A teen’s on trial for murder in CBS’s Bull season four episode seven, “Doctor Killer.” Episode seven was directed by Valerie Weiss from a script by Larry Kaplow and will air on Monday, November 4, 2019 at 10pm ET/PT.
Jazzy Kae, Ray Proscia, Johan Gran, Alicia Harding, Jason Liebman, Hampton Fluker, and Sally A. Stewart guest star in episode seven. The “Doctor Killer” guest cast also includes Doug Trapp, Ephraim Chase, Amelia Hammer Harris, Mandela Bellamy, and Mike Britt.
The cast is led by Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull, Freddy Rodriguez as Benny Colón, Geneva Carr as Marissa Morgan, Jamie Lee Kirchner as Danny James, Christopher Jackson as Chunk Palmer, and MacKenzie Meehan as Taylor Rentzel.
“Doctor Killer” Plot – Bull faces the seemingly impossible task of defending his teenaged client, Andrew Zbyszek (Johan Gran), who already confessed to accidentally killing the doctor he blames for his mother’s death.
Bull Series Details, Courtesy of CBS:
Bull stars Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull in a drama inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw, the founder of one of the most prolific trial-consulting firms of all time. Brilliant, brash and charming, Dr. Bull is the ultimate puppet master as he combines psychology, human intuition and high-tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses and the accused tick. His personal life proves harder to manage as he tries to live a healthier lifestyle following a heart attack and learns he is expecting a child with his ex-wife.
Bull employs an enviable team of experts at Trial Analysis Corporation to shape successful narratives down to the very last detail. This includes his quick-witted former brother-in-law, Benny Colón, a lawyer who acts as defense attorney in the company’s mock trials; Marissa Morgan, a neurolinguistics expert from the Department of Homeland Security who monitors shifting jury reactions in real-time for Bull; former NYPD detective Danny James, the firm’s tough but relatable investigator; Taylor Rentzel, a working mother and former colleague of Marissa’s who is an expert in coding and computer hacking; and Chunk Palmer, a former all-American lineman and stylist-turned-law student who helps clients prepare their look and testimony for trial.
In high-stakes trials, Bull’s combination of remarkable insight into human nature, three Ph.D.’s and a top-notch staff creates winning strategies that tip the scales of justice in his clients’ favor.
Terminator: Dark Fate exists in a world in which the only Terminator films that matter are the original The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). The other sequels exist in an alternate reality or in the case of Terminator Genisys as just a bad fever dream greenlit in hopes of reigniting a franchise without much care given to the plot. What films three, four, and five of the sci-fi action thriller franchise ignored is the importance of both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton. Got that? Both Schwarzenegger and Hamilton.
Terminator: Dark Fate marks the reunion after 28 years of Hamilton as Sarah Connor and Schwarzenegger as the T-800 Terminator who likes to drop “I’ll be back” into conversations. The premise is basically an updated/reconfigured version of Terminator 2. In Dark Fate, the character being hunted by a Terminator from the future is Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes). A new version of a Terminator – the Rev-9 (Gabriel Luna) – is sent to our time to track her down and kill her. Taking on the protector character this time around is Mackenzie Davis as Grace, an enhanced soldier from the future. Her only mission is to keep Dani alive at all costs. The very survival of mankind depends on it.
What sets this battle between nearly unbeatable forces apart from the similar plot of T2 is the appearance of Sarah Connor (Hamilton) as a key player who’s no longer the focus of the rival forces. Sarah’s been in Dani’s shoes and in the decades that have passed since the events in Terminator 2, she’s stayed off the grid and constantly on alert for the arrival of any new Terminators.
It’d be completely spoiler-ish to describe how Schwarzenegger’s T-800 returns and becomes involved in this 2019 entry in the franchise. Suffice it to say, the moment he and Hamilton reunite on screen is the moment when Terminator: Dark Fate solidifies its place as the perfect Terminator 2 sequel we never expected to receive nor even knew we needed.
Screenwriters David S. Goyer, Justin Rhodes, and Billy Ray stripped the story down to the basics, tossing in just the right amount of backstory to fill in the time between this film and Terminator 2 without including any unnecessary filler. The bad guys (not Skynet as Sarah changed that future by killing the T-1000 [Robert Patrick] in T2) want Dani dead and there’s a hero from the future sent to protect her. Insert some well-placed lighter moments and then pad out the two-hour running time with the most jaw-dropping, exquisitely choreographed action scenes of all six films of the franchise and the result is a heart-pounding, hugely entertaining thriller.
Terminator: Dark Fate features outstanding performances by Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis, and Natalia Reyes. Hamilton, Davis, and Reyes portray three strong female lead characters who kick ass and have each other’s backs. The male leads are less important as this is a female warrior film through and through. Davis and Reyes are terrific additions to the franchise and have great chemistry with Terminator veteran Hamilton.
