The Checklist: The Master (S1 Ep4) “Hostages”
The ninja craze of the 1980’s was in full swing when The Master first hit the air on January 20, 1984 as a mid-season replacement on NBC. The show starred action legend, Lee Van Cleef. Van...
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The Checklist: Warrior (S1 Ep6) “Chewed Up, Spit Out and Stepped On”
When the news broke late last month that Warrior, the show based on the writings of Bruce Lee, had already been renewed for a second season by Cinemax… I was elated. To say I have been...
The Checklist: Silk Stalkings (S1 Ep20) “Powder Burn”
Silk Stalkings is one of the most unique cop shows in television history… set in swanky Palm Beach, Florida, Silk Stalkings follows the lives of homicide detectives Rita Lee Lance (Mitzi Kapture, Angel III: The Final...
The Checklist: Warrior (S1 Ep1) “The Itchy Onion”
When you capture the hearts and minds of so many people around the world the way that Bruce Lee and then pass away at such a young age… there is going to be a huge void....
The Checklist: Deadly Class (S1 Ep10) “Sink With California”
It has been quite a while since I found myself filled with the level of anticipation I felt moments before the season finale of Deadly Class. There are two reasons for this… for one, in today’s...
The Checklist: The A-Team (S5 Ep9) “Point of No Return”
If you grew up in the 1980’s chances are high that The A-Team holds a special place in your heart. But even the most devoted fans of The A-Team started tuning out in the final season....
The Checklist: The Equalizer (S1 Ep7) “The Children’s Song”
I could be an old curmudgeon and tell you that there is nothing good on television these days or that Hollywood has run out of ideas. But that would simply not be true. In fact, one...
The Checklist: Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (S1 Ep1) “Pilot”
Tom Clancy was a novelist who wrote some the most thrilling political espionage novels that you could ever have the good fortune of reading. Many of Clancy’s novels (and novels of other authors after Clancy’s death)...
The Checklist: The A-Team (S4 Ep11) “The Doctor Is Out”
If there was such a thing as the Bulletproof Action Network on television, it would probably look a lot like Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network. There are times I will turn on El Rey and wonder...
The Checklist: Cobra Kai (S1 Ep1) “Ace Degenerate”
With more and more people cutting the cable cord and ripping the satellite dishes off their roof, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video are becoming strong and stronger each day. YouTube has been trying...
