TV Reviews
CHiPs: Bio-Rhythms
Tige Andrews and Katherine Cannon return in CHiPs: Bio-Rhythms. The two appeared in an early episode from this second season playing a father and daughter trucker. I have some issues with the development of this story.
In the opening, Jon and Ponch are overlooking the freeway and Jon …
The Two Coreys: Episode 1.5 - Wing Man
“Wing Man” is all about Haim’s love life. The two Coreys discuss it over a game of pool, Haim begins blaming Feldman for all of the bad relationships he was involved in due to the fact that Feldman introduced him to those women. So to make up for it, …
The Fall Guy: Colt’s Angels TV Show
The concept behind The Fall Guy: Colt’s Angels is that Colt Seavers (Lee Majors), his cousin Howie (Doug Barr), and co-worker Jody (Heather Thomas) pretend to be bikers in an attempt to capture the gang’s leader. They look pretty funny in that get up that they wear. …
Cowboy Bebop episode 12
As our lovable crew of the bebop fly around Jupiter, it seems that Miss Faye Valentine has an obligation of being the rat of the series and empties the crews safe. Broke and pissed off Jet Black wishes to find her and squeeze all of the credits he can …
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues: Challenge TV Show
I liked a few things about Kung Fu: The Legend Continues: Challenge, starring David Carradine as Kwai Chang Caine and Chris Potter as his son, Peter Caine, who is now a police detective. It’s the father and son relationship and the journey that evolves from the first to …
MacGyver: The Negotiator
MacGyver: The Negotiator has Mac doing a wildlife survey for a proposed marina. Believing MacGyver’s survey will stop the project, the villainous Mr. Knapp, played aptly by the always good David Ackroyd, hires a beautiful woman to convince MacGyver to give a positive report, or kill him to …
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 …
Louis and the Brothel
Louis Theroux travels to Nevada and enjoys a stay at The Wild Horse Ranch, a legal brothel. As he spends several weeks interviewing those who work and frequent the establishment, he also chips in and manages the phones, working alongside his subjects.
While his more recent efforts have been …
CSI New York Season 2 Episode 16 Cool Hunter
Although the episode was well written and well executed I was still left with the feeling that it was a bit stupid. The reason why I feel that way, were the crimes themselves, just a sense of human pettiness and stupidity. But then again, it might have been just …
Trust (Starhunter Episode)
Trust is a bit better of a Starhunter episode than the one that preceded it: Peer Pressure. Here the villains of the day are a bit less annoying, and a bit more sinister. I also really like the concept behind the new prison: a completely automated prison …
Bones: The Pain in the Heart
Sometimes a clever twist at the end of a season finale is a good thing for a series. Other times, like in the case of the show Bones, it might not be such a great move.
I missed seeing the season finale, The Pain in the Heart, when it first …
Doogie Howser M.D.
I think that Doogie Howser M.D. is one of the coolest old TV shows I saw growing up as a kid. This show was alway really funny. I think it was really cool how Doogie Howser was so smart even though he was so young. I mean he used …
Lost Season 6, Episode 7 - “Dr. Linus”
This episode of Lost offered some much needed insights but in general was a bit on the boring side and still confusing.
Every episode of Lost answers some questions and yet evokes others. This week the show concentrated on the story on Ben Linus.
Now not being a huge Ben …
Have Gun - Will Travel: Lady on the Stagecoach
Lady on the Stagecoach is a second season show of Have Gun - Will Travel, a half-hour western starring Richard Boone. At the heart of this particular episode is a simple case of prejudice, specifically against Indians. It begins at the start of a trip Paladin is …
How I Met Your Mother
This is a great sitcom! It is definitely not one for the whole family, but I would highly recommend turning this on after the kids are in bed. It is smart and hilarious!