Paramount will probably to the well for another Terminator if the box office take is high enough. But, they shouldn’t. Terminator: Dark Fate’s the perfect final chapter, a film that redeemed the franchise and gave fans what should be one last chance to visit with and say goodbye to Arnold as The Terminator and Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor.
GRADE: B+
MPAA Rating: R for violence throughout, language and brief nudity
NBC’s This Is Us season four episode six filled in a little bit more of Randall and Jack’s relationship via a day on the links, found Toby and Kate dealing with another bump in their relationship, and revealed a not-so-surprising Kevin and Cassidy hook-up. Up next, season four episode seven (“The Dinner and the Date”) airing on November 5, 2019 at 9pm ET/PT.
This Is Us‘ huge ensemble cast includes Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson, Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson, Sterling K. Brown as Randall, Chrissy Metz as Kate, and Justin Hartley as Kevin. Susan Kelechi Watson is Beth Pearson, Chris Sullivan is Toby Damon, and Jon Huertas is Miguel Rivas. Griffin Dunne returns as Jack’s brother, Nicky. Jennifer Morrison guest stars as Cassidy Sharp.
“The Dinner and the Date” Plot – Deja pushes the boundaries of Randall and Beth’s trust. Jack and Rebecca invite Randall’s new teacher over for dinner.
Series Description, Courtesy of NBC:
“Everyone has a family. And every family has a story. This Is Us chronicles the Pearson family across the decades: from Jack (Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Moore) as young parents in the 1980s to their 37-year-old kids Kevin (Hartley), Kate (Metz) and Randall (Brown) searching for love and fulfillment in the present day. This grounded, life-affirming dramedy reveals how the tiniest events in our lives impact who we become, and how the connections we share with each other can transcend time, distance and even death.
From the writer and directors of Crazy, Stupid, Love. comes a smart, modern show that will welcome you into a family you feel you’ve known for years.”
Mandy Moore as Rebecca and Milo Ventimiglia as Jack in ‘This Is Us’ season 4 episode 7 (Photo by: Mitchell Haddad/NBC)Asante Blackk as Malik and Lyric Ross as Deja in season 4 episode 7 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Lonnie Chavis as Randall and Milo Ventimiglia as Jack in season 4 episode 7 (Photo by: Mitchell Haddad/NBC)Asante Blackk as Malik and Lyric Ross as Deja in season 4 episode 7 (Photo by: Mitchell Haddad/NBC)Milo Ventimiglia as Jack in season 4 episode 7 (Photo by: Mitchell Haddad/NBC)
Reggie Lee continues his guest-starring role as Head DDA Thomas Choie in CBS’s All Rise season one episode seven. Directed by Paul McCrane from a script by Sunil Nayar, episode seven will air on Monday, November 4, 2019 at 9pm ET/PT.
Episode seven guest stars include L. Scott Caldwell, JJ Hawkins, Tony Denison, Amy Tolsky, and Dan Bucatinsky. Joe Williamson, Ashwin Gore, Michael Beach, Jennifer Rhodes, Rob Chester Smith, and Gary Kasper also guest star in “Uncommon Women and Mothers.”
Season one of the drama stars Simone Missick as Lola Carmichael, Wilson Bethel as Mark Callan, Marg Helgenberger as Lisa Benner, Jessica Camacho as Emily Lopez, J. Alex Brinson as Luke Watkins, Lindsay Mendez as Sara Castillo, and Ruthie Ann Miles as Sherri Kansky.
“Uncommon Women and Mothers” Plot – Mark and Emily go head to head in court for the first time, and things get awkward when Mark must cross-examine Lola’s mother, Roxy (L. Scott Caldwell), when she’s called as a character witness in the case for a homeless youth charged with felony vandalism.
Details on All Rise, Courtesy of CBS:
“All Rise is a courthouse drama that follows the chaotic, hopeful and sometimes absurd lives of its judges, prosecutors and public defenders, as they work with bailiffs, clerks and cops to get justice for the people of Los Angeles amidst a flawed legal process. Among them is newly appointed Judge Lola Carmichael (Missick), a highly regarded and impressive deputy district attorney who doesn’t intend to sit back on the bench in her new role, but instead leans in, immediately pushing the boundaries and challenging the expectations of what a judge can be.”
CBS’s FBI season two continues with episode six, “Outsider.” Directed by Stephen Surjik from a script by Rick Eid and David Amann, episode six is set to air on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 9pm ET/PT.
Episode six’s guest cast includes Yasmine Aker, Roshawn Franklin, Taylor Anthony Miller, Jordan Monaghan, Nick Gracer, Kara Jackson, Eshan Bay, and Lucas Kerr. Anissa Felix, Alex Ringler, Mascha Mareen, Dave Register, Joel Van Liew, Jc Montgomery, and Derek Hedlund also guest star in “Outsider.”
The season two cast includes Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom ‘OA’ Zidan, Ebonée Noel as Kristen Chazal, Alana De La Garza as Isobel Castille, John Boyd as Stuart Scola, and Jeremy Sisto as Jubal Valentine.
