I’m not a huge fan of Star Trek: Day of the Dove, which essentially pits two crews against each other, and all because of some third entity. Essentially, it’s the Enterprise crew verses the survivors of a Klingon one. Here are some of my thoughts on this …

That Girl: The Night They Raided Daddy’s has Lou Marie (Lew Parker) telling his daughter, Ann, that he’s going to retire. Not believing that her father is ready to get out of the restaurant business, Ann does some digging and finds out that the restaurant has been having …

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 …

From October 1972, the third season of Night Gallery, Sandra Dee starred in an episode entitled Spectre in Tap-Shoes. Dee actually plays a duel role, playing a pair of sisters, one of whom hung herself. That was Marion, the tap dancing sister.
When the other sister, Millicent, returns …

I usually enjoy shows about mythical creatures. But, History Channel’s show, Monster Quest is one I can’t even sit through ten minutes of.
Overall, the show does a good job describing creatures like Big Foot and the Loc Ness Monster. However, rather than focus on the historical stories and leave …

From November 1957, Highway Patrol: The Sniper was the 7th episode of the third season. This half hour police drama stars Broderick Crawford as Chief Dan Mathews. In this show, Mathews and the California Highway Patrol deal with a sniper shooting at various cars as they pass by. …

The Young Rebels: The Ring of Freedom, the second outing for this show about the Revolutionary War, tells a tale that is often discussed or portrayed in TV shows, and that is the happenings that surround the Liberty Bell. As most know, this symbol of American independence rang …

The second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation is not as good as the first season. In the second season, the stories did not seem to contain as much wonder and sense of excitement and exploration, like in the first season episodes “Encounter at Farpoint, Parts One and …

Stargate SG-1: Smoke & Mirrors is one of the better outings for the sixth season of SG-1. In it, Jack returns from a fishing trip to find out he’s wanted for the murder of Senator Kinsey. In fact, he was even caught on camera right after the …

The Dean Martin Show Classics: Volume 4 has more fun from the classic The Dean Martin Show. I love going back in time to enjoy this musical variety show. One of my favorite moments is a singing segment with Dean and Petula Clark. They start out …

Mike realizes one day after him and Phoebe recently got married that Phoebe had not changed her name yet and he is upset about it. He finally convinces her to change her name, even though she has no idea how she can do that. Once she finally figures out …

The Twilight Zone: What You Need is one of the most memorable episodes of this TV series. The reason it works so well is thanks to Ernest Truex, who plays the peddler. He has the ability to sense what a person needs and offers it up to …

This episode of Law and Order Criminal Intent has a completely new feel to it. This is one of the first stories the show did that seemed more original, and less like a story we’ve previously seen on one of the other Law and Order franchise. The episode begins …

The latest episode of Undercover Boss had the CEO of 7-Eleven, Joseph M. DePinto, taking on a false identity to check out just how well his stores really do. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, I applaud the CEOs who have the guts to do …

Sam returns to the SGC in Stargate SG-1: Beachhead. She’s been at Area 51, but finally comes to help out with the latest crisis, by special request of General Landry. The only bad part about this is the vagueness of certain aspects of her private life, which …

In space, fuel and food does not make itself. A fact that all of the members of the bebop have discovered. Cowboy Bebop episode seventeen is a joke. The title “Mushroom Samba” gives away how badly written the plot is, that it only saves its self with the style …

I don’t normally pay much attention to Spongebob Squarepants when my daughter has it on and usually just find something else to do instead. However, she had an episode on the other day, The Card, that was pretty funny.
Basically, Spongebob wants a rare card that Patrick has found and, …

“Usagi’s Disaster: Beware of the Clock of Confusion” is the ninth episode of the Sailor Moon series and out of all the episodes in the first season, it’s easily one of my favorites thanks to the humor of the episode as well as the creativity put forth by the …

OK, last night’s SVU episode, Spooked, was one of the most predictable episodes I’ve seen.
First, you have the rape/murder of two people in an alley that turns out to be drug related because the woman was smuggling drugs in her breast implants (ouch, but I guess that is a …

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 …

Oh how I am so glad that I have found this series. I do understand that it is over a decade old. But “The Hunger” is one of those cable TV series that you either love or hate. Clearly, the fact that it began in the …

Season 3 of The Ray Bradbury Theater begins with a July 1989 episode called The Dwarf. He’s a writer who meets up with a fan named Aimee.
The action actually begins at the Mirror Maze where the dwarf (Machs Colombani) goes to look at himself in the mirrors. …

Stargate SG-1: The Pegasus Project is the best show of season ten and my rating is going to pretend that the Vala character doesn’t exist. Any time she shows up, it drags the show down to a zero, so when I can, I’m going to ignore her, and …

Stargate SG-1: Death Knell is not a favorite. I don’t like it for a number of reasons. The show starts off with Sam and Jacob at the Alpha Site being sort of snippy with each other. Jacob claims they don’t talk anymore. This little tidbit …

CSI: New York: Unfriendly Chat started out with a bit that annoyed me because of what was happening. One of the regulars was watching some you tube like connection service where you’re connected by web cam. It was completely inappropriate for a work site, especially for someone …

Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man is the first official outing for the TV series, Columbo. I believe this actually began as a mystery movie of the week, airing once a month in rotation with other mystery movies. The series was spawned by a movie called Prescription: …

