CBS’s action drama MacGyver season three continues with episode 10 airing on Friday, December 7, 2018 at 8pm ET/PT. The episode titled “Matty + Ethan + Fidelity” and was directed by David Straiton from a script by Andrew Karlsruher.
Season three episode 10 guest stars Brendan Hines as Ethan Reigns, Sendhil Ramamurthy as Samir, Eugene H. Russell IV as Dan Korbin, and Manoli Ioannidis as Lutsky. Ariel Eliaz, Irhad Mutic, Suehyla El-Attar, Tino Tsutras, Mina Lukia, Sissi Kal, Nikolay Nedyalkov, Amaris Merlin, and Dash Kolos also guest star.
Season three’s cast is led by Lucas Till as Angus “Mac” MacGyver. George Eads plays Jack Dalton, Tristin Mays is Riley Davis, Justin Hires is Wilt Bozer, and Meredith Eaton plays Matty. Reign Edwards has a recurring role as Leanna Martin.
The “Matty + Ethan + Fidelity” Plot: Matty reveals a shocking secret to the team: she has a husband who’s been undercover in a criminal organization called D-Company for eight years. When his status as a CIA agent comes out, Matty needs MacGyver to find and extract her husband before it’s too late.
The MacGyver Plot:
“MacGyver, a reimagining of the classic series, is an action-adventure drama about 20-something Angus “Mac” MacGyver, who creates a clandestine organization within the U.S. government, where he uses his extraordinary talent for unconventional problem-solving and his vast scientific knowledge to save lives. Joining his team on high-risk missions around the globe is maverick former CIA agent Jack Dalton; Riley Davis, an unpredictable computer hacker with a chip on her shoulder; Wilt Bozer, Mac’s roommate and the newest agent on the team; and Matty Weber, a legend in Covert Ops and the director of operations at the Phoenix Foundation.
Under the aegis of the Department of External Services, MacGyver takes on the responsibility of saving the world, armed to the teeth with resourcefulness and little more than bubble gum and a paper clip.”
In the new two and a half minute trailer promoting The Innocent Man, author John Grisham admits that if he wrote the story as a novel, no one would believe it. A small town in Oklahoma was split by the murders of two young women and the subsequent convictions of four men. The documentary series examines the evidence and the convictions of the men, shining a spotlight on controversial confessions and sketchy forensics.
The six-part documentary series is based on The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, a non-fiction book by John Grisham. Clay Tweel (Finders Keepers, Gleason, Out of Omaha) and Ross Dinerstein developed the docuseries, with Tweel serving as director. Author John Grisham was involved as an executive producer and also appears in the documentary series. In addition, David Gernert served as an executive producer. Shannon Riggs and Maura Anderson produced.
Netflix has set a December 14, 2018 premiere date.
In a story that gained national attention with John Grisham’s best-selling non-fiction book, the six-part documentary series The Innocent Man focuses on two murders that shook the small town of Ada, Oklahoma, in the 1980s — and the controversial chain of events that followed.
In 1982, 21-year-old Debra Sue “Debbie” Carter is raped and killed inside her home. In 1984, another Ada woman, 24-year-old Denice Haraway, is killed after being kidnapped from the convenience store where she works. Local men Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot are charged with Haraway’s murder and sentenced to life in prison. A couple years later, police charge two other men, Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz, with killing Carter. Fritz receives life in prison, while Williamson is sentenced to the death penalty.
Similarities emerge between how the two cases are handled; their videotaped confessions are questioned, as are forensics results and physical evidence (or lack thereof). In 1999, with help from non-profit legal organization the Innocence Project, DNA testing helps exonerate Williamson and Fritz. To this day, Ward and Fontenot remain in prison and maintain their innocence.
Eoin Macken stars as Karl D’Branin in the new sci-fi series, ‘Nightflyers’ (Photo by: Jonathan Hession / Syfy)
Syfy’s new series Nightflyers launched on Sunday, December 2, 2018 and will continue to air its 10 episode season over a 12 day period. Episode one through five will air on consecutive nights beginning December 2nd through December 6th. Episodes six through 10 will air one new episode per night beginning December 9th and ending on December 13th.