The “Outsider” Plot – After a Wall Street investor is murdered, the team is led to an insider-trading ring that uses unconventional methods to gain information. Also, OA struggles to maintain confidence in his budding relationship with Mona (Yasmine Aker).
The FBI Plot, Courtesy of CBS:
“FBI is a fast-paced drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This elite unit brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep New York and the country safe. Born into a multigenerational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects. Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom ‘OA’ Zidan, a West Point graduate via Bushwick who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI.
Overseeing them is Special Agent in Charge, Isobel Castille, who operates under intense pressure and has undeniable command authority. The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator. Kristen Chazal is the team’s most valued resource, a brilliant analyst recruited straight out of university who can piece together the big picture faster than anyone. These first-class agents tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime and counterintelligence.”
“Here’s where the fun begins,” says Nash Wells (Tom Cavanagh) to Barry (Grant Gustin) and Cisco (Carlos Valdes) as they break into McCulloch Technologies to steal a serum which might cure Dr. Ramsey Rosso in season season episode four of The CW’s The Flash.
As the episode begins, Dr. Rosso (Sendhil Ramamurthy) goes to the hospital where his mother was treated for her cancer. He uses his black gooey blood to break into where the hospital keeps their blood supply and steals it.
At S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry and Iris tell Cisco and Frost (Danielle Panabaker) exactly how Barry dies in Crisis. Iris reminds them in six weeks their lives will all be on the line and they need to get mentally prepared. Cisco wants to try to find a way to save Barry but Barry says he can’t. Frost backs Barry and tells Cisco if Barry had any other options he would pursue them and that Cisco needs to get behind it.
Cisco walks off unconvincingly claiming he is. Barry worries about how he’s taking the news but Frost assures him she knows “Professor Barry” will be able to get through to him.
Joe (Jesse L. Martin) and Barry get called to investigate the robbery at the hospital. Joe asks an obviously distracted Barry if he’s okay and Barry tells him about his concerns about Cisco. Joe reminds Barry that Cisco is like Barry – always focusing on saving lives. It gives Barry an idea.
Dr. Rosso experiments on the blood he stole and flashes back to when his mother was first diagnosed and coming to terms with her own mortality.
Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry tells Cisco he wants them to find a cure for Dr. Rosso. Cisco believes that’s impossible. Nash Wells enters the room (he just climbed up the outside walls of S.T.A.R. Labs – again no security whatsoever!) and claims he knows what they need to save the doctor but he wants to trade for it. He then says he needs Cisco to make him a special device. He also reveals he bugged Cisco and knows Barry is The Flash.
Iris (Candice Patton) visits Ralph (Hartley Sawyer) and gives him a lead on his missing persons case. Ralph’s distant toward her and says thanks. Iris leaves, wondering what’s wrong.
Barry, Cisco, and Nash head over to McCulloch Technologies to steal the serum. While Barry takes out the security cameras, Cisco asks Nash if the serum could protect someone from antimatter. Nash affirms it can. Barry, Cisco, and Nash then sneak in but are quickly seen by security guards.
Nash uses a device to knock out the guards and the threesome continue to the room where the serum is kept. Cisco starts to hack the safe where the serum is housed at 15 below zero and stops to tell Nash and Barry he thinks an alarm is going off. After they leave, Cisco quickly hacks the safe and puts the serum in his pocket. He then closes the safe.
When Barry returns Cisco acts as though he’s opening the safe for the first time and pretends to be surprised to find nothing inside. Nash uses another device to get all three of them back to S.T.A.R Labs instantly.
Iris checks back with Ralph about her lead and Ralph tells her he’s given up on that case and she should spend more time with Barry before they lose him.
Over in Cisco’s workshop, Barry’s worried about giving Nash the tech he wants since they didn’t get the serum. He’s afraid to trust him. Barry notices a cold container set at 15 degrees and asks Cisco what’s in it. Cisco pauses and tells him some of Frost’s stuff but won’t look him in the eye. Suspicious, Barry opens it and finds the serum.
Barry asks what Cisco’s doing and Cisco replies he’s trying to save him. Barry explains that by saving Dr. Rosso, he was trying to show him what it’s like to be a leader and to make tough calls. Barry’s trying to get him ready to be the team leader after he’s gone.
Cisco doesn’t want to hear it and confesses he would lie and steal again to save him. Sad and disappointed, Barry tells Cisco that maybe he made the wrong choice. Hurt and feeling defeated, Cisco gives the serum to Barry and tells him to do what he wants with it.
Barry visits Dr. Rosso and delivers the serum, explaining they came up with it and think it will save him. Dr. Rosso’s very pleased but asks why, and Barry explains Caitlin says if he has more time he might be the man to find a cure for the blood cancer.
Joe shows up at Ralph’s office and Ralph tells him he doesn’t see the point of following the lead, not with the Crisis coming and losing Barry. Joe recalls he was once told by his old partner that “you can’t save everyone but you can save someone.”
