What Was the Last Television Episode You Watched?

[hitmouse]

Oh good luck with that. One of THE great awful SF TV shows. Out there somewhere in Youtubeland there is a recording of Harlan Ellison ( who created the show) at his vituperative best explaining how this excrible turd ever made it to the screen.

I'm curently watching Ulysses 31, a Franco-Japanese kids' animated show from the 1980's which, has some very odd imagery, and some of the weirdest music. The stories are crap but there's a genuine oddness about the thing that I find engrossing.

My kids loved Ulysses 31. I agree, it is quite odd.

 

[paranoid marvin]

My kids loved Ulysses 31. I agree, it is quite odd.

They had some brilliant theme music for cartoons back then - Ulysses was definitely up there.

 

[Foxbat]

I recently acquired season one of Star Trek Picard on DVD. Had to go the region one route to get it (haven’t had to buy region one for many years).

I’m halfway through the episode run and I’m absolutely delighted at how good this series is. I almost cheered when Picard finally said ‘engage’.

I’m already fairly certain that I’ll be buying season two pretty soon.

 

[paranoid marvin]

I recently acquired season one of Star Trek Picard on DVD. Had to go the region one route to get it (haven’t had to buy region one for many years).

I’m halfway through the episode run and I’m absolutely delighted at how good this series is. I almost cheered when Picard finally said ‘engage’.

I’m already fairly certain that I’ll be buying season two pretty soon.

I went to the 3 day Star Trek convention in Birmingham just prior to the rollout of season one of Picard. Sir Patrick Stewart was in attendance, and was a speaking guest in a (paid for) hosted talk. Although I bought a three day 'Commander' package, I (naively) thought I could pay on the day to watch him on stage. The tickets for his talk sold out way before the convention started. What struck me the most was the insanely loud cheering that came from the (curtained off) stage where he was talking. The noise could be heard throughout the whole of the exhibition hall, and all of us in attendance at the convention who weren't on the other side of the curtain stood there wishing that we could join in. Undoubtedly the star of the show.

Not been for the last couple of years, but these are truly memorable events. One year I saw Sulu and Chekov together in a live talk which was pretty special, another with Captain Janeway, another with The Shat, with Deanna Troi (who was very funny) and surprisingly enjoyable Wesley Crusher, who was much more entertaining in real life than the character he portrayed in TNG.

The conventions are also really cool places to go. Not only do you get the chance to chat and get photos with the actors (I had a photo taken with Bill Shatner) and get to see some cool props, as well as the bridges of the Enterprise and a Bird of Prey, but the people there are really cool. From the actors, to the vendors to the other people in attendance. Lots of costumes, lots of cool geeky t-shirts and everyone so friendly and happy to be there.

 

[Parson]

I recently acquired season one of Star Trek Picard on DVD. Had to go the region one route to get it (haven’t had to buy region one for many years).

I’m halfway through the episode run and I’m absolutely delighted at how good this series is. I almost cheered when Picard finally said ‘engage’.

I’m already fairly certain that I’ll be buying season two pretty soon.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. For me it was a serious DNF.

 

[Foxbat]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. For me it was a serious DNF.

It certainly isn’t your common or garden Star Trek and I was a bit dubious before watching. What I like about it is the way it holds a mirror up to the idealism of TNG. We can look back through history and see many examples of good intentions warp (pun unintended) or become corrupted over time.

I thought I was all Trekked out and maybe that’s why I’m enjoying it so much - just because (in the Star Trek universe) it’s something a little different.

 

[Foxbat]

I went to the 3 day Star Trek convention in Birmingham just prior to the rollout of season one of Picard. Sir Patrick Stewart was in attendance, and was a speaking guest in a (paid for) hosted talk. Although I bought a three day 'Commander' package, I (naively) thought I could pay on the day to watch him on stage. The tickets for his talk sold out way before the convention started. What struck me the most was the insanely loud cheering that came from the (curtained off) stage where he was talking. The noise could be heard throughout the whole of the exhibition hall, and all of us in attendance at the convention who weren't on the other side of the curtain stood there wishing that we could join in. Undoubtedly the star of the show.

Not been for the last couple of years, but these are truly memorable events. One year I saw Sulu and Chekov together in a live talk which was pretty special, another with Captain Janeway, another with The Shat, with Deanna Troi (who was very funny) and surprisingly enjoyable Wesley Crusher, who was much more entertaining in real life than the character he portrayed in TNG.