The series is based on the George R.R. Martin novella and stars Eoin Macken, Jodie Turner-Smith, David Ajala, Gretchen Mol, Angus Sampson, Sam Strike, Maya Eshet, and Brían F. O’Byrne. Author Martin serves as an executive producer along with Brian Nelson, Mike Cahill, Andrew McCarthy, Gene Klein, David Bartis, Doug Liman, Alison Rosenzweig, Michael Gaeta, Lloyd Ivan Miller, and Alice P. Neuhauser. Jeff Buhler adapted Martin’s novella and is the series’ showrunner. Buhler also executive produces.
The cast of the sci-fi series took part in a panel at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con as well as roundtable interviews with the press. Paired together to discuss the show, Eoin Macken (The Night Shift) and Jodie Turner-Smith (The Last Ship) talked about the appeal of being a part of Nightflyers. They also chatted about their characters (Karl D’Branin and Melantha Jhirl), the sets, and Martin’s book.
The Nightflyers Plot:
“Set in the year 2093, Nightflyers follows a team of scientists aboard The Nightflyer, the most advanced ship ever built, as they embark on a journey to find other life forms. Their mission takes them to the edge of the solar system, and to the edge of insanity, as they realize true horror isn’t waiting for them in outer space—it’s already on their ship.”
Disney’s animated sequel, Ralph Breaks the Internet, continued in the top spot at the box office for the second weekend. The film added an additional $25 million domestically and upped its worldwide theatrical gross to $206 million. The PG-rated Wreck-It Ralph sequel shows no signs of slowing down, and it won’t be facing any new family-friendly competition as it heads into its third weekend in theaters.
The Grinch also remains a hot ticket in theaters. The animated comedy based on the classic Dr. Seuss story opened in theaters on November 9th and has raked in $268 million worldwide. Benedict Cumberbatch lends his voice to the title character in the holiday film which should continue to grab audiences as we head toward Christmas.
The sole new release over the November 30th weekend was the R-rated horror movie, The Possession of Hannah Grace. Finishing in seventh place, the horror film didn’t impress audiences or critics. However, it did manage to ring up $10 million worldwide, earning back its production budget over its first three days in release.
Ralph Breaks the Internet leaves Litwak’s video arcade behind, venturing into the uncharted, expansive and thrilling world of the internet—which may or may not survive Ralph’s wrecking. Video game bad guy Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly) and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz (voice of Sarah Silverman) must risk it all by traveling to the world wide web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope’s video game, Sugar Rush.
In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet—the Netizens—to help navigate their way, including Yesss (voice of Taraji P. Henson), who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of the trend-making site “BuzzzTube,” and Shank (voice of Gal Gadot), a tough-as-nails driver from a gritty online auto-racing game called Slaughter Race.
Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe in ‘Outlander’ season 4 episode 5 (Photo Credit: Starz)
Starz’s Outlander season four episode five, “Savages,” will make you question just who is really the savage in the new world. To me it was a classic example of how the divisions between the Natives and the Settlers could be so profound and cause complete devastation. We might just get a blast from, and to, the past. But I’m getting ahead of myself, let’s start from the beginning. Je Suis Prest!
In North Carolina, 1768, Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Adawehi (Tantoo Cardinal) are trading medicinal secrets and languages by a river on Fraser’s Ridge. Adawehi asks Claire if she’s had any children, and Claire reveals she does have a daughter but she’s far away. Adawehi says her daughter is ‘here,’ and Claire takes her to mean in her heart. I suspect Adawehi meant something more physical than emotional. But no proof of that, so we go back to the cabin.
Claire’s preparing to head to the Mueller cabin to assist with a delivery. In the book, we experience the eldest male Mueller, Gerhard (Urs Rechn), prior to the maternity of his daughter. Jamie (Sam Heughan) had a tussle with him in Willum’s Creek nearby. The German felt the lady in the store had shorted him grain and got physical as a result. In the show, Claire’s preparing her medical needs for heading to the Mueller family settlement as Jamie’s preparing to head into Willum’s Creek to find settlers for the Ridge.
