Greetings Loyal Airmen, all too quickly we've reached the end of another week.  Here in Colorado, kids, including our grand kids, Cora & Alex, started school this past week and for them summer is over all too quickly.  Writing wise we put the finish on a new Green Hornet short story scheduled for the third GH anthology from Moonstone Books.  They've just released the second volume and we'll talk more about that in another week.

So here it is Thursday evening and the Air Chief has no idea what to talk about. To which Valerie suggest we talk about the season finale to TEEN WOLF, an original TV series that was shown on the MTV channel the past few months.  Which got us to thinking while we were at it we'd mention a few other series we've truly been enjoying, some new some not so new, but all with a special action kick we like to call Pulp TV.

        
                                              THE CAST OF MTV'S TEEN WOLF
With all of the shows we are going to bring up here, Teen Wolf worked because it has a great cast, each of the guys and gals in this youth-orientated weekly horror fest is perfectly suited to their roles.  Tyler Posey as Scott, the naive, awkward boy who suddenly becomes a werewolf is just great and easy to like.  Whereas the actor playing his best friend Stiles is so much like a  young Jim Carey, the Air Chief wonders if he isn't somehow related to that awesome comedic actor. This young man has Carey's mannerisms down to a science. Anyway the first season wrapped up and did so nicely, ending one dramatic storyline while laying the foundation for things to come in season two.  Here's hoping that sophomore season is just as much fun.

        
                                                THE CAST OF LEVERAGE
Now wrapping up its third season on TNT is the light-hearted crime series, Leverage.  The concept here is a group of criminals, each a specialist in his or her particular field, are brought together by a former insurance investigator played by Timothy Hutton to work as a secret force to obtain justice for those preyed upon but the rich and powerful in the world.  In other words, Hutton's character Nate Ford is a modern day Robin Hood who, with is band of merry-crooks, defends the innocent and exacts both justice and retribution on the powerful villains. Because of the charismatic team members, this show reminds us of the old classic Mission Impossible show, as every week Ford and his band have to pull of elaborate cons to trick the bad guys and the fun is always watching them stay two steps ahead of both their targets and the police.  Here's hoping it is around for another three years and more.

        
                           PRIMARY CAST OF WAREHOUSE 13
The SyFy Channel has always been a hit or miss affair to the Air Chief, but three years ago they hit a big old bullseye with a quirky action/adventure show called Warehouse 13.  It seems buried in the deserts of South Dakota there exist a secret government facility which houses strange and weird artifacts all possessing strange powers which, if left unchecked, could wreak havoc with the world  Thus it is the job of Warehouse Agents to locate these objects, capture them and bring them back for safe keeping in the Warehouse.  The fun with this series is the wide range these historical artifacts take, each somehow involved with a famous personage from the past.  Artie is the chief agent, whereas his two field subordinates, Michah & Pete do most of the leg work. Again a great cast, zany episodes and tons of fun.  We were happy to learn the show has been picked up for a fourth season, a real cause for celebration.

             
                          THE CAST OF ALPHAS
Our last entry is a new SyFy series which premiered this year and has really become one of our favorites.  Back in the early 1960s, comic writer Stan Lee created a comic book series about a professor who had the mutant power of telepathy, his name was Charles Xavier.  Prof. X as he became known to comic lovers everywhere, assembled all the young mutants he could locate, each with different abilities, each looked upon as freaks by society and he both trained them to use their gifts wisely and protected them from the prejudices of others. Alphas is very much that comic book conceit brought to reality.  Actor David Strahairn is the scientist doctor who has discovered certain humans possessing unique mental capabilities far beyond the normal and is striving to help them find their place in this world.  Unfortunately his team is being manipulated by the government to act as bloodhounds to capture other Alphas and imprison them in a secret government facility where they are subjected to cruel and inhuman experiments, all unknown to the good doctor.  Again a top-notch team of actors has come together to breathe real life into what could easily have been a train-wreck.  Alphas is what NBC's abortive show Heroes should have been, before it went off track into over-the-top silliness.  Here's hoping the creative team behind this very adult drama keep it focused and intense.  If so, it could easily become one of the network's biggest hits ever.

So there you have it Loyal Airmen. As you can see, the Air Chief doesn't only read for entertainment.  We wonder what shows you've become fans of and hope you are enjoying them as much as we do these four.
Take care and we'll see you next week.

Ron – Over & Out!