CBS’s Elementary edges closer to the series finale with season seven episode six titled “Command: Delete.” Episode seven was directed by Craig Zisk from a script by Jordan Rosenberg and will air on Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 10pm ET/PT.
“Command: Delete” guest stars include Rob Bartlett, Tim Guinee, Myk Watford, Stephanie DiMaggio, Peter Ganim, and Kelly McCrann. Ian Kahn, Judy McLane, Kirsten Scott, Jeff Applegate, Brynne McManimie, Harriett D. Foy, Maria Elena Ramirez, and Jennifer Mudge also guest star in episode seven.
The cast of Elementary is led by Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Joan Watson. Aidan Quinn is Captain Tommy Gregson, Jon Michael Hill is Detective Marcus Bell, and James Frain plays Odin Reichenbach. Virginia Madsen and Jordan Gelber appear in recurring roles as Paige and M.E. Hawes.
The “Command: Delete” Plot – Tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach presents Holmes and Watson with an extraordinary offer to help him with a program that can predict future crimes. Also, Holmes and Watson assist Bell when he tries to prevent a future crime of his own, as he races to locate a fellow NYPD officer planning a sniper shooting.
The Elementary Plot:
“Elementary stars Jonny Lee Miller as Detective Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson in a modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD’s most impossible cases. Initially sober companion and client, Holmes and Watson’s relationship evolved into a symbiotic professional investigative partnership. Once the top homicide consultants for Captain Thomas Gregson, they worked regularly alongside Detective Marcus Bell before Holmes’ false confession to a murder he did not commit forced them to move to London.
Holmes and Watson forge new careers in England as consultants for Scotland Yard until they receive news that a member of their inner circle has been gravely wounded in the United States. As Holmes’ stateside legal trouble threatens to keep them from returning to New York, their greatest foe to date, tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach waits on the horizon to test their limits.”
The second season of Syfy’s Krypton continues with episode three titled “Will to Power.” The third episode, which will find Seg facing off against Brainiac, is set to air on June 26, 2019 at 10pm ET/PT.
The cast is led by Cameron Cuffe (The Halcyon) as Seg-El and includes Georgina Campbell (Broadchurch) as Lyta-Zod, Shaun Sipos (The Vampire Diaries) as Adam Strange, and Colin Salmon (Arrow) as General Dru-Zod. Ann Ogbomo (World War Z) play Jayna-Zod, Aaron Pierre (Britannia) is Dev-Em, Rasmus Hardiker (Your Highness) is Kem, Wallis Day (Will) is Nyssa-Vex, Blake Ritson (Da Vinci’s Demons) is Brainiac, and Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones) plays Val-El.
The “Will to Power” Plot: The Rebels gain advantage against General Zod, as Seg goes head-to-head with Brianiac.
Krypton Series Details, Courtesy of Syfy:
“What if Superman never existed? Set two generations before the destruction of Superman’s home planet, Krypton follows Seg-El (Cuffe), the legendary Man of Steel’s grandfather, as a young man who fights to save his home planet from destruction. Season 2 brings us back to a changed Kandor, locked in a battle over its freedom and its future.
General Dru-Zod (Salmon) is now in control. He’s on a ruthless mission to rebuild Krypton according to his ideals and to secure its future by conquering the universe. Faced with a bleak outlook, our hero, Seg-El, attempts to unite a dispersed group of resisters in an effort to defeat Zod and restore hope to their beloved planet. Their chance at redemption is threatened however, by their opposing tactics, shifting alliances and conflicting moral boundaries – forcing each of them to individually determine how far they’re willing to go in pursuit of a better tomorrow.”
Cameron Cuffe as Seg-El in ‘Krypton’ season 2 episode 3 (Photo by Steffan Hill/SYFY)Wallis Das as Nyssa-Vex in season 2 episode 3 (Photo by: Steffan Hill/SYFY)Emmett J. Scanlan as Lobo in season 2 episode 3 (Photo by: Steffan Hill/SYFY)Shaun Sipos as Adam Strange and Cameron Cuffe as Seg-El in season 2 episode 3 (Photo by: Steffan Hill/SYFY)Shaun Sipos as Adam Strange in season 2 episode 3 (Photo by: Steffan Hill/SYFY)
“Forky is the most important toy to Bonnie right now. We all have to make sure nothing happens to him,” says Woody (Tom Hanks) to his pal Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and the rest of the toys in Bonnie’s room as they meet Forky (Tony Hale), the new toy Bonnie made during her first day of kindergarten in the new chapter of the animated film series, Toy Story 4.
After spending the day at orientation in kindergarten, Bonnie’s parents decide to take their adorable daughter on a road trip in an RV. Woody, Buzz, Forky and the rest of the gang happily go along, but Forky isn’t happy being a toy. He thinks he belongs in the trash, which is where all his parts came from.
