It’s unusual to have a western whose hero is also a lawyer, especially from Harvard, but that’s what Brisco is and we are reminded of it in The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: Brisco for the Defense. Though he hasn’t tried a case in 5 years, he’s called …

The opening ceremonies for any Olympics is the tone setter. It’s the event that unites the world as we watch. Hopefully, we’ll learn something as we watch and with luck, we’ll gain respect and knowledge for the host nation.
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics were definitely educational. …

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: Senior Spirit is awesome episode and is perhaps the best show to air since the pilot. In this show, Brisco is surprised when Socrates shows him a piece of the orb that had been with his father’s affects. There’s actually a …

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: Pirates was a bit of a disappointment for me. I always expect pirate themes to have a real edge to them, some real swashbuckling swagger and color. When I don’t get that, it colors things negatively. I just don’t feel …

This show is so good when it makes fun of itself and classic western moments. This opens up with Brisco County (Bruce Campbell) ready to showdown with some bad guys. Right in the middle of the face off, a boy rides up on a bike to deliver …

The episode title makes it pretty obvious what the conflict of this story will be. In The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: Socrates’ Sister, Iphigenia, the sister of Socrates Poole (Christian Clemenson) arrives in town to defend one of the men accused of murdering Brisco’s father, along with …

I really wasn’t that impressed with The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: Brisco in Jalisco except for the opening scene that included Robert Fuller and Paul Brinegar as two of the tycoons who had hired Brisco County Jr. to work for their association. They are only in the …

In 2009, Brad Wright decided that the original movie pilot for Stargate SG-1, called Children of the Gods, wasn’t good enough. There were a lot of things he didn’t like about it, so MGM gave him the green light to re-edit the film, giving us this final cut …

The Virginian: The Mountain of the Sun combines incredible courage and a love story. It combines for an average tale for this western TV series. I’m really not that crazy about this episode. This is a 90-minute show and this story is an hour one, so …

I can’t say that I’m fond of Have Gun - Will Travel: Heritage of Anger. The main reason this episode of the half-hour western doesn’t work for me is that it all seemed too rush and too easy. A Mexican woman left her son with a couple …

The Virginian: Run Away Home is the second show I’ve noticed that was redone several years later as an episode of Alias Smith and Jones (ASAJ), which was a favorite show of mine, called The Girl in Boxcar #3. I recall an article done during that time that …

Let me say up front that this review definitely has spoilers about this series end that not everyone might want to read, so if you don’t want to know the specifics, you may want to bypass this one.
I’m really not sure what to say about Sable: Mob. It …

The Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - final cut has three things going for it, and just three things.
First, since this final cut has yet to be aired on television, unless you’ve ripped it off some illegal torrent somewhere, buying the DVD has been the only way of …

Have Gun - Will Travel: Gun Shy is episode 29 of the first season of this Richard Boone series about a gunfighter named Paladin. In it, Kam Tong gets a bit more action as Hey Boy since the story revolves around a chess set made from jade that …

I like watching “My Fair Wedding with David Tutera”, but only if not much else is on! The premise of “My Fair Wedding”, which airs on the WE network, is to take women who have horribly over-estimated their wedding design and planning
abilities and put them (and their current …

When I was a teenager Dawson’s Creek was a phenomenon and Katie Holmes was getting a lot of attention.
One the show I very much liked her. She was sweet but not sweet enough to be a walkover. In fact she was a character most girls related to …

I am a big fan of Tudor history, I love the recent historical fiction that has come out and I was really pleased to see that Showtime had made a show about the the Tudors - appropriately named “The Tudors”.
First of all those of you that are history buffs …

When I first heard that Addison from Grey’s Anatomy was going to get her own show I was pretty excited. I really like Kate Walsh and the character Addison so when Private Practice started screening I watched.
It’s different, it’s not a blatant rip off of Grey’s Anatomy although …

Every time I watch two and a Half Men I remember the times this show actually used to make me laugh - it’s been a long time and this episode was no different.
This episode was about Charlie and Chelsea’s relationship. Charlie thinks she is cheating on him which she …

This episode of Make It or Break It involved the girls going to their first prom, the relationship between the characters and Payson’s injury.
As far as the prom goes it was nice to see the girls outside of the gym and in a real life setting. I had …

Whenever I watch how I Met Your Mother I get a feeling that the show isn’t quite right but it’s entertaining enough to watch for half an hour. This episode was no different.
There were a couple of storylines going on in this episode. Robin is fighting an …

“My Life As Liz” is a new reality show that just premiered on MTV a couple of weeks ago. Of all the reality shows I’ve seen, this one, by far, is in a whole other stratosphere. ” My Life As Liz” is a show that a lot of past …

I was a little apprehensive about watching Rupaul’s Drag Race. I love drag queen shows and find that the “girls” are quite inventive with their makeup, clothes, and general personalities. But watching this show just reminded me too much of America’s Next Top Model. And no …

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 …

Monster Episode 10 begins with Dr. Tenma investigating a murder of a prominent councilman and his wife, while there he encounters a career criminal named Otto Heckel, who wants Dr. Tenma to be his partner and operate on criminals for a price. Dr. Tenma discovers a message left …

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 16 begins with the soldiers searching for Scar while Ed and Al head back to Risembol with Alex Louis Armstrong as protection. They unexpectedly get detoured when Al is dropped off at the wrong stop. Meanwhile we see what happened to Dr. Marcoh after …