10,000 acres require lots of hands to work the land. With the Fraser cabin fully erected, additional settlers are the next order of business to getting the farm fully functional. Jamie’s also working on a surprise for Claire. He sneaks his mother’s silver candlesticks into a satchel without Claire seeing.
As Jamie’s helping Claire on with her coverings to protect against the weather, he gives her a rather odd look. Claire asks what it is that he’s thinking, and he asks an extremely unexpected question. He wonders if Brianna (Sophie Skelton) had a birthmark on her neck. That throws Claire off balance a bit because she hadn’t mentioned it to Jamie before. Jamie reveals he saw it the previous night in a dream and describes it to Claire exactly. He explains he kissed Brianna on the mark in the dream.
The pair embrace, as you might expect, full of emotion over their distantly separated daughter.
In 1971 Inverness, Roger (Richard Rankin) is also full of emotion over Brianna, though for obviously different reasons. Roger heads to the taxi office for news of her movements and finds validation that she was taken to Craigh Na Dun. He also discovers she’s been picked up from a small bed and breakfast place in Inverness.
Roger asks if Brianna left anything behind. The owner initially was asked to wait a year before sending Roger a letter, but she decides to give him the letter right then since he’s already there. Roger becomes upset, obviously. All his discoveries point to his worst fear being realized.
In Willum’s Creek, Jamie and Ian (John Bell) look for settlers for the Ridge but find something’s amiss instead. Ian takes pamphlets off to get men to come to the tavern so Jamie can speak to them collectively, as Jamie heads to the silversmith with his candlesticks. The smith’s not in, so Jamie heads to the tavern.
Nicola Ransom (Rosewitha Mueller), Caitriona Balfe (Claire Randall Fraser), and Marie Hacke (Petronella Mueller) in ‘Outlander’ season 4 episode 5 (Photo Credit: Starz)
At the Mueller settlement, Claire’s completes the delivery and passes the fresh angel into her mother, Petronella’s (Marie Hacke), arms. The new granddaughter’s named Claira after Claire, which takes her fully by surprise. They declare the child is a granddaughter to Claire as well since she has none of her own.
At the tavern, Jamie’s explaining the terms of the agreement to settle on his land at Fraser’s Ridge. An extremely fair, even generous, deal by all accounts. The men still reject the offer immediately. Ian and Jamie are both surprised by the rejection of all six men. Jamie realizes something more’s going on and takes the typical Scot’s tact of finding out: he buys one of the men a pint and they speak of clan and land in Scotland. They also speak of the rising and imprisonment after. The Scot named Bryan (Martin Donaghy) explains the taxes plus the dishonest men representing Governor Tryon are the cause of all six men losing land and livestock they previously had in smaller settlements of their own.
At the Muellers’ cabin, the men of the house meet the new arrival. Gerhard Mueller picked up a tiny doll in Cross Creek for his granddaughter. While all are marveling at the new addition, Rollo lets out a massive deep bark and alarms all in the cabin. The men spy Natives in the creek gathering water and arm themselves. Claire tries desperately to make Gerhard Mueller see reason, but as Jamie found out all too well, the man was hard to make see anything else once he has his mind on a particular idea of the situation.
Claire heads outside with the men and insinuates herself between all involved. All men raise weapons, but Claire makes the Cherokee understand she’s the wife of Bear Killer, aka Jamie, and they know her to be a friend to Adawehi, their medicine woman. At her request, all men lower their weapons and she talks the Natives into going to another part of the creek to water their horses.
As they’re leaving, Tawodi (Will Strongheart) sprinkles something over the water and riverbank. Naturally, the German men don’t understand what that means and believe he’s doing something bad to curse the water. Claire tells them it’s just a way of blessing the waters.
Claire and Rollo head home to Fraser’s Ridge and Claire enters the cabin to collapse on the bed. In the book, it was that journey home that had Claire lost in a storm and seeing the ghost Indian that we saw in season four episode three, “The False Bride.” In the show, the next morning Claire returns to farmhand-mode instead of healer. Livestock require tending and she works a bit at drying her herbs and knitting. A farm has many chores to pass the time, but how would the time be for our Sassenach without sitting down to a glass of whiskey in the mix of things? Slainte Mhath!