One night Forky decides to take action. He leaves the RV and tries to put himself in a trash bin. The always-responsible Woody goes after him and, unfortunately, both Forky and Woody are left behind as the RV heads to the next stop.
Woody and Forky are forced to try and catch up with their friends by walking to the next stop. In a stroke of luck, on Woody’s unexpected detour, he’s reunited with his friend Bo Peep (Annie Potts), who has become an adventurous lost toy who loves freedom and not being owned by a child. This is a big surprise to Woody who’s still determined to get Forky back to Bonnie while hoping not to be separated from Bo Peep again.
Cute, charming, but hardly original, Toy Story 4 is an enjoyable addition to the superb animated franchise but is not of the same caliber as its predecessors. The introduction and focus on the new character, Forky, while entertaining, detours attention away from most of the other beloved characters. Rex, Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head, Jessie, Slinky Dog, and Hamm are basically sidelined and have barely any screen time. Even Buzz Lightyear, who has always been the second lead in the film franchise, is bumped back to third to make way for Forky. Actually, he’s relegated to fourth place because of the return of Bo Peep.
The reunion of Bo Peep and Woody is heartwarming but leads to more adventures with two new characters named Ducky (Keegan-Michael Key) and Bunny (Jordan Peele) whose personalities feel as though they belong in a completely different animated movie.
The best part of Toy Story 4 is hands-down the introduction and addition of Duke Caboom (Keanu Reeves), an Evel Knievel-type toy who teams up with Woody and Bo Peep to rescue Forky. Reeves’ hilarious take on a vain motorcycle stunt-jumping toy that lacks the belief in his own abilities because of an incident between him and his child owner is priceless. Duke Caboom is such an entertaining character he deserves his own spin-off film or at the very least a Saturday morning cartoon series.
The voice work from the cast is once again excellent and the animation is mesmerizing. Especially stunning is the opening sequence in a rainstorm with Woody and the gang struggling to save a toy from being washed away.
Toy Story 4 is an enjoyable, funny, and entertaining animated film that falls short of being in the same emotional and creative league as the first three films.
The new trailer for season three of Stranger Things begins with the Mind Flayer warning, “You let us in and now…you are going to have to let us stay.” Eleven is confused because she closed the gate, leading the gang to the conclusion “he” never left. “What if we locked him out here with us?” asks Will in a surprisingly calm voice, given the circumstances.
“He’d want to attach himself to someone again,” says Will. “A new host.”
Mind Flayer threatens the young heroes with extinction. “We are going to end you. We are going to end your friends. Then we are going to end everyone.”
The three minute trailer arrives with just two weeks left until the new season premieres. Season three arrives on July 4, 2019.
Netflix’s critically acclaimed sci-fi drama was created by writers Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer. The cast of season three includes Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, David Harbour as Chief Jim Hopper, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, and Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson. Cara Buono is Karen Wheeler, Natalia Dyer is Nancy Wheeler, Charlie Heaton is Jonathan Byers, Joe Keery is Steve Harrington, Dacre Montgomery is Billy, and Sadie Sink is Max.
Priah Ferguson returns as Erica Sinclair, Maya Hawke joins the cast as Robin, Cary Elwes plays Mayor Kline, and Jake Busey is Bruce.
Finn Wolfhard, Caleb McLaughlin, Charlie Heaton, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Noah Schnapp, and Millie Bobby Brown in ‘Stranger Things’ season 3 (Photo Credit: Netflix)
The Plot:
“It’s 1985 in Hawkins, Indiana, and summer’s heating up. School’s out, there’s a brand new mall in town, and the Hawkins crew are on the cusp of adulthood. Romance blossoms and complicates the group’s dynamic, and they’ll have to figure out how to grow up without growing apart. Meanwhile, danger looms. When the town’s threatened by enemies old and new, Eleven and her friends are reminded that evil never ends; it evolves. Now they’ll have to band together to survive, and remember that friendship is always stronger than fear.”
Freeform’s Good Trouble finds the friends struggling with issues at home and at work. Season two episode two titled “Torn” was directed by Peter Paige from a script by Joanna Johnson and will air on June 25, 2019 at 8pm ET/PT.
The cast of season two is led by Cierra Ramirez as Mariana and Maia Mitchell as Callie. The series also stars Tommy Martinez as Gael, Sherry Cola as Alice, Zuri Adele as Malika, Emma Hunton as Davia, and Josh Pence as Dennis.
Series stars Mitchell and Ramirez executive produce along with Joanna Johnson, Peter Paige, Bradley Bredeweg, Gregory Gugliotta, Christine Sacani, Jennifer Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, and Benny Medina. Good Trouble‘s produced by Nuyorican Productions, Inc. in association with Freeform.
The “Torn” Plot: Mariana’s new relationship complicates her work environment. Callie is struggling to make decisions that will disrupt both her career and love life. Malika questions her involvement in activism. Davia juggles the men in her life.
