Launching The Pilot

Moonlighting (1985)

Episode 121 is Moonlighting with guest host that screen twitting queen Gidgit VonLaRue from the Retro Cinema podcast.

We may go off topic a bit but seamlessly put back on track and recorded at 5am my side but I'm okay when the coffee kicks in.

Maddie Hayes wakes up to find her staff have quit and all her money has been stolen. One of her few remaining assets is a loss-making investigation agency run by David Addison

 

  

 

 

Person Of Interest (2011)

Episode 120 Person Of Interest 

We review the pilot episode of this 2011 series.

After a scrape with a few hot-heads on the subway, homeless man and former government agent John Reese is offered a job by the somewhat secretive Mr. Finch. After 9/11, Finch developed a computer program that would sift enormous amounts of information, looking for patterns of behavior or activity that would predict another attack. It also provided information about individuals who could be in danger.

The Fall Guy (1981)

Episode 119 is THE FALL GUY from 1981 starring Lee Majors, Heather Thomas and Douglas Barr.

Colt Seavers is a stuntman who moonlights as a bounty hunter. His cousin, Howie Munson, shows up to "manage" Colt's career, and ends up helping him track down fugitive Country Joe Walker.

Cobra Kai (2018)

Episode 118 Cobra Kai the Youtube red series (or in the uk £1:89 an episode) 

Set 34 years after the events of The Karate Kid, Does Johnny still have beef with Larusso.

Johnny Lawrence decides to reopen the Cobra Kai Dojo while his school adversary, Daniel LaRusso, runs a successful auto business.

Cop Rock (1990)

Episode 117 is COP ROCK the musical Cop show.

In what must have been one of the shortest lived series on network television, "Cop Rock" was part "Real Stories of the Highway Patrol" and part "The Sound of Music".

Charlie's Angels (1976)

Episode 116 Is Charlie's Angels 

Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the police academy and they were each assigned very hazardous duties, but I took them away from all that, and now, they work for me. My name is Charlie

When a wealthy winegrower disappears, the three private investigators go undercover at the vineyard to track down the whereabouts of the body.

 

Stingray (1985)

Stand by for action with episode 115 Stingray.

Assistant DA hires Ray after her boss the DA shows up with the intellect of a 6 year old just before they are supposed to go to trial in big case. Ray tracks the events back to an organized crime leader and infiltrates the compound to gather more information. While there, he is asked to assist the wife of the doctor running the operation for the crime lord.

 

The Prisoner (2009)

Episode 114 we return to the new Village.

An update to the cult favorite series from the 1960s, about a government agent who is kidnapped, and sent to a remote island known as "The Village".

"Be seeing you"

The Prisoner (1967)

Episode 113 We take a look at the The Prisoner (1967) 

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.

 

Darkman (1992)

Episode 112 we take a look at the unaired pilot of the Tv show Darkman (1992)

similar to the one in the original film as Peyton discovers his synthetic skin, is attacked and left for dead by Durant and his gang. In this version, however, Peyton is already married to Julie, and she is killed in the explosion. As in the films, Westlake becomes the Darkman, and seeks vengeance on Durant and his gang. Darkman's headquarters are based in an abandoned observatory overlooking the city, and he is wanted by the police for his actions against Durant's gang. The pilot ends with some scenes from the first movie (particularly of Darkman and Durant fighting) and Darkman stating that Justice will answer with a brand new face.