Ralph looks at Joe and, holding back tears, says he’s going to really miss Barry.
Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Cisco gives Nash the device and tells him to leave. Cisco then heads over to the bar where Frost gives him a drink, asking if he’s ready for life after Crisis. Cisco admits he thinks he “exploded” his and Barry’s friendship. Frost says, “You can’t save someone who doesn’t want to be saved. Barry has made up his mind.” She also tells Cisco he should stop or his determination to save Barry could lead him down a dark path.
Dr. Rosso experiments with the serum but discovers his cancer and infected cells are too far gone. It won’t save him. He realizes the blood from Romero mixed with his black gooey blood gave him a temporary pause to the cancer only because Romero was afraid. The surge of adrenaline mixed with the blood and black blood is the right mixture for the temporary cure. So, Dr. Ramsey Rosso decides to go on a killing spree to save himself, tossing aside the Hippocratic Oath he took.
An alarm sounds at S.T.A.R. Labs and Frost advises Barry and Cisco that Central City General Hospital reports a madman attacking patients. The Flash and Frost speed over to find a dead patient in the hallway. Frost stays with the dead woman to see what killed her while The Flash speeds into a room down the hall to find three dead patients and Dr. Rosso standing over one of them.
The Flash asks why he didn’t take the cure that S.T.A.R. Labs gave him. He confirms he did but it didn’t work. The Flash reminds him he’s a doctor, dedicated to saving lives. Ramsey says as long as he feeds on others’ blood, he can live forever.
Ramsey animates the gooey blood he put in his victims and they rise like zombies to fight The Flash. The Scarlett Speedster speeds around them and throws lightning, knocking them out. Ramsey grabs a doctor who was hiding and threatens to kill him the same way. The Flash tries to talk him down and Frost joins him.
“Hello Cait, playing the hero now are you?” asks Ramsey. “The bad guy was taken, so, yeah,” replies Frost.
The infected zombie victims begin to rise so Frost makes an ice wall keeping them at bay. Frost asks Ramsey to let them help him, but he says he’s becoming the man he was always meant to be and that who he was – a frail human – was the disease. He kills the doctor (who was his mother’s doctor when she was ill) and escapes out a hospital window using his black gooey power to climb the walls.
At S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry tells the rest of Team Flash about Ramsey and swears he’ll stop him. Frost reminds everyone that Ramsey chose to become a monster. Ralph heads out and Iris goes after him. They talk and he apologizes for being a jerk earlier, assuring her he’ll follow up on her lead.
Barry and Cisco also have another talk and Cisco admits he doesn’t know how Barry finds it in him to keep pushing forward with everything going on. Barry tells Cisco it took him years to get to where he is now and he’s trying to teach him how to be the leader when he’s gone. He knows Cisco is the right choice to lead Team Flash.
Barry then heads over to check on Joe. In a powerful and emotional scene, Joe admits he thinks it’s just not fair that Barry has to die in the Crisis to save everyone. Barry tells Joe he’s grateful for everything in his life, Iris, the team, being The Flash and most of all for Joe who taught him when he was younger and growing up how to be a good person.
“You were one of the biggest reasons I was able to become The Flash,” says Barry. “Bar, I’m not ready,” sobs Joe as Barry hugs him and tells him, “It’s okay. I’m never going to leave you…even when I’m gone.”
In the final scene of the episode, Nash is walking around in the old underground subway of Central City and uses the device Cisco made. He sees a hologram of a figure who could be The Monitor or the Anti-Monitor going into a wall. Nash takes a pickaxe and starts to hit the wall.
The Flash Season 6 Episode 4 Review:
In perhaps the most moving and emotional episode ever in the series, season six episode four titled “There Will Be Blood” has each member of Team Flash struggling with the upcoming Crisis and eventual loss of their leader and friend, Barry Allen. Team Flash also discovers their big bad by finding out what Dr. Ramsey Rosso has been doing and what he’s become.
The stand-out performances in this episode are many, with powerful performances delivered by Grant Gustin, Carlos Valdes, and Jesse L. Martin. The scene where Joe finally breaks down and confesses to Barry he’s not ready to lose him in the Crisis is some of the best work ever on the show. Gustin and Martin are truly brilliant in their performances as a distraught father and his loving son who’s determined to be strong for the both of them. These two truly deserve an award for just that one scene alone. It’s one of the most emotional and tear-jerking scenes of any television series, ever.
With Nash seeming to be on the trail of either The Monitor or the Anti-Monitor and Team Flash now determined to stop Ramsey before the Crisis, things should be getting even more intense.
HBO Max and WarnerMedia released details on the upcoming subscription service which is set to launch in May 2020. HBO Max will offer over 10,000 hours of “curated premium content” that will include all of HBO’s original content plus content from Warner Bros., New Line, DC, CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, Looney Tunes, and more.