More on Good Trouble Season 2:
“Good Trouble is the critically acclaimed spinoff of the groundbreaking series The Fosters. Now in its second season, the series will continue to explore the trials and tribulations of the tenants of Downtown LA’s hippest residence, The Coterie.
This season, Mariana (Ramirez), Callie (Mitchell) and the rest of The Coterie crew will continue to navigate their early twenties as they deal with breakups, demand equality, find happiness and discover what it means to fight for what you believe in.”
Zuri Adele and Maia Mitchell in ‘Good Trouble’ season 2 episode 2 (Freeform/Eric McCandless)Tommy Martinez and Denim Richards in season 2 episode 2 (Freeform/Eric McCandless)Emma Hunton in season 2 episode 2 (Freeform/Eric McCandless)Emma Hunton and Cierra Ramirez in season 2 episode 2 (Freeform/Eric McCandless)Maia Mitchell in season 2 episode 2 (Freeform/Eric McCandless)
The trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s 2020 sequel to Trolls, Trolls World Tour, reveals there are actually six different troll tribes representing different genres of music. When the rock trolls decide to take over the Troll world, Poppy (Anna Kendrick) thinks they need to fight back with hugs. Branch (voiced by Justin Timberlake) believes it’s going to take a lot more firepower than that.
The original animated film about weird-haired dolls opened in theaters on November 4, 2016. Trolls rang up a $46 million opening weekend, domestically, and went on to gross $346 million worldwide before exiting theaters.
Walt Dohrn, Trolls co-director, returns to helm the music-driven sequel with David P. Smith. Gina Shay produces and Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada) wrote the score. Justin Timberlake contributes original music after having earned an Oscar nomination for “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” from the original film.
Poppy (Anna Kendrick) doesn’t know quite what to make of Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom), who rules the land of Rock, in ‘Trolls World Tour’ (Photo Credit: DreamWorks Animation)
The Plot and New Characters, Courtesy of DreamWorks Animation:
“In an adventure that will take them well beyond what they’ve known before, Poppy (Kendrick) and Branch (Timberlake) discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands and devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder.
A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom), aided by her father King Thrash (Ozzy Osbourne), wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends — Biggie (James Corden), Chenille (Caroline Hjelt), Satin (Aino Jawo), Cooper (Ron Funches) and Guy Diamond (Kunal Nayyar) — set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who’s looking to upstage them all.
Cast as members of the different musical tribes is one the largest, and most acclaimed, groups of musical talent ever assembled for an animated film. From the land of Funk are Mary J. Blige, George Clinton and Anderson .Paak. Representing Country is Kelly Clarkson as Delta Dawn, with Sam Rockwell as Hickory and Flula Borg as Dickory.
J Balvin brings Reggaeton, while Ester Dean adds to the Pop tribe. Anthony Ramos brings the beat in Techno and Jamie Dornan covers smooth jazz. World-renowned conductor and violinist Gustavo Dudamel appears as Trollzart and Charlyne Yi as Pennywhistle from the land of Classical. And Kenan Thompson raps as a hip-hop newborn Troll named Tiny Diamond.”
AMC’s just unveiled the first trailer for season two of The Terror. The second season of the anthology series is titled The Terror: Infamy and will premiere on Monday, August 12, 2019 at 9pm ET/PT.
According to AMC, the second season of The Terror is “one of the first depicting the internment of Japanese Americans on such a massive scale – complete with authentically recreated camps in scope and scale as post-WWII.”
Showrunner Alexander Woo (True Blood) and Max Borenstein (Kong: Skull Island) co-created the series. Woo and Borenstein executive produce with Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert, Guymon Casady and Jordan Sheehan.
The cast of season one was led by Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, and Ciaran Hinds. Season two features Derek Mio (Spooked, Greek) as Chester Nakayama; Kiki Sukezane (Lost in Space) as Yuko, a mysterious woman from Chester’s past; Cristina Rodlo (Miss Bala) as Luz, Chester’s secret girlfriend; Shingo Usami (Unbroken) as Henry Nakayama, Chester’s father; and Naoko Mori (Everest) as Asako Nakayama, Chester’s mother. Miki Ishikawa (9-1-1) plays Amy, a Nakayama family friend and George Takei (Star Trek) is Yamato-san, a community elder and former fishing captain. Takei is also serving as a consultant.
The dramatic anthology series is an AMC Studios production produced by Scott Free, Emaj Productions and Entertainment 360.
The Terror: Infamy Plot:
“Featuring a cast and crew with deep-rooted connections to WWII, the internment of Japanese Americans and the aftermath in Hiroshima, The Terror: Infamy centers on a series of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese American community, and a young man’s journey to understand and combat the malevolent entity responsible.”
