CBS is making fans wait two weeks between the penultimate episode of season two and the season two finale of SEAL Team. Season two episode 22 titled “Never Out of the Fight” will air on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 10pm ET/PT. The season finale was directed by Christopher Chulack from a script by John Glenn and Spencer Hudnut.
Episode 22’s guest cast includes Kaliayh Rhambo as Jameelah, Miguel Pérez as Dr. Sullivan, Peter Jessop as Commander Shaw, and Ammon Jacob Ford as Mikey Hayes. Michael McGrady is Harrington, C. Thomas Howell is Ash Spencer, Kristy Swanson is Julia, Atul Singh is Batra, Catherine Dent is Liddy Breen, Lynn Chen is Patty Watson, and Laura Gardner plays Doris Sawyer.
The SEAL Team cast is led by David Boreanaz as Jason Hayes. Max Thieriot is Clay Spenser, Neil Brown Jr is Ray Perry, and AJ Buckley is Sonny Quinn. Toni Trucks plays Lisa Davis, Jessica Paré is Mandy Ellis, and Judd Lormand is Lieutenant Commander Eric Blackburn. Tyler Grey plays Trent in a recurring guest star role.
“Never Out of the Fight” Plot – Bravo team’s future is on the line when Commander Shaw (Jessop) recommends they be split up, but Jason’s unit has one final mission to prove him wrong.
The SEAL Team Plot:
SEAL Team is a military drama that follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions our country can ask of them. Jason Hayes is the respected, intense leader of the Tier One team whose home life has suffered as a result of his extensive warrior’s existence. His team includes his trusted confidant, Ray Perry, the longest-tenured operator with whom Jason shares an ingrained shorthand; Sonny Quinn, an exceptional, loyal soldier with a checkered past who still combats self-destructive tendencies; and Clay Spenser, a young, multilingual, second-generation SEAL with insatiable drive and dedication.
Vital to the team’s success are troop commander Lt. Cdr. Eric Blackburn, who serves as a leader and confidant both on and off the battlefield; CIA analyst Mandy Ellis, who has sacrificed everything in her drive to root out evil and take down terrorists; and Lisa Davis, a no-nonsense, take-charge logistics officer and unofficial den mother responsible for outfitting the team with the necessary gear for each mission. Deployed on clandestine missions worldwide at a moment’s notice, and knowing the toll it takes on them and their families, this tight-knit SEAL team displays unwavering patriotism and fearless dedication even in the face of overwhelming odds.
Netflix released the first official trailer for the dramatic series What/If starring Oscar winner Renée Zellweger (Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Cold Mountain). Showrunner Mike Kelley (Revenge, Swingtown) created the new Netflix thriller and executive produces with Robert Zemeckis, Melissa Loy, Alex Gartner, Charles Roven, and Jack Rapke.
In addition to Renee Zellweger, the cast of season one includes Jane Levy (Castle Rock, Suburgatory), Blake Jenner (American Animals, Glee), Samantha Ware (Glee), Keith Powers (Famous in Love), Daniella Pineda (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), Juan Castano (Shades of Blue), John Clarence Stewart (Marvel’s Luke Cage), Dave Annable (Brothers & Sisters), and Louis Herthum (Westworld).
Season one’s 10 episodes will premiere on May 24, 2019.
The Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
Neo-noir social thriller What/If explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. The first season of the Netflix original series focuses on a mysterious woman’s lucrative, but dubious offer to a cash-strapped pair of San Francisco newlyweds.
Renee Zellweger stars in ‘What/If’ (Photo by Erik Voake/Netflix)Blake Jenner and Jane Levy in ‘What/If’ (Photo Courtesy of Netflix)Blake Jenner, Jane Levy, Samantha Ware, and Keith Powers in ‘What/If’ (Photo Courtesy of Netflix)
Fox has announced the lineup of new shows that will be joining their primetime schedule over the 2019-2020 season. Two of the dramas – Not Just Me and Prodigal Son – will premiere this fall while the remaining four will debut in 2020. Animated comedy newcomer Bless This Mess is the only new comedy to join Fox’s fall lineup.
The 9-1-1 spinoff 9-1-1: Lone Star, Deputy, Filthy Rich, and neXt will premiere in 2020 along with new comedies Outmatched, Duncanville, and The Great North.
“Today marks a new beginning for FOX Entertainment. So it is with a start-up mindset and, upon an incredible foundation of assets, that we deliver our first slate of new comedies, dramas and unscripted series,” said Charlie Collier, CEO, FOX Entertainment. “Alongside top creators and talent, and through innovative partnerships across the industry, we are redefining what it means to be an entertainment company, and what it means to be FOX, for 2019 and beyond.”
In addition to announcing new series, Fox confirmed the upcoming sixth season of Empire will be the series’ final season. Fox promises the show will wrap up with a season filled with “drama, shocking surprises and more jaw-dropping moments.”
The Resident will move to Tuesdays at 8pm, immediately before Empire, when it returns this fall for season three.
FOX FALL 2019 SCHEDULE
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM 9-1-1
9:00-10:00 PM PRODIGAL SON (new series)
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE RESIDENT
9:00-10:00 PM EMPIRE
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE MASKED SINGER
9:00-10:00 PM NOT JUST ME (new series)
THURSDAY
7:30-8:00 PM ET/ THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL PREGAME SHOW
4:30-5:00 PM PT
8:00 PM-CC ET/ NFL FOOTBALL
5:00 PM-CC PT
FRIDAY
8:00-10:00 PM WWE’S SMACKDOWN LIVE
SATURDAY
7:00-10:30 PM FOX SPORTS SATURDAY: FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM NFL ON FOX
7:30-8:00 PM THE OT / FOX ENCORES
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM BLESS THE HARTS (new series)
9:00-9:30 PM BOB’S BURGERS
9:30-10:00 PM FAMILY GUY
New Fall Dramas:
NOT JUST ME – Executive producer Jason Katims and writer Annie Weisman bring you the story of an unusual family formed through extreme odds. Exploring such hot-button issues as identity, human connection and what it truly means to be a family, this unconventional dramedy taps directly into the zeitgeist, harnessing the emotional complications that new generations of IVF-bred children all face.
Only child JULIA BECHLEY (Brittany Snow) finds her life turned upside down when her father, LEON BECHLEY, reveals that, over the course of his prize-winning career as a pioneering fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive upwards of a hundred children. Reeling from this explosive revelation, Julia discovers two new sisters – her former best friend, EDIE PALMER (Megalyn Echikunwoke), and an ex-Olympic athlete, ROXY DOYLE (Emily Osment).
As these three young women begin to embrace their new reality, Julia must figure out what life is like without Leon by her side; Edie comes to grips with her burgeoning sexuality, as her marriage falters; and Roxy faces adulthood out of the spotlight. Against all odds, the three women will attempt to form an untraditional bond as sisters, even as they must welcome a tidal wave of new siblings into their rapidly expanding family.
PRODIGAL SON – From Emmy Award-nominated executive producers Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter and writers Chris Fedak and Sam Sklaver, PRODIGAL SON is a fresh take on a crime franchise with a provocative and outrageous lead character and a darkly comedic tone. MALCOLM BRIGHT (Tom Payne) has a gift. He knows how killers think, how their minds work. Why? Back in the 1990s, his father was one of the best, a notorious serial killer called “The Surgeon.” That’s why Bright is the best criminal psychologist around; murder is the family business.
He will use his twisted genius to help the NYPD solve crimes and stop killers, all while dealing with a manipulative mother, annoyingly normal sister, a homicidal father still looking to bond with his prodigal son and his own constantly evolving neuroses. Meet the happy family. DR. MARTIN WHITLY (Michael Sheen) is intelligent, wealthy and charismatic, and also happens to be a predatory sociopath who killed at least 23 people.
Bright’s mother, JESSICA WHITLY (Bellamy Young), an elegant and WASPy New Yorker, wields sarcasm like a samurai sword and has an opinion on every aspect of Bright’s life. Perhaps Bright’s only ally is his sister, AINSLEY WHITLY (Halston Sage), a TV journalist who wishes her brother would “take a break from murder” and have a normal life.
Unfortunately for his sister, the only way Bright feels normal is by solving cases with the help of his longtime mentor, NYPD Detective GIL ARROYO (Lou Diamond Phillips). Arroyo’s one of the best detectives around, and he expects no less from his team – Detective DANI POWELL (Aurora Perrineau), a headstrong no-nonsense cop who quickly becomes impressed with Bright’s work; and Detective JT TARMEL (Frank Harts), a born-and-bred New Yorker who questions whether Bright is a psychopath himself. So much for normal.
New Fall Comedy:
BLESS THE HARTS – Created and executive-produced by Emmy Award winner Emily Spivey, BLESS THE HARTS is a new half-hour animated comedy that follows the Harts, a Southern family that is always broke, and forever struggling to make ends meet. They one day hope to achieve the American dream, but they’re already rich – in friends, family and laughter.
