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Highway to Heaven: A Dream of Wild Horses (1987)
City Slicker do Country
This episode is an example of how city people think the people in the country are stupid and need to be controlled. At the time of this episode, they had laws passed that horses could not be slaughtered for meat. Horse meat butcher shops used to be very profitable and common. Horse meat if better for humans than cattle meat.
The city people have taken control of hunting which has caused dog to killed by wolves when the dogs were just trying to protect sheep.
Wild animals are killing baby deers in horrible manners, but the wild animals are the one city people want to protect. On our ranch we are not even allowed to protect our sheep from the wolves.
Criminal Minds: Charm and Harm (2006)
TOTAL HORROR
This episode starts with serial killer who drowns young women. The first killing is too graphic of the drowning. Noone actually wants to see someone held under water and drowned. The episodes continues with more and more drownings. The story of the killer is given between the drownings which is a very ugly story. The point is that the viewer is suppose to like this continuing drowning horror.
Well! The story about the killer gets worse and worse. He is killing because his dad wanted to kill his mom and he wants to be like his dad or to do what his dad wants. A bit of a hard concept.
Then the final part of the killer's story is that he drowned his own mom when he was ten. This is just to ugly to be story other than what you get in a horror movie.
Route 66: Eleven, the Hard Way (1961)
Gambling Always Makes Money
One would think that Reno paid to make this episode. The theme is if you lose all your money then go borrow some more and keep gambling as that is the way to win a lot of money. Doesn't Hollywood know that one of the worst sicknesses in the world is gambling, but this episode says that anyone can win a bunch if they only keep gambling. The idea that you gamble with other people's money is ok. Can you imagine borrowing some money from a friend or a family member and they you lose it all gambling, then expecting them to all say it is ok because you should have won. The worst thing was that the episode implies you will always win if you keep gambling. Very Sick.
The UnXplained: Bizarre Rituals (2019)
IS PRAYER A RITUAL
This episode was so well done. It showed how many other cultures go to God for help. How they do it is not how Christians or American may think is good, but that is their way. Michael Landen in Highway to Heaven said that noone has a right to tell another how to worship God. So, this episode was so interesting because we all thought all of these rituals were so strange. They were not what us Americans thought made any sense, especially when the people said that it worked for them. I admit that it was interesting, but they seemed a little ridiculous in the way we get God's help. BUT, the ending was so good that William Shatner said that we all pray, so is not that our ritual. Very Interesting. Again, do others think that the way we pray is strange, maybe so.
Ferocious Planet (2011)
Like Stargate episodes - good
Television does not have big movie budgets. This was an interesting story and the characters were all good. I just think people are nuts that have gigantic expectations.
Touched by an Angel: Labor of Love (1997)
Professor has sexual relationship with student
An old professor has a sexual relationship with a student that is young enough to be his daughter. He gets her pregnant and she has a baby. The professor says that he only did it because his wife would not give him a child. They say that he is such a loving man. The wife says that it is her fault because she never gave him a child. God miraculously has the young girl die. The wife accepts the baby as her own and unites with the man for a great continuing marriage. All the angels praise God for is great work in this. It makes me think they were trying to show God believer are really the bad people.
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
not so good imitation of Bourne Identity
This movie tries to imitate the Bourne Identity but just does not do a good job. Bourne Identity was amazing how all the action could still be telling a good story and the action made great sense. Too many movies and series do as this movie in just showing the action and thinking that is the story. The characters have to be developed much better. The relationship of Aaron and Marta is too superficial.
Adventures of Superman: Money to Burn (1957)
overall - very stupid
Fireman do not know how to put out fires with superman???
A firehose has infinite length and superman fly it as far
as he wants to put out a fire AND the hose creates its own
water. Just too many crazy things in this episode.
Leverage: The Low Low Price Job (2012)
WALMART IS THE MOST EVIL COMPANY??????
This episode made no sense and was completely upside down.
The idea is that Walmart destroys local business and pays bad.
No Walmart pays the best to its employees in retail. The solution
was to get a union, ie communize. What? That has never helped a
company and how are all the local businesses able to unionize.
Oh! They have desire that the country becomes communist, but
then government would take over their business. Also, the union
does not allow extra pay for those who do a really good job.
Great, lets punish the good workers. Bytheway, would all the
actors in this episode want to be paid the same as all actors.
Hawaii Five-0: Umia Ka Hanu (2016)
Boring
This episode breaks the world record on being boring. Who would ever what to watch a person continue to hit a wall with a sledge hammer and talk small talk. It was insanity. At least, it had a good second story going on.
Blue Bloods: The Art of War (2015)
Danny is above decency and the law again
This episode and the one before it is all about Danny and his right to do whatever he wants. Begins with him arguing that he should be able to convict or kill a person that he thinks killed someone even when there is no evidence. In this episode he gets a witness in the hospital to agree to identify the murderer because Danny guarantees that he will protect his family and him. Then Danny leaves without doing anything. The witness is killed in the hospital and Danny's wife is shot during the killing. Danny again could care less about the death of the witness or that his lack of keeping his word caused his wife to be shot. Then amazing as it could be Danny is able to question the man who shot his wife and use his bully tactics on him. Danny proves that he is no different that the worst of the gang member on the street. I was further sickened that viewers gave this a 9, ie, they thought this how they would like real life police and justice to be.
Normally Blue Blood is a great series. The character of Danny usually does not make sense.