The show centers around a group of five friends in their late twenties and early thirties living …
Adam-12: Log 165: Once a Cop
I really get a kick out of this 1971 episode of Adam-12 called Log 165: Once a Cop. This is the 19th episode from season three and it has some very entertaining story elements, including the fact that our heroes go on foot patrol for a while, something …
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Episode 3 (Anime)
Ghost in the Shell Episode Stand Alone Complex 3 begins with a strange series of events where a discontinued robot model, called the Jeri models, all begin committing suicide. These models were made to be human companions and Section 9 investigates because it’s very odd.
This episode was really …
The Prisoner: Checkmate
The Prisoner: Checkmate actually starts out with a very intriguing human name of chess where residents of The Village, including Number Six (Patrick McGoohan) are the chess pieces. When one of the rooks moves on his own and proclaims, “Check”, he is removed and taken to the hospital …
Wagon Train: The Zeke Thomas Story
Wagon Train: The Zeke Thomas Story is just a little too soap opera for me, considering this is a western. Basically, a man and his wife are traveling on the wagon train when they bump into a woman who turns out to be the man’s first wife, thought …
MacGyver: Birth Day
In MacGyver: Birth Day, a pregnant woman discovers her ex-convict husband has been using her. She thought they were building a halfway house to help people, only to discover he was using the ex-cons for his own schemes and turning the halfway house into a crime syndicate. …
Highway Patrol: The Seventh Green TV Show
Highway Patrol’s 18th show from its third year was a little different, and I liked that quite a bit. As the name might indicate, The Seventh Green, which aired back in February 1958, opened with Chief of Police Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford) playing a round of golf with …
The Simpsons TV Episode: The Bob Next Door
I haven’t watched re-runs of the Simpsons in a while and finally had a chance to catch the one that always airs at 6 p.m. on weekdays last night.
This time around, it was a newer episode I hadn’t seen before; The Bob Next Door. Since it was new, I …
Emerald Point N.A.S.: Episode 8
The eighth episode of Emerald Point N.A.S. aired on November 14, 1983 and dealt with a lot of transitions, like Glenn moving forward after his court-martial conviction and Celia trying to decide what she wants to do with her life. Her separated hubby Jack is in turmoil, wanting …
Voyagers!: Voyagers of the Titanic
As a student of the great ship Titanic, any story about it, fictional or otherwise, intrigues me. It should come as no surprise then when I say that Voyagers!: Voyagers of the Titanic is a show I enjoy watching a great deal. I say this even though …
War and Remembrance: Director’s Commentary featurette
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 …
A Capitol Fourth TV Show
This was the 30th anniversary of A Capitol Fourth, which aired on PBS and was hosted by Jimmy Smits. Smits certainly had a lot of drama in his hosting. He was full of energy and vibrated enthusiasm for the nation’s historic birthday. This is the show …
Lipstick Jungle Pilot - Episode 1
The introdiction of Lipstick Jungle came to us by way of NBC in the United States of America. This TV series falls in the genre of Comedy/Drama and stars Brooke Shields, Kim Raver, Lindsay Price, David Alan Basche, Julian Sands, David Norona, Robert Buckley and Andrew McCarthy.
This series focuses …
The Prisoner: The Schizoid Man
The Prisoner: The Schizoid Man has an interesting premise. Patrick McGoohan’s Number Six character wakes up to discover he is now Number Twelve, complete with a mustache (which doesn’t suit him at all, I might add). This is followed by the news that he’s supposed to switch …
Bones Season 5: Harbingers in the Fountain
I waited excitedly for the first episode of Bones Season 5. The blogs were buzzing that Cyndi Lauper was going to be the episode’s guest as a psychic and this added to my excitement. I have not seen her seen the 80s when Girls Just Wanna have Fun days …
Columbo: Double Exposure TV Show
I adore Double Exposure, which is a third season entry for our favorite unassuming detective series, Columbo. As always, Peter Falk does a superb job. In fact, I just love how he faces off against his foe in this episode.
The reason I’ve always remembered Double Exposure over …
Tony Robinson and the Blitz Witch
Tony Robinson and the Blitz Witch is a Channel 4 documentary hosted by Tony Robinson (also known as Baldrick from Blackadder) and which tells the story of the famous war time medium called Helen Duncan. This is an interesting story as this unassuming middle-aged Scottish lady who would …
Destination Truth: King Tut’s Curse/Swamp Ape
The more I see the show Destination Truth, the more I find myself liking it. None of the episodes have lived up to the first one I watched but they are still pretty close.