JENNY HART (Kristen Wiig) is a single mother supporting her family working as a waitress in the small town of Greenpoint, NC. While Jenny’s the head of her family, she’s often at odds with, or scheming with, her lottery scratcher-obsessed mother, BETTY (Maya Rudolph), and her witty, creative daughter, VIOLET (Jillian Bell). Jenny’s doting, eternal optimist boyfriend of 10 years, WAYNE EDWARDS (Ike Barinholtz), is the love of her life and a surrogate father to Violet. He’s a charming dreamer who may never hit the big time, but he’s not going to give up the fight. In the end, the Harts may not have much, but they may just have everything they need.
New Midseason Dramas:
9-1-1: LONE STAR – FOX’S #1 drama, 9-1-1, expands its reach to the city of Austin, TX, with new installment, 9-1-1: LONE STAR, starring Rob Lowe. 9-1-1: LONE STAR debuts with a special two-night event beginning Sunday, Jan. 19, following the NFC CHAMPIONSHIP, and continuing with its time period premiere on Monday, Jan. 20.
From 9-1-1 co-creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, 9-1-1: LONE STAR follows a sophisticated New York cop (Lowe), who, along with his son, re-locates, and must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in his own life.
DEPUTY – From writer/executive producer Will Beall and director/executive producer David Ayer, DEPUTY blends the spirit of a classic Western with a modern-day attitude and emotionally driven, visceral storytelling. Featuring an ensemble of ambitious and complicated human beings who won’t rest until justice is served, DEPUTY brings a gritty authenticity to the modern cop drama.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is one of the largest police forces in the world, but when the elected Sheriff dies, an arcane rule in the county charter, forged back in the Wild West, suddenly thrusts the most unlikely man into the job. That man is BILL HOLLISTER (Stephen Dorff). A fifth-generation lawman, Bill is only interested in justice; his soul wears a white hat. The bad guys don’t stand a chance, but neither do the politicos in the Hall of Justice.
Under Bill’s command is a county-wide crew of LA’s finest, including Deputy CADE WARD (Brian Van Holt), a former Marine stationed in Afghanistan, eight years sober and one of Bill’s few confidantes; Deputy RACHEL DELGADO (Siena Goines), Walker’s partner, a meticulous officer who is knee-deep in a nasty divorce; Deputy BREANNA BISHOP (Bex Taylor-Klaus), the whip-smart, sarcastic driver in charge of Bill’s security detail; and Deputy JOSEPH BLAIR (Shane Paul McGhie).
The dangers associated with the job often lead the police to LA County General Hospital, where Bill buts heads with Dr. PAULA REYES (Yara Martinez), the hospital’s chief trauma surgeon – and his wife. Given a job he never wanted, in an unfamiliar sea of politics, Bill quickly learns that doing what is expected and doing what is right are two different things, and that his innate, dogged pursuit of justice is the only skill the job truly requires.
FILTHY RICH – From writer/director Tate Taylor comes FILTHY RICH, a southern Gothic family drama in which wealth, power and religion intersect – more correctly, collide – with outrageously soapy results. Meet the Monreauxes, a mega-rich Southern family famed for creating a wildly successful Christian television network. On the cusp of launching a digital retail arm of the company, the family’s patriarch, EUGENE (Gerald McRaney), dies in a plane crash (or so we think), leaving MARGARET (Kim Cattrall), a now-“Oprah” to the religious and Southern communities, to take charge of the family business.
Not surprisingly, Eugene’s apparent death greatly impacts the Monreaux children: ERIC (Corey Cott), the couple’s ambitious son, who assumes he will now run the show; and daughter ROSE (Aubrey Dollar), a budding fashion designer, who constantly struggles to evade the vast shadow cast by her mother. If that wasn’t enough, the Monreauxes are stunned to learn that Eugene fathered three illegitimate children, all of whom are written into his will.
Now, Margaret must use her business savvy and Southern charm to control her newly legitimized heirs, whose very existence threatens the Monreaux family name and fortune: GINGER (Melia Kreiling), the tough-as-nails daughter of a Vegas cocktail waitress, whose life was virtually destroyed by Eugene’s rejection; ANTONIO (Benjamin Levy Aguilar), a single dad and boxer from Queens, NY; and JASON (Mark L. Young), another scion, who is not what he seems to be.
With monumental twists and turns, not to mention lies, deceit and shade from every direction, FILTHY RICH presents a world in which everyone has an ulterior motive – and no one is going down without a fight. The series is based on the New Zealand format created by Filthy Productions Limited.
neXt – From creator and executive producer Manny Coto and executive producers and directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, neXt is a propulsive, fact-based thriller about the emergence of a deadly, rogue artificial intelligence, a series that asks us to look closely not only at our relationship to technology, but to one another.
Silicon Valley pioneer PAUL LEBLANC (John Slattery) built a fortune and legacy on the world-changing innovations he dreamed up, while ignoring and alienating the people around him, including his own daughter, ABBY (Elizabeth Cappucino), and his short-sighted younger brother, TED (Jason Butler Harner), who now runs Paul’s company. After discovering that one of his own creations – a powerful A.I. called neXt – might spell doom for humankind, Paul tried to shutter the project, only to be kicked out of the company by his own brother, leaving him with nothing but mounting dread about the fate of the world.
When a series of unsettling tech mishaps points to a potential worldwide crisis, LeBlanc joins forces with Special Agent SHEA SALAZAR (Fernanda Andrade). Having escaped crime, poverty and a deadly criminal father to remake herself as a force for good, Salazar’s strict moral code and sense of duty have earned her the respect of her team – a talented but contentious group held together by her faith in their ability to defy expectations and transcend their differences, including GINA (Eve Harlow), a high-strung cybercrime agent; BEN (Aaron Moten), a straight-laced, buttoned-up hard worker, who is boring to the point of being interesting; and CM (Michael Mosley), an ex-con hacker with a genius IQ.
But the demands of Shea’s challenging job have taken their toll on her home life, where Salazar’s young son, OWEN (Evan Whitten), has been raised primarily by his father, TY (Gerardo Celasco), a recovering alcoholic. Now, LeBlanc and Salazar are the only ones standing in the way of a potential global catastrophe, fighting an emergent superintelligence that, instead of launching missiles, will deploy the immense knowledge it has gleaned from the data all around us to recruit allies, turn people against each other and eliminate obstacles to its own survival and growth.
Marrying pulse-pounding action with a layered examination of how technology is invading our lives and transforming us in ways we don’t yet understand, neXt presents us with a villain unlike anything we’ve ever seen – one whose greatest weapon against us is ourselves.
New Midseason Comedies:
DUNCANVILLE – From Golden Globe winner Amy Poehler and Emmy Award winners Mike and Julie Scully comes DUNCANVILLE, an animated family comedy centered around a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy with a rich fantasy life, and the people in his world. Like most 15-year-olds, DUNCAN (Poehler) can see adulthood on the horizon: money, freedom, cars, girls…but the reality is more like: always being broke, driving with your mom sitting shotgun and babysitting your little sister. He’s not exceptional, but he has a rich fantasy life where he’s never anything less than amazing.
Duncan’s mom, ANNIE (Poehler), a parking enforcement officer who dreams of someday being a detective, lives in perpetual fear that her teenage son is one bad decision from ruining his life and will do anything to stop him from doing so. Duncan’s father, JACK (Ty Burrell), a classic-rock-obsessed plumber who’s determined to be a better dad than the one he had, is constantly posting on Facebook – and annoyed that his kids won’t “friend” him.
Duncan’s younger sisters are 12-year-old KIMBERLY (Riki Lindhome), an awkward, emotional girl who can hold grudges forever; and six-year-old JING, who adores her older brother maybe a little too much and whose catchphrase is, “Watch me!,” followed by the world’s slowest cartwheel. Helping Duncan navigate adolescence are his friends, class clown BEX (Betsy Sodaro); trendy influencer YANGZI (Yassir Lester); aspiring troubled youth WOLF; and his on-again, off-again crush, MIA (Rashida Jones), who never met a cause she wouldn’t dedicate her life to.
The coolest guy in their school is MR. MITCH (Wiz Khalifa), the universally loved teacher/guidance counselor, and occasional gym coach and school nurse, due to budget cuts. Animated by Bento Box Entertainment (BOB’S BURGERS), DUNCANVILLE is in the long tradition of FOX Sunday night animation, and has just started production on a line of over-priced, shoddily produced merchandise for the whole family.
OUTMATCHED – From writer/executive producer Lon Zimmet comes OUTMATCHED, a multi-camera family comedy about a blue-collar couple in Atlantic City trying to raise four kids – three of whom just happen to be certified geniuses. For most parents, parenting is hard. But for CAY (Maggie Lawson), a caustic, take-no-prisoners casino pit boss, and husband MIKE (Jason Biggs), a handyman and uncultivated guy’s guy, parenting may as well be advanced calculus. Dealing with the demands and egos of three high-IQ children would be tricky for any parent, but it’s especially hazardous for two working stiffs who barely got through high school. Mike and Cay are committed to bringing some normalcy to their kids’ hectic, unconventional childhoods, but these geniuses don’t make it easy.
