The first season of The CW’s Charmed continues with season one episode eight airing on December 2, 2018. Episode eight was directed by Vanessa Parise from a script by Zoe Marshall and is titled “Bug a Boo.”
The cast of Charmed season one is led by Melonie Diaz as Mel Vega, Sarah Jeffery as Maggie Vera, and Madeleine Mantock as Macy Vaughn. The cast also includes Rupert Evans as Harry Greenwood, Ser’Darius Blaine as Galvin Burdette, Charlie Gillespie as Brian, Nick Hargrove as Parker, and Ellen Tamaki as Niko Hamada. Jessica O’Toole, Amy Rardin, Jennie Snyder Urman, Ben Silverman, Brad Silberling, and Carter Covington executive produce.
The “Bug A Boo” Plot: A STICKY SITUATION — While on the hunt for Jada (guest star Aleyse Shannon), Mel (Diaz) scours The Book of Shadows as Harry (Evans) and Charity (guest star Virginia Williams) cross reference them to find any clues that might lead them to this new demon. As if that isn’t enough, they discover that there is a Changeling Demon on the loose that puts one of the sisters in danger. Elsewhere, Maggie (Jeffery) signs up for a job helping to market a new dating app which could land her a summer internship. Macy (Mantock) decides to go outside her comfort zone after a little encouragement from Maggie. Meanwhile, Mel is given a task by The Elders that she was not expecting.
The Season 1 Plot:
“Stronger together.” That’s what Marisoltells her daughters, firebrand social justice warrior Melanie “Mel” Vera, and her sister, fun-loving Maggie, about their family. Mel is a graduate student in the women’s studies department her mother heads at Hilltowne University; Maggie is a freshman considering sorority rush (to Mel’s amused dismay) and going “on” again with her on-again/off-again boyfriend, Brian. But then, a shocking tragedy shatters their world and threatens their sibling bond: Marisol dies in a horrifying accident. Or was it? Three months later, we find Mel unable to accept the official explanation of their mother’s death, while Maggie accuses her of being morbidly obsessed. And then, another huge shock shows up at their front door: they have an older sister – brilliant geneticist Macy (Madeleine Mantock), whom their mother kept a secret all these years! Macy is new in town and doesn’t know a soul (except for Galvin), the cute fellow scientist who’s been showing her around). Macy is eager to connect with Mel and Maggie, but Mel can’t handle another shock, and shuts her out.
With the emotions of all three sisters running high, each of the girls suddenly exhibit impossible new abilities: Mel can freeze time, Maggie starts hearing others’ thoughts and Macy has telekinetic powers. But don’t worry, there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation…or so says Harry Greenwood – who as far as they know is the officious new chair of the women’s studies department – when he gathers the three sisters together to reveal they’re actually powerful witches, as was their mother. And he’s not really a professor, he’s their “Whitelighter,” a witch’s advisor and guide! Not only that, but Mel was right: their mother’s death was no accident – she was murdered by unknown dark forces. It’s a lot to take in, but ultimately the sisters accept their new destiny as The Charmed Ones…and their new duty to protect humankind from the demons that walk among us…one of whom killed their mother. With the Power of Three, they are stronger together… even if they have no idea what they’re really up against.
AMC’s The Walking Dead season nine’s first half finale killed off yet another major character. And based on the first official trailer for season nine’s second half, fans of the zombie apocalypse series can expect dramatic changes in the group dynamics when the series returns.
In addition to releasing the first season nine part two trailer, AMC confirmed the series will return on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 9pm ET/PT. The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus’ road trip series, Ride with Norman Reedus, will also return to AMC’s primetime lineup on February 10th.
Season nine is executive produced by Scott M. Gimple, showrunner Angela Kang, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Dave Alpert, Greg Nicotero, Tom Luse and Denise Huth. The second half of the current season stars Norman Reedus, Danai Gurira, Alanna Masterson, Ross Marquand, Seth Gilliam, Josh McDermitt and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
Per AMC, The Walking Dead season nine part two “finds our groups of survivors, both old and new, continuing to deal with the impact of events that took place during the six years that have passed. Since the disappearance of Rick, many of these characters have become strangers to each other, and in some ways, strangers to themselves. What they do know is that they are in undeniable danger. They will soon realize the world just beyond does not operate as they thought. The group’s rules and ways of survival no longer guarantee their safety. A whole new threat has crossed their paths, and they soon discover it’s unlike any threat they have encountered or endured before.
The group will start to question what they think they see. What may appear to be normal in this post-apocalyptic world could actually be more disturbing and terrifying than when the apocalypse first broke out. All that is certain is the stakes are high and numerous.”
