The CW’s announced their expanded 2019 summer primetime schedule will include the debut of six new series. The newcomers will join returning shows Burden of Truth, Masters of Illusion, Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and The Outpost to make up the network’s summer lineup. In addition, four midseason series – iZombie, Jane the Virgin, In the Dark, and The 100 – will continue into the summer months.
The CW’s summer season kicks off on June 2nd with the second season premiere of Burden of Truth. Kristin Kreuk stars in the legal drama which will air on Sundays at 8pm ET/PT. Per the network: “After fighting for the justice of five sick girls in her hometown of Millwood, corporate attorney Joanna Chang (Kreuk) finds herself at a top law firm in Winnipeg ready to make a fresh start away from her previous firm. There, a new client draws her into the shadowy world of hackers, activists, and a political movement that won’t take any prisoners. The case leads Joanna through many twists and turns, until she eventually becomes a killer’s target. Her estranged father tries to assist her, which leads to an event that will change both their lives forever.”
Masters of Illusion returns for its sixth season with back-to-back episodes Friday, June 7th at 8pm ET/PT. The series debut of The Big Stage follows at 9pm ET/PT. Elizabeth Stanton and James Maslow host The Big Stage which is described as the “ultimate non-competitive platform for talented acts from around the world to display their mastery of performance, with disciplines ranging from singing and stand-up routines to impressive acrobatics and aerial dance, along with everything in between.”
The sixth season of Penn & Teller: Fool Us joins the network’s lineup on June 17th at 8pm ET/PT, with Whose Line Is It Anyway? taking the 9pm ET/PT time slot.
Season two of the fantasy drama The Outpost premieres on July 11th at 9pm ET/PT. The adventure series stars Imogen Waterhouse and Jessica Green and is executive produced by Dean Devlin, Jonathan Glassner, Marc Roskin, and Rachel Olschan-Wilson along with series creators Jason Faller and Kynan Griffin.
The Outpost season two picks up after the defeat of Dred. After reclaiming the Outpost, “Talon (Green) and Gwynn (Waterhouse) prepare for war. Talon delves deeper into demon summoning, while Gwynn recruits allies. The Prime Order trinity known as ‘The Three’ reveal mysterious powers as they send spies, assassins, and a devastating weapon to the Outpost. As Talon uncovers the legacy of her people, she must decide who to trust, and separate her real friends from her enemies before the Prime Order attacks.”
Details on The CW’s New Summer Series: (Premiere dates to be announced)
Bulletproof: Adrenalin-fueled and packed with compelling characters, Bulletproof follows two undercover cops, Bishop (Noel Clarke) and Pike (Ashley Walters) as they chase down hardened criminals in London’s East End. Despite their differences, Bishop and Pike work brilliantly together even when the chemistry between them looks set to explode.
Hypnotize Me:Hypnotize Me is a comedy game show, hosted by Taye Diggs. Based on the hit U.K. format (You’re Back In The Room), the show features physical comedy and unpredictable situations, as contestants work together in teams and are challenged to complete a variety of simple, everyday tasks, from frosting a cake to blowing up balloons… after being hypnotized. With big money at stake, these contestants need to work together as a team. However, their entranced states cause hysterical hurdles that not only sabotage their progress, but reveal aspects of their personalities neither they, their family nor their friends have ever before witnessed!
Mysteries Decoded: Over the course of each hour, the investigative documentary series Mysteries Decoded will delve deeper into some America’s greatest unsolved mysteries, exploring newly discovered evidence and utilizing high-tech tools in reopening each case. From Area 51 to the Salem Witch Trials, each investigation is led by Jennifer Marshall, an accomplished U.S. Navy veteran turned top-notch Private Investigator, as she mobilizes a team to embark on the formidable quest to bring closure to these long-lingering historical puzzles.
Pandora: Set in the year 2199, Pandora is a sci-fi action series about a resourceful young woman who has lost everything but finds a new life at Earth’s Space Training Academy where she and her friends learn to defend the galaxy from threats, both alien and human. When secrets about the nature of her own identity begin to surface, she must uncover the truth, and whether she will be humanity’s savior or the instrument of its destruction.
Red Bull Peaking:Red Bull Peaking is an unfiltered, intimate portrait of athletes, told in their own words and experienced from their perspective, during the 72-hour period immediately before, during and after a landmark event in their career. These up-close and personal narratives include iconic extreme sports stars Kelly McGarry, James Stewart and Jenny Rissveds.
