Day: May 3, 1978

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Amazing Spider-Man Season 1

Escort To Danger

Amazing Spider-Man (1970s series)Peter is assigned to cover an international beauty pageant in which Lisa Calderon, the daughter of a Central American president who is steering his country toward democracy, will be competing. But someone is competing with Peter to reach her: the daughter of the Calderon family’s political rival, who intends to kidnap Lisa and hold her hostage to force her father to step down. Spider-Man must save the day, but first, Peter must survive an attempt on his life by the kidnappers.

written by Duke Standefur
directed by Dennis Donnelly
music by Stu Phillips

Amazing Spider-ManCast: Nicholas Hammond (Peter Parker / Spider-Man), Robert F. Simon (J. Jonah Jameson), Chip Fields (Rita Conway), Michael Pataki (Captain Barbera), Barbara Luna (Lisa Alvarez), Harold Sakata (Matsu), Alejandro Rey (President Calderon), Madeleine Stowe (Maria Calderon), Michael Marsellos (Calderon’s Aide), Bob Minor (Klein), Lachelle Price (Miss Teenage USA), Terrence McNally (Reporter #2), Erik Stern (Reporter #1), Marc Baxley (Ted Arthur), Bruce Hayes (Emcee), Michael Santiago (Bodyguard), Selma Archerd (Pageant Director)

Notes: Though The Amazing Spider-Man attracted viewers, the expense of producing the show left CBS nervous about green-lighting a full season for the fall 1978 schedule. A short season of seven episodes – the last of which was movie-length – was ordered instead.

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National Public Radio Radio & Audio Dramas Star Wars

The Han Solo Solution

Star WarsLuke and Ben sell Luke’s landspeeder to pay for their passage to Alderaan, while Han and Chewbacca prepare the Millennium Falcon for liftoff. Han’s urgency is now doubled after doing away with Greedo, he’ll be a higher profile target for Jabba the Hutt’s thugs, and Han is most worried about an expert bounty hunter named Heater. Just as Luke, Ben and the droids arrive for liftoff, Imperial troops raid the Falcon’s docking bay and open fire. Han and his passengers blast into space, narrowly evading Imperial Star Destroyers and slipping into hyperspace.

Order this CDwritten by Brian Daley
based on the screenplay Star Wars by George Lucas
directed by John Madden
music by John Williams

See the first episode for cast information.

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Season 06 Star Trek The Next Generation

Frame Of Mind

Star Trek: The Next GenerationStardate 46778.1: Riker’s rehearsals for an upcoming play about a man in an insane asylum, not to mention his preparations for an impending undercover mission on a planet divided by warring factions, are punctuated by feelings of paranoia he can’t explain, as well as the periodic appearance of an apparently new officer whose presence makes Riker nervous. But after the performance of the play, Riker suddenly finds that he is indeed in an asylum – though even this perception becomes tenuous. Terrified of losing his grip on sanity, Riker starts clawing through layers of illusions in an attempt to get back to reality.

Order the DVDswritten by Brannon Braga
directed by James L. Conway
music by Jay Chattaway

Cast: Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Lt. Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), David Selburg (Dr. Syrus), Andrew Prine (Administrator), Gary Werntz (Mavek), Susanna Thompson (Woman)

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Deep Space Nine Season 01 Star Trek

Progress

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate 46844.3: With the aid of the station crew, the Bajoran provisional government prepares to convert a moon into part of a power system needed to help Bajor overcome the damage caused by decades of Cardassian rule. On a final inspection flyover of the moon, Kira and Dax detect humanoid life on the suface. Kira beams down and finds stubborn old Mullibok, who has been living on the moon almost since the Cardassians arrived to take over Bajor. Mullibok and his two neighbors rendered mute by Cardassian torture years ago refuse to leave the moon, even when Kira warns that the conversion of the moon into a power facility will kill all life there. But when Kira begins the first steps of the provisional government’s orders to remove the settlers by force, she finds herself sympathetic with Mullibok’s plight and joins in their fight to stay until the imminent end.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Peter Allan Fields
directed by Les Landau
music by John Debney