Ian and Jamie prepare to head back to Fraser’s Ridge and discover a bit for one of their horses is broken. Jamie sends Ian to the blacksmith to get it fixed before they can leave.
Ian enters the shop, but the blacksmith’s preparing to close for the day. The hair might be stark white, but the voice is unmistakable. Our surly stubborn beloved Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) is none other than the tradesman himself.
Naturally, Murtagh knows nothing of Ian; the lad had just been born before Jamie had been imprisoned in Ardsmuir. In the book, Murtagh didn’t survive the rising’s final battle at Culloden Moor. It appears the show replaced another fellow captive in Ardsmuir, Duncan, with Murtagh. Duncan was a fellow prisoner with Jamie in the book and traveled to America with them, though he only had a single arm. Duncan served to be a bit of a gopher for Jamie in the book but was a close friend to the Frasers throughout all their various challenges. Murtagh was not just close, he was family; Jamie’s godfather, in fact.
In the show, the horse bit must be repaired so Murtagh has Ian over a barrel and takes his entire purse to repair the simple item. The men eyeball each other for a few more seconds before Murtagh turns to do his work.
When Ian reveals the cost of the bit to Jamie, of course Jamie’s incensed. He barges right into the shop to call the man out for his actions. As Jamie’s shouting at the man’s back, Murtagh freezes at the voice behind him. He slowly turns, and Jamie lays eyes on his long-lost godfather after more than a decade. With tears in his eyes, Jamie embraces his kin heartily. Introductions are made between Murtagh and Ian for the first time. The obvious declaration of ‘much to catch up on’ is made, so they’re going to retire to a tavern.
Back at the Ridge, Claire’s out back feeding the livestock and then heads back to the house when she hears a loud and angry pounding on the door to the cabin. Pastor Gottfried (Albert Welling) has terrible news to share and a warning to deliver. The Pastor explains the young mother and baby both died from measles. The loss of his daughter and granddaughter have driven Mueller crazy. Rosewitha Mueller (Nicola Ransom) believes her husband blames Claire for allowing the Natives to curse their water and fears he will come after her. The Pastor leaves after delivering his warning and Claire returns inside to prepare the long rifle.
In the tavern, Jamie, Ian, and Murtagh catch up over a pint. Murtagh explains his indentured service to the blacksmith there, and that the man died so Murtagh purchased the business.
Jamie asks Murtagh to work on his silver candlesticks since the other smith isn’t in town. Ian mentions it’s a surprise for Jamie’s wife. Ian has no idea about Claire’s past, but Murtagh does (in the show). Jamie sends the boy to the bar to get another ale and tells Murtagh that Claire has returned. Murtagh also finds out about Brianna.
Jamie asks Murtagh to come to Fraser’s Ridge as well. Murtagh explains that many of the people of the community are not pleased with the Governor and the tax collectors, and he can’t leave his business. In the book, there was a reference to the unrest here and there, but not as fine a point placed on it during that period of time.
Murtagh rejects the offer to settle on the Ridge and invites Jamie to join him at a meeting later that night. It turns out Murtagh is leading the local Regulators. Jamie’s not pleased to see his godfather leading the mob after the Governor had asked him to quell any uprisings. Murtagh asks Jamie to join them, and it’s Jamie’s turn to reject the offer.
The next morning Mueller arrives at the Ridge. Claire’s extremely scared, but Mueller reveals his arrival is out of concern for her – not to blame her. Claire tries to tell him the Natives didn’t curse the water; it was the measles themselves that traveled most likely from Cross Creek. Mueller will hear none of it. He’s certain the Cherokee cursed the water.
Mueller gives Claire a wrapped package as a gift and she initially believes it’s baby Claira’s doll. When she opens it up, the gift is of scalps instead. She sees the belt Adawehi wore beneath the hair. A shouting match ensues between the pair culminating in Claire asking the man to leave. In the book, Claire was not facing the man alone. Lord John Grey was with Claire, recovering from the measles he contracted. A glimpse of that storyline is shown in the preview for the next episode.
