TV Reviews
Cowboy Bebop episode 8
When a thief tries to mug Spike Speigal, he soon discovers a small problem. On Cowboy bebop, a waltz of death is danced in between two rebels in an dying world. Episode 8: “Waltz for Venus” is a tale of both hardships and a the love of a man …
CHiPs: High Explosive
In my mind, CHiPs: High Explosive is a bit controversial. I’m sure to many it could be a sensitive area. It begins when a teenager uses a pellet gun and causes a traffic accident that leaves one woman seriously injured.
Ike Eisenmann guest stars as Barry, the boy …
Emerald Point N.A.S.: Episode 16 - Disguises
Emerald Point N.A.S. is an ensemble series and there are some pieces of that ensemble that I like better than others. Glenn Matthews is a wimp of a character, and I’m so sick of him; in fact, I wish he wasn’t part of that ensemble. As portrayed …
M*A*S*H: Margaret’s Engagement
This comedy series changes in a big way with M*A*S*H: Margaret’s Engagement, and it was about a year overdue. The writing was on the wall in season four. Loretta Swit had to be jumping for joy as this is the beginning of taking her Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ …
Car 54 Where Are You TV Episode: Get Well Officer Schnauser
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 …
CSI Season 4 Episode 23- Blood Lines
CSI Season 4 Episode 23- Blood Lines
This was an absolutely fantastic, yet a bit creepy episode. The greatest thing about it, was the information that we as viewers got to learn from it. And I have to say that this piece of medical fact make me feel a bit …
Beast Wars - Law of the Jungle
Beast Wars - Law of the Jungle is an intriguing episode because it in part deals with the unintended consequences of war and how war sometimes claims the lives of the innocent. This is one of the first season’s more serious episodes and the material actually involves some light …
House Hunters International show
This HGTV show is a bit more exciting than the typical House Hunters show because it showcases couples who wish to make exotic locales their permanent (or vacation) homes. These places are in some really far out places. Germany, St. Tomas, Italy, France, and even Switzerland. …
Stargate SG-1: Full Alert
Stargate SG-1: Full Alert is about midway through the eight season of this science fiction series, and it’s a pretty good one.
One of the best scenes is early on when Jack and the team discuss the crisis of the moment. Jack gives Teal’c his assignment, and he leaves. …
Black Gold: S3, Ep 3 TV Show
In this third episode of Black Gold’s third season on TruTV, Peggy, the owner of the land on which the oil rig is currently operating, confronts the tool pusher about the broken cattle guard seen in episode 2. I don’t think much of this guy. He talks …
The Twilight Zone: Number 12 Looks Just Like You TV Show
In my opinion, The Twilight Zone: Number 12 Looks Just Like You is one of the few bright spots in this final season of Rod Serling’s classic science fiction series. It’s sad that so many shows from this fifth year are duds. This one, however, is not. …
That Girl: Soot Yourself
This episode of That Girl actually had me chuckling and thinking about a little TV movie called Gidget Gets Married. I’ve never associated the Ann Marie character with Gidget Lawrence before but it just popped into my head that this was going to be what Ann and Don …
The Twilight Zone: The Thirty-Fathom Grave TV Show
I’ve never been much of a fan of The Twilight Zone: The Thirty-Fathom Grave, which is just a little overdone for my tastes. Essentially, it’s a story about a navy cruiser that picks up the sound of hammering on its sonar. Investigation leads to the fact …
Sea Hunt: The Sound of Nothing TV Show
Sea Hunt’s third season continued with episode 35 which was called The Sound of Nothing, airing in September 1960. This was another show that focused on the commonalities of space and the ocean. Sea Hunt referred to these similarities quite a bit in earlier shows, but it’s …
Heartland
The new TNT medical show heartland is far from a show that gets to the heart. The star Treat Williams who always plays a murderer in shows is great playing a murderer, but when it comes to playing a doctor he is so unconvincing. You never see …
Face Off Syfy Television Show
Amongst the waves of reality television shows that flock the ‘prime time’ television hours, Face Off is by far, or was, the most interesting of the bunch. With the large amount of talent-based shows including the X-factor, American Idol, and America’s Got Talent, playing on T.V.’s across America, singers …
Spongebob Squarepants TV Episode: Not Normal
Synopsis: Spongebob decides he wants to have a “normal” life and goes through the necessary changes; both emotional and physical.
