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.
JD Pardo as EZ Reyes and Clayton Cardenas as Angel Reyes in ‘Mayans M.C.’ season 1 episode 9 (Photo by Prashant Gupta/FX)
With so much story left to tell, FX’s Mayans M.C. season one episode nine was yet another lengthy, extended episode. Not that fans will complain as that extended time was spent in significantly moving forward the multiple storylines.
Season one episode nine titled “Serpiente/Chikchan” begins with EZ (JD Pardo) and Angel (Clayton Cardenas) locked up and claiming not to know who Celia is or how her dead body got into the trunk of the car. Their friend, Officer Franky Rogan (Edwin Hodge), doesn’t know what to make of the situation. As much as he’d like to help, he’s not sure he can.
The siblings aren’t guests of the Santo Padre police for long as Homeland Security quickly shows up to take over the case. Asst U.S. Attorney Lincoln Potter (Ray McKinnon) has his first face-to-face with EZ, and EZ recalls seeing him outside the garage. EZ’s leery about talking and wants a lawyer, but Potter’s got too much evidence. The car is Coco’s, there’s Mayan DNA all over it, and of course there’s a dead body that needs accounting for.
Potter divulges EZ’s secret to Angel, laying out the details on EZ’s deal to provide details on the Galindo cartel. Potter also explains Galindo’s no longer of interest and EZ’s deal has become irrelevant. He could be put back inside where he’ll most likely meet his maker at the end of a shiv.
Angel understands Potter still wants something, and Potter reveals he wants EZ and Angel to “do the patriotic thing.” If EZ does what he asks, Potter will wipe the deal off the books and EZ will be free to go about his life.
Potter prepares to leave, but not before assuring them he’ll be in touch with the details. EZ and Angel are free to go, but Potter will hang on to Celia’s body to use as collateral. He reminds Angel that if EZ’s exposed, the Mayans will suspect Angel was in on EZ’s deal with the Feds from the get-go. He taunts them with their possible deaths and how Felipe will suffer after losing his wife and his two sons.
Potter attempts to throw EZ a line, telling Angel that EZ’s deal was set up so that nothing could be used against his family or the club.
Angel remains silent as they drive away from the police station. He finally pulls over and punches EZ in the face. Once EZ rises, he punches him again and then kicks him while he’s down. Screaming at his brother, Angel throws EZ’s words back at him from when he was released early from his sentence. “I just want to be home, Angel, be with you and Pop, be part of something. Maybe there’s a spot for me in the club,” says Angel.
Angel’s devastated his brother lied to him. He also realizes Potter was right and that the club will assume he’s a part of EZ’s betrayal. It then dawns on Angel that their father is aware of EZ’s deal. EZ confirms that’s true but tries to convince Angel their dad didn’t have any choice but to go along.
It appears Angel’s about to deliver another painful kick to his younger brother’s side, but he actually stops a rattlesnake from striking EZ. EZ’s the only snake in the grass Angel wants to hurt, so he tosses the real rattler away.
EZ struggles to his feet as Angel drives off, leaving him without a ride home.
Potter watches the one-sided fight from a distance.
Walking home, EZ has a flashback to the day he met Coco. Angel, who called Coco an okay dude who just got home from Iraq, handed EZ a gun he got from Coco. EZ had asked for a weapon for protection while hunting their mother’s murderer. Angel tried to convince him to let it go, that it was just a junkie looking for cash, but EZ never believed that story because no money was taken.
Angel admitted nothing made sense about the murder. The older sibling assumed the killer fled the area, but EZ knows the sticker on the car was supporting an El Centro High School team. That means the killer’s local.
Clayton Cardenas as Angel Reyes and Edward James Olmos as Felipe Reyes in ‘Mayans M.C.’ season 1 episode 9 (Photo by Prashant Gupta/FX)
Back to current event’s and Felipe (Edward James Olmos) hears a noise in his home. He picks up his gun, but then notices Angel’s come to visit. Angel admires his brother’s trophies, noting there aren’t many things to brag about from his own school years.
Angel’s in a rotten mood, feeling betrayed by both his brother and his dad. Felipe notices Angel’s bruised knuckles and asks what happened. Angel talks about a fear he had as a child, having to choose between his mom and dad dying at the hands of an armed robber. Angel claims not to know where EZ is, and Felipe demands to know what’s going on. (Clayton Cardenas is killing it in this episode.)