In the show, Claire takes the scalp of Adawehi and places it in a box to ritually burn the remains. At the same time, fiery arrows are shot into the Muellers’ cabin by the Natives in retaliation for the murders committed by Mueller. Gerhard and his son arrive home to see his wife and cabin burning. The Cherokee strike them down with arrows as well while they watch the cabin burn.
The next morning Claire’s in her bed alone and hears Rollo bark. The next thing she hears is Jamie shout “Sassenach,” and I’m sure it set her heart soaring. She puts down the gun and opens the door. Jamie’s all smiles until he notices the distraught expression on Claire’s face. Jamie runs straight to her without a word to scoop her into his arms. He then asks what’s wrong and she says she just wants to be held.
Sometime later – it could be days – Claire’s out gathering wood and she hears someone whistle “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” behind her. Claire turns to see Murtagh. They embrace, laughing, and enter the cabin arm-in-arm.
At the end of the episode we find out what was in the letter Brianna was expecting to have sent to Roger a year after she departed. We see Brianna standing in front of the stones just as her mother had done multiple times before. The letter was her goodbye to Roger and her confirmation that she’s discovered something bad had happened to her parents. She’s following her mother’s path to warn them. She takes a last look around the hill before placing her hands on the stone and vanishing.
As I mentioned in the beginning, could you tell who was the savage in this week’s episode? Often people died in those early settlement years in America due to misunderstandings and lack of tolerance of something each could not comprehend. Both acted savagely, but both felt they did so for profound reasons.
Murtagh is back so that makes everything right with the world again! The next episode will find Brianna in the past for the first time in her life. It’s going to seem like a very long wait until we get to see it. What action do you think Roger might take?
Netflix is making legions of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina fans happy with the show’s quick return for season two. Sabrina fans won’t have long to wait before the second season of the critically acclaimed series arrives, with Netflix setting an April 5, 2019 premiere date.
The streaming service confirmed season two will consist of nine new episodes. (Season one had 10 episodes.) Netflix also unveiled a short video with scenes from the show’s upcoming second season which finds Sabrina fully embracing her powers.
For those who can’t wait until April 2019, Netflix will be premiering Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter’s Tale on December 14, 2018. The episode’s described as a holiday special and has Gifted‘s McKenna Grace playing the young Sabrina. The holiday-themed episode’s description includes these details on Grace as a younger version of Kiernan Shipka’s Sabrina: “During our holiday special, we’ll get to see what Sabrina was like as a precocious tot. And while The Church of Night celebrates the Solstice, that doesn’t stop Li’l Sabrina from asking Santa for something special.”
The cast of season one was led by Shipka and included Miranda Otto, Lucy Davis, Ross Lynch, Michelle Gomez, Chance Perdomo, Jaz Sinclair, Richard Coyle, Tati Gabrielle, Adeline Rudolph, Abigail Cowen, Lachlan Watson, Bronson Pinchot, and Gavin Leatherwood. Riverdale’s Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is the series’ showrunner and writer. He also serves as an executive producer along with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater, and Lee Toland Krieger.
Season one debuted on October 26, 2018.
The Series’ Plot:
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina imagines the origin and adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a dark coming-of-age story that traffics in horror, the occult and, of course, witchcraft. Tonally in the vein of Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist, this adaptation finds Sabrina wrestling to reconcile her dual nature – half-witch, half-mortal – while standing against the evil forces that threaten her, her family and the daylight world humans inhabit.
Universal Pictures just released the official trailer for the upcoming horror sequel, Happy Death Day 2U. The 2019 sequel to 2017’s Happy Death Day has Christopher Landon back as director and Jessica Rothe reprising her role as Tree Gelbman.
In addition to Jessica Rothe (Forever My Girl), the sequel’s cast features returning Happy Death Day actors Israel Broussard (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) as Carter Davis, Ruby Modine (Shameless) as Lori Spengler, Rachel Matthews (Ms. White Light) as Danielle Bouseman, Caleb Spillyards (The Astronaut Wives Club) as Tim Bauer, and Charles Aitken (The Knick) as Gregory Butler. Sarah Yarkin, Steve Zissis, and Suraj Sharma also star in the horror sequel.
