SciFi Rewind For October 26
October 27, 2008 by Cynthia
This week’s Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Tower is Tall but the Fall is Short, was all about moms and their kids. When Sarah and John visit a psychiatrist who may be part of the Skynet puzzle, John is glad for the chance to vent, but mommy’s disappointed to find her baby boy can’t talk to her anymore. Then, over at Massive Dynamics. . . I mean, LuthorCorp, Catherine Weaver’s daughter is complaining about how mommy just isn’t mommy anymore – well, that’s because she’s really a robot honey, and she killed your real mommy so she could take over her life and build an artificially intelligent computer that will eventually take over the world.
And how creepy was that Terminator girl in this episode? Looks to me like several of the metal monsters have decided to branch out and start a war of their own. This could get messy and fast. (Photo: ©2008 FOX Broadcasting Co. Cr: Justin Lubin/FOX)
On Tuesday, we learned about the danger of microwaves in a Fringe episode called “The Cure.” Now we all know that metal arcs in a microwave, and popcorn burns if you leave it in to long, and drying your underwear in the microwave is just nasty business. Now we know that if you turn a person into a human microwave you can use them as a walking weapon to make people’s heads explode. In order to find the evil doer behind this madness, Peter sells his soul to the devil, aka Nina from LuthorCorp. . . . I mean ZeiraCorp. Yeah, that’s going to come back to haunt him, big time.
And speaking of haunted, Olivia was pmsing her way through the entire episode — turns out she tried to kill her abusive step-dad when she was a kid but he lived and now he taunts her with that fact once a year on her birthday. Nice guy. And presumably groundwork for an upcoming ep. (Photos: ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Eric Leibowitz/FOX)
On Wednesday, it was Knight of the Hunter on Knight Rider with Mike going undercover as part of a right wing militia group.
He infiltrates the usual way, by getting himself caught, then valiantly resisting the torture so he earns the bad guy’s respect and trust. Once he’s part of the gang, he finds out that the boss’ girl pal is actually an MI-6 agent who got a little too carried away with her cover. They’re discovered. They escape. They crash KITT, make a run for it, jump in a river and then — oh yes, have to get naked and cuddle in order to keep warm. This is, of course, the moment where KITT’s imaging comes back online so Sarah gets an eyeful and on her birthday, too! Say what you want, I still love this show and I dearly want to sleep in one of Mike’s cozy Henley shirts. (Excuse me while I imagine that for a moment.)
Okay, I’m back. On Thursday, Dean contracted Yellow Fever on Supernatural. The ghost disease made him afraid of his own shadow and led to several incidents of screaming like a girl. I think Jensen is brilliant when it comes to comedy, but I really wish they had played this one straight. A truly frightened Dean, living through the nightmares of his past — now that would have been an angsta-palooza. And what was with Sam’s lackadaisical attitude? Dean? Yeah, he’s got two hours to live, but hey, I’ll think of something. What ever I didn’t like about the episode was made up for by 1 — the appearance of Lilith (spooky, spooky child) and 2 — the outtake at the end. Eye of the Tiger will never sound the same again.
After Supernatural, Hood and Rachel went all Agro on Eleventh Hour. Seems some illegal pesticides found their way on to local produce but that wasn’t the big twist. Nope. It was the fact that the people ate red food coloring along with the tainted food and red food coloring is made of crushed bugs, thus activating the paralyzing poison in the pesticide. (Say that three times fast.) And ew. No more red velvet cupcakes for me!
On Friday, the folks of Stargate Atlantis had to face The Inquisition, but don’t tell me anything because I haven’t watched it yet.
Finally, on Saturday, Cutter and his Primeval crew found out that Leek was the leak at ARC then he used a remote control creature from the future to attack Lester. Leek’s one smart little bastard and he tricks the team a few too many times for my liking in this episode. Which reminds me. What’s with smart men who get stupid when a woman smiles at them. Stephen can’t stop thinking with his lower brain since Helen returned to the scene of her crimes and it’s pissing me off as much as it’s pissing Cutter. I’m prepared for a wowzer of a season finale which will air this coming Saturday on BBC America. Don’t get the channel? No problem. Primeval is coming out on DVD in just a few weeks. (Photo: BBC America)
So that’s it. A busy week to make up for a lame one that’s coming. Sarah Connor and Fringe are both reruns. Knight Rider is preempted and Ghost Hunters Live will fill in for Stargate Atlantis on Saturday.
Do catch the Halloween episode of Supernatural on Thursday and the finale of Primeval on Saturday.
I thought Yellow Fever was a total dud. I don’t understand why episode six of every season is bad! 2×06 was No Exit, 3×06 was Red Sky at Morning . . . 4×06 . . . it’s a pattern. 666. Kripke totally needs to stop hiring comic book writers. They’re not nearly as funny as they think they are!
I loved Terminator, I loved Fringe (that totally made up for the carrier pigeons from the week before) and I LOVED SPN Yellow Fever. In terms of funny, it was second only to Bad Day at Black Rock for the whole series. Awesome.