Angel confesses he knows about the DEA deal and believes his dad always chooses EZ over him. Felipe confirms he’s known about the deal from the beginning and further reveals EZ wouldn’t make the deal without his consent. Felipe explains that EZ would never have been set free, given that he was a cop killer.
“I didn’t choose him over you. I knew you’d take care of him, you’d watch his back in the MC,” says Felipe. He was hoping EZ could ultimately walk away from this and start a new life.
Angel, clutching a beer in one hand and one of EZ’s trophies in the other, wonders if his dad thinks he has the life he’s supposed to have. Felipe swears he’s never judged his son and has always loved him, no matter what he’s done with his life.
Angel explains how he found out and that if they agree to Potter’s deal, the “golden boy” is free and clear. As they’re talking, Angel figures out Potter is going to make them take on the rebels.
Miguel Galindo (Danny Pino) watches as workers and a cleaning crew try to put his house back in order. He reminds Devante (Tony Plana) to sweep the premises once the place is back in order.
A short time later, Miguel, Emily (Sarah Bolger), and Devante discuss their next moves. Miguel’s fully aware that once he lets the DEA in, they’ll have control of his operations.
Miguel and Emily plan to create a false layer on top of their real business that they’ll make available to the Feds, while at the same time concealing their real business dealings. Miguel also informs Devante they’re going to work with the rebels. Devante’s against the idea, believing once Father Rodrigo helps capture Adelita, the rebels will be finished. Miguel and Emily disagree, aware of the rebels’ manpower. If Adelita falls, someone will rise and take over command.
“With the rebels I’ll have access to resources they don’t even know exist,” explains Miguel. The cartel and the rebels will always be one step ahead of the DEA.
Devante continues to disagree, concerned that Miguel isn’t reasoning this through. He asks Miguel to consider his actions before going through with the rebel alliance.
After Devante leaves the room, Miguel wonders if he’s right. He asks Emily’s opinion and she tells him he needs to trust his instincts. “You’ll know what’s right. You always do,” says Emily.
Among the paperwork scattered around by the DEA is a folder containing Miguel’s dead brother’s medical records. Miguel holds up an X-ray and realizes Devante and his mother lied to him about how his brother died.
Elsewhere, Felipe finds EZ as he’s making his way home. EZ apologizes and Felipe admits Angel was right when he said EZ’s future is the most important thing. He shouldn’t have let EZ make a deal with the Feds, but EZ takes responsibility for everything that’s happening.
EZ’s determined to stick it out and return to the club. He doesn’t believe he has any other choice.
Back at the Galindo home, Miguel alerts Nestor (Gino Vento) that Adelita is minutes away from Father Rodrigo. He also assures Devante that he now sees the big picture after clearing his head.
Angel heads through the tunnels to see Adelita. He crosses the border and drives to the rebel camp while calling Adelita. She doesn’t pick up and when Angel arrives, the camp’s deserted.
Meanwhile, Adelita (Carla Baratta) arrives at the church and greets Father Rodrigo with a hug. She points out he seems upset and notes that none of his people are in the church. He confesses he did his best to take care of her after her family was murdered. However, he now believes her heart is poisoned.
As they talk, there’s a knock on the door. It’s Nestor and two of the Galindo men, and Nestor tells Father Rodrigo to leave the room.
Over at the club’s garage, EZ, Coco (Richard Cabral), and Gilly (Vincent Vargas) are working on bikes when Angel arrives. Angel gives his brother the cold shoulder and asks the others if they’ve heard from Adelita. He tells them the camp’s gone and no one’s answering the phone. Angel doesn’t have time to do anything about Adelita as the club’s meeting with Galindo at the casino’s about to go down.
As the club rides to the meeting, they pass the rattlesnake as it makes a meal out of a rat.
Elsewhere, Agent Kevin Jimenez (Maurice Compte) shows up at his old office. His name’s been removed from the door and his office has been emptied. He came with a box to collect his items but there’s nothing to collect.
Jimenez apologizes to his old boss, informing him he’s heading out of town with his family.
The club arrives at the casino and Galindo and his people are already there. The club’s a little shocked to see Emily’s going to be involved in the meeting. They’re even more shocked when Miguel invites EZ to stay because of his ability to remember details.