Leading the charge is BRIAN (Connor Kalopsis), a condescending and pretentious 16-year-old math whiz, who thinks he already knows more about the world than Mike and Cay ever will, even though he’s never actually been out of New Jersey. His 15-year-old sister, NICOLE (Ashley Boettcher), is a deceptive and fiercely competitive language prodigy who can manipulate her parents into getting anything she wants. The youngest and most recently anointed child prodigy is MARC (Jack Stanton), a 10-year-old music savant. Introverted and idiosyncratic, he just wants everyone to leave him alone, so he can become the next Beethoven in peace.
The only child not driving their parents crazy is eight-year-old LEILA (Oakley Bull), who is decidedly not a genius. In fact, she might be kind of dumb. She’s the only kid Mike and Cay even remotely understand.
OUTMATCHED takes an honest and heightened look at every parent’s worst fear – that they’re “ruining” their kids. When you have children with the type of gifts that can change the world, the pressure is really on. Raise them right, and these kids could cure cancer, stop global warming or invent time travel. But screw it up, and you could unleash three new super villains into the universe – good luck!
New Midseason Comedy:
THE GREAT NORTH – From executive producer Loren Bouchard (BOB’S BURGERS), animated comedy THE GREAT NORTH follows the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family, as a single dad does his best to keep his weird bunch of kids close, especially as the artistic dreams of his only daughter lead her away from the family fishing boat and into the glamorous world of the local mall.
CBS has just debuted the first teaser trailer for the upcoming series, EVIL. The network also released two photos featuring the series’ stars along with a brief plot description and cast list.
EVIL is one of the few (if not the only, once the dust settles and the lineups are confirmed) horror series to get a primetime slot during the 2019-2020 season from one of the four major networks. The series was created by Michelle King and Robert King (The Good Wife, The Good Fight, and BrainDead) and the Kings, along with Liz Glotzer, executive produce. Robert King directed the pilot.
EVIL season one stars Katja Herbers (Westworld, The Leftovers) as Kristen Bouchard, Mike Colter (Luke Cage, The Good Wife) as David Acosta, Aasif Mandvi (Blue Bloods, A Series of Unfortunate Events) as Ben Shroff, Michael Emerson (Person of Interest, Lost) as Leland Townsend, Brooklyn Shuck (Rise, I Shudder) as Lynn Bouchard, Skylar Gray (Me, Myself and I) as Lila Bouchard, Maddy Crocco as Lexis Bouchard, and Dalya Knapp as Laura Bouchard.
The Plot:
EVIL is a psychological mystery that examines the origins of evil along the dividing line between science and religion. The series focuses on a skeptical female psychologist who joins a priest-in-training and a carpenter as they investigate the Church’s backlog of unexplained mysteries, including supposed miracles, demonic possessions and hauntings. Their job is to assess if there’s a logical explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.
Lena Headey in ‘Game of Thrones’ season 8 episode 5 (Photo by Helen Sloan/HBO)
I cannot believe there are only two episodes left – ever – of Game of Thrones! (I’m not ready!) So much has been packed into the previous four episodes in season eight, but there is still so much more we still need to know! (e.g. whose coffee cup was that? Seriously, I’m more concerned with the fact that we didn’t get to see Arya and Sansa’s reactions to Jon’s big reveal. And is Sansa plotting Dany’s downfall?) The internet’s opinion was pretty divided on “The Last of the Starks,” particularly about Jon’s (Kit Harington) seemingly cold farewell to Ghost and especially, Missandei’s (Nathalie Emmanuel) death, whether or not she needed to die and what her last word (“Dracarys”) meant. My opinion? It meant “light these mofos up!” giving Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) an excuse to do what she wanted to do all along.
I’m pretty sure that’s what we’re in for tonight with season eight episode five. As Emilia Clarke has said, “Episode five is a bigger episode. Five is…like…find the biggest TV you can!”
I do know that a lot of things have to happen in the next two episodes before what remains of Westeros can get back to the business of living. The Hound (Rory McCann) has to kill The Mountain. It must happen. And given that the latter has superhuman undead strength, I think the former will do it with the one thing he’s most afraid of – fire. It would have a beautiful symmetry to it, don’t you think?
Cersei (Lena Headey) has always been at the top of Arya’s (Maisie Williams) kill list. I believe that’s why she’s headed south and I believe she thinks she’ll die in the process. (Her family is everything to her, but she doesn’t plan to return to Winterfell?)
I’ve not read the books, but I’ve read enough interviews with George R.R. Martin to know that his main goal has always been to get beyond the fight for the throne. As Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) and Varys (Conleth Hill) discussed in last week’s episode, whoever wins the “The Last War” might not be the best person to rule the new world order once the fighting is done. That said, I’m officially throwing my vote to Tyrion. I won’t get into the theories that say he might be another secret Targaryen. No, I’m going back to the fact that he’s always the smartest in the room, except possibly when Sansa’s in the room. Solution: King Tyrion rules with Queen Sansa (Sophie Turner) by his side, as co-regent. (I would have thought that impossible until two weeks ago.)
Jon can be Warden of the North, which is what he really wants. (And he WILL be reunited with Ghost. It cannot be otherwise.)
Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Brienne (Gwendoline Christie) can ride off into the sunset together. (After Cersei somehow, by someone, gets settled in for a long dirt nap first. I firmly believe that Jaime left Winterfell not to join forces with Cersei but to try to kill her. It may be the end of him.)
Of course, all of my surmisings assume that all the good guys make it through the upcoming battle. It’s more than likely that a lot of our favorites have been spared only to come to a horrible end one of these next two Sundays. (Not to mention, D.B. Weiss and David Benioff have hinted that we may not have seen the last of the White Walkers. Was Jon brought back from the dead to become the new Night King? My money’s on him killing his aunt/lover and saving the world first.)
Also, could I just take a sec to say how gorgeous the music has been this season? Ramin Djawadi’s score for GoT has always been brilliant, but this season has been next level (and at times has reminded me of his even more brilliant score for Westworld, particularly in season eight episode three.) I could go on, but let’s just get to this week’s installment, shall we? Director Miguel Sapochnik (“Hardhomme” “The Battle of the Bastards” “The Long Night”) is back. As Margo Channing* so eloquently put it, “Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.”
We open on Varys composing a letter (to whom?) that very clearly deals with the news of Jon’s birth. We’re back at Dragonstone. A child/a servant enters to tell him that “she won’t eat.” Obviously, they are talking about Dany who must be prostrate with grief over Missandei.
Jon and Varys are walking on the beach discussing Dany, her current mental state and that they both know she’s about to reign hell on King’s Landing. Varys repeats the old maxim, “whenever a Targaryen is born, the God’s flip a coin.” (Usually taken to refer to the question of whether they will turn out to be mad or not.) Varys goes on to say that he still doesn’t know how “her coin” has landed, but he’s “quite certain” about Jon’s. So now Jon knows that Varys knows. He tells Varys that he doesn’t want it. Varys is convinced he will “rule wisely, while she…” Jon interrupts, “She is my queen.”
Tyrion enters the Queen’s chambers. He says, ‘There’s something you need to know.” Dany answers, “Someone has betrayed me.” Dany thinks it’s Jon. Tyrion says it’s Varys. She lists all the people who know and it comes back to Jon. Tyrion is still trying to bring it back to Varys. But now Dany is pissed that Tyrion spoke to Varys about the situation before he told her.
Dany, who looks the worst we’ve ever seen her, is going down a dark, paranoid rabbit hole and is not convinced that Tyrion still has her best interests at heart. She says, “It doesn’t matter now.”
Varys removes rings as we hear the sound of approaching footsteps. He’s waiting to be arrested. He’s taken to the beach in the dark where Tyrion, Jon, and Daenerys wait. An obviously conflicted Tyrion admits to Varys that it was he who turned him in. Varys says, “I hope I’m wrong. Goodbye old friend.”
Daenerys sentences him to die. By dragon fire. Holy crap that was harsh! The electric chair is walking across a carpet in winter compared with death by dragon.
Dany and Grey Worm (Jacob Anderson) are alone together. She gives him Missandei’s “only possession.” It’s the slave collar she brought with her across the narrow sea. He throws it into the fire.
Jon enters and Dany tells him Sansa betrayed his trust and told his secret. “This is a victory for her…She killed Varys as much as I did.” She says that the people of Westeros love him and not her. “I don’t have love here. I only have fear.” Jon says that he loves her and she will always be his queen. She wants to know if that’s all she is, his queen. They kiss and again it’s Jon who breaks away. It’s clear the answer is yes. She is not pleased. “All right then, let it be fear.”
