Now they've revealed to Johnny Jr. that Johnny is the kids biological dad.

I got it right away, I just couldn't understand why she was so much better in Spidey! Her scenes with Alfred Molina were really touching and sweet. In Insurrection ... not so much.

Thanks jyd76. In my part of Canada, we're still stuck in season 2 of The Dead Zone.

It's weird, isn't it? Some actors just have chemistry together. For example, and on-topic, I caught a few minutes of X-Men on TV the other night, and Famke Jansson and Patrick Stewart have more chemistry between them than she has with either of her rival love-interests. I saw that same chemistry between them in their TNG episode, the name of which is escaping me.

The Perfect Mate.

I surprised myself when I remembered the title. I'm usually so bad at that sort of thing.

"The Perfect Mate"?

Well played, frenchtoast. Well played.

I was watching an episode of "Bonanza" on TV Land this morning, and at first I thought this one character was Gary Sinise, until I realized that Gary Sinise probably wasn't even born when this episode aired. Then I got a closer look, and it was our old buddy, Bones, DeForest Kelley.

Thank you both, ladies!

Aw, yay, Bones!

It's really weird, but whenever I watch 1776, I want to swear that Hancock is played by Shatner and Hopkins by Kelley. I know it's not true, but the former really looks like it and the latter really sounds like it.

I had my television tuned to Golden Girls earlier today. I wasn't really paying attention when suddenly I heard a voice that I recognized but couldn't place. It turned out to be Robert Picardo guest starring as, what else, a doctor.

If you haven't been given a link to it already, you MUST race to hear William Shatner sing Pulp's Common People. It's pretty fantastic.

I can't find a direct link, but if you go here, scroll down to 07.20.04 Jarvis Why??? you can get there.

I saw an ep of Stargate last night, that guest starred Jolene Blalock. She was terrible. She was cast as the leader of a group of female Jaffa, which meant she had to act like Teal'c. Not a very good role for her. and she had a really bad wig! Also, amusingly enough, the Goa'uld symbol on her forehead looked like a Romulan symbol, which amused me no end.

Spoiler tags, while appreciated, aren't needed.

I've been watching through my Granada/Brett Sherlock Holmes DVDs and before I came to the episode "The Six Napoleons", I didn't remember that Marina Sirtis played a bit part in it. Since she's in full period dress and surroundings, complete with a very bad Italian accent ("Assassino!" Tee hee!), I kept waiting for the comm to beep and her to call "Computer, exit." Alas, she never did.

I am a puddle of envy. Those are on my wish list and I think I may remind hubby around the holidays how much I really want them.

When I first saw the episode, it took me a second to recognize her. She really looked quite lovely.

So she did, which made me wonder how the TNG wardrobe people managed to make her look, well, frumpy. I also hadn't realised how good an Italian she makes -- I always thought she looked just, well, Betazoid.

(And yes, the Holmes DVDs are simply divine, save for picture quality, blech.)

I watched Insomnia just the other day. That Paul Dooley was in it had completely skipped my mind, but after watching a boatload of DS9 recently, I was apparently more apt to recognise him (to my consternation, I even exclaimed, "It's Tain!" when he comes on screen). Treks really do have some stellar guest stars.

Sorry about the lateness (I haven't had time to catch up here until today) but O'Brien was apparently on Stargate: Atlantis last week. After sitting through many commercials during Quantum Leap all week, I was going to watch but ended up falling asleep embarrassingly early for a friday night. Maybe in reruns.

Did anyone see Alexander Siddig in the thing on Channel 4 (in Britain) the other night about the WTC bombers? He played one of the commanders helping them plan. I somehow feel it won't be shown in the USA, but it was excellent and he was quite chilling in it.

Damn, was he in that? I should have watched it. He seems to be making a career out of playing Middle Eastern terrorists - I seem to remember he was also a suicide bomber in Spooks a year or two ago.

Yeah. I hate to think that those are the only kinds of roles an Arab actor can get nowadays ... (although he wasn't actually a suicide bomber in Spooks - he was an undercover agent who was blown up by one).

That's really stupid. When I look at him, I don't see a middle eastern man. He looks pretty much bog standard British to me, and so I'd probably cast him in the next Harry Potter or British romcom or something. I know he describes himself as middle eastern, and obviously I believe him, but he doesn't really look it.

I think he does when he grows a long beard and/or wears traditional dress. For instance, here.

However, I'd love to see him in Harry Potter, if I could think of a role for him.

I see, your point is taken. Anyway, as Bashir, I see him as a white bloke. Of course, online, I see everyone as a white bloke, until I find out otherwise. :)

Yep. And the character was nothing at all like Miles.

All your Sid talk reminds me of Not!Bashir. I haven't figured out if it's just one guy that keeps throwing me off or if there are a couple. On first glance I think it's Sid but then then a close-up or longer look at the guy show it's just a Not!Bashir. Keeps bumming me out.

