First aired September 17th, 2014. The season finale of Extant wastes no time getting things started. Within the first five minutes Molly is on a rocket heading for the Seraphim. Armed with explosives, she sets out to end the alien threat once and for all. Arriving on the ship, Molly finds Sean Glass (played by…
First aired September 10th, 2014. Using a futuristic memory enhancement shot, Molly (played by Halle Berry) figured out what the code Sparks (played by Michael O’Neill) made her send to the Seraphim, the ship currently in orbit (and the same one she was originally on), did. The code made the ship’s navigation system believe it…
First Aired September 3rd, 2014. Sparks (played by Michael O’Neill) is having doubts about his actions after shooting Kryger (played by Brad Beyer). His ex-wife, Anya (played by Jeannetta Arnette), is prepared to do whatever it takes to protect the Offspring and it’s imitation of their daughter, Katie (played by Shree Crooks). Back at the…
First aired September 8th, 2014. The egg has wound up on the playground in Zenith and some hazmat guys learn the hard way that it doesn’t like to be messed with. Perhaps in response to the loss of the egg, the dome begins rotating and making it colder by the minute. According to, Rebecca (played…
For those of you who’ve been living under a rock for the past fifty years, Doctor Who is (aside from a sixteen-year gap between 1989 and 2005) one of the longest-lasting science fiction shows in the history of television. The series features the Doctor, a humanoid alien (called a Time Lord) who travels the universe…
Yep, there’s spoilers. It’s pretty clear that the creators of The Leftovers are bent on tearing apart families, ruining lives, and generally just freaking people out. With that being said, I wasn’t completely surprised when this recent episode offered absolutely no explanation for the disappearances, no clues as to what the hell is happening, no…
First aired August 27th, 2014. Molly (played by Halle Berry) isn’t dead (anyone surprised?). Sparks (played by Michael O’Neill) shot a vision of her created by the baby (for what reason I have no idea). The baby creates an illusion of a young version of his daughter, Katie (played by Shree Crooks), who tells him…
First aired September 1st, 2014. Now that all the major players are back inside the dome they’re working on a plan to get everyone out fast because the temperature is getting colder, despite the fact that it’s July. “Barbie” (played by Mike Vogel) comes up with a (not-that-great) plan to get everyone out past his…
The most important question you will ask yourself is, “How come I didn’t know about this movie?” Director and writer Jeong-woo Park has still left me in shock after his film, Yeon-ga-si, or for us English speakers, Deranged. The plot follows the connected storyline of brothers Jae-pil (Dong-wan Kim) and Jae-hyuk (Myung-min Kim). Jae-hyuk is…
The interesting thing about science fiction is that its futuristic settings can provide insight into humanity’s most ancient questions. Just what does it mean to be civilized? What parts of us do we condone to define ourselves as “civilized” in our society? Just who are we, really? A common thread in science fiction stories is…
Alien (1979) from 20th Century Fox What: After receiving a distress signal in the far-reaches of space, commercial miners are dispatched to investigate. When one of the crew is infected by a parasite, they unwittingly bring aboard the ship a mysterious being that hunts them down one by one. Who: Then relative newcomer Ridley Scott directs one…
First aired August 20th, 2014. After escaping the compound, Molly (played by Halle Berry) has a powwow at her house with Kryger (played by Brad Beyer) and Gordon (played by Maury Sterling). Gordon explains that someone outside the company wanted her baby. While he doesn’t know who it is, viewers know that it’s Hideki (played…