Tom Payne as Paul ‘Jesus’ Rovia in ‘The Walking Dead’ season 9 episode 8 (Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC)
Disney’s much anticipated Wreck-It Ralph sequel, Ralph Breaks the Internet, helped power the 2018 Thanksgiving holiday to a record-breaking box office. The holiday weekend snagged $314 million domestically, trouncing the old Thanksgiving holiday record of $295 million set in 2013. The animated family-friendly sequel scored the second biggest five-day Thanksgiving weekend, behind only Disney’s 2013 blockbuster, Frozen.
The Rocky spinoff Creed 2 also hit theaters over the fall holiday, helping to boost the Thanksgiving holiday to new box office heights. Creed 2 posted the biggest live-action opening Thanksgiving numbers in box history, ringing up a record breaking $55.8 million over its first five days in release.
Both Creed 2 and Ralph Breaks the Internet were hits with audiences and critics. Rotten Tomatoes is currently registering an 82% fresh rating for Creed 2 and Ralph Breaks the Internet is sitting at 86% fresh. CinemaScore reports audiences gave Creed 2 and Ralph Breaks the Internet A and A- average scores, respectively.
The holiday weekend’s other big release, Lionsgate’s Robin Hood starring Taron Egerton, absolutely tanked over its first weekend in theaters. Audiences apparently don’t want/need another Robin Hood film, shunning the movie over the holiday weekend. The production had a $100+ million budget and only brought in $14 million domestically, with critics absolutely trashing the action film. Rotten Tomatoes shows just 14% of the site’s critics approved of the new take on the classic story. Browsing the review snippets reveals critics thought Robin Hood was unintentionally funny, dull, impossible to follow, and one of the year’s worst films.
Most of the major studios will be taking next weekend off from opening new films. Screen Gems is launching the horror film The Possession of Hannah Grace in 1,900 theaters, but otherwise it’ll be pretty much a repeat of the Thanksgiving offerings making up the box office top 10 chart.
Netflix has just debuted the official trailer for the upcoming dramatic series, Tidelands. The new series is set to premiere on December 14, 2018 and marks the streaming service’s first original Australian production.
The supernatural crime drama was created and written by Stephen M. Irwin (Secrets & Lies), with Tracey Robertson, Nathan Mayfield, and Leigh McGrath executive producing.
Tidelands was shot in Queensland. According to Netflix, the first season consists of 10 episodes.
The cast of season one includes Charlotte Best (Home & Away, Puberty Blues), Elsa Pataky (The Fate of the Furious, 12 Strong), Aaron Jakubenko (Spartacus: War of the Damned, The Shannara Chronicles), Peter O’Brien (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, What Still Remains), Marco Pigossi (Caras e Bocas), Madeleine Madden (Mystery Road, Picnic at Hanging Rock), Mattias Inwood (Will), Caroline Brazier (Rake, Home and Away), and Dalip Sondhi (Secret City).
Marco Pigossi and Charlotte Best star in ‘Tidelands’ (Photo Credit: Jasin Boland/Netflix)
The Tidelands Plot:
“Tidelands follows Cal McTeer, played by Charlotte Best, a young woman who returns home to the small fishing village of Orphelin Bay after ten years in juvenile detention then jail.
However, Orphelin Bay is shrouded in mysteries.
When the body of a local fisherman washes ashore, the town’s clandestine relationship with drug smuggling is suddenly on public display. Cal must uncover the town’s well-hidden secrets, while investigating a commune of outcasts who live in a hidden pocket of the bay – a group of beautiful and dangerous half-Siren / half-human “Tidelanders.” Elsa Pataky stars as the mysterious and alluring Adrielle Cuthbert, the leader of the Tidelanders who will go to any length to protect her tribe of people.
Tidelands also stars Australian actors Aaron Jakubenko as Cal’s misguided and secretive brother Augie, and Peter O’Brien as Augie’s faithful deckhand. Brazilian actor Marco Pigossi features as Dylan. New Zealand actor Mattias Inwood is the Senior Constable who also has a secret to uncover with Cal.”
Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe in ‘Outlander’ season 4 episode 4 (Photo Credit: Starz)
Common Ground! That’s the title and the goal of Starz’s season four episode four of Outlander. Some of the title snippets that open each episode are very interesting, and this week’s intro particularly was to me. After the amazing Skye Boat introduction, there was a Cherokee putting on his regalia. Totally sets the mind in the right direction for this episode.
Jamie (Sam Heughan) is in the office of Governor Tryon (Tim Downie) securing his land grant to build on Fraser’s Ridge as the episode begins. Jamie has a contract placed before him to sign to secure the grant, and having signed a mortgage document myself I get the internal feelings that go through you at that moment. Jamie’s had to have been even more acute in the knowledge that the governor would view him as his man and expect his service from that point forward. The term “signing your life away” would be very apropos just then.
