Stargate SG-1 - 10.10 The Quest, Part 1

Daniel and the team determine the next clue in the search for Merlin's weapon against the Ascended and they enter a race to find it against multiple factions.

Eight out of ten.

Burn Notice - 4.02 Fast Friends

Michael wants to bring the operative he burned, Jesse Porter, into his investigation. Madeline intends to rent out her garage.

I liked the interaction between Jesse and the gang.

Eight out of ten.

Sanctuary - 1.11 Instinct

The team hunts an abnormal in a warehouse while in the company of a local TV reporter and camera man before the police arrive.

It evokes memories of the movie Cloverfield with the hand-held video style and the heard but never seen camera man providing commentary. The episode reaches a typical end with the camera man's death and the team destroying/obtaining the footage.

Seven out of ten.

Stargate SG-1 - 1.22 Within the Serpent's Grasp

SG-1 go to visit a Goa'uld stronghold to prevent a devastating attack after the order to shut down the Stargate project and bury the gate.


Seven Stargates out of ten.

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 4.05 Remember Me

Beverly Crusher is the only one to notice when people begin to go missing from the Enterprise.

Seven Star ships out of ten.

Notes

• The last to vanish were Wesley and finally Picard.
• The Traveller returns

Doctor Who - R1.05 World War Three

Rose and the Doctor battle the Slitheen at 10 Downing Street.

The Slitheen are scarier once they start hunting.

Eight TARDISes out of ten.

Notes

• Doctor guilt & sympathy for the dead, apologizes to them
• Taking power to gain access to Britain's nuclear weapons
• The Doctor was always able to escape the cabinet room but method is risky to those inside.
• The Doctor offers to take Mickey and Mickey refuses

Quotes
"I could save the world but lose you." - The Ninth Doctor to Rose Tyler

Doctor Who - R1.04 Aliens of London

Rose and the Doctor return to present day London a year after Rose left to the arrival of aliens to Earth.

The Slitheen are rather silly looking.

Eight TARDISes out of ten.

Notes

• A boy spray paints BAD WOLF on the side of the TARDIS.
• Big Ben is destroyed by the alien's ship.
• Harriet Jones is introduced. 
• The Doctor give Rose a key to the TARDIS.

Quotes
"I don't do families." - The Ninth Doctor

Stargate SG-1 - 10.09 Company of Thieves

SG-1 must rely on Vala to provide transportation to investigate the condition of Odyssey after it is lured to a minefield with Colonel Carter aboard.

I sort of lost track of the episode half way through and was rather confused by Daniel being in command of the Odyssey's bridge towards the end.

Seven out of ten.

Star Trek - 2.15 Journey to Babel

The Enterprise is taking a large group of ambassadors of the Federation to a council at Babel, including Mr. Spock's parents, the Vulcan Ambassador Sarek and his human wife, Amanda.

The old rare blood type trope, but you'd think they'd have a reasonable blood substitute by then.

Notes

• Spock hasn't been home in 4 years, and hasn't to his father as a father in 18 years.
• Sarek is secretly proud of his son being a Starfleet officer according to Amanda.
• Vulcans used to execute people.
• Sarek is 102 years old.
• Gratuitous shirtless Kirk scene
• Spock uses an experimental drug on himself to enable Bones to correct Sarek's heart defect.
• Bones seemed rather to have a full sickbay with Sarek, Spock and Kirk in there as patients at the end. 

Doctor Who - R1.03 The Unquiet Dead

Rose and the Doctor visit Cardiff at Christmas on 1869 and meet Charles Dickens and investigate why the dead are refusing to rest.

I rather liked that somewhere at the back of the TARDIS there is a closet full of period clothing for companions.

Eight TARDISes out of ten.

Notes 

• Bad Wolf mentioned by Gwyneth when she was reading Rose 
• Rose and the Doctor battle the Gelth.
• Introduced of the Cardiff rift. 
• Foreshadowing of Rose thinking about her deceased father
• Gelth claim to have been disembodied by the Time War and few in number and could use dead bodies.
• Turns out there were a few billion. 
• Rose is suffering from the misconception that she can't die in the past. The Doctor says history is in flux and the future could be rewritten by what happen there and now.

Quotes

"It's a different morality. Get used to it or go home." - The Ninth Doctor to Rose Tyler

Sanctuary - 2.10 Sleepers

A group of rich, twenty-something friends suddenly discover they are immortal.

Tesla is fun to watch but you have to wonder if Helen shouldn't keep a closer eye on him.

Eight out of ten.

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 4.04 Suddenly Human

The Enterprise brings a human male teenager who had been raised by Talarians.

Picard's difficulty with children is revisited. I'm wondering if they were trying to attract a younger audience this season as this is the third episode in a row to feature younger guest stars. You'd think the soundproofing in a 24th century star ship my be better. The resolution of the episode felt rather rushed.

Six starships out of ten.

Doctor Who - R5.03 Victory of the Daleks

The Doctor and Amy visit London during World War II and meet Winston Churchill who is planning to use Daleks to win the war.

Daleks serving tea are just creepy and wrong. I'm not crazy about the primary-colored Daleks though.

Eight out of ten.

Doctor Who - R5.02 The Beast Below

In the 29th century, Amy and the Doctor visit the Starship UK after the earth was evacuated.

I lOved that Amy spent the trip in her nightgown, the dressing room and Liz X.

Seven out of ten.

Notes
Timelords came before humans.

Nikita - 1.02 2.0

Michael is assigned to protect a Slavic war criminal just released from prison and how Alex met Nikita is revealed.

Better than the pilot.

Seven out of ten.

La Femme Nikita - 1.02 Friend

A friend from Nikita's childhood causes complications with the current operation.

Seven out of ten.

La Femme Nikita - 1.01 Nikita

Nikita is recruited into Section 1 under Michael's tutorage.

I'm not sure if I saw this one or not the first time through. A fast-paced set-up for the series.

Seven out of ten.

Burn Notice - 4.01 Friends and Enemies

Michael agrees to help with Vaughn with investigating who arranged for Simon to escape. Michael helps Sam and Fiona with Winston, a lawyer, who is marked for death by a biker gang after Sam and Fiona tried to help him.

A good start to season four and Vaughn seems like an interesting change of pace from Michael's other "bosses".

Seven out of ten.