Season one of The CW’s The Outpost comes to an end with episode 10 airing October 2, 2018. The season finale is titled “The Dragman is Coming” and was directed by Jason Faller from a script he co-wrote with Kynan Griffin.
The cast is led by Jessica Green (Ash vs Evil Dead) as Talon. Season one also features Jake Stormoen as Garret, Imogen Waterhouse as Gwynn, Anand Desai-Barochia as Janzo, Philip Brodie as Everit dred, Andrew Howard as Wythers, and Robyn Malcolm.
Kynan Griffin and Jason Faller created the series and serve as executive producers along with Dean Devlin (The Librarians), Marc Roskin, Rachel Olschan-Wilson, and Jonathan Glassner (Stargate SG-1). Faller and Griffin wrote all 10 episodes and John Lyde directed four, including episode one.
“The Dragman is Coming” Plot: TALON FACES A TOUGH DECISION– Talon (Jessica Green), Garret (Jake Stormoen), and Janzo (Anand Desai Barochia) return from the Greyskin wastelands to find the Outpost very different from how they left it. Talon faces Dred (Philip Brodie), but is torn between getting revenge and saving her friends.
The Outpost Season 1 Plot:
“The Outpost follows Talon, the lone survivor of a race called “Blackbloods.” Years after her entire village is destroyed by a gang of brutal mercenaries, Talon travels to a lawless fortress on the edge of the civilized world, as she tracks the killers of her family. On her journey to this outpost, Talon discovers she possesses a mysterious supernatural power that she must learn to control in order to save herself, and defend the world against a fanatical religious dictator.”
The much-anticipated first trailer for Dark Phoenix has dropped and within hours of debuting on 20th Century Fox’s official YouTube channel, it had already garnered more than 8,400 comments. Scrolling through, the response is mixed. However, most fans appear to appreciate how the tone differs from X-Men: Apocalypse.
The cast of Dark Phoenix is led by Game of Thrones‘ Sophie Turner as Jean Grey / Phoenix. The cast of the X-Men film also includes James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as Raven / Mystique. Nicholas Hoult is Hank McCoy / Beast, Tye Sheridan is Scott Summers / Cyclops, Alexandra Shipp is Ororo Munroe / Storm, Kodi Smit-McPhee is Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler, Evan Peters is Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver, and Jessica Chastain is Smith.
Simon Kinberg wrote and directed Dark Phoenix. He also served as a producer along with Hutch Parker, Lauren Shuler Donner, and Todd Hallowell.
20th Century Fox is set to release the action adventure film in theaters on June 7, 2019.
The Plot:
“In Dark Phoenix, the X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe: one of their own, Jean Grey. During a rescue mission in space, Jean is nearly killed when she is hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. Wrestling with this entity inside her, Jean unleashes her powers in ways she can neither comprehend nor contain.
With Jean spiraling out of control, and hurting the ones she loves most, she begins to unravel the very fabric that holds the X-Men together. Now, with this family falling apart, they must find a way to unite — not only to save Jean’s soul, but to save our very planet from aliens who wish to weaponize this force and rule the galaxy.”
Season five of The CW’s The Flash will feature Barry and Iris’ now grown speedster daughter, Nora. The upcoming season will also find Team Flash member Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker) attempting to learn more about Killer Frost and how the two came to be connected when she was just a child.
During the San Diego Comic Con, Panabaker sat down for roundtable interviews to discuss the new season (without giving away any spoilers). Panabaker will be adding The Flash director to her résumé this season, and she also briefly talked about taking the helm of a season five episode.
The Flash season five premieres on October 9, 2018 at 8pm ET/PT on The CW.
Congratulations on directing an episode this season.
Danielle Panabaker: “I am. I’m excited to do it. I mean, I couldn’t do it without the support of my Flash family, in particular Tom Cavanagh and Todd Helbing. It wouldn’t be possible without them.”
Do you know which episode you’re going to be directing?
Danielle Panabaker: “Episode 18.”
Season four episode 22 had a huge reveal about Caitlin and Killer Frost, and the fact Killer Frost has been inside her for years. Are we going to get more of that backstory?
Danielle Panabaker: “I hope we’re finally going to get to the origin story. I think that was part of my frustration with last year was I didn’t think we asked enough ‘why’ questions. We didn’t understand her motivation and those sorts of things. When we slow down and go back and try and understand how she came to be, I think that will continue in an investigation that we’ll learn more about her.”
