Netflix just released the full two and a half minute trailer for the holiday film, The Christmas Chronicles. One day after Halloween and apparently it’s now officially okay to begin celebrating Christmas season.
The family-friendly, reindeer-filled holiday movie stars Kurt Russell as Santa Claus. Commenting on Russell as St. Nick, The Christmas Chronicles director Clay Kaytis said, “No one is better suited than Kurt Russell to bring our version of a rugged, charismatic, and hilarious Santa Claus to life. From our first meeting, he completely threw himself into this iconic role – and grew an impressive beard in the process. It has been a dream come true to work with Kurt in creating what I believe will be the new definition of Santa Claus for generations to come.”
In addition to Kurt Russell, the cast includes Darby Camp and Judah Lewis. Matt Lieberman wrote the script and Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, and Michael Barnathan produce.
“Kurt is the definitive Santa Claus,” said producer Chris Columbus. “Charismatic, tough when needed with a wicked sense of humor. We’re really excited for audiences to see his performance onscreen and hope The Christmas Chronicles becomes a timeless classic.”
The Christmas Chronicles tells the story of sister and brother, Kate (Camp) and Teddy Pierce (Lewis), whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus (Russell) on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about. After staking out Santa’s arrival, they sneak into his sleigh, cause it to crash and nearly derail Christmas. As their wild night unfolds, Kate and Teddy work together with Santa – as you’ve never seen him before – and his loyal Elves to save Christmas before it’s too late.
Kurt Russell stars as Santa Claus in ‘The Christmas Chronicles’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Showtime is, wisely, dipping back into the world of Penny Dreadful. The network just announced a new chapter in the Penny Dreadful saga, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, will go into production in 2019. Showtime’s official announcement did not include any casting details or a targeted premiere date.
Original series creator John Logan returns to guide this new installment. Logan will write and executive produce City of Angels. Michael Aguilar (Kidding), Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) and Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road) are also on board to executive produce.
“We were so thrilled when John Logan came to us with this wildly original take on the Penny Dreadful mythology that explores both the human spirit and the spirit world here in California,” stated Gary Levine, President of Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels promises to be an extraordinary saga of familial love set against the terrifying monsters that are around us and within us.”
Creator John Logan said, “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels will have a social consciousness and historical awareness that we chose not to explore in the Penny Dreadful London storylines. We will now be grappling with specific historical and real world political, religious, social and racial issues. In 1938, Los Angeles was facing some hard questions about its future and its soul. Our characters must do the same. There are no easy answers. There are only powerful questions and arresting moral challenges. As always in the world of Penny Dreadful, there are no heroes or villains in this world, only protagonists and antagonists; complicated and conflicted characters living on the fulcrum of moral choice.”
Showtime debuted Penny Dreadful in 2014. The series ran for three seasons and earned 13 Primetime Emmy nominations.
The Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Plot:
“A spiritual descendant of the Penny Dreadful story set in Victorian-era London, the next chapter opens in 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension. Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels will explore an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of that period, creating new occult myths and moral dilemmas within a genuine historical backdrop. This chapter is a bold new vision that will employ all new characters and storylines.”
ABC’s The Good Doctor season two episode six titled “Two-Ply (or Not Two-Ply)” is set to air on Monday, November 5, 2018 at 10pm ET/PT. The medical drama’s November 5th episode was directed by Tara Nicole Weyr from a script by Simran Baidwan.
Season two episode six guest stars include Sheila Kelley as Debbie Wexler, Teryl Rothery as J.L. and Supinder Wraich as Jas Kohli. David Shore, Daniel Dae Kim, David Kim, and Sebastian Lee serve as executive producers.
The season two cast includes Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy, Antonia Thomas as Dr. Claire Browne, Nicholas Gonzalez as Dr. Neil Melendez, and Hill Harper as Dr. Marcus Andrews. Richard Schiff is Dr. Aaron Glassman, Tamlyn Tomita is Allegra Aoki, Christina Chang is Dr. Audrey Lim, Fiona Gubelmann is Dr. Morgan Reznick, Will Yun Lee is Dr. Alex Park, and Paige Spara plays Lea.
The “Two-Ply (or Not Two-Ply)” Plot – Morgan and Shaun’s indecision on how to treat a young violinist who visits the ER with an infected finger could affect her future in more ways than one. Meanwhile, Lim, Claire and Park can’t figure out if their young patient is really ill or looking for attention.
