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Twice as Bright, Half as Long

Dave Probert and Ian Wilsonwww.earth-2.net
Dave Probert and Ian Wilson watch short-lived TV shows to see if they were cut off in their prime or put out of their misery.
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Episodes

Episode 05.02 - Street Hawk

After surviving the pilot episode, Ian and Dave dive into three episodes of Street Hawk. In "A Second Self," the head of a carjacking ring swears vengeance when his brother is killed after Street Hawk foils a car theft. He hires a driver to help trap and kill Street Hawk who just happens to be two-time Academy Award winner George Clooney. In "The Adjuster," Street Hawk breaks up a jewelry smuggling ring, but, when the fence escapes, Jessie must partner with violent New York cop Joe Cannon who ha...

Feb 24, 20152 hr 1 min

Episode 05.01 - Street Hawk

Dave and Ian are joined by Dan Toland, and together they discuss the feature-length pilot of Street Hawk. In the debut episode, Jessie Mach, a motorcycle cop who only knows the streets, is seriously injured in an incident that kills his partner and is recruited by Federal Agent Norman Tuttle to ride an experimental all-terrain pursuit motorcycle code named Street Hawk. Along they way they discuss hilariously dated technology, anime parodies, and Rex Smith's acting masterclass.

Jan 29, 20153 hr 9 min

Episode 04.04 - Life on Mars

Ian and Dave close out 2014 with the final four episodes of Life on Mars. In episode 13, Sam suffers an overdose and starts to hallucinate, while CID must solve a kidnapping that is linked to an old murder case. In episode 14, Sam's 21st century girlfriend says goodbye as Sam meets her mother during a case of murder and drug smuggling. In episode 15, Gene wakes up after a drunken night out to find he may have killed someone, and Sam must clear his name. In episode 16, Sam is told that he must de...

Jan 03, 20152 hr 52 min

Episode 04.03 - Life on Mars

Dave and Ian are back with four more episodes of Life on Mars. In episode nine, Sam hears the voice of an old enemy at his bedside while encountering his younger self in 1973. In episode 10 Sam encounters his mentor as a young man, while Gene's mentor returns for one last case. In episode 11, Sam's overconfidence about a suspected IRA bomb leads to Ray being caught in the blast and the team turning against him. And in episode 12, a murdered girl leads to Sam and Annie going undercover at a swing...

Nov 13, 20142 hr 28 min

Episode 04.02 - Life on Mars

Ian and Dave cover the second half of Life on Mars's first season. Episode five sees Sam and Gene investigate a murder that appears to be link with football hooligans, and involves them working a memorable shift in a pub. In episode six, Sam hears his mother say that his life support is going to be turned off at two o'clock, which is also the deadline given by a gunman who has taken hostages at a local newspaper. In episode seven, Sam is determined to have a full and transparent investigation of...

Oct 13, 20142 hr 37 min

Episode 04.01 - Life on Mars

Dave and Ian start covering the British version of Life on Mars. In episode one, DCI Sam Tyler is hit by a car and wakes up in 1973 where he must solve a series of murders that are connected to a case he was working on in 2006, all while butting heads with his new boss: DCI Gene Hunt. In episode two, Sam stops Gene from framing an armed robber and faces the consequences. In episode three, Sam and Gene investigate a murder in a textile mill that will one day be Sam's flat. And in episode four, Sa...

Sep 16, 20142 hr 26 min

Episode 03.04.5 - The Middleman

Ian and Dave get together for a special bonus episode covering the table-reading of the unmade episode of The Middleman: "The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse," from the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con. The episode sees Manservant Neville's nefarious schemes come to fruition. Wendy and The Middleman must stop him from warping the very fabric of reality itself and turning all the beans into peas. They also embrace the use of wrestling terminology to describe the crowd's reaction, and celebrate a towering ...

Aug 28, 201456 min

Episode 03.04 - The Middleman

Dave and Ian bring their summer of The Middleman to a close with the final three episodes. In "The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation," Wendy must stop The Middleman and Lacey from taking part in a demonic puppet-based wedding ceremony that will unleash vampires upon an unsuspecting world, and Noser is forced to reveal a secret from his past. In "The Clotharian Contamination Protocol," the unexpected return of the Voyager 2 probe leads to a lockdown of Middleman HQ, and Wendy having to journey inside I...

