WYNONNA EARP – Episode 207 – Everybody Knows – SPOILERS ⁓ Black Badge stored The Widows in a crate for nearly a century and never got around to finding out just who or what they are. The Widows have located …
LOST GIRL – Episode 413 – Dark Horse – SPOILERS ⁓ The book of prophecy left behind by the recently deceased Rosette informs Tamsin (Rachel Skarsten) that the portal through which Bo’s father will arrive on Earth is called a …
WYNONNA EARP – Episode 206 – Whiskey Lullaby – SPOILERS ⁓ Moody (Kevin Hanchard) confirms that Black Badge has abandoned the Ghost River Triangle because “the powers that be don’t want to spend money on a war they can’t win.” …
LOST GIRL – Episode 412 – Origin – SPOILERS ⁓ After the memorial service for Hale, Rosette (Casey Hudecki), arrives with dire prophesies. Rosette is a Knight of the Order of Raina, and pledges her loyalty to Bo (Anna Silk). …
LOST GIRL – Episode 411 – End of a Line – SPOILERS ⁓ Kenzi (Ksenia Solo), Tamsin (Rachel Skarsten), and Bo (Anna Silk) try to decide what film to watch. One of the contenders is a zombie flick called “Flesh …
LOST GIRL – Episode 410 – Waves – SPOILERS ⁓ Rainer (Kyle Schmid) and Bo (Anna Silk) kill the Una Mens. AFterward, Bo insists that she must understand completely why that was necessary. Rainer takes her hand and everything that …
SIREN – Season 1 Episode 3 – SPOILERS ⁓ Held captive by the American Navy, Chris Mueller (Chad Rook) manages to send Xander (Ian Verdun) a text using a phone he stole from Nurse Stevenson (Veronika Hadrava). Xander calls the …
SIREN – Season 1 Episode 2 – SPOILERS ⁓ Ben Pownall (Alex Roe) protects whatever Xander’s father (Brian Anthony Wilson) might be aiming at in the water by spoiling his aim, making his spear go wide of its target. Hearing …
WYNONNA EARP – Episode 204 – She Ain’t Right – SPOILERS ⁓ As she wanders outside shortly after dawn, Waverly (Dominique Provost-Chalkley), who now collects shiny things, finds Dolls’ dog tags lying on the ground. Later, Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano) will …
INTRUDERS – the first three episodes – (speculative recap) ⁓ Madison O’Donnell (Millie Bobby Brown) reads from a book with a large ‘9’ on the cover, a book designed to be a guide to her new existence. “There is a …
WYNONNA EARP – Episode 203 – Gonna Getcha Good – SPOILERS ⁓ In 2007, The Purgatory Blue Devils got tired of losing hockey games and invoked a Marzaniok demon to win them a championship. Ten years later the demon returns …
GHOST WARS – Episode Three – SPOILERS ⁓ Episode Three is a flashback, and features a remarkable performance by Kandyse McClure as Dr. Landis Barker. Six hours before the earthquake Dr. Barker stops for coffee on her way to work. …
GHOST WARS – Episode Two – SPOILERS ⁓ “Great ghost stories are arguments with mortality. They don’t accept death as the end of needing people and doing things.” —- Aurora Stewart de Peña Val and Marilyn McGrath-Dufresne (Luvia Petersen and …
Before Zoie Palmer was The Android in the SyFy series DARK MATTER, only eight female androids (defined here as sentient humanoids built, not born) were series regulars, but many others appeared as minor characters. Star Trek had several in The …
Above is a map of Ancient Greece and surrounding areas showing Potidea (Gabrielle’s hometown), Amphipolis (hometown of Xena), the island of Lesbos, Mt. Olympus, and the major city-states. Also shown is Dyrracheum (in present day Albania) and Farsala. “A Good …
Dionysia, Anthesteria, Panathena, Thesmophoria RURAL DIONYSIA – 26 Poseideon (December) GREAT DIONYSIA – 10-17 Elaphebolion (March) The Rural Dionysia was originally held in the Attica town of Eleutherae and probably celebrated the cultivation of vines. It was not, in the …
Katie Boland‘s collection of short stories EAT YOUR HEART OUT found me quite by accident, and the first page got me hooked: “I was having my daily beers. [Says Rich, who is telling the story] I think I was on …
PEOPLE HOLD ON – directed by Michael Seater ⁓ It is an engaging story, but watching it is like being alone at a party full of strangers. One is forced to pick the most entertaining folks to focus on. For …
SIREN – Season 1 Episodes 1 – SPOILERS ⁓ A storm-tossed trawler in the Bering Strait finds a strange creature in its nets. After it attacks and wounds of the crew (Chris Mueller, played by Chad Rook), Captain Sean McClure …
WYNONNA EARP – Episode 201 – Steel Bars and Stone Walls – SPOILERS ⁓ A few minutes after the final events of Season One, Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano), Doc (Tim Rozon), and Waverly (Dominique Provost-Chalkley) subdue and dispatch a demon, but …
Amazons appeared in five episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: ‘Prodigal Sister’, ‘Love Amazon Style’, ‘The Academy’, ‘A Wicked Good Time’, and ‘Sky High’. In the last, only Danielle Cormack (Ephiny) appeared as an Amazon. One of the TV movies …
GERONTOPHILIA – a film by Bruce LaBruce – (limited spoilers) ⁓ The opening scene, which could stand alone as a short film, has Désirée (Katie Boland) in an intense make-out session with Lake (Pierre Gabriel Lajoie). While they kiss, she …
LOOKING IS THE ORIGINAL SIN – a film by Gail Harvey ⁓ It probably wasn’t a good idea for writer/director Gail Harvey to say upfront that the film was inspired by the life of Diane Arbus. Quibbles about things un-Arbus-like …
INCONTROL – a film by Kurtis David Harder – SPOILERS ⁓ Samantha J Collins (Anja Savcic) is a mousey intellectual with an allergy to peanuts. She has a crush on Mark (Levi Meaden) who is romantically attached to Marissa (Sarah …
LOST GIRL – Episode 509 – 44 Minutes to Save the World – SPOILERS Zee (Amanda Walsh) warns Bo (Anna Silk) not to use the music box to summon her brother Hades (Eric Roberts), Bo does it anyway, hoping that …
PEELERS – directed by Sevé Schelenz – SPOILERS ⁓ Peelers is a riveting tale, skillfully assembled. The blood, gore, and dismemberment is muted enough to allow the characters to become interesting, and the film is, by turns, funny, campy, and …
LOST GIRL – Episode 506 – Clear Eyes, Fae Hearts – SPOILERS In a dream, Bo (Anna Silk) sees Lauren (Zoie Palmer) in a white dress. In Lauren’s lap is the music box Bo’s father sent her for her birthday. …
NAME EPISODES INFORMATION ACTOR Alti When Fates Collide Send In The Clones Them Bones Them Bones Between The Lines Adventures in the Sin Trade – Parts I & II Alti is a shaman driven from her Siberian Amazon tribe by …
Clothos, Lachesis, and Atropos In ancient Greece, The Moirai (Fates) were usually depicted as unattractive old women, sometimes crippled. At the time of a person’s birth, the Fates spun out the thread of that life, and directed the consequences of …
