Killing Eve – “Just Dunk Me”

Killing Eve – “Just Dunk Me”

by Mark Murton Original Air Date: February 27, 2022 Directed by: Stella Corradi This review contains a severe Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Eve (Sandra Oh) is on a mission to get revenge against the Twelve, and Villanelle (Jodie Comer), desperate to change, […]

The Good Life – “The Weaker Sex?”

The Good Life – “The Weaker Sex?”

by Mark Murton Original Air Date: April 18, 1975 Directed by: John Howard Davies Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Tom and Barbara Good’s (Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal) plans progress as the first of their plants begin to take root. Things look up when they […]

Hazel – “Hazel’s Endearing Young Charms”

Hazel – “Hazel’s Endearing Young Charms”

Original Air Date: December 27, 1965 Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Frustrated with Hazel’s (Shirley Booth) constant praise of his brother, Steve (Ray Fulmer) suffers from an inferiority complex. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In the opening scene Hazel asks Harold (Bobby Buntrock) […]

Mannix: The Survivor Who Wasn’t

Mannix: The Survivor Who Wasn’t

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: December 15, 1974 Directed by: Michael O’Herlihy Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Hard-working private eye Joe Mannix (Mike Connors) is hired by Kelly Anderson (Carol Lawrence) to prove that the lone survivor of a plane crash disaster, Penn Anderson (Paul […]

Rumpole of the Bailey – “Rumpole and the Show Folk”

Rumpole of the Bailey – “Rumpole and the Show Folk”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: June 12, 1979 Directed by: Peter Hammond Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Acerbic and aging, beleaguered quotation-spewing barrister Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) travels again from London, this time to the Northern Circuit in order to defend local actress Maggie Hartley […]

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – “An Unlocked Window”

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – “An Unlocked Window”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: February 15, 1965 Directed by: Joseph M. Newman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A rash of brutal and inexplicable murders of young female nurses shocks the neighborhood and surrounding town where they occur. During a dark and stormy night, on […]

The Bob Newhart Show – “No Sale”

The Bob Newhart Show – “No Sale”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: January 3, 1976 Directed by: Eddie Ryder Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this episode! Synopsis: Mild-mannered psychologist Bob Hartley (Bob Newhart) has an opportunity to make a bundle of loot by investing in a real estate scheme provided by his perennially pessimistic […]

UFO – “E.S.P.”

UFO – “E.S.P.”

by Mark Murton Original Air Date: Sept 14, 1970 Directed by: Ken Turner Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode. Synopsis: Straker (Ed Bishop) and Freeman (George Sewell) investigate when a UFO crashes into the home and kills the wife of a man with Extra Sensory Perception, John […]

The Fugitive – “Fear in a Desert City”

The Fugitive – “Fear in a Desert City”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: September 17, 1963 Directed by: Walter Grauman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: This first episode of the 1960s series begins the multi-year adventure of Dr. Richard Kimble (David Janssen), who is on the run to escape execution for a […]

The Discovery of a Cross-Eyed Calico

The Discovery of a Cross-Eyed Calico

How a Female Cat Named Elmer Became a Television Star Across America young actors dream about being discovered by Hollywood, looking forward to the day they would travel sometimes thousands of miles to Tinseltown to launch their careers. For Elmer, that thought probably never crossed his, or rather her, mind. So how exactly did a […]