Guest Cast: Brian Keith (Mullibok), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Nicholas Worth (Alien Captain), Michael Bofshever (Toran), Terrance Evans (Baltrim), Annie O’Donnell (Keena), Daniel Riordan (First Guard)

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Season 1 Sliders

The Weaker Sex

SlidersThe sliders arrive in a dimension very much like their own, only in this world Rembrandt, Quinn and Arturo discover what it’s like to be trapped beneath the glass ceiling. Men are treated as inferiors or, worse yet, sex objects – and Wade gets a taste of real power. An incensed Arturo decides to take it upon himself to launch a “men’s liberation” movement, but the resulting uproar may cause the sliders to miss the window for their next escape.

Order the DVDswritten by Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin
directed by Vern Gillum
music by Mark Mothersbaugh

Guest Cast: Sara Botsford (Mayor Ross), Robert Curtis-Brown (Danny), Jill Teed (Serena), Alf Humphreys (Pete), Andrew Wheeler (Ken), Liza Huget (Lois), Peter Kelamis (Glenn), Douglas Sills (Ed), Joe Maffei (Bernie), Teresa Barnwell (Hilary Clinton), Tamara Stanners (Jeanie Moses), Leigh Morrow (Anchorwoman), Peg Christopherson (Female Shopper)

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Babylon 5 / Crusade Season 2

And Now For A Word

Babylon 5An ISN reporter with a camera crew in tow makes a visit to B5 to observe 36 hours in the station’s life. What they’re not counting on is a sudden escalation of the hostilities between the Narn and Centauri immediately outside of the station which will ultimately result in the first Earth Alliance shots fired in the war, a possible first step in the human race becoming more involved with the conflict. As Sheridan and the other races’ representatives grapple with the increasing bloodshed, a journalist is occasionally getting in the way, just looking for a good story. This message brought to you by Psi-Corps.

Order now!Download this episodewritten by J. Michael Straczynski
directed by Mario Di Leo
music by Christopher Franke

Cast: Bruce Boxleitner (Captain John Sheridan), Claudia Christian (Lt. Commander Ivanova), Jerry Doyle (Garibaldi), Mira Furlan (Delenn), Richard Biggs (Dr. Franklin), Andrea Thompson (Talia Winters), Stephen Furst (Vir), Bill Mumy (Lennier), Robert Rusler (Warren Keffer), Mary Kay Adams (Na’Toth), Andreas Katsulas (G’Kar), Peter Jurasik (Londo), Kim Zimmer (Cynthia Torquemann), Christopher Curry (Ronald Quantrell), Granville Ames (Psi Cop), John Christian Graas (Johnny), Leslie Wing (Mother), Joshua Cox (Tech #1), Jose’ Rey (Dockworker)

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From The Earth To The Moon

For Miles And Miles

From The Earth To The MoonThe career of Alan Shepard, the first American to reach space, is cut short when he suffers a severe bout of what turns out to be Meniere’s Disease, an inner ear condition which robs him of his sense of balance. Shepard is quickly pulled from the flight rotation for the new two-man Gemini flights, and fellow grounded Mercury veteran Deke Slayton convinces him to take a position in the Astronaut Office, selecting and managing flight crews. Shepard doesn’t take to his new duties well, and the junior astronauts fear his often foul moods. But when the opportunity to undergo an unconventional and extremely risky operation to correct his ailment arises, Shepard braves the dangers and emerges a cured man. Now his real challenge begins – can he convince anyone that he is fit for a trip to the moon aboard Apollo 14?