Devante attempts to sit next to Miguel, but Miguel motions him to take a seat elsewhere. Miguel then lays out what happened with the DEA. He even admits he’s been coerced into taking a deal with the DEA, the same sort of deal his father entered decades ago.
He explains that prior to the DEA deal, he entered a deal with Adelita and the rebels. Louisa/Adelita enters the room and Bishop’s upset. He doesn’t understand what’s going on. If possible, Angel looks even more disconcerted by Adelita’s arrival than Bishop.
Devante attempts to stop Miguel from talking, and Miguel silences him. Adelita describes the mission of the rebels and says they “need the edge of the most dangerous blade,” meaning the Galindo cartel. Miguel confirms they’re working together to outmaneuver the DEA and other federal agencies. Working with the rebels will also increase the cartel’s profits.
Miguel has a further surprise for the club. The Mayans have been chosen as the designated third party in the agreement and will be charged with keeping the rebels and the cartel honest. Emily passes out paperwork detailing the new arrangement. Miguel tells the club they’re basically moving from the streets to the boardroom.
Angel and EZ nod to each other as this is all going down.
After the meeting, Bishop assures Miguel they’ll take the matter up at the club’s table. But, they’re in. Before Miguel takes off, he asks Marcus (Emilio Rivera) to ride back with him, saying he needs his opinion on a family matter.
As the club leaves, they each introduce themselves to Adelita, including Coco, Gilly, and Angel. They’re all smiles as they shake hands.
EZ shreds all of Emily’s paperwork before the room’s cleared. No records of what went down remain.
That night, Kevin Jimenez pays a visit to Felipe who’s out on his porch drinking beer. Kevin turns down a drink and says he’s just there to check on EZ before he takes off. Felipe wonders about the US Attorney and Kevin calls him off the chart weird and smart.
As Kevin’s getting in his truck, Felipe says quietly to himself, “Bad night to quit drinking.”
EZ’s still cleaning the room when Emily returns. When she uses the term “beautiful mind,” EZ realizes Emily knows about his deal. EZ tells her he’s glad she’s made peace with her life and has settled into things. She then warns him that his deal better not hurt her family, and he promises it won’t. She also warns him not to make her choose.
They’re leaving the casino when Miguel asks Marcus to ride with Emily, promising they’ll meet back up before they hit the freeway. Miguel needs to speak with Devante, and obviously Miguel’s putting some sort of plan in action.
Angel’s able to walk outside the casino next to Adelita and she assures him she’s okay. She also admits she couldn’t have done this without him. He thanks her for keeping her word and then Coco breaks up the talk to make sure no one gets suspicious.
As they walk back inside the casino, Coco, Gilly, and Angel discuss something about to go down. Gilly wants to make sure Angel really wants to move forward on this, and Angel reminds him they took a vote.
EZ arrives at his bike to take off and finds “room 237” is written on its seat.
On the drive, Devante’s frustrated Miguel brought Adelita to the meeting. They didn’t discuss this prior to the meeting and Devante’s unsure they can trust her. Devante reminds Miguel he can’t do his job if he’s not told what’s happening, and Miguel reveals he can’t trust him any longer.
Miguel shows Devante his brother Cristobal’s medical records. Cristobal’s medical charts from the final days of his life indicate he suffered a slow death from pneumonia. Devante calls Miguel his son and tries to explain why he lied. Miguel refuses to allow him to speak.
The caravan of vehicles pulls to a stop off the road. Miguel says he needs to speak with Marcus as Devante tries to convince him the Galindo family means everything to him.
Miguel steps out of the car and hugs Nestor. The rest of Galindo’s group also exit their vehicles, including Adelita. Miguel explains to Devante that Adelita’s family was hacked to pieces and that it was Father Rodrigo who gave up the family’s whereabouts. Miguel fills in the pieces, explaining he knows the person who ran the execution squad and swung the blade was Devante. “She needs closure,” says Miguel, adding, “That is how we create the trust to make this work.”
Devante admits he made Miguel’s mother lie about Cristobal’s death.
Miguel shows Adelita a selection of weapons, reminding her this will pay his family’s debt. To make the trust unshakeable, she must now kill Devante herself. Adelita picks up a machete and agrees.