Who will help her get to the truth?
Danielle Panabaker: “I think she learned her lesson from trying to go off on her own previously and fix things by herself which she tried to do in season three. So, I think she will be going to the rest of Team Flash for help and support with this.”
Will that be a driving force for Caitlin this year?
Danielle Panabaker: “I think that’s going to be her mission is to understand how Killer Frost came to be. It is a big curveball and it’s a revelation to know that it wasn’t from the particle accelerator explosion. I think we’re going to go from there to learn more.”
And her meta-schizophrenia is going to be a huge part of the show now?
Danielle Panabaker: (Laughing) “I don’t know about meta-schizophrenia. You know, it was always described to me as a bit like the Hulk. But I would still like to understand why they call her Killer Frost because as far as I’ve seen, she hasn’t been particularly killer-y.”
What’s it been like as an actress to explore that side of the character?
Danielle Panabaker: “It’s really fun. I feel like one of the benefits of being on a superhero show is you get to really play the extremes.”
Caitlin was actually thrown into the action more last season, especially in episode 22 when she told Barry that it’s not a burden if they handle things together. Will she be coming out of the lab more this season?
Danielle Panabaker: “I hope so. I don’t know. I do personally like seeing her out of S.T.A.R. Labs. That’s a totally selfish thing but I like it when she gets out and puts boots to the ground.”
And it would give you less medical jargon to learn.
Danielle Panabaker: “For sure. I’m really ready for Tom to come back so he can take some of the heavy lifting off.”
Will there be more development in the relationship with Caitlin’s mother in regards to Killer Frost?
Danielle Panabaker: “What I will say about that is we’ve gotten this big reveal of Killer Frost being a part of Caitlin since she was a child. And when you have questions about your childhood, aren’t your parents the first place you go?”
We’ve heard they’re going to be shooting less of the whole team together and more of a couple of characters off doing separate things. Are there any of the characters that you would really look forward to spending more one-on-one time with instead of in a big group?
Danielle Panabaker: “I’m excited to have more time with Carlos. […] But, you know, everybody to be honest. I feel like those cortex scenes can sometimes do a bit of a disservice. I mean, obviously Tom Cavanagh is spectacular. We got coffee together once and I think there’s so much more we can do and play. Obviously, all the new characters, we get to know them and spend more quality time with them.”
The youngest cast ever assembled are sparkling up their wardrobe and breaking in their dancing shoes on ‘Dancing with the Stars: Juniors’ (ABC/Eric McCandless)
The first-ever junior edition of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars‘ cast has been revealed ahead of its Sunday, October 7, 2018 season premiere. In addition to the dancing teams announcement, Dancing with the Stars‘ Jordan Fisher and Frankie Muniz are confirmed as hosts the special season of kid dancers. The judging panel will consist of Val Chmerkovskiy, This is Us‘ Mandy Moore, and Adam Rippon.
The 12 celebrity kids featured on Dancing with the Stars: Juniors include a pro skateboarder, the youngest boy to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and a former beauty pagent contestant.
The 2018 Juniors dance teams and their mentors are:
Addison Osta Smith with Lev Khmelev, mentored by Keo Motsepe
Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson with Tristan Ianiero, mentored by Artem Chigvintsev
Akash Vukoti with Kamri Peterson, mentored by Witney Carson
Ariana Greenblatt with Artyon Celestine, mentored by Brandon Armstrong
Hudson West with Kameron Couch, mentored by Hayley Erbert
Jason Maybaum with Elliana Walmsley, mentored by Emma Slater
Mackenzie Ziegler with Sage Rosen, mentored by Gleb Savchenko
Mandla Morris with Brightyn Brems, mentored by Cheryl Burke
Miles Brown with Rylee Arnold, mentored by Lindsay Arnold
Sky Brown with JT Church, mentored by Alan Bersten
Sophia Pippen with Jake Monreal, mentored by Sasha Farber
Tripp Palin with Hailey Bills, mentored by Jenna Johnson
The special season featuring young competitors will kick off with a two-hour premiere. Per the network, the season “is a fresh take on an established favorite in which 12 celebrity kids will be partnered with professional junior ballroom dancers to perform choreographed routines, which will be judged by Emmy Award-winning choreographer Mandy Moore, professional dancer Val Chmerkovskiy and Dancing with the Stars: Athletes champion, Adam Rippon.”