Naoko Mori as Asako Nakayama, James Saito as Wilson Yoshida, Alex Shimizu as Toshiro Furuya in ‘The Terror: Infamy’ (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/AMC)
Lucifer (Tom Ellis) and his brother Amenadiel (D.B. Woodside) in a scene from ‘Lucifer.’ “He’s talented, he’s intelligent, he’s professional – it’s a lot of fun,” Woodside said of working with his co-star Ellis.
Throughout his career, D.B. Woodside has always played a guy in a well-tailored, expensive suit. His roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 24, Single Ladies, and Suits come to mind. So the New York City native jumped at the chance to play the angel Amenadiel on Lucifer (currently streaming on Netflix) when his manager told him about this role.
“I had a history of playing guys in suits. We both felt we wanted to switch it up a bit, especially given the fact that I’ve had a very blessed career. Most of the roles I played – guys in suits – are the farthest away from my real personality. We wanted to find a role that was a bit more physical, a guy who was more into his body in terms of how he handles things.
Amenadiel is a very physical guy – a warrior, an angel, a fighter. There’s something that’s really different about that and appealing for me, being that I tend to be a physical guy. I’m very active in the gym. I run. I swim. I was really interested in playing someone closer to me in that regard,” explained D.B. Woodside, 49, an alumnus of the State University of New York at Albany and the Yale School of Drama.
Lucifer is based on the DC Comics characters created by best-selling author Neil Gaiman that debuted in The Sandman comic book series. Lucifer later became the protagonist of his own eponymous comic book series.
“I grew up a comic book kid, but this was not one of the comic books that I was familiar with. After I was cast (as Amenadiel), I read up on Lucifer. My character’s very different in the comic book,” Woodside said, laughing. “I’m glad (executive producers Len Wiseman, Joe Henderson, and Ildy Modrovich) decided to go a different way. I think that’s what makes the character more interesting.”
In the TV adaptation, Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis) – the Devil himself – gets tired of ruling Hell, so he abandons it and goes to Los Angeles. In L.A., he owns a nightclub called Lux and consults for the LAPD, helping the police solve supernatural crimes.
Very open about telling people he’s the Devil, many just blow him off. Lucifer has the power to make people tell him their most hidden desires. He works with Det. Chloe Decker (Lauren German) of the LAPD, who’s immune to his powers and charms.
“Working with Tom Ellis is a dream. It really is. He’s just such a nice guy. He’s talented, he’s intelligent, he’s professional – it’s a lot of fun. When scenes come up in episodes where the two brothers are getting into something, I always cheer. It’s just so much fun to act with that guy, and it’s so nice that he’s such a lovely human being,” complimented Woodside.
In the case of Amenadiel – Lucifer’s older brother – he arrives in L.A. to convince Lucifer to return to Hell. Failing that, he attempts to force him to go back to Hell, but to no avail. In the second season, Amenadiel loses his powers and his wings. He regains both in the third season after their mother (Tricia Helfer) is killed and he takes her soul to Heaven.
The season 4 cast of ‘Lucifer’ (from left to right): D.B. Woodside, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, and Rachael Harris.
In the fourth season, Amenadiel chooses to live on Earth. He has a son with Dr. Linda Martin (Rachael Harris), Lucifer’s psychiatrist. Since he decides to raise his son on Earth, he encounters many societal ills, including racism.
“That was something I wanted to do for a long time,” said Woodside. “When you set a story up where you cast two actors who belong to two different races and they’re brothers, there are a lot of creative places where you can take that. I just didn’t want to lie there. I felt that this is a show that doesn’t shy away from some tough topics. This season was spectacular – they came to me with this idea. I loved it, and I just let them do what they do. These writers are great. They know exactly what they’re doing.”
Originally, Lucifer aired on FOX for its first three seasons. However, it was canceled on May 11, 2018. Fans rallied on social media with #SaveLucifer campaigns. On June 15, 2018, Netflix picked up Lucifer for a fourth season.
“It was glorious, man!” said Woodside, laughing. “We went from being lying on the table, heads down in our alcoholic beverages to being saved by this incredible fanbase and to being picked up by Netflix, which is a dream place to work. I absolutely love working with Netflix and, like I said, these fans have been incredible.”
It was recently announced that next year’s fifth season of Lucifer will also be its final season. Still, Woodside is grateful.
“Listen, five seasons is fantastic!” said Woodside. “The fact is we’re such a family. We love each other – we truly do – and love being around each other and love creating with each other. We thought we’d get six seasons. But I think that we’re all overjoyed by the fact that we were a show that got canceled, then saved, then put on Netflix, and then we’ve just had the best season we’ve ever had. So we’re all very excited that we get a chance to go back one more time and tell the story that we want to tell, end the story the way we want to end it and go out on a high. I don’t think there’s any better way to go out.”
Woodside spoke about the difference between being on a network like FOX and a streaming service like Netflix.