Back at the casino, EZ arrives at room 237. He hears music and conversations. The room falls silent when he knocks, and Gilly opens the door and hauls him inside. Angel and Coco are there, along with some women. But what this secret meeting’s actually about is they’re all getting new tattoos. Coco calls them “warrior markers.” EZ grabs a beer and a woman and does his best to attempt to relax.
While all this is going down, the rebels are filling Father Rodrigo’s computer with child pornography. They string up Father Rodrigo, making it appear he hung himself.
Adelita’s blade is bloody as the camera passes over Devante’s severed head.
Felipe burns his history, tossing the photos and paperwork into the fire.
Tattoo finished, Angel joins EZ on the hotel room’s deck. “You’re my brother and I love you,” says Angel, confirming he won’t turn on EZ. It’s now their shared secret and their shared lie. Angel tells EZ he needs to leave the club by telling Bishop being a Mayan isn’t for him. Angel believes that’s the only way EZ can make up for betraying him. As they talk, Potter calls. He’s texted them details of what they have to do by the end of day, tomorrow. The text indicates they must kill Agent Kevin Jimenez.
Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse in ‘Five Feet Apart’
A new poster and film still have arrived for the romantic drama, Five Feet Apart. The film stars Riverdale‘s Cole Sprouse and The Edge of Seventeen‘s Haley Lu Richardson who team up to play a couple of teenagers who fall in love but are kept apart due to serious health issues.
In addition to Sprouse and Richardson, the cast of Five Feet Apart includes Moises Arias (The Kings of Summer, Ben-Hur), Kimberly Hébert Gregory (Vice Principals), Paraminder Nagra (ER, Bend it Like Beckham), and Claire Forlani (Crystal Inferno, Precious Cargo).
Jane the Virgin star Justin Baldoni makes his feature film directorial debut with the drama. Mikki Daughtry (Sleep Tight, The Children) and Tobias Iaconis (Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia, The Children) wrote the script and Baldoni and Cathy Schulman (The Foreigner, The Space Between Us) produced.
The film is set to open in theaters on March 22, 2019.
The Plot:
“Stella Grant (Haley Lu Richardson) is every bit a seventeen-year-old…she’s attached to her laptop and loves her best friends. But unlike most teenagers, she spends much of her time living in a hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control – all of which is put to the test when she meets an impossibly charming fellow CF patient named Will Newman (Cole Sprouse).
There’s an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction. Further complicating matters is Will’s potentially dangerous rebellion against his ongoing medical treatment. Stella gradually inspires Will to live life to the fullest, but can she ultimately save the person she loves when even a single touch is off limits?”
Cate Blanchett to star in ‘Mrs. America’ (Photo Credit: Steven Chee)
Two-time Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine, The Aviator) has committed to her first role in an American television program. Blanchett has signed on to star in FX’s Mrs. America, a limited series created by Dahvi Waller. Emmy Award winner Waller (Mad Men) is writing the series and will executive produce with Blanchett, Coco Francini, and Stacey Sher. Waller will also guide the limited series as the showrunner.
“I feel privileged to have this opportunity to collaborate with Dahvi, Stacey and Coco under the robust and fearless FX umbrella,” said Cate Blanchett. “I am extremely excited about delving into the material as there couldn’t be a more appropriate time to peel back the layers of this recent period of history, which couldn’t be more relevant today.”
According to FX’s official announcement, Mrs. America will consist of nine episodes and will begin shooting in 2019
“Cate Blanchett is one the great actors of our time – and we are truly honored to have her star in Mrs. America,” said John Landgraf, CEO, FX Networks and FX Productions. “We have no doubt that Cate is the perfect actor to play the role of Phyllis Schlafly, who was one of the most polarizing and fascinatingly complex figures of the ‘70s for her opposition to and role in defeating the Equal Rights Amendment, which to this day has never been ratified. Dahvi Waller’s scripts are extraordinary, and I’m thrilled to re-unite with my former Jersey TV partner Stacey Sher, and commend her on assembling such a dynamic foursome of gifted, female, artist-producers to take on this timely story.”
Series creator Dahvi Waller added, “It is a thrill to have the extraordinary Cate Blanchett bring this controversial woman to life, and I can’t think of a better network for this bold series than FX.”