Fox’s medical drama The Resident continues with season two episode 21 airing on Monday, April 22, 2019 at 8pm ET/PT. The episode’s titled “Stuck As Foretold” and finds the medical staff trying to treat patients during a blood shortage.
The season two cast includes Matt Czuchry as Conrad Hawkins, Bruce Greenwood as Dr. Randolph Bell, Emily VanCamp as Nicolette, and Manish Dayal as Devon Pravesh. Shaunette Renée Wilson is Mina Okafor, Malcolm-Jamal Warner is Dr. AJ Austin, Jane Leeves is Dr. Kit Voss, and Glenn Morshower plays Marshall Winthrop.
The “Stuck As Foretold” Plot – When the hospital has a severe blood shortage, Conrad must try every avenue to save a patient’s life. Nic receives devastating news and is left worrying about her sister’s health, while Mina and Devon work with a new anesthesiologist who is not what she seems. Elsewhere, Kit considers the future of her intertwining relationships and Bell has an encounter with a woman from his past.
The Season 2 Plot:
Season two finds star resident Dr. Conrad Hawkins continuing to make difficult calls in the best interests of his patients. But, having rekindled a romantic relationship with nurse Nicolette “Nic” Nevins, the two now must face unresolved issues from their past. Conrad’s father, Marshall Winthrop, has taken over as head of Chastain, and comes into direct conflict with the hospital’s newly minted CEO, Dr. Randolph Bell.
Meanwhile, Dr. Mina Okafor continues to work with her larger-than-life mentor, Dr. AJ Austin. However, the skills of new ortho surgeon Dr. Kitt Voss could lead Mina on a different path. First-year resident Dr. Devon Pravesh becomes intrigued by new medical device rep Julian Booth, whose presence at the hospital will upend business as usual for everyone there.
“She lied to us, Iris. Since the first day she got here…about Thawne,” exclaims Barry (Grant Gustin) to Iris (Candice Patton) and the rest of Team Flash, obviously reeling from the reveal of Nora’s big secret about being mentored by the Reverse Flash, Eobard Thawne, in the opening scene of The CW’s The Flash season five episode 18.
Barry’s understandably upset about discovering Nora (Jessica Parker Kennedy) has been lying to everyone since she arrived. The rest of the team’s also in shock, with the noticeable exception of Sherloque (Tom Cavanagh). When he’s asked how long he suspected Nora’s secret, Sherloque admits since he first met her. His admission further upsets Barry and Iris and they vent their anger at poor Sherloque instead of where it belongs…at Nora, which Sherloque calls them on before he walks out of the cortex.
Iris wants to give Nora a chance to explain but Barry reminds her they can’t trust anything she says. Ralph (Hartley Sawyer) points out the truth would be in Nora’s journal. Barry tells Ralph to read it from the beginning.
Cut to Central City 2049 where Nora is late to the crime scene of a chemical truck robbery. (This scene is reminiscent of the first scene of Barry heading to a crime scene in the series pilot.) After looking over the area and doing some investigating, Nora believes the robber could be a speedster.
Back at Central City’s CSI Lab, Nora’s best friend Lia (Kathryn Gallagher) is a little concerned with Nora’s obsession with the one case The Flash never solved: Cicada. Nora receives a call from her mom and lets it go to voicemail.
The speedster Nora’s tracking was looking for special chemicals and so she and Lia visit a scientist who might be able to give them insight on the speedster’s interest in those particular chemicals. As she and Lia are leaving, they’re surprised by a flash of white lightning. They run back in and see a tall white speedster. “Oh God,” says Nora. “Yes, I am a god. The God of Speed,” says the white speedster. He then hits Nora with lightning, sending her crashing into furniture and leaving her unconscious before speeding away.
Nora wakes up in the hospital with Lia watching over her and claims she feels good. Lia informs Nora her mother called because she almost died. And it turns out while the paramedics were working on Nora they discovered a piece of tech inside her.
As Lia’s talking she accidentally drops the container with the device and Nora grabs it using her super speed without even realizing it. Nora speeds around, out of control and ends up crashing into a truck. (Again, another scene paying homage to season one when Barry first discovered his speed.)
Nora and Lia practice her speed at the lab. They hear about a heist taking place and Nora speeds off to play hero but since she doesn’t have control yet of her speed, she actually ends up being more of a problem for the cops than the robbers.
