Reviewing TV pilots old and newish, on twitter Launching The Pilot @LaunchingTPilot, email launchingthepilot@gmail.com
Episode 155 is Magnum PI (2018)
A reboot of the Famous 1980 series with a few nods to the original.
After returning home from Afghanistan, Thomas Magnum re-purposes his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii.
Episode 154 is Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
CIA analyst Jack Ryan uncovers a series of suspicious transactions that take him and his boss James Greer out from behind their desks into the field to hunt down a powerful new threat to the world
Episode 153 is The Dead Zone (2002)
After six years in a coma following a near-fatal car accident, Johnny Smith awakens to find that he has the gift of second sight but his girlfriend has now move on with her life and is married, his mum is dead and left her money to a possible shady Holy man who is now Johnny's legal guardian....but on the positive he does have some cake.
Episode 152 is Remo Williams: The Prophecy (1988)
Set one year after the events of the feature film, Chiun feels that Remo is becoming complacent because of his abilities, so he hires a professional hit-man to teach Remo a lesson. What Chiun doesn't know is that the hit-man wants to replace Remo as Chiun's student and will stop at nothing to achieve his goal.
Also Remo has to fight a robot or two robots (or maybe it's the same one)
Episode 151 is Captain America 1944
Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations.
It's the Cap but not as we know him
Episode 150 The Dukes Of Hazzard (1979)
We chat about the Duke boys and of course Daisy.
In the series' pilot episode, cousins Bo and Luke Duke intercept Hazzard County Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane's illegal shipment of slot machines, then plan to use the proceeds to donate to the Hazzard County Orphanage in Rosco's name, to ensure his win in an upcoming election against a corrupt opponent.
Has it's our 150th we do a short quiz which I (Brian) fact checked and my co host Paul did not.
Episode 149 is Time After Time
Dr. Stevenson ( Jack the Ripper) escapes authorities via H.G. Well's time machine and heads to modern-day New York City; Wells pursues Stevenson to the future
Episode 148 is Here Comes Tobor
A one off pilot episode that never went to series.
A young boy uses his esp to control a robot created by his wheel chair bound Uncle, and together they combat the forces of evil.
Yes that's right Tobor the movie star (Tobor The Great 1954)
Episode 147 is Highlander The Raven
A spin off from the successful Highlander Tv series
Immortal Amanda Darieux has gone back to her thieving ways and is being investigated by the police when she is framed for the murder of one of her brokers. With the help of Officers Nick Wolfe and Claudia Hoffman, she attempts to clear her name and find out who set her up.
Episode 146 is Highlander (1992) the Tv Series
Duncan Macleod, an IMMORTAL who lives quietly with his girlfriend, Tessa, will have to deal with a young man who tries to steal his antiquities store and an evil rival immortal who wants to take his head, forcing him to return to THE GAME.
