HAWKINS 1974 - Pilot for the movie series starring James Stewart and Strother Martin as cousins who partake of murder cases around the country. This was an inspiration for Matlock. The intro movie is pretty good-the court room season is rather a tearjerker. The show didn't last long but was touted for Stewart returning to MGM to do this series.
What Was the Last Television Episode You Watched?
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Part 2 & 3 of Lincoln's Dilemma on Paramount Plus. ---- Really, really excellent. This show (parts 1-3 of 4) has been telling the story of emancipation and Abraham Lincoln and it has looked at it largely through African American eyes. Seems like a necessary corrective for how the story of "The Great Emancipator" is often told. I wish this had been available when I was teaching American History.
pogopossum
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Watched episodes 6-8 of Around The World In 80 Days.
Not only does each episode have a little story in itself but each tells a little about the contining tale of the developing characters.
Apologies, but Phileas Fogg is never a hero. In physical confrontations he is not a coward. Little more to say on his behalf. Passpartout? For all ofhis failings he is a hero.
Race is a continuing theme ,particularly in episode 7. As with the rest of the plot and the large bulk of the action, not Verne.
They took some thoughts and wrote their own story.
As said previously this has little to do with the book. The ending at the ReformClub culminates similarly, but does not duplicate the original.
The last episodes are as said in reviews, their own staging and tales. Highly recommended.
Great acting and locations. David Tennant is exceptional, even as less that a hero.
Not only does each episode have a little story in itself but each tells a little about the contining tale of the developing characters.
Apologies, but Phileas Fogg is never a hero. In physical confrontations he is not a coward. Little more to say on his behalf. Passpartout? For all ofhis failings he is a hero.
Race is a continuing theme ,particularly in episode 7. As with the rest of the plot and the large bulk of the action, not Verne.
They took some thoughts and wrote their own story.
As said previously this has little to do with the book. The ending at the ReformClub culminates similarly, but does not duplicate the original.
The last episodes are as said in reviews, their own staging and tales. Highly recommended.
Great acting and locations. David Tennant is exceptional, even as less that a hero.
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I finished watching Vox Machina on Amazon Prime. For me, it works best as a comedy, as the drama is a bit OTT at times, but it is genuinely very funny at points. There is however one really good dramatic moment, when:
Overall, very well-executed and entertaining.
The names of Percy's friends appear as engravings on his gun, showing that they'll be his next targets.
Overall, very well-executed and entertaining.
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Lost series 5 episode 6
SALVAGE 1 - 1979 It does hold up very well as tv pilot. I thought a bigfoot or alien was in the pilot. Unless i have it confused with the Bionic Man or a later episode.
Reminds me, I should check out the Hulk episode that has the swamp hulk adversary. I remember that one was pretty good.
Reminds me, I should check out the Hulk episode that has the swamp hulk adversary. I remember that one was pretty good.
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A couple of episodes of Richard Diamond, Private Investigator (known as Call Mr. D in syndication) from 1959-1960. A pre-Fugitive David Janssen stars in the title role. These are lousy, cheap DVD's obviously recorded off television -- the station logo can be seen in the corner of the screen. Pretty typical TV private eye stuff. Some oddities include an episode concerning UFO cultists, and the brief appearance of Mort Sahl as himself.
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Stargate SG-1, 2 part pilot. Never actually seen the series before.
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That show never really did it for me for some reason until they added Aeryn and Crichton and spun-off Stargate Atlantis which, equally mysteriously, I did like. But maybe I just never gave the Macgyver episodes enough of a chance.
Last for me was Adam-12 s1e14 "Log 81." I love this show - in this episode, we rescue a babysitter from a prowler who turns out to be a racoon and we also get into a shootout with an armed gang of thieves in which Malloy demonstrates "officer presence." No job too big; no job too small!
Kojak season 1 episode 3 One For the Morgue - The pattern endures. In this one all the bad guys have full hair. There are a couple of minor cops with full hair but they are onlyt seen briefly and call Kojak "boss." His co-stars are either bald with ugly styling or receding hair. The moral of the story still is, if you want to be cool you have to be totally bald. You will never reach full cool potential with any hair on your head.
Petrocelli season 1 episode 3 --He defends a woman who murdered her husband, The plan is the insanity defense but can he drive her insane when the jury is watching? A tape recording of Grieg music and a man in a tuxedo is needed.
Petrocelli season 1 episode 3 --He defends a woman who murdered her husband, The plan is the insanity defense but can he drive her insane when the jury is watching? A tape recording of Grieg music and a man in a tuxedo is needed.
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I enjoyed it. Agree, a bit off the wall.
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A single episode of the old and obscure syndicated series The O. Henry Playhouse, from 1956. As you'd assume, it's an anthology of half-hour adaptations of the works of that author. As you might not assume, none of the episodes were based on his very famous stories, such as "The Gift of the Magi," "The Cop and the Anthem," "The Last Leaf," "The Ransom of Red Chief," and so on. Anyway, this was was a Western called "The Reformation of Calliope."
An actor playing O. Henry himself serves as a sort of host in each episode. The famous O. Henry "twist" is that the semi-bad guy (with the unlikely first name of Calliope) takes the badge from the sheriff, after he knocks him out cold by grazing his head with a bullet, and pins it on himself so that his elderly mother, whom he hasn't seen in many years, will think he's a lawman instead of a crook. It was OK. The episode is in very good shape for a TV show that old.
An actor playing O. Henry himself serves as a sort of host in each episode. The famous O. Henry "twist" is that the semi-bad guy (with the unlikely first name of Calliope) takes the badge from the sheriff, after he knocks him out cold by grazing his head with a bullet, and pins it on himself so that his elderly mother, whom he hasn't seen in many years, will think he's a lawman instead of a crook. It was OK. The episode is in very good shape for a TV show that old.
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Macgyver episodes?
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Richard Dean Anderson played MacGyver before Colonel O'Neill.
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I regularly re-watch episodes of The West Wing, both for my own enjoyment and to mentally 're-set' my dialogue-writing engine. It's like listening to classical music to relax.
On streaming services I most recently watched the Peacemaker finale, of course. Fun show. One that is largely under the radar that I'd put writers onto is Sex Lives of College Girls—again, for the stellar dialogue.
On cable, I most recently watched the Law & Order lineup ("SVU" is the only one that consistently mantains a high quality) and the latest New Amsterdam, which continues to be watchable but not as good as The Resident.
On streaming services I most recently watched the Peacemaker finale, of course. Fun show. One that is largely under the radar that I'd put writers onto is Sex Lives of College Girls—again, for the stellar dialogue.
On cable, I most recently watched the Law & Order lineup ("SVU" is the only one that consistently mantains a high quality) and the latest New Amsterdam, which continues to be watchable but not as good as The Resident.
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