Order the DVDswritten by Erik Bork
directed by Gary Fleder
music by Mark Isham & Jeff Beal

Cast: Dylan Baker (Bruce McCoy), Adam Baldwin (Fred Haise), David Clyde Carr (Jerry Griffin), Gary Cole (Ed Mitchell), Tim Daly (Jim Lovell), Joanna Garcia (Julie Shepard), Henderson Gilleland (Bud), Jerry Hardin (Ben Taylor), Mike Harding (Ben Taylor), Steve Hofvendahl (Tom Stafford), Chris Hogan (Don Kyles), Gwen Hollander (Laura Shepard), Daniel Hugh Kelly (Gene Cernan), David Kelsey (GUIDO), J. LaRose (Anesthesiologist), Ted Levine (Alan Shepard), Andrew Massett (Dr. House), George Newbern (Stu Roosa), Robin O’Dell (Gaye Alford), Kim Ostrenko (Louise Shepard), Jeff Pillars (Charlie), Caroline Ross (Scrub nurse), Andrew Rubin (Jules Bergman), Nick Searcy (Deke Slayton), Tom L. Stearns (Dick), Marty Stonerock (Circulating nurse), Lesa Thurman (Joan Roosa), Robert Treveiler (L. Gordon Cooper), Rick Warner (Julian Bowman), Ashley Ann Wood (Alice Shepard)

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From The Earth To The Moon

Galileo Was Right

From The Earth To The MoonWith three successful manned lunar landings under its belt, NASA faces two major public relations hurdles – trying to convince the public that moon shots are anything but routine, and handling a firestorm of criticism from the scientific community, which believes that little actual research is being conducted in the Apollo missions. With the number of future missions dropping due to budget cutbacks, NASA administrators realize that little time remains in which to prove that the Apollo program is about science, not political point-scoring. But there’s only one obstacle to this otherwise admirable plan…finding a geology instructor who won’t bore the astronauts to sleep, someone who can transform jaded test pilots into effective geologists.

Order the DVDswritten by Jeffrey Fiskin and Remi Aubuchon
directed by David Carson
music by Mason Daring

Cast: Tom Amandes (Jack Schmitt), John Aylward (Dr. Ray Pemberton), Barry Dell (Rocco Petrone), David Clyde Carr (Gerry Griffin), David Clennon (Lee Silver), Brett Cullen (Dave Scott), Keith Flippen (Jason), Joe Inscoe (Chester Lee), Marc Macauley (Karl Heinze), Doug McKeon (Joe Allen), Tim Parati (Blaisdell), Michael Raynor (Al Worden), Arland Russell (Geology professor), Nick Searcy (Deke Slayton), Isa Totah (Farouk El-Baz), Tom Verica (Dick Gordon), Gareth Williams (Jim Irwin)

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Deep Space Nine Season 07 Star Trek

When It Rains…

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: With only the Klingon ships able to counteract the Breen’s energy dissipators, Sisko pins Starfleet’s hopes on Damar’s movement. Kira is given a Starfleet commission and sent to help teach the Cardassians how to be rebels. She is accompanied by Garak and by Odo, who provides Bashir with a sample of “goo” before leaving. While analyzing the sample, Bashir discovers that Odo is infected by the disease that is killing the Founders. Meanwhile, on Bajor, Dukat secretly tries to read the Text of the Kosst Amojan himself, to see if he can free the pagh wraiths without Kai Winn’s aid. He is struck blind by a bolt of energy from the book. And Gowron comes to DS9 to give Martok a medal, and announces that he plans to take direct command of the Klingon forces, a move which Martok and Worf fear will prove foolhardy.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonteleplay by Rene Echavarria
story by Rene Echavarria & Spike Steingasser
directed by Michael Dorn
music by Paul Baillargeon

Guest Cast: Andrew J. Robinson (Garak), Casey Biggs (Damar), Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), J.G. Hertzler (Martok), Barry Jenner (Admiral Ross), Robert O’Reilly (Gowron), John Vickery (Gul Rusot), Scott Burkholder (Hilliard), Louise Fletcher (Kai Winn), Stephen Yoakam (Velal), Vaughn Armstrong (Seskal), Colby French (Ensign Weldon)