Nora feels bad about what happened and vents to Lia who’s supportive and encouraging. She also tells Nora that after more digging she discovered the tech that came out of her was made by S.T.A.R. Labs over 20 years ago and was dampening her powers.
Nora says the regular police at the CCPD won’t be able to stop Godspeed but she can if she learns how to think like a villain speedster.
Nora visits Eobard Thawne in prison to pick his brain. Thawne quickly realizes via his powers of observation that Nora is a speedster. He won’t help her or answer any of her questions.
Lia and Nora get another lead on what chemical Godspeed will steal next and decide to try and get to it first. As the two young women try to move the heavy container of the chemical out, Godspeed shows up and again knocks Nora down (but not out) with his powers. Godspeed then speeds over to Lia, takes the chemical from her, and kills her with a vibrating speed punch. Nora can only scream, “No!” as she watches helplessly. Nora cradles Lia’s lifeless body in her arms in anguish.
Returning to present day and Team Flash reacts to what Ralph has been reading about Nora’s origin story. Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) believes Nora must have felt so alone, but Barry responds coldly, “She wasn’t.”
Iris heads to the pipeline, looks at a sulking Nora, and says, “Don’t make me regret this,” as she lets her out> They return to the cortex to tell the rest of Nora’s story to Barry and the team.
Back to 2049 where Nora is grieving the loss of her best friend. An older Iris walks in trying to be supportive and sensitive but actually comes off more like a nagging parent. Nora calls Iris out on Lia’s discovery of the tech inside her, and Iris admits having it put in her so she would never be a speedster. Iris isn’t apologetic at all, telling Nora she was protecting her from meta-humans and herself. Iris explains to Nora that she has lost so much she can’t lose her too. “Well, you just did,” replies Nora as she speeds off.
Back at her lab Nora’s informed by her boss they were able to analyze the DNA left by the speedster who killed Lia. His name is August Heart. Nora does some more digging at The Flash museum and realizes Godspeed’s lightning is turning blue like Zoom’s. He has been stealing the chemicals to try to make a stable version of Velocity 9. This discovery prompts Nora to visit Thawne again.
At first, Thawne refuses to help. But when she tells him Godspeed killed her best friend right in front of her, it seems to soften Thawne. (Is he reminded of what he did to Barry’s mother?) Thawne changes his mind and decides to help Nora catch Godspeed.
Using his cell’s one-way phone, Thawne coaches Nora. He has her speed up the side of the Central City Citizen Media building and across its rooftop with Godspeed chasing her. Thawne has Nora run in front of the satellite dishes and he gets hit by microwave pulses, knocking him out enough for the police to take him into custody.
Nora goes to see Thawne again and asks him to train her claiming he’s the only one who hasn’t lied to her. He tells her he can’t because his time on Earth is coming to an end, motioning to a countdown clock. “How much do you know about The Flash?” Thawne asks.
The next scene is of Nora rummaging through S.T.A.R. Labs, which has long been abandoned, and discovering Gideon. Gideon asks if she’d like to watch the video Barry recorded for her. Nora does and it appears to have been shot during a crisis. In the video Barry tells Nora if she’s watching it that means she’s a speedster like him. “I’m sorry I wasn’t there to help you learn how to use your powers. Remember my sweet Nora, I love you,” says Barry.
Back in present day, Nora wants her dad to understand her motivation. “I just wanted to see you, dad. Thawne showed me how.” Barry asks everyone for a minute alone with Nora. After Team Flash leaves, Barry asks how many times she went to see Thawne. She confesses it was five or six times. Barry says he understands why she came back to meet him and Team Flash. He can even understand her turning to Thawne for help, but he can’t condone her going back to him when she could have just reached out to them – especially after she learned Thawne killed Barry’s mother, her namesake.
“I don’t trust you, Nora. I can’t have anybody here with us that I don’t trust,” says Barry. “What are you saying?” asks an upset Nora. “It’s time for you to go home,” answers Barry as he speeds her back to 2049. “Please don’t do this, dad!” pleads Nora but Barry’s mind is made up. He warns her if she time travels again, he’ll feel it in the speed force. “Goodbye, Nora,” says Barry as he speeds off.
The final scene is with Thawne in his prison as he hears Barry speed in. “One wasn’t enough, you had to try to take my daughter from me too…My DAUGHTER!” yells Barry. “I knew you’d react like this, always so emotional. That’s why I had her keep this from you,” replies Thawne. “You can’t blame the little runner, Barry. She just wanted to spend some time with her dad. Don’t hold that against her,” says Thawne.