Director Landon’s credits also include 2015’s Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, 2014’s Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, and 2010’s Burning Palms.
Blumhouse’s Jason Blum produces and Angela Mancuso, John Baldecchi, and Samson Mucke executive produce. The behind the scenes team includes director of photography Toby Oliver, editor Ben Baudhuin, production designer Bill Boes, and costume designer Whitney Anne Adams.
The original Happy Death Day opened on October 6, 2017 and rang up $26 million domestically over its first weekend in theaters. The PG-13 horror movie went on to gross $122 million during its theatrical run. (Not bad for a film with a $5 million budget.)
Universal Pictures apparently believes the sequel will make the perfect romantic date night outing, setting a February 14, 2019 release date for the follow-up.
The Happy Death Day 2U Plot:
Jessica Rothe leads the returning cast of Happy Death Day 2U, the follow-up to Blumhouse’s (Split, Get Out, The Purge series) surprise 2017 smash hit of riveting, repeating twists and comic turns. This time, our hero Tree (Rothe) discovers that dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead.
Poster for the 2019 horror film, ‘Happy Death Day 2U.’ (Photo Credit: Universal Pictures)
The CW’s Supernatural season 14 episode seven teased that Dean might not be done with Michael after all. Little whispers inside his head could be the remnants of Michael, but Dean didn’t share what’s going on with his brother or Cas. Instead, he and Jack took a short road trip to mark a couple of items off of Jack’s bucket list. Jack’s illness has the Winchesters so worried they took the kid to the hospital, however the doctors there weren’t able to diagnose what’s wrong.
Fortunately, #TeamWinchester discovered a shaman with a bit of Gabriel’s grace. With the help of Rowena, Jack had a brief sickness-free moment before collapsing once again. Unfortunately, Rowena wasn’t able to help him and as the episode ended, she suggested the boys prepare to say goodbye to young Jack.
Meanwhile, Nick went on a mini killing spree (and liked it!) in search of the man who murdered his family.
Up next, season 14 episode eight titled “Byzantium” and airing December 6, 2018. Eduardo Sanchez directed from a script by Meredith Glynn.
The season 14 cast includes Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester, Misha Collins as Castiel, Alexander Calvert as Jack, and Samantha Smith as Mary Winchester. Mark Pellegrino is Nick, Jim Beaver plays Bobby Singer, and Danneel Ackles is Anael. The season’s executive producers include Robert Singer, Andrew Dabb, Phil Sgriccia, Jeremy Carver, Eugenie Ross-Leming, and Brad Buckner.
The “Byzantium” Plot: OUT OF THE DARKNESS – When Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) join forces with an unexpected ally, the outcome will alter the course of two lives. Meanwhile, Heaven faces an attack from a dark force, driving Castiel to make an enormous sacrifice to make things right.
Marvel’s Runaways returns to Hulu for its second season beginning on Friday, December 21, 2018. In support of the upcoming new season, Hulu’s released a new two-minute trailer for the comic book-inspired series.
The cast of season two includes Rhenzy Feliz as Alex Wilder, Lyrica Okano as Nico Minoru, Virginia Gardner as Karolina Dean, Ariela Barer as Gert Yorkes, and Gregg Sulkin as Chase Stein. The cast also features Allegra Acosta as Molly Hernandez, Annie Wersching as Leslie Dean, Ryan Sands as Geoffrey Wilder, Angel Parker as Catherine Wilder, Ever Carradine as Janet Stein, and James Marsters as Victor Stein.
Kevin Weisman plays Dale Yorkes, Brigid Brannagh is Stacey Yorkes, James Yaegashi is Robert Minoru, Brittany Ishibashi is Tina Minoru, Kip Pardue is Frank Dean, and Julian McMahon is Jonah.
The series is executive produced by Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and Marvel’s Head of Television Jeph Loeb. Schwarz and Savage are the showrunners.
The Season 2 Plot:
The Runaways have left their homes (and evil parents) behind and now have to learn to live on their own. As they scavenge for food, search for shelter, and take care of one another, our kids begin to realize that, for better or worse, they’re stuck with each other. And it’s up to them to take down PRIDE once and for all. But someone sent a mysterious message to Jonah… Is there a mole in the Runaways? Meanwhile PRIDE is focused on finding their children, and Jonah has his own dangerous plan in mind.
