DOA On TV 9/28/26 Lanterns, Doc, Great British Baking Show, Darkwing Duck,Star Trek Strange New Worlds

 

Darkwing Duck Returns!

 

 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/darkwing-duck-revival-disney-mark-hamill-seth-rogen-cast-1236707643/

Lanterns ep 7  The Jordan Boys Legacy   (HBO Max)

This was my favorite episode so far.  We get Hal's background, wherein depression affects the Jordan males historically, and it's something Hal has fought as well.  We get this via flashback, but also, the Hal Jordan hologram seems to have more juice to keep running than is stated. 

 

The Halogram as I see him called, is way more forthright than real Hal.  He pulls no punches.  Interestingly when he finds out about Hal's romance with the sheriff, he insists on meeting her.  She's able to confirm Hal wanted John to succeed, but he just kept letting Hal down.  He kept hoping though.  This is a revelation to John.  It's a revelation to the Halogram that Hal left John behind the wheel of an uncontrolled vehicle twice to die, and Hal never taught John to fly, or anything else.

 

Together they break into Hal's locked vault, finding a portable portal to another planet that they go to explore together.  It turns out to be Anton's home planet, every person dead, having been driven mad by a gas that led them to kill each other and themselves. Hal pulls John from certain madness and death. Between them they make it to a small island with a beacon. Inside, they're attacked by a man that turns out to be Sinestro.

 

One more episode to tie things up. 

Doc E1 S3   Wherefore Art Thou   (Fox)

 

Amy and Sonja begin training new interns as co-leads.  A group of kids from a high school play begin showing signs of seizures, as does the drama coach.  The combination of interns in tricky situations and Amy and Sonja being responsible for training lead to tense moments for all. 

Amy has memory flashbacks of the day of her accident, and how she treated everyone, particularly Sonja.  While her brain appears to be healing, it is also overloading with memories that she can’t be distracted by during work.

New incoming surgeon Ben Grant is being given anything he wants in order to make the hospital shine.  He is dismissive of the current head surgeon, and remembers his short time with Amy well, bringing more than just medical expertise to his new role in the hospital.

I’m liking the new Amy who is trying to do what her mentor Joan asked, that she turn to a life of service to share her gifts.  

 

Star Trek Strange New Worlds S4 Ep 10 Tomorrow’s Enterprise   (Paramount)

 

 

 At a strange concurrence of a black hole and a white hole back to back, the Enterprise is trapped.  They’re trying to find a way to get out of the area, and are considering firing upon some objects they see ahead of them.  Uhura picks up an odd communication ahead of the explosive result of the Enterprise’s attack.  When she has some time to listen more closely, she hears her own voice warning Scotty.   Further attempts to decode the message puts her in contact with herself, one year in the future.

Kirk captains the Enterprise, Pike is an admiral, Scotty is dead.   Uhura works with her future self to save Scotty, resulting in time travel with possible consequences, but they won’t stop until they figure out how to save him.

It was fun to see future Uhura and nurse Chapel (bouffant hair in place, and Uhura has TOS Uhura’s style) just a bit different than their current selves.  I think Paul Wesley’s Kirk is well done, but as always I don’t like him stealing time from Pike, who is the best of all captains, in my opinion.

Next season is the last. Filmed, and everyone has moved on.  Only six episodes in the final season.

I keep thinking it’s 60 years of Star Trek and every Star Trek show will be gone by next year.  Some celebration of a unique anniversary!

 

 

 

The Great British Baking Show (Netflix) 

 

Cake Week!   The show is back on Fridays on Netflix.  Cake week is my favorite, because I love cake.   The technical challenge seemed a bit more cruel than usual, as there was no recipe, just a picture of what the cake should look like.  Everyone knows a recipe for Walnut and Coffee Cake by heart, right?

 

 As usual these are the nicest people on the earth competing for star baker and beyond.  I don't know how they do it, but every person just is warm and fuzzy.

Librariandoa;s Saturday Puzzles A Fallen Phrase 9/26/26

 Welcome to that fan favorite (my spouse being the fan), A Fallen Phrase puzzle.  Once again I'm using the first line of a recently read book for my puzzle source.   Enjoy!

 

 

Make your own puzzle:   https://www.edu-games.org/sentence-games/fallen-phrase-puzzle 

Librariandoa's Saturday Puzzles An Answer Key for the 9/19/26 Cryptogram

 

Here's the puzzle sequence and it's first line answer :

 

IKSZ EHSB CNS NIR I XIKSHX JAW TPCXIESC I BIM AJ XQWHPHF SWWAW PHXA AQXWPFNX RPCICXSW

Alex knew she had a talent for mistakes, a way of turning error into outright disaster.

 

This first line is from Leigh Bardugo's long awaited third book in her  Ninth House trilogy : Dead Beat

 

 

Five Things Friday 9/25/26

 So much for posting in advance…. Happy Friday!  The weather has been u usually cool, and I’m starting the process of bringing plants inside for the winter!  You’ll notice Halloween creeping in this week. I’m trying to wait till October 1 to bring my stuff out, but I’m weakening.   The little cat was from some odd page, but it makes me laugh, because the kitten is clearly consumed only by cuteness.

Book Notes September 24, 2026

 

Welcome to the second edition of Book Notes.  I enjoyed writing the first one, and hope this one goes as well as the first.

Meme of the Week

I can identify! I used to listen to audiobooks on the drive to work and sometimes found myself sitting in the car listening to one last bit of story before heading into the building. Even if I was running late. Sorry about that!

Adaptation

 

Jensen Ackles of Supernatural fame will play Lucas Davenport, the main character in John Sandford's Prey novels .  Season one of Rules of Prey is based on the first novel of the series.  The season will consist of eight episodes.  The show will air on MGM+

https://deadline.com/2026/09/jensen-ackles-rules-of-prey-series-mgm-plus-1237108451/ 

 

The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett

The Fairway players are back! Kevin McDonald and his wife Sarah have chosen The Hollow by Agatha Christie as their play.  All of the women want one particular role, and the men’s roles are filled largely by ex-felons under the guidance of Fran, who is their mentor.  No one is to know their backgrounds, though.

As usual the story is presented in emails, texts, and chats.  There is so much going on romantically, criminally and on a personal level between characters, it’s a wonder anyone gets through rehearsals. 

Opening night and there’s a judge at the play who can give awards to several actors or production people. What could go wrong?

 

 

A Drop of Corruption An Ana and Din Mystery

Immunis Mineti Sujedo, of the Treasury, disappeared from his hotel room, and his partial remains were found at a bandit camp outside of the city the next day.   No one entered his room, nor did he leave that anyone saw. 

Dinios Kol  has arrived in Yarrowdale ahead of  Investigator Ana Dolabra to ascertain the crime and begin it’s solution and move towards inevitable justice.  

Meeting him is Singum Tira Malo, a Warden of the Apothetikals.  The Wardens have keen senses and know the area as no others do.  Malo detects no trace of anyone in the hotel room besides the victim.

The dead man’s remains lead Din and Ana on a long road to find a killer with the ability to predict events.  He stays ahead of their inquiries and has a long in motion plan to keep Yarrowdale and its secrets out of the hands of the empire for good.

A Drop of Corruption is a twisted mystery and great science fiction.