“You always thought you were so much smarter than us, Thawne, but you lost. And now you’re finally going to get what you deserve,” says Barry as he speeds off. The countdown clock is at 9:57 and ticking down.
The Flash Season 5 Episode 18 Review:
Suspenseful, tragic, and reminiscent of season one episode one, season five episode 18 titled “Godspeed” shows the origin of Nora becoming XS as well as the story behind her becoming Eobard Thawne’s speedster student – all because she wanted to live up to (and meet) her father, The Flash. Once again Jessica Parker Kennedy is center stage as Nora as she discovers her powers and the truth about her father who she never knew. What makes it work is transporting the show to 2049 Central City, a sleek and brighter version than the current day Central City.
Applause and accolades must be given to Danielle Panabaker who directed this episode and did an amazing job bringing the “vibe “and feel of the first season to it. Most impressive were the scenes between Nora and Thawne in 2049 and the final scene between Thawne and Barry. Here’s hoping Panabaker directs future episodes of the series.
With Barry banishing Nora back to her own time and Team Flash not aware of his decision, things are most likely to get heated between Barry and Iris which in turn will put unnecessary stress on the team.
The as-yet-untitled Star Trek Jean-Luc Picard series has expanded its cast by three. CBS All Access announced Alison Pill (The Newsroom), Harry Treadaway (Penny Dreadful, Mr. Mercedes) and Isa Briones (American Crime Story: Versace) have signed on as series regulars.
The new entry in the Star Trek franchise will star Sir Patrick Stewart reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard, the character he played for seven seasons on Star Trek: Next Generation. The upcoming series will follow Picard in the next chapter of his life. The cast also includes Santiago Cabrera (Big Little Lies), Michelle Hurd (Lethal Weapon), and Evan Evagora, all of whom were previously announced as joining the series.
Alex Kurtzman, James Duff, Akiva Goldsman, Patrick Stewart, Michael Chabon, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry, and Trevor Roth are on board as executive producers. CBS Television Studios is producing the series in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.
In addition to his starring roles in Penny Dreadful and Mr. Mercedes, Harry Treadaway’s credits include Gringo with Charlize Theron, The Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp, and Honeymoon opposite Rose Leslie. Treadaway recently completed work on the fourth season of The Crown.
Isa Briones was part of the First National Touring Company of Hamilton and won an L.A. Ovation Award for Next to Normal.
Alison Pill’s credits include the Oscar-nominated film Vice starring Christian Bale as Vice President Dick Cheney, Miss Sloane with Jessica Chastain, Snowpiercer starring Chris Evans, and Scott Pilgrim vs the World with Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Pill was recently featured in Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story: Cult which revolved around the 2016 presidential election. She just wrapped up work on the first season of FX’s DEVS.
NBC’s New Amsterdam edges closer to the first season finale with episode 19 titled “Happy Place.” The new episode will air on April 23, 2019 at 10pm ET/PT and features the medical team attempting to save a police officer.
The cast of season one includes Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin, Janet Montgomery (Salem, This Is Us) as Dr. Lauren Bloom, Tyler Labine (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) as Dr. Iggy Frome, and Jocko Sims (The Last Ship, Masters of Sex) as Dr. Floyd Reynolds. Freema Agyeman (Sense8, The Carrie Diaries) is Dr. Helen Sharpe and Anupam Kher (The Indian Detective) plays Dr. Vijay Kapoor.
The “Happy Place” Plot – When a NYPD officer is hit by a car in the line of duty, the hospital is turn upside down trying to save her. Meanwhile, Kapoor (Kher) and Iggy (Labine) work with a patient struggling with a previous surgery.
The Season 1 Plot:
“Inspired by Bellevue, the oldest public hospital in America, this unique medical drama follows the brilliant and charming Dr. Max Goodwin (Eggold), the institution’s newest medical director who sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care. How can he help? Well, the doctors and staff have heard this before.
Not taking “no” for an answer, Dr. Goodwin must disrupt the status quo and prove he will stop at nothing to breathe new life into this understaffed, underfunded and underappreciated hospital — the only one in the world capable of treating Ebola patients, prisoners from Rikers and the President of the United States under one roof — and return it to the glory that put it on the map.”