The Good Doctor Season 2 Plot:
Dr. Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocated to San Jose, California, to join the prestigious St. Bonaventure Hospital’s surgical unit. Alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those around him, his only advocate, Dr. Aaron Glassman, challenged the skepticism and prejudices of the hospital’s board and staff by bringing him in to join the team. Shaun’s world has begun to expand as he continues to work harder than he ever has before, navigating his new environment and relationships to prove to his colleagues that his extraordinary medical gifts will save lives.
Fiona Gubelmann, Freddie Highmore, Nicholas Gonzalez, and Supinder Wraich in ‘The Good Doctor’ season 2 episode 6 (ABC/David Bukach)Caitlin Carmichael, Will Yun Lee, and Jewel Staite (ABC/David Bukach)Paige Spara and Freddie Highmore (ABC/Jack Rowand)Freddie Highmore in season 2 episode 6 (ABC/Jack Rowand)Caitlin Carmichael and Christina Chang in ‘The Good Doctor’ (ABC/David Bukach)
Julia Roberts and Stephan James in ‘Homecoming’ (Photo by Jessica Brooks / Amazon)
Amazon Prime Video’s intriguing new psychological thriller Homecoming premieres on November 2, 2018. The chilling and all-too-real drama is a slow build well worth investing time to watch unfold. The drama marks the first time Oscar winner Julia Roberts has taken on a starring role in a television series, and the 10-episode first season confirms she held out for the right project.
Homecoming was created by Mr. Robot’s Sam Esmail and for fans of his unique storytelling style, this conspiracy thriller will definitely fill the void as we impatiently await the debut of Mr. Robots‘ final season in 2019. Julia Roberts and Sam Esmail are the perfect team to flesh out Micah Bloomberg and Eli Horowitz’s podcast.
The series requires you pay attention to the details that unfold in each episode. (Don’t multi-task while binging it.) The dual timelines are relatively easy to follow, however small clues are dropped each episode that are critical but might be overlooked if you’re not devoting your full attention.
One timeline follows Heidi Bergman (Roberts) during her employment as a caseworker at the high security Homecoming Transitional Support Center in Florida. The facility’s mission is to help veterans through any emotional or mental issues stemming from their deployments overseas. Heidi’s dedicated to the mission and finds one veteran in particular who she connects with.
Walter Cruz (Stephan James) and Heidi develop a mutual respect for each other that transitions into a friendship during their therapy sessions. More so than any of the other troubled veterans at Homecoming, Heidi is determined to help Walter get his feet back under him so he can rejoin civilian life.
Heidi’s job is to hold sessions with the veterans and help deal with their PTSD. The veterans are also put through training sessions in which they role play interactions with friends from their civilian lives.
The second timeline is set four years later and also focuses on Heidi Bergman. In the future timeline, Heidi’s no longer employed at Homecoming. She lives at home with her mother (played by Sissy Spacek) and works as a waitress. She claims not to remember anything from the months she was working with the soldiers.
Bobby Cannavale co-stars as Heidi’s Homecoming boss, Colin Belfast. He’s obsessive, obnoxious, and driven to prove the methodology employed by the Homecoming staff to help veterans produces the intended results.
Boardwalk Empire’s Shea Whigham plays Department of Defense auditor Thomas Corrasco who’s charged with looking into a complaint made by Walter Cruz. Thomas interviews Heidi in 2022 and finds her so vague that he launches an investigation into the events that transpired in 2018.
Corrasco, and the series, focus on the key questions: What’s Heidi hiding and why is there a lengthy period of time where her memory appears to have been wiped clean?
Julia Roberts stars in ‘Homecoming’ (Photo Credit: Tod Campbell / Amazon)
Discussing the series, Esmail said, “The inspirations are Alfred Hitchcock and Brian DePalma— a throwback to character-based thrillers. It’s Baroque and Pastiche without actually throwing it back into the past.”
Series creator Esmail strove to make Homecoming feel intimate rather than cinematic, and he accomplished that via lengthy takes and dialogue-driven rather than action-heavy scenes.
Homecoming methodically unfolds the details as to why Heidi can’t recall her five months as a Homecoming employee, peeling back the layers in a deliberate, mesmerizing fashion. Mr. Robot fans will recognize Esmail’s visual style in Homecoming, and this podcast adaptation that leans heavily on providing key details via phone conversations fits snugly in Esmail’s wheelhouse.
