Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 7 begins with Ed Elric receiving his State Alchemist pocket watch and returning to the Tucker Estate. Shou Tucker’s assessment is coming up and he has to produce new research or have his State certification as an alchemist revoked.
This is a very dark and …

This was actually the first episode where I managed to resolve the case before the two secret agents Myka and Pete. In two previous episodes they tried to stop Macpherson, Artie’s ex partner from stealing artefacts but they didn’t manage to arrest him.
In this episode we learn why Macperson …

I have watched every episode of ‘The Good Life’ about ninety times as I was around as a kid in the 1970s, so I watched it first time round, and then I catch the repeats nowadays. This episode ‘Wind-Break War’ is one of my favourites. This is …

The Doctor and Rose are on Earth and an alien craft hit the Earth. The Doctor is taken to 10 Downing Street as an expert on aliens but then the general and the new prime minister take off the human skin and show that they are aliens. They also …

Burn Notice: Double Booked was the second episode I’ve seen of this series that didn’t have Michael Shanks as a guest star that I could say that I liked and enjoyed watching. Overall, the show just doesn’t do it for me, even though it’s a smart show with …

I’m afraid that Burn Notice: Rough Seas did nothing to hold my interest. I didn’t like the plot or the unfamiliar guest stars. Well, I did recognize one of the actors from The UNIT — Max Martini, but he doesn’t make me want to watch anything. …

A few years ago, the Miss America Pageant started to redefine themselves, giving the pageant a new, more up to date look. They actually did a multi-week reality show to help the gals transition from the old, static type of pageant to a new, refreshed style and look. …

Hosted by Mario Lopez with help by Clinton Kelly and Jeannette Carlson, the Miss America Pageant 2010 aired on the TLC channel.
Judges included Shawn Johnson, Vivica A. Fox, Rush Limbaugh, Dave Koz, and Brooke White, which is surprising. Her claim to fame is being in the top ten …

Burn Notice: Bad Blood was actually the first episode I’d ever seen of Burn Notice and the only reason I watched it was because of the guest star, Michael Shanks. Shanks is my #2 all time favorite actor so I definitely had to watch this show. Not …

Burn Notice: Scatter Point from season two is the first non-Michael Shanks episode that I can say I really enjoyed. It had me pretty much from the beginning when Michael and Fiona were trying to find Carla’s hangout. There was a funny bit with a pizza delivery …

Burn Notice: Comrades brings us Michael Westen’s brother, Nate, who is far less interesting than Michael is. In fact, I don’t really care much about him. The two have a strained relationship that leaves you guessing about Nate’s true intentions the entire time.
I do like some of …

My first reaction to Burn Notice: Trust Me wasn’t positive. There was a lot of ’she’s not my girlfriend’ type of stuff, which is so second grade in my mind. It just ruined any chance I had to even want to watch this episode. While I …

Burn Notice: Turn and Burn is episode 2 of season 2 for this Miami-based series. In a sense, this is an updated Miami Vice, not in plot, but in terms of bringing Miami to television. There is a lot of location shooting, and oftentimes, the scenery makes …

Burn Notice: Breaking and Entering is the first episode of the second season, and it’s the conclusion of a sort of cliffhanger, meaning there’s a lot of history that a new viewer such as myself needs to pick up on in terms of knowing the story.
One of the things …

If You Have Tears is the 20th episode of the first season for the hit western, The Virginian. This 90-minute color episode centered on a friend of The Virginian’s who is accused of murder. James Drury, who plays the title role of the series, was also the …

As one of my all-time favorite shows ever, as in definitely the top ten, I’ve been wanting to get the Emergency! Season 1 DVD set since it came out. Economics prevented it, but finally I was able to get the first season. Hopefully, I’ll be able to …

Emergency! is an astounding, groundbreaking TV series that aired on NBC beginning in 1972. The show’s star was Robert Fuller. Now this is offbeat casting, but that’s how Jack Webb wanted. Webb loved to go for things that were different and having cowboy veteran performer Fuller …

Emergency!: Crash is the final episode of the series’ first season. It’s notable as well for being the second and last appearance of John Smith as Captain Hammer. Salary demands kept him from continuing in season two, which I thought was a shame because he did a …

Emergency!: Hang-Up is the second to last episode of the first season of this medical drama, and it has a couple of really intriguing elements to it.
Here’s the really odd thing about this episode. In the pilot movie of Emergency!, Officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed (Martin Milner …

Emergency!: Dilemma began with a really cool directorial shot of the engine and squad heading for their first response of the show. It was an overhead shot that was never exactly repeated, though other similar shots were done in later years. This series employed a lot of …

Emergency!: Weird Wednesday is all about having one of those crazy days when nothing but odd things happen. It begins for Johnny and Roy with a woman parachutist who gets stuck in a tree. She’s undaunted by it all, though, and ready to go right back at …

Gary Crosby makes his first guest starring role as Paramedic Tom Wheeler in Emergency!: Publicity Hound from season one. With certain annoying charm, he manages to get the spotlight with the press, even if he wasn’t the primary rescuer involved in whatever was happening. It’s a fun …

Emergency!: Nurses’ Wild has some really wonderful moments in it, both on the humor front and the dramatic stage. This first season show confronts prejudice, of different styles. One story has Dr. Morgan (Ron Pinkard), who is an African-American, making a judgement on a hippie having a …

Emergency!: Dealer’s Wild gives us another look at the more humorous side of life in the fire department station house. After dealing with Roy’s cooking in a previous episode, now we have to face who gets to do the dishes after the meal is done. Instead of …