Naturally, the governor’s very pleased. He offers to make accommodations for Claire (Caitriona Balfe) while Jamie gets the settlement up and running. Jamie doesn’t even bat an eye before telling him that she will be assisting in the building of the settlement. Leave our Sassenach behind? Just try that and see what you get.
The governor appears surprised for a split second and changes the topic to something of more importance to him: the men Jamie will find to join in on the Ridge. Those men will go with Jamie should the governor call for the militia. Jamie has a profound deal of experience, I’m sure more than the governor has, in understanding the hidden expectations of such an award of land. He walks out of the governor’s office clearly understanding what was said, and unsaid, in the conversation.
Claire and Ian (John Bell) gather the rest of their things in Wilmington to take along with other provisions to the Ridge. Poor Marsali (Lauren Lyle) has a horrible bout of morning sickness and Claire gives her advice on how to deal with the nausea. However, Claire can tell something else is bothering her. (Marsali and Claire have come to an understanding along the way.) Marsali finally shares with Claire she misses her mother – not a friend to Claire to put it mildly. Claire reassures her it’s very natural to want her mother at a time of pregnancy. Marsali indicates she’s glad to have Claire’s support.
Jamie instructs Fergus (Cesar Domboy) to find other Highlanders for the settlement. Jamie and Fergus join Claire and Marsali to say goodbye, and Claire gives Marsali a motherly hug. As Fergus and Marsali depart the tavern, Jamie notices the look Claire gives Marsali. He knows Claire’s also thinking of Brianna (Sophie Skelton). Claire admits she’s worried that maybe it was wrong to leave Bree behind. She didn’t have a mother to lean on when she was pregnant with Bree, and Claire realizes she caused the same gap in motherly support to Bree by leaving through the stones to find Jamie.
Jamie confesses to Claire how he managed to make it through the times when he missed her deeply. He says Brianna will get through those moments, too, by using the memories of Claire that she has.
Into the backcountry of the Blue Ridge Mountains they go…to Fraser’s Ridge. The first task is to stake out the boundaries of the land grant. As they’re walking, Claire shares the “America” song and tells Jamie it took the melody from a British song, “God Save Great George Our King.” Jamie finds it funny they took the melody away from the British to use.
They continue to walk and find the massive trees that Governor Tryon told Jamie are the farthest boundary to his land, and Jamie carves an F and R to indicate it’s the border. Ian manages to find a pile of animal leavings that are rather substantial. The trio muse about which animal left them. Claire is informing them of several various large beasts that could have made the pile of dung when Rollo suddenly starts to bark. (It made my dog bark at home causing the hair on my neck to stand for a second. Rollo has that effect, I suppose.) Claire freezes knowing that something’s behind her given the direction the dog’s barking and Jamie’s expression changing.
Jamie walks up next to her and tells her to give him the knife she’s holding and get behind him. Native Americans could be extremely dangerous if they chose to be, and the Cherokee were one of the dangerous and reclusive tribes. In the book, Jamie and Claire’s first meeting with the Natives was after Jamie killed a bear with his knife and bare hands. He was mauled a bit in the process. Let’s see if we get to witness that particular grudge match. Jamie gave them the bear meat as a peace offering in the book, and thus a copacetic relationship began. Looks like the show could possibly take a different tack. Let’s find out.
In the show, Jamie tells Ian and Claire to stay with the rifles and he walks out with open arms. He makes it a few steps away, drops his knife, and says his name. The Cherokee decide to turn and go. A rather unsettling beginning.
In 1971, Roger (Richard Rankin) is in his office at Oxford looking over the book Brianna had given him at the Scottish festival. He notices a simple passage about some settlements in an area of North Carolina and it includes a reference to Fraser’s Ridge. While Roger’s reading the passage we see Jamie chopping down trees, Claire using the mule to tow them away, and Ian picking up rocks and finding a stray arrowhead under one of the stones. Roger looks at the back of the book to find out how to contact the author for more information on Fraser’s Ridge. The book didn’t indicate the inhabitants specifically, just that it was settled by Scots.
Cherokee warriors in ‘Outlander’ season 4 episode 4 (Photo Credit: Starz)
Back in the 18th century at the Ridge, Jamie’s talking about the lines of the house he’s going to build for them as he points it out to Claire. At that moment their shelter’s a lean-to that Jamie and Ian erected. Jamie indicates he even marked out a section for Claire’s herb shed.
As Jamie’s straightening a post he used for marking the outer wall of the shed, Ian comes running down the path screaming that the Cherokee are back. Each of the party of Natives had grabbed a boundary stake and they throw them down in from of the trio. It’s a warning, but the Natives speak in their native tongue which, of course, Jamie, Ian, and Claire don’t know.