Kit Harington and Conleth Hill in season 8 episode 5 (Photo Courtesy of HBO)
Tyrion and Dany are arguing about burning King’s Landing. She thinks showing mercy by sparing the city is weakness. She sends Grey Worm to take the Unsullied and wait outside the city. Dany tells Tyrion that Jaime was stopped trying to get past her lines. She blames Tyrion for his brother trying to get back to Cersei. She tells him, “The next time you fail me will be the last time you fail me.”
Tyrion and Jon meet up with Ser Davos and the rest of the army. Dany wants to attack by daybreak. Tyrion asks Davos for a favor. “I’m not going to like this favor, am I?”
The Hound and Arya are stopped outside King’s Landing. A guard asks who she is and where she’s going. Not one to beat around the bush, Arya gives him the truth. “I’m Arya Stark. I’m here to kill Queen Cersei.” The Hound adds, “Think about it. She kills Cersei, the war’s over.” The hapless guard actually says, “I have to talk to my captain.”
Back with Dany’s army, Tyrion is attempting to speak Valyrian to an Unsullied soldier. After several bad, but humorous attempts, a soldier tells him, “We speak the common tongue.” Thank the lord. This could have gone on forever. He wants to be alone with “the prisoner.” It must be Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.)
Jaime tells him they recognized him by his golden hand. Tyrion wants to know why he didn’t take it off. “Cersei once called me the ‘stupidest Lannister.’” Tyrion is incredulous that his brother is “going back to die with her.” He suggests Jaime convince her to give up, because of her child. Jaime says the “child is the reason she’ll never give an inch.”
Tyrion is convinced the city will fall in the morning. He doesn’t want his brother to die. He tells him to get Cersei out of the city. He gives him a plan to get out. Jaime gives his brother his word he’ll try to get out. Tyrion believes he’s repaying his brother. I don’t think Jaime means to keep his word. In any case, Tyrion gives him the signal about the bells and brushes off Jaime’s observation that “his queen” will kill him if she finds out. He thinks that in the end if she can take the throne, she’ll thank him for making it possible without “wading through a river of blood.” “Tens of thousands of innocent lives, one not particularly innocent dwarf. Seems like a fair trade.” They are saying goodbye. Tyrion tells Jaime, “if it weren’t for you, I’d never have survived my childhood…You were the only one who didn’t treat me like a monster.” They are crying in each other’s arms! I can’t take this. It can’t be the last time we see either of them!
Then, next morning, Euron the Despicable (Pilou Asbaek) is on a boat looking out over the harbor and arming the Scorpions. The city is preparing for battle. Citizens are gathering their children and locking their shutters. The Hound and Arya are among the crowd heading into the Red Keep. It does appear that a cloaked Jaime is headed there as well.
The Golden Company, with Harry Strickland (Marc Rissmann) at the head, is waiting outside the gates, facing Dany’s army. Tyrion tells Jon, “If you hear the bells ring, they’ve surrendered. Call off your men.”
Cersei is looking smug, with The Mountain at her back, safe inside the Keep. She’s closing the gates! Thousands of people (Arya and Jaime among them) are locked outside! So much for keeping the people safe!
The Iron fleet is in the harbor. Euron hears something. He looks up. Is it a dragon? Yes! It’s Drogon with Dany aboard. Of course, he’s got his infernal machines ready. But Drogon is setting things on fire before he can get off a bolt! Dany comes back around. The fleet is ablaze! Finally, the damn dragon is doing some damage. She got the upper hand and the fleet is destroyed! (Is Euron dead? Doubtful. Too easy.)
Suddenly the walls of King’s Landing explode outward! The vaunted Golden Company is decimated. Goodbye Harry, we hardly knew ye. Then they are overrun by the remaining Dothraki Screamers! (Sweet baby jeebus that was quick!) Drogon and Dany’s armies are making mincemeat of the Lannister army and the Golden Company!
Cersei is still in the Keep, no longer looking smug as her city burns. Lickspittle Qyburn enters. He tells her the Iron Fleet is burning, the Scorpions have been destroyed. Cersei says, “The Red Keep’s never fallen. It won’t fall today.” Qyburn (Anton Lesser) says, “Yes, Your Grace,” but does not sound convinced.
Tyrion looks toward the Keep, waiting for the bells. Jon watches as Drogon lands on the city walls. He’s obviously waiting for Dany to light it up and dreading it. Huzzah! The Lannisters drop their swords in surrender. Jon looks relieved.
Jaime is still trying to get to Cersei. Tyrion still waits. Dany is atop Drogon. And yeah, she looks bonkers. The bells ring signaling the surrender! Dany hears them but doesn’t freaking care. She and Drogon fly to the Red Keep. Cersei sees them coming. Below citizens are running in terror. Drogon is indeed lighting the mofos up. As Drogon’s fire boxes in the Lannister army, Grey Worm and the Unsullied wait on the other side. He is clearly out for revenge.
Jon tries to keep the army from charging since he knows there has been a surrender. Cersei looks frightened for the first time as she watches from her perch. This is not how she thought this morning would go.
The armies are all running amok. Civilians are being murdered in the streets. Jon is watching his worst fears come true.
Jaime has made it to the boat Tyrion promised. Who emerges from the sea but Euron. Jaime says he wants to get Cersei out. Euron wants to fight him. This idiot thinks he’s a king because he f*cked the queen. Jaime has had enough and lunges at him as Drogon is still overhead blowing shit up and the world is ending. Euron and Jaime are fighting. Jaime’s sword is on the ground. Euron grabs it and stabs Jaime!! NO! Are you freaking kidding me?!? That asshole gets to end Jaime after all he’s been through and right under Cersei’s nose?!? What an ignominious end! I protest!
Cersei is in tears as Qyburn comes for her. She knows it’s over.
Euron is boasting as Jaime wheezes. He’s not dead! F**K! Euron stabs him some more. Jaime stabs Euron! Jaime, who is somehow still on his feet, walks away as Euron yells, “I got you! I’m the man who killed Jaime Lannister.”
Arya and Clegane are inside the Keep, watching the dragon outside. He tries to tell Arya to go home. (He thinks he’s going to keep her safe.) He says, “If you come with me, you die here.” Arya uses his name and says, “Sandor, thank you.” Arya looks frightened, but I liked this ending to their journey.
Qyburn, Cersei, and The Mountain are trying to leave the Keep. The walls are crashing down around them. Clegane is there to meet his brother. Cersei commands Ser Gregor to stay by her side. When Qyburn insists he “obey” his queen, The Mountain kills him! Good! The monster killed his creator! Cersei keeps walking as the brothers face each other.
Sandor is trying to fight with his sword which is becoming more ineffective with every thrust. He knocks The Mountain’s helmet off. We see what’s under there and it ain’t pretty.
Cersei is looking for escape as the Keep continues to crumble. She can hear Drogon. Suddenly she’s face to face with Jaime! He’s still alive. She whimpers and they go to each other and embrace. The Keep is falling apart around them. Jaime is obviously gravely wounded. She notices. He tries to get her away.
Back to Clegane Bowl. Sandor runs his brother through but the monster won’t die. He swats Sandor away and down the stairs then pulls the sword from his body.
Arya is trying to get out of the city – or is she still looking for Cersei? The city is about to become dust. Everywhere there are wounded and dying civilians and fleeing soldiers. It’s complete chaos. She’s down and being trampled.
This is intercut with scenes of The Mountain beating his brother to a pulp. It’s as if Arya can feel it. A civilian finds her and helps her up. She’s caught in a mad crush!
Sandor is bleeding profusely. The Mountain is choking him but he won’t give up. He stabs at his older brother, begging him to die. The Mountain is trying to do an Oberyn on Sandor when the latter stabs his brother in the eye. Though he’s now blind in one eye, he manages to rush his brother and they both fall from the Keep into the burning city below. They die together!! A fitting end for them both! (And in fire so I was sorta right.)
Where’s Arya?? She’s bleeding and unconscious among the rubble! Now she’s up. Where is she going to go? She’s badly hurt but still upright. She sees the woman who helped her earlier. Tells her she must keep moving. She exhorts everyone to follow her out of the city! The Dothraki are killing anything that moves! WHAT THE ACTUAL F**K JUST HAPPENED?!?! Did Drogon just torch Arya?!?! NOOOOOOOO I do not accept that that is how the hero of the Battle of Winterfell is going to die!
Jaime and Cersei are trying to get to the boat. Cersei is crying. She doesn’t want to die. Doesn’t want her baby to die. Jaime is trying to reassure her that nothing else matters except them. He calms her down but it’s too late. The Keep falls on top of them. This is how Cersei and Jaime end. In each other’s arms. (I don’t know what his motives actually were when he left Winterfell. If she hadn’t been a whimpering mess, maybe he had planned to kill her. I choose to believe this.)
OH MY GOD ARYA IS ALIVE! YES!!! Not even singed, but, holy crap is she in bad shape! She’s as battered as King’s Landing! As she looks around, a white horse appears. Is it the one she rode in on or is it a figment of her imagination? She extends her hand to take the reins and whispers to soothe it. It must be real since she’s now riding out of the city that is now a pile of ashes as Tyrion had predicted and feared.