During my teens and early twenties, I was never bothered about fine lines and wrinkles because I had oily skin and I thought having oily skin means it is also well-moisturized. It turns out I was wrong. As I hit thirty, I noticed that although my skin was still …

Fireball XL5: Trial by Robot is a bit like watching a crazed man going even crazier. All across the galaxy, robots are being reported missing and no one knows why. Space City’s head folks begin to suspect robot expert, Professor Himber, of the crimes, though they have …

Mr. Krabs decides to hire Spongebob and Patrick to re-paint his house, just because he is too lazy to do so and he knows that he can pay them cheaply. But he warns the two that they have to do a good job and not drip anywhere because it …

During my Psych mini-marathon before bed last night, I came across an episode I hadn’t seen before; Forget Me Not. This one turned out to be an interesting case for Shawn and Gus.
The two are hired by his dad’s former captain, who believes he has solved a murder. However, …

Technically, this is season two of the second evolution of Due South, or you could call it season four of Due South as a totality, or you could do what the DVD set does and just combine the last 13 episodes with these next few and call it the …

I do have a few comments and reactions about Fireball XL5: The Day the Earth Froze, which is one of 39 total black and white programs coming from the mind of puppet pioneer Gerry Anderson. One of which is that this show really has a thing for ice …

Lucille Ball has been on the celebrity roast shows as a roaster of the honoree, and this was her turn on the hot seat in The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, taped in Las Vegas. Dean Martin, as always, is the roastmaster. He pretends to be drunk, which …

I have no idea why I decided to watch King of the Lost World on the Science Fiction channel last night, probably because there wasn’t much on. However, I have to say it was one of the stupidest movies I’ve ever seen.
When I watched King of the Lost World, …

MacGyver: Thief of Budapest has that incredible opening gambit where MacGyver is rescuing a horse and ends up buckling the horse to a hook and the two go flying away beneath a helicopter. It’s a little on the unreal side and I worry about that horse. I’m …

Season Five Episode 9
What’s Your Sign?
Francisco Costa Guest Judge
In this episode, the designers get a blast from the past.
After the usual model elimination, Heidi tells the remaining designers she has special guests waiting for them and when they appear from behind the silhouette screen, it is the designers who …

Last night’s episode of Law & Order SVU ended up being a lot like most of them; an interesting case but, for some reason, felt like something we had seen before.
This time around they are investigating the rape and homicide of a teenager who is found in a sleazy …

Emerald Point N.A.S.: Episode 15 - Secrets continues the fallout of Simon’s mission gone bad. He’s eager for something, but no one knows what. He’s moved back home, away from Celia, gets into a fight at a bar, and meets a gal named Betsy, who seems very …

I like this show. It is so unlike other shows on tv now. The plot is a young man in his early twenties lives with is parents who had him at 15. They all live with a senile grandmother who comes in and out of lucidity. …

Laramie: The Passing of Kuba Smith aired in this terrific series’ second season. It’s an intriguing hour that guest stars John McIntire, who would later appear with series star Robert Fuller in Wagon Train. For now, though, McIntire was the crafty and clever outlaw, Kuba Smith, with …

Team Avatar is bent on finding Appa. The original Ju Dee returns to try and dissuade them, but Aang is fed up and doesn’t care anymore.
The group comes across Jet, who offers to help them find Appa. Katara, still mad at his betrayal from season 1, is hesitant …

Americas Next Top Model: Francesco Carrozzini begins with the models going to the Grammy Museum and freaking out at the various items there, especially one that had belonged to Michael Jackson. The winner of the opening challenge would be one of the Grammy gals who hand over the …

Another legal drama debuted this year in USA Network. Fairly Legal is a story about a lawyer switching careers to become a mediator. It stars Sarah Shahi as Kate Reed, the lawyer with an epiphany. The show opens just after the death of her father who was the founding …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Cradle of the Deep is the 25th episode from the first season of this Richard Basehart and David Hedison TV series. Guest star John Anderson played Dr. Janus, a scientist who wanted to gather precious elements from the ocean’s bottom to …

Last night, I finally got to get my Simpsons fix by watching a re-run on network TV. And, I was glad to see it was an episode I have seen in the past and loved; The Cartridge Family.
The episode starts out making fun of soccer (and how Americans think …

This episode feels like a sequel to an episode I haven’t seen. In this episode, Solomon Grundy is brought back from the dead. Since he is a zombie I’m not entirely certain how that works, but it doesn’t matter because he’s not really very important to the episode.
Just like …

Have Gun - Will Travel: The Misguided Father is a bit of a different episode; certainly, it began in a fashion that wasn’t the norm. It begins with Paladin (Richard Boone) discovering a friend of his dead. As a friend, he decides to take the body back …

From October 1973, Star Trek: The Magicks of Megas-Tu continues the animated adventures of the USS Enterprise, and this time, Captain Kirk and the crew find themselves being swept away to the magical world of Megas-Tu. It’s a place of magicians and wizards apparently, only the man named …

“Weight Loss” is a great episode of season five of the Office on NBC. It is a wonderful 42 minute episode with a very funny premise of everyone trying to lose weight for a company-wide summer contest.
True fans of the show will love all the little moments. …

Have Gun - Will Travel: Episode in Laredo is the second episode of the third season for this western series and it’s pretty darn melancholy. It’s different in its outlook, but I found myself wondering why I was even watching it.
Basically, Paladin ends up killing Sid Kovac (Alan …