“I feel like we’ve all experienced something working on Netflix that we never got a chance to experience working on FOX. I personally think networks are antiquated these days in the way they deal with creative people. Networks tend to deal with creativity like it’s a corporation. I think people at the corporate level feel the need to justify their job. What I think what happens is you have (them) leaning into the creative side when they probably should not be leaning in; they should trust the people that they’ve hired and allow them to do what they do. A lot of networks nowadays don’t do that. I think that’s why you have an exodus from network TV and a lot of artists want to be on a streaming service now. Yes, it’s less money; yes, it’s less episodes, but you have so much more creative freedom – that’s more fulfilling. I think that’s something that’s attractive for all of us,” he explained.
When asked why he wasn’t in the opening dance sequence at the beginning of the fourth season finale, Woodside laughed.
“That’s a question you have to ask Joe and Ildy. I don’t know. I would’ve loved to have been,” he said. “Next year, there’s talk of a real big musical episode and I have no doubt that I’ll get a little something in that.”
Ever since the Emmy-nominated musical episode of Buffy in its sixth season called “Once More With Feeling” aired in 2001 to widespread critical acclaim, the musical episode has experienced a resurgence. Scrubs and Grey’s Anatomy have followed suit, airing musical episodes of their own.
“Very true, very true,” said Woodside. “It’s very interesting how Lucifer and Buffy have a lot in common.”
Even though both are the creations of completely different writers and aired in completely different generations (Buffy aired from 1997-2003, whereas Lucifer debuted in 2016), both series have crossed into several different genres, according to Woodside.
“At times, (Buffy) could feel like a YA novel, then it could be a horror show, then it might feel like a thriller, then it might feel like a comedy. I feel that Lucifer does that very well also. It can feel like a procedural, then it can feel like a comedy, then it can feel like a show about mythology and religion – God vs. the Devil – then it can feel like an action show with some of the fight scenes that Lesley-Ann (Brandt, who plays Mazikeen) and I have, even Tom and I have at times. It crosses so many genres and I think that might be exhilarating to see as a fan. For us as actors, it’s non-stop fun,” he explained.
On Buffy, Woodside played Robin Wood, the principal of Sunnydale High School, in the seventh and final season. Unlike his predecessor Principal Snyder (Armin Shimerman), Wood was actually one of the good guys who helped Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar). It was later revealed that season Wood was the son of Nikki Wood (K.D. Aubert), a Slayer from the late 1970s who was killed by Spike (James Marsters). The same Spike who Wood attempted to kill to avenge his mother, despite the fact Spike reformed.
“Originally, I was only supposed to do 9-10 episodes,” recalled Woodside. “I was young, I had always liked the show, and it was just an opportunity to be on a show that I loved. Then what happened was – I believe it was (executive producer) Marti Noxon who came to (creator Joss Whedon) with the idea to make him the son of (Nikki Wood). Then everything changed. After that, I never wanted to leave. That guy became unbelievably interesting. He had so many secrets and it was something we’d never seen before (the son of a Slayer), which was thrilling.”
Woodside enjoyed working with Gellar.
“I loved working with Sarah!” he said, laughing. “Sarah’s one of the funniest human beings alive. I’ve said this a few times, but the best career advice I’ve ever gotten in my life was all given to me by Sarah.”
As to what it was exactly, Woodside wouldn’t say.
“I will never tell anybody! I will never tell anybody! I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” he said, laughing. “She was more accurate more than anyone I’ve ever met in my life. I’ll just leave it at that. But it’s helped me, it’s guided me, and it’s kept me from making some very bad decisions.”
He spoke about what gives Buffy such staying power all these years later.
“I think it’s Joss. I think it’s these universal themes that he managed to tap into and they resonate with every generation that discovers the show – feeling like an outsider, feeling different, feeling misunderstood, feeling awkward, feeling unsure, and trying to find your power,” said Woodside.
: D.B. Woodside currently appears on Lucifer and will appear on this summer’s Pearson, a Suits spin-off. He’s also known for his roles on 24 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Arguably, Woodside is best known as Wayne Palmer, who serves as the White House Chief of Staff under his older brother David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert), the President of the United States, on 24. After David is assassinated in the fifth season, Wayne himself becomes POTUS in the sixth season. However, after an assassination attempt, Wayne collapses at the podium during a press conference. His fate was never revealed. Not even Woodside knows.
“That was one of those (things) as an actor where (the creators) took a storyline that didn’t necessarily make me happy, but that’s the way it is, right?” he said. “I love Wayne Palmer. I thought he was great.”
Woodside felt his best scenes on 24 were with Haysbert.
“I think for me, 24 came along at the perfect time in my life. In fact, it was another show I was also a fan of and really wanted to be on,” said Woodside. “I loved Wayne the most when he was a foil to his big brother, David. I think once they (killed David off), Wayne Palmer lost a lot of his power. I think his power was at its height when he was going against his brother.”