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Season 4 Xena: Warrior Princess

End Game

Xena: Warrior PrincessAfter the Amazon village is attacked by Roman soldiers, Ephiny leads her warriors in a fight against them in the woods. During the fight, she is killed by a man in silver armor. Elsewhere, Xena and Gabrielle are spending the afternoon by a lake, where the bard is testing her new net which she plans to use in fights. A young Amazon, Amarice, appears. She tells them about Ephiny’s death. From the description, Xena realizes that it was Brutus who killed the Amazon Queen. When they return to the Amazon village, Gabrielle resumes her responsibilities as Amazon Queen, while Xena begans devising a plan to capture Brutus.

Order the DVDswritten by Steven L. Sears
directed by Garth Maxwell
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Danielle Cormack (Ephiny), Karl Urban (Caesar), Jeremy Callaghan (Pompey), Jennifer Sky (Amarice), David Franklin (Brutus), and Argo

Original title: Amazon Reunion

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Season 06 Star Trek Voyager

Fury

Star Trek: VoyagerStardate not given: A small shuttle signals Voyager, and the lone occupant turns out to be a terribly aged Kes, from whom the crew has not heard since her ascension to a higher form of life. But the reunion is anything but joyous – when given permission to dock, Kes rams her shuttle into Voyager’s hull, blasts her way into engineering, kills B’Elanna, and fuses with the warp core. Drawing energy from Voyager’s engines, Kes then proceeds to send herself into the past, a mere two months after Voyager became stranded in the Alpha Quadrant. Embittered by years of incredible power she can barely comprehend, let alone control, the Ocampa intends to rewrite the past to prevent herself from suffering the same fate…even if it means murdering all of the friends she once had aboard Voyager.

Order the DVDsteleplay by Bryan Fuller & Michael Taylor
story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga
directed by John Bruno
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: Jennifer Lien (Kes), Nancy Hower (Ensign Wildman), Scarlett Pomers (Naomi Wildman), Vaughn Armstrong (Vidiian captain), Josh Clark (Lt. Carey), Kurt Wetherill (Azan), Cody Wetherill (Rebi), Tarik Ergin (Security guard)

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Jeremiah Season 1

Journeys End In Lovers Meeting

JeremiahAssigned by Marcus to make formal contact with another community, Jeremiah and Kurdy happen upon a group of people on a religious pilgrimage. Jeremiah is a little annoyed when Kurdy accepts their invitation to join them when they make camp, where the two travelers learn that these people and their leader believe that their journey to the ocean will be met with a ship that will take them to a better world. Kurdy alarms Jeremiah by joining this community on their pilgrimage, and Jeremiah continues on his mission alone. When he encounters a group of bandits planning to raid the pilgrims, Jeremiah tries to stop them but is captured. Kurdy must choose to honor his newly-taken oath of non-violence, allowing his new friends to become the victims of robbers, or save them only to lose their acceptance.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazon's Unboxwritten by J. Michael Straczynski
directed by Martin Wood
music by Tim Truman

Guest Cast: Krista Rae (Constance), Alessandro Juliani (David), Hayden Thomas (Price), Paul Dzenkiw (Group member), Travis Woloshyn (Group member), David Haysom (Man), Stuart O’Connell (Man), Shawn Stewart (Man)

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Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Radio Series

Episode 19 (Fit The Nineteenth)

Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Quandary PhaseSomething unusual comes to the attention of three parties. To Arthur Dent, it means he can go home again. To Ford Prefect, it means something strange has happened in Earth’s solar system. To Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz, it means that business he was once quite sure was finished has mysteriously become unfinished again. Arthur hitches a ride across the galaxy just to be sure, and Ford is attempting to do the same. And when Arthur arrives at his destination, he can hardly believe it: the Earth has returned, as if it had never been destroyed by the Vogons. And in an even more unlikely turn of events, Arthur meets a woman with whom, despite her being rather out of it, he thinks he’s in love.