The Plot:
“Mrs. America tells the true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, played by Cate Blanchett. Through the eyes of the women of that era – both Schlafly and second wave feminists Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug and Jill Ruckelshaus – the series explores how one of the toughest battlegrounds in the culture wars of the 70s helped give rise to the Moral Majority and forever shifted our political landscape.”
Focus Features has released the second trailer for the dramatic film, Boy Erased. The new two and a half minute trailer shows Lucas Hedges as Jared Eamons as he’s sent to conversion therapy following his admission to his parents that he’s gay. In addition to showing off new scenes from the film, the trailer includes a link to http://www.stoperasing.com, an organization dedicated to helping the 77,000 people being held in conversion therapy centers in the United States.
In addition to Oscar nominee Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea), the cast of Boy Erased includes Oscar winners Nicole Kidman (The Hours) and Russell Crowe (Gladiator). Alliance of Women Film Journalists nominee Joel Edgerton (Loving), Emmy Award winner Cherry Jones (24), Grammy Award winner Michael “Flea” Balzary of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Xavier Dolan (I Killed My Mother), Troye Sivan, Emily Hinkler (Tyler Perry’s Boo 2), Jesse LaTourette (Z Nation), David Joseph Craig (The Gift), Théodore Pellerin (It’s Only the End of the World), and Britton Sear (Vice Principals) are also featured in what’s expected to be a major player come awards season.
Joel Edgerton adapted Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith and Family by Garrard Conley for the screen and directed. Edgerton made his feature film directorial debut with 2015’s The Gift which earned him a Directors Guild of America nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film.
Edgerton also produced Boy Erased with Steve Golin and Kerry Kohansky-Roberts.
Focus Features will release Boy Erased in select theaters on November 2, 2018.
Nicole Kidman and Lucas Hedges in Focus Features’ ‘Boy Erased.’
The Plot:
The film tells the courageous story of Jared Eamons (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who must overcome the fallout of being outed to his parents (Kidman and Crowe). His parents struggle with reconciling their love for their son with their beliefs. Fearing a loss of family, friends, and community, Jared is pressured into attending a conversion therapy program. While there, Jared comes into conflict with its leader (Edgerton) and begins his journey to finding his own voice and accepting his true self.
CBS’s half-hour comedy Happy Together season one episode six features NBA Rookie of the Year Ben Simmons as himself as well as Steve-O guest starring as a tattoo artist. Season one episode six is titled “Bland Gestures” and will air on Monday, November 5, 2018. The episode was directed by Mark Cendrowski from a script by Luke Cunningham and Matt Unsworth.
The season one cast includes Damon Wayans, Jr as Jake, Amber Stevens West is Claire, and Felix Mallard plays Cooper James. The cast also includes Stephnie Weir as Bonnie, Victor Williams as Gerald, and Chris Parnell as Wayne.
Guest starring in episode six are Paul Zies as Skip, Michael Heimos as Singer, and Marco Da Silva as Screaming Guy.
The “Bland Gestures” Plot: When Cooper turns to Jake and Claire for advice on a big romantic gesture to impress a popular singer, they realize they should start making grand gestures in their own relationship.
The Season One Plot:
Happy Together stars Damon Wayans, Jr. in a comedy about a 30-something happily married couple who begin to reconnect with their younger, cooler selves when a young pop star drawn to their super ordinary suburban life unexpectedly moves in with them. Jake, an accountant, and his dream wife, Claire, a restaurant and bar designer, are very comfortably settled into their marriage, enjoying evenings together on the couch watching TV and scheduling time to change their outgoing voicemail message.
Their tame routine gets a makeover when Jake’s client, exuberant music superstar Cooper James, arrives on their doorstep looking for refuge from the paparazzi following a high-profile breakup with his girlfriend. Jake and Claire quickly discover there’s no way they can keep up with their world-famous houseguest’s effortlessly cool, fast-paced lifestyle. Cooper, however, enjoys Jake and Claire’s more relaxed way of life, discovering that a touch of ordinary can be extraordinary for all three of them.
Julia Roberts stars in ‘Homecoming’ (Photo by Jennifer Clasen / Amazon Prime Video)
With the sad news that season four of Mr. Robot will be its last, there’s a little happy news for Sam Esmail fans. He’s directed the new Amazon series Homecoming, and he got Julia Roberts to star in it.
Based on the podcast, creators Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg adapted Homecoming. Roberts plays a counselor for returning military vets, and her central relationship is with Walter Cruz (Stephan James). Shea Whigham, Dermot Mulroney, and Bobby Cannavale also star.
