Scarecrow's Blog From the Darkside

Rod Serling presents Piano in the House "...we will not end the nightmare, only explain it. In the Twilight Zone" -- Rod Serling, looking down into the "cylinder prison" in the episode "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" I'll do some analysis on and off today and tomorrow, Episode titles in bold I watched but did not comment. Tuesday, December 31, 2024 3:00am – The Chaser (hilariously the Syfy cut dispenses with Roger/Leila conversation to a point to just get on with it...but there is a distaste this leaves behind now that might not have been as distinct then) 3:30am – The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross (definitely a fifth season episode fit for 2:30 in the morning of the New Year's Eve portion of the marathon. Salvatore buys compassion and dies because it wasn't part of his personality. The sociopath is traded in a barter for money but the woman he wanted in this contest of his own making cost him his life thanks to a father he couldn...

Meredith, Hank's current love interest, enlists him to join her at an environmental fundraiser, of which he obviously does reluctantly (and with his own sarcastic protest), in order to see her married lover. Meanwhile, at that same fundraiser, Karen is bumped into by some dick who mouths off at her, calling her a cunt when she happens to clash with his personality in what could have been just a simple accident handled quickly. While William just wants Karen to chill out and back off, when Hank finds out, he slugs the twerp...it's obvious Karen kinda likes the more physical approach than diplomatic. Also, Charlie, Hank's agent, lets the naughty secretary, Didi's provocative side, to rub off on him with Hank intervening before it could get too out of hand...but not before Didi was in lingerie posing for Charlie as he photographs her as if the two were preparing a Playboy centerfold shoot!  The sweet moments are sprinkled in among the moments of debauchery, mostly thanks t...

 Occasionally I return back to this blog, get a brief fling going, then retreat back to wherever my interests get distracted by. Back to this show, it's a wild alternative Duchovny show, with his Hank hearing Karen confront him with her fiance's blog job and giving their daughter something to look up to him for. His agent knew he wouldn't take the job if he knew William was the boss, concealing that in the hopes his client might end the five year drought. Meanwhile Hank has found his way into a possible relationship with a pretty redhead divorce attorney involved with a married man more than five years. A dog and painting worth a small fortune are stolen from the married guy's house, Hank finds new owners for, Mia steals Hank's story for a creative writing class, and Karen prepares for her wedding to William...oh, and Hank gets into a scuffle with the director responsible for his book's cheesy adaptation he ceases never a lecture not to trash. Meredith being a p...