Margot Bingham as Evie Garrison, Freema Agyeman as Dr. Helen Sharpe, and Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin in ‘New Amsterdam’ season 1 episode 19 (Photo by: Zach Dilgard/NBC)Jocko Sims as Dr. Floyd Reynolds in season 1 episode 19 (Photo by: Zach Dilgard/NBC)Lauren Ridloff as Margot and Gameela Wright as Dr. Christiansen in season 1 episode 19 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Tyler Labine as Dr. Iggy Frome in season 1 episode 19 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin in season 1 episode 19 (Photo by: Zach Dilgard/NBC)
The final trailer for Dark Phoenix begins with Professor Charles Xavier assuring NASA help is on the way. The two-minute trailer explores the roots of Jean Grey’s transformation into Dark Phoenix and Jean’s coming to terms with new powers. We also watch as Jean realizes the X-Men want to destroy her.
“Every hero has a dark side“
Game of Thrones‘ Sansa Stark – Sophie Turner – leads the cast of the comic book-inspired film. The cast of the X-Men film also includes James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as Raven / Mystique. Nicholas Hoult is Hank McCoy / Beast, Tye Sheridan is Scott Summers / Cyclops, Alexandra Shipp is Ororo Munroe / Storm, Kodi Smit-McPhee is Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler, Evan Peters is Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver, and Jessica Chastain is Smith.
Simon Kinberg wrote, directed and produced Dark Phoenix. Hutch Parker, Lauren Shuler Donner, and Todd Hallowell also serve as producers. The behind the scenes team includes director of photography Mauro Fiore, editor Lee Smith, production designer Claude Paré, and costume designer Daniel Orlandi.
Dark Phoenix is set to arrive in theaters on June 7, 2019.
The Plot:
“This is the story of one of the X-Men’s most beloved characters, Jean Grey, as she evolves into the iconic Dark Phoenix. During a life-threatening rescue mission in space, Jean is hit by a cosmic force that transforms her into one of the most powerful mutants of all. Wrestling with this increasingly unstable power as well as her own personal demons, Jean spirals out of control, tearing the X-Men family apart and threatening to destroy the very fabric of our planet.
The film is the most intense and emotional X-Men movie ever made. It is the culmination of 20 years of X-Men movies, as the family of mutants that we’ve come to know and love must face their most devastating enemy yet — one of their own.”
The penultimate episode of The CW’s sci-fi drama Roswell, New Mexico finds the alien siblings discovering more about themselves from an unexpected source. Season one episode 12 also finds the trio faced with a big decision to make about the newly uncovered fourth alien.
Episode 12 begins with a brief flashback to June 14, 1947 when aliens crashed into the Foster Ranch. A stowaway forced the plane to crash and Noah heard humans slaughtering his fellow aliens. Noah’s pod cracked during the crash, but he was still able to use it to keep himself safe.
Flash-forward to 2004 to the pivotal scene from episode six in which Isobel and the guys are camping in the desert. She’s taken by a man, and her screams are heard by Noah in his pod tucked underground.
And now in 2019 we catch up with Isobel (Lily Cowles), Max (Nathan Dean Parsons), and Michael (Michael Vlamis) as they stare at Noah (Karan Oberoi) who’s been placed back in his pod. Michael’s not happy Noah’s safe inside and wants to torture him to get answers. It’s been three days since the incident at the gala and Max believes Isobel needs more time to decide how to proceed. Isobel plays peacemaker and stops her brothers from arguing, making them agree they’ll decide on a course of action together.
Liz (Jeanine Mason) has returned to her waitressing job in the family’s cafe, complete with an antenna headband. Kyle (Michael Trevino) shows up and assures her she’ll be back doing research in no time. She’s still got a handprint on her chest, but otherwise Liz seems relieved to know the truth about Rosa and the other murder victims.
Alex (Tyler Blackburn) needs Michael’s help because he believes there’s a possibility there’s alien activity at Caulfield Prison. The heat signature is much hotter than humans, and Michael and his sibs run hot. However, Michael’s sure that if there were other aliens around he would have sensed their presence.
Alex apparently was so convinced Michael would go along that he invited Kyle along to investigate. Michael’s not happy (but then he seldom is these days) to be involved in this new alien search but can’t say no if there’s the possibility he’ll encounter others of his kind.
As they stare at Noah’s pod, Max tells Isobel he talked to her and even read to her while she was in hers. She reveals she didn’t hear any of it because time stands still inside the pods.
