ORBzine UK TV Roundup January 2002

31st January 2002 - Thursday

Angel Angel [Season 3, Episode 3] That Old Gang Of Mine

Reviewed in our special supplement

Buffy Buffy [Season 6, Episode 5] Life Serial

Reviewed in our special supplement

Buffy [Season 5, Episode 19] Tough Love

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 2, Episode 1] Serpent's Lair

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 3, Episode 8] Future's End, Part I

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 18] Way Out West

Reviewed in our special supplement

Farscape Farscape [Season 3, Episode 22] Dog With 2 Bones

Reviewed in our special supplement

30th January 2002 - Wednesday

Dark Angel Dark Angel [Season 1, Episode 20] Hit A Sista Back

Reviewed in our special supplement

alias Alias [Season 1, Episode 2] So It Begins ...

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 22] Meridian

Reviewed in our special supplement

Smallville Smallville [Season 1, Episode 7] Craving

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: TNG [Season 1, Episode 25] Conspiracy

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 22] Within the Serpent's Grasp

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 3, Episode 6] Remember

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 20] The Chasm

Reviewed in our special supplement

29th January 2002 - Tuesday

Star Trek: TNG [Season 1, Episode 24] We'll Always Have Paris

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: Voyager Star Trek: VGR [Season 7, Episode 6]

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 21] Politics

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 3, Episode 4] The Swarm

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 19] My Brother's Keeper

Reviewed in our special supplement


Today's SF films include Predator

28th January 2002 - Monday

Dark Angel Dark Angel [Season 2, Episode 3] Proof of Purchase

Reviewed in our special supplement

Enterprise Enterprise [Season 1, Episode 5] Unexpected

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 20] There But For The Grace Of God

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 3, Episode 3] The Chute

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 17] Data World

Reviewed in our special supplement

Farscape Farscape [Season 3, Episode 21] Into The Lion's Den Part II: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Reviewed in our special supplement

27th January 2002 - Sunday

Argh! It's The Mr Hell Show! [Season 1, Episode 4]

This time Mr Hell shows us his twisted view on the world of Philosophy.

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 3, Episode 17] Shades of Grey

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: DS9 [Season 3, Episode 11] Past Tense, Part 1

Star Trek: DS9 [Season 3, Episode 10] Fascination

Star Trek: DS9 [Season 3, Episode 8] Meridian

Reviewed in our special supplement

Roswell Roswell High [Season 2, Episode 18] It's Too Late And It's Too Bad

Reviewed in our special supplement

hercules Hercules [Season 4, Episode 4] Web of Desire

Reviewed in our special supplement


Today's SF films include Batman & Robin

26th January 2002 - Saturday

Invisible Man (1999) Invisible Man [Season 2, Episode 5] Going Postal

Reviewed in our special supplement

Codename Eternity [Season 1, Episode 13] 24 Hours

Reviewed in our special supplement

Outer Limits Outer Limits [Season 5, Episode 4] The Grell

Reviewed in our special supplement

X-Files X-Files [Season 8, Episode 8] Surekill

This is reviewed in a special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 3, Episode 7] Sacred Ground

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: TNG [Season 1, Episode 22] Symbiosis

Star Trek: TNG [Season 1, Episode 21] The Arsenal of Freedom

Reviewed in our special supplement

Xena Xena: Warrior Princess [Season 3, Episode 14] King Con

Reviewed in our special supplement

25th January 2002 - Friday

futurama Futurama [Season 2, Episode 12] Raging Bender

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 19] Tin Man

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 3, Episode 5] False Profits

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 16] Slide By Wire

Reviewed in our special supplement

24th January 2002 - Thursday

Angel Angel [Season 3, Episode 2] That Vision Thing

Reviewed in our special supplement

Buffy Buffy [Season 6, Episode 4] Flooded

Reviewed in our special supplement

Buffy [Season 5, Episode 18] Intervention

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 18] Solitudes

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 3, Episode 2] Flashback

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 14] Mother and Child

Reviewed in our special supplement

Farscape Farscape [Season 3, Episode 20] Into The Lion's Den Part I: Lambs To The Slaughter

