One of the best currently airing dramas certainly wastes no time in getting into the run of things in the second episode of the fourth season award-winning series “Mad Men”. I can’t really believe it’s been that many seasons already, having started watching right after the first series came …

After a relatively slow (with the exception of the premiere episode) first half of its third season, “True Blood” seem to finally pick up speed in the seventh episode of the season, where blood flows freely, characters die and alliances change.
The best part of the episode was probably the …

The Andy Griffith Show: The Farmer Takes a Wife presents Andy and Barney with the task of helping ‘Big’ Jeff Pruitt find himself a bride, something he is anxious to do. Naturally, Jeff is pretty outlandish and finding a woman to be his wife isn’t going to be …

From its second season of many years on the air, The Andy Griffith Show: Sheriff Barney is a good outing. It’s not one of my huge favorites, but it’s a solid show that has plenty of laughs to it, and that’s what successful comedy is all about. …

The Andy Griffith Show: The Pickle Story is one of the top five episodes of all time for this tremendously successful comedy series. It’s priceless and I never tire of seeing it. I’m serious about that. There’s no way I could even count the number of …

Sea Hunt: The Octopus Story, a story from midway through the fourth season, its last on the air, was pretty much what it said — a story about an octopus, or should that be octopi. After all, we have multiple creatures in this half hour tale.
This story from …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Deadly Amphibians aired as the 13th outing for this fun science fiction show’s fourth season on television. As the title indicates, the challenge for the crew of the nuclear sub are invaders in the form of these creatures. Actually, it’s …

The Andy Griffith Show: The Keeper of the Flame is a pure father and son outing for the series. Airing in January 1962 during the second season, the tale focuses on young Opie Taylor (Ron Howard) and is new role as the Keeper of the Flame for the …

From December 1967, Malachi Throne guest stars as Blackbeard the Pirate in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Return of Blackbeard, which was the 14th episode of year four. It’s hard for me to watch Throne because I always think of his part in It Takes …

Last night, I ended up waiting for a re-run of the Simpsons to come on TV (like I do most evenings) and was a bit disappointed it was one I had seen a couple times before; The Principal and the Pauper. However, after watching it again, I did realize …

I got home about 5:30 yesterday evening and decided to put on a re-run of That 70s Show while waiting for the Simpsons to come on. It turned out that re-run was one of the funniest episodes from any series that I have ever seen.
The episode, called Street Fighting …

Well, we’ve finally come to the end, and what an end it was. There was action galore, and we finally see Aang take control of his avatar state.
Thanks to Ozai, Aang is able to unlock his chakra and that turns the tide. Where Aang spent …

This episode is all about epic confrontations. Aang faces off against Ozai, Zuko faces off against Azula, and the old masters start to take back Ba Sing Se.
In part 1, you started to see Azula’s shell start to crack. Well, that crack has spread and Azula snaps …

Zuko and crew continue to look for Aang, employing the bounty hunter that Zuko used back in season 1. Even her mole can’t get a trace on him. According to June, Aang no longer exists.
Aang happens to wake up on a strange island. My thought was …

Aang continues to train for the final battle with Ozai. Zuko takes on more of a boot camp approach, working Aang as hard as he can so that he can be ready. The rest of the group thinks that a break is in order and decides to …

This episode was a glorious exercise in self parody. Sokka finds out that the fire nation is putting on a play based on their adventures and insists that they go see it.
The whole episode is a comedic retelling of key episodes with each characters personalities being blown up …

I called it! I totally called it! This episode has Katara and Zuko going to find the people responsible for her mother’s death. Even Aang attempts to crack a joke, saying that it’s her turn to take a field trip with Zuko, only to be met with dead …

This episode wraps up all the loose ends from part 1. Sokka manages to come up with another escape plan.
This episode has quite a few plot twists. Mai’s arrival was sort of expected, but it was still pretty well done. Her following in the …

As Zuko continues to acclimate to the group, Sokka inquires about where prisoners would be held. Zuko tries to dodge the question in an attempt to protect Sokka’s feelings, but Zuko eventually caves and says that war prisoners would likely be taken to a prison called the boiling …

Just as Zuko is about to begin teaching Aang the art of firebending, he finds out that he can no longer firebend. Despite his best efforts, he’s got nothin’.
Toph theorizes that Zuko was using his anger and hate as fuel and with that gone, he has nothing to draw …

Zuko’s redemptive arc comes to a head here as he tries to insert himself into the newly expanded Team Avatar.
Not surprisingly, the group isn’t too pleased to see him. He tries to apologize and say that he’s turned over a new leaf, but they’re skeptical. He …

As expected, the invasion starts to fall apart. The fire nation had known in advance, thanks to Azula’s work in Ba Sing Se. When Aang and crew go to hunt down Ozai, they only find Azula waiting for them.
Meanwhile, Zuko confronts his father, rather than engage in …

The invasion is set to begin. Sokka’s father has gathered allies (ie characters who have appeared in previous episodes) to help in the attack. It’s kind of interesting to see all these seemingly one time characters all come back together. I was hoping Bumi would show up, …

Talk about mood whiplash, after the very dark, very creepy “Puppetmaster” episode we have what is probably one of the funniest episodes in the entire series.
The plot is simple enough, the invasion is coming up and Aang is extremely nervous about it. This causes him to have nightmares …

After an amazing second episode, the third instalment in the sixth season of the popular crime drama “The Closer” was perhaps nothing to write home about, but still provided some quality drama. The case concerning a custody battle, in which a cancer-ridden father engaged with a drug addict mother, …

