Tread Perilously

Tread Perilously concludes its devilish October with an episode Supernatural called "Swan Song." With all of their options exhausted, the Winchesters decide to take the battle back to Lucifer. But, instead, Sam agrees to house the Devil's spirit so he can fight Micheal. Of course, it's really a ruse -- but Lucifer knew that already and a battle in Sam's mind ensues. Meanwhile, Dean attempts to und...

  Tread Perilously continues a month of the Devil with an episode of Lucifer called "Boo Normal." Ella takes the focus when she considers moving home to Detroit. But will her ghostly friend Ray-Ray prove why she should stay in the City of Angels? Meanwhile, the team is tasked with learning who murdered a popular therapist. Ella and Chloe follow the forensics while Lucifer and Dan chase down a witn...

Tread Perilously's devilish October continues with a journey into Constantine 's reality with "The Devil's Vinyl." When an acetate recording alleged to contain the First of the Fallen's voice is uncovered after decades of being hidden, John, a musician's wife, and Papa Midnite all vie for the record. But the vinyl itself has a will of its own and listening to the track it contains can be ... kille...

Tread Perilously continues its devilish October with an episode of Reaper called "All Mine." Sam's latest infernal bounty brings him into contact with a swarm of bugs, a man on the run, and an exterminator. But it also leads him to think he's already depending too much on Ben and Sock. Also, a potential job promotion leaves Sam wondering if he will always work at The Bench while Andi considers goi...

Tread Perilously's 2026 horror month focuses on the Devil. It all begins with an episode of Highway to Heaven called "The Devil and Jonathan Smith." When a freak accident leaves a child on his deathbed, Mark makes a deal to save his life. And when the broker reveals the deal was for his soul -- and the Devil will come to collect on Halloween night -- it's up to a Burbank area con-man to come up wi...

Tread Perilously concludes its annual Star Trek month with an episode of Star Trek: Picard called "Imposters." Picard and Riker have returned control of the U.S.S. Titan to Captain Shaw, but are now on the hook for treason. Starfleet dispatches the U.S.S. Intrepid and a special Intelligence operative to bring them back to Command. But when Picard sees the operative is Ro Laren, it brings back some...

Tread Perilously's annual Star Trek month continues with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called "Ensign Ro." When the Enterprise is ordered to handle a potentially explosive Bajoran crisis near the Cardassian border, Captain Picard's superiors assign Ensign Ro Laren to the mission. One of the few Starfleet officers of Bajoran ancestry, she would be an invaluable asset if not for the f...

Tread Perilously's Star Trek month continues with an episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds called "A Quality of Mercy." When Captain Christopher Pike considers altering the fate he has been dreading since his year in command of the U.S.S. Discovery , a future version of himself makes him leap into the events of "Balance of Terror" -- only he's still in command of the Enterprise . Will he make t...

Tread Perilously begins its 10th annual Star Trek month with the classic Original Series episode "Balance of Terror." When the U.S.S. Enterprise is called to the Federation Neutral Zone along the border with the Romulan Star Empire, they discover outposts have been destroyed. When the ship reaches a base under attack, they learn the truth: the Romulans have crossed the zone with a new ship capable...

Tread Perilously concludes its summer Patreon request month with an episode of The Highwayman called "Warzone." When Jetto seemingly goes rogue and abducts military and city officials, the Highwayman springs into action to figure out the how and why. But a clearly corrupt general has his own reasons to silence Jetto. What really happened six years earlier? Why can't Jetto remember? And is Wayne Ne...

Tread Perilously's summer Patreon request month continues with an episode of Sledge Hammer! called "The Spa Who Loved Me." Hammer includes himself in the case of a missing nuclear warhead. The trail leads to a downtown fitness center run by the queen of workout tapes, Jill Taylor. His tour of the spa only leads to him getting his first workout in years, but Doreau decides to take a look herself. M...

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...

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, Che...

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...

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...

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 Plan...

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...

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...

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, whe...

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,...

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 solv...

Tread Perilously's fantasy month concludes with an episode of Grimm called "Silence of the Slams." As the season arc simmers in the background, Nick is called onto the case of a man who has lost his face. But when it becomes clear the man was really a wesen, he becomes the only person who can solve the crime. Meanwhile, a young luchadore begs a mask-maker for a new persona that will make him the s...

Tread Perilously's fantasy month continues with a trip to  Fantasy Island called "Voodoo/Parent Trap." Much to Tattoo's dismay, Mr. Roarke accepts $51 from two children who desperately want to see their parents back together. Under the guise of inspecting the children's survival weekend, the mother and father -- and their respective fiances -- end up stuck in a rustic cabin. Meanwhile, Roarke aids...

Tread Perilously's fantasy month continues with an episode of The Dresden Files called "Walls." When Harry Dresden witnesses the death of a potential client, he uncovers a trio of frat brothers who have learned a way to do short-range teleportation via a magic relic. They immediately use it to commit crimes. But considering the killer Harry glimpsed may in fact be the spirit contained in the objec...

Tread Perilously dedicates itself to a month of fantasy shows starting with an episode of  Beastmaster called "Slayer's Return." After years of wandering, Zuraya seems to have it all worked out. Rolan, the king of a prosperous city state, has lifted her curse of loneliness and they will be married in a few short days. Nevertheless, her wolf, Slayer, seems to hate Rolan. Does he understand somethin...