Reviewed in our special supplement


Today's SF films include Face/Off

23rd January 2002 - Wednesday

Dark Angel Dark Angel [Season 1, Episode 19] Eye and Eye Is A Camera

Reviewed in our special supplement

alias Alias [Season 1, Episode 1] Truth Be Told

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 21] The Sentinel

Reviewed in our special supplement

Smallville Smallville [Season 1, Episode 6] Hourglass

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: TNG [Season 1, Episode 23] Skin of Evil

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 17] Enigma

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 3, Episode 1] Basics, Part II

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 13] Lipschitz Live

Reviewed in our special supplement

22nd January 2002 - Tuesday

Star Trek: TNG [Season 1, Episode 22] Symbiosis

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: Voyager Star Trek: VGR [Season 7, Episode 5]

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 16] Cor-Ai

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 26] Basics, Part I

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 15] Net Worth

Reviewed in our special supplement

21st January 2002 - Monday

Dark Angel Dark Angel [Season 2, Episode 2] Bag 'Em

Reviewed in our special supplement

Enterprise Enterprise [Season 1, Episode 4] Strange New World

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 15] Singularity

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 25] Resolutions

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 11] California Reich

Reviewed in our special supplement

Farscape Farscape [Season 3, Episode 19] I - Yensch, You - Yensch

Reviewed in our special supplement

20th January 2002 - Sunday

Argh! It's The Mr Hell Show! [Season 1, Episode 3]

This week we see Mr Hell's version of Cinderella, Rapunzel [which is similar to the scene in The 10th Kingdom ] and even an updated version of Edgar Alan Poe 's The Telltale Heart.

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 3, Episode 16] A Hundred Days

Reviewed in our special supplement

Roswell Roswell High [Season 2, Episode 17] Cry Your Name

Reviewed in our special supplement

hercules Hercules [Season 4, Episode 3] Regrets I've Had A Few

Reviewed in our special supplement


Today's SF films include King Kong vs Godzilla

19th January 2002 - Saturday

Invisible Man [Season 2, Episode 4] Johnny Apocalypse

Reviewed in our special supplement

Codename Eternity [Season 1, Episode 12] Lose Your Dreams

Reviewed in our special supplement

Outer Limits Outer Limits [Season 5, Episode 3] Small Friends

Reviewed in our special supplement

X-Files X-Files [Season 8, Episode 7] Via Negativa

This is reviewed in a special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 24] Tuvix

Reviewed in our special supplement

Xena Xena: Warrior Princess [Season 3, Episode 13] Forgiven

Reviewed in our special supplement

18th January 2002 - Friday

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 14] Hathor

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 23] The Thaw

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 9] Slidecage

Reviewed in our special supplement


Today's SF films include Siege of the Saxons

17th January 2002 - Thursday

Angel Angel [Season 3, Episode 1] Heartthrob

Reviewed in our special supplement

Buffy Buffy [Season 6, Episode 3] Afterlife

Reviewed in our special supplement

Buffy [Season 5, Episode 17] Forever

Reviewed in our special supplement

Lois and Clark Lois & Clark [Season 2, Episode 22] And The Answer Is ...

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 13] Fire and Water

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 22] Innocence

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 10] Asylum

Reviewed in our special supplement

16th January 2002 - Wednesday

Dark Angel Dark Angel [Season 1, Episode 18] Pollo Loco

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 20] Menace

Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 19] The Warrior

Reviewed in our special supplement

Smallville Smallville [Season 1, Episode 5] Cool

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: TNG [Season 1, Episode 21] The Arsenal of Freedom

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 12] Bloodlines

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 21] Deadlock

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 8] The Alternateville Horror

Reviewed in our special supplement

15th January 2002 - Tuesday

Star Trek: TNG [Season 1, Episode 20] Heart of Glory

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: Voyager Star Trek: VGR [Season 7, Episode 4]

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 11] The Torment of Tantalus

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 20] Investigations

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 7] Just Say Yes

Reviewed in our special supplement

14th January 2002 - Monday

Poltergeist: The Legacy Poltergeist: The Legacy [Season 2, Episode 10] Ransom

Reviewed in our special supplement

Dark Angel Dark Angel [Season 2, Episode 1] Designate This!