Blue Bloods: Whistle Blower (2012)
Hypocrisy At Its Highest
One of the main points is framing the police for hitting suspects. They must prove that hitting a suspect is a frame, BUT they then laugh how Danny hits his suspects when questioning them. The Hypocrisy increases because Danny hit a small old man in handcuffs with his fist to the man's face at the end of the previous episode. This is a very good series if Donnie Wahlberg was not in it.
Blue Bloods: Critical Condition (2011)
WAHLBERG HURTS ANOTHER GOOD EPISODE
This episode is a good example of how Wahlberg playing Danny keeps hurting a very good and enjoyable series. He is a screen stealer and used his influence to cause Jennifer Esposito to leave the series because he had to constant cut her off. We all really enjoyed her. In this episode, his Hollywood power was used to have his character override a hostage negotiator which was so stupid. He really hurts a good series. Who wants to watch an extremely arrogant person on the screen. His control must be gigantic.
Taxi: Crime and Punishment (1982)
HOLLYWOOD LOVES THIEVES
This episode was amazing that hollywood portrays a liar and thief as being so funny. He is conniving and really hurts other people, but wins in the end. The moral values of this episode are completely upside down, but the audience is suppose to think that is so funny.
The Bob Newhart Show: It Didn't Happen One Night (1978)
THIS IS HOLLYWOOD MORALITY
Only Hollywood would have comedy episode where a wife goes out with an old boyfriend when her husband is out of town and this is great. Anyone who thinks this is wrong is the bad guys. The guy even kisses her in her apartment with obvious plans of going to bed and the show says he and the wife are the good guys. The people against this are crazy. Let along this is a comedy.
NYPD Blue: In the Wind (2001)
Police Act Like Mafia
I was shocked that this episodes shows the police constantly beating on people to get what they want. The most amazing was Sipowicz putting a man's head under water and then letting him up and then pushing his head down again. This is how the Mafia drowns people as the person tries to breath when they are let up and they are pushed under the water so that they suck water into their lungs and drown. But this was considered fine by the police as Sipowicz's partner just watches with a silly grin on her face. This was a disgusting episode.
Mary Tyler Moore: Murray in Love (1975)
Divorce is Funny??
Only in Hollywood is it so funny that a man that has a great 20 year marriage decides to leave his wife for another woman. And the woman being a person that he works with. Well it does not work so he just naturally goes back to his wife and everything is OK. Again, why are we suppose to think that is so naturally funny.
Cheers: License to Hill (1992)
OVER THE TOP
Rebecca ran the bar for years and now she does not know that you have to renew the liquor license. Makes no sense, but often the writers of Cheers just like to hurt someone and think that is suppose to be funny.
Cheers: Indoor Fun with Sammy and Robby (1990)
CHEATING IS MORAL AND FUNNY
Everyone in the Bar works together to cheat Robin in a chess game and us watchers are suppose to think that is funny and moral.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Rejoined (1995)
CURZON DAX WAS RIGHT
This episode was very good in showing that Curzon Dax was correct when he evaluated Jadzia and determined that she did not deserve a symbiont. The problem with her was that she cared more about herself that she did about the life of
the symbiont which in this episode she proves that she would give up the coming lives of Dax so that she could enjoy her life the way she wanted.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Paradise (1994)
Summary of Corrupt Government
This episode is outstanding of showing what people who seek power and prestige are like. People who want more and more government are an arrogant bunch like the leader of this group portrays. They often want good things for the people, but they are still more concerned with their own glory and control. Again, this episode did an excellent job of explaining and describing corrupt people.
Hellboy (2019)
BEST FANTASY COMEDY EVER
I really enjoyed David Harbor's enactment of Hell Boy to the standard of Ron Perlman. The use of the f word was not vulgar, but to show how stupid the word is. I wonder what viewers expected, it must be a sign of the times. The video effects were great and the humor was non-ending. The story was clear and easy to follow and it had a point and a conclusion like good fantasy's have.
I can not believe that most viewer took the story SERIOUSLY. Its a comedy with good values.
The disfigurement of characters was done well without it being graphic. It was like tearing dolls apart.
I am sorry that most missed the point and did not enjoy it as much as we did.
Yes this was a fantasy for adults and not kids and that is why it was rated 'R' to let viewers know. Do don't let kids watch it or adults who think like kids.
Criminal Minds: The Lesson (2012)
100% GRAFFIC HORROR
This episodes if in the category of horror with graphic scenes. I think it should have been rated R or X and not allowed on TV. I really enjoy criminal minds. It is sad that its producers included an episode of this low moral standard.
Persons Unknown (2010)
no ending
Only Millennium was a worse series. This series has some very interesting things happen. The characters a good. The actors are good. The series builds very well until the end of episode 12. Then the writer's obviously did not know how to end it. At the end of that episode they have a car crash that makes no sense whatsoever. In episode 13 the the characters wander around in different places of the world, again making so sense on how they got to wherever they are at. Then they are all back in hotel like they started. Absolutely horrible that the writer's had no concept for an ending. If you watch it, you will be let down in the end.
Criminal Minds: 100 (2009)
nonsense for dramatic effect
This episode kills Hotch's wife in a manner that makes no sense. The director's concept was to make it so hopeless that the viewer would think that the worst thing possible could happen to them at anytime. How is that entertainment. Hotch races to stop the reaper. Then Hotch races to save his wife. It takes him a long time in each case. But, there are no local police or FBI agents that can get there to help or stop it. He finally arrives, but the reaper stays to try to kill Hotch. Time continues, but no police or anyone to give backup. The bottom line is that the FBI are completely incompetent to help anyone and so stupid that they do not even call local police for help.