Gene Roddenberry tackles Eden yet again in Star Trek: The Apple. The series creator seems to love to show that books shouldn’t be judged by their covers and that living easy isn’t necessarily living. Man never quite finds paradise in Star Trek.
Another red shirt goes down before …

One of the Law and Order SVU episodes I found the most controversial in terms of my moral beliefs was the episode entitled “Payback”. It is the first episode in season one and despite the fact that there are about nine or so seasons of Law and Order SVU, …

I’ve decided to combine these two “Adam-12″ episodes. My favorite of the two is “Log 61″ which evokes heart and compassion from Officer’s Reed and Malloy when they get called to residence for a possible break in.
The call comes from two young children, whose parents are out. …

Beast Wars - Dark Designs is yet another episode in season one where the Predicons come up with this game-changing device that ultimately is never seen again. In this episode, the Predicons develop a device that can forcibly transform a Maximal into a Predicon. The re-programming is thrust upon …

The Virginian: First to Thine Own Self is the 20th episode from the western’s second season. The show is notable because it introduces the character of Randy Benton. He’s a lonely sort, a young cowboy just drifting around when he meets up with a man and his …

Television became the lucky recipient of an innovative and quality science fiction series, beginning October 2, 1959. The show was called The Twilight Zone and came from the mind of Rod Serling, who narrates each episode.
The very first episode, Where Is Everybody?, featured Earl Holliman in what is …

Shroud for a Nightingale - Part 2 continues the P.D. James story that takes place at Nightingale Hospital. This confines the story to taking place mostly in the hospital, and thus, it’s a story I like better than several of the other city location stories. For whatever …

Framed Cop aired in Highway Patrol’s fourth season on television and was in fact the 21st episode. I actually enjoyed this February 1959 outing that showed us another side of the criminal system and how it can impact the police department.
In the course of getting revenge, Sergeant Ken …

The first thing I noticed about MacGyver: The Escape, which is the twentieth episode of the first season is that we’re heading towards the infamous mullet hairdo. Richard Dean Anderson’s hair is dramatically longer here than in the previous episode, so there clearly was no visit to the …

While watching episode 4 of season 12 of CSI, it became very clear to me that the show is changing direction. At first it looked like the addition of Ted Danson in the role of DB Russell, the new shift supervisor allowed the show to be a little bit …

From September 1959, Kelp Forest, a show from Sea Hunt’s second season, really didn’t do much for me, and the reason why is that there’s nothing new in this show, including the guest stars.
Here’s the thing. Actor Ted de Corsia has been in multiple episodes of Sea Hunt. …

I love this dancing show from the first time that I watched Mario Lopez flash his dimples. I have to give it to the producers of this show. Their choice of dance crews is really good. I enjoy the fast paced dancing that every crew dishes out. As Shane …

Well, House’s original team finally left him and the episode “Alone” shows why a genius like him needs to have a group of other doctors around to bounce ideas off of. I guess staring at a board with a bunch of jumbled up information on it just isn’t enough …

The Big Bang Theory is an amazing show. I’ll admit it took me a little while to get into it. All the nerd speak was a bit off putting at first and the show was finding its feet. But once it did find it’s feet - …

This is actually the first of three episodes from December 1978 that gave a strong role to William Christopher as Father Mulcahy. This initial outing is M*A*S*H: Out of Gas, and it comes about because the 4077th has run out of sodium pentathol, meaning they have to use …

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 51 begins with Ed arriving in the room where Al and Riza fought Lust and they are attacked by an army of mannequins fused with Philosopher’s Stones. Meanwhile, Al has to fight both Pride and Kimblee who has come to release Pride from …

There was one thing I really loved and one thing I really hated about The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: A.K.A. Kansas. Overall, the negative rules and that means this is a show I could really live without.
Kelly Rutherford reprises her role as Dixie Cousins. This time, …

Columbo: Playback, from season four, is notable to me for one of its guest stars, Oskar Werner. Werner has done some incredible things, but there is one performance that stands out to me. While I love him in Farenheit 451, it’s his portrayal as Father Telemond in …

Parental Guidance is a local sitcom on country’s TV station and it stars the ever funny Adrian Pang and Jessica Hsuan. They play this married couple in the sitcom’s current second season. I have been watching them acting since Parental Guidance season one and it has been funny …

With a troublesome childhood, having the constant neglect from his parent, Main Character Timmy Turner is granted the gift of fairy god parents. Wanda and Cosmo, Timmy’s fairy God parents couldn’t have arrived in Timmy’s life sooner as not only is Timmy neglected by his parents, but he has …

After viewing the previous episodes of season 4 of Fringe I have voiced my concerns regarding the future of the show. It looked like they have stripped away the most intriguing and touching aspects of the show: they have wiped Peter Bishop out of existence, taking away the intense …

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 …

I have become an addict of CSI. I am a mystery lover anyway and when I saw CSI from the first time I was hooked. I even have one of those digital video recording devices to tape them since they are all on past my bedtime. I am so …

“Chained” was a Tony-centric NCIS episode, so naturally I loved it. But that is not the only reason that I enjoyed this episode.
“Chained” revolved around the storyline that Tony was undercover as a felon. One man involved in taking things from the Navy was arrested on another …

Wagon Train: The Sam Pulaski Story is an okay entry for the western series. It features guest stars Ross Martin, Annette Funicello, Stanley Adams, Jocelyn Brando, and Harry Carey, Jr., among others.
Robert Fuller as Cooper Smith gets the main thrust of the story. He’s romancing Ross Pulaski …