The conventions are also really cool places to go. Not only do you get the chance to chat and get photos with the actors (I had a photo taken with Bill Shatner) and get to see some cool props, as well as the bridges of the Enterprise and a Bird of Prey, but the people there are really cool. From the actors, to the vendors to the other people in attendance. Lots of costumes, lots of cool geeky t-shirts and everyone so friendly and happy to be there.

About twenty years ago (maybe a little longer), I went to a Star Trek exhibition. I stood looking at all the exhibits (communicators, phasers, even a full size TNG transporter set). I was quite disappointed and it took me a little while to realise why. My initial disappointment then faded when I realised that what I was doing was learning. These objects from the various shows just didn’t work sitting in glass cases. The big lesson I took away from that visit was the importance of sound in bringing life to these inanimate props. Add the noise of a phaser being discharged or the activation of the transporter and then it all makes sense.

Marina Sirtis (Troi) made an appearance but, when I saw the size of the crowd, I didn’t bother trying to see her. I think it would have been very different if it had been Patrick Stewart.

 

[KGeo777]

THE INVADERS- The Betrayed-- David Vincent goes undercover at an oil refinery to get evidence on the aliens and has a romance with the tycoon's daughter but as usual, his reluctance to carry a gun or knife makes trouble for him. Normal Fell is an ex-NASA techie who helps him.

THE WILD WILD WEST - The Night of the Samurai A Japanese sword is stolen and the agents need to recover it. Along the way Artie goes into a saloon and gets chummy with the owner who I would have sworn was a man in drag. Apparently not but I was fooled.

PETROCELLI Five Yards of Trouble -- Tony gets shot as he tries to help Glenn (Zefram Cochrane) Corbett beat a murder rap. He recovers.

HUNTER Flight on a Dead Pigeon - An orphan girl with relatives in gambling gets involved in a plot to smuggle heroin by pigeon and a heap of trouble but she (and her pigeon) get through it ok.

 

[KGeo777]

McMillan & Wife - Two Dollars on Trouble to Win - A horse racing murder mystery that feels like it limps to the finish line although there's a scene where Rock Hudson is trapped in a garage with the exhaust tank of a car spewing out the fumes and he has to figure out how to break the window on a Rolls Royce--finally taking apart a shelf and using the wood to smash the window. One funny scene where John Astin as Sykes, the police forensics expert gets momentarily confused by two thermos containers--one is his lunch drink and the other is evidence in a poison case.
Premiered April 1st 1973.

 

[hitmouse]

Magpie Murders iPlayer interesting light whodunnit series concerning a publisher whose top author has been murdered just after he submitted his last murder mystery novel minus the final chapter. The story cleverly flicks between the publisher, who is looking for the missing chapter, and the story from the book itself, a 1950s country house murder, which seems to foreshadow what has happened in real life…

 

[CrazyKB]

I went to the 3 day Star Trek convention in Birmingham just prior to the rollout of season one of Picard. Sir Patrick Stewart was in attendance, and was a speaking guest in a (paid for) hosted talk. Although I bought a three day 'Commander' package, I (naively) thought I could pay on the day to watch him on stage. The tickets for his talk sold out way before the convention started. What struck me the most was the insanely loud cheering that came from the (curtained off) stage where he was talking. The noise could be heard throughout the whole of the exhibition hall, and all of us in attendance at the convention who weren't on the other side of the curtain stood there wishing that we could join in. Undoubtedly the star of the show.

Not been for the last couple of years, but these are truly memorable events. One year I saw Sulu and Chekov together in a live talk which was pretty special, another with Captain Janeway, another with The Shat, with Deanna Troi (who was very funny) and surprisingly enjoyable Wesley Crusher, who was much more entertaining in real life than the character he portrayed in TNG.

The conventions are also really cool places to go. Not only do you get the chance to chat and get photos with the actors (I had a photo taken with Bill Shatner) and get to see some cool props, as well as the bridges of the Enterprise and a Bird of Prey, but the people there are really cool. From the actors, to the vendors to the other people in attendance. Lots of costumes, lots of cool geeky t-shirts and everyone so friendly and happy to be there.

I went to a Star Trek Convention at Toronto's McLaughlin Planetarium in the late 90s, it was quite good, however there were no guest speakers the day I went. Since then, I've lost interest in Star Trek, however the last season of Picard I heard wasn't bad, perhaps I'll check it out.

 

[CrazyKB]

I just watched the last episode of Justified, it was a great series with a fantastic ending. If none of you have seen it, I suggest you give it a try. I'm on the last few episodes of The Man in the High Castle, however I heard the show was cancelled, I hope they don't 'drop the ball' in the last few episodes.