Marvel’s Runaways Synopsis:
Every teenager thinks their parents are evil. But what if they really were? When six L.A. teens stumble onto a terrible secret, they realize their parents have been lying to them all their lives. But what are their parents after? And why? While the kids investigate, the adults start to wonder if their kids are hiding secrets of their own. The parents close in on the truth just as the kids uncover a plan with devastating consequences. Now, this unlikely crew of teenagers must band together to stop their parents before it’s too late.
The CW’s Legacies season one episode five found Alaric creating a special student council made up of one representative from each of the supernatural groups. Lizzie assumed she’d win but didn’t, and instead Josie took the witch spot on the council. Hope, being the only one of her kind, also took a spot on the council. Rafael needed to make sure whoever represented the werewolves would vote to allow Landon to remain in the school, and ultimately that meant he had to beat his alpha to secure a spot on the honor council.
Surprisingly, Kaleb won the vampire spot. When the vote was taken Josie was forced to break the tie. She chose to vote against Landon’s continued presence at the school, honestly believing it was for the best if he left. That, of course, pissed off Rafael who worked out his anger issues in a make-out session with Lizzie.
The episode also found Alaric and Dorian dealing with a dryad (a living spirit of a tree). The creature made a deal to be reunited with the love of her life in exchange for giving Alaric and Dorian the info they needed. Unfortunately, the dryad’s lover turned out to be a vampire named Oliver who had no memory of ever encountering the creature. Plus, he’s now happily married.
Alaric spills his guts to the dryad, confessing his own heartbreaking tale which moves the dryad to reveal the info he needs even though she wasn’t successfully reunited with her lover. It turns out her story has something to do with the episode’s title, “Malivore.” That dark pit beneath the earth also has something to do with Landon’s backstory.
Landon’s been voted out but he did win over Hope, so his time at the Salvatore Boarding School wasn’t for naught. Hope sends him off with a lengthy kiss and with the news that a “family friend” in New Orleans can help him learn the truth about his mom. The only photo Landon has shows his mom wearing a necklace with the Malivore symbol while holding him when he was a baby.
Up next, season one episode six titled “Mombie Dearest” and airing December 6, 2018. The episode was directed by Geoff Shotz from a script by Marguerite MacIntyre.
The season one cast includes Danielle Rose Russell as Hope, Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman, Jenny Boyd as Lizzie Saltzman, Kaylee Bryant as Josie Saltzman, Demetrius Bridges as Dorian, and Quincy Fouse as Milton Greasley/MG. Aria Shahghasemi is Landon Kirby and Peyton Alex Smith plays Rafael Waithe.
“Mombie Dearest” Plot: LIZZIE AND JOSIE’S SWEET SIXTEEN – As Lizzie (Boyd) and Josie (Bryant) prepare for their long awaited sweet sixteen party, Alaric (Davis) finds himself preoccupied with the latest supernatural arrival – one that hits a little too close to home. Elsewhere, Penelope’s (guest star Lulu Antariksa) latest plan gives MG (Fouse) one last shot at impressing Lizzie on her big day, while an unexpected betrayal causes tensions to boil over between Hope (Russell) and Rafael (Smith).
The Season One Plot:
“For the last decade, the iconic heroes and villains of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals have captivated audiences worldwide. They left an enduring legacy of love and family in their wake, which continues in Legacies, a thrilling new drama that tells the story of the next generation of supernatural beings at The Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted. It’s here that Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson; Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman ; and other young adults — including high-energy vampire MG, newly-triggered werewolf Rafael Waithe and the mysterious Landon Kirby — come of age in the most unconventional way possible, nurtured to be their best selves…in spite of their worst impulses.
Will these young witches, vampires and werewolves become the heroes they want to be — or the villains they were born to be? As they fight to protect their secret, their town of Mystic Falls and eventually the world, they will have to rely on ancient folklore and tales to learn how to battle their far-reaching enemies.”
