This episode really features Plankton, and you get to know his character quite well. He is the evil wannabe genius who is always out to steal the crabby patty secret formula away from the Krusty Krab. He will do anything and everything to try to get his hands on …

The drama is a mystery on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Deadly Cloud, a March 1967 episode that was the 25th outing for this science fiction series third season on the air. The action begins when the nuclear submarine Seaview and its crew investigate a deadly …

On the DVD for War and Remembrance, Producer/Director/Writer Dan Curtis did commentary for selected scenes. With 30 hours of footage, it’s understandable why he didn’t do a full commentary. Instead, as a bonus feature really, Curtis talks over several scenes that are clipped together into this featurette …

I have conflicting emotions over Adam-12: The Princess and the Pig, a season four episode from this half-hour police drama, courtesy of Jack Webb. The reason for the conflict is that Officer Jim Reed (Kent McCord) ends up going undercover. It’s just another sign of how he …

If the previous episodes of the newest True Blood season have been uneven, the latest, 3.4 “Nine Crimes” is quite simply disappointing. I can’t say if this is due to source material or simply creative difficulties on the writers’ part, but the pacing is all over the place, the …

The Sci Fi Channel’s “Painkiller Jane” television show is based loosely on Jimmy Palmiotti’s comic book of the same name. There was a made for television movie of the same name which did lead to the TV series order, but the back story is not a contiguous piece …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The High Ground is an exciting and thought-provoking episode that successfully looks at freedom fighters / terrorists. The people themselves that are attempting to bring about change through violence because they believe it is the only way the government will recognize them identify …

I am a big fan of Baldwin Hills, I have watched all of season one and it was great, currently they are on season two.
I literally love the show, it’s too bad that they are on the last episode, the season finale is coming up and it should be …

In 1981, Pippin: His Life and Times became the first staged Broadway show filmed for television. While Peter Pan had been recorded live, it was done at a network studio, whereas Pippin was done in the theater.
Returning to the character he portrayed when Pippin: His Life and Times …

From the Earth to the Moon - Part 5: Spider gets my immediate attention because it begins with the theme song to Fireball XL-5. I adore that old series from the mind of Gerry Anderson. It was very dear to a very dear friend of mine, and he …

This is one of my most memorable episodes of the popular 1990s American television series “The X-Files”. It was memorable to me because of the plot of that particular episode whereas I had always wondered if people who were struck by lightning and survived ever became electrically charged even …

Burn Notice: Good Soldier is an episode from season two of this spy series that I think is a little on the ridiculous side of things. Most of the time, the regulars — Michael Weston (Jeffrey Donovan), Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar), and Sam (Bruce Campbell — are covertly watching …

Diagnosis Murder: Many Happy Returns is the first episode of season two for this medical sleuthing series which stars the wonderful Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan. Following are a few observations about this showing.
–One of the first things I noticed was Victoria Rowell’s new hair style and …

“The Ugliest Dog in the World” is an episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Show”. In this episode, Rob purposely picks out an extremely ugly dog from a dog pound in order to use the dog in a sketch for “The Alan Brady Show”. When plans for the episode …

Gerry Anderson really knew his stuff with the puppets. In Fireball XL5: Sabotage, he continued to pioneer the craft. This is one of 39 episodes that aired, Sabotage showing on American television in 1963. As so many of the half-hour black and white episodes do, there …

Apollo Wives aired on the BBC surprisingly and covered a reunion of Apollo astronaut wives in Arizona. I’ve watched a bunch of astronaut related programs over the years and this one was very different.
My chief criticism off the bat is that they didn’t identify who was talking as …

This episode of Scrubs starts out with Turk trying to confort his wife while she goes off on a tangent. He calms her down and she gets happy with him and he goes outside to talk with JD and they start talking about the good time he’s going to …

The first episode of season 8 of House is a prime example of why I love the show so much. House is unlike any other show I have seen on TV- it is daring, unconventional, witty, sarcastic and completely unpredictable. Predictability is a core element in creating a successful …

I love anime! Well, I love a lot of anime, usually the more action oriented variety. I love shows that are based around science fiction or fantasy. I love swords and sorcery, and I love blazing guns, things that are not realistic at all. Unless it’s purely comedy, with …

M*A*S*H: Dear Dad… Three simply refers to this being the third episode where we get a full out letter from Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) to his father. These episodes are always so good to watch. They provide glimpses of life at the 4077th and allow a lot …

“The Parkers” was one of those television sitcoms that I would virtually ignore back when it was more popular a few years ago. This was because I had made a judgement of what it would be like based on what little I had seen of a few episodes, …

There aren’t that many episodes of this wartime series that give focus to William Christopher’s Father Mulcahy role, but in season five, M*A*S*H: Mulcahy’s War does just that. The good father feels like he’s not doing enough, like he needs to be at the front to really do …

Sea Hunt: The Manganese Story was the last episode of its first season. Per the information I have, that was the end of October, so it’s quite obvious that seasons were different way back when. As a last show, it was fairly strong and it took the …

You can never think of how useful junk could be, before you watch junkyard wars ! The useless looking cars, with antique looks, and parts missing, can be combined with intellect and passion, to make a competitive assembly of sports car, and the machinery can even be used for make …

Stargate SG-1: Redemption Part 2 continues what began the week before, with Jonas Quinn joining SG-1, Teal’c trying to bond with his angry son after the death of Drey’auc, and the attack from Anubis looming over the SGC.
The best moment of the show is when they show the Stargate …

Judge Lynn Toler is on a show called Divorce court on channel 9. While the show just might be another court show, the judge presiding over the cases Lynn Toler is a real fresh of air. She shows her compassion as a mother and as a woman. …