One of my all time favorite episodes of Emergency! is Brushfire from season one. It’s John Gage’s first brush fire, and it brings with it some neat entertainment.
My favorite sub-plot is the one concerning a young boy who breaks his arm in the fire, but he’s …

Emergency!: Cook’s Tour is a fun little show. When I watch it, it’s not really any one story that stands out, but it’s more the feel of the firehouse that is the heart of the show. Fire department cooking is almost legendary, and this show deals with …

I have no idea why I can’t seem to find much information on TLC’s show “One Big Happy Family.” This show features a family of overweight black people. There is a father, mother, son and daughter—each of whom weighs over 300 pounds. I would say …

Most of the TV programs on HGTV are pretty standard. You’ve got the makeover shows, the ones where people are looking for new housing. And finally you’ve got “For Rent”—the show in which people are actually looking for places to rent. I like this show because …

“The Haunted” is a paranormal show that oddly enough, is shown on the Animal Planet. I found this weird until I realized that the show’s premise is that animals can see and hear things (otherworldly things) that human beings cannot. And after watching a few episodes, …

I gave the Showtime series “Dead Like Me” a chance one day. I liked the concept—that a young lady would be selected to lead other souls to “wherever.” The pilot episode featured a young 21 year-old girl named George Lass. I found this name a …

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 …

Fame aired 16 episodes in its first season on NBC back in 1982. The story is about students at New York City’s School of Performing Arts and stars Debbie Allen, Albert Hague, Erica Gimpel, Valerie Landsburg, Gene Anthony Ray, and several others.
This is a four disk set, two …

Fame: A Special Place is the sixteenth and final episode of Fame’s first season on television and it has some interesting moments, or not, that need to be addressed.
First, oddly, Erica Gimpel isn’t in this show at all. There’s no mention of where Coco is. That’s not …

Fame: Reunions begins with a really fun dance class segment where the group is dancing to an African beat and then the comic, Danny Amatullo (Carlo Imperato) slips and practically knocks down the entire class. I liked this opening bit quite a lot.
The title of the show relates …

Fame: A Big Finish is really a nice tribute show to two talented performers, Art Carney and Ray Walston. Carney plays the school’s janitor, and Walston is a friend of his. In actuality, the two used to be rivals on Broadway, but now they are friends, and …

Fame: A Musical Bridge has two fairly decent plots going for it. Neither of them on their own really jumps out at me, but together they do enough to make this an okay show for me. It’s not one of my favorites, but I certainly don’t turn …

I always remember Fame: Expose fairly well, mainly because it guest starred Brian Patrick Clark, best known both for Eight is Enough and General Hospital. He’s always fun to watch, whether he’s a good guy or a villain, and he plays both with equal expertise. He has …

Mr. Shorofsky calls it The Crazies, a time in the year when everyone goes a little nuts, and that is indeed what Fame: The Crazies. The catalyst for a big part of the insanity is Doris Schwartz (Valerie Landsburg) who gets on an honesty kick, something that becomes …

The well respected Gwen Verdon guest stars in Fame: Come One, Come All in which she plays Melinda MacNeil, the mother of Montgomery MacNeil (P.R. Paul). She’s an actress of note who suddenly agrees to give up a movie role in order to direct a play at the …

Viewers get a look at the drug scene, albeit lightly, in Fame: But Seriously Folks from season one. Danny is given pills to help him get through a hectic schedule that includes school, a job at the night club, and his first opportunity to do stand up at …

While not a personal favorite, Fame: Street Kid is one of the best episodes from season one. It has great acting, an engaging and thought-provoking storyline, and a really good song performance in it.
Valerie Landsburg gets the lead in this episode. It goes back to a previous show …

I enjoy Fame: The Strike quite a bit. It’s one of the more enjoyable episodes in this first season of the series. It has good drama and some strong emotion. The big story is a teacher strike. Coming from a family of teachers, this is something …

From 1982, Fame: The Sell-Out focuses on a couple of unrelated plots. In the first, Bruno’s dad accidentally short circuits a piece of his son’s equipment at home and when he replaces it, he does so with the best. This upsets Bruno because his taxi-driving father is …

Best known for her role as one of the kids on Eight is Enough, Connie Needham stars in Fame: To Soar and Never Falter, a first season entry for this series I so often enjoy watching. Basically, Needham’s character is Kathy Murphy, one of the students at the …

Fame: Alone in a Crowd centers around the musical genius, Bruno Martelli (Lee Curreri). This is the fourth episode of the series, and by now, we all know that Bruno is a genius with the instruments. However, he has a lot of inner demons to struggle with …

I really enjoyed Have Gun - Will Travel: The High Graders, especially the opening which had Paladin (Richard Boone) being measured for a new suit. It’s the dichotomy between this civilized, wealthy, society persona of San Francisco’s paladin and the gunfighter for hire who wears a black trail …

Have Gun - Will Travel: The Reasonable Man was a little weird to me, although I also like a few of the scenes. I get the sense that Richard Boone, who plays Paladin, could have done some excellent comedy if he wanted to. I’ve noticed from watching …

The 27th episode from the second season of Have Gun - Will Travel is called Incident at Borrasca Bend, and it’s a pretty offbeat one at that. I’d call it a bumbling comedy outing that has limited appeal. A bearded Paladin ends up in the wrong …

Have Gun - Will Travel: Ella West starts a little differently with Paladin (Richard Boone) arriving in Abilene, so we don’t get the normal San Francisco beginning. Variety is good, though, so it’s nice to get a shake up in the opening scene. That doesn’t necessarily mean …

Have Gun - Will Travel: Helen of Abajinian is the sixteenth episode of the first season of this western hit show. I really tried to get into it because it had a light humorous feel to the action, but it couldn’t quite hold my interest for all of …