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Exactly!

I might be barking up the wrong tree here but I definitely think there something a little bit odd going on in Twin Peaks

Gye Baek - A Warrior's Fate (2011) on KOCOWA+ streaming

Episodes 35 and 36

As it is based on history, I knew the outcome, 5,000 Baekje soldiers against 50,000 soldiers from Silla. Because it is history, there is no surprise that the hero dies. The story is an Epic tale that takes place over the lifetime of the hero. It has the weasels of politics, the hubris of power, the idealism and failings of great men and women, not necessarily determined by their social status. It is NOT a Hollywood film where the underdog fights, and against all odds, defeats their opponents. The hero, Gye Baek, dies. His family dies. His country is defeated. They lose, but the integrity of General Gyebaek inspires. He is a very admirable, likable character.

There were gripes about the edges of the wigs, but the aging makeup was very good. It was subtle.

I'm still uncertain if it is Gye Baek or Gyebaek.

Second time The Stupid Cupid aired on Live TV

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At one point Nokotan pulls out a laptop and shows a new character what happened in episode 3.

Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer (2024) on Hulu

A three part documentary about Dr. Ann Burgess.

Episode 1 - Her background, how she got involved with the FBI, and pursuing 'Ski Mask Rapist' in Louisiana.
As of July 25, 2024, she is still living. Her family is interviewed.

Before Ann Burgess, it seems rapists were not taken with the same seriousness as it is today, or when Law & Order: Special Victim Unit. The Behavior Science Unit (BSU) was still relatively new.

Episode 2 - She consults for the serial killer in Nebraska that led to the capture of John Joubert. He was 21 when he was arrested. He killed children who where 11 to 13 years of age.
The case for the capture of Brian Bugan is covered. I starts with the abduction, rape, and murder of seven year old Melissa Ackerman. She was not the only victim. It started years earlier. His oldest victim was a twenty-eight year old nurse, Donna Schnorr.

Episode 3 - She retires from the BSU. She is asked to work with the Menéndez brother defense. Their father sexually abused the boys. Their mother did not protect them. Parents of the year? The FBI, media (even Oprah), and public were not happy with her testimony for abuse.
The second half of this episode is Bill Cosby. This was not the one the put him in prison. It was a 2006 case prior where Andrea Constand was award 3.4 million in a settlement.

The series is well done.

Trivia - Dakota and Elle Fanning are among the producers.

The first half of the 2022 version of "Catch 22."

The Twilight Zone (1959) on DVD

Season 1
Episode 1 - Where is Everybody - with Earl Holliman, James Gregory
Episode 2 - One for the Angels - with Ed Wynn - one of my favorite episodes (it's all Ed Wynn)
Episode 3 - Mr. Denton on Doomsday - with Martin Landau, Troy Doug McClure
Episode 4 - The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine
Episode 5 - Walking Distance - with Gig Young, Ron Howard, Frank Overton (Sheriff Tate from To Kill a Mockingbird)
Episode 6 - Escape Clause
Episode 7 - The Lonely - with Jack Warden, Jean Marsh (as an android), John Dehner, and Ted Knight (aka Ted Baxter)
Episode 8 - Time Enough at Last - classic with Burgess Meredith - written by Rod Serling and Lynn Venable
Episode 9 - Perchance to Dream - written by Charles Beaumont and Rod Serling
Episode 10 - Judgment Night
Episode 11 - And When the Sky Was Opened - with Rod Taylor, Jim Hutton, Sue Randall (Bever Cleaver's Miss Landers) - written by Rod Serling and Richard Matheson
Episode 12 - What You Need - written by Rod Serling, Henry Kuttner, C.L.Moore - I liked this one.