Reviewed in our special supplement

Enterprise Enterprise [Season 1, Episode 3] Fight Or Flight

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 10] Thor's Hammer

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 19] Lifesigns

Reviewed in our special supplement

sliders Sliders [Season 4, Episode 6] Oh Brother, Where Are Thou?

Reviewed in our special supplement

Farscape Farscape [Season 3, Episode 18] Fractures

Reviewed in our special supplement


Today Channel 4 shows a trilogy of SF films - Phantoms, Hellraiser 2: Hellbound and Cronos .

13th January 2002 - Sunday

Argh! It's The Mr Hell Show! [Season 1, Episode 2]

Yet more manic cartoon mayhem. Mr Hell goes for election against JFK, in the hope of being able to destroy Switzerland. Meanwhile, the psychotic seal-cub goes to a fashion show.

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 3, Episode 15] Urgo

Reviewed in our special supplement

Roswell Roswell High [Season 2, Episode 16] Heart of Mine

Reviewed in our special supplement

hercules Hercules [Season 4, Episode 2] Hero's Heart

Reviewed in our special supplement


Today's SF films include Mimic

12th January 2002 - Saturday

Invisible Man (1999) Invisible Man [Season 2, Episode 3] The Importance of Being Eberts

Reviewed in our special supplement

Codename Eternity [Season 1, Episode 11] Thief

Reviewed in our special supplement

Outer Limits Outer Limits [Season 5, Episode 2] Donor

Reviewed in our special supplement

X-Files X-Files [Season 8, Episode 6] Redrum

This is reviewed in a special supplement

Xena Xena: Warrior Princess [Season 3, Episode 12] One Against An Army

Reviewed in our special supplement

11th January 2002 - Friday

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 18] Death Wish

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 9] Brief Candle

Reviewed in our special supplement

Relic Hunter Relic Hunter [Season 2, Episode 3] Last of the Mochicas

Reviewed in our special supplement

10th January 2002 - Thursday

Angel Angel [Season 2, Episode 22] There's No Place Like Plxt Glrb

Reviewed in our special supplement

Buffy Buffy [Season 6, Episode 1-2] The Becoming 1-2

Reviewed in our special supplement

Buffy [Season 5, Episode 16] The Body

Reviewed in our special supplement

Lois and Clark Lois & Clark [Season 2, Episode 21] Whine, Whine, Whine

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 8] The Nox

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 17] Dreadnought

Reviewed in our special supplement

Relic Hunter Relic Hunter [Season 2, Episode 2] Dagger of Death

Reviewed in our special supplement


While Sky One premiered the first 2 episodes of Buffy [Season 6], BBC1 countered by showing Raiders of the Lost Ark . This reviewer has seen both before, and unfortunately Spielberg's work comes out on top!

9th January 2002 - Wednesday

Dark Angel Dark Angel [Season 1, Episode 17] Shorties in Love

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 18]

Stargate SG-1 [Season 5, Episode 17]

Reviewed in our special supplement

Smallville Smallville [Season 1, Episode 4] X-Ray

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: TNG [Season 1, Episode 19] Coming of Age

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 7] Cold Lazarus

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 16] Meld

Reviewed in our special supplement

8th January 2002 - Tuesday

Star Trek: TNG [Season 1, Episode 18] Home Soil

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 6] The First Commandment

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 15] Threshold

Reviewed in our special supplement

7th January 2002 - Monday

Dark Angel Dark Angel [Season 1, Episode 22] ... And Jesus Brought A Casserole

Reviewed in our special supplement

Enterprise Enterprise [Season 1, Episode 1-2] Broken Bow

Reviewed in our special supplement

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 5] The Broca Divide

Reviewed in our special supplement

Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 14] Alliances

Reviewed in our special supplement

Farscape Farscape [Season 3, Episode 17] Choices

Reviewed in our special supplement

6th January 2002 - Sunday

Argh! It's The Mr Hell Show! [Season 1, Episode 1]

This is a hilarious cartoon show starring the satanic Mr Hell, voiced by Bob Monkhouse! The best comparison in art and tone would be Ren & Stimpy. The show consists of a number of short segments, including The Photocopy of Dorian Grey's Arse.

Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 3, Episode 14] Pretense

Reviewed in our special supplement

Roswell Roswell High [Season 2, Episode 15] Viva Las Vegas

Reviewed in our special supplement

hercules Hercules [Season 4, Episode 1] Beanstalks and Bad Eggs

Reviewed in our special supplement

Invisible Man (1999) Invisible Man [Season 2, Episode 2] The Camp

Reviewed in our special supplement

Codename Eternity [Season 1, Episode 10] The Bounty Hunter

Reviewed in our special supplement

Outer Limits Outer Limits [Season 5, Episode 1] Alien Radio

Reviewed in our special supplement

Married With Children [Season , Episode ]

Al is watching American Football on TV when he remarks he would sell his soul to play for the Chicago Bears. No sooner has he said that than Robert Englund ( Nightmare on Elm Street ) pops up as a satanic TV repair man.

The Bundys and their neighbours end up in Hell. Their only chance to get out is if they defeat Satan's team at American Football.

X-Files X-Files [Season 8, Episode 5] Invocation

This is reviewed in a special supplement

futurama Futurama [Season 2, Episode 20] Anthology of Interest: 1

Reviewed in our special supplement

Xena Xena: Warrior Princess [Season 3, Episode 11] The Bitter Suite

Reviewed in our special supplement


Today's SF films include Space Truckers

4th January 2002 - Friday

Confirmation: Hard Evidence of Aliens Among Us? [Part I]

This episode covers:

  • Tales of alien abduction, including Whitley Streiber 's book Communion
  • The theory of alien hybrids, including the book The Threat
  • futurama Futurama [Season 2, Episode 5] I Second That Emotion

    Reviewed in our special supplement

    Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 13] Prototype

    Reviewed in our special supplement

    Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 4] Emancipation

    Reviewed in our special supplement

    10th Kingdom 10th Kingdom [Season 1, Episode 10]

    Reviewed in our special supplement

    3rd January 2002 - Thursday

    Confirmation: Hard Evidence of Aliens Among Us? [Part I]

    Robert Davi ( Licence to Kill ) presents this documentary, two hours long [split into two sections of one hour each - to be continued tomorrow].

    Buffy's Back

    This is a special behind-the-scenes documentary leading up to the release of Buffy the Vampire Slayer [Season 6] on British TV.

  • James Marsters has an American accent and does not shave his armpits. He is not a natural blond.
  • Anthony Stewart Head has an earring
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar was originally cast as ... Cordelia!
  • Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 3] The Enemy Within

    Reviewed in our special supplement

    Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 12] Resistance

    Reviewed in our special supplement

    10th Kingdom 10th Kingdom [Season 1, Episode 9]

    Reviewed in our special supplement


    Today's SF films include Men In Black, Coneheads, Scanners and The Dark

    2nd January 2002 - Wednesday

    Smallville Smallville [Season 1, Episode 3] Hothead

    Reviewed in our special supplement

    Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 2] Children of the Gods

    Reviewed in our special supplement

    Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 11] Maneuvers

    Reviewed in our special supplement

    10th Kingdom 10th Kingdom [Season 1, Episode 8]

    Reviewed in our special supplement


    Today's SF films include Meet Joe Black

    1st January 2002 - Tuesday - New Years Day

    Dr Terrible's House of Horrible Dr Terrible's House of Horrible [Season 1, Episode 1] Lesbian Vampire Lovers of Lust

    Reviewed in our special supplement

    Stargate Stargate SG-1 [Season 1, Episode 1] Children of the Gods, Part 1

    Reviewed in our special supplement

    Star Trek: VGR [Season 2, Episode 10] Cold Fire

    Reviewed in our special supplement

    10th Kingdom 10th Kingdom [Season 1, Episode 7]

    Reviewed in our special supplement


    Today's SF films include Suspiria