Roger receives additional information from the author of the book about her research material from Fraser’s Ridge. In the packet’s a photocopy of the contract Jamie signed in the Governor’s office. Roger’s shocked and excited at the same time, and he decides to call Brianna about what he found. Awkward is not even the best description of the conversation. It’s the first time they’ve spoken since Brianna rejected Roger’s proposal. Other than the information Roger shares about her folks, the rest of the brief conversation’s painfully polite, short, and impersonal.
That night at the Ridge after the Cherokee visit, Claire suggests they move the settlement to another part of the land. Jamie’s wise enough to extrapolate from what Claire had shared previously about her knowledge from the future about the Natives that nowhere on their land would make a difference to them. Jamie wishes he could communicate with them to let them know he’s not a threat to them and will not go beyond the borders of his land. Claire mentions that maybe a gesture of goodwill would help. Jamie believes that’s an excellent idea and is going to ask John Quincy Myers (Kyle Rees) about it the next day.
That night Jamie’s roused from sleep by a barking Rollo outside the lean-to. Jamie suspects it’s the Cherokee again, and they arm themselves and go out to investigate what has Rollo so vocal. (Something struck me as I was watching. The dog tears off in one direction and Jamie, Claire, and Ian go the other way. WHY? Follow the dog, man! But I digress.) They find their meat provisions gone and other things broken or disheveled around the campsite. Suddenly Jamie’s horse comes limping into sight with four deep gash marks on its side. Jamie and Ian don’t know what beast could do such a wound, but Claire declares the intruder was a bear, not the Native Cherokee.
Jamie visits Myers the next morning and tells him about the attack on their camp the night before. He agrees it’s not a good omen as the Natives see it. The Natives think the attacker was more than a simple bear and more like an angry bear spirit.
Myers is drying meat and offers some to Jamie to take back to help replace provisions they lost. Jamie mentions his desire to make the Cherokee a gesture of friendship. Myers suggests taking some tobacco to them on Jamie’s behalf could help move things along toward peace. Jamie’s grateful and is going to heed the advice Myers was gracious to provide.
Back at camp, Claire’s cleaning fish she caught while Ian mends the netting that one particularly large catch put a hole right through. Claire comments on how well Ian’s mending the net. Ian just chalks it up to being taught how to knit properly growing up. Claire’s very surprised to find that Jamie can knit, and quite well too. Ian’s surprised to find that Claire never learned to knit, so he promises to teach her.
Ian heads away to check on the injured horse, so Claire decides to pick up the rifle and test her aim. Given the current situation, it’s best to feel comfortable with a rifle in hand. She’s firing at a small log on the chopping block when Jamie arrives back from Myers’ camp. Claire did well and knocked the small log off. Jamie says he thinks Claire might not have packed her powder well enough. He reloads and shoots the same log, splintering it into bits.
That night Rollo alerts the trio again to something going on outside. Rollo finds a body in the dark under a nearby tree. It moans and they all realize it’s human, not a bear. It’s a seriously-wounded Myers with gashes across his chest like the horse had from the previous encounter with the beast.
The Natives are moving, with torches in hand, down a path. The Natives are heading to the den of the medicine woman, Adawehi (Tantoo Cardinal), for a ritual.
Jamie helps Ian and Claire to get Myers back to their camp so Claire can treat him, and he’s losing a lot of blood from one specific slash. Jamie sets out alone after the beast, much to Claire’s dismay. What Jamie finds in the dark is much worse than a bear. Simultaneously while Jamie’s chasing down what he believes is a bear, the Natives continue with their ceremonial dance. Jamie fires his gun but misses. As he’s reloading, the beast approaches and attacks.
Claire’s inspecting the wounds on Myers and notices he’s not only slashed but bitten. The bite was made by a human, not a bear.
The beastly man slashes with the claw he’d fashioned as he’s covered in a black bear skin. He gets Jamie in the shoulder. As they struggle, Jamie manages to get free of the hand-to-hand combat. As the beast-man gives chase, Jamie impales him on a land marker stake, killing him almost instantly. At the same moment, the Cherokee medicine woman gives the impression she could either see or feel the situation that occurred on Fraser’s Ridge.
The next morning Jamie uses the beast-man as his offering to the tribe. He puts the man on a manufactured skid and drags him to the Cherokee village. Jamie drops the skid and raises his hands in surrender. He shows the tribe it was a man, not a monster. Tawodi (Will Strongheart) speaks English and explains they knew the man and he was exiled from the tribe. In the book, some of the Indians spoke broken French which was how Jamie could converse in the early meetings with the Natives.
Jamie assures them he only desires to live in peace and make his home. The Cherokee are skeptical of the white man but seem as if they’re willing to give Jamie the benefit of a doubt, given that he rid them of a problem by killing the beastly man they’d cast out.
