Category Archives: Television

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: When She Was Bad

Posted on June 11, 2022 by Roger Pocock

When Buffy says, “hey guys, miss me?” at the start of this episode, she might as well be addressing the viewers. We did miss her, but we don’t actually get her back, at least not until the end of the … Continue reading →

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The Twilight Zone: Execution

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale; the tale of a fateful trip, that started on this tawny horse ‘longside this hangman’s noose…  (Well, nothing’s perfect…) When The Professor (Russell Johnson) from Gilligan’s Island plays with a time … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four

Posted on June 9, 2022 by DrAcrossthePond

I loved reading the Sherlock Holmes stories and I push them like a dealer on a street corner, trying to get members of my family to read them like I get a commission from Conan Doyle’s estate!  But one thing … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: The Cloud Minders

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Roger Pocock

This is one of those episodes that never seems to turn up in reruns.  It’s like that forgotten gem that even the networks overlook.  But make no mistake, like so many episodes of season three, this one is important.  I … Continue reading →

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Space: 1999 – The Last Sunset

Posted on June 7, 2022 by DrAcrossthePond

When the Alphans find a new and “well endowed” planet, Koenig launches an exploratory mission,  when a missile is shot at their Eagle.  Unable to avoid it, Carter readies for an explosion that never comes.  The crew land and take … Continue reading →

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Otorimonogatari

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Roger Pocock

After a little detour to watch Hanamonogatari, we are back with Monogatari: Second Season for a four-episode arc titled Otorimonogatari. The title loosely translates as “Decoy Story”, although as is often the case there are subtleties in the use of … Continue reading →

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Columbo: Forgotten Lady

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Grace Wheeler used to be a star, but that was a long time ago, and now she is deluded and trying to recapture the magic of her youth. If you’ve ever seen the classic Twilight Zone episode The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine, … Continue reading →

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Prophecy Girl

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Near the start of this finale episode we get some actual vampire slaying and it feels like a rare treat, because the first season has strayed far from who Buffy is and what she does. You can kind of see … Continue reading →

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The Twilight Zone: People Are Alike All Over

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Roger Pocock

I’ll dive right in here to say I’ve always liked Roddy McDowell.  It was because of his portrayal of Cornelius in Planet of the Apes that made me like him so much.  I’d seen that ages before I knew about … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes: The Six Napoleons

Posted on June 2, 2022 by DrAcrossthePond

I mentioned to a friend that I’d just watched The Six Napoleons.  He remembered it well but asked me if Italians are really that animated.  You see, this episode opens with an Italian man raging about something.  We’re not given … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: The Way to Eden

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Good God if there is one Trek episode I can’t stand it’s The Way to Eden.  I’ve no doubt that has to do with the time of my birth.  I came into existence in 72, by which time the hippie … Continue reading →

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Space: 1999 – Missing Link

Posted on May 31, 2022 by DrAcrossthePond

I can’t say this fixed the last two episodes, but it was better.  Equally, I can’t say if it was better because the story was better or because it accidentally looks at the potential of NDEs (or Near Death Experiences) … Continue reading →

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Hanamonogatari

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Regular visitors to the Junkyard will remember that I have been watching the second season of Monogatari, and have so far written about Nekomonogatari (White) and Kabukimonogatari, which leaves three arcs still to watch. I have paused from that season … Continue reading →

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Out of Mind, Out of Sight

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Roger Pocock

This week on Buffy the Anything-but-vampires Slayer we have another well-worn horror idea: the invisible… girl. Swapping genders from the usual way this story is done is a good starting point. Xander actually says what the usual plot would be … Continue reading →

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The Twilight Zone: Long Live Walter Jameson

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Roger Pocock

I’m thinking Long Live Walter Jameson was intended as a dramatic story, but I’ve got to tell you, I found it intensely funny.  Let’s go over the plot: Walter Jameson is a really old dude who happens to look like … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes: The Man with the Twisted Lip

Posted on May 26, 2022 by DrAcrossthePond

I have enjoyed many of Conan Doyle’s stories and often for different reasons.  The Musgrave Ritual is a fun treasure hunt, while The Blue Carbuncle is a nice Christmas tale.  Hound of the Baskervilles is a wonderfully eerie piece and … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: Requiem for Methuselah

Posted on May 25, 2022 by Roger Pocock

“We put on a pretty poor show, didn’t we?”  You said it, Jim!  Requiem for Methuselah is another of those “significant” stories that really looks at the human condition and I am not sure if it’s a great analysis, or … Continue reading →

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Space: 1999 – Ring Around the Moon

Posted on May 24, 2022 by DrAcrossthePond

I’ve been far happier with this series than I’d expected but the last episode was tedious.  I was excited to find Ring Around the Moon had a strong opener with a strange brain-eye planet looking at the Alphans.  It spoke … Continue reading →

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Kabukimonogatari

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Roger Pocock

The second season of Monogatari continues with Kabukimonogatari, a four-episode arc. If Nekomonogatari (White), which proceeded it, felt like there was not enough story to stretch to five episodes, this is quite the opposite. A complex butterfly effect plot is … Continue reading →

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Nightmares

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Roger Pocock

The idea for Nightmares is very simple: bad dreams are becoming real. When that starts happening to everyone, the world eventually descends into chaos. We start with one of the obvious ones, with spiders going for a stroll across random-student-of-the-week … Continue reading →

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