I was watching some re-runs of House this past weekend and happened to catch a season 1 episode called Occam’s Razor.
This episode reminds me exactly why my wife and I began watching this show to begin with. House has a patient brought into him that is dying and, after …

I have seen bits and pieces of the Family Guy episode “Mr. Saturday Knight” before. But last night was the first time I actually had a chance to watch the entire thing. And, overall, I think it was a pretty good episode.
Basically, Peter is feeling depressed because he hates …

Last night, I was watching a re-run of the Simpsons and was thrilled to learn it was one of my favorites; The City of New York versus Homer Simpson.
This is easily one of the funniest episodes from this series. Homer and his buddies are drinking after work and Barney …

Well, it took us a long while to watch the season 6 finale of House. But, I can tell you, after watching it finally last night, I honestly am kind of glad I missed it the first time.
This show gets worse and worse every season. The cases are taking …

Next Food Network Star: Cooking for Eva Longoria was another interesting hour of competition for those still remaining. It’s not the cooking I’m that intrigued by as seeing how the chefs develop and evolve into TV stars because that’s really what they have to do.
In the opening challenge, …

Big Brother sometimes drives me batty. I’m nowhere near as hooked as I was during its first season. In fact, I’m not hooked at all anymore. I can barely even remember the contestants’ names. Were there anything else opposite it, I wouldn’t watch, and when …

From February 1960, which was its third season, Sea Hunt: Missile Watch starred Lloyd Bridges as diving expert, Mike Nelson. This show was pretty interesting to watch. That said, I felt Nelson made a couple of dumb moves that made no sense to me at all.
In Sea …

From December 1958, its fourth and final season on television, Highway Patrol: Confidence Game was somewhat entertaining. My only big peeve is that it’s another diner setup for the crime, and that’s something that Highway Patrol has done repeatedly over the years.
In the case of Confidence Game, we’re …

Highway Patrol: Hot Dust, a third season episode from 1957, was quite interesting to watch. It concerned a young man named Harry Wells. He accidentally spills a container of radioactive material and then he panics. While he picks up the canister and places it in a …

The Andy Griffith Show: The Clubmen, a second season entry from this hit comedy series that stars Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, has Andy invited to a private club. He cajoles an invitation for his deputy, Barney Fife (Don Knotts) as well. The series uses variations …

From season two, The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bee’s Brief Encounter focuses on Frances Bavier’s character of Aunt Bee Taylor. She becomes very fond of a handyman named Henry Wheeler. He’s jovial and fun, and the two senior citizens enjoy spending time together.
There’s just one thing about …

Ice Road Truckers: Lisa’s Monster Megahaul was aptly named because a lot of the hour focused on Lisa Kelly’s assignment to work with Jack and Carrie on a heavy load assignment. Lisa’s my favorite on this show. I like her. She has intelligence and strength of …

Top Shot: The Razor’s Edge was full of action and emotion. I really like this competition show where top shooters face off against one another using all types of weaponry. This one was a bit of a surprise as the elimination challenge involved the use of Bowie …

From 1967, the eighth episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea’s fourth season is called Time Lock. It’s an okay episode that has some entertainment value going for it. The crux of the hour long science fiction show is that Admiral Harriman Nelson, as played …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Fatal Cargo was the 7th program of this science fiction show’s 4th year on the air. The show starred Richard Basehart as Admiral Harriman Nelson and David Hedison, who I always loved in this role, as Captain Lee Crane.
Following are a …

In Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Rescue, the 9th show of the hit science fiction television show’s fourth and final year, it’s up to Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart) and his Seaview crew to rescue Captain Crane (David Hedison) who has been involved in an accident while on …

Episode 10 of season four, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Terror , guest starred Damian O’Flynn, albeit briefly, as Dr. Thompson, who warns Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart) that invaders are taking over the earth and he has only 8 hours to stop it. This happens on …

The third episode of the British show Don’t Stop Believing was rousing and entertaining as always. I don’t believe that as a whole the groups were as great as the first week, but there were some good performances never the less.
–Swish. They were good at the beginning …

From December 1967, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: A Time to Die is the 11the show of its fourth and final season on the air. Irwin Allen did a great job with this series, and while it wasn’t always great, it most often entertained viewers. …

The second episode of Orchestra United was a little slow for me somehow. I can’t really put my finger on it, but there was something that didn’t keep me as hooked as I had been. Still, the hour long episode from the United Kingdom had some solid …

From December 1967, the 12th show of its fourth year, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Blow Up has a new twist for the viewers to enjoy. It’s not exactly the typical ‘body take over’ theme that is so popular in science fiction shows, but it’s more …

It’s amazing how creepy this show can be when it wants to be. Team Avatar is approached by an old woman while camping. She offers them shelter and a warm meal. After telling ghost stories, the group is happy to get out of the forest. …

This episode takes place largely in the past. Avatar Roku decides it’s time that Aang knew what happened before the war started. Meanwhile, Zuko decides to look into Sozin’s death after receiving a mysterious note.
It’s revealed that Roku and Fire Lord Sozin were actually good friends …

Team Azula is forced to visit Ember Island while Lord Ozai has an important meeting. Zuko sees it as a waste of time, but the girls think it will be beneficial.
They are given shelter by two elderly women named Li and Lo, who are a bit off, but …

I definitely enjoyed the third episode of “Rizzoli & Isles”; it’s a very well-done combination, this series being broadcast together with “The Closer”, so that two crime series with lead women provide a pleasant crime-filled evening. So far the new series has a lot to learn from the older …