Rate the last TV episode you watched
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yashdecenty — 10 years ago(February 18, 2016 05:40 PM)
Just saw the Season 5 Episode 14 "Self Defence" of Suits.
Definitely a 10/10!
This will be one of my all time favorites episodes of Suits, full of twists and turns, everybody was in a state of fear and had a lot to loose. They were simply phenomenal and brilliantly timed. I was hooked to my seats for the 42 minutes straight. Performances by the actors, grade A!
It was shocking to see Sarah Rafferty as Donna Paulsen getting rattled and seeing her coming first on the stand was again quite unexpected. -
tobyrclark — 10 years ago(February 22, 2016 11:59 PM)
Neighbours episode #7307. One annoying subplot, two others that went in really frustrating directions. Nevertheless, I appreciated the continuity references to Max's own history of mental illness and Steph's resolution to keep fighting for her rights. Overall, 7/10.
The Angels Have the Phone Box -
Thor-Delta — 10 years ago(February 24, 2016 05:39 AM)
Lollipop Loves Mr Mole (1971)
Episode #2.1 (1972)
7.5/10.
This series ran for two series. The production company wiped the tapes, and only two episodes survive (additionally, although the show was produced on colour video-tape, the existing two episodes exist as B&W telerecordings).
This episode is amusing, entertaining, but not great.
IMDb's cast listing is incomplete: six characters (four main and two guest) appear, but IMDb only credits two of them. I cannot be bothered to fix this.
Poof! There Goes Perspiration! -
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Thor-Delta — 10 years ago(February 29, 2016 07:42 AM)
What's My Line? (1950)
Episode dated 7 September 1958 (1958)
8/10
Viewed on YouTube via the channel "What's My Line?" (aka WhatsMyLineCBS)
This was a game show where a panel of celebrities tried to determine, through "yes and no" questions, the occupation of the contestant. Each time the contestant gives a "no" answer, they win $5, and if they give ten "no" answers they get $50 and win the game. Later, the panel is blindfolded, and the panel tries to guess who the mystery guest is (usually a film or TV star, sometimes a singer or musician, occasionally a sports figure, and very rarely a politician)
Interesting aspects about this episode:- The mystery guest, Eva Marie Saint, is still alive and is still reasonably famous
- The main sponsor is Kellogg's and there is a brief ad for them at the start, remarkably most of the cereals shown are still around
- The late Tony Randall does not participate in the mystery guest round as he recognised the voice of the mystery guest since they were friends, and as such he disqualifies himself
Poof! There Goes Perspiration!
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Thor-Delta — 10 years ago(March 23, 2016 07:47 AM)
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
One Forty-Two (1956)
7.5/10. Almost nothing happens in this episode of the dramatic anthology series. Yet it is one of those episodes where waiting for something to happen is what makes it entertaining. Has anyone else seen a TV episode like that?
Poof! There Goes Perspiration! -
InglouriousSister — 10 years ago(March 30, 2016 09:36 AM)
I watched the Doctor Who story Happiness Patrol last night, from 1988.
I really loved the story a lot. I've been watching a lot of Classic Doctor Who in the last few months (it's a gift that keeps on giving) especially this month because I was on sick leave for 2 weeks and then were the Easter hols, so I've had lots of time to kil. I thought the (very high) level of the show dropped quite a bit after season 15/16 (1977/1978 or so) but finally after Sylvester McCoy became the Doctor and Ace the companion I feel like it is starting to be totally amazing again. Don't get me wrong there were flashes of brilliance in those years in-between but this 3-story awesome streak is comforting.
It's not a particularly highly rated story on IMDb but I found the premise pretty wicked. A society where everyone is forced to be happy all the time, or be labeled a "Killjoy" and executed in the name of population control. Unhappy people are hunted down by the titular "Happiness patrol", they even paint the TARDIS pink lol. Ace wants to make them "really unhappy" and there's this very cool blues singer from Earth who has made his way to this planet. The Seventh Doctor keeps developing into a terrific incarnation of the character.
8.5/10
'Dead' is just Time Lord for 'man flu'. -
Patricia91 — 10 years ago(March 30, 2016 03:51 PM)
Law & Order: SVU
Season 17, Episode 18 - Unholiest Alliance
After dragging out the investigation of a prostitution ring run by Catholic priests over two episodes, the conclusion wrapped up in less than 10 minutes.
Naturally, the Catholic church protected the priests.
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Daenerys-Stormborn — 10 years ago(March 30, 2016 07:33 PM)
Once Upon a Time (2011)
The Brothers Jones (2016)
4/10
Season 5 has been horrible so far, the whole Camelot storyline seems ridiculous,
the Dark Swan story arc
was actually our silliest yet but the
Underworld story arc
just got stupider with this episode, even
Deities
are at the mercy of the so-called "heroes". I liked OUAT's take on fairy tale characters and uniting them under one roof; it included making villains out of heroes and heroes out of villainsbut it got worse with
King Arthur
, the man turned evil, straight up for no reason at all. I think Horowitz and Kitsis need to give it a rest and stop beating a dead horse, its cruel what they've done to a wonderful show.
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. -
tobyrclark — 10 years ago(April 04, 2016 02:07 AM)
Neighbours, episode #7336. 10/10, elevated by the cliffhanger (a boiler explosion, which they've been building up to for a week). I was tempted to take points off for the Kyle/Georgia/Amy love triangle, though, since I don't really care about it anymore.
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Thor-Delta — 10 years ago(April 05, 2016 03:53 AM)
What's My Line? (1950)
Episode dated 14 June 1959 (1959)
6/10. Not terrible by any means, but without Dorothy Kilgallen the show loses something. The panel is unusually clueless, failing to identify the occupations of the two contestants, and struggling during the mystery guest segment. Even the discussion with mystery guest Anthony Perkins very quickly goes nowhere.
On the plus side, guest panelist Zsa Zsa Gabor is kinda cute, but on the minus side, she has no idea how to play the game.
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InglouriousSister — 10 years ago(April 05, 2016 06:34 AM)
I've been watching lots of Classic Doctor Who for the last few months and every episode throughout the 26 years from 1963 to 1989 ends in cliffhanger. So maybe not just 2010s.
But at some point when there'll be no more "regular TV", just streaming services, someone will think back to cliffhangers that weren't season/series finales and laugh nostalgically.
'Dead' is just Time Lord for 'man flu'.