What I liked about this episode: As is often the case, this show took something that could have gotten stupid or dull really fast and managed to exaggerate everything to …
Psych TV Episode: Meat is Murder but Murder is Also Murder
I love the show Psych but, for some reason, I ended up missing most of the second season of the show (I think I was working or something). So, in my spare time, I’ve been trying to catch up on it by watching the second season on our Netflix …
Wagon Train: The Kitty Angel Story
From the second season of Wagon Train comes The Kitty Angel Story, and it’s a good one. It’s actually the fourteenth episode and it stars Anne Baxter as Kitty Angel. She’s awesome. She just lured me into this story like mad. You can tell quality …
M*A*S*H: Good-Bye Radar: Part 1
M*A*S*H: Good-Bye Radar: Part 1 is the beginning of a two-part swan song for Gary Burghoff as Radar O’Reilly. Burghoff was the only member of the television cast who had also been in the theatrical film, so this was a big deal when he decided to leave the …
Judge Judy
While there are so many court room drama shows on tv in the daytime such as peoples court, Judge Alex, Judge Maria Lopez, Judge Joe Brown, Divorce court and Judge Christina, I truly believe the best one is Judge judy. The show is featured Judge Judy Sheinlein who …
Friends TV show - The one were Eddie won’t go
Chandler has decided that he cannot take anymore of his new roommate Eddie, and he knows that he is going to have to get rid of him because he cannot take him anymore. He consoles his friends at the coffee shop on how he can tell his new …
Married with Children TV Episode: Whose Room is it Anyway
Synopsis: At Al and Peggy’s urging, Steve and Marcy decide to build a new room on their house. However, when Peggy and Al each suggest different ways they could use the new room, it leads to a fight.
What I liked about this episode: At first, I thought this would …
MacGyver: The Human Factor
MacGyver: The Human Factor is one of my favorite episodes of the dramatic series, which stars Richard Dean Anderson as the inventive and creative agent. This is the first episode of the second season and added to the regular cast is Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton. Pete …
The Andy Griffith Show: Opie and His Merry Men TV Show
The Andy Griffith Show: Opie and His Merry Men aired for the first time back in December 1963 and since then has been rerun around the world more times than I can count as part of the syndication of this highly successful rural comedy program.
In Opie and His Merry …
Sea Hunt: Counterfeit TV Show
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 …
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Werewolf TV Show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Werewolf, the second show of the third season, begins a little like last week’s show, in that we begin by seeing a scientist working on a project outside of the Seaview. Last week it was Arthur Hill diving on the ocean …
Stargate SG-1: Uninvited
Stargate SG-1: Uninvited is the second show without Michael Shanks in it for the tenth season. He’s definitely missed, but the show isn’t that bad. In truth, having Vala around makes the Jonas Quinn character of season six almost acceptable. I think I’d rather watch his …
The Apprentice: Broadway Boardroom TV Show
Donald Trump’s prolonged job interview for the recession’s apprentice continued with The Apprentice: Broadway Boardroom. Like the title might seem to indicate, this challenge involved Broadway musicals.
Steuart worked as the project manager for Octane, while Liza piloted the female’s team of Fortitude. They are given a musical …
Person of Interest (crime drama television series)
Person of Interest is a crime drama television series that was introduced to me by a friend of mine. I remember that when the person first described it to me, the premise of the series seemed interesting enough to the point where I was very eager to watch it. Then …
That Girl - Season Five DVD set
The That Girl - Season Five DVD set is a nice conclusion to the series. With it, each and every That Girl episode has been placed on DVD and available for fans to view anytime they wish. As a fan, I like that. I plan on …
Family Guy: Bango was his Name O
The Family Guy episode that was on last night certainly was an interesting one. I had seen parts of “Bango was his Name O” but never really appreciated how complex it was until I got to see the whole thing.