On the legal drama Suits, Woodside played attorney Jeff Malone, the lover of attorney Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres). This summer, Torres will resume her role as Jessica on the spin-off, Pearson. Woodside will appear as Jeff.
“When we last saw Jessica and Jeff, Jessica was moving to Chicago to be with him and they were gonna start a life there,” he said. “We find them now in Chicago and Jessica has now taken a job with the mayor’s office. Unfortunately, some bad things happen, which is gonna put Jessica and Jeff at odds once again. They can’t catch a break. They really can’t.”
Woodside sang Torres’ praises.
“Oh my God, Gina is one of my oldest, dearest friends. Gina and I have been in Hollywood together for easily (more than) 20 years. This must be our fourth project that we’ve worked on together. We always wind up playing a husband and wife, boyfriend and girlfriend, ex-boyfriend and ex-girlfriend,” he said. “When I walk on a set and see her, I instantly relax. A smile comes across my face because I’m getting ready to work and I’m working with my friend. I couldn’t be more excited for her to get this opportunity to headline her own show. It’s come at a perfect time in her career. She’ll knock it outta the park and blow everybody away. It’s a phenomenal show, and it’s being driven by her. She is remarkable. She really is remarkable.”
Woodside is also working on his own script. He’s hoping to have it completed within the next several months. However, he couldn’t give any details about it.
“It’s close to the vest right now. I hope to shop it around and hope to have it on a dream service, whether that’s Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon,” said Woodside. “It’s that type of show and I’m really excited about it. It’s a show that I believe is gonna show middle-aged Black Americans in a way we’ve never seen them before.”
Woodside would also like to branch out into directing. He wrote and directed the 2007 short First.
“I would like to take it to the next level,” he said. “There are times when we need people in this business to just open the door for us, not do our work for us. I don’t think any of us want nor need someone to do our work for us, but every once in a while we all need some assistance. I am looking for someone to allow me into the door to be able to direct, where I’d do all the work. I hope to get that part of my career started as soon as possible. Fingers crossed.”
For now, he’s looking forward to filming the final season of Lucifer.
“I’m sure there’s gonna be lots of tears all year long, but that’s part of this crazy life, y’know?” said Woodside. “I think we’re gonna be positive and focus on the fact that we’re ending after five terrific seasons, especially in today’s (TV) landscape, I think that’s rare. We feel really blessed to go out on top.”
CBS’s summer action series Blood & Treasure continues season one with episode seven airing on June 25, 2019. The episode titled “Escape from Casablanca” was directed by Craig Siebels from a script by Siavash Farahani and Dana Farahani.
New episodes of Blood & Treasure air on Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT.
Among the episode guest stars are Sarah Perles, Marcello Catalano, Husam Chadat, Abraham Asto, and Cas Anvar. Mostafa Houari, Mehdi Pyro, Rabih Berro, Anis Elkohen, and Robert Montcalm also guest star in “Escape from Casablanca.”
The cast is led by Matt Barr (Valor) as Danny McNamara and Sofia Pernas (The Brave) as Lexi Vaziri. Michael James Shaw is Aiden Shaw, Katia Winter is Gwen Karlsson, James Callis is Simon Hardwick, Oded Fehr is Karim Farouk, Alicia Coppola is Dr. Anna Castillo, and Mark Gagliardi plays Father Chuck. Antonio Cupo, Tony Nash, and Mohamed El Husseini play recurring roles in season one.
The “Escape from Casablanca” Plot – Danny and Lexi must improvise in order to stay alive and out of jail when they’re stuck in Casablanca with both law enforcement and their enemies hot on their trail. Also, Hardwick’s personal investigation into the Brotherhood of Serapis lands him in a dangerous situation.
The Season 1 Plot, Courtesy of CBS:
“Blood & Treasure is a globe-trotting action-adventure drama about a brilliant antiquities expert and a cunning art thief who team up to catch a ruthless terrorist who funds his attacks through stolen treasure. Danny McNamara is a former FBI agent specializing in stolen arts and antiquities. Lexi Vaziri is a resourceful art thief who is haunted by the tragic loss of her father, which she blames on Danny. When terrorist Karim Farouk absconds with a priceless artifact and kidnaps Danny’s mentor, Dr. Anna Castillo, Danny recruits Lexi to help him bring Farouk to justice and rescue Anna.
As they chase down Farouk, they encounter unscrupulous individuals who may either be useful allies or dangerous enemies, including Aiden Shaw, an arms dealer who acts solely in his self-interest, and Simon Hardwick, an expert at procuring pilfered artifacts. Danny and Lexi are assisted by Father Chuck, a childhood friend of Danny’s who works at the Vatican Foreign Ministry in Rome.