“With this entire company coming together, we will have one of the most robust collections of premium streaming content that will appeal to all demographics in the household, and be able to achieve incredible scale and reach right out of the gate,” stated Robert Greenblatt, chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer. “We couldn’t achieve this without AT&T’s unprecedented and enthusiastic support. When you live in a world with ‘dragons’ — it feels very good to have one of your own in the game!”
HBO Max will be available for $14.99 per month. According to the press release, “at launch, AT&T will immediately offer HBO Max to the roughly 10 million HBO subscribers on AT&T distribution platforms, at no additional charge. HBO Now direct-billed users who subscribe directly through HBONow.com will also have access to WarnerMedia’s HBO Max product.”
HBO Max Originals will include:
The Fungies!, from Stephen Neary and Cartoon Network Studios, is a prehistoric comedy that explores Fungietown through the whimsical quests of Seth, a young student at Fungietown Elementary.
Tig N’ Seek from Myke Chilian and Cartoon Network Studios is about 8-year-old Tiggy and his gadget-building cat, Gweeseek, as they search for the lost items of Wee Gee City. With Tiggy’s cheerful attitude and Gweeseek’s exceptional inventing capabilities, the duo humorously navigate day-to-day dilemmas at the Department of Lost and Found.
Tooned Out, executive produced by Robert Zemeckis, is a half-hour, hybrid live-action and animated comedy. Things get a little cartoony for Mac when he starts seeing iconic cartoon characters in his life, but they’re not just there for laughs, they’re helping him get through a very rough patch in his life.
Looney Tunes Cartoons, an all-new series of 80 eleven-minute episodes and holiday-themed specials from Warner Bros. Animation starring the cherished classic Looney Tunes characters for today’s kids. Iconic characters will include Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Tweety, Sylvester, Granny, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Tasmanian Devil, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote and many more.
Jellystone, a new animated children’s comedy series from Warner Bros. Animation that will welcome viewers to the town of Jellystone, where their favorite Hanna-Barbera characters live, work, play, and stir up trouble together.
DC Super Hero High is a half-hour comedy series executive produced by Elizabeth Banks, which follows a group of students experiencing the fun and drama of adolescence at a boarding school for gifted kids. These teens are just trying to navigate the pressures of high school, but none of them realize that someday they will become legendary DC Super Heroes.
Rap Sh*t (working title) from Issa Rae is a half-hour comedy series that follows a female rap group from outside of Miami trying to make it in the music industry.
College Girls (working title), the latest series from Mindy Kaling, is a 13-episode half-hour, single-camera comedy following three 18-year-old freshman roommates at Evermore College in Vermont who are equal parts lovable and infuriating.
Strange Adventures, a DC Super Hero anthology series executive produced by Greg Berlanti, will feature characters from across the DC canon. This one-hour drama series will explore close-ended morality tales about the intersecting lives of mortals and superhumans.
A Green Lantern inspired series from Berlanti Productions that will finally introduce characters from this iconic comic in Berlanti’s biggest series yet.
A Series of Stand Up Specials presented by Conan O’Brien will feature five new comedy specials. O’Brien will host two specials, featuring short sets from multiple up-and-coming comics while also curating one-hour sets from three comedians. In addition HBO Max has purchased the rights to a one-hour special from comedian James Veitch.
Raised by Wolves, an epic serialized sci-fi series executive produced and directed by Ridley Scott centering on two androids tasked with raising human children on a mysterious virgin planet.
Bobbie Sue is a feature-length film starring Golden Globe® winner Gina Rodriquez following the story of a headstrong young lawyer who lands a career-making case with an upper crust law firm, only to realize she’s been hired for optics and not her expertise.
On the same day news broke HBO is passing on the Game of Thrones prequel starring Naomi Watts, the network confirmed the other GoT previously announced prequel is moving forward. House of the Dragon, which obviously explores House Targaryen, has received a straight-to-series order from HBO.
House of the Dragon was co-created by George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal (Colony) and is based on Martin’s Fire & Blood. Condal and Miguel Sapochnik will share showrunner duties on the first season, which Condal will write.
Sapochnik is set to direct at least the pilot episode and will executive produce with Martin, Condal, and Vince Gerardis. Sapochinik won an Emmy in the Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series category for directing the “Battle of the Bastards” episode of Game of Thrones. All told, Sapochinik directed six episodes of GoT including “The Long Night,” “Winds of Winter,” and “Hardhome.”
HBO confirmed season one will consist of 10 episodes. The network’s announcement didn’t include a targeted premiere date or any casting information.
“The Game of Thrones universe is so rich with stories,” stated Casey Bloys, president, HBO programming. “We look forward to exploring the origins of House Targaryen and the earlier days of Westeros along with Miguel, Ryan and George.”
House of the Dragon takes place 300 years before Game of Thrones. The Naomi Watts-led prequel that’s not moving forward was set thousands of years prior to GoT. A pilot episode was already shot for the series which would have told the story of Westeros’ Age of Heroes prior to The Long Night war against the White Walkers.