The next morning, the Chief of the tribe, Nawohali (Wesley French), brings a contingent to Fraser’s Ridge to announce there will be peace between them. The tribe has decided to call Jamie “Bear Killer.”
The tribe medicine woman, Adawehi, approaches Claire to inform her she had a dream about her. She knew Claire’s a powerful healer before she met her. She tells Claire that when she’s grey-haired, she’ll be an even greater healer. Adawehi also tells Claire that death was sent from the gods and it would not be her fault. Those of us who’ve read the books know what this statement means, and for the show viewers it’s not what you think. I won’t give any spoilers other than that.
Claire doesn’t understand at the moment, but she’ll come to know the meaning in the future.
Roger’s back at the manse gathering the rest of his things and has a last chat with Fiona (Iona Claire). Fiona admits she knows where Claire really went. She thought the loss of Claire must have taken a toll on Brianna. Roger admits that even though he and Brianna had a falling out, he still wants to give her some reassurance that Claire found Jamie.
Fiona has more news to share on the topic and pulls some of the old research papers out that tell Roger the rest of the story on Fraser’s Ridge, or at least Jamie and Claire. She found some information of an obituary that Jamie and Claire were killed in a fire. The date was smudged so Roger couldn’t tell exactly the year but suspected it was 12 years from the time period Jamie and Claire were in just then. He’s distraught by the news and realizes Brianna will be devastated. Roger feels he can’t give Brianna that part of the tale about her parents.
Back at the Ridge, life’s moving forward with each chop of an ax and pull of the saw. Jamie gets the lower outline of the house in place, so he carries his bride over the new threshold. They speak of their dreams for each square inch of the cabin. Shelves here, table there, fireplace hearth in that corner. They sound like newlyweds instead of a couple having been married 24 years. Slainte to the new cabin and peace with the Natives!
Roger decides to call Brianna but Gayle (Simona Brown) answers instead and has some surprising news: Brianna headed to Scotland to visit her mother a few weeks ago. Roger’s stunned because he knows what that means. If you watched the preview of the upcoming fifth episode, that means Brianna’s heading for the stones.
The CW’s The Flash season five episode six found Caitlin and #TeamFlash locating her dad and learning the origin of Killer Frost. After her friends convinced Caitlin her father’s story didn’t make sense, they discovered her dad’s been taken over by his own version of Killer Frost…Icicle.
Up next, season five episode seven titled “O Come, All Ye Faithful” airing on November 27, 2018. Episode seven was directed by Sarah Boyd from a script by Jonathan Butler and Gabriel Garza.
The Flash season five cast includes Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash, Tom Cavanagh as Harrison Wells, Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow, Carlos Valdes as Cisco, Candice Patton as Iris West, and Jesse L Martin as Joe West. The cast also includes Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dibny, Jessica Parker Kennedy as Nora West-Allen, and Danielle Nicolet as Cecile Horton.
The “O Come, All Ye Faithful” Plot: THANKSGIVING — While Nora (Jessica Parker Kennedy) grapples with unresolved anger over her father’s disappearance in the future, Barry (Grant Gustin) and Team Flash must stop a powerful new meta, Weather Witch (guest star Reina Hardesty), from killing her own father, Weather Wizard (guest star Liam Mcintyre).
“How does he smile and shake their hands like that?” asks Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen). “Because it takes courage to change people’s hearts,” replies Oleg (Dimiter D. Marinov) as they discuss Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) an extremely talented African-American musician in the early 1960s in comedy/drama, Green Book.
In 1962 New York, Tony Lip is a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood who needs to find work while the club where he works is closed for renovations. Tony gets a call from a representative of Dr. Don Shirley who needs a driver for an upcoming concert tour. To Tony’s surprise, Don is an African-American singer.
Don wonders if Tony he’s going to have any issues working for a black man, and Tony claims we won’t. Tony asks where the tour will be taking them and Dr. Shirley explains they’ve be traveling from Manhattan to the Deep South. Tony warns Dr. Shirley there will most likely be some trouble if he visits the Deep South. Dr. Shirley appreciates Tony’s bluntness and candor, and hires him to be his driver and bodyguard.
The unlikely pair hit the road on a journey in which they’ll be faced with racism, discrimination, threats, and danger. They come to depend upon and learn about each other, themselves, and the worlds they come from while using the “green book,” a guide to the few establishments that are safe and accept African-Americans in the 1960s.
Inspired by a true story, Green Book is a charming, funny, and touching film about two very different people from two vastly different parts of New York who, by traveling the roads together, become life-long friends and become better people because of their shared experiences.
Viggo Mortensen delivers one of his best performances as Tony Lip, a blunt, tough, Italian-American from the Bronx who only takes the job to drive Dr. Shirley to provide for his family and to stay clear of getting involved in business with the wise guys in his neighborhood. Mortensen brings humor, street smarts, and authenticity to the role, aspects of the character which may have been lost in the mix if another actor had portrayed Tony Lip.