And fade to black! Sweet baby jeebus I’m spent! There’s nothing left and yet still so much for the final episode to handle! I need a drink.
*All About Eve” (1950) – written/directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Stephanie Levi-John, Charlotte Hope, Alan McKenna, Nadia Parkes, Laura Carmichael, and Olly Rix in ‘The Spanish Princess’ (Photo Credit: Starz)
Episode two of Starz’s gorgeous period drama The Spanish Princess begins with the newly married Prince Arthur (Angus Imrie) and Princess Catherine (Charlotte Hope) exiting the church to the roar of the crowd. Once at home, Prince Arthur wonders if being the Princess of Wales scares Catherine, and she assures her new husband she’s it doesn’t. She’s happy the marriage has brought peace.
Catherine welcomes Arthur to their wedding bed, but he seems lost and unsure of what’s expected. They kiss and Arthur moves quickly on top of her, while Catherine urges him to remain calm. When she slowly moves her hand up his leg, she discovers he’s flaccid.
Arthur turns his back on his wife.
On her wedding night, Catherine dreams of Prince Henry.
The next morning Arthur tells his wife she speaks in Spanish in her sleep. He also informs her there’s a banquet planned that the day and they’ll be required to dance.
Princess Catherine’s ladies-in-waiting, Rosa (Nadia Parkes) and Lina (Stephanie Levi-John), discuss the eligible men in court. Lina knows they all have lands and then pointedly reminds Rosa not all of them already have wives.
Prince Henry (Ruairi O’Connor) picks on his older brother, calling him a celibate monk. Henry thinks Catherine’s too much of a woman for him, but Arthur fights back. He tells Henry and his two cohorts, “Gentleman, last night I was in Spain.”
Catherine breaks up the brothers’ conversation, getting her own dig in at Henry by hinting she burned his letters last night.
Lina attends to the bed and discovers Catherine did not have sex with Arthur. She’s sent out to fetch rosemary but stopped in her task by a man who introduces himself as a potential suitor. Lina’s shocked to learn it will be Lady Margaret and not Princess Catherine selecting her husband.
Lina insults the man, saying she’ll choose her own husband, adding he’ll be a man, not a boy.
Lady Margaret (Harriet Walter) gives Maggie Pole (Laura Carmichael) instructions for minding Arthur. She inquires as to why Maggie avoids Princess Catherine, and Maggie doesn’t provide an answer. Lady Margaret demands to be kept up on any news of a potential pregnancy. If Princess Catherine’s pregnant, Spain will be forced to send the remaining balance of Catherine’s dowry.
Queen Elizabeth (Alexandra Moen) and King Henry VII (Elliot Cowan) address members of the court, congratulating Princess Catherine and Prince Arthur – the future of the kingdom. “England and Spain united in you,” says King Henry.
The banquet begins and Princess Catherine is seated next to King Henry. Princess Margaret (“Meg”) teases her brother Henry when she finds him fixated on Princess Catherine. “Poor thing, climbing under the sheets with my cadaverous brother,” says Henry.
Prince Arthur takes Princess Catherine’s hand to lead her in a dance. Queen Elizabeth corners Maggie Pole to ask again about plots against the King, and Maggie denies having any knowledge. She breaks away from the Queen to help poor Catherine who doesn’t know the English dances.
Princess Catherine tries to follow the dance steps but shortly gives up to follow Maggie from the hall. She sinks to her knees and begs forgiveness for what was done in her name. “I throw myself upon your mercy. I did not know,” pleads Catherine.
Maggie’s obviously struggling with her emotions as Princess Catherine confesses she’s only now aware Maggie’s brother, who was an innocent, was put to death because of his possible claim to the throne. Princess Catherine, again, delivers a heartfelt apology before returning to the banquet.
Prince Arthur and Prince Henry taunt each other on the dance floor before Henry lifts Princess Catherine in the air. Arthur demands his brother leave Catherine alone.
At just that moment Moors arrive and Princess Catherine is clearly displeased. They’ve come to strike a marriage arrangement for Princess Margaret to wed King James IV so there may be peace between England and Scotland.
That evening, Prince Arthur asks his bride if she enjoyed the day. He’s jealous of his brother and of the letters his wife and Henry exchanged prior to her arrival. For her part, Princess Catherine feels responsible for the murder of Edward Plantagenet. Princess Arthur blames her mother for Edward’s death; Princess Catherine is equally convinced the death was commanded by Queen Elizabeth.
The Royal newlyweds have not consummated their marriage, and Princess Catherine is frustrated by Prince Arthur’s lack of desire. She notes the cold and damp shrink all desire and joy, and he’s preventing her from performing her duties.
Morning arrives and Prince Henry’s jealous of his brother, who it’s assumed will become the King of England, and of his sister who’s set to become the Queen of Scotland. Lady Margaret assures him he has the heart of a lion, the soul of a poet, and that God has plans for him.
Angus Imrie as Prince Arthur in ‘The Spanish Princess’ (Photo Credit: Starz)
Princess Catherine and Prince Arthur prepare for their trip to the first municipality the Royal couple will rule. It’s basically a training exercise for when they become King and Queen of England. Richard Pole and Margaret Pole will be attending to them. It’s clear from Edward Stafford’s short description of what’s in store that Princess Catherine’s lady-in-waiting Rosa has divulged secrets about Prince Arthur and Princess Catherine’s wedding bed to her lover.
Princess Catherine, Prince Arthur, and their party arrive at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire on the Welsh border. Catherine’s unhappy no one warned her about the dull English light.
Prince Arthur has a heart-to-heart with Margaret Pole (“Aunt Maggie”), worried because Catherine never saw a portrait of him prior to their marriage. They talk about missing Edward and the games they’d play if he were there with them. They hug and console each other before Arthur confesses his mother asked him to spy on her. “We out here have a chance to be happy,” replies Aunt Maggie.
Prince Arthur returns to his room to find the room lit by dozens of candles. Princess Catherine wishes to calm his fears and tells him her story so that he’ll be less afraid of their union. She explains her family made all of Spain Catholic but there’s another side to her family. They eat at low tables, live in rooms studded with jewels, and she respects the beauty of Islam although she’s a Catholic.
Prince Arthur asks to know more about her home. She describes the first room as small, which shocks Arthur since he’s heard it was a lavish palace. She explains you go through the small room and then encounter the massive Golden Chamber. Prince Arthur admits he can’t remember a time when he wasn’t betrothed to her. Catherine believes they’re masters of their own destinies now and they have time to learn about each other.
They kiss and Arthur helps Catherine to her feet. He helps her undress and does not shy away from her body this time. The marriage is finally consummated.
Maggie Pole hears the murmurs of sex from outside the door and smiles before walking away.
After, they relax in bed and Catherine looks genuinely happy as Arthur reads aloud the adventures of King Arthur and Camelot. He promises to make his reign echo King Arthur’s and assures her he’ll be a fair and just ruler.
Lady Margaret receives a note confirming Prince Arthur and Princess Catherine have consummated their marriage.
Princess Margaret complains to her grandmother about the behavior of the men representing Scotland’s King James. They’re drunkards and they leer at the married women in court. They’ve given her the nickname Little Fishy and treat the Royal family and the palace with great disrespect.
Lady Margaret is not a sympathetic ear, although one point did hit its mark. Princess Margaret thinks it’s possible King James will be dead in a year, and will his successor want peace or choose war? England’s paying good money for this marriage arrangement, yet there’s no guarantee whoever succeeds King James to the throne will honor the agreement with England.
King Henry VII will not be able to pay Princess Margaret’s dowry if Spain doesn’t pay the remaining dowry owed for Princess Catherine. Lady Margaret believes they should hold onto Princess Margaret until they receive Spain’s money. It’s unlikely Scotland will attack now that England and Spain have signed a treaty. King Henry’s sure Spain will pay, but his adviser agrees with Lady Margaret.
“The Scottish peace will hold without an expensive wedding,” says Lady Margaret. “It has to.”
Time away from court and the Royal family has given Prince Arthur and Princess Catherine room to truly get acquainted. They share a romantic kiss while on a walk through the garden, and Arthur stops to retrieve a note nestled among the flowers. It’s a poem and Princess Catherine calls it “very fine,” not quite the reaction Prince Arthur was hoping for.
Lina and Rose walk by as Prince Arthur and Princess Catherine are huddled together, and they note how the couple are spending a lot of time playing games and just being alone together. They discuss potential husbands and what’s expected of them, but Rosa is set on continuing her affair with Edward Stafford.
Lina becomes ill while they’re talking and races away. Oviedo (Aaron Cobham) finds her passed out and takes her to the barn. He stripes off her confining dress as Rosa watches, concerned. Oviedo places wet rags on her shoulders and forehead, asking her to think of home and relax.
Lina admits she’s frightened and Oviedo tells her his story to calm her down. He remains by her side as she fights off the illness.
Prince Arthur and Princess Catherine join the others in the garden. The children play as the adults relax.