It’s difficult to make a phone conversation between two individuals feel dynamic, yet Esmail accomplishes it with split screens and shot framing that engages the eye.
Julia Roberts is impressive in one of her juiciest roles in years. Roberts plays what’s basically two roles in the series since the Heidi of 2018 has little in common with the Heidi of 2022. 2018’s version is assertive, driven, and committed to her work. 2022’s Heidi has little ambition or desire to improve her situation despite the fact she’s unhappy with her circumstances.
Stephan James is equally terrific as the veteran who attempts to remain positive about his time in rehab while also understanding there’s something dark and devastating lurking not far beneath the surface.
Everything from the score to the talented ensemble of supporting actors (Dermot Mulroney, Jeremy Allen White, Alex Karpovsky, and Marianne Jean-Babtiste) to the production design is first-rate. Amazon’s built up an impressive stable of original series, and with Homecoming they’ve delivered an extraordinary series that will stimulate conversation (and generate awards nominations).
The CW’s The Flash season five episode four revealed why Nora doesn’t not get along with Iris. It also found XS attempting to kill The Flash only to be saved by Nora in the knick of time. In addition, episode four moved the search for the identity of Cicada along through detective work by the team of Sherloque and Ralph.
And for those wondering way Jesse L. Martin has been noticeably absent from much of the action this season, TVLine reports Martin’s recovering from a back injury that’s required this season of The Flash show him seated in most of his scenes. The network released a statement confirming the report: “Jesse Martin is taking a medical leave of absence from The Flash. We wish him a full and speedy recovery and look forward to his return as Detective Joe West.”
Up next, season five episode five titled “All Doll’d Up” airing on November 13, 2018. Episode five was directed by Phil Chipera from a script by Thomas Pound and Sterling Gates.
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 “All Doll’d Up” Plot: BARRY AND IRIS TEAM UP TO STOP A DANGEROUS META NAMED RAG DOLL — Nora (Parker Kennedy) lets something slip about the future that devastates Iris (Patton). In an attempt to distract his wife, Barry (Gustin) asks Iris to team up to stop a new meta, Rag Doll (guest star Troy James). Meanwhile, Caitlin (Panabaker) learns something about her father.
Stephen King’s on a hot streak when it comes to network’s snatching up his novels. The latest King novel to earn a television adaptation is Joyland, with Freeform putting a series based on the book into development.
According to Stephen King’s official site, the novel was inspired by the image of a boy in a wheelchair flying a kite. The image apparently stayed with King for 20 years before he wrote the book. “[…]The pieces didn’t fall into place until a connection was made with placing the story in an amusement park setting and the story soon followed,” per StephenKing.com.
“We are honored to be working with Stephen King – a master storyteller who understands the importance of culturally embedded tales that resonate with audiences on a deeply personal level,” stated Karey Burke, executive vice president, Programming and Development, Freeform. “We can’t wait for Joyland to become part of Freeform’s offerings and haunt our viewers as only Stephen can.”
The Joyland adaptation has Chris Peña (Jane the Virgin) and Cyrus Nowrasteh (The Stoning of Soraya M.) attached to write the pilot. Peña and Nowrasteh are also producing Joyland, and Bill Haber’s Ostar Productions (Valor) is on board to executive produce.
The Book’s Plot:
“After realizing his romantic life is not going in the direction he’d hoped, Devin Jones decides to take a summer job at an amusement park. There he makes friends with Tom Kennedy and Erin Cook, also summer hires at Joyland, which years before had been the scene of the murder of a young woman named Linda Gray whose ghost is said to be seen at the Horror House. He also befriends a young boy, named Mike Ross and his mother, Annie. Their lives all become entwined when Devin decides to investigate the mystery of Linda Gray’s unsolved murder by the ‘Carny Killer.'”
The CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season four episode three finds the team getting involved with the British Monarchy. Love the costumes but I’m a bit disappointed the episode’s advance photos don’t include a single Corgi!
Season four episode three is titled “Dancing Queen” and was directed by Kristin Windell from a script by James Eagan and Morgan Faust. “Dancing Queen” will air on November 5, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT.