Max leaves and as Isobel turns to go, she realizes Noah has become conscious inside the pod. He breaks out of it and, fortunately, Max is close enough away to hear the commotion. Isobel insists Max not shoot Noah since Liz’s serum is still coursing through his system rendering him powerless. She wants answers.
At the same moment Noah’s eyes opened in the pod, Liz felt a sharp pain while at work in the cafe.
Isobel and Max bring Noah back to Max’s place, with Max keeping his weapon on his brother-in-law just in case he tries anything funny. Liz arrives in a rush as Noah tries to convince Max and Isobel they’re not enemies. The planet they came from was war-torn and desolate, and they’re all refugees on this planet.
Noah explains he heard Isobel’s psychic scream when she was a teen. He also reveals he crawled into the pod in 1947 and could never get out. He was never in stasis and was aware and paralyzed with fear for decades. In a totally creepy move, Noah crawled into a crack in Isobel’s psyche and has remained there.
Isobel runs from the room as Max knocks Noah out. Liz confirms Noah will likely die before the end of the day unless they do something. She asks Max if he’s sure that’s what he wants.
Michael, Alex, and Kyle have made it to the prison and Alex scans for a heat signature. Unfortunately, there’s a storm rolling in (although the skies are still blue without any clouds) and it’s messing up his reading. They realize there’s something important there that doesn’t want to be found.
Alex may have forgiven Kyle for the bullying he put him through back in high school, but Michael’s definitely still holding a grudge on Alex’s behalf. Before they can get into that discussion Michael senses there’s something wrong inside the prison. He feels something he describes as similar to screaming from far away.
They enter the prison and Michael can feel “them.” He tries to open a locked door but for some reason he can’t. Alex warns them someone’s coming and they scatter. Alex stays behind and disarms the soldier who, it turns out, is his brother, Flint (Kiowa Gordon).
Alex claims his dad sent him to fortify the security measures. Flint brags about the technology they’ve discovered at the prison, and Alex reveals he knows about the aliens and the crash in 1947. Flint confesses their dad brought him in to help build a wall against the aliens. Alex notices schematics on the screen behind Flint and realizes they’re building a smart bomb. Flint confirms they’re constructing a bomb that won’t hurt humans but can kill aliens. Alex is concerned about the use of a bioweapon but Flint explains it doesn’t break any laws because they’re not using it against anyone from Earth.
Flint’s convinced the aliens are committed to wiping out humans. He also realizes his dad didn’t send Alex to work on the security system. Flint threatens Alex, telling him there’s no way he’s going to let him leave.
Back at Max’s place, a very pissed-off Max handcuffs Noah to a chair and begins the interrogation. When he asks where they’re from, Noah tells Max he has a map tattooed on his shoulder. Max didn’t realize it was a map and doesn’t know how to read it. Noah refuses to reveal anything else, preferring pain and death to satisfying Max.
Outside Max’s home, Liz and Isobel have a heart-to-heart. Liz tells Isobel to consider what she really wants from Noah. Liz says the truth is what she was searching for about Rosa and it’s helped in the grieving process knowing what actually happened.
Isobel follows Liz’s advice and demands Max give her time with Noah. He’s reluctant, but Liz sides with Isobel which sways Max’s decision. Isobel and Noah communicate via their minds while Liz explains Isobel is going through a loss and needs this to heal. Liz shows Max Noah’s handprint on her chest and confesses she feels him now. She feels his fear and knows he’s afraid to die. Liz also confesses she made more of the antidote because if Noah dies from her injection of serum, she’ll be a killer. She doesn’t know if she’ll be able to handle that.
Noah reveals his mind was sharp and he used Isobel to see the world through her eyes. They discuss Rosa and mid-conversation Noah’s physical condition deteriorates. He wants Isobel to bring him the antidote, promising they can go back to how they were before.
Isobel briefly leaves Noah’s mind, clearly upset. She returns to Noah’s mind but this time she brings Max along with her. Noah confirms what was suspected – killing makes them stronger and that’s why he’s more powerful than Isobel, Max, and Michael. He believes destruction equals power and killing makes them feel like gods.
Max demands to know why they were protected in the crash. Noah confesses he needs them for leverage; that’s why he didn’t kill Isobel. If they give him the antidote, he’ll tell them everything he knows.
Isobel and Max leave Noah’s mind and she’s decided she doesn’t want the answers. She wants Noah dead. Liz offers to drive her home and before she leaves, Max asks for the antidote. He wants it so he can take the murder of Noah on his shoulder’s by denying its use and letting Noah die. That takes the burden of being a killer off Liz. She hands over the syringe.