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Dominique Fishback in ‘The Deuce’ (Photo: Paul Schiraldi/HBO)
Season two of HBO’s critically acclaimed dramatic series The Deuce continues with four new episodes airing in October 2018. The series stars James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal and comes from George Pelecanos and David Simon.
Season two regulars also include Gary Carr, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Margarita Levieva, Dominique Fishback, Emily Meade, Lawrence Gilliard, Jr, Chris Bauer, Michael Rispoli, and Chris Coy. Newcomers to season two include Luke Kirby (Rectify) and Jamie Neumann (The Looming Tower).
The season two guest stars are Zoe Kazan (The Big Sick), Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid), Mustafa Shakir (Marvel’s Luke Cage), David Krumholtz (Living Biblically), Don Harvey (The Night Of), Cliff “Method Man” Smith (8 Mile), Daniel Sauli (House of Cards), and Sepidah Moafi (Falling Water).
The Season 2 Plot:
Amid a city that is as culturally dynamic as it is dystopic, the show finds its protagonists living at the apex of the Golden Age of Porn, when the dream of a mainstream X-rated film business is suddenly a credible reality, and the culture of pornography and its blatant commodification of sex is finding increasing traction among more and more Americans.
Disco and punk are in full swing, and police corruption and political tolerance for New York’s midtown demimonde is at its height. And the Mafia, the early backer of pornography at the moment when courts declared for its legality, is now seemingly poised to reap great profits. A comparable – and, in some ways, more professional – porn industry is rising on the West Coast as well. But for now, New York is holding its own in a city flush with movies, music and art, as the drug-fueled party rages around the clock.
The Deuce October 2018 Episodes:
Episode #13 (season 2, episode 5): “All You’ll Be Eating Is Cannibals”
Debut date: SUNDAY, OCT. 7 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Temporarily flush with cash, Frankie (James Franco) is tapped by Candy (Maggie Gyllenhaal) to be a co-producer on “Red Hot.” Lori (Emily Meade) eyes a plum role in the film, but still feels the burden of C.C.’s (Gary Carr) yoke. With Rudy’s (Michael Rispoli) blessing, Big Mike (Mustafa Shakir) and Black Frankie (Thaddeus Street) hit a gambling house in the Bronx. Bobby (Chris Bauer) finds himself stigmatized at home and at the Hi-Hat after a surprise raid overseen by Alston (Lawrence Gilliard, Jr.).
Paul (Chris Coy) encounters resistance to his elaborate renovation plans. Out of rehab, Shay (Kim Director) is convinced to move in with a nurturing Irene (Robeta Colindrez). As she and Abby (Margarita Levieva) deliver on their promise to provide medical care to sex workers, Ashley (Jamie Neumann) decides to confront her past…and doesn’t blink.
Written by Richard Price & Carl Capotorto; directed by Zetna Fuentes.
Episode #14 (season 2, episode 6): “We’re All Beasts”
Debut date: SUNDAY, OCT. 14 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Candy (Maggie Gyllenhaal) shoots her opus guerilla-style on the streets of New York. Vincent (James Franco) makes a confession to Abby (Margarita Levieva), along with a promise to change. Ashley (Jamie Neumann) and Abby help a prostitute escape the Deuce, with a little help from Vincent. Larry Brown (Gbenga Akinnagbe) gets a promotion. Paul (Chris Coy) celebrates the opening of his new upscale club. Bobby (Chris Bauer) turns to Vincent to find work for his wayward eldest son, Joey (Michael Gandolfini).
Written by Megan Abbott & Stephani DeLuca; directed by Susanna White.
Episode #15 (season 2, episode 7): “The Feminism Part”
Debut date: SUNDAY, OCT. 21 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Trapped by his own success, Vincent (James Franco) envisions an idyllic rural life with Abby (Margarita Levieva). Candy (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is frustrated by her mob backers’ misogyny and weighs telling her son, Adam (Mikey Moughan), what she really does for a living. Shay (Kim Director) reverts to form, to Irene’s (Robeta Colindrez) dismay. Joey (Michael Gandolfini) falls in love. Darlene (Dominique Fishback) deals with unexpected news. Lori (Emily Meade) hits a roadblock in her quest for adult-film stardom. Alston (Lawrence Gilliard, Jr.) faces a dilemma involving his old partner, Flanagan (Don Harvey). Paul (Chris Coy) and Kenneth (Michael Stahl-David) arrive at a crossroads.
