Mr. Robot: 402 Payment Required

“Something inside you is telling you to stop looking the other way. That can start here.”

This show is wasting no time in emphasizing that sense of finality. Which is not to say it hasn't got any more surprises up its sleeve, oh no.

Supernatural: Raising Hell

"A town full of ghosts. Messy even by Winchester standards."

I so enjoyed this one, more than the premiere. Maybe it was the delightful returning guest stars. All five of them.

Star Trek Short Treks: The Trouble with Edward

"Pretty darn cute."
"Yeah. But if you take all the fur off, underneath, it's all meat. Like a scallop. Blood red."

By nature I love brevity: A solid meh. This episode is funny in many places, but not laugh-out-loud funny, and it thinks it's much funnier than it actually is at many junctures. I hate to judge it by its humor, but that's pretty much all there is to judge it by.

The Good Place: Chillaxing

“Get your shirt together, cause we’ve got a lot of work to do.”

“Chillaxing” sees Eleanor all too willingly torture her ex-boyfriend. Also, Michael invents a new word.

Supergirl: Stranger Beside Me

Lena Luthor: Non nocere.

Lena’s planning something, but most of the episode is spent fighting J’onn’s brother.

Doom Patrol: Pilot

Mr. Nobody: "Critics. What do they know? They’re gonna hate this show."

Doom Patrol was the show that finally broke my resolve and made me sign up for the DC Universe streaming service.

It was worth it.

Mr. Robot: 401 Unauthorized

“Goodbye, friend.”

Endings can be sad, but I’d be lying if I claimed to not be intrigued to see where this crazy story is going to go.

Star Trek The Next Generation: All Good Things...

... must come to an end.

It's been awhile since I saw this episode and I'd forgotten how good it was.

Supernatural: Back and to the Future

"So you and me versus every soul in Hell? I like those odds."

Maybe it's final season malaise, but I wasn't sure how I felt about this one.

Farscape: Bad Timing

"You and your timing."

In the immortal words of Darth Vader, "Noooooooooo!!!!"

Supergirl: Event Horizon

Supergirl: “Pants!”

Lena knows. Lena’s pissed. It’s a bad idea to piss off a Luthor.

Batwoman: Pilot

Kate: “Bruce Wayne is Batman?”
Luke: “Yeah, I’m dead.”

CW pilots are a bit notorious for being kinda crappy. They usually have to backtrack from their introduction to give us their origin. There has to be a lot of characters, plot and world building and the tone of the series established in forty minutes of screen time. That isn’t a recipe for quality.

Joker

"I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize it's a comedy."

I can probably count on one hand the number of films that are so hard to watch that you cannot fathom a reason to watch them again. Except they are so good that eventually you need to remember why, so you put yourself through the experience again. This is one of those films.

Star Trek Short Treks: Q&A

"Fascinating."

By nature I love brevity: A fun little piece with some good, solid character bits. Just makes me want to see a series with Mount, Peck, and Romijn more.

Star Trek The Next Generation: Preemptive Strike

Ro: "It's been a long time since I've felt like I really belonged somewhere."

By nature I love brevity: TNG tackles a situation and a story built for DS9, and actually does about as well as one could expect. Still, this show is not the place for what they wanted to do.

The Good Place: A Girl from Arizona, Part 2

“The only one who could save humanity is a girl from Arizona.”

That was much better. This episode reminded me just how much I’m going to miss this show. Why does it have to end again?

Farscape: We're So Screwed, Part 3: La Bomba

"Are we cursed, could we be cursed?"

Round and round and round she goes. Plots within plots, betrayals within betrayals. The rapidly changing allegiances and promises made and broken in this episode are staggering.

Roswell, New Mexico: Songs About Texas

“You said this symbol might be a beacon. Let’s heed the call.”

Six weeks have passed and we find that some things in Roswell have changed.  Max has all but moved to the cave housing Isobel’s pod.  Liz and Michael have bonded over their love of science and their desire to find Isobel’s cure.  Maria’s mother has taken a turn for the worse.  Noah is threatening the sheriff with negative publicity if she doesn’t look into Isobel’s disappearance.  And Cam goes from defense to offense. What does it all mean? 

Road Trip!

Farscape: We’re So Screwed, Part 2: Hot to Katratzi

“Isn’t it fun?”

Quite a bit in fact. Turns out John with a bomb is a hoot and a half.

Star Trek The Next Generation: Emergence

“Unlikely as it may sound, I believe the Enterprise may be forming an intelligence.”

Unlikely, indeed.