Cam (Riley Voelkel) arrives with more restraints. She doesn’t think he should be handling this alone, but Max isn’t even sure the authorities would be capable of holding Noah. Max realizes Cam’s in civilian clothes, and she explains she was fired after discharging her weapon at the gala. She lied and said she was a little tipsy to cover for Max and his family. He apologizes for leading her on, but she says that’s not necessary. She’s leaving Roswell to be with her sister who was transferred to a prison in Ohio. (Bye, Riley, we’ll miss you!)
Meanwhile, Michael and Kyle check out the prison, arguing over who deserves answers the most. Their pissing party’s interrupted when Kyle notices they’re standing by an area marked 7A. He shows Michael photos on his phone of his dad’s letters, all mentioning 7A-N38.
Michael and Kyle find dozens of cells holding angry, confused, and frightened aliens. Kyle realizes they’ve been held in captivity for 71 years. Kyle notices the aliens have bruises and scars, plus they suffer from anti-social behavior indicative of prolonged trauma. Michael’s furious, realizing they’ve been through seven decades of torture.
Michael wants to free them, but Kyle knows they’re all feral. Michael’s attracted to one cell in particular. The alien inside also seems to be drawn to Michael who is confused as to how he knows her.
A soldier arrives and Michael hides while Kyle pretends to be a lab tech. He claims he needs to draw a sample from N38, but she says that’s not possible. No one has touched that “subject” since 1962. The soldier explains that anything N38 touches dies of violent, rapid cancer. “It could give a tumor to a brick wall,” says the soldier, immediately striking a nerve with Kyle.
According to the soldier, only once did a human go into that cell…
Kyle races back to Alex who’s still arguing with his brother. Kyle’s pissed their fathers had set up basically a Guantanamo for aliens. Flint knows N38 gave Kyle’s dad a brain tumor, and Flint’s also aware killing does increase an alien’s strength. “My dad participated in that research? Kept aliens isolated, starved, dissected? Then he deserved it,” says Kyle.
Michael can’t break into N38 and the alien won’t answer him when he asks how he knows her. He breaks the glass in her cell’s door but not enough for the occupant to escape. An alarm goes off indicating a quarantine breach. They have 10 minutes to leave before the place turns to dust.
Alex tells Kyle to grab all the hard drives and everything else of importance. Kyle sends Alex off to retrieve Michael from upstairs.
Michael’s pounding on the cell door with a fire extinguisher when Alex finds him. Alex tries to get Michael to leave, but he refuses. He says these people are his family, and now Alex refuses to leave without Michael. Michael lies and says he doesn’t love him, trying to force Alex to flee before it’s too late. Alex knows Michael’s lying and calls him out on it.
The woman in the cell places her hand against the glass and Michael places his to match hers. The glass between them disappears and in the elderly woman’s place is a young woman – Michael’s mom! Michael withdraws his hand and Alex asks if she said anything. “She said she loves me, and she said to run,” replies an overwhelmed Michael.
They follow Michael’s mom’s advice and take off running. Kyle also makes it outside seconds before the whole place blows up. Michael’s eyes fill with tears as he stares at the destroyed building and the severed link to his past.
Michael’s no longer with them as Kyle and Alex arrive back home. Kyle wonders if the good aliens are an aberration and if most of them are in fact killers. Alex knows exactly why Kyle’s offering that as a hypothesis. “You just watched your government blow up a building full of elderly people. Your brain is trying to justify the slaughter so that your government can be right. You want to believe that we’re safe, that goodness prevails,” says Alex.
The storm arrives as they talk.
Max watches over Noah after everyone’s gone. He admits he wants Noah dead, but Noah assures him they both have a purpose. “If you let me die, you’ll spend the rest of your life on this dumb planet never knowing what it is,” says Noah. Max responds by showing him the serum and then places it in his pocket. “I got this far. I think I’m better off being just a guy from Roswell.”
As Noah’s dying Max asks if he has any last words. He doesn’t, but he also doesn’t want to be left alone. Max tries one more time to get him to provide some answers. When he won’t, Max leaves the room. Just as he’s walking into the living room, Michael arrives and asks about Noah. Michael doesn’t want to talk to Max, he only wants to talk to Noah. He steals the antidote from Max, unwilling to let Noah die without some answers.