Written by Will Ralston; directed by Tricia Brock.
Episode #16 (season 2, episode 8): “Nobody Has to Get Hurt”
Debut date: SUNDAY, OCT. 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Rudy (Michael Rispoli) and Matty the Horse (Garry Pastore) buy Lori (Emily Meade) away from C.C. (Gary Carr), who has a back-end agenda. Abby (Margarita Levieva), Dave (Sebastian Arcelus) and Loretta (Sepideh Moafi) warn Ashley (Jamie Neumann) about the dangers of her aggressive activism. Goldman (Luke Kirby) shares his plans for cleaning up the Deuce with Alston (Lawrence Gilliard, Jr.). Larry Brown (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is reunited with a girl from his past. Vincent (James Franco) turns to his father (Armand Assante) for relationship advice. Candy (Maggie Gyllenhaal) puts the finishing touches on “Red Hot” in advance of its premiere.
Written by George Pelecanos; directed by Tanya Hamilton.
Tom Cullen and Mark Hamill star in season 2 of ‘Knightfall’ (Photo Courtesy of History)
History’s just released the first official photo of Mark Hamill (the Star Wars film franchise) from season two of Knightfall. Hamill appears in the second season photo alongside series star Tom Cullen who’ll be reprising his role as Templar Knight Landry.
According to History, Mark Hamill will be playing a character named Talus. Talus is described as “a battle-hardened Knight Templar veteran of the Crusades, who survived captivity for ten years in the Holy Land and is tasked with training the new initiates to the Order.”
Season two of the critically acclaimed dramatic series is currently shooting in Prague.
Knightfall was created by Don Handfield (Touchback, The Founder, Kill the Messenger) and Richard Rayner (L.A. Without A Map). Handfield and Rayner serve as executive producers along with Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, Jeremy Renner, Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff, Rick Jacobson, Barry Jossen, and Arturo Interian.
The Knightfall Plot:
Knightfall goes inside the medieval politics and warfare of the Knights Templar, the most powerful, wealthy and mysterious military order of the Middle Ages who were entrusted with protecting Christianity’s most precious relics. The story of the Knights Templar has never been fully told until now, and the series goes deep into the clandestine world of this legendary brotherhood of warrior monks to learn who these knights were, how they lived, and what they died believing.
Starring Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey, Gunpowder) as the courageous and headstrong Templar Knight, Landry, who last season we left grief-stricken but hopeful, season two will explore this dark time in history from the Templar perspective, embracing an authentically grittier, darker, and more brutal Medieval period than has ever been seen before.
Trailer #2 has arrived along with a new poster for the upcoming sequel to the Rocky spinoff, Creed. Creed II finds Michael B Jordan (Black Panther) reprising his role as Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed. Sylvester Stallone returns as Rocky Balboa, the character he originated in the three-time Oscar winning film, Rocky, released in 1976.
In addition to Michael B Jordan and Sylvester Stallone, the sequel’s cast includes Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Russell Hornsby, Florian “Big Nasty” Munteanu, Andre Ward, Phylicia Rashad, and Dolph Lundgren.
Steven Caple Jr directed from a script by Sylvester Stallone and Cheo Hodari Coker. Stallone, Kevin King-Templeton, Charles Winkler, William Chartoff, David Winkler, and Irwin Winkler served as producers. Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, and Guy Riedel executive produced.
The Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures production will open in theaters on November 21, 2018.
The Creed II Plot:
“Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed (Jordan). Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family’s past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa (Stallone) is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what’s worth fighting for, and discover that nothing’s more important than family.
Creed II is about going back to basics to rediscover what made you a champion in the first place, and remembering that, no matter where you go, you can’t escape your history.”
A Look Back at the Plot of Creed:
“Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there’s no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed’s legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa. Once in the City of Brotherly Love, Adonis tracks Rocky down and asks him to be his trainer. Despite his insistence that he is out of the fight game for good, Rocky sees in Adonis the strength and determination he had known in Apollo—the fierce rival who became his closest friend.
Agreeing to take him on, Rocky trains the young fighter, even as the former champ is battling an opponent more deadly than any he faced in the ring. With Rocky in his corner, it isn’t long before Adonis gets his own shot at the title…but can he develop not only the drive but also the heart of a true fighter, in time to get into the ring?”