Aug 18, 20143 hr 1 min

Episode 03.03 - The Middleman

Dave and Ian continue the summer of The Middleman. In "The Cursed Tuba Contingency," Wendy and The Middleman must recover a cursed tuba from an immortal survivor of The Titanic. In "The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation," a haunting of a sorority house leads to The Middleman having his body possessed by a nascent mad scientist. And in "The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown," a robbery with a familiar MO leads to the revival of a Middleman from the 60s who struggles to coexist with his modern co...

Jul 14, 20142 hr 31 min

Episode 03.02 - The Middleman

Ian and Dave return for three more episodes of The Middleman. In "The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum," Aliens living on Earth are being kidnapped and Wendy's break-up video becomes an Internet sensation. In "The Flying Fish Zombifaction," Wendy and The Middleman must find out who is creating zombies that crave trout. And in "The Boy-Band Superfan Interrogation," The Middleman must choose between Ida and defeating a group of alien generals disguised as a boy band. On the way, Dave must innovate...

Jun 19, 20142 hr 5 min

Episode 03.01 - The Middleman

Dave and Ian tackle their first series from the US as the begin to make their way through the 2008 show The Middleman. In "The Pilot Episode Sanction," artist Wendy Watson is recruited as a sidekick to a mysterious man who foils villainy on a comic book scale, and must stop a super-intelligent gorilla from taking over the mob. In "The Accidental Occidental Conception," the schemes of a Terra Cotta Warrior mean The Middleman and Wendy must journey to the underworld. In "The Sino-Mexican Revolutio...

May 09, 20141 hr 53 min

Episode 02.03 - Neverwhere

Ian and Dave come to the end of Neverwhere. In "Down Street," the Door, Richard, and Hunter make the dangerous return journey to give the key to Islington, the Marquis returns from the dead and the traitor is revealed. In "As Above, So Below," Richard and the Marquis must join forces to free Door from Islington but first they must vanquish the Beast of London Below. They discuss the series as a whole. Get audio feedback from some old friends, and some last minute email feedback with some fantasy...

Apr 13, 20142 hr 12 min

Episode 02.02 - Neverwhere

Dave and Ian watch two more episodes of Neverwhere. In "Earl's Court to Islington," Door and Richard search for the portal to the Angel Islington's domain while The Marquis de Carabas does some investigating of his own. In "Blackfriars," Richard must endure an ordeal to secure a key for Islington while de Carabas plays a dangerous game with Croup and Vandemar. Dave makes a suggestion for Hey, an Actor!, and Ian rants about inaccurate museum representation and kills the English language.

Mar 14, 20141 hr 59 min

Episode 02.01 - Neverwhere

Ian and Dave begin their second show: Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. In "Door," self-described normal, boring man Richard Mayhew rescues a girl called Door from assassins. This act leads him to discover the strange, hidden world of London Below. In "Knightsbridge," Richard attempts to find Door in London Below while Door and The Marquis de Carabas search for evidence that will lead them to those responsible for the murders of Door's family. Statistician Ian returns, they briefly discuss the US Ultrav...

Feb 11, 20141 hr 45 min

Episode 01.03 - Ultraviolet

Dave and Ian close the book on their first series with the last two episodes of Ultraviolet. In "Terra Incognita," a Brazilian immigrant leads the team to a Code V experiment with synthetic blood, and Vaughan finds himself in mortal danger. In "Persona Non Grata," the team have a Code V in custody, and Michael's loyalty is put to the test as their enemy's endgame is revealed. They also discuss the show overall, what they would have like to have seen in a second season, ponder who is the Paul Dar...

Jan 13, 20143 hr

Episode 01.02 - Ultraviolet

Ian and Dave cover two more episodes of Ultraviolet. In "Sub Judice," the team investigate a barrister who's womb is being used to incubate a human / Code V hybrid. In "Mea Culpa," a schoolboy murders a priest. Is it a simple case of teenaged violence, or a symptom of a Code V experiment? Will there be any laughs to be had given the dour nature of these stories? If anyone can find them it's Wilson and Probert.

Dec 09, 20132 hr 21 min

Episode 01.01 - Ultraviolet

Dave Probert and Ian Wilson are back with an exciting new show that in no way borrows heavily from their previous one. (This may be a lie.) They begin their viewing of short-lived TV shows with the British one-season wonder Ultraviolet. In "Habeas Corpus," Policeman Michael Colefield discovers that the world isn't what he thinks it is when his partner goes missing, and a mysterious team investigates his disappearance. The truth will change his life. In "In Nomine Patris," Michael joins the team,...

Nov 13, 20132 hr 31 min

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Nov 04, 20132 min
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