Mahershala Ali is pitch-perfect as Dr. Don Shirley, an extremely talented, particular, cultured, and haughty musician who at first wants very little interaction with Tony on the trip but slowly starts to appreciate his straight, no-nonsense talk and take on the world. It’s the chemistry between Mortenson and Ali that elevates the film to another level.
The writing is smart, witty, and moving, revealing just how different the two men view the world and how they belong in it. The production, costumes, sets, and cars are perfect, bringing back to life America in the early ’60s.
Inspirational, moving, and enjoyable, Green Book is a true crowd-pleasing, highly entertaining film, and one of the best pictures of the year. It’s one of the few recent films that leaves a smile on your face after a screening.
GRADE: A-
Directed By: Peter Farrelly
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic content, language including racial epithets, smoking, some violence and suggestive material
Disney gave fans of The Lion King something special to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. The Mouse House debuted the first teaser trailer for the new remake of the beloved animated blockbuster during the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys primetime game, and then immediately dropped the trailer online so fans can watch it over and over again.
The minute and a half trailer confirms the 2019 film will stick close to the 1994 award-winning animated movie. The teaser trailer also revealed the iconic shot of Simba being held aloft by Rafiki on Pride Rock as the animals bow down to the future king will be featured in the remake.
The Lion King‘s cast includes Donald Glover (Atlanta, Solo: A Star Wars Story) as Simba and Beyoncé (Dreamgirls) as Simba’s friend and love interest, Nala. James Earl Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) is Mufasa, Simba’s father. Jones also voiced the role in the 1994 animated film.
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Twelve Years a Slave, Doctor Strange) provides the voice of the film’s villain, Scar. Alfre Woodard (Luke Cage) gives voice to Simba’s mother, Sarabi, and JD McCrary (Tyler Perry’s The Paynes) took on the job of voicing Young Simba. Shahadi Wright Joseph (Broadway’s The Lion King) is the voice of Young Nala.
The colorful cast of animals who help Simba on his journey include John Kani (Captain America: Civil War) as Rafiki and John Oliver (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) as Zazu the hornbill. Seth Rogen (Neighbors) is Pumbaa the warthog and Billy Eichner (American Horror Story) portray’s Pumbaa’s best friend, Timon the meerkat. Florence Kasumba (Emerald City) is Shenzi, Eric André (Man Seeking Woman) is Azizi, and Keegan-Michael Key (Friends From College) is Kamari.
Jon Favreau, director of Disney’s 2016 blockbuster The Jungle Book, directed the photorealistic animated version of The Lion King.
Disney’s The Lion King opens in theaters on July 19, 2019.
The dramatic anthology series Tell Me a Story season one episode three found Kayla and Nick continuing to meet secretly, Jordan stealing Eddie’s pig mask while the robber/bartender was passed out, and Hannah determined to hang on to $2 million in cold hard cash that’s definitely not hers.
Season one episode four opens with student Kayla (Danielle Campbell) and substitute teacher Nick (Billy Magnussen) asleep in bed. Kayla wakes with a start and realizes she’s in deep trouble with her grandmother, Colleen (Kim Cattrall), for being out all night. Before she takes off, Kayla assures Nick she’s not into fairy tales and doesn’t subscribe to the whole “damsel in distress that needs saving” trope.
Nick and Kayla admit they’re their own cautionary tale and that they can’t quit each other, wrong as this relationship might be.
At home, Colleen’s anxious but does her best to cover for Kayla with Kayla’s dad, Tim (Sam Jaeger). After sneaking back in, Kayla apologizes profusely to her grandmother. Colleen’s not having any of Kayla’s excuses and sends her off to school.
During class, Kayla and Nick get into a debate over Catherine and Heathcliff’s relationship in Wuthering Heights. Kayla believes their relationship is unhealthy and pathetic, but Nick argues they’re in love. They have a healthy debate on the topic as the class listens in.
School ends and Ethan (Rarmian Newton) stalks Kayla down the sidewalk. She warns him to leave her alone, but he refuses. He tries to apologize, reminding her he didn’t tell the principal about her and Nick. He claims he just wants to be friends, drawing an imaginary “friend zone” around himself. He asks her to follow him, so that he can prove he’s not a jerk. She reluctantly agrees.
Ethan leads her to a rage room which he describes as therapy. The place is set up so that people can work out their anger issues by breaking stuff. The guy running the place has a variety of newly stocked items, including selfie sticks, yard gnomes, and a hoverboard, just ready to be trashed.