Kimrie Lewis, Leighton Meester, Jake Choi, Taran Killam, and Brad Garrett star in ‘Single Parents’ (ABC / F. Scott Schafer)
Have you missed Taran Killam since he left Saturday Night Live at the end of the 2015-16 season? Well, he’s back in the ABC comedy Single Parents, as a single dad joining a support group of other single parents.
Of course, if you’re a Taran Killam superfan you probably already saw the movie he directed and starred in, Killing Gunther. Or maybe you even caught him on stage as King George III in Hamilton. Killam spoke with reporters after a Television Critics Association panel for Single Parents.
Single Parents premieres Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 9:30pm ET/PT on ABC.
How difficult was it to be a parent during Saturday Night Live?
Taran Killam: “It was very challenging and the first four seasons I was on the show I was commuting because Cobie (Smulders) was still doing How I Met Your Mother out here. We only had one child at the time. Every hiatus week I flew back. It was two to three weeks working, coming home every hiatus possible. So, it was definitely exhausting and challenging.
The benefit of that at that time and starting my dream job is I was allowed to kind of focus my energy while I was there. Then when they moved out and we had a second child, it certainly became more challenging because you want to be home.”
Did you overcompensate when you were with the kids?
Taran Killam: “Yes. Where other cast members would go home at four in the morning on Saturday and then sleep until two, I was getting three hours and waking up for Sunday morning cartoons.”
Is there anything that terrifies you when you’re left alone with your kids?
Taran Killam: “Terrifies, no, because I have good kids. I’ll give them the credit, but what’s helping me with this show specifically is Cobie works a lot, I work a lot, so we definitely trade off for long stretches of having the kids by ourselves. It’s the loneliness. That’s something I read in the script that really spoke to me. You miss that person. It’s not just, ‘Oh, it’s trying, I have to make all the lunches, I have to do all the work.’ You kind of go into autopilot and that becomes manageable, but the good stuff, you feel you’re missing that partnership.”
Are the kids used to it?
Taran Killam: “They’re good. We’ve been very fortunate in that we now narrow the work windows to as small as possible, but I think it’s an adjustment. It’s hard to know. It’s a very different experience than I had growing up, but they like us and we like them. So far so good.”
You’ve directed a movie since SNL. If this goes many seasons, would you still direct movies?
Taran Killam: “The absolute dream scenario is yes, I would be able to do this for the majority of the year, be close to my family, have as close to a 9 to 5 schedule as possible and work on something I’m really proud of with people I enjoy. And then every second or third summer, take the hiatus to do a project of my own.”
Does playing a single parent on the show give you more appreciation for your life outside the show?
Taran Killam: “Without a doubt. Absolutely, 100%. These brief windows of research that I’ve been gifted through having a very successful partner have helped inform that as well. But another aspect of the show that’s important to me is I feel I’m hearing the word divide a lot and polarization and us and them. This is truly a show that’s just about coming together and needing each other. I think that’s a pretty beautiful thing to live in right now.”
Does it feel good not to have to write the show?
Taran Killam: “Can I just tell you that the script showed up to my house Friday and I just had to say the words. Yes, not being worried about having to produce and be responsible for your own content week in and week out is a huge alleviation. Even more so, J.J. (Philbin) and Liz (Meriwether) as accomplished writers as they are, feeling comfortable and feeling taken care of by these pros.”
What kind of character do you play in Night School?
Taran Killam: “In Night School it’s a little bit different than Will. I am Kevin Hart’s high school nemesis. Kevin’s coming back to get his GED at the high school he went to and I’ve become the principal now and do my best to make his life a living hell.”
Where did Hamilton fit in?
Taran Killam: “Well, I went to school for musical theater. I went to UCLA for musical theater for a year and then comedy took over. Once I got to New York, the mecca of musical theater, I tried to ingratiate myself to the theater scene as often as possible and became friends with Tommy Kail and Lin. They knew that was a passion of mine so when SNL ended, it was just very fortuitous and the best possible rebound job ever.”
What’s your favorite TV comedy of all time and why?
Taran Killam: “Simpsons because it defines modern comedy in rhythm and joke writing.”