The next morning Princess Catherine wakes up alone in bed. Prince Arthur’s side of the bed is wet and she calls out for her ladies. No one responds.
Princess Catherine tracks down Prince Arthur in another wing of the castle. He’s gravely ill and Catherine’s kept away from him as the doctor tends to his illness. Princess Catherine wants to stay with her husband, but Maggie pulls her away. “It is ‘the sweat.’ Thousands died when the Tudor army brought it to England,” explains Maggie.
As the outbreak takes hold, Maggie sends her children away to keep them safe.
King Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth receive a message from Ludlow and immediately set out to be with Prince Arthur.
Prince Arthur’s bed-ridden and Princess Catherine will not be dissuaded from being at his side. She’s determined to care for him and sends everyone out of his room.
Arthur warns her to stay away but Catherine remains. She asks what he wants and Arthur, sweating and in great pain, replies, “I want to live.”
Princess Catherine assures him his father is on the way. He apologizes because he believes Catherine will be sent back to Spain. “I dreamed of Camelot and Teddy was a Knight of the Round Table,” says Arthur. “You had a place set for me.”
Catherine cries as she holds tight to his trembling hand.
Prince Arthur’s siblings and grandmother receive word Arthur has died. Lady Margaret and Prince Henry exchange a glance, conveying much without speaking.
Lina survives the sweat.
King Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth arrive too late to say goodbye to their oldest son. Elizabeth falls to her knees and screams out, “No!”
Prince Arthur’s body is prayed over and prepared for burial. His heart’s removed for separate burial.
King Henry VII wants assurance Arthur found happiness with Catherine. When Catherine says he did, he orders her to return to Westminster where they’ll wait to learn if she’s with child. He adds, “Pray God you are,” before leaving the burial of Arthur’s heart.
Maggie and Queen Elizabeth remain behind and Maggie reminds her of the Tudor curse. “I told you this would happen, Lizzie. When you let Teddy and your own brother die on that scaffold, I told you the Tudor curse would rip you and your children,” says Maggie through tears.
Maggie warns, “Perhaps you and the King have enemies after all, Your Grace.”
Lady Margaret speaks with her granddaughter Princess Margaret and explains circumstances have changed. England will need Scotland more than ever following the death of Prince Arthur.
Prince Arthur’s body is moved onto the carriage for the trip back to Westminster. Maggie asks Queen Elizabeth what will happen to Princess Catherine and Queen Elizabeth reveals she does not care what happens to the Spanish princess.
Tom Ellis and Inbar Lavi in ‘Lucifer’ season 4 (Photo Credit: John P. Fleenor/Netflix)
Her partnership with Lucifer’s over, according to Chloe, as season four episode four of Netflix’s Lucifer begins. Dan’s fine with that as long as Chloe’s okay, which she claims to be.
This episode’s murder involves a jewelry designer named Pablo Silva who was strangled after exiting a private plane. There are pistachio shells under the body but none on board. However, there’s a wide variety of drugs on the plane. Ella (Aimee Garcia) warns to keep Luci away from the evidence and then realizes he’s not around. Chloe (Lauren German) confirms Luci won’t be working with them anymore.
Apparently, Pablo was transporting a super expensive necklace which has now gone missing. Pablo’s business partner, Toby Golden (Chris McGarry), explains he was going to meet Pablo after receiving a frantic voice mail from him. The jewelry designer was mixed up with dangerous dudes (in the background of the call speaking Arabic) who wanted the necklace. Toby had no idea Pablo was in trouble until he listened to the phone call.
Dan (Kevin Alejandro) remembers a guy named Turkish Pete who speaks Arabic and likes pistachios. Case solved. Episode over, right? Nope.
Dan takes off to do some investigating while Ella demands the deets on Chloe’s split with Lucifer. Chloe doesn’t think their issues can be resolved, but she’s sure Luci’s handling it all just fine.
He’s not.
A disheveled Luci enters his club, hairy messy and robe open. He grabs a few bottles and the bartender thinks he should stay and hang out, indicating the gorgeous woman who showed up at the end of episode three.
She’s dancing with abandoned enthusiasm and Luci looks mesmerized as he approaches the packed dance floor.
Dressed in white and barefoot, the woman’s glistening from sweat and obviously enjoying the music. Lucifer immediately recognizes her as Eve (Inbar Lavi). Yes, that Eve!
The two head upstairs to his place where they can talk in private. She found a way out of Heaven and came straight to LA, even though that’s not supposed to be possible. Adam, on the other hand, is still in Heaven where everyone is so happy. (Eve says happy like it’s a nasty word.)
Eve confesses something’s been missing and she reminds Luci she never chose Adam. They got along but he didn’t love the real her. Plus, paradise is just too predictable. Eve decided to take in all the stories she could from every human she met in Heaven. She realized what she truly desires is excitement and thrills.
Eve came to Earth to party and see her ex, Lucifer. However, Luci’s not ready for a hook-up and books her a room at his friend’s prestigious hotel.
After helping her into an Uber (or Lyft, whatever), he realizes the guy behind the wheel isn’t the right driver. The driver demands the necklace and Luci immediately declares he’s canceling the ride. (No five-star rating for this imposter!) The guy fires, hitting Luci square in the face. Eve panics and the driver takes off.
She’s amazed to see Luci sit up with no noticeable wound. Luci realizes Eve hasn’t been completely forthcoming about what she’s been up to. (You think?!)
Back in his apartment, Luci demands to know what’s going on. Eve explains Pablo gave her a ride on his jet and was showing off the expensive necklace he made for an Arab guy. With Luci’s prompting, she remembers it was meant for Bashir Al-Fassad. Luci knows Bashir is dangerous and he’ll stop at nothing to get the necklace back. But, Eve doesn’t have the necklace.
Catching up with Linda (Rachael Harris), Maze (Lesley-Ann Brandt) and Amenadiel (DB Woodside) hover over her as her doctor checks on the baby. Maze reacts violently when the doctor tries to spread the ultra-sound gel over Linda’s belly and Linda has to calm her down.
Maze, now under control, watches the monitor and tells Linda, “Better luck next time,” when the doctor declares it’s a boy. Amenadiel wonders if there’s a second or third protrusion – a question the doctor’s likely never been asked before. When he explains he was looking for the wings, the doctor laughs when Linda covers for the papa-to-be and says everyone likes to think of their babies as angels.
Back with Chloe and Dan, Chloe’s busy trying to convince herself she’s better off without Luci as her partner. (Boo!) Dan doesn’t need any convincing.
Bashir welcomes them to his home and Chloe cuts right to the chase, asking about Pablo. One of Bashir’s men – the same guy who shot Luci in the face – blurts out that Pablo was alive when they left him. He’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Dan grabs pistachios away from Turkish Pete and Chloe whispers to him to relax. She thought he would be calmer than Lucifer. Bashir hears the comment and says he loves Lucifer (who doesn’t?) and realizes Chloe’s the partner Luci “gushes” about. Chloe assumes he owes Luci a favor and she’s collecting.
Bashir admits he knows Pablo and that Pablo was in debt to him. Bashir agreed to call the debt paid in exchange for the one-of-a-kind necklace. However, Pablo lost the necklace.
Bashir and his men roughed him up but left him alive. Bashir even has a video from Pablo on the plane and it confirms Pablo was on his way with the necklace. The video features two women (one is Eve) partying with Pablo during the flight.
Lucifer and Eve show up at Bashir’s just as Chloe and Dan are leaving, and the Devil and his ex hide in the bushes until they’re gone.
Eve’s thrilled about the prospect of Luci bashing Bashir in the balls – she’s always wanted to bash a guy in his privates – but Luci doesn’t think any bashing will take place today. (Eve’s enthusiasm and energy level are through the roof! She’s quite the perky little thing.)
Bashir’s happy to see Luci and explains Chloe was there asking about Pablo’s death. Eve claims she had nothing to do with the missing necklace and didn’t even know Pablo was dead. The dude who shot Luci in the face walks up with a drink for his uncle, Bashir, shocked to see Lucifer walking around with no visible wound. The dude, whose name is George, is scolded by Bashir for shooting someone without his permission.
Bashir realizes Eve is the woman from the plane. Luci offers to wipe Bashir’s debt to him clean if he leaves Eve alone. Unfortunately, that debt’s already been paid thanks to Chloe arriving first. Luci offers to pay Bashir for the necklace, but he won’t go for it. The necklace was supposed to be a gift for his wife.
Eve totally confuses Bashir when she explains her history with Luci, dating back to the Garden of Eden and the forbidden fruit. She says it wasn’t an apple but more like a…very…large…banana. Luci grins and agrees.
Luci offers a new deal: Bashir will leave Eve alone and Luci will find the necklace.
Linda arrives home with Amenadiel and he’s ecstatic about raising a son, teaching him to fight and to fly. He even comes up with a name for the baby: Aminidiel. Get it? A “mini” diel. He thinks his child will be a baby warrior angel.