Season four cast members include Caity Lotz as Sara, Brandon Routh as Ray, Nick Zano as Nate, Dominic Purcell as Rory, and Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Charlie. The cast also includes Tala Ashe as Zari, Matt Ryan as Constantine, Jes Macallan as Ava Sharpe, Courtney Ford as Nora Darhk, and Ramona Young as Mona.
The “Dancing Queen” Plot: LONG LIVE THE CORGI — When the Legends discover a fugitive is hiding in 1970’s London, they realize he is part of a gang that is targeting the British Monarchy. Trying to stop the gang, they realize someone from the Legends must infiltrate them. Surprising everyone, Ray (Routh) is the one to gain their trust after he is put through a series of tests with help from Sara (Lotz) and Rory (Purcell). Meanwhile, Gary (guest star Adam Tsekhman) shows Nate (Zano) the ropes at the Time Bureau, but it turns out to be anything other than an ordinary day at the office.
Season one of ABC’s The Rookie takes a two week break and then returns on November 13, 2018 with an episode titled “The Switch.” Season one episode four was directed by Toa Fraser from a script by Vincent Angell. Steven Allerick and Cameron Gharaee guest star.
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.
Alexi Hawley (Castle, The Following), Mark Gordon, Michelle Chapman, Jon Steinberg, and series star Nathan Fillion serve as executive producers.
“The Switch” Plot” – The rookies are temporarily paired with new training officers, and Officer Nolan is paired with Officer Lopez. When Nolan and Lopez track down an escaped criminal, they discover a little kindness goes a long way. Meanwhile, Jackson is forced to face his fears when he is partnered with Officer Bradford, while Officer Chen and Nolan must face a hard truth.
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 4 (ABC/Eric McCandless)Alyssa Diaz in season 1 episode 4 (ABC/Eric McCandless)Nathan Fillion and Alyssa Diaz (ABC/Eric McCandless)Eric Winter in ‘The Rookie’ season 1 episode 4 (ABC/Eric McCandless)Melissa O’Neil in season 1 episode 4 (ABC/Eric McCandless)
“You can’t blame yourself for something future you might do,” says Barry (Grant Gustin) to Iris (Candice Patton) while trying to comfort her after she finds out why her daughter from the future, Nora (Jessica Parker Kennedy), wants nothing to do with her in season five episode four of The CW’s The Flash.
The episode begins with a scene from the night of “The Enlightenment” and Nora helping Barry destroy the satellite. A young female who’s running around recording the event on her phone is saved from falling debris by XS. When she tries to snap a selfie with XS, the speedster races off. The woman, who turns out to be a female journalist, notices that her phone has a new weird glow to it.
Back to present day and Iris is burning breakfast in the hopes of having a family meal together. It doesn’t go well. Barry tries to be supportive and eat the inedible food while Nora tells her mom she’s not a breakfast person. Nora receives a text from Sherloque (Tom Cavanaugh) saying he needs them at S.T.A.R. Labs.
Sherloque is about to go over his notes on Cicada with Team Flash and notices Cisco isn’t there. He asks about his whereabouts and Barry tells him he’s recovering from his wounds and laying low at his parents. (WHAT! This is the first episode since The Flash series started missing Carlos Valdes as Cisco. More on this later in the review). While going over everything they know about Cicada, Sherloque has deduced that Cicada and his weapon got there powers at the same time.
Ralph (Hartley Sawyer) asks about Cicada’s mask and suggests they follow it as a lead, but Sherloque shoots down the idea saying he only uses it to hide his identity. Barry and the gang head out participate in the softball game between CCPD and CCFD while Sherloque and Ralph stay behind to work on figuring out the identity of Cicada.
At the game, Barry’s once again put out in right field. He doesn’t use his powers and plays fairly badly. Nora’s about to get food when she’s hypnotized by seeing a message on her phone.
A member of the CCPD named Jonesy walks out onto the field carrying a backpack. Cecile gets a sense something is wrong and XS speeds onto the field, grabs Jonesy’s backpack, and throws it up into the air where is explodes. Barry touches Nora who comes out of her trance and asks what’s going on. “You just saved everyone.” replies Barry.
Ralph and Sherloque visit the place where Cicada fought Barry and Elongated Man looking for a piece of evidence from the mask he wears. Sherloque is convinced it’s a big waste of time, but Ralph finds a substance that’s part of the mask and should lead them to where the mask is used.