Synopsis: While reluctantly helping country music star Lurleen Lumpkin get back on her feet, Marge discovers Lurleen’s dad abandoned her and seeks to reunite her with her father. Unfortunately, the dad turns out to be even more of a deadbeat than they imagined and he steals one of her …

Band of Brothers Episode 8 The Last Patrol has Easy Company in Haguenau and David Webster rejoins Easy Company and is shut out by his friends because he wasn’t there in Bastogne.
This is a good episode, not as intense as episode 7 but it’s still very good, and it’s …

I enjoy watching M*A*S*H: The Merchant of Korea. It’s a fun show that is prompted by a letter to B.J. Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) from his wife, telling him that land they’d always wanted is available for sale. She just needs him to send her $200. …

Only 16 more episodes remain of the series Monk. And, after last night’s episode “Mr. Monk Fights City Hall” I’m really finding myself not caring too much anymore. And, that’s kind of sad considering this was my favorite show at one point.
The episode, which featured Monk trying to save …

Criminal Minds: Remembrance of Things Past began with what I thought was just a ridiculous, poorly shot scene. Days of Our Lives’ Mary Beth Evans portrayed Candice DeLilly with Michael Spound of Hotel fame as her husband, Sam DeLilly. I actually enjoyed seeing them. I can’t …

The Managing Director sends the new Finance Manager undercover. This is a first that I know of that Undercover Boss has not had a CEO pretend to be a new worker. They talked about the frontline staff knowing the folks who run the company. I suppose …

What would a season of Family Guy be without a Road to—¦ episode? They seem to have become part of the infrastructure of a Family Guy season over the last few years and one thing I have noticed is that they are, most of the time, some of the …

All the children get a choice between shop class and home economics and all the boys choose shop, except for Kenny (maybe to avoid getting hurt). The boys make a bet about who would win a fight between Tweek and Craig, and they try to make it happen. When …

The second season of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea rolled on with this 21st episode entitled Dead Men’s Doubloons. Albert Salmi was the main guest star, portraying Brent, the captain of a pirate ship in one era and a modern day captain in search of the …

Desperate Housewives Season 5 Episode 16 is a good episode, not to be missed. I watched it with a very curious interest and there are lots of character developments in this episode. I love the dinner scene whereby Orson and Bree and Tom and Lynette have dinner together …

Wow, that was a great episode of Destination Truth last night.
First, they traveled to South America (again) to hunt down a mythical creature called Chullachaqui; which looks a lot like a goblin. When we first started watching this I told my wife there was no way they would find …

Laramie: Ladies Day continued to set up the ‘new’ Laramie. There was a desire to return the series to that family setup which it had had originally in season one. Because of the cast departures of Hoagy Carmichael and Robert Crawford Jr. in the second season, the …

My daughter wanted to watch Scooby Doo yesterday evening after school. Fortunately for her, I was able to find an old episode of The New Scooby Doo Movies on one of our channels. This one also happened to be one I hadn’t seen before, The Ghost of the Red …

Star Trek: Arena is another solid show that is so enjoyable to watch. I’ve always remembered this show. Okay, well, as a Trekker, I remember them all as I’ve seen them all more times than I can count. However, this one sticks in the mind more …

For me, The 64th Annual Tony Awards were not as wonderful as some reviewers I’ve read have made them out to be. I wasn’t enamored by Sean Hayes as they were. Perhaps it’s my tradition. It’s nothing against Hayes, but I wasn’t a fan of Will …

Sea Hunt: Counterfeit, from February 1960, began with diving expert Mike Nelson (Lloyd Bridges) relaxing on vacation in the Bahamas. I did chuckle on the narration when he mentioned that his chosen activity while on vacation was skin diving, which is, of course, his occupation.
The thing about Nelson’s …

Dr. McKenzie believes he has gotten through Teal’c’s brainwashing but Bra’tac is not fooled. He calls Teal’c on it and when Teal’c tries to run, they stop him. Bra’tac takes Teal’c’s symbiote from him and refuses to give it back to him until Teal’c has gone through …

The Criminal Minds TV series fits well with all of the other crime investigation drama out there because it is different but still comfortable. The crimes are more graphic - if I wasn’t already desensitized by other shows I would say too graphic, and they probably are too graphic. …

I believe that you can’t judge a show a show by the first season. Most shows usually need the first season to get the characters established and for the writers to find their footing. Great shows like Seinfeld and The Simpsons even needed two or three seasons …

The drama in The Good Wife: Double Jeopardy begins with a not guilty verdict for a man accused of killing his wife. Alicia’s ex-agency competitor, Cary, was the prosecutor and lost the case. He then turns the tables by handing the case over to a friend. …

“Louise’s Setback” is an episode of “The Jeffersons”. Louise is the central character of focus in this episode. A local television show decides to do a story on the suicide hotline at the Help Center, and that means Louise is the one that will be interviewed since she is …

Television will make a show about anything these days, especially if it’s cooking related. For some reasons, America is fascinated and entranced by anything that gives us food. Thus, we now have Cupcake Wars which has four individuals vying to be king, or queen, of the cupcake …

The Twilight Zone: The Midnight Sun is a neat little outing for this series, mostly because of the terrific twist that takes place at the end. I don’t watch this one a lot so if enough time has gone by, sometimes I forget and end up being surprised.
The …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Naked Now is just bad. Just plain bad. The first episode to air after the series premier is a comedy show that has very few actually humorous parts and is riddled with nonsensical lines of dialogue tied in with awkward performances. Boy …

“The Dick Van Dyke Show” episode “Buddy Sorrell - Man and Boy” is notable for a couple of reasons. First of all, the story revolves around a religious occasion, namely a Jewish confirmation ceremony, and second of all, the story is not merely played for laughs, but it’s designed …