Jesse D. Goins Movies

As the walking dead fill the streets of Los Angeles, filmmakers John Solomon and Grace Lee turn their cameras on the misunderstood flesh-eaters, their fierce proponents, and their staunch opponents to offer a glimpse of just how society has changed in the wake of the zombie uprising. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Promoted to captain, Lt. Fancy (James McDaniel) is nervous about revealing the identity of his replacement as skipper of the 15th. Diane (Kim Delaney) and Connie (Charlotte Ross) investigate when a man's -- er -- member is sliced off and deposited near an ATM machine. The possibility of a vicious turf war between the Scarpelli and Marino crime families rears its ugly head. A mob informant names a name that has the squad reeling in disbelief. And all speculation regarding the new precinct head comes to an end when the infamous Lt. Susan Falto (Denise Crosby) makes her entrance. With this episode, former recurring character Connie McDowell (played by Charlotte Ross) becomes a regular. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

College freshman Cory (Ben Savage) feels intellectually inferior to Alexandra (Alexandra Nechita), an art prodigy who is the same age as his younger sister Morgan (Lindsay Ridgeway). Figuring that brilliance is hereditary, Ben holds his "merely average" dad Alan (William Russ) responsible for his lack of genius. As for Alexandra, she merely wants to be regarded as a normal kid by people her own age--and happily, Morgan is willing to oblige. And elsewhere, Jack (Matthew Lawrence) thinks he has died and gone to heaven when, after saving Rachel (Maitland Ward) from choking to death, she offers to give him anything--ANYTHING--in return! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Barely recognizable under a blonde wig and several layers of garish makeup, Kirstie Alley stars in this made-for-TV drama as Marty, a freewheeling waitress who compensates for the emptiness in her life with jokes and wisecracks. On the verge of finding emotional fulfillment with a new romance, Marty is crippled in a freak traffic accident. Her subsequent efforts to adjust to her paraplegic state are hampered by a vicious assault from a mugger -- not to mention her erstwhile boyfriend's desertion. Hitting rock bottom, Marty is awash in booze and self-pity when redemption appears in the unlikely form of a handsome, upbeat guy in a wheelchair named Joe Mulvey (Jason Beghe). Suddenly originally aired December 1, 1996, on ABC. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In this Emmy award-winning episode, Greene (Anthony Edwards) takes a potentially career-destroying risk after he misdiagnoses the condition of a woman (Colleen Flynn) and her unborn child. Although Greene's OR battle to save his patients' lives is the episode's focal point, several other subplots wend their way through the story. Among these is the ever-deteriorating condition of Benton's (Eriq La Salle) mother, and the accidental poisoning of young Joey Page (Theodore Borders). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In this moving drama, a mentally retarded woman is aided by a diligent attorney in her battle to keep her children from being placed in foster care. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Willie (Max Wright) brings his new coworker Jim (Todd Susman) home for dinner, whereupon Jim makes a nuisance of himself. The visitor then tops off the evening by letting slip that he is in the Witness Protection Program. This sends ALF into a frenzy of terror, convinced that mobsters will soon be descending upon the Tanner household! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Paul Verhoeven's American breakthrough film, Robocop, is an exceedingly violent blend of black comedy, science fiction, and crime thriller. Set in Detroit sometime in the near future, the film is about a policeman (Peter Weller) killed in the line of duty whom the department decides to resurrect as a half-human, half-robot supercop. The RoboCop is indestructible, and within a matter of weeks he has removed crime from the streets of Detroit. However, his human side is tortured by his past, and he wants revenge on the thugs who killed him. The film was later followed by two feature-length sequels and a live-action television series, neither of which were as successful as the original film. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

In this inane teen comedy, a rafting competition is going to determine whether four friends will graduate or not (an interesting amendment to college practices), and up against their team is a group of offensive rich kids. Meanwhile, a band of expelled military rafters is out to thwart the race as a whole. Bob (Tim Matheson) of the aspiring group of graduates, and Heather (Jennifer Runyon), a convert from the military rafting side, are a hot item, as are many other couples, since sex seems to be the only known activity carried out on land. A game of charades with a dog -- in order to locate a hostage -- is the funniest sequence in an otherwise routine story. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

The A-Team sets about to rescue the passengers of a hijacked 747 with Hannibal (George Peppard)and Face (Dirk Benedict) posing as airline executives so they can trade themselves for the hostages. As it turns out, retrieving the plane is the easy part: The trouble arises when, while escaping from the villains, B.A. (Mr. T) goes into cataleptic shock at the prospect of flying, Hannibal is helplessly trapped in the airport tower, and a temporarily blinded Murdock (Dwight Schultz) is at the 747's controls! Without tipping the ending, it can be noted that a climactic action sequence was lifted from the theatrical feature Airplane (and we haven't even mentioned the possibility that "Howling Mad" Murdock may finally be declared sane--much to his dismay). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Robert Louis Stevenson's novel is satirized in this comedy about a scientist (Mark Blankfield) who is hopelessly addicted to his latest invention, a strange white powder. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

Season two of The Greatest American Hero finds the title character (played by William Katt) reverting to his original character name of Ralph Hinkley, after the March 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan by a loser named John Hinckley prompted the series' producers to hastily (and in many cases clumsily) rewrite and redub existing episodes so that the protagonist was known as "Ralph Hanley." The ratings for The Greatest American Hero steadily climbed throughout the year. The basic satirical premise remains the same: presented with a super-powered red suit by a group of space aliens, nerdy high-school teacher Ralph Hinkley reluctantly transforms into a flying superhero, fighting crime and criminals at the behest of overzealous FBI agent Bill Maxwell (Robert Culp). Hinkley is aided and abetted by his attorney girlfriend, Pam Davidson (Connie Sellecca), and by four somewhat raffish students from his remedial education class: Tony (Michael Paré), Rhonda (Faye Grant), Cyler (Jesse D. Goins), and Rodriguez (Don Cervantes). Unfortunately, Ralph had lost the book of instructions which came with his marvelous suit, so his flying skills remain wildly erratic, and he continues to be amazed at how many remarkable powers are within his grasp. ~ Rovi