This is one of those archetypal Doctor Who episodes where the pair travel to some point in history, meet up with a historical figure, and then have an adventure. I can’t help but notice that they all tend to be writers. First we had Dickens, then we …

As The Cleaner: Chaos Theory went on, I kept wondering who it was who was playing William Banks’ old friend, Quinn. He was so familiar; finally realized it was Jeff Fahey. He was perfect for the part, but with the look he had, I didn’t recognize him.
The …

After watching a bunch of not so great episodes of Grey’s it was nice to see one that had a good vibe to it. Funny, light hearted and warm and this was that episode, well up until the end anyway where it got sad.
What was cool about this …

Masters of Horror was a television series that aired on Showtime for two seasons. Since Showtime is a pay channel (and fairly expensive in my area), I didn’t see the episodes when they first aired. Instead I purchased the episodes as they were released on DVD, which happened at …

I’m home early today and I’m watching an episode of Green Acres “Parity Begins at Home.”
This is one of those episodes that focuses on Mr.Douglas’ efforts to make changes in his farming community, whether or not they are right or wrong. In this case, he wants to plant his …

“Usagi’s Panic: Rei’s First Date” is an episode of Sailor Moon that tells a story of Rei’s desire to have a date at a beautiful park before it’s torn down. While much of the story is centered on Rei’s quest to find the right guy and then, upon deciding …

Well, that was a somewhat interesting Bones episode.
You have the heir to a chicken company winding up dead and tons of possible suspects in the murder ranging from the protesters outside the factory (because they built their homes by it then complained about the smell) to the guy’s wife, …

Help Wanted is one episode of That Girl that I have always remembered. It reminds me of one of my favorite episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show when Laura fills in for Sally to help Rob, but Rob gets all out of sorts about the situation. …

The 12th outing for the underwater adventure series Sea Hunt was called The Aquanettes, and one thing I loved about it is that it was mostly under the water. Those are always such intriguing episodes.
In this March 1961 half hour program, Mike Nelson is training three women for …

Star Trek: Beyond the Farthest Star is the first of the animated Star Trek episodes produced in 1973. It takes a little getting used to, seeing the quirks of the animated series, as in more animated characters from other species, but the essence of Trek is still there.
The …

I just watched the latest episode of CSI, short for Crime Scene Investigation, which in 2007 was the most watched show in the whole world with 84 million viewers. And after chief honcho Grissom had left the scene, it’s still going strong.
At first, I didn’t think that Laurence …

The Twilight Zone: The Jungle is notable to me for one primary reason. One of the guest stars is Emily McLaughlin, a wonderful woman I first became acquainted with on the soap opera, General Hospital. In this episode, she’s the wife of John Dehner. They play …

A few years ago, I remember hearing about a Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode that nearly got cancelled because it depicted school violence and the nation had just gone through the tragedy of the Columbine shootings.
I finally got to see that episode “Earshot” last night and have to say …

Well, another Ghost Hunters episode down and even more doubts about why I bother to watch this show in the first place.
This time around, they did investigate a private home rather than a tourist trap. That was OK. I also liked the fact they added a new investigator for …

One day while at work at the Krusty Krab, Squidward makes a comment to Spongebob that wasn’t really funny but Spongebob laughs histarically. It wasn’t the funniest thing ever, but he just really likes to laugh a lot. Squidward tries to get him to be quiet by telling him …

This season three episode of Stargate SG-1, called A Hundred Days, is one of my least favorites ever. While parts of it are well worth watching, I just don’t buy into much of what happened and most especially the final scene.
In Stargate SG-1: A Hundred Days, the team …

When another one of Mayor “Diamond Joe” Quimby’s sex scandals hit the news, a media circus arrives in town. Though the smaller news outlets are distracted by Quimby’s puppy, Chloe Talbot, a big-shot news anchor who was one of Marge’s high school friends, appears on the scene to …

I’ve only watched this programme a couple of times and I must say it’s the biggest load of crap I have seen on MTV in a while. I’ve been a skateboarder for 6 years and there’s nothing more I want to see than skateboarding being more accepted and recognized. …

I find Friends Episode: Phoebe Runs totally awesome. It is so funny and darn awesome and these are the first few episodes whereby you get to see Phoebe being the sarcastic person that she is and she is definitely lovable. Rachel and her are room-mates in the earlier …

Beast Wars - The Low Road is the most comical episode of the entire series! There are many moments here that are just laugh-out loud hilarious. In this episode, Rhinox is infected with a Predicon virus that will kill him if the Maximals cannot locate the antidote within a …

From the Earth to the Moon - Part 6: Mare Tranquilitatis focuses on Apollo 11, the famous moon landing mission with Astronauts Neil Armstrong (Tony Goldwyn), Buzz Aldrin (Bryan Cranston), and Michael Collins (Cary Elwes). It’s also my least favorite episode for some reason. Maybe it’s because …

“Bloodbath” is an Abby-centric episode. When NCIS goes to a crime scene at a motel where there is tissue and blood all over the room, they wonder where the body may be. While Abby and McGee are going over some evidence, Abby smells almonds - cyanide. …

Sexual Harassment Panda comes to school to teach the children about harassment. After sitting through hours of rules Stan calls Cartman a nasty name with sexual connotations and Cartmen jumps on the opportunity to sue him and South Park Elementary with the help of Kyle’s dad. After everyone sees …

After the auditions for the seventh season of So You Think You Can Dance were concluded, this first performance show for the top eleven dancers was held. A few of my impressions follow. Keep in mind that I am not a dance critic. I react totally …