The Twilight Zone (1960) on DVD

Season 1
Episode 13 - The Four of Us Are Dying - A man can change the appearance of his face. Very inventive production and camera work.
Episode 14 - Third from the Sun - A group of people try to escape the planet before it destroys itself.
Episode 15 - I Shot an Arrow into the Air - A classic. I've seen this many times on television
Episode 16 - The Hitch-Hiker - With Inger Stevens. Reminds me of Carnival of Souls, which was released a few years later.
Episode 17 - The Fever - Well, she just had to go to Vegas, so it’s all her fault she became a widow.
Episode 18 - The Last Flight - written by Richard Matheson and Rod Serling
Episode 19 - The Purple Testament - Dick York is in this episode.
Episode 20 - Elegy - Yes, the people do occasionally blink or sway while standing, but it is so much more enjoyable if one can ignore that. Cecil Kellaway plays my absolute favorite android serial killer
Episode 21 - Mirror Image
Episode 22 - The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street - “This world is full of Maple Streets.”

One thing I really enjoy about most of these episodes is the black and white photography is masterful.

Last Night Tonight With John Oliver.

House Of The Dragon.

Last night we finally finished watching our way through Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season 2.
Last night we finished watching our way through S"Rarely going where no one has gone before."



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This series exists in the same universe as the various other Star Trek series and movies and frequently references them...but you do not have to have any knowledge about the Star Trek universe to enjoy this show, the cross-references are fun but not essential material.

This show is excellent science fiction comedy!

The Twilight Zone (1960) on DVD

Finished season one.

Episode 23 - A World of Difference - I just liked this episode. A man is thrust into the REAL world, where he is told he is an actor playing a character.
Episode 24 - Long Live Walter Jameson - It is discovered by an elderly professor that his future son-in-law was in the civil war, and is actually thousands of years old. To make it more interesting for me, the elderly man’s daughter looks like Keegan Connor Tracy, but this episode was eleven years before she was born. The credits read Dodie Heath. In 2020, Keegan Connor Tracy appeared in The Twilight Zone.
Episode 25 - People Are Alike All Over - With expressive eye and eyebrow actor Roddy McDowall, and clutch my heart beauty Susan Oliver. This time, Roddy is placed in the zoo. The premise is people are alike, regardless of the planet. No apes are involved. Susan Oliver… sigh…
Episode 26 - Execution - Russell Johnson plays a scientist that brings forward a cold hearted killer from the West who is about to be hung.
Episode 27 - The Big Tall Wish - another of my favorites. About childhood, wishes, and magic.
Episode 28 - A Nice Place to Visit - Sebastian Cabot is excellent in this, especially at the end.
Episode 29 - Nightmare as a Child - When an imagined child reminds a woman of a past traumatic event.
Episode 30 - A Stop at Willoughby - A man pushed by his job to meet declines and work non-stop, dreams of time when life ticked by more slowly. He dreams of a town called Willoughby. It has one of the best reveals at the end. I couldn’t help wonder if the episode expressed some of the pressure Mr. Serling felt writing the show’s episodes?
Episode 31 - The Chaser - Funny what happens when one person unconditionally, obsessively loves someone else.
Episode 32 - A Passage for Trumpet - With Jack Klugman
Episode 33 - Mr.Bevis - With Orson Bean. Sometimes, The Twilight Zone was just simply delightful.
Episode 34 - The After Hours - Anne Francis – Another classic. Shows and films after this would revisit the theme of living mannequins.
Episode 35 - The Mighty Casey - An android baseball pitcher.
Episode 36 - A World of His Own - Keenan Wynn, son of Ed Wynn – He merely records a description of something in his Dictaphone and it becomes real. I love the ending.

Final season of the original TMNT cartoon finished.

Enid Blyton Adventure Series Episodes 1-3

I really dig the format of adapting each book into three episodes. All eight books were adapted into a total of twenty four episodes, made at the same time. I wish they did things like this still. These days so many series start to get adapted and don't even make it past the first book.

Island of Adventure is a fairly simple story of kids solving mysteries and saving the day. J.K. Rowling has mentioned Enid Blyton and I thought of Harry Potter almost immediately. You have kids on a train, one saying, "Brilliant", and a boy brings around his bird (cockatoo).