David Giuntoli as Eddie, Ron Livingston as Jon, James Roday as Gary, and Romany Malco as Rome in ‘A Million Little Things’ (ABC/Matthias Clamer)
Ron Livingston is on three shows this fall. His Audience series Loudermilk is entering its second season. He’s part of the massive ensemble of Matthew Weiner’s The Romanoffs, and he’s the central character of ABC’s A Million Little Pieces. It was the ABC show that brought Livingston to TCA, albeit briefly before he had to catch a flight.
A Million Little Things begins with the suicide of Jonathan Dixon (Livingston). All of Jonathan’s friends try to figure out what made him end it all because he’d never let on that he had any problems. Jonathan still appears in flashbacks and home movies of the characters.
A Million Little Things premieres Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 10pm ET/PT on ABC.
How are you doing this, Loudermilk and The Romanoffs?
Ron Livingston: “We shoot very fast, I guess. Well, I finished Loudermilk at the end of August. The Romanoffs I’m done shooting it. A lot of it is the shows are all coming out at the same time. They weren’t all done at the same time. There’s some overlap right now, I’m working on both this one and Loudermilk. Fortunately, they’re both in Vancouver so that’s working out.”
Who do you play in Romanoffs?
Ron Livingston: “I don’t know what I’m allowed to divulge in that, so I think I’m going to decline that. I have a feeling that might be embargoed. I at least have to check with him.”
Will you disappear at some point from A Million Little Things?
Ron Livingston: “I think the goal is that even when and if the actor does disappear, the character’s going to be a very large part of it that’s kept alive by everybody else. Then, occasionally, I can come back.”
If he’s around all the time, would it be hard to feel the loss?
Ron Livingston: “Again, I haven’t seen beyond the first three scripts so far, but my feeling is it’s going to be front-loaded. As people move on and the guy kind of fades into a memory, the vivid flashback stuff is going to be gone. Some of the video stuff will probably still happen.”
What is his glue that keeps them all together?
Ron Livingston: “There’s a bit of a showman to him. We’re saying that his job is that he’s a real estate developer and there’s a bit of showmanship I think that goes with that of creating events. I think it’s one of the real mysteries about the guy. He just seemed so in control of everything and surprising people with, ‘We’re going to this today. I’ve got the plane chartered. Everybody grab your bags.’ When that guy shows that there’s some stuff he must not’ve had a handle on but we didn’t see any of it, why did this guy who seemed to be trying to draw so much out of us, how come we didn’t know all this stuff about him? That’s going to be part of the mystery that we get to develop over the course of the show.”
Are you that glue for your friends?
Ron Livingston: “No. I’m not. I’m the wallflower who generally has to be dragged into social engagements. I’m happy to sit at home in my corner and be antisocial.”
Why do you think guys don’t talk about that sort of stuff?
Ron Livingston: “I don’t know. I think it’s a language you learn a little bit. I’m sure some of it’s cultural from the days when men weren’t supposed to talk about things like this. Nowadays, they are but that doesn’t mean the language has evolved or changed yet.”
Raoul Max Trujillo, JD Pardo, Michael Irby, and Clayton Cardenas in ‘Mayans M.C.’ season 1 episode 4 (Photo by Prashant Gupta/FX)
FX’s Mayans M.C. season one episode four was one riveting twist after another. The over-sized episode moved the storylines forward on all fronts, not just the cartel and rebels.
Season one episode four begins with the Mayans hanging out and drinking at Vicky’s whorehouse when they hear a gunshot. Hunters are outside and a cop named Frankie Rogan comes downstairs after sleeping with a prostitute, heading outside to check out the source of the shoots. The club good-naturedly gives him a hard time as he leaves.
It turns out the “hunters” are vigilantes patrolling for illegal immigrants. They’re not hunting deer; the group is picking off lone Mexicans as they cross the border. They make their escape before the cop arrives to find their latest murder victim.
The investigation continues in the morning and even the Mayor’s on the scene. She and Bishop (Michael Irby) seem to be fairly friendly and he confirms they heard the shots while at Vicky’s. The shooting was done with a high caliber, long-range weapon and Bishop calls the killer(s) “local heroes dropping wetbacks for Uncle Sam.” Thus far five Mexicans have been killed in this manner.
The Mayor confirms that’s what they assumed, however, there were Oxycontin scripts next to the body. Bishop points out the hypocrisy of only caring about this dead Mexican because of the drugs, and the Mayor reminds him she exists in shades of grey because she has to passively cooperate with the MC and Galindo. He promises to look into this murder and if he finds out anything, he’ll handle it on his terms.