Stewie thinks he sees his real father on TV (he …
CSI: New York Damned If You Do TV Show
Damned If You Do was the third outing for the seventh season of CSI: New York, and I can’t say that I liked their choice of opening song which was a throwback to Miami Vice. It’s so strongly associated with that show that I can’t believe the music …
That Girl: ODPDYPAHIMCAISFSS
This That Girl episode focuses on more false assumptions, which often leads to fun. In ODPDYPAHIMCAISFSS, or as this crazy word stands for, Oh Don, Poor Don, Your Pants Are Hanging In My Closet And I’m Feeling So Sad, Don Hollinger’s mother comes to town for a visit, …
Trinity Blood episode 13
Behold the glory of continuous story arcs on Trinity Blood! Episode thirteen: “The Ibelis II. Betrayal Blaze” was an plot thickener with no end of surprises. As our valiant stalwart crew escapes, Radu turns evil from zero in seconds. Oh the horror! In actuality though, this betrayal was not …
That 70s Show: The First Time
Once again, I came across another That 70s Show re-run I haven’t seen before, the episode called “The First Time.”
Of course, by the title, you really have no idea what is going on. As it turns out, it’s about Bob and Midge deciding to renew their wedding vows after …
Top Chef: Washington D.C.: Restaurant Wars TV Show
Top Chef: Restaurant Wars was the latest episode for the Washington D.C. season of this reality cooking show. The 2010 cast has spent the season in the nation’s capitol as they vie for the honor of being named the latest Top Chef.
This cast is one of the more …
MacGyver: The Survivors
MacGyver: The Survivors is a wonderful episode for the fourth season of this action drama. In it, MacGyver has been spending the last two months taking field operatives on three-day survival tests. They either passed or would be reassigned to desk jobs. Mac’s tired of ending careers …
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 Simpsons: The Debarted
Well, that was an episode of the Simpsons I haven’t seen before; The Debarted, and it was actually kind of interesting.
Basically, there is a new kid in school that seems cooler than Bart so he tries to outprank the kid and eventually becomes friends with him. However, the kid …
South Park - Coon Vs Coon and Friends
I was hoping for so much from this episode. I was hoping for answers, but got disappointed instead. I was waiting to hear about Kenny and his true origin. The ending should have explained more about him. Yet, this is a typical …
Highway Patrol: Train Copter TV Show
Highway Patrol: Train Copter is the sixth show of the fourth and final year that the police drama was on the air. It was November 1958 when Broderick Crawford starred as Chief Dan Mathews in this particular episode which involved not just the series’ beloved helicopter, but a …
Stargate SG-1: Prodigy
Stargate SG-1: Prodigy is somewhat of a let down, mainly because Michael Shanks isn’t in it at all. He was given the week off to concentrate on the upcoming episode that he was directing. Actually, this wasn’t originally how it was supposed to be, but it’s how …
Fireball XL5: Faster Than Light
Fireball XL5: Faster Than Light is another good entry for this puppeteering TV show. There’s some action going on here, especially with Fireball XL5 having engine problems. There’s a bit where the ship goes incredibly fast, actually going faster than light speed. Seeing this on screen is …
A Man Called Hawk: Vendetta
Avery Brooks returns in A Man Called Hawk: Vendetta, a 1989 outing that places him with a cousin played by Keith David. The cousin’s name is Jesse Turner, and he needs Hawk’s help. Who doesn’t? This show is primarily built from friends and family in need, …
Lindsay Lohan on Ellen
One thing is for sure after I watched Lindsay Lohan on Ellen. She can’t sing. But she tried her best and I give her full marks for that. Her voice is kind of alright, and more suited for school dances and entertaining school proms. But I …
Grease
What can I say, I love musicals. And, there isn’t a musical out there that is better than the film Grease. In fact, ever since I first saw it (as a kid at a drive in theater with my parents) I have never failed to watch it when it’s …
The Tyra Banks Show
The Tyra Banks Show stars ex-supermodel, Tyra Banks. Evidently Miss Tyra is taking her fame and fortune to help other people. That is what I�ve witnessed when I see episodes of this show. Tyra hosts celebrities but it seems more than anything, she features real people who have done …
The X-Files Bad Blood Episode
I can remember this episode quite well. This was because this was an episode about vampires and it was more humorous to me than I would have expected an X-Files episode about vampires to be. I didn’t find it top be extraordinarily scary either, or gruesome like I found …
Yo Gabba Gabba
This is a relatively new Nick Jr show, aimed at young children (and their parents too). It’s hosted by DJ Lance Rock, who brings to life five colourful characters who live in Gabba Land, and which include a yellow robot, a red cyclops-type creature and a blue cat-dragon.
My …
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