Lost is the third episode of the History Channel’s controversial documentary series, Chasing Mummies. This show purports to follow archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass as he works in Egypt. A camera crew follows him around day and night, and it’s not always a pleasant situation.
The problem with Chasing …

Synopsis: Stabler and Huang interview a death row inmate in New Jersey in the hopes he will confess to an unsolved murder/rape in New York. But first, they have to overcome a lot of legal obstacles.
What I liked about this episode: I don’t know who played the inmate, but …

Another interesting Ghost Hunters episode; or at least something that seemed interesting at first; Irish Ruins.
This one has the TAPS team doing some investigating in Ireland and England. The first case had them at the ruins of a building in the middle of nowhere that is now overgrown with …

I finally got a chance to watch the Simpson’s episode “Today I am a Clown” in its entirety yesterday and it was a halfway decent episode, though not one of the better ones I have seen.
Krusty the Clown is seeking meaning in his life and comes to the realization …

From the title of Hitch-Hiking Hitch, you can tell that this outing of the police drama CHiPs deals with hitchhikers; this time, of the teenage variety. Katherine Cannon guest stars as Mary Kate, the older sister of one of the girls who becomes friendly with Ponch after the …

In contrast to Part 1 where I had qualms and concerns about how the story progressed, M*A*S*H: Good-Bye Radar: Part 2 is stellar as can be. After learning that his Uncle Ed has died, Radar O’Reilly (Gary Burghoff) prepares to go home on a hardship leave. Only …

We all have guilty pleasures and I guess mine is watching the various judge shows. One of my favorite shows of this genre is “Judge Judy.” The presiding jurist is Judith Sheindlin, who makes decisions about small claims cases. This is a tough, unsentimental lady who …

Toward the end of its second season, Highway Patrol presented an episode entitled Double Cross. It begins with a robbery and an old fashioned double cross that results in one of the robbers being murdered by the other. It’s not long before Chief Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford) …

OK, I know I shouldn’t be letting my daughter watch Family Guy at all. But, a lot of the episodes really aren’t any worse than what she would see on a show like Spongebob. However, the episode that was on yesterday afternoon, Love, Blactually, is one I definitely regret …

Starhunter is one of my favorite television shows ever. Why I have no idea, there is no real surface reason to like it. In terms of writing, acting, special effects, etc., etc., it is all sub-par. But there is some special charm about the Starhunter universe …

Stargate SG-1: Touchstone continues on the second season with style and adventure. Here, the team has to find what amounts to a weather machine that has been stolen from a planet SG-1 has recently visited. In fact, the inhabitants believe that the SGC stole it. Watching …

It has been ages since I’ve watched the show South Park. But, I found myself watching a couple episodes last night. The first one was The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs.
This was actually a pretty funny episode; though a bit grosser than I remember the show being. Basically, the boys …

There wasn’t much on TV last night so I ended up watching a re-run of Law & Order SVU on NBC called Penetration.
This wasn’t the first time I have seen this episode. I watched bits and pieces of it when it first aired but really wasn’t all that interested …

I am reviewing The Six Napoleons, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, The Adventure of Sherlock HOlmes, which was produced in 1984 by Granada television. This episode finds Sherlock Holmes assisting Lestrade in a most bizarre mystery. Some mad man keeps destroying the last remaining six Napoleon …

The episode starts out with a couple of archeologists discovering a sarcophagus that when opened up contains something that kills them. Later, we find that the sarcophagus has been sent to Daniel. Seems the archeologists were killed and their fellow archeologists decided to send the sarcophagus to …

Caviar for Everything was the fourth episode of the first season of Mrs. Columbo, which was a spin off of sorts of the very popular and long lasting Columbo crime drama. Kate Mulgrew, once of Ryan’s Hope and later to be the star of Star Trek: Voyager, stars …

Boris Karloff hosted the Thriller program with this entry, The Hungry Glass, airing in 1961. It’s a mystery tale full of intrigue. It begins innocently enough with a happy couple arriving in a seaside time to move in to a nice home. What they don’t know …

Law and Order Special Victims Unit is a series that is part of the Law and Order franchise.
I myself love this show and think it has many great things to offer an audience.
The show itself focuses on sex crimes and the detectives that solve them. The show …

There was a time when teenaged girls were scolded for getting themselves “in trouble.” But for some reason now, people think it’s ok to showcase these young girls. Young black women have been raising kids at an early age for many years. There has always been …

The Next Iron Chef: Innovation challenged the potential big power chefs to make 2 dishes using coffee and donuts. These were to put breakfast foods, of course.
Ultimately, Chef Chauhan won. It was interesting to see how they came up with these breakfast combinations. Ultimately, there were …

The average fan of “Weeds,” tangled in the murky abyss of a dyspeptic and almost certainly unnecessary sixth season of the Showtime dramedy, will feel about a trillion miles away from everything/anything that made the show enjoyable to begin with. But this is OK, …

Aang and crew land to take a break after a long day of travel. Aang takes a quick dip in a nearby lake to ride some fish and impress Kitara. The attempt is botched when a strange creature attacks. Soon after, they are attacked by mysterious …

The big break-up of the previous episode has apparently left a huge scar with Feldman here vowing that he’s finished with Haim. Meantime, Nelle finally confronts Haim about his addiction after he asks for her opinion. To much surprise, Nelle reveals that he almost killed the both of them …

The Good Wife is a new show that started this fall season 09. It airs on CBS. The premiere show storyline was not too bad. The wife of the show is a lawyer. Her husband is the District Attorney. A scandal is started surrounding the family when DA husband …