Order this CDwritten by Douglas Adams
adapted by Dirk Maggs from the novel “So Long And Thanks For All The Fish”
directed by Dirk Maggs
music by Paul “Wix” Wickens

Cast: William Franklyn (The Voice of the Book), Simon Jones (Arthur Dent), Geoffrey McGivern (Ford Prefect), Bill Paterson (Rob McKenna), Jane Horrocks (Fenchurch), Arthur Smith (Barman), Rupert Degas (Russell), Bob Golding (Vogon Guard), Alison Pettitt (Stewardess), Fiona Carew (Hooker), Michael Cule (Vogon Helmsman), Chris Emmett (Evil-Looking Bird), Toby Longworth (Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz)

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Lost Season 2

Two for the Road

  • By Dave
  • May 3, 2006

LostFlashback: Ana Lucia’s mother confronts her after the man who shot her is found dead. Ana Lucia decides to leave the force and gets a job in airport security. In the airport bar, she meets Jack’s father Christian, on his way to Australia. He hires Ana Lucia to help him with an unnamed job, and won’t tell her his name. The job turns out to be sitting in the car while Christian has an argument with a young blond woman, after which Ana Lucia drops him off at a bar – bumping into Sawyer in the process- and decides that it’s time to go home.

The Island: Ana Lucia tries to talk to Henry again, but he attacks her and nearly kills her before Locke intervenes. Jack and Kate bring Michael back to the bunker. When he regains consciousness, he tells them that he has been watching the Others, and knows where their camp is – and that it is lightly guarded. He plans to go back as soon as he has recovered. Ana Lucia decides that she needs a gun in order to settle the score with Henry, and finds a way to separate Sawyer from his pants long enough to get one. Hurley tries to arrange a picnic date with Libby, despite myriad logistical and navigational problems. Ana Lucia decides that she can not pull the trigger – but someone else in the hatch has no such compunctions.

Order the DVDswritten by Elizabeth Sarnoff & Christina M. Kim
directed by Paul Edwards
music by Michael Giacchino

Guest Cast: John Terry (Christian Shephard), Rachel Ticotin (Captain Teresa Cortez), Michael Emerson (Henry Gale), Gabrielle Fitzpatrick (Lindsey)

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Invasion

Run And Gun

InvasionAs Hurricane Miranda approaches Homestead, Russell and Sheriff Underlay find that the hybrids seem to be ahead of the rest of the population in getting ready. At work, Larkin is frustrated to find that hybrids operating within the local government and media are actively working to keep the public in the dark about the danger. And unknown to Underlay, his own daughter is helping Szura, hoping that he can help Sirk. With another invasion imminent, Russell and Underlay both decide to get their families out of Homestead, though Underlay finds that he’s having to resort to extreme measures to accomplish this, even killing one of his own deputies – a hybrid working for Szura – in cold blood. But just as the Varons and Underlays are about to escape Homestead as the hurricane bears down on them, the families are still torn apart – Dave insists on remaining at home to document the next appearance of the lights and prove the existence of aliens once and for all, while Russell and Tom stay behind to fight out the endgame with Szura.

Order this DVDwritten by Juan Carlos Coto & Michael Foley
directed by Sergio Mimica Gezzan
music by Jon Ehrlich & Jason Verlatka

Guest Cast: Nathan Baesel (Sirk), James Frain (Szura), Tina Holmes (Ms. Wade), Joshua Gomez (Scott), Mark Colson (Deputy Munger), Julio Oscar Mechoso (Frank Vargas), Holmes Osborne (Mayor Littles), Kimleigh Smith (Nurse #1), Eddie Rutkowski (Nurse #2), Veronica Cartwright (Valerie Shenkman), Tripp Pickel (Deputy Smith), Richard Lucas (TV Director), Carlos McCullers II (Jake), Stephen Alvarez (Paul Hambrick)

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