 

[KGeo777]

IRONSIDE- Split Second to an Epitaph -- Two-parter in which Ironside may get a chance to walk again if he survives a surgery and can avoid being killed by the perpetrator of a robbery murder which he witnessed. The police sketch of the killer (Don Stroud) keeps changing--three different versions of the sketch gets used through out the episode. Burr gets a few good dramatic monologues and to argue with a younger version of himself in a dream sequence about a dead guinea pig which could be the clue to preventing his own murder. Also, his valet Mark Sanger really gets to prove his loyalty to the boss when he needs to do mouth to mouth resuscitation on Ironside. NO fakery--we see a big closeup of it.

HARRY O - Ballinger's Choice-- Harry helps the wife of an old friend who went missing after he survived a car crash which killed a woman. Harry interviews her 16-year-old daughter--asking if the missing husband was having an affair with the mother. No, says the daughter, he was having an affair--with her. Of course, David Janssen has his usual stone-faced reaction while the case gets complicated by another murder. Ends with a boat chase through the San Diego naval yard. At one point, as Janssen is driving (a borrowed vehicle that looks like a reject of Columbo's car) into a auto shop, we see someone waving to the camera.

 

[Foxbat]

Black Lake season two.
A murder mystery wrapped in a ghost story.
It’s not the best Nordic Noir I’ve watched but that doesn’t mean it’s particularly bad. It was interesting and entertaining enough but did feel a little ‘by the numbers’ in places. I’d give it three out of five.

 

[KGeo777]

MANNIX S 4 Cry Silence-- Anthony Zerbe is an ex-priest who thinks someone is trying to kill him so he goes to Mannix for answers. He reveals that he took the confession of a man who said he had murdered someone--and Zerbe wants Mannix to get word to the man that his vow of silence remains even though he is no longer a priest--thus he doesn't need to try to kill him. Never mind that he already broke the vow by telling Mannix. Mannix suspects the manager of a clinic for blind veterans is the killer--but it turns out that the actual killer is Geoffrey Lewis--a professional hitman hired by the manager to kill a girlfriend so as to prevent marital breakup. This is a strange plot. And at one point someone calls Mannix "Jim." Jim? I don't think this would have happened if he had stayed with Wickersham and Intertect.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Picard

I watched the first episode some time ago, then got distracted by other stuff. Now that I know the series will have a 'proper' ending (and that it hasn't been cancelled like so many other shows these days) I'm going to watch it through.

Having seen the first two episodes, I'm really impressed. It does everything right, and it's as good as I could ever have hoped for - and more besides. Sir Patrick Stewart has still got 'it', that thing that made TNG so watchable. And even though he's noticeably older, this plays into his character and the story. I'm hoping that the show doesn't go all Data-centric (something that spoilt the original series and the movies for me) and I'll be extremely happy if there is not even a mention of the holodeck (again, something that became far to prevalent in TNG), but so far so very, very good.

 

[hitmouse]

Why Did’t They Ask Evans? ITV1. First episode. Agatha Christie which does not feel like an Agatha Christie, and not one I have ever heard of. Directed by Hugh Laurie, with Jim Broadbent and Emma Thompson, amongst others. Really enjoyable mystery. The plot thickens during episode one, but nothing is revealed. Looking forward to the rest.

Incidentally, the outside scenes, ostensibly located in Denbighshire (N Wales) seem to be shot in Surrey, and around 3 Cliffs Bay, on the Gower Penninsula, about 5 miles from my house.

 

[Steve Harrison]

Just finished binging Daisy Jones and The Six. What a terrific series!

 

[hitmouse]

Colin From Accounts Australian comedy series about a man who is distracted by a woman crossing the road, and who consequently runs over a stray dog. The story is based around the developing relationship between these three. Terrific characters. Brilliant script. Hands down the funniest thing I have seen in years. Laughter to the point of physical pain during episode 3. Highly recommended.
iPlayer in the UK.

 

[Parson]

Colin From Accounts Australian comedy series about a man who is distracted by a woman crossing the road, and who consequently runs over a stray dog. The story is based around the developing relationship between these three. Terrific characters. Brilliant script. Hands down the funniest thing I have seen in years. Laughter to the point of physical pain during episode 3. Highly recommended.
iPlayer in the UK.

Sounds great. I hope it doesn't have a laugh track. Two of the recent comedies I've sampled have laugh tracks and I find it very off putting.

(Night Court (new version) and Lopez vs. Lopez)