Tread Perilously -- Matlock: The Network
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Tread Perilously's summer Patreon request month continues with the Matlock episode known as "The Network." When television producer Paul J. Bartel is accused of murdering the head of a Big Three TV network, Matlock agrees to represent him. Flying to Los Angeles, the Georgia lawyer quickly learns about the lingo, the motives, and the media attention to be found in Tinsel Town. But are Paul Bartel's protestations of innocence valid? Will Hollywood Today follow Matlock's every move? And will the older barrister inadvertently create the "zoom and enhance" phenomenon? Also, is Alf really in this...
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Tread Perilously -- Punky Brewster: Cherie Lifesaver
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Tread Perilously begins its summer Patreon request month with the infamous Punky Brewster episode "Cherie Lifesaver." Just as Punky and Margaux learn basic CPR techniques, Henry decides it's time to buy a new refrigerator. While his visit to Cheap-o Chester's seems to go okay -- although he may have overpaid -- the bigger issue arrives when he puts the old fridge in the backyard. There, Punky, Cherie, and Allen are playing hide-and-seek in the snow. But having seen Cherie run into the building, he never sees her get into the old ice box. And once he finds her unconscious inside, will Punky and...
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Tread Perilously -- Tequila And Bonetti: Brooklyn And The Beast
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Tread Perilously's Summer Grab Bag concludes with the penultimate episode of Tequila and Bonetti: "Brooklyn and the Beast." When a local news van prevents Bonetti, Garcia, and Tequila from apprehending a group of fleeing jewel thieves, Bonetti arrests the reporter, an obvious Geraldo Rivera pastiche. When he pays fine and leaves the South Coast squad room, he claims Tequila bit him and looks into the reason Bonetti left New York. The pressure only mounts when a woman is killed next to the reporter during an apparent drive-by and the gun is traced back to Bonetti. Justin declares this episode...
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Tread Perilously -- Automan: Unreasonable Facsimile
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Tread Perilously's summer grab bag month continues with an episode of Automan called "Unreasonable Facsimile." When Walter is given the chance to develop a video game based on a popular prime time soap opera, Auto mistakenly watches the show instead of his assigned case files. The result: Auto wants to fall in love and experience the sort of passion dramatized on television. Meanwhile, Walter and Auto end up working a case involving a dead aerospace CEO and his beautiful daughter. Will she spark with Auto and will he learn about this thing humans call "love"? And will it prove he can make...
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Tread Perilously -- Cop Rock: A Three-Corpse Meal
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Tread Perilously's Summer Grab Bag continues with the annual visit to Cop Rock for an episode called "A Three-Corpse Meal." While LaRusso stews in lock-up, Officer Quinn encounters Patricia again. She's remorseful about selling her baby back in the pilot and wants the young officer's aid. Quinn's husband, Lt. Ruskin, gets a bad health report and a new restricted diet. Elsewhere in town, Mayor Plank returns from her nose job and wows Police Chief Kendrick, leading to a surprising night for both. And back at county jail, LaRusso proves he's not stuck in there with the criminals ... they're stuck...
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Tread Perilously -- Baywatch: Deep Trouble
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Tread Perilously opens the summer grab bag for the penultimate edition of The Ballad of John D. Cort -- an episode of Baywatch called "Deep Trouble." When CJ finds a homeless Cort sleeping under her guard tower -- not a euphemism -- she turns to Mitch to help out his alleged best friend. But as it happens, Mitch needs Cort's aid as the brother of a young leukemia patient has gone missing. And with only a few days remaining for the brother to donate bone marrow tissue, it's up to the former Navy Seals to save the day. Meanwhile: Matt is sore that Cort is back in town. Erik and Justin find...
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Tread Perilously -- Beyond Witch Mountain: Pilot
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Tread Perilously's pilot season wraps up with Beyond Witch Mountain, an attempt to extend the Witch Mountain film duology into a weekly series. When extraterrestrials Tia and Tony leave their community atop Witch Mountain in search of their Uncle Bené, they learn his missing son has been located. But when Bené passes in a very Jedi-like way, they take on the rescue mission themselves and recruit the aid of helpful curmudgeon Jason O’Day -- the man who drove them to Witch Mountain in the first place. And, as it turns out, rich industrialist Aristotle Bolt is not over losing them before and...
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Tread Perilously -- The Art Of Being Nick: Pilot
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Tread Perilously's pilot season continues with the first episode of The Art of Being Nick -- the bizarre Family Ties spinoff with one notable star in its cast. When Family Ties guest character Nick Moore moves back to New York to concentrate on his art, he ends up living with his older sister, Marlene, and her young son, Louis. As soon as a job is mentioned, he pushes to work in her bookstore, where he immediately catches the eye of co-owner Rachel. All seems well until Marlene announces she is engaged to Louis's teacher, Bob. Is Louis really okay with it, or will Nick's strange...
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Tread Perilously -- Our House: Home Again
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Tread Perilously's pilot season continues with the pilot of Our House: "Home Again." Curmudgeon and widower Gus Witherspoon is in for a change when his daughter-in-law and her three children move from Fort Wayne, Indiana to his Southern California home. Set in his ways, it is a rough transition, but through Gus's old folksy mannerism and some understanding, they may just pull through. Meanwhile, granddaughter Kris attempts everything in her power to transfer out of Highland Park High to a school with an honors program that will be more advantageous for her ultimate goal: the Air Force Academy....
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Tread Perilously -- Nero Wolfe (1959): Count The Man Down
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Tread Perilously enters Pilot Season with the unsold 1959 Nero Wolfe pilot, "Count the Man Down." When Nero Wolfe receives a monthly expense bill totaling $4000.92, he tells Archie Goodwin to alert the media with this proclamation: a rocket scientist who died six days prior was murdered. The scientist's wife and associates quickly become suspects, but they also want to know who hired Wolfe to solve the crime. While Archie visits a local aerospace firm, Wolfe nurses his cold. Will everything come out in an expansive parlor scene and can Wolfe get the suspects to pony up for his services? Also,...
info_outlineTread Perilously's Doctor Who month continues with a First Doctor adventure called "The Aztecs."
When the TARDIS lands in an Aztec temple circa 1450, Barbara is immediately mistaken for the reincarnation of a priest called Yetaxa. The Doctor, Susan, and Ian become known to the locals as Barbara's followers. But the high priest of sacrifice, Tlotoxl, sees through the time traveler's ruse and vows to destroy them. To do this, he pits Ian against Ixta -- the chosen warrior to lead their armies -- and continually tests Barbara's seeming divinity. And once Susan speaks out against human sacrifice and refuses to marry "the perfect victim," he has all the ammo he needs. The Doctor, meanwhile, gets engaged to a local woman named Cameca. No, really!
Erik and Justin put on their anthropology hats to discuss the depiction of the Aztec culture, Cortez being the ultimate spanner in Barbara's plan, and the right way to do tourism in Mesoamerican ruins. Apocalypto becomes unavoidable. Erik discovers a connection between Cortez and hot sauce. Guest actors Keith Pyott and John Ringham get high marks as Autloc and Tlotoxl, respectively. Ian Cullen's Ixta also proves to be more layered than one might expect. Justin presents a p note on Aztec names. The nature of obsidian blades is explored and Justin doubts the existence of The Rose Detective.