Last night’s episode “King Tut’s Curse/Swamp Ape” was probably the best thing I watched last night.
The …
Chasing Mummies: Buried TV Show
Chasing Mummies: Buried opened in Luxor at the Valley of the Kings with Alice suddenly getting sick. Alice is an underwater archaeologist who asked to go to work for Dr. Zahi Hawass after working with his team on a project earlier in the series. Though skeptical, it …
That Girl: Ten Per Cent of Nothing Is Nothing
That Girl: Ten Per Cent of Nothing Is Nothing is okay, but not great, especially since it has some issues. The first issue for me is that we’ve got another case of the rotating agent for Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas). The problem is that they’ve never said …
M*A*S*H: Mulcahy’s War
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 …
Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Cedar
Somebody’s stealing Larry’s newspapers—¦and a neighbourhood get together for Cedar provides the ideal opportunity to nail the culprit.
Meanwhile, a registered sex offender has moved into the neighbourhood and despite some initial apprehension, Larry is soon charmed and endeared toward the man and Cheryl is outraged to discover Larry …
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show is an awesome show. I love Ellen! She is such a character and is always entertaining. Her show airs on NBC in the afternoons. If you haven’t seen it yet, give it a shot. I gaurantee you will be laughing in no time.
Ellens show …
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Inca Mummy Girl
I’m usually not a big fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes when they go off track and don’t even mention vampires. But, I did like the episode Inca Mummy Girl.
I liked this episode, which has the gang tracking down an ancient mummy after the seal keeping her inanimate …
Doctor Who season 1 episode 10 The Doctor Dances
This is a totally unusual title for a totally awesome episode. This is my favourite episode of all Doctor Who episodes. It is actually a second part of a very interesting episode situated in the 2nd world war where Rose and the Doctor arrived following through the time …
Black Gold: S3, Ep 8 TV Show
The 8th show of Black Gold’s third season on the air was, well, lackluster and highly repetitive in my opinion. In essence, the hour picks up where they left off in the 7th show with the workers letting off steam at the bar, only that is where a …
Cold Case Files tv show
Cold Case Files is beginning its new season in a few weeks, and this viewer literally can not wait! This show is just outstanding, if you ask me. Not only is it always interesting because it evaluates murder mysteries from over fourty years ago, which I always …
The X-Files Scary Monsters Episode
I thought that this was one of the most fascinating episodes from the popular 1990s television show “The X-Files”. I thought it was fascinating first because of the introduction to the show as well as the plot of the whole episode. The characters themselves were also quite interesting especially …
BT Vision
I recently moved to a new apartment and it had a BT phone line already installed, so for convenience I went with BT for my internet services and I also subscribed to BT Vision. I like the idea of having all my services with one provider and I …
The Prisoner: Living in Harmony
I’ve never thought of the old west as being particularly harmonious, but somewhere in Patrick McGoohan’s mind, it apparently is, or at least is for the purposes of this episode of The Prisoner. McGoohan plays Number Six, an ex-spy being held prisoner in some unknown place called The …
Spongebob Squarepants Season One: Bubblestand
Spongebob and Patrick decide to hold a bubble stand one day selling bubbles. Squidward comes by and sees what they are doing and thinks that they are stupid for doing so. He doesn’t understand why anyone would want to spend twenty five cents on blowing a bubble. But what …
John Edward Cross Country
I do believe in the paranormal. I believe in ghosts, spirits, and poltergeists. I also believe that there are people in the world who can communicate with spirits or beings from the other side. Apparently, John Edward is one of those people. I’ve actually …
Naruto Episode 32 Subbed
This episode has some action in it, but not a lot, and it certainly is not very exciting. Despite the fact that we have seen very little of Rock Lee in the previous episodes, everything we have seen points at him as being quite powerful, but he is nothing …
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