Highway Patrol: Cargo Hijack, a half hour police drama from the early years of television, was a show from its fourth and final season on the air, the 26th to be exact.
This episode is a story about a robbery team that doesn’t do their homework. Sheila Nolan (Cathy …

Wow, prayers actually do get answered, or rather, episodes tend to usually get increasingly more and more interesting as the season finale approaches. With only six episodes left (including this one), it’s almost as if Season 2 has been holding out on us, saving all the good stuff for …

I was going to bemoan the fact that the episode opens with the Ghostbusters suffering from slow business. After all, that was a plot point in the last episode, but luckily, it gets quickly tossed aside as the plot gets underway.
I do mean underway in one of the …

I do love the concept behind The Twilight Zone: Elegy. What’s neat about the show is that there are so many possibilities about what is happening. We have three astronauts landing on an asteroid where they can’t find anyone to talk to. There are a bunch …

The Ninja Warrior competition takes place in Japan, where one hundred would-be ninjas (average, everyday people, in fact) arrive at Mt. Midoriyama to compete for the title. Japanese viewers have been tuning in to these taped specials for a decade now.
Here in the United States, we have a slightly-altered …

High School of the Dead is about a group of teenagers trying to survive a sudden zombie apocolypse. The show is directed by Tetsuro (Death Note, Black Lagoon) and is based on the hit manga series by Daisuke Sato. The show has yet to be dubbed and brought over …

There’s lots of greenery and a flowing pink waterfall in Stargate: Infinity: Us and Them. The team had a bit of a rough arrival, though, almost riding over the cliff’s edge. I’m not surprised, considering how fast they ride those motorcycles and vehicles through the Stargate all …

I completely forgot about this television series until I saw it going on again, and I tried to start watching it again to catch up on all that I had missed, but I just could not bring myself to continue watching it, since I thought that the television show …

Another Law & Order SVU episode and another yawn coming from me. Maybe I’m growing a bit bored with the series, but I could have sworn Confessions offered all the same elements I’ve seen in other episodes of the series.
Let’s see, you have a young man confessing to raping …

Frank Burns (Larry Linville) turns the 4077th upside down in M*A*S*H: Alcoholics Unanimous when he accuses just about everyone of being alcoholics, something that known of them want to admit. Ultimately, Father Mulcahy is set to give a lecture on the subject, but he gets a little nervous. …

Television Show Description: The story of real-life murder victims and their investigations is told using both witness testimony and narration from the “victim.”
What I liked about this show: I have always been a huge mystery fan and I love the fact this show brings real-life drama to life by …

The second episode of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Series isn’t too bad but, like the first, is hindered a bit in terms of helping us learn the major plot points and characters at the expense of the overall plot.
While I actually liked this episode a bit more than …

I was watching Ghost Hunters last night and got to see a more recent episode I haven’t seen before; Ghostly Conversation.
This one was somewhat interesting because they got to visit a really fancy hotel that was supposedly haunted by the princess that once owned it and frequented it; likely …

The Amazing Race is a reality show where teams of two people race against other teams of two all over the world, doing very unique tasks along the way.
The show usually starts with all of the teams in an American city where they are sent off to their provided …

Well before the fifth season of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” aired, Carl Reiner, creator and writer of the show, announced that the television show would only run for five seasons before wrapping up production. I think that decision is the reason the episode titled “The Bottom of Mel …

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 …

Amelia Bassett (Pauline Collins) and a boy Cyril Mulliner (John Alderton) meet at a murder mystery play and fall in love. Their meeting and common interest in murder thrillers cause them to fall in love despite his unkind comment about her mother, Lady Basset (played by Joan Sanderson), …

Spongebob is having one heck of a time passing his boating exam, and all he wants to do is pass his test so that he can get his driver’s license. He does not know what he is going to do if he does not pass this time, or …

Synopsis: Carly and her friends are challenged by a famous chef and end up outcooking him. They are thrilled (especially Sam, because the prize is steaks) until the chef feels sorry for himself and quits.
What I liked about this episode: Well, first of all, there used to be a …

The Twilight Zone: Execution is not an episode I enjoy all that much, and that is despite the fact that I tend to enjoy time travel stories. The setup is that a modern day scientist decides to test out his new gadget and ends up bringing an outlaw …

In this episode, Mr. Krabs puts Squidward in charge of the Krusty Krab for the day. He takes advantage of the situation and goes home and leaves Spongebob in charge of the whole store. Spongebob has kind of a brain fart and thinks he has lost …

Synopsis: Shawn and Gus are the first ones on the scene of a plane crash and the millionaire pilot, before dying, tells them he was murdered.
What I liked about this episode: I love how there are a ton of potential suspects in this case, ranging from the wife who …

Trigun Episode 12 begins with Vash in a town playing with some children, when he spots a man who tells him, “I found you, Vash the Stampede”. Vash goes white and asks the man who he is, and he replies that he’s Legato Bluesummers, and that he’s a …

The Andy Griffith Show: Andy’s Vacation, a season four show that aired in March 1964, has some humorous elements to it, but it is also one of those plots that I am not really crazy about. I suppose it is because I am not big on the plots …

Synopsis: While collecting money from the police department’s get well fund (for an injured officer Schnauser) Muldoon is mistaken for a famous bank robber and winds up with $37,000.
What I liked about this episode: I honestly never watched this show until this past weekend, when my wife and I …