ORBzine - UK TV Roundup February 2000
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First Week, FebruaryBrimstone [Season 1, Episode 4] Repentance This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . New Adventures of Robin Hood [Season 2, Episode 8] The Legend of the Amazons This is reviewed in a special supplement here! . . .
This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . . .
This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . .
The case of the week is a haunted house - on Xmas eve, where 2 lovers carried out a suicide pact. The intrepid duo find themselves locked in the house, where they discover a pair of corpses under the floorboards. The thing is, the corpses are their exact doubles [down to clothes and hairstyles]! They get separated, which is when TV illusion triumphs over logic, and things get confusing [as ever]. They meet a pair of middle-aged folk who seem to know M&S better than they know themselves. The ghosts try to make M&S reenact the suicide pact; in this reviewer's opinion it is yet another attempt to revive the series' UST. Bleugh!
This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . . .
This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . . .
Hercules and his evil parallel self watch the episode unfold from their interdimensional prison. We find out the truth of what happened when at Cirra. We meet Callisto's parents [yes, she had a father!] although her sisters are nowhere to be seen. Finally, in a pastiche of It's a Wonderful Life we see what the world would be like if Herc had never been born. Iolus never teamed up with him, and could thus never turn Xena good. She makes herself Warrior Empress, and rules the known world. For some strange reason Ares is pleased with this ... of course he desires Xena, but with the entire world under an iron fist [even Gabby is crucified for dissent!] it is unlikely there will be another war for the better half of a century at least. Evil Xena has a gentle side, though - she waits until Gabby has confessed her crimes, and has her legs broken so she dies quicker on the cross. Iolus finally saves Herc, who makes it back in time for a last-minute duel with Callisto. comes to a conclusion. Manservant Flay [Christopher Lee] follows Steerpike [Johnathan Rhys Myers] and uncovers his murderous plot. He alerts young Titus, now 18, and they hunt the usurper. Steerpike escapes and hides somewhere in the castle, which is flooded by a huge deluge. The guardsmen [commanded by Windsor Davies!] search the castle, but it is Titus himself who ends the tale.
Second Week, February 2000
guest-stars Bruce Campbell as husband of a woman whose unborn mutant child is apparently stolen by a demon. And since BC is the biggest star in the show, you can bet he is central to the plot. He never realises that his lady-love is more intelligent and mature than he thinks ... And something really fucked up has happened to his hair! Brimstone [Season 1, Episode 5] Poet This is reviewed in the special supplement here! .
This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . . . Star Trek: DS9 [Season 6, Episode 15] Honour Among Thieves This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . . .
This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . .
This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . .
Third Week, FebruaryBrimstone [Season 1, Episode 6] Executioner This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . New Adventures of Robin Hood [Season 2, Episode 10] The Sceptre This is reviewed in a special supplement here! . . .
This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . . .
Mulder and Scully fly out to a drought-ridden desert town with a history of extreme weather. It appears that a local businessman, the rain king, can control the weather. Naturally Scully is sceptical - despite the fact that she witnessed DPO control lightning in the episode named after him several seasons ago! There is yet more UST doo-doo; first the Mayor thinks Scully is Mulder's wife, and then they are mistaken for a married couple who won a romantic getaway competition. Things get worse when the TV weatherman asks Mulder to help him woo Sheila, the woman he loved since High School who only thinks of him as a friend. Unfortunately, Sheila takes a liking to Mulder instead! Scully takes the woman aside, and explains that while Mulder and Scully were just good friends, Sheila and the weatherman belong together. The best relationships are the ones rooted in friendship.
This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . . .
Herc is missing this week - an in-joke on the fact that Kevin Sorbo has been present in only about half the episodes this Season! The show starts with stock footage; Hercules rescues Cassandra [ Claudia Black ] from Atlantis. Rob Tapert [Bruce Campbell] wakes up from a nightmare, and screams I'm blind! I swear, from now on I'll sing in the shower instead! Kevin Sorbo has gone missing - and once again Mr Campbell must carry the show! We get some cool Callisto scenes [are there any other kind?], but that is about it. Also, for some reason this show appears to be set [in part, at least] before the events of Armageddon Now, shown the previous week. We get to see Hudson Leick as Liz Friedman, working out [kickboxing and knife-throwing] in a wig - the black hair in a bob cut that was last seen on Lucy Lawless in the mirror universe episode. Ted Raimi accidentally grabs her breasts, and she punches him across the table. Michael Hurst hugs her, and gets the same. HHL and Kevin Smith go hand-to-hand - goddamn, she looks great in stockings and heels! Normally she has matchstick legs, but no more ...
This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . .
This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . .
Fourth Week, February
This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . . .
This is reviewed in the special supplement here! . . . Harry Hill 's UK comedy show had a SF sketch, Space Station Badger - elements of Star Wars, Blake's 7 and even Dr Who. Yes, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart himself turned up to defeat the villain, Darth Camembert [Mr Hill himself]. It all makes this reviewer wonder; why are there no UK SF shows any more? Apparently UltraViolet is on its way back for Season 2, but that is merely a rumour. Otherwise ... |
Xena: Warrior Princess [Season 3, Episode 15]
King Con
Buffy [Season 2, Episode 17]
Passion
Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 19]
There But For The Grace Of God
Star Trek: Voyager [Season 5, Episode 3]
Extreme Risk
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys [Season 4, Episode 14]
Armageddon Now! Part II
Farscape [Season 1, Episode 9]
DNA Mad Scientist
Buffy [Season 2, Episode 19]
I Only Have Eyes For You
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