Reviewing TV pilots old and newish, on twitter Launching The Pilot @LaunchingTPilot, email launchingthepilot@gmail.com
Episode 281 is Gravity Falls (2012)
"Tourist Trapped"
After finding a strange book in the forest, Dipper begins to learn about the dark side of Gravity Falls, and suspects that Mabel's new boyfriend is a zombie.
Episode 280 is Only Murders In The Building (2021)
"True Crime"
Upper West Side neighbors Charles, Oliver and Mabel bond over a shared love of true crime. When a fellow resident dies in their building, the trio determine to solve the mystery and record an accompanying podcast.
Episode 279 is The Lost Islands (1976)
"Captured"
The "Que" wants to rid the islands of the "5 fugitive children" as they have knowledge of the outside world. If this knowledge were to reach the locals the Que would be ruined.
Episode 278 is Wayne (2019)
Wayne, a violent teenager from Brockton, MA, is immediately taken with Del, a girl who shows up on his doorstep selling cookies. When Wayne's father dies from cancer, Wayne and Del decide to drive to Florida to retrieve Wayne's father's Pontiac Trans Am.
Episode 277 is Ghosts (2019)
"Who Do You Think You Are?"
Cash-strapped Alison and Mike think their dreams have come true when they inherit a grand country house, unaware that it's falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.
Episode 276 is T J Hooker (1982)
"The Protectors"
Sergeant T.J. Hooker spearheads a police officer recruitment program that provides on-the-street training. Hooker's recruits have to learn fast when they go up against a pair of cold-blooded killers on a crime spree.
Episode 275 is Timeslip The Block (1985)
"The Block"
A computer hacker know as the Hacker tries to hack into the future.
in this one off pilot we vist the Block
in a dystopian world can we find love and battle security computers......yes we can
Episode 274 is Starsky and Hutch (1976)
"Pilot"
The two detectives, investigating a double homicide, discover that the man and woman who died in a car identical to Starsky's were mistakenly murdered - it was the detectives themselves who were the intended targets.
Episode 273 is Microcops (1989)
A Intergalactic police force track down a space terrorist to Earth, they are advanced but very very small and use the help of a local scientist to stop is chaotic plans.
Episode 272 is Nanny and the Professor ( 1970 )
"Nanny will do"
Professor Everett's three rambunctious children scare away another housekeeper. Suddenly at the door appears Nanny, unbidden and undaunted, bringing mystery and magic to a family that doesn't know how much they need her.