Ethan and Kayla suit up in protective gear and Kayla grabs a bat. It turns out she has a lot of anger to work out and she’s an expert at smashing things. As she goes to retrieve another bucket of items to smash, Nick sneaks up and grabs her, covering her mouth. Once she recognizes him, he explains he followed her when he saw Ethan. He’s worried about her being around Ethan because he did some checking and learned Ethan is truly a bad dude. He’s got a criminal record including an assault with a deadly weapon charge.
Kayla believes she can take care of herself, and Nick apologizes for worrying about her. (Ethan’s been watching from a distance and sees them kiss.) Nick warns her to be careful.
After they’re finished beating up stuff, Ethan walks Kayla home. He asks if he can please come in and use the bathroom and, once again, she reluctantly agrees. He’s impressed with the house and asks for a tour, starting with her bedroom. He demands a kiss and Kayla pushes him away, but he keeps after her. He admits he saw Nick and warns she better go along with him or else.
Fortunately, Connie’s at home and she’s a momma bear protecting her young. She grabs Ethan by the hair and tosses him from the house. She wants to call the police but Kayla screams at her not to. Connie refuses to continue this charade and wants the full story. Kayla runs off to her room, leaving Connie angry, hurt, and frustrated.
Before going to sleep, Kayla texts Nick to inform him he was right about Ethan. Nick’s worried about her safety, but she assures him she’s fine now. Nick puts down the phone and is about to go to sleep when he receives another text. This one’s from an unknown number and it contains a photo of him and Kayla kissing.
Ethan smiles after he sends the text. He’s hanging out with Laney (Paulina Singer), drinking wine, and about to have sex in a jacuzzi. She asks what he did that afternoon and, of course, he doesn’t tell her.
Gabe (Davi Santos) shows up at Terry’s place and his sister, Hannah (Dania Ramirez), is already there. (Terry’s a friend of Hannah’s from her time in the military.) Her face is pretty bruised up from the attack in her apartment. She’s not sure if the man who attacked her is dead, but that doesn’t matter as she managed to escape with the money.
Gabe’s still pretty messed up over finding Billy’s tortured dead body and he doesn’t think they’re going to get away with stealing the cash. Suddenly, Gabe suggests they seek help from someone named Richard in Virginia which sparks an immediate angry reaction from Hannah.
Hannah puts her foot down. They’re going to hide out in North Carolina.
Terry packs supplies and tries to make small talk with Gabe, but he’s in a rotten mood. Eddie then reveals Hannah saved his life so he owes her. Gabe checks on his sister and as she’s putting on her shirt, a massive burn scar on her back is revealed.
Terry runs down the list of what he’s packed which includes a burner phone and flashlight. He even hands over his gun and the way Hannah handles it reveals she’s very experienced with weapons. They load up Terry’s car and he promises he’s there if she needs anything.
As Hannah drives, Gabe wonders if Billy’s body has been found. Gabe confesses he knows nothing about Billy’s family, even though they lived together for over a year. The siblings get into an argument because Hannah’s fed up with his attitude which Gabe blames on everyone he loves leaving him. She reminds him she sent him every dime she made to keep him in dance class which he quit. He blames that on their dad’s illness, but she knows his drug problem affected his studies.
They stop for gas and snacks, and Gabe exits the store with bags full of treats. He bought his sister every flavor of protein bar plus a bunch of other snacks. Why? Because they’re now rich and ridiculous. He’s finally on board with her plan. Before they get back on the road, Gabe thinks it’s important for his sister to know he’s never taken money for sex.
Later that night, Hannah calls her friend Jose and leaves another message telling him she needs a place to crash. If he never answers, they’ll just live their lives in North Carolina. Gabe asks what she wants to do with the money, and she reveals she wants to open a gym for veterans injured in combat. “This country chews up our veterans and spits them out,” she says. “I figured I’d do what I can to help.”
Gabe works up the nerve to ask what happened to her back, admitting he saw the scars and knows she was badly injured. Hannah doesn’t want to talk about it but finally shares the basic details that she was on patrol and the Humvee exploded, splitting in two. Terry’s leg was blown off and he screamed for help. She crawled to him and there was a second explosion. She threw her body on top of Terry and the fire from the explosion blew right across her back. It was excruciatingly painful. She didn’t tell him this story before because he didn’t ask. He apologizes for not being there for her.
Hannah becomes emotional and says she went into the Army to help him. She didn’t abandon him, which is what he’s always believed she did.
Gabe takes over driving as Hannah sleeps. He wakes her up and asks her not to be mad. He drove them to Virginia to Richard’s place, and Hannah once again claims she doesn’t want Richard’s help. Gabe swears it will be okay.
They walk up to Richard’s door and he’s shocked to see them. Richard’s joined by a woman who’s equally surprised by her visitors. Gabe addresses the woman, saying, “Hi, mom.”