HBO previously offered this description of the just-canceled prequel: “The series chronicles the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros’ history to the true origin of the White Walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend…it’s not the story we think we know.”
JD Pardo as EZ Reyes and Clayton Cardenas as Angel Reyes in ‘Mayans M.C.’ season 2 episode 9 (Photo by Prashant Gupta/FX)
Season two episode eight left the fates of Coco and Riz in the air after the attack on the Mayans by the Vatos Malditos. FX’s Mayans M.C. season two episode nine opens in the hospital with Coco (Richard Cabral) already being discharged from the hospital. He’s sporting an eye patch and in a rotten mood, but otherwise alive and well.
Coco explains the doctor believes he’ll eventually get his vision back, but for now he’s out of the sharpshooting business. He wants every member of the VM dead.
Elsewhere in the hospital, the club stands vigil at Riz’s bedside. Riz (Antonio Jaramillo) is out of surgery and still asleep, but he’s expected to pull through. Bishop (Michael Irby) jokes about Riz’s hair still being in place after the shooting, but Taza’s serious when he calls his friend a warrior. (You’ll remember Riz threw himself in front of Taza during the VM ambush.)
Bishop’s told the “kings” of the Mayans will be gathering in Santo Padre the next day. (Marcus Alvarez originally set up the Mayans to be ruled by three “kings,” with Bishop now in the lead chair.)
Over at the Galindo place, Emily (Sarah Bolger) is having a difficult time sleeping. Miguel (Danny Pino) wakes to find he’s alone in bed and Nestor informs him Emily’s been outside by herself for “about a half a bottle of Merlot.”
Miguel admits to Nestor he’s lost sight of what’s truly important by playing a shadow game with Potter. It’s ripping his marriage apart.
Bishop meets with the guys at the hospital, telling his club he’s sitting down with the kings in the morning. Although the Santo Padre charter was attacked, because of the deal with SAMCRO Bishop needs to work things out with all of the Mayans charters. His men aren’t happy about this because they were attacked after a sit-down on tribal land, and Tranq (Frankie Loyal) suggests they figure it out once they’re back home.
The kings meet and it’s made known that Chibs and Sons of Anarchy are pissed about what went down after they left. The Mayans’ leaders understand how upset Bishop is but warn him he needs to look at the big picture. The gun transfers won’t work without the VM, and they need that deal to continue to help out Mayans charters that are struggling financially.
Bishop’s enraged when he’s reminded that if Riz pulls through, then none of his guys died and the score is settled. Yuma’s president says to Bishop, “Your charter makes the call. They decide on retaliation. But if there is, it becomes a club-wide problem. You need to make that clear at your table, as their president and as a Mayans shot-caller.”
The kings leave the clubhouse, but they’ll be hanging around town until everything’s sorted out. Coco wonders what needs to be sorted since if he loses his eyesight, he might not be able to ride a motorcycle again.
Bishop explains there are millions of dollars at stake for the Mayans, but Coco’s having none of it. Angry, he accuses Bishop of treating the club like a corporation with a CEO making all the decisions for its employees. “I hope that involves a f**king health plan because I’m going to need it,” says Coco before leaving the table and getting a hug from his daughter.
All the guys pretty much agree this whole situation is screwed up.
And in the midst of all this, Felipe (Edward James Olmos) shows up to meet with his sons. Felipe talks about his childhood and how he grew up in a dirt-poor town with the Galindos. His grandmother took in a bastard son of the family, a favor Jose Galindo never forgot.
Fast-forward 20 years and as a Federales on an undercover sting, two innocent people were killed. That should have been the end of his career. It wasn’t…thanks to Jose Galindo making it go away. But that put Felipe in Jose’s debt.
Felipe reveals he knows his sons have been investigating their mother’s murder. EZ realizes the only way he would know that is through Emily, and Felipe confirms she talked to him about what she’d found. Felipe adds that what she dug up has left her terrified.
EZ confesses to his pop they know who pulled the trigger and that the murderer is a member of SAMCRO. Angel (Clayton Cardenas) has remained silent throughout this conversation, letting EZ take the lead but he finally speaks up. He asks Felipe what exactly Emily found.
Felipe doesn’t answer and instead tells his boys to bring everything they’ve dug up to his house that night. When Angel asks why he can’t just answer, Felipe replies, “I made a promise that all parties would be there. We all have a different piece of the puzzle.”
EZ’s concerned for Emily, and Felipe assures him he’ll get her to the house without Miguel knowing what’s going on.
Miguel, with encouragement from Nestor and Marcus, has decided to attempt reconnecting with Emily. When she interrupts a meeting he’s having with Marcus, Miguel opens up about what he’s working on. He lets her in on the fact he’s located a woman who has a young son by Potter. Potter apparently fell in love with her and it turns out she was a key witness in a murder case that was “one of Potter’s first big wins when working with the Mexican government.”
