Robots and Vamps

Today’s entry is Legend of the Seeker; Episode 21 – Reckoning, a series loosely based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind.  In this powerful first season finale, Richard’s plan to kill Rahl goes horribly wrong, leaving Kahlan in the clutches of this evil tyrant.

A powerful teenage boy wreaks havoc aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise

Wikipedia Notes:   “Charlie X” is a first season episode of the original series of Star Trek, first broadcast on September 15, 1966. It was repeated by NBC on June 1, 1967. It is episode #2, production #8. It was written by D.C. Fontana, with the story by Gene Roddenberry, and directed by Lawrence Dobkin.

The premise for this episode formed part of Gene Roddenberry’s original March 1964 pitch for Star Trek, under the name “The Day Charlie Became God”. When the series entered production, it was assigned to D. C. Fontana to write.

For a while during production, the episode was known as “Charlie’s Law” — a name which survived in the James Blish adaption of the episode for Bantam Books. In a scene in the script which did not air, Charlie’s Law is stated as “You’d better be nice to Charlie… or else.”

Gene Roddenberry made an uncredited audio cameo as the cook who exclaims that the meatloaf has turned into real turkeys.

Today’s entry is Legend of the Seeker; Episode 21 – Fever, a series loosely based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind.  Kahlan and Zedd fall victim to a horrific plague unleashed by Darken Rahl as part of his desperate attempt to find the Three Boxes of Orden.

A shape-shifting, salt-craving creature terrorizes the crew of Enterprise.

Wikipedia Notes:   “The Man Trap” is a first season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. It originally aired on Thursday, September 8, 1966, and was the first episode to be shown on NBC. It is episode #1, production #6, and was written by George Clayton Johnson, and directed by Marc Daniels.

Although it was first aired, it was not the first produced (the pilot “Where No Man Has Gone Before” and several regular episodes had been produced before it). The current official timeline considers “Where No Man Has Gone Before” to be set first.

Today’s entry is Legend of the Seeker; Episode 20 – Sanctuary, a series loosely based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind.  The Seeker is in a desperate race with the evil Darken Rahl to uncover an ancient manuscript that, if found in time, could reveal how to defeat the ruthless tyrant, once and for all, and save the world from total destruction.

Today’s entry is Legend of the Seeker; Episode 19 – Cursed, a series loosely based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind.  When a king is transformed into a vicious beast to keep Darken Rahl’s D’Haran soldiers at bay, he seeks Richard’s help after he begins to murder his own people.

Today’s entry is Legend of the Seeker; Episode 18 – Mirror, a series loosely based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind.   All is not what it seems when two opportunistic thieves use magic to disguise themselves as Richard and Kahlan, and plot to steal the Sword of Truth.

Today’s entry is Legend of the Seeker; Episode 17 – Deception, a series loosely based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind.  After Richard and Kahlan make the grim discovery that Darken Rahl has been using dark magic to crush the resistance, Richard infiltrates a D’Haran camp to save innocent lives..

Today’s entry is Legend of the Seeker; Episode 16 – Bloodline, a series loosely based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind.  While on a quest to prevent the Third Box of Orden from winding up in the hands of Darken Rahl, Richard learns a startling revelation about his friend, Zedd.

Today’s entry is Legend of the Seeker; Episode 15 – Conversion, a series loosely based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind.  Richard’s attempts to rescue his friends from a sadistic wizard’s deadly experiments send him into his first explosive face-to-face confrontation with the evil Darken Rahl.