Vicky suggests Bishop start his hunt for the killers with her neighbor, Alice.
Over at the Galindo estate, Emily (Sarah Bolger) reads an article about a feast in the newspaper. She’s told it’s a big event.
Back at the clubhouse, EZ (JD Pardo) has a chat with Marcus (Emilio Rivera) about his plans. Marcus wants to know how EZ’s brother’s doing, revealing they normally don’t allow blood to sponsor blood. If he’s ever given the choice between the club and his brother, EZ needs to put the club first.
Chucky (Michael Ornstein) shows up to deliver messages left at the garage. One’s to Angel (Clayton Cardenas) from Taza, another is for Coco (Richard Cabral) from a woman who Chucky says he didn’t like. The guys tease Coco about his note, and Angel reveals they’re all needed at Vicky’s.
Felipe (Edward James Olmos) receives a note from Agent Jimenez at the butcher shop. Apparently, EZ hasn’t checked in and they’re worried about what’s going on with Galindo. EZ may end up needing protecting, and Felipe confesses he never gave EZ the new contact info.
The club heads over to see Alice, the leader of the vigilantes. Bishop wonders if the group’s just “racist yahoos gunning down kids with high powered rifles.” Alice’s son, Dennis, and the rest of the gang back her up and that’s when EZ notices a man he saw while he was locked up. He whispers to his brother as Bishop informs her scripts were found on the body, escalating the killing from target practice to drug running.
Talks break off for a moment as EZ tells the club about the big guy. He describes him as more military than Aryan but knows he’s a shot caller. They think the guy might be Alice’s buyer, if she’s running scripts.
Alice and Bishop continue their discussion, and Alice claims they know nothing about the dead Mexicans. Bishop sends Angel and EZ off to follow the big guy and Alice’s son when they leave. He sends other members of the club over to keep an eye on Vicky’s place.
Meanwhile, at the rebel camp the young spy eyes a walkie-talkie but is stopped from doing anything when Adelita (Carla Baratta) comes into the tent asking after medicine for the baby. She sends the kid out of the command tent and then notices the boy was lingering right by the radio.
Emily interrupts her husband, Miguel (Danny Pino), as he discusses building plans. She’s been doing research on the Taliban and ISIS and believes the rebels are following the game plan of those terrorist groups. The rebels are, according to Emily, using the “perfect mix of primitive and high-tech warfare.” She believes her research is important because it explains why the cartel’s losing to the rebels.
Emily knows the cartel uses power and fear to maintain control, but the rebels don’t care. The cartel needs to sway public opinion against the rebels and she suggests doing it at the Fiesta de La Santa Madre.
Adelita and some of the kids take the baby to see a nun who’s a nurse. The young boy who’s spying for the cartel takes the opportunity to borrow a cell phone, acting like he’s playing a game. He looks around stealthily and then shoots a video of their location. Adelita’s preoccupied with the baby and doesn’t notice.
The club follows Dennis and the guy EZ knew from jail to a bar. A fight breaks out in the parking lot and it turns out the big guy from jail is a hell of a fighter. The fight doesn’t last long and the club leaves when their fistfight attracts unwanted attention.
Back at the clubhouse, they confirm to Marcus that EZ was correct. The guy’s probably an ex-SEAL, and it appears there’s another player on the drug market. Taza suggests they form their own hunting party to take on Alice’s group that night.
Coco, the group’s sharpshooter, is out watching the traffic at Alice’s place. He reads the note one more time and then rides off.
Felipe shows up at the garage, surreptitiously passing a note to EZ and informing him the Feds have been watching him. EZ promises he’ll bring Jimenez up to speed.
Back at the Galindo house, Emily, Miguel, and Devante go over plans for the Fiesta. Their men are going to wreck the inside of the church while everyone is outside in the streets and blame it on the rebels. Miguel will then step forward and volunteer to repair the damage with his own money.
The video the boy shot is shown to Miguel and he’s told the leader’s name is Adelita. The video shows Miguel’s son, Adelita, and an older nun. Miguel wonders about the nun is and he’s told she’s one of the local nuns.