10 days out from the theatrical release of Avengers: Endgame and Marvel has dropped a new teaser featuring clips from the previous films in this chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The new video also features Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr) warning, “Before we’re done, we still have one promise to keep. If we can’t protect the Earth, you can be damn sure we’ll avenge it.”
Steve Rogers / Captain America (Chris Evans) replies, “Whatever it takes.”
The minute and a half trailer arrives on the same day as the launch of the #DontSpoilTheEndgame message across social media. Directors Anthony and Joe Russo posted a letter to fans (and anyone thinking of being a jerk by disclosing secrets) asking them not to spoil the experience by revealing any key details about the much-anticipated superhero-filled film.
Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, Josh Brolin as Thanos, and Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine.
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, writers of all three Captain America films and Infinity War, wrote the Endgame script. Kevin Feige produced and Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Michael Grillo, Trinh Tran, Jon Favreau and Stan Lee served as executive producers.
Marvel Studios will release Avengers: Endgame in theaters on April 26, 2019.
The Very Basic Plot Description:
“The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers ranks compels the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, Avengers: Endgame.”
Showtime’s released the first trailer for the limited series The Loudest Voice starring Oscar winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator) as Fox News founder Roger Ailes. The seven episode series is based on The Loudest Voice in the Room, the bestselling book by Gabriel Sherman that’s an in-depth dive into Ailes’ history at Fox.
The Loudest Voice is set to premiere on June 30, 2019. Episodes will air on Sundays at 10pm ET/PT.
The cast of the limited series includes Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts as former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson, Golden Globe nominee Sienna Miller (Layer Cake) as Ailes’ wife Elizabeth, Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Seth MacFarlane (Ted, Family Guy) as former Fox News PR chief Brian Lewis, Screen Actors Guild Award nominee Simon McBurney (The Theory of Everything) as News Corp leader Rupert Murdoch, and Annabelle Wallis (Peaky Blinders) as former Fox News booker Laurie Luhn. Aleksa Palladino (Boardwalk Empire) plays Ailes’ longtime assistant Judy Laterza. Josh Charles (The Good Wife) and Josh Stamberg (The Affair) guest star.
Russell Crowe, Tom McCarthy, Alex Metcalf, Jason Blum, Marci Wiseman, Jeremy Gold, Liza Chasin, and Kari Skogland executive produce. McCarthy wrote the first episode with author Sherman. Skogland (The Handmaid’s Tale) directed several episodes of the Showtime and Blumhouse Television co-production.
Russell Crowe as Rodger Ailes in ‘The Loudest Voice’ episode 1 (Photo: JoJo Whilden/SHOWTIME)
The Plot:
“In today’s politically charged media landscape, no figure looms larger, even after his passing, than Roger Ailes, who molded Fox News into a force that irrevocably changed the conversation about the highest levels of government. To understand the events that led to the rise of the modern Republican party, one must understand Ailes.
The upcoming limited series takes on that challenge, focusing primarily on the past decade in which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party’s de facto leader, while also touching on defining events in Ailes’ life, including his experiences with world leaders that gave birth to Ailes’ political career and the sexual harassment accusations and settlements that brought his Fox News reign to an end. The series aims to shed light on the psychology that drives the political process from the top down.”
CBS’s hit drama FBI continues its first season with episode 20 airing on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 9pm ET/PT. Episode 20 is titled “What Lies Beneath” and was directed by Vince Misiano from a script by David Amann.
Season one episode 20’s guest stars include Titus Makin as Art Perkins, Nasser Faris as Ahmed El-Masri, Michael Benyaer as Zev Malin, Tarek Bishara as Tarek, Jason Mello as Agent Holt, and Karim Sioud as Karim Mahmoud. Brittany Vicars, Melissa Joyner, Sydney James Harcourt, Derek Hedlund, Carmen Lamar Gonzalez, Marissa Carpio, Sean Donnelly, Collin Meath, Jason Liebman, Paul Sadlik, James Madio, and David Gibson also guest star in “What Lies Beneath.”
Season one stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, and Ebonée Noel as Kristen Chazal. The cast also includes Jeremy Sisto as Jubal Valentine and Sela Ward as Dana Mosier.
The “What Lies Beneath” Plot – When a controversial senior leader from Egypt comes to New York for a heart transplant, OA struggles to balance his personal opinion with his professional duty when he is assigned to the security detail.
FBI Season 1 Plot:
“From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf and the team behind the Law & Order franchise, 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, Dana Mosier, who operates under intense pressure 24/7/365 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.”
