty and the Geek
Beauty and the Geek is a cool concept, it revolved around a bunch of geeky guys and hot women. They pair up and participate in challenges and get eliminated.
I enjoyed this show for what it was. A social experiment designed to make fun of the differences between …
Monk: Mr. Monk is Someone Else
Another last season of Monk episode and, I hate to say it, another disappointing one.
This one followed a plot that has been done way too many times before. You have Monk being the exact look-a-like for a professional hit man and he is asked to impersonate the hit man …
Friends Episode: Halloween
I love Friends Episode: Halloween very much. In fact, this is one of my most favorite episodes ever. It is not about the celebration or the significance of it, because I respect all religion and their traditions, but it’s just that yet again, the beloved Friends make a …
CHiPs: The Volunteers
In CHiPs: The Volunteers from season two we meet Charley Davis and his daughter, Robbie as played by Mod Squad’s Tige Andrews and Katherine Cannon, respectively. Both of these characters reoccur in future episodes. Charley and Robbie are truckers and they are being pressured, which is what gets …
The Singing Bee (CMT version)
In 2007, NBC launched a musical competition show called The Singing Bee. The host was Joey Fatone, who was hot off his comeback success in Dancing with the Stars. I really enjoyed that show, much better than rival Fox’s Don’t Forget the Lyrics. Unfortunately for me, …
That Girl: That Girl’s Daddy
That Girl: That Girl’s Daddy from season 5 is an interesting story in a way. It’s one that also has a continuity error. At the beginning of the show, Lou Marie (Lew Parker) is trying to get inside Ann Marie’s (Marlo Thomas) apartment when a policeman stops …
The Virginian: Nobility of Kings TV Show
The Virginian: Nobility of Kings wasn’t much of a favorite for me. It featured Charles Bronson as Ben Justin, a new rancher to the Medicine Bow area. He had a huge chip on his shoulder do and was one of those “I’ll do it myself” types, even …
The Prisoner: The General
The Prisoner: The General takes the theory of speed reading and turns it into speed learning, something the villainous Number Two (Colin Gordon for the second time) wants to use to try and brainwash the citizens of The Village. It’s an odd method that works to an extent.
The …
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Porno Gil
Larry and Cheryl reluctantly attend a dinner party of a casual acquaintance of Larry’s; Gil, a former porno star.
After an draining drive to the out of the way home of Gil, the couple finally arrive at “the house that cum built”. Larry quickly makes enemies after refusing to …
Naruto Episode 23 Subbed
Another informational episode with little to offer interest wise, episode 23 is used to explain to both the characters and viewers the specifics of the Chuunin Exam. The first explanation comes from Kakashi, telling Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura that the Chuunin Exam has to be taken in teams of …
M*A*S*H: The Yalu Brick Road
First in acted in this hit show, then he directed an episode, and now Mike Farrell adds writing to his belt with M*A*S*H: The Yalu Brick Road. Airing a third of the way through the eighth season, the show has a lot of comical elements to it.
Being the …
The Simpson’s: Great Wife Hope
I haven’t watched too many new episodes of the Simpson’s lately so I didn’t realize last night’s episode Great Wife Hope, was a repeat rather than a new episode (I looked it up this morning).
In any case, it really wasn’t as good of an episode as I thought it …
Art attack
Art attack is the name of a programme where new kinds of toy making are thought to children. In this programme using the unwanted or using any household ordinary materials, the new kind of funny toys or craft making is thought. It is a very good programme …
Diagnosis Murder: Woman Trouble TV Show
Diagnosis Murder: Woman Trouble has a double meaning because it applies both to the murder mystery of the week and to the personal side story. In the case of the latter, Detective Steve Sloan (Barry Van Dyke) is working security at a party and becomes enchanted by a …
The Fugitive: Detour on a Road Going Nowhere
In The Fugitive: Detour on a Road Going Nowhere, convicted wife-murderer Richard Kimball is working at a country lodge when the finger gets pointed at him for a theft. This brings the police lurking, so Kimball hightails it away, taking the bus that travels to the remote location.
This …
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds has become my most favourite TV show ever. I have started watching it a few years ago and then quit. I think I wasn’t ready for it yet. It is a Drama / Thriller similar to many of the crime TV shows we see poping up lately. …
Friends series
When we have dinner, we like to watch some of the old sitcoms. One of our favorits is the Friends series.
We have always likes the interaction of the characters, Joey the soap star who is dim witted but kind hearted. Ross the scientist, from a well …
Blacke’s Magic: Knave of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts
Things go a little crazy for the magician turned police consultant when Alexander Blacke is accused of murder and the theft of millions in Blacke’s Magic: Knave of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts. Best known as Barney Miller, Hal Linden plays Blacke like a velvet glove. He’s very …
Chase: Repo TV Show
Chase: Repo is the second episode of this new dramatic TV series which stars Kelli Giddish as Annie Frost, a U.S. Marshal. The show begins with what appears to be a drag race, only it’s a murder in the making, one done by a recently released fugitive.
One of …
Top Shot - Zipline of Fire TV Show
The first episode of Top Shot fascinated me enough that I tuned in for this second episode. I love the host, Colby Donaldson of Survivor the Australian Outback fame, who is well suited to this outdoorsy show which strives to find the best shooter of the bunch. …
CSI Season 5 Episode 4
CSI Season 5 Episode 4
It wasn’t a bad episode, yet it wasn’t very good either. Very average for the show. And I think, it was trying to send some moral lesson, but it wasn’t clear enough to do that. Also, the method in both cases was similar- the writing …
Trigun Episode 15
Trigun Episode 15 has a group of outlaws called the Roderick Thieves in a saloon who attempt to intimidate Legato Bluesummers, he uses his telepathic powers to kill all of them. Vash arrives in the city of Jeneora Rock and tries to figure out who killed the outlaws. …
The Office: Branch Wars
The Office is one of the more hit or miss shows on television in my opinion. It’s not even just from episode to episode. There will be four or five jokes in a single scene and only one or two will be funny, but those jokes can make me …
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