Agent Jimenez (Maurice Compte) learns about the kidnapping of Galindo’s son and realizes they have an opportunity to strike. Jimenez is advised to use EZ to pressure Emily to turn against her husband, but he knows EZ will resist. He’s reminded by his boss that EZ killed a cop and told to pull the deal and put him back in jail if he won’t work to turn Emily. Jimenez decides he’ll make it work.
EZ hops in Jimenez’s car and he tells the agent he was going to inform him about the kidnapping. It sounds like Jimenez is on his side, but he still needs EZ to get close to Emily and guide her to the FBI. The prospect of turning Emily is all that’s keeping the deal alive. EZ calls Jimenez’s bluff and tells him to pull his deal. He’d rather go back to jail than turn Emily. He doesn’t want to put her at risk.
Coco’s preoccupied with family matters and has a sit-down at a restaurant with his mom and little sister, Leticia (the one in the porn videos). He doesn’t want her telling people they’re related, and Leticia storms out of the restaurant pissed Coco doesn’t want anything to do with her.
After she’s gone, he and his mother get into it. Once they’re outside, his mom reveals to his “sister” that she’s actually Coco’s daughter. Leticia runs off and climbs in a stranger’s truck. They pull away, leaving Coco alone in the parking lot. Club matters demand his attention and he can’t chase her down.
Maurice Compte as Agent Kevin Jimenez and Edward James Olmos as Felipe Reyes in ‘Mayans M.C.’ season 1 episode 4 (Photo by Prashant Gupta/FX)
Jimenez meets with Felipe, suggesting Felipe push his son in the right direction. When Felipe declines to do so, Jimenez pulls out a folder with Felipe’s background info. It seems Felipe Reyes didn’t exist before 1985 and his social security number belonged to a woman from El Paso. Jimenez says he has to convince EZ to flip Emily to keep the deal alive. Once again, Felipe refuses. Jimenez warns if he doesn’t, then his sons will find out he’s lied about everything.
Jimenez drives away but has to pull over to vomit. His job is making him physically ill.
Vicky tells the club to be careful as they set, well-armed, to attack Alice’s vigilantes. They sneak through the woods until they get to Alice’s place. The club takes up positions but there’s only a pickup truck outside the house which looks empty.
They approach guns drawn and are about to ring the doorbell when shoots are fired from inside the house. They retreat to cover, taking fire while they run. Dennis shoots as he runs away, and a few guys chase after him. The rest of the club enter the house, clearing empty rooms as they go. They’re shocked when they come upon a living room full of dead bodies.
Dennis runs and shoots back at Angel, Coco, and EZ. Angel finally has to shoot him in the back to get him to stop running.
Angel has no idea what Dennis is talking about when he mentions the massacre back at the house. Dennis sobs as he asks where his mother is and thinks Cole is to blame. Dennis explains they were just shooting illegals jumping the fence and then found the ones with drugs. He’s bleeding a lot and Angel finishes him off and then gets into Dennis’ phone using Dennis’ finger. He tells his brother they need to bury Dennis but have to cut off his finger first.
Back inside Alice’s place, Coco confirms it was a military-style execution. Bishop decides they need to burn all the dead bodies, and Angel lies and claims they lost Dennis.
Felipe opens his locked box in the garage and pulls out what appears to be a marriage certificate. He looks through old photos, pausing on one that shows him and another man in military uniforms smiling while standing over three decapitated heads. He puts the paperwork from Jimenez in the box and locks it up once again.
The Galindos attend the Fiesta and mingle with the crowd, smiling and shaking hands.
Angel, Coco, and EZ prepare to bury Dennis. Angel finds Cole in Dennis’ phone and leaves him two messages, even though the only thing they know about Cole is he’s a killer. Angel’s concerned because they need a buyer for the heroin soon so they can give money to Adelita. Adelita’s group is the only route to taking down Galindo’s cartel.
Coco wonders if it’s time to rethink everything. He doesn’t want to wind up with a bullet in his head.
It turns out where they were digging Dennis’ grave is right above a tunnel. EZ falls through and lands in a large open space.
Meanwhile, the Fiesta continues through the streets and into the church. There’s a murmur through the crowd as those who entered first react to the damage inside. Emily pushes her way inside and is horrified to see a nun has been viciously murdered. (It’s the nun from the video sent to Miguel.) There’s a lot of screaming and panicking as people inside stampede for the exits. Emily’s knocked to the ground and stepped on, and Miguel rescues his wife and carries her from the church.