Linda’s been staring at the ceiling fan since the minute she arrived home. The idea of a flying baby is freaking her out. Her house isn’t ready for a baby who flies. She wonders how they’ll keep an angel baby safe and Amenadiel admits no one has ever seen a baby angel before. This is uncharted territory!
Angels appeared fully formed so Linda’s baby is a first in all of human and angel history. Amenadiel is thrilled but Linda’s terrified because no one knows what to expect.
Back at Luci’s, Eve cleans up while Luci asks if she has any idea where the necklace might be. He promises not to let anything happen to her as they work through possible scenarios of the necklace’s location. She remembers there was another girl on board the plane. Her name was Odessa and she liked to flirt and giggle. She also tried on the necklace.
Eve recalls Odessa had a friend named Dalton and she spent time at his place. Luci corrects her saying Dalton’s Place is a bar. Off they go to find Odessa.
Meanwhile, over at the station the investigation is also narrowing its focus to Odessa. She’s a con artist who meets guys in bars, goes home with them, and then rips them off. She likes to hang out at bars and the list of her common haunts is lengthy.
Tom Ellis in ‘Lucifer’ season 4 episode 4 (Photo by John P. Fleenor/Netflix)
Luci and Eve arrive at Dalton’s Place and spot Odessa right off the bat. She flirts with Luci and then says hi to Eve who she recognizes from the plane. They ask her to hand over the necklace, but Odessa calls in backup (a bunch of rough-looking dudes in the bar). Eve’s super excited she might get to participate in her first bar fight and check ball bashing off her bucket list.
As Luci backs a guy off by flashing his Devil eyes, another dude roughly grabs Eve. She jerks away and Luci launches the guy onto a chair. The taser dude attacks again but it has no effect on the Devil. It does, however, knock out another guy after Luci redirects its aim. Luci turns the weapon on his attacker, knocking him out also.
More guys jump into the fight, one of whom is armed with a knife. Luci, of course, doesn’t break a sweat as he tosses each attacker aside. Eve, who’s absolutely gleeful about this turn of events, picks up a bottle and smashes another combatant over the head. He’s hurt but not badly and he turns to punch her. Stupid idea as a waitress steps in and knocks him out before high-fiving Eve.
A full-on brawl has taken over the bar. Eve can’t take her eyes off Lucifer as he uses anything at hand, including a pool rack, to take down any and all comers. He’s doing fantastic until Chloe arrives which means he’s vulnerable. A pool stick skewers his shoulder.
Chloe got the call about a bar fight connected to her case. Luci isn’t happy to see her and refuses to say why he’s in the bar. In fact, he barely looks at Chloe as he walks out of the bar.
Dan grabs Odessa for questioning as Eve chases Luci out of the bar. Eve realizes Luci and Chloe used to be an item, and she wonders why the pool stick hurt him. He promises he’ll explain later.
Chloe and Dan question Odessa at the station, and Chloe’s first question is how she knows Lucifer. Odessa says she just met him and then spills the beans about the necklace. She was onboard the plane to steal the necklace but didn’t kill Pablo. She turned over the necklace to the independent broker who hired her. She doesn’t know his name but does know where to find him if they agree not to charge her for stealing the necklace.
Odessa explains there’s a black-market jewelry auction the following night. The necklace will be put up for sale there and because Pablo’s dead, it will sell for twice as much.
Chloe returns home and Maze is there. They’ve been avoiding each other but now they’re ready to talk. Maze calls Chloe a backstabbing liar who plotted against Lucifer and kept her from Trixie. Chloe admits that’s true but wants Maze to think about how it feels to be the only human who knows Heaven and Hell are real.
Maze says Chloe’s weak and offers to move out. Chloe doesn’t object. As Maze is leaving, she tosses out the tidbit that Linda handled the truth much better than Chloe.
The news sends Chloe straight to Linda’s place. Linda admits she’s known for quite a while and Chloe opens up about running away for a month. Linda reveals she’s also seen Lucifer’s face and when Chloe asks how she handled that, and knowing Maze is a demon, Linda says it wasn’t easy. “None of it is. The Devil…demon…dating an angel…having his baby,” says Linda, ticking down the list.
Chloe’s stunned to learn Linda’s going to have an angel baby. Linda finally admits she’s freaking out because it’s hitting her all at once how dangerous her friends are and how dangerous the baby might be. “There’s a good chance it could come out with wings. Wings! Is that even safe for a human to deliver?! Should I have a C-section? Will insurance cover any of this?” asks Linda, definitely in full freak-out mode. (Rachael Harris is nailing this scene – not that she doesn’t usually do so!)
Chloe assures Linda if anyone can handle this, it’s her. Linda admits she didn’t run because, despite all the bad, there’s a lot of good. She and Maze are best friends and Lucifer’s the most fascinating patient. Plus, now there’s a baby to look forward to. She can’t wait to meet her son.
Chloe calls her relationship with Lucifer complicated. Linda suggests it all boils down to whether Chloe wants Luci in her life or not.
Eve shows up at the station and offers to help Chloe with the investigation. Chloe questions Eve on her involvement and Eve, who knows darn well what’s up, mentions the name Bashir to be helpful. She doesn’t know anyone who wanted to hurt Pablo.
Eve tells Chloe she seems kind, smart, and a little sad. Chloe wonders what Eve’s talking about and Eve assures her there’s someone for everyone.
Lucifer’s lurking around as Eve keeps Chloe busy.
Chloe finishes up and checks in with Ella. Immediately Ella acts guilty and Chloe spots two mugs, one of which is filled with whiskey. Ella assures her she wouldn’t drink on the job and then spills the beans that Luci stopped by with her favorite coffee. Chloe’s okay with that but not with the fact Ella told Luci about the jewelry action that very evening.
A tuxedoed Lucifer joins a stunning Eve for the auction. Their plan is to grab the necklace and take off before Chloe arrives. Lucifer heads backstage where the necklace has just been placed around a model’s neck. He’s introducing himself to the woman when she says, “Yes.” Yes, what? Yes, to anything. Luci’s pleased he’s still got it.
Luci and Eve toast to their success in grabbing the necklace and are about to leave when Chloe walks up. She’s dressed as a waitress and demands to know how Luci and Eve know each other. All Luci says is Eve’s his date.
Chloe reminds him she needs the necklace to catch a killer, but Luci pretends not to care. Chloe asks for help and Luci says he will if she lets them leave with the necklace. Chloe can’t promise that, but Eve convinces Lucifer to stay anyway.
Eve takes to the runway wearing the necklace as the bidding begins. Luci’s bidding, using the 69 auction paddle of course, and the bidding reaches $4 million. Luci takes matters into his own hands and bids $10 million to end the auction.
Chloe and Lucifer walk over to meet the necklace’s owner who…surprise!…is Turkish Pete. Turkish Pete hired Odessa to steal the necklace from Pablo, but he’s not the killer. Pete’s alibi checks out. However, Pete reveals Pablo was constantly getting bailed out by his business partner, Toby Golden. A lightbulb goes off and Chloe remembers the partner claimed not to know about Pablo’s problems.
While they’re talking, Eve’s backstage admiring the necklace in the mirror… Cue Pablo’s business partner.
Toby holds a gun to Eve’s head, forcing her to hand over the necklace. She screams for Lucifer and he and Chloe immediately react. Toby’s still got the gun to Eve’s head and Chloe tries to talk him down, saying she understands he’s always the reasonable one who had to clean up his partner’s messes. Toby says Pablo wasted their money, but everyone thought he was the fun one. He killed Pablo after discovering the necklace was missing.
The stand-off ends when Luci tells Eve she can do that thing she always wanted to do. She smacks Toby in his balls and Luci rushes in to toss Toby on the ground. Dan and the other cops arrive to place Toby under arrest as Lucifer asks for the necklace. Dan refuses to give it to him and so does Chloe, despite the fact Eve needs it to stay safe.
Back to the soon-to-be-mama, Linda’s place is now flying baby safe. There’s bubble wrap around the ceiling fan and around any corners or spots the baby may hurt himself. They’ve just completed the work when Maze arrives, luggage in tow. She’s moved out of Chloe’s and moving into somewhere she’s wanted – Linda’s place.
“Auntie Maze is here to help with the baby, whether you like it or not,” declares a very determined demon. Linda says she does like it and Maze has the greenlight to move in.
Ella thinks Chloe’s giving her the silent treatment at the station, but actually Chloe’s just thinking about Lucifer. She admits she gets so angry at him and can’t accept everything about him, but she misses him. “I’d rather have him in my life than not,” confesses Chloe.
Luci’s back home and pissed they were cheated out of the necklace. Eve suggests they steal it back from the cops and that they should celebrate. As she gets up to grab champagne, the necklace falls out of her purse. Luci’s confused and Eve reminds him that after they found the necklace, he said they would go their separate ways. She didn’t want that. She also admits she came back to Earth to be with him, like old times.
