DALLAS – Season 2, Episode 1: “Reunion, Part 1”
After the success of the mini-series, the next season of Dallas was quick to air. With most of the important parts of the Ewing mythology established, it’s no surprise that the season premiere brought in the only Ewing we hadn’t seen yet … Gary! This, of course, is Gary #1, who gets quickly replaced by […]
Logan’s Run – Season 1, Episode 5: “Man Out of Time”
Season 1, Episode 5 – “Man Out of Time” Pew! Pew! Pew! Time to leave the socio-political madness of today behind and fast forward to the … well, the same socio-political madness, just cleverly hidden by silver lamé jumpsuits. Let’s join Logan on his next Run! As promised last week, we find Sanctuary this week. […]
DALLAS – Season 1, Episode 5: “Barbecue”
After the distasteful events of last week’s episode, this starts out much better, with Bobby jogging in some short 70s gym shorts that wouldn’t be out of place in an International Male catalog. Then it goes south quickly. The caterers are setting up and there is a horrible display of tokenism, as Tilly tells “Mistuh’ […]
Logan’s Run – Season 1, Episode 4: “The Innocent”
Another force field, more Sandmen than ever before and mixed messages for an omnipotent psychically-powered girl? Sounds like it’s time to crank up the pew-pew music and head out on the next leg of Logan’s Run! This retread of the original series Star Trek’s Charlie X is … probably part of the reason this show […]
DALLAS – Season 1, Episode 4: “The Winds of Vengeance”
WARNING: This is one of my least favorite episodes. I read the novelized version of Season One, and the creepy humiliation of Sue Ellen still terrifies me. Even by 1970s standards this is exploitive and gross and I considered not recapping it, but Ray’s coat alone warranted some TV archaeology. J.R. and Ray are in […]
Logan’s Run – Season 1, Episode 3: “Captured”
PEW PEW PEW! It’s time for more Logan’s Run! This week, we dive right into the action. After we have a false biology lesson from REM. Logan asks what type of insect (that the audience NEVER sees) is and REM calls it a grasshopper. Now, I get that on prime time 70s TV, they didn’t […]
DALLAS Season 1, Episode 3: “Spy In The House”
After the disco glory and school learnin’ that was last week’s episode, this week we get back to some grown-up wheelin’ and dealin’ … and we find out what’s in at least ONE of the Red Files!
Logan’s Run — Season 1, Episode 2: “The Collectors”
From the preview, it looks like Logan and Jess’s search is a quick one … they run down a hill and exclaim happily they have found Sanctuary. Huzzah! Or have they? Dance happily along with Logan’s Run’s happy pewpewpew theme music as we head back to the post-apocalyptic wastelands of Southern California where they filmed […]
DALLAS – Season 1, Episode 2 – “Lessons”
There’s a lot of lessons to be unpacked here. It’s a snowy day at Southfork and Lucy rides a horse out to the mailbox to steal and then burn a letter from school about her truancy. If this was really how schools addressed truancy in Texas in the 70s, I see what they’ve had so […]