Their hunt draws the attention of Interpol agent Gwen Karlsson, who wants Farouk brought to justice, but won’t allow Danny and Lexi to break international laws in the process. As they crisscross the world hunting their target, Danny and Lexi unexpectedly find themselves at the center of a 2,000-year-old battle for the cradle of civilization.”
Kevin Costner stars as John Dutton in ‘Yellowstone’ season 2 (Photo Credit: Paramount Network)
Paramount Network welcomes back viewers to Yellowstone with an episode that catches up, albeit briefly in the case of Jamie, with the lives of the Dutton family. Season two episode one titled “A Thundering” opens with Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) dreaming of a burning bush, a woman running while on fire, and of Dan Jenkins (Danny Huston), face half destroyed, pointing a gun in his face. Thomas wakes in his bed, screaming.
John Dutton (Kevin Costner) joins his son, Kayce (Luke Grimes), and a few ranch hands to search look for cattle who’ve wandered into the thick woods. John sends his dogs in to herd them toward the edge of the woods, rather than have the horses attempt to ride deep into the dense forest.
The cows stampede out of the woods, but one dog lags behind barking insistently. Kayce re-enters the woods and lassoes the last wayward cow. It’s a reckless move, but John seems proud of his son.
Back at the Dutton ranch, Kayce and the men herd the cows into pens. Lloyd reports they’ve rounded up 800 so far, but he’s interrupted when the bulls decide to force their way in with the cows. Jimmy (still the low man on the totem pole) has to face the angry bulls in order to close the gate. He complains, as usual, but Rip (Cole Hauser) doesn’t let him off the hook.
Jimmy’s also forced into handling the artificial insemination process, along with Avery (Tanaya Beatty). It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it.
A stranger arrives looking for work. He’s on his way to Arizona and needs to make some money first, and John points him to Kayce to plead his case. Kayce’s barely listening to the stranger as he realizes his dad is expecting him to take charge. Rip’s paying attention to this shift in power, but his face remains unreadable. (The power struggle for the #2 spot is on.)
Next, we catch up with Jamie Dutton (Wes Bentley) who’s lying in bed as his girlfriend/campaign manager ticks off his campaign schedule. While she’s getting dressed, Jamie heads out to fetch two coffees. He displays his lack of patience as the barista prepares his drinks. (That’s all we see of Jamie this episode.)
Meanwhile, Beth (Kelly Reilly) and her assistant, Jason (David Cleveland Brown), check out a rental space. The agent explains there’s a rent reduction for a multi-year lease. “If I’m in Boseman this time next year, Jason here has instructions to poison me,” says Beth in her typical blunt style.
She rents the space for six months and returns to report to John back at the ranch. Beth provides her dad with research on a woman she’s found that fits their needs, a state prosecutor who’s pretty and used to be a rodeo queen. When John notes the woman looks like her, Beth gleefully assures him Jamie will hate her.
Thomas Rainwater meets with the tribe’s leadership council. They voice their concerns about building a new casino 90 miles off the reservation, and Thomas reminds them their reservation isn’t a destination. They’re worried about building an off-site casino they can’t control, but Thomas has that angle covered. They’re going to own the land and lease it to the casino. They’ll be able to build other businesses on that land, without government oversight.
One very vocal member of the council isn’t convinced the money will help the community and will not vote to authorize the funds to begin the casino project. The other members of the council remain silent.
Monica (Kelsey Asbille) still has a noticeable limp from her accident and uses a cane to help her get around. She’s following her dreams and is ready to accept the job the college offered her for a Native American Studies program. Unfortunately, the college no longer has the funds available for that position at this time.
Monica had initially turned down the job offer, unwilling to leave her teaching position at the school on the reservation. She now believes she can do both jobs, and the man she’s meeting with has a temporary solution. She can take on teaching a course in American History now, and then move into the Native American Studies position next semester when the funds are available.
Monica’s leery of the teaching assignment, given the course is focusing on the period between Columbus’ arrival and the Declaration of Independence. He assures her she can teach her version of America’s history and she agrees to the job. “I look forward to teaching young minds all about the man who introduced genocide to the Western hemisphere,” says Monica.
Cassidy, the attorney Beth researched, arrives at Dutton Ranch. John explains they’re looking for a candidate to support, and Cassidy’s understandably surprised. She asks why they’re not supporting Jamie, and John says they want what’s best for Montana. It’s implied he doesn’t think Jamie’s what’s best.
Beth asks about the wounded warriors program Cassidy started, and Cassidy explains they save horses from slaughterhouses in Canada. The horses are then used for equine therapy for veterans suffering from PTSD.
Beth has to leave the informal meeting which continues in her absence. Cassidy’s not sure she could prompt voters to turn out since she’s from a tiny town, but John assures her he’ll handle that.
The ranch hands chow down on supper and the newcomer’s the center of attention. He calls himself Cowboy which causes the others to scoff. He stands his ground, calling out Jimmy as someone who should never be a cowboy. Rip warns him about fighting on the ranch and then takes off in a huff, but not before telling them to tell “Elvis” it’s time to eat.