Homecoming season one premieres Friday, November 2, 2018 on Amazon, and here’s an excerpt from Roberts and Esmail’s interview with the Television Critics Association in support of the show.
How is Sam different from any other director you’ve worked with?
Julia Roberts: “You know, I’m fortunate that I’ve worked with a few directors that are full on genius-minded as Sam is. But I don’t think anybody can top his just daily enthusiasm. He’s just excited every day, just ready to go and smiling and ‘Good morning!’ He just loves it so much and that is really contagious. Even though we say we work four-hour days, there were some long days, long scenes. We had a lot of complicated things to do, Stephan and I together. Always happy though.”
How was Homecoming different or maybe even better than working in film?
Julia Roberts: “Well, this wasn’t that different than film just by virtue of the way that we shot it and having Sam helm all the episodes. So, we were all together in the way that you would be on a movie and we filmed, I don’t know the nomenclature for it, but we — what did we do?”
Sam Esmail: “Block shooting.”
Julia Roberts: “Yeah, that’s what we did.”
Sam Esmail: “But that is not to say this is a five-hour movie so don’t [write that]. There are episodes we embrace [the episodic format], there are chapters.”
Julia Roberts: “Yes, there are chapters. We have credits at the beginning and then credits at the end, over and over and over.”
Sam Esmail: “But production-wise it was like shooting a feature.”
Any chance you’d work with your husband on another project?
Julia Roberts: “We love working together. We’ve collaborated seven times. Nothing really but I love it personally. I don’t know how it is for him. You’d have to ask him, but I love it.”
How many takes did you do of the extended long single take?
Sam Esmail: “It was seven or eight. It wasn’t that many. It was like seven or eight.”
Julia Roberts: “Yeah. I mean it was weird. It was like the harder the task, the faster we accomplished things.”
Sam Esmail: “Yes.”
Julia Roberts: “It was very strange. And we were also very strangely happy all the time.”
Sam Esmail: “Yeah. We planned that out for one day and we got home by lunch.”
Julia Roberts: “Yeah. Well, the first week, we were going home 11:30 or something and then everybody was like, ‘Okay, we need to redo the schedule here.'”
Sam Esmail: “By breakfast, by brunch.”
Julia Roberts: “We can’t be four-hour days every day.”
So, what were some of the challenges that necessitated seven or eight takes?
Julia Roberts: “Likely me tripping at some point or another in my heels. I always had a lot of props. You could take my entire career and put it all together and I didn’t touch as many props as I did in this program on a daily basis.”
Sam Esmail: “I think it’s me. I think I like props, for some reason.”
Julia Roberts: “You like me with a lot of props, that’s for sure.”
Sam Esmail: “Yeah, I did give you a lot.”
You and Dermot have worked together twice before. What is it like the third time on Homecoming?
Julia Roberts: “This is our third time working together.”
Sam Esmail: “But this is the reunion, like because the second time you guys weren’t boyfriend-girlfriend.”
Julia Roberts: “Well, we weren’t boyfriend and girlfriend the first time. We were best friends.”
Sam Esmail: “But there were love vibes.”
Julia Roberts: “And then he was my sister’s boyfriend in August Osage County.”
Sam Esmail: “Fiancé.”
Julia Roberts: “Fiancé, excuse me. And finally, my boyfriend. It only took 30 years.”
Sam Esmail: “I got you both together finally.”
Julia Roberts: “Yes, Sam takes all the credit. He was like, ‘Oh, I have a good idea about a pair. How about Julia and Dermot? I bet that would be a good match.'”
What’s your favorite memory of working with Dermot?
Julia Roberts: “My Best Friend’s Wedding was super fun and that’s really where we became best pals, so that has a place in my heart for sure.”
What does a season two for the show look like? Is it an anthology? Is Julia coming back for a second season or as a whole new part?
Julia Roberts: “I think we’re going to peel one onion at a time.”
Sam Esmail: “Yeah, yeah. I think we’re not going to talk about season two.”
You don’t want to think about a second season, in success?
Julia Roberts: “Well, because I feel like we just showed up at the party and you guys are saying, ‘So when you leave…?’ So, I just want everybody to anticipate this and not be looking down the road to something.”
