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[Series premiere] Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the USS Enterprise--NCC-1701, no bloody A, B, C, or D, or NX for that matter--reunite (or meet for the first time, depending) after the events of season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery, and immediately deal with the fallout of a First Contact situation gone horribly wrong. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on May 5, 2022 - 95 comments

A young woman comes to Room 104 to babysit Ralph, who has locked "Ralphie" in the bathroom. Content warning below the fold. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Jul 31, 2017 - 3 comments

The first episode of a much-beloved but little-watched one-season-wonder. Hank Dolworth (Donal Logue), a recovered alcoholic ex-cop, teams with ex-criminal Britt Pollack (Michael Raymond James) in an off-the-books PI agency.
posted by Etrigan on Apr 12, 2016 - 24 comments

Created by Family Guy writer Mark Hentemann and executive-produced by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, the show follows two neighboring families, lead by Bud Buckwald, a border agent, and Ernesto Gonzalez, an immigrated Mexican landscaper. [more inside]
posted by numaner on Jan 19, 2016 - 7 comments

Ash is back, baby. Groovy. [more inside]
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich on Nov 1, 2015 - 23 comments

The two-hour opener of the 13-episode miniseries reintroduces us to Noah Bennet and introduces us to a bunch of new "Evos", as they call them now. A year ago (and four years after the end of the original series), a terrorist attack (blamed on Mohinder Suresh) destroyed a pro-Evo summit, killing Claire Bennet and leading to a crackdown on Evos. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Sep 26, 2015 - 18 comments

First episode! Stephen kicked the show off with the National Anthem sung by him at multiple locations around the country accompanied by locals (although a few seemed like tourists), which ended with a great cameo. Play ball, indeed. We were also introduced to his in-house band, Jon Batiste and Stay Human. After the opening monologue and settling into his new desk, Stephen showed the audience around the revamped Ed Sullivan Theater, some memorabilia, and then discussed an well known figure in the news. George Clooney was his first guest (ever), just dropping by to hang out with no real project to push. Jeb Bush became his first politician/presidential candidate guest and they discussed some policies and the election. The night ended with the band accompanied by multiple guests musicians, including Mavis Staples, as well as Stephen himself, playing "Everyday People" by Sly and the Family Stone. [more inside]
posted by numaner on Sep 9, 2015 - 38 comments

The only Joss Whedon-directed episode of the first season, the series premiere brings Angel (David Boreanaz) to Los Angeles, where he saves some girls from vampires and realizes that he's closer to turning bad than he'd like. Fortunately, Doyle (Glenn Quinn) is there as a representative of The Powers That Be to get Angel back on the right track. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Jul 30, 2015 - 7 comments