Oh and I was pleasantly surprised to see Walter Koenig was the writer of the Land of the Lost episode introducing the gold Sleestak. Anyone know if he wrote any others?

I only knew Koenig wrote an episode of the animated series - "The Infinite Vulcan" - so I looked at IMDB. They only mention the one Land of the Lost episode, and that he was a writer on "The Powers of Matthew Star" - a pretty forgettable 80's show.

I saw Brent Spiner looking very young in an old rerun of Night Court yesterday! Ep was inexcusably silly, but I loved seeing him speaking Spanish with a redneck southern accent!

Saw John Billingsley on a Gilmore Girls rerun yesterday. He played a teacher. He has a very recognizable voice/speech pattern.

I've been sitting here watching CSI on Spike for a half-hour, and just realized the familiar voice is Jeffrey Combs! (I have never seen him sans makeup).

I've been watching a whole lot of CSI because of that marathon, and not only did I catch Shran, but I also saw the guy who was collecting the blood types from Carpenter Street, Loomis I think the name was. He played a psychic.

It took me a second to recognize him because he had shorter hair, but the voice was so familiar.

The show is horrible, but if anyone is in need of a Lt. Hawk fix, Neal McDonough is starring in NBC’s Medical Investigations. Catch it while you can-- cancellation estimates in the show thread are using weeks as a unit of measure rather than seasons. He’s still pretty.

I was watching a biography on Pierce Brosnan, and they showed a publicity still for one of his early TV movies...it looked like he was standing next to Kate Mulgrew. They were both in period dress. Were they in a movie together?

IMDb says yes.

And keckler recapped that particular episode! Fitting.

Jolene Blalock was also in an episode of CSI that I saw on Spike today. CSI's kind of like Law & Order that way, all these guest stars we recognise and stuff. Or something.

I've just seen the trailer for Layer Cake, a new film featuring Colm Meaney and Tom Hardy. Looks pretty bad though.

I saw the trailer a while back too, EM. Is it bad that I want to see it just because it has Colm Meaney in it?

John de Lancie was on Charmed last night, and the best part of it was he was playing a very Q-like role. Cracked me up.

PB, and anyone else who's over here, there's a behind-the-scenes programme about Layer Cake on Channel 4, Sunday, 11.45 pm. Maybe I'll watch that to see Colm instead of subjecting myself to the whole thing. Except Sunday's my birthday so I'll probably be unfit to watch anything by that time of night. Hmm. Would it be too tragic to tape it?

PB, I think it depends on if you watch Stargate: Atlantis just to see Colm! He was on again. But just barely. (Like I think they probably filmed it when they did the last one.) So I guess there's no hope for a recurring role.

Don't know if this really counts as other roles, but...

I'm quite amused by the newest Shatner/Nimoy Priceline ad. The one where Shatner suggests sharing the endorsement and Nimoy says it's logical, "but no" and then squeaks a little squeaky airplane at Shatner. The squeaky plane makes me giggle every time.

<giggling just remembering the commercial> I love the squeaky plane!

ETA: Thanks for the info re: Mulgrew/Brosnan movie, Gil!

Spike is playing The Undiscovered Country right now. David Warner from Star Trek V is the big bad Klingon and I didn't know Iman was in it. Even with the fright wig she's just lovely, she would have made a perfect Storm.

I love that Priceline commercial. Nimoy tosses off a great Spock eyebrow, and you can't beat the sheer comedy of "Logical. But no."

The whole series of commercials has been pretty funny. Although in the one where Shatner's trying to get into "his" room, only to find that Nimoy has commandeered it, Nimoy comes off as kind of a jerk. I blame the writing, not Nimoy, but still.

Is the plane a reference to The Twilight Zone, or just Priceline? I've only seen the first one.

Ha! Me too! It's so out of left field that it seems unscripted. And of course, I expect Spocklike behavior whenever I see Nimoy (however illogical that is...), so it seems doubly silly.

Now that William Shatner has won an Emmy (who knew?) he’s probably going to be seen a lot more. He is going to be in Miss Congeniality 2 and the new series Boston Legal with James Spader (another Emmy winner). Of course, it won’t be filmed in Boston, but what can you do?

I hope he keeps making those Priceline commercials – they crack me up.

Probably just Priceline. Shatner makes a point in the commercial about airfare, because that's part of what they sell.

Shatner's version of Common People is getting SO MUCH radio airplay here. I'm pretty sure it will chart high when it's actually released. I can't wait to see him on Top Of The Pops (main BBC music show) if so ...

Every time I see a print ad for this I think, "Hey it's Captain Kirk and Daniel Jackson!"

Promethea, my god, I'll have to start taking notice of TOTP again because that would be too good to miss. I bet they'd have him on too, in an "ironic" way. I haven't heard the record (but then I'm an old person and listen to Radio 2) - I'll have to give Capital or something a try!

Thanks for the heads up about Sunday night for some Colm Meaney sighting EM.



Not tragic at all, cause that's what I'm going to do.

Heh, Shatner on TOTP. I'd watch.