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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Harsh Light of Day
The writers on this show have a great way of juxtaposing similar events but with different people. Often that’s the world of Buffy and her friends in contrast with their enemies, and we do get that here, but there’s a … Continue reading
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The Twilight Zone: The Shelter
It sounds a bit like a riddle: how do you destroy a society without laying a finger on it? I don’t know; you probably get the idea. But Rod Serling answers that with The Shelter. The problem is that, like … Continue reading
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Love, Death and Robots: Lucky 13
Superstition raises its illogical head when junior officer Colby is given a new ship: Lucky 13. With a serial number that has 13 in it twice, and whose digits add up to 13, it’s easy to see why this may be … Continue reading
Buck Rogers: A Blast for Buck
Synchronicity is a weird thing. My sister happened to get my post about the end of the year, which opened with me asking where time goes, only to immediately get another email opening with the exact same question. The day … Continue reading
Angel: Lonely Heart
I have to say I really enjoyed the first episode of Angel, so I was deeply let down by the second story, Lonely Heart. It does get better about half way in, but it spends the first 15 minutes milling … Continue reading
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Mrs Columbo: Off the Record
If we were unsure of Kate’s marital status, she makes it clear in this episode. She is Kate Columbo no more: “I went to court and got my maiden name back.” Oddly, Mike expresses surprise at hearing Kate introduce herself … Continue reading
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Living Conditions
The problem with Living Conditions is that it’s half a story. That story is The Boy Who Cried Wolf. It’s a widely misunderstood fable because the boy isn’t the one who suffers the consequences of his lies, with the exception … Continue reading
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The Twilight Zone: The Arrival
The Arrival opens up with a teaser that we are about to see the tail end of a long mystery around strange airline flight. Yes, this is another Twilight Zone episode that focuses on an airplane! However, this opening serves … Continue reading
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Love, Death and Robots: Fish Night
This has to be the strangest of the tales so far this season. One of the things I really love about this series is that it’s got a vast range. We’ve seen comedy, drama, plenty of sci-fi and no shortage … Continue reading
The Avengers: The Cybernauts
I’m virtually a newcomer to this series, nearly 60 years after it was made, but I do have a vague memory of watching one or two episodes as a child. Just about the only thing that sticks in the mind … Continue reading
Buck Rogers: Happy Birthday, Buck
It’s a bit depressing coming off Space Vampire to get such a mundane story. In reality, none of these episodes have tread new ground, but they are all varying degrees of fun with old plot lines. However, this episode is just a … Continue reading
Angel: City Of
I can’t believe it! I was so happy when Doctor Who came back to our screens in 2005. It seems I wasn’t alone either; the show grew in popularity in ways we classic fans could never have expected. Then 2006 … Continue reading
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Mrs Columbo: It Goes with the Territory
What goes with the territory? For Kate, it’s danger, and that’s an element that differs very much from the parent show. Once again Jenny is imperilled as well, so having a daughter also adds to that element of risk. You … Continue reading
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Freshman
There are moments in our lives where everything seems to change at once. At the end of the third season of Buffy we saw one of those: the end of school. At the beginning of the fourth season we get … Continue reading
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The Twilight Zone: Two
Season 3 of the Twilight Zone opens with an episode that is hard to put my finger on. Watching it reminded me of many similar movies I’d seen in my youth. I remember The World, The Flesh and The Devil … Continue reading
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Love, Death and Robots: Helping Hand
I’ve got to hand it to them: this has got to be, hands-down, the most agonizing 8 minutes of television I’ve ever seen. Ok that had to be said, but seriously, if humans need a reminder of just how dangerous … Continue reading
The Avengers: The Gravediggers
We have seen creepy undertakers before. We have also seen people emerging from coffins and turning out to be alive when they were supposed to be dead, so at first it seems like the second episode of the third season … Continue reading
Buck Rogers: Space Vampire
I didn’t know when to expect this in the season (I’ve been going through these without looking ahead), but I knew it was coming at some point and was so happy to revisit this one. I never forgot it, although … Continue reading
Mrs Columbo: Ladies of the Afternoon
What’s this? Mrs Columbo isn’t Mrs Columbo any more? There have been some odd ideas floated around as to why this happened, and in the absence of a detailed interview with somebody connected with this show we can only really … Continue reading
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The View from the Junkyard 