That period thousands of years ago was the best time of Eve’s life. Luci apologizes, telling her she’s made a mistake. Eve knows it’s because of Chloe, but also realizes Chloe doesn’t accept him for who he is. Eve claims she wouldn’t do that, and Luci says she doesn’t know him for who he really is. She asks he show himself and he does. Eve gently takes his face in her hands and calls him amazing. They kiss and are still holding each other when Chloe arrives at Lux and sees them together. She retreats without saying a word.
Annapurna Pictures just released the second official trailer for the comedy, Where’d You Go, Bernadette. The 2019 release is based on the bestselling novel by Maria Semple and stars two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine, The Aviator) in the title role.
The cast of Where’d You Go, Bernadette includes Billy Crudup (Alien:Covenant), Kristen Wiig (The Last Man on Earth), Emma Nelson, James Urbaniak (Difficult People), Judy Greer (Ant-Man and the Wasp), Troian Bellisario (Pretty Little Liars), Zoe Chao (The Comeback), and Laurence Fishburne (Last Flag Flying). Five-time Oscar nominee Richard Linklater directed from a script he co-wrote with Holly Gent and Vince Palmo.
Linklater’s behind the scenes team includes director of photography Shane F. Kelly, editor Sandra Adair, production designer Bruce Curtis, and costume designer Kari Perkins. Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, and Ginger Sledge produced, with Megan Ellison and Jillian Longnecker executive producing.
Where’d You Go, Bernadette will open in theaters on August 16, 2019. The film’s rated PG-13 for some strong language and drug material.
The Plot:
Based on the runaway bestseller, Where’d You Go, Bernadette is an inspiring comedy about Bernadette Fox (Blanchett), a loving mom who becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Bernadette’s leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.
Poster for ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ starring Cate Blanchett
John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, Carson Daly, Blake Shelton, and Adam Levine return to ‘The Voice’ (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC)
It doesn’t happen often but apparently The Voice is sticking with its current lineup of coaches. Three-time Grammy Award winner Kelly Clarkson and EGOT* winner John Legend will once again be joining original The Voice coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton for the upcoming 17th season of NBC’s popular singing competition.
Carson Daly is also confirmed to return to handle hosting duties.
The Voice was created by John de Mol and is executive produced by de Mol, Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Amanda Zucker, Kyra Thompson, and Stijn Bakkers. The Voice has earned four Emmy Awards over its 16 season run. The current season is averaging 11.1 million viewers and the Monday shows have been beating their competition 22 of the last 23 telecasts.
Season 16 continues with the top eight performing on Monday, May 13th at 8pm ET/PT. The episode will feature the remaining artists pairing up and performing classic hits of The Beatles.
Coach Adam Levine once again will not be represented in the finals as he lost his remaining two contestants on Tuesday, May 7th. The eight finalists include five from Team Blake (Dexter Roberts, Gyth Rigdon, Kim Cherry, Carter Lloyd Horne, Andrew Sevener), two from Team Legend (Maelyn Jarmon, Shawn Sounds), and one from Team Clarkson (Rod Stokes).
On Tuesday, May 14th the season 16 top four finalists will be revealed.
A Rundown of Season 16, Courtesy of NBC:
The show’s innovative format features six stages of competition: the first begins with the Blind Auditions, then the Battle Rounds, Live Cross Battles and the Live Performance Shows. Additionally, the digital companion series, “The Comeback Stage,” returns in Season 16 and is more challenging than before. The series offers six artists, who were previously eliminated from the competition, a chance to return and compete for a spot in the Live Shows with help from a “fifth coach.” It will take more work to be awarded that coveted last spot in the live shows this season, however. Not only will the six artists who did not make teams in the Blinds return to compete against each other for a spot in the Live Shows with the help from this season’s “fifth coach” (Grammy-nominated artist Bebe Rexha), they will also perform against eliminated artists from later rounds, making the competition even more exciting.
During the Blind Auditions, the decisions from the musician coaches are based solely on voice and not on looks. The coaches hear the artists perform, but they don’t get to see them — thanks to rotating chairs. If a coach is impressed by the artist’s voice, he/she pushes a button to select the artist for his/her team. At this point, the coach’s chair will swivel so that he/she can face the artist he/she has selected. If more than one coach pushes his/her button, the power then shifts to the artists to choose which coach they want to work with. If no coach pushes his/her button, the artist is eliminated from the competition.
Also returning this season is the “block,” which adds another layer of excitement during the Blind Auditions. The recently redesigned coach chairs each have an extra set of buttons with the other three coaches’ names. The block button prevents a coach from adding a new artist to their team. The coaches can only use their block buttons on one artist for the entire first round of the competition. When a coach hits the block button with the name of the other three coaches, the coach who hit it automatically turns around. The “blocked” coach only discovers they are blocked if they press their button. The blocked coach’s chair will still turn, however, instead of their lane lighting up with their name, it says “BLOCKED.” If the coach doesn’t press their button, the block is still available for another audition.
Once the teams are set, the battle is on. The coaches dedicate themselves to developing their team of artists, giving them advice and sharing the secrets of their success, along with help from their celebrity advisers. This season the coaches enlisted music industry heavyweights to prepare their artists for the Battle Rounds. Legend teams up with Khalid, Clarkson with Kelsea Ballerini, Levine with Charlie Puth, and Blake Shelton with Brooks and Dunn.
During the Battle Rounds, the coaches will pit two of their own team members against each other to sing the same song together in front of a studio audience. After the vocal battle, the coach must choose which of his/her singers will advance to the next round of competition, while the losing artist is available to be stolen by another coach. Each coach has two steals available during the Battle Rounds.
At the end of the Battle Rounds, only the strongest members of each coach’s roster remain and proceed to the brand-new round, the Live Cross Battles.
For the first time in “Voice” history, the coaches will go head-to-head, pairing their artists against other coaches’ teams for the Live Cross Battles. All 32 artists will be seated by team on dramatically lit benches around each side of the stage. The coaches will put up artists on their team to go against an artist from another team. Each artist will perform an individual song and their fate is in America’s hands. America will get to vote overnight to decide the winner of each Cross Battle. The next day, Tuesday, Carson Daly will reveal the winners of each Cross Battle live on stage.
For the first time ever, the coaches will have the opportunity to Save or Steal eliminated artists live in the moment. After Daly reveals America’s vote for a particular pairing, a live countdown clock will appear. Coaches will only have 10 seconds to decide if they want to push their button to save or steal. Each coach will have one steal and one save to use over the course of Cross Battles, giving us the opportunity for multi-button steal/save moments!
We will leave the Cross Battles with a Top 24 heading into the next week of Live Shows.
In the Live Top 24 Elimination show, America will vote 8 artists through and each coach will have one save. The Voice’ ‘Fifth Coach,” Bebe Rexha will appear to support the final two Comeback Artists as they perform live for a chance to re-enter the competition as part of the Top 13 through the Instant Save. The winning artist will then indicate which team they would like to join.
In the final live performance phase of the competition, the top 13 artists will compete each week against each other and the television audience will vote to save their favorite artists. The artists with the lowest number of votes will be sent home immediately, leaving the middle three eligible to compete for the “Instant Save.” These artists will each perform a new song that represents why they should earn the save. America will then have the opportunity to save their favorite performer by tweeting out #VoiceSave along with the artist’s name. The two singers with the lowest number of votes during the “Instant Save” will be sent home each week. In the end, one will be named “The Voice” and will receive the grand prize of a recording contract.
Danielle Savre and Grey Damon in ‘Station 19’ season 2 episode 10 (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)
Grey’s Anatomy has officially been renewed for two more seasons. ABC announced the record-setting medical drama will return for seasons 16 and 17.
Station 19 also received a renewal order from ABC and will be back on the network’s primetime schedule for the 2019-2020 season. In addition, the award-winning drama How to Get Away with Murder has been picked up for a sixth season.
The Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19 universe will feel even more cohesive in the upcoming season. The network’s set Krista Vernoff (Shameless, Law & Order) to executive produce and handle showrunning duties on both series, “giving fans two hours of feels on Thursdays and providing a seamless crossover narrative on both series.”
“I’m thrilled to continue at the helm of Grey’s Anatomy, and I’m honored and energized by the opportunity to run Station 19, as well. To expand upon the world Stacy McKee created, and further merge it with the world of Grey’s, is an exciting challenge,” said Vernoff.
The Grey’s Anatomy/Station 19 crossover event was a rating success for both series. Per the network, Grey’s tied their five week high while Station 19 scored its second highest broadcast.
“Everyone at Shondaland is thrilled that our fans’ commitment to TGIT continues,” stated Shonda Rhimes and producing partner Betsy Beers. “We are so proud of Krista and Pete and the work they do. Making the choice to have Krista oversee Station 19 was easy — the creativity she brings to the Grey’s Anatomy universe continues a tradition of storytelling we hold dear.”
How to Get Away with Murder held the top spot in the Thursday at 10pm ET/PT rankings over its fifth season. The series has earned American Film Institute Award for Television Program of the Year, a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series, a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series, an Emmy Award and SAG Awards.