Iris notices a former co-worker of hers, Spencer Young (Kiana Madeira), has her own blog and is posting about all of XS’ feats. Iris meets with Spencer at Jitters to try to talk her out of posting any more stories. After a very quick catch up, Iris tells Spencer someone is targeting metas and if she keeps writing about XS, she could make her a target. Spencer blows it off saying she’ll make her famous and risk is part of the job. As Spencer leaves, she reminds Iris that she used to do the same thing with The Flash a few years back. Iris claims that was different, but Spencer just insults her and leaves.
Barry and Nora examine Jonesy and he tells her to send the information to Caitlin at S.T.A.R. Labs. Jonesy swears he doesn’t remember doing it and doesn’t even know how or where he would ever make a bomb. An upset Joe (Jesse L. Martin) reveals he’s seen video of Jonesy taking bomb parts from the evidence area in CCPD. Joe just can’t understand how Jonesy could go bad.
There’s a fire across town so Barry and Nora speed over to help put it out. Nora doesn’t know what to do and Barry assures her he’ll walk her through it. As he’s explaining to Nora how to superspeed her arms in a rotation motion to put out the fire, Spencer, who’s there filming everything on her phone gets impatient and sends a message to a sign that Barry sees telling The Flash to go to Las Vegas. Hypnotized, The Flash speeds off. Nora yells after him and asks Team Flash for help on her intercom.
Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) tracks Barry and sees he’s heading west fast. Iris takes over and walks Nora through how to put out the fire which works. (This scene is very reminiscent to when Wells first taught Barry how to put fires out with his speed in season one).
Barry returns from his trip to the outskirts of Vegas and tells Team Flash he has no memory of what made him do that. Caitlin theorizes that Barry, Nora, and Jonesy are victims of somehow being hypnotized. She checks out their suits and Jonesy’s brain scan for clues. Iris suspects Spencer is behind it all because of her blog posts and their time stamps. Nora, a fan of Spencer’s blog, doesn’t want to believe it.
Ralph and Sherloque’s investigation lead them to a construction factory and they talk to the foreman about the masks. He walks them inside where they see that every employee wears that mask for safety purposes and that they’re not the only company to use them. Sherloque guesses that thousands of employees from many companies use the mask. They thank the foreman for his time and leave. Across the room, Cicada is working but has noticed their visit.
Barry and Iris send Nora out with a special watch. Her task is to bump into Spencer at Jitters and use the watch to see if she’is a meta. When Nora does bump into Spencer, instead of doing what she’s supposed to do she starts gushing about being a big fan of hers. Spencer loves the flattery and starts to flirt with her.
With their plan going south, Iris goes in and reminds Nora they’re late for an event and tells her to look at her watch. Nora activates the gadget and it shows that Spencer is not a metahuman. Spencer leaves and Nora’s mad at Iris for interfering. Iris attempts to explain she’s just looking out for her, and Nora confesses she knows Iris put a power-dampening chip in her when she was young. Nora, crying, tells her shocked mother she only discovered she had powers six months ago. She knows her mother tried to keep her from being who she really is and always tries to control her. Shocked, Iris begins to cry and has nothing to say.
Later at S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry tells Iris that Nora will forgive her and he’s sure what she did she must have done out of love. Iris remains shocked she would do that to her own daughter.
Sherloque accidentally scares Caitlin by coming up behind her and tells her he needs her help. He needs her to punch him in his diaphragm. Caitlin won’t and he starts taunting her into doing it by saying he’s all brains and no brawn, too weak to do it. Caitlin knows what he’s trying to do and it worked.
Sherloque puts on the mask and Caitlin punches him hard. She asks the bent-over Sherloque if he’s okay and she hears his heavy breathing. “You sound like Cicada,” says Caitlin just as an alert about Central City Stadium goes off. Barry and Nora race off to look for a bomb in the stadium. After flashing around they find nothing. Iris notices the time of the bomb alert posting and the first 911 call and figures out it’s a trap set up by Spencer.
Spencer is at the stadium and sends a hypno-message to the game board telling XS to kill The Flash. Hypnotized, Nora attacks Barry. Barry speeds around the stadium trying to avoid Nora who chases after him, hot on his heels.