Moving on to Jordan and Eddie’s story, Jordan (James Wolk) arrives at the station with the pig mask which he confirms he found inside Eddie’s trailer. The officers can’t believe he entered Eddie’s trailer, but Jordan is obsessed with taking Eddie down. Detective Renee Garcia (Zabryna Guevara) tries to explain Eddie’s alibi is solid and that even his cell phone was pinging in a different location at the exact time of the robbery. She does, however, admit she hasn’t ruled Eddie out. Unfortunately, because Jordan stole the mask, they can’t use it as evidence.
Detective Garcia promises she’ll find the person who killed Beth. “Then get off your ass and start doing it,” says Jordan.
Jordan meets Tim in a restaurant and admits he took the pig mask from Eddie’s trailer. Jordan’s drinking too much and not really eating, and Tim suggests he needs to take care of himself. Jordan’s furious the police aren’t doing anything about Eddie and confirms he’s taking the matter into his own hands. Jordan reveals he’s going to follow Eddie around until he leads him to the person who killed Beth.
Angry over Tim’s lack of support, Jordan slams down another drink and gets ready to leave. A friend comes over for a hug but neither she nor Tim can convince him to stay and finish his meal.
Eddie wakes up after a hard night and attacks a woman who walks into his home uninvited. Fortunately, he realizes she’s his girlfriend before he shoots her. His face looks rough and he reveals Sam beat the crap out of him. In further bad news, Eddie’s girlfriend lets him know Detective Garcia is still checking out his alibi for the day of the jewelry store robbery.
As they’re talking, Eddie realizes his pig mask is missing.
Later, Eddie makes it to work and he’s busy tending bar when the music changes to Patsy Cline’s “Crazy.” He says, “Motherf*cker,” and races out from behind the bar. He makes it through the crowd and over to the bartender, and she tells him a guy paid her $1,000 to play the song. She points out Jordan and he begins walking toward him but loses him in the crowd.
Jordan grabs Eddie’s girlfriend and pulls her into a hallway. He demands to know why she’s covering for Jordan and reveals he’s figured out she had his cell and made calls to create an alibi for Eddie. He warns her that when Eddie goes down, she’ll go down too. She agrees to tell him who actually killed Beth if he meets her later in the alley after the bar closes.
A short while later, Jordan meets Eddie’s girlfriend in the rain outside the club. She doesn’t want to be involved, and he’s late to notice Eddie’s walked up behind them. Eddie punches him in the face, warning him to stay away. Eddie keeps hitting him but Jordan gets in a few punches before Eddie pins him on the ground. Eddie delivers a few kicks to Jordan’s ribs while he’s kneeling trying to get up and then, surprisingly, confesses, “I didn’t mean to do it. She wasn’t supposed to die.”
One final kick renders Jordan unable to rise, and Eddie walks away mumbling, “No one was supposed to die.”
ABC’s The Rookie continues season one with an episode titled #The Hawke” airing on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 10pm ET/PT. Season one episode six was directed by Timothy Busfield from a script by Fredrick Kotto.
Guest starring in season one episode six are Danny Nucci as Detective Sanford Motta, Ryan Michelle Bathe as Detective Jennifer Paige, and Shawn Christian as Jeremy Hawke.
The season one cast includes Nathan Fillion as John Nolan, Alyssa Diaz as Angela Lopez, and Richard T. Jones as Sergeant Wade Grey. Titus Makin plays Jackson West, Mercedes Mason is Captain Zoe Andersen, Melissa O’Neil is Lucy Chen, Afton Williamson plays Talia Bishop, and Eric Winter is Tim Bradford.
“The Hawke” Plot – Nolan and the team must help capture a cop and his former mentor from the academy after he becomes a fugitive following an assault. Meanwhile, Officer Tim Bradford needs Officer Lucy Chen to learn to predict the moves of criminals in order to capture them.
The Season One Plot:
Starting over isn’t easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being a Los Angeles police officer. As the force’s oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis. If he can’t keep up with the young cops and the criminals, he’ll be risking lives including his own. But if he can use his life experience, determination and sense of humor to give him an edge, he may just become a success in this new chapter of his life.
Nathan Fillion in ‘The Rookie’ season 1 episode 6 (ABC/Eric McCandless)Eric Winter, Melissa O’Neil, Afton Williamson, Richard T Jones, and Nathan Fillion in episode 6 (ABC/Eric McCandless)Melissa O’Neil and Eric Winter in season 1 episode 6 (ABC/Eric McCandless)Afton Williamson and Nathan Fillion in season 1 episode 6 (ABC/Eric McCandless)Eric Winter, Melissa O’Neil, Afton Williamson, Richard T Jones, and Nathan Fillion in season 1 episode 6 (ABC/Eric McCandless)
