The TV Dick Triptych Episode 21

Everybody pipe down! This is the one where Columbo fights Robby the Robot! Okay, that’s not quite true. But it’s the season finale of Forever Knight, which is almost as cool. (Especially if, while you’re watching it, you’re mostly imagining Columbo fighting Robby the Robot…) Detected this week: Columbo S3E6 “Mind Over Mayhem!” at 2:37 Moonlighting S2E15…

The TV Dick Triptych Episode 20

Bombs away! Marty and Scott hurl their opinions at Columbo’s second “publishing industry” episode, Moonlighting’s “daddy issues” episode, and Forever Knight’s “stop flashing back, Nick, we’re in a hostage crisis” episode. Blown to bits herein: Columbo S3E5 “Publish or Perish” at 2:06 Moonlighting S2E14 “Every Daughter’s Father is a Virgin” at 15:24 Forever Knight S1E21 “1966” at…

116 – Mike Nichols Part 2 of 2

Who’s afraid of Mike Nichols? None of his actors! Nor Scott & Marty, who celebrate Nichols’s filmography of heartfelt human stories by examining the director’s first, last, worst, and… best? Next week’s episode will decide! This week, we check out: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) at 4:07 Working Girl (1988) at 21:35 What Planet are…

The TV Dick Triptych Episode 19

Marty and Scott (MURDER!) take listeners into the dubiously factual world (MAYHEM!) of subliminal advertising (VAMPIRES!). Maddie and David invent spiritually inquisitive banter. And Captain Stonetree has his finest (GIVE US MONEY!!!) hour. Tune in! This episode, we suffer existentialist crises over: Columbo S03E04 “Double Exposure” at 1:56 Moonlighting S02E13 “In God We Strongly Suspect”…

112 – Elbows Up! Part 1 of 2

Lord T’underin’ Jaysus! Marty and Scott return from hiatus with an episode that’s more Canadian than hot poutine poured into a Beaver Canoe bunnyhug. Be prepared for some polite yet VERY adult content as M&S consider these four homegrown classics: Goin’ Down the Road (1970, Dir. Donald Shebib) at 6:30 The Canadian Conspiracy (1985, Dir. Robert…

111 – Off-Trek

Stardate 2025.111: Joint Captains Scott and Marty of the USS Omniverse set course for a curious cluster of Star Trek-adjacent systems. Sensors are detecting the following lifeforms: Dark Star (1974, Dir. John Carpenter) at 2:19 Enemy Mine (1985, Dir. Wolfgang Petersen) at 19:59 Free Enterprise (1998, Dir. Robert Meyer Burnett) at 35:23 Galaxy Quest (1998, Dir. Dean Parison) at…