Iris grabs a special dart gun and loads it. She tells Caitlin to take over and uses the breacher tech to open a breach to the stadium. Nora and Barry end up colliding and just as Nora’s about to “Reverse-Flash” punch him to death, Iris shoots her with a powers dampening dart. Sherloque deduces Spencer must still be in the stadium if she was sending the electronic messages and recording the fight. Barry catches up to Spencer as she’s trying to leave. He cuffs her and takes her phone away.
Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Sherloque tells Team Flash he believes Cicada’s lungs were injured from the dark matter and debris from the satellite falling and crashing in a different direction. He apologizes to Ralph and lets everyone know he discovered this by following Ralph’s lead about the mask. The team also realize the satellite crash also caused meta tech like Spencer’s phone.
Iris finds Nora and apologizes for dampening her powers. At first Nora thinks Iris is talking about the dart, but Iris explains she’s talking about in the future and that she knows she must have had a good reason. Nora becomes really upset, yelling at her mom and telling her she took all choice away and only did it to control her. Barry walks in and hears what’s going on. To Nora’s dismay, he backs Iris. Barry believes that if future Iris did this, she must have had a good reason because keeping her family safe is everything to Iris. Nora, feeling betrayed and hurt, goes to stay at Joe’s.
The last scene shows Cicada at home in terrible pain. He grabs a metal pole which he realizes he can crush with one hand. Cicada’s wound on his chest is expanding and getting worse.
The Flash Season 5 Episode 4 Review:
Slow, boring, and missing a key cast member, season five episode four titled “News Flash” is one of the most forgettable episodes of the series to date. The big revelation of why Nora doesn’t want anything to do with Iris was one of the better scenes in the episode and the only interesting element in the plot. Jessica Parker Kennedy has wonderful chemistry with Grant Gustin, but unfortunately has zero with her co-star Candice Patton. Every scene featuring them interacting felt forced.
The interaction and way-too-short investigation by Ralph and Sherloque into finding the identity of Cicada was far more interesting and entertaining than the main storyline.
Now to the biggest complaint and weakness about this episode… Writing Cisco out of this episode with a poor excuse about “staying low and recovering from wounds at his parents” is not acceptable at all! Since the series began, Grant Gustin, Danielle Panabaker, and Carlos Valdes have been in every episode of the show because they are the original “Team Flash.” It’s their scenes together, their chemistry and characters that have helped make the show the number one rated series on The CW. This might have been a move to give more screen time to Iris and Nora, but hopefully this isn’t a trend fans and critics can expect to last – or even be repeated for that matter.
Fox’s season two episode seven of The Resident is set to air on Monday, November 5, 2018 at 8pm ET/PT. World of Dance‘s Jenna Dewan continues her run on the series in a guest starring role with the episode titled “Trial & Error.”
The guest cast also includes Tasso Feldman as Dr. Irving Feldman, Tasie Lawrence as Priya Nair, Julianna Guill as Jessie Nevin, Jessica Miesel as Nurse Jessica Moore, Mary Shaw as Dr. Mary Bolton, and Andy Milder as Dr. Stefan Kisic. Joe Holt as Ernest Levasseur, Linda Park as Janine Levasseur, Rona Benson as Resident One, Ty Trumbo as John Losurdo, Alora Brooke Johnson as Ingrid Losurdo, Victoria Ealy as Sarah Losurdo, Joshua Rivera as Mauricio, Valerie Sue Love as Nurse Erica and Mayumi Roller as Adele also appear in guest starring roles.
Season two stars Matt Czuchry as Conrad Hawkins, Bruce Greenwood as Dr. Randolph Bell, Emily VanCamp as Nicolette, Manish Dayal as Devon Pravesh, Shaunette Renée Wilson as Mina Okafor, Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Dr. AJ Austin, Jane Leeves as Dr. Kit Voss, and Glenn Morshower as Marshall Winthrop.
The “Trial & Error” Plot: When patients from the hospital’s prescription drug trial start suffering life threatening side effects, Nic fears that her sister Jessie may be in danger. As a result, she and Conrad work to convince Bell that these trials are not worth the risk. Meanwhile, Mina, Austin and Kit must set aside their competitive nature and work together on a patient whose health is quickly deteriorating and Devon uses Julian (guest star Jenna Dewan) as the beta tester for a product he’s designed in the all-new “Trial & Error” episode.