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 15 begins with Alex Louis Armstrong confronting Scar about his ishbalan religion and how they are against alchemy. Meanwhile Ed and Al try to get Dr. Marcoh to safety.
This episode was really good, it had a lot of information about the Ishbalans and why they’re …

Cowboy Bebop Episode 11 involves the crew of the Bebop landing on Ganymede, Jet’s home planet in order to collect a bounty. Jet goes to visit his ex-girlfriend Alisa, while Spike pursues a bounty on a man named Rhint Celonias.
This episode was really interesting because it didn’t center …

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 …

This is the first of two parts of one episode. Rose and the Doctor are following an object that is flying through the time hole and crashed into the Earth but they get to the place, London in 1941, one month after the mysterious object. Rose keeps hearing …

Masquerade: Oil took us to Rome, the city of love, where the National Intelligence Agency operatives were trying to foil the villains of the piece. The villains are a bunch of Arabs who kidnapped Americans in Kuwait. They took the workers from an oil field and locked …

Masquerade: The French Correction is a pretty decent entry for this hour-long spy that hit the TV screen back in March 1984. However, one of the bad things is that they failed to create new ways of explaining the story. In the beginning, Lavender (Rod Taylor) always …

Masquerade: Winnings just could be my favorite episode of this series. I love the concept of the plot and the guest cast was terrific. Basically, the recruits, all just average American citizens, are brought together because they are all high rollers, or were. Poker and other …

Masquerade: Sleeper aired in 1984 and had some nice elements to the story. This is a spy adventure series where the National Intelligence Agency recruits every day citizens to carry out missions. The idea came from Mr. Lavender, played by Rod Taylor. Working with him are …

From April 1984, Masquerade: Spanish Gambit was an entertaining show to watch. It had a good supporting cast, a tad of humor, and a bit more reality to it. Part of the problem of this series in its first episodes is that nothing severe ever went wrong. …

The guest stars in Masquerade: Flashpoint are probably the most notable things about the episode. I wasn’t that much into the plot. I really do like the idea behind this series, that of taking ordinary people and putting them into unreal spy-like situations because they have some …

Have Gun - Will Travel: Girl from Piccadilly opens with Martin Westrope staring at Paladin’s card and the newspaper. We’re in San Francisco, and it’s not long before Richard Boone’s Paladin arrives, dressed in his finest suit as is so often the case when in the city. …

Have Gun - Will Travel: Comanche is a very odd show in some ways. It’s a love story, an adventure tale, and a tribute, all in one half-hour episode. Yet, the connection is somewhat questionable. Actually, I’m not sure whether I like the story or not.
Comanche …

There were a few interesting things about The Virginian: A Distant Fury, which aired during the first season of this NBC western The story focuses on the character of Steve Hill, played by Gary Clarke. There’s a bit of Judge Henry Garth (Lee J. Cobb) thrown in, …

The story behind Have Gun - Will Travel: The O’Hare Story was basically water rights. The story takes place in Ashley, California. They are afraid of losing their water and their town dying because a neighboring town of Center City is dynamiting and building a dam. …

Smallville: Absolute Justice - Part 2 continues the introduction of the Justice Society of America into the Smallville lore. This second part was directed by star Tom Welling, who frankly didn’t act all that much during this movie-like presentation. In fact, Allison Mack and Justin Hartley (as …

Prior to watching Smallville: Absolute Justice, the last episode of this series I’d seen was probably its first season, back when star Tom Welling was a teenager and John Schneider was playing his father. I’ve heard bits and pieces about the show over the years, but I haven’t …

Masquerade: Five Days gave Kirstie Alley her best chance to do some real acting in her character of Casey. She’s an intelligence agent working with Rod Taylor’s Lavender and Greg Evigan’s Danny. Up until this episode, her most challenging bits have been guiding bus tours and looking …

From January 1984, Masquerade: Caribbean Holiday is a so-so entry for this TV series. The series itself didn’t go over very well. I was one of the small minority who actually did watch it. I liked the unique concept of a spy agency getting every day …

Masquerade: The Defector was a solid episode for this spy drama from January 1984. Rod Taylor stars as an operative for the National Intelligence Agency and he often recruits everyday citizens to get assignments done. These Americans all have some unique or special skill that makes them …

Murder Times Seven stars Richard Crenna as Frank Janek. This is the 4th of seven movies with the Janek police detective. In this outing, a fellow detective has been murdered and Janek is in charge of the investigation. It’s soon very clear that he and the …

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues: Sacred Trust is episode 4 of the first season. I loved this continuation series, a show that moved the 70’s hit Kung Fu forward a few generations. David Carradine and Chris Potter starred. Since this was so early on, they were …

Episode 2 from 1993’s Time Trax science fiction series is called To Kill a Billionaire.
The teaser was great. It had me very curious about this way of disposing of nuclear waste. The intrigue and innovation made me want to keep watching. Unfortunately, it’s not long before …

Episode 5 of The Lazarus Man is an episode called The Conspirator. It opens with Lazarus walking into a saloon where the men are discussing a conspiracy theory concerning the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The men speculate that the bodyguards had to be in on it. …

The Lazarus Man: The Journal is episode 12 of this series that takes place in the west in 1866. The show stars the charming and talented Robert Urich, though in this show I don’t think much of the charm gets to come out. He’s just too …