Cowboy volunteers and it turns out he knows the singing cowboy sitting away from the group. Cowboy and Walker (Ryan Bingham) met while working in Nebraska before Walker went to jail for seven years. Cowboy reminds him that life is behind him, and Walker warns this ranch is different than others. He thinks Cowboy should leave while he can, but Cowboy isn’t concerned. Walker also warns him to keep an eye on Rip and all of the other ranch hands.
By the end of their chat, Cowboy appears curious and concerned about this new place he’s signed on to work.
Luke Grimes and Cole Hauser in ‘Yellowstone’ season 2 (Photo Credit: Paramount Network)
Kayce shows up in the evening to visit with his son. Unfortunately, the boy’s already asleep. Monica assures Kayce she’s not keeping the boy from him; she’s just trying to shield him from Kayce’s past. However, she agrees to let Kayce wake up their son if he puts him back to sleep. Kayce decides to let his son rest, opting to watch over him while he sleeps.
Beth arrives at a bar to meet with Bob Schwartz (Michael Nouri) and we finally discover why she’s renting office space. Beth’s come up with a plan to not only turn a tidy profit for Bob but also secure the land surrounding her family’s ranch. She makes the pitch that they should set up a fund, buy land, and put the land in a conservation easement (cutting the property tax). The next step is to enroll the land in a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a program in which landowners are paid not to farm their land. In this area that might be $300 or $400 an acre, meaning the government’s payments equal the cost of the land in seven years.
Bob’s leery, but Beth pushes on. If they start with a $100 million investment in the land and then use the CRP payments to buy more land, they can buy 50,000 acres a year on the government’s dime. They’ll be profitable by the end of the second year. No one else has done this because no one has the money to be patient for two years.
When Bob asks what’s in it for her besides her fee, Beth replies, “I’m making you money, Bob, and I’m digging a 200 square mile moat around my father’s ranch.”
Bob instructs her to start gobbling up land.
Back at the ranch, the wranglers are spending their Saturday night sitting around playing poker. Cowboy taunts them into playing real “cowboy poker,” and a handful take the bait including Jimmy and Avery. The rules are simple: play a hand of cards in the middle of a pen while a bull is let loose in the arena. The last one at the table wins.
Avery is the bravest, remaining seated as the bull charges. While the group laughs about the game, Rip arrives to shoo them all away from the bull. He warns them to go to a bar if they want to sit around getting drunk.
They take Rip’s advice and head to the bar, and of course a massive fistfight breaks out. They return to the bunkhouse and that’s where Kayce finds them nursing their wounds.
Kayce can’t let a beat down of Yellowstone men stand and grabs Rip for some payback. They return to the bar but this time they’ve got a secret weapon. Rip and Kayce set a bull loose inside the bar and then wait outside with the wranglers for the men who beat them up to emerge.
As each one exits, they beat them with pieces of wood fashioned like bats. Walker refuses to participate, and Rip warns him he’ll take back his brand if he doesn’t comply with the Yellowstone code.
Once the men are incapacitated, Rip leads his men inside to round up the bull. He then threatens the bartender, warning him to call the next time he sees men from the Dutton ranch in a fight. Kayce listens to Rip threaten the bartender and throws in his own warning, “Maybe next time I’ll burn it down.” (Kayce is way past playing it cool and controlled.)
The next morning John takes a seat opposite Dan at a diner. He’s surprised Dan can swallow (remember, they strung him up at the end of last season) and shocked to learn Dan’s not planning on leaving town. Dan claims he loves Montana and didn’t report the incident to the sheriff because he wants John on the Yellowstone Ranch when he takes it away from him.
The day also finds Jimmy artificially inseminating the cows. They tease him he only has about 60 to go as they watch the gross process. John walks away, chuckling, and then suddenly collapses, blood streaming from his mouth. He’s brought to the trailer of the veterinarian overseeing the inseminations and she immediately takes an X-ray. He manages to say he has colon cancer, but she tells him this is something different. He wouldn’t be spitting up blood if this emergency was related to colon cancer.
She discovers he has a ruptured ulcer and they can’t make it to the hospital in time. Unfortunately, she can’t use the cattle anesthesia on him because it’s too strong. He’ll have to be operated on using just a local.
Rip, Cowboy, and Kayce assist as the doctor warns it’s going to hurt like crazy, but John must stay still. Kayce has medic training from the military so he’s her first assistant and helps as she cauterizes the wound.
John’s taken by chopper to the hospital, alive and able to actually sit up a little. Kayce’s by his side and says, “Bright side…you don’t have cancer. You’re not dying yet.” John admits he’s been living like it and that might actually be worse. “So much to undo…I’ve got so much to undo,” says John.
