Spot Reviews 04/24/26
Apr 24 2026
Tehran s3 (2025) [+] Mossad agent Tamar (Niv Sultan) is stuck in Tehran and is now being hunted by both her Mossad superiors to the Iran secret police. Her only assets are Faraz (Shaun Toub), head of the secret police department hunter her but she can blackmail him, and her ability to win friends, even deep cover Mossad agent The Owl (Sasson Gabai) tasked with eliminating her. This season she has a reprieve because UN nuclear inspector Eric Peterson (Hugh Laurie) is arrested by the Iranians and Tamar discovers the Iranians have smuggled all the components to build a nuclear bomb... As usual this remains a high drama series with perhaps one too many plot twists (one of the bad guys turns out to be another undercover agent).
Hey Sensei, Don't You Know? (2019) [/] Japanese light romantic comedy based on manga. Six half-hour episodes. Mousy manga artist Hana Aoi (Fumika Baba) meets handsome hairstylist Riichi Kido (Eiji Akaso) who turns her into a beauty and then starts dating her because he likes her work ethic and personality. While her manga improves now that she has a real relationship to base it on (this is her first relationship) she has lots of insecurities about being a good girlfriend worthy of Riichi especially since popular actress Nanase Hoshino (Honoka Yahagi) is also after Riichi... I guess this is an ok series but it's very light and short and somewhat uninteresting at time but I suppose I'm not the target audience.
Hello Kitty Island Adventure (2023) [/] Kids-level exploration/interaction game. You're on a resort island with Hello Kitty and her friends. Wander around doing tasks, making friends, crafting stuff. It's described as a cozy adventure so I guess it's on easy mode. The graphics are nice and the character dialogs are fairly distinct though I didn't recognize anyone other than Hello Kitty itself. A bit too simple for me but it looks quite playable.
Bonchon, San Mateo [/] Christopher got a bunch of takeout and we ate it maybe an hour later. Wings of four flavors. Seasoned french fries. Wasn't really distinctive -- like what'd get from a buffalo wings place. They also have Korean Fried Chicken so maybe that's better.
Hey Sensei, Don't You Know? (2019) [/] Japanese light romantic comedy based on manga. Six half-hour episodes. Mousy manga artist Hana Aoi (Fumika Baba) meets handsome hairstylist Riichi Kido (Eiji Akaso) who turns her into a beauty and then starts dating her because he likes her work ethic and personality. While her manga improves now that she has a real relationship to base it on (this is her first relationship) she has lots of insecurities about being a good girlfriend worthy of Riichi especially since popular actress Nanase Hoshino (Honoka Yahagi) is also after Riichi... I guess this is an ok series but it's very light and short and somewhat uninteresting at time but I suppose I'm not the target audience.
Hello Kitty Island Adventure (2023) [/] Kids-level exploration/interaction game. You're on a resort island with Hello Kitty and her friends. Wander around doing tasks, making friends, crafting stuff. It's described as a cozy adventure so I guess it's on easy mode. The graphics are nice and the character dialogs are fairly distinct though I didn't recognize anyone other than Hello Kitty itself. A bit too simple for me but it looks quite playable.
Bonchon, San Mateo [/] Christopher got a bunch of takeout and we ate it maybe an hour later. Wings of four flavors. Seasoned french fries. Wasn't really distinctive -- like what'd get from a buffalo wings place. They also have Korean Fried Chicken so maybe that's better.