Emily’s stunned Potter slept with a witness and wonders if this information leaking would get the case overturned. Miguel’s sure that’s why Potter’s kept this relationship – and his son – a secret. Emily and Miguel believe the release of this information would put an end to Potter’s involvement in anything to do with Mexico.
Miguel admits he wants to use this info to help Adelita, claiming he doesn’t want any more secrets. He tells Emily she’s what’s important – as is his son and his life in America – and he doesn’t want any more lies between them. He promises to tell her whatever she wants to know and requests the same from her.
Miguel asks Emily what’s actually going on with Felipe and EZ, reminding her it also seems to involve his mother. She tries to lie again, saying she only visited Felipe to pick up steaks. Miguel knows that’s not the truth, but changes the subject to ask what really happened to the county clerk who killed himself.
Emily acts indignant, swearing that was a suicide. Miguel continues to dig in and Emily calls him on it. “You don’t trust me? Fine. Put a f**king tracker on my ankle,” she spits out as she leaves his office.
After she’s gone, Miguel instructs Marcus to dig into the Reyes family.
Speaking of the Reyes’, EZ and Angel accompanied Coco and his daughter to lunch. Why? Because EZ wants to see Gabriella who’s working at the restaurant. It turns out she’s not actually working in a restaurant; she’s working in her uncle’s food truck. Either way, she’s as happy to see EZ as he is to see her.
They make small talk about her family and then EZ finally gets around to sort of asking her out. She cuts him a break when he can’t actually manage to ask for a date and says she’ll go out with him.
Dita opens up to Emily, confirming she wanted to die in the fire because she no longer felt as though she had a purpose in life. She also confesses she feels partially responsible for the divide between Emily and Miguel. She warns her daughter-in-law marriages can’t take that much distance and survive.
Their chat’s interrupted by a phone call from Felipe. He asks Dita for a big favor.
Frankie Loyal and Michael Irby in ‘Mayans M.C.’ season 2 episode 9 (Photo by Prashant Gupta/FX)
Bishop meets with Marcus to fill him in on what went down. Bishop’s talked to Chibs and Chibs understands it’s Bishop’s call. But if he moves on the VM, the Irish will take their deal elsewhere. Bishop’s stuck between a rock and a hard place, and the club’s pretty much split. Coco wants revenge, but others are willing to look at the big picture.
It all comes down to Bishop. Marcus reminds him the Mayans are bigger and more profitable than ever before and asks Bishop if he’s up to the challenge. Bishop is.
After his meeting with Bishop, Marcus pulls EZ (who’s just arrived back from his lunch) aside. He grills him about what’s going on with Emily, Felipe, the dead clerk, and Dita. EZ claims innocence, although he acknowledges he’s known Emily for a long time.
Marcus continues to probe for answers and gets EZ to admit he’d help out Emily any time she asks. EZ says he cares about Emily, but he refuses to say if Emily asked him for help on the agri-park project. EZ thinks any information Marcus wants on that needs to come directly from Emily.
Marcus issues a warning, telling EZ he likes him but he better not be lying.
Bishop gathers Tranq, Coco, Angel, and Gilly (Vincent Vargas) around the table. He begins by reminding his men he’d take a bullet for any of them, but also admits Santo Padre is now the center of the Mayans empire. “Every charter will look to us for direction. We set the tone,” Bishop explains to the men, three of whom are on the side of hitting back at the VM.
He asks them to vote with their heads, not their hearts since so much is at stake. Gilly and Angel remain firm in seeking vengeance. Tranq is on the side of allowing business to move forward without vengeance. Coco doesn’t hesitate and also asks for vengeance.
“If Riz had died or Coco what happened to you was permanent, I would not hesitate to strike back,” says Bishop. He asks them to look again at the bigger picture for the entire MC and says he believes they shouldn’t retaliate. He also confirms Taza and Creeper have voted not to hit back. Riz is unable to vote, but even if he did it would be Bishop’s vote that broke the tie.
Coco wants to know who the Mayans are now. How will Bishop be able to sit at the same table with the VM and just act like this never happened? He’ll only be doing so because of money. Coco is enraged by the decision and yells at Bishop that he’s wrong as are those who voted against vengeance.
Coco leaves the table and Angel’s about to follow when Bishop calls him back. Bishop doesn’t believe Coco can hear anything right now and Angel comments, “No offense, Bish, he really can’t see anything either. We’re not living with the fear of that shit like he is.”
Back at the Galindo place, Dita announces she’s made a day spa appointment for them. Emily tries to get out of it, saying she doesn’t have time but Dita won’t take no for an answer. Dita also wants them to have dinner with Miguel afterward at a restaurant just down the street from the spa. Emily gives in and Nestor confirms he’ll tell Miguel their plans.
Creeper’s still by Riz’s bed when Taza delivers the news the vote came down on the side of no retaliation. Creeper believes Coco and Riz are going to hate them for that decision.
EZ’s at his dad’s place when Angel arrives with news of the vote. EZ thinks it’s probably the right decision. He then fills Angel in on his talk with Marcus about Miguel and Emily. He’s aware Marcus didn’t believe him when he tried to play dumb.
They were supposed to be meeting with Felipe at 7pm, but he’s nowhere to be seen.
Nestor and the driver deliver Emily and Dita to the day spa. Dita walks Emily through it and out the back, handing her off to Felipe who’s waiting in his truck. She reminds Emily she has an hour and a half before she’s due back.
Felipe apologizes for the subterfuge but didn’t have any other way to get her free to talk.
They return to Felipe’s place while over at the Galindo estate, Marcus informs Miguel he didn’t get anything specific from EZ. Marcus wonders if Miguel’s sure they had something to do with the clerk’s death, which leads Miguel to question if Marcus has conflicts because it involves the club.
Emily lays out what she discovered in the ledger along with the copies of the checks. Emily thinks the checks, signed by Dita, were used by Jose to avoid DOJ scrutiny. Felipe’s silent until EZ asks why Jose would want him dead.
Felipe confesses he had an affair with Dita after she lost her son. He was her protection and her confidante, but he let it happen even though he knew it was wrong. He ended it and then met their mother, but Dita couldn’t let it go.
Felipe didn’t trust Dita to not tell Jose and that’s why he left for America and why they changed their names to Felipe and Marisol. It took 20 years, but Jose finally discovered Felipe’s whereabouts 10 years ago when Miguel moved to the area.
Emily’s convinced Miguel’s innocent in all this. EZ and Angel are not. Angel thinks Jose told his son everything when Miguel stepped up and took over the cartel. There’s no other explanation for the timing.
Emily demands to know what happens next, but no one answers her.
EZ drives her back and there’s very little talk as they head to the spa. Emily knows he’s been chasing this revenge for a decade but doesn’t want Miguel hurt. EZ confesses he doesn’t know what he’s going to do but that she should do whatever it is she needs to do.
As they’re driving, EZ receives another text from Potter. Because Emily knows about his connection to Potter, EZ tells her the truth that Potter wants to deport his dad if they don’t do what he asks.
They arrive at the spa and Emily has come up with an idea. She’ll help him with Felipe if he promises to leave Miguel alone. She’ll give him info on Potter he can use to get Potter to back off. She warns EZ that Miguel’s ready to use this same info on Potter to help Adelita, so he has to decide soon if he’ll back off on seeking revenge against Miguel.
Meanwhile, over at the hospital Creeper’s stepped out and left Taza to watch over Riz. Taza is wracked with emotion as he bends over and gives Riz a kiss on the forehead. He asks for forgiveness and then cuts off Riz’s air supply. Riz’s body reacts by jerking around in his sleep.
The monitors plummet to zeroes as the doctors rush in to try and save Riz’s life.
A short while later, the guys are drinking at the clubhouse when Bishop delivers the news that Riz has died. Bishop then tells Tranq to call the kings and inform them the vote is null and void. “We’re going to war,” says Bishop.
Miguel joins Emily and Dita at the restaurant following their “spa” outing. (The steak knives would have a rough time cutting through the tension at the table.)
At the same time, EZ’s rushing into his dad’s place. He immediately begins rifling through the locked box. Angel and Felipe ask what he’s doing, and EZ explains he’s looking for a photo of Miguel’s mom. EZ has pieced together a memory he has of them at an amusement park and of seeing his dad kiss his mom. Felipe tells him where to find an old photo of Dita, and the photo matches EZ’s recollection of that night when he and Angel were teenagers. He remembers watching his parents kiss and seeing a woman lurking in the background watching Felipe and Marisol.
EZ realizes it wasn’t Miguel who knew Felipe and Marisol’s whereabouts…it was Dita. Angel’s confused as to why Dita would have told Jose about the affair, and EZ understands she didn’t.
Dita ordered the hit because she could never let go of Felipe. Felipe breaks down in tears, apologizing to his sons. He and EZ hug as the gravity of the situation sinks in.
Season three episode seven of Fox’s 9-1-1 explores a little more of Athena Grant’s backstory. Episode seven titled “Athena Begins” will air on Monday, November 4, 2019 at 8pm ET/PT.
The cast of season three includes Angela Bassett as Athena Grant, Peter Krause as Bobby Nash, Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie Kendall, and Oliver Stark as Evan “Buck” Buckley. Aisha Hinds plays Henrietta “Hen” Wilson, Kenneth Choi is Howie “Chimney” Han, Rockmond Dunbar is Michael Grant, and Ryan Guzman is Eddie Diaz.
“Athena Begins” Plot – When a murder weapon from a case close to Athena in the early ‘90s resurfaces, flashbacks to 1989 show how Athena joined the LAPD and became the police officer she is today.
9-1-1 Series Description, Courtesy of Fox:
Creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear reimagine the procedural drama with 9-1-1, exploring the high-pressure experiences of police officers, firefighters and dispatchers who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
