The anger Prince Liam harbors toward his brother, King Robert, exploded into a wild confrontation between the siblings in season four episode three of The Royals. Liam wound up pulling a gun on Robert and might have done something unforgivable if it hadn’t been for Princess Eleanor hitting him on the head and knocking him out.
The episode also found Princess Eleanor committed to helping a sick girl who didn’t want to miss out on a school dance or on her chance to be with the boy she had a crush on. Jasper continued recuperating from his gunshot wound and the relationship between he and Eleanor heated up. Meanwhile, Robert continued to audition potential Queens.
Season four episode three ended with Jasper in an ambulance heading back to the palace. King Robert (obviously with some outside assistance) managed to make the electricity go out all over London just as Jasper’s journey to the palace began.
Up next, season four episode four titled “Black as His Purpose Did the Night Resemble” airing Sunday, April 1, 2018 at 10pm ET/PT on E!. The first clip from the upcoming episode features Jasper in the ambulance as a crowd approaches, ready to attack.
Season four consists of 10 one-hour episodes starring Elizabeth Hurley as Queen Helena, Max Brown as King Robert, Jake Maskall as Cyrus, Tom Austen as Jasper, Alexandra Park as Princess Eleanor, William Moseley as Prince Liam, and Genevieve Gaunt and Wilhelmina. Brian Robbins, Joe Davola (One Tree Hill, Smallville), and Shauna Phela are the executive producers.
The “Black as His Purpose Did the Night Resemble” Plot: In Sunday night’s episode, Helena is stuck in the palace wine cellar along with some unsavory guests, Jasper runs into trouble when he’s coming home from the hospital, and Eleanor assumes her Royal Responsibility to help the people gathered outside the castle when the King, her mother and brother are nowhere to be found.
The Royals Season 4 Plot:The Royals is a drama about a fictional British Royal family, who inhabit a world of luxury and regal tradition, but one that also involves intrigue and unexpected twists revealing the complexities faced by royals trying to maintain high-profile relationships under scrutiny, and continuing to shine a light on the anarchy in the monarchy.
The fourth season of The Royals picks up after the charming, potentially duplicitous, Prince Robert (Brown) is crowned King of England. Prince Liam (Moseley) and his recently dethroned uncle Cyrus (Maskall) form an unlikely alliance, Queen Helena (Hurley) struggles to control her unruly brood as she figures out her role in the palace. And, after a heated on again-off again relationship, bodyguard Jasper (Austen) tries to capture Princess Eleanor’s (Park) heart one more time just as they are about to face their biggest obstacle yet.
The film adaptation of Alexandra Bracken’s bestselling young adult novel, The Darkest Minds, has just released the first trailer and movie poster. According to the author, the film will cover only the first book in her popular three-book series. Bracken wasn’t involved in the creative designs or casting, however she wrote on her official website that she’s the film’s #1 cheerleader.
Bracken’s The Darkest Minds book series consists of The Darkest Minds, Never Fade, and In the Afterlight. A fourth book, Through the Dark, is made up of three novellas set in The Darkest Minds world: “In Time,” “Sparks Rise,” and “Beyond the Night.”
Bracken’s first novel in the series was adapted by Chad Hodge (Wayward Pines, Good Behavior). Oscar nominee Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2) directs and Shawn Levy and Dan Levine produced the thriller. The cast includes Amandla Stenberg (Everything, Everything) as Ruby, Harris Dickinson (Trust, Beach Rats) as Liam, Mandy Moore (This Is Us) as Cate, Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones) as Lady Jane, Miya Cech as Zu, Skylan Brooks (The Get Down) as Chubs, and Patrick Gibson (The White Princess) as Clancy.
20th Century Fox has set an August 3, 2018 theatrical release date.
The Plot: When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. Sixteen-year-old Ruby, one of the most powerful young people anyone has encountered, escapes her camp and joins a group of runaway teens seeking safe haven. Soon this newfound family realizes that, in a world in which the adults in power have betrayed them, running is not enough and they must wage a resistance, using their collective power to take back control of their future.
First poster for ‘The Darkest Minds’ (Photo Courtesy of 20th Century Fox)
The CW’s iZombie season four episode five found Liv stepping onto the ice and kicking some serious butt after eating a hockey player’s brain. Major ventured out on a short roadtrip with Don E. which, of course, didn’t go exactly as planned. And Peyton tried to help out a starving zombie and his family. The episode did well in advancing all of the storylines and then ended with a game-changing moment for season four.
Liv and Major’s relationship continued to be a tumultuous one over the first four episodes of season four, however episode five may have put an end to any chance of a romantic reconciliation. No one on #TeamLiv has been happy with Major’s commitment to Filmore-Graves and in episode five that commitment took a devastating turn. Major’s support of Chase Graves’ decision to carry through with the execution of Mama “Renegade” Leone (Dawnn Lewis) looks to be the straw that broke the friendship’s back. Renegade’s death will also be the catalyst that will propel Liv moving forward this season. Liv is now determined to step up and take over Renegade’s human smuggling operation.
Up next, season four episode six titled “My Really Fair Lady.” Directed by Tessa Blake from a script by Graham Norris, episode six will air on April 9, 2018.
The cast of season four includes Rose McIver as Olivia “Liv” Moore, Malcolm Goodwin as Clive Babineaux, Rahul Kohli as Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti, Robert Buckley as Major Lilywhite, David Anders as Blaine DeBeers, Aly Michalka as Peyton Charles, Bryce Hodgson as Don E., Jason Dohring as Chase Graves, and Robert Knepper as Angus McDonough.
The “My Really Fair Lady” Plot: RACHEL BLOOM (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) GUEST STARS – Liv (Rose McIver) and Clive (Malcolm) investigate the murder of a pretentious theater actor (guest star Rachel Bloom). Meanwhile, Ravi (Rahul Kohli) makes a huge sacrifice for Peyton (Aly Michalka). Lastly, Blaine (David Anders) makes a startling discovery.
CBS has ordered second seasons of their freshman action dramas, SEAL Team and S.W.A.T.. The network reports that three of their shows – Young Sheldon, S.W.A.T. and SEAL Team – are among the current primetime season’s five most watched new series.
SEAL Team ranks first among the network’s new dramas, pulling in an average of 10.23 million viewers. S.W.A.T. is second with 9.8 million viewers ages 18 through 49.
Young Sheldon was previously announced as returning for the 2018-2019 season.
“These exciting new dramas have been sensational additions to our schedule, are striking all the right notes creatively, and really connect with our viewers,” stated Kelly Kahl, President, CBS Entertainment. “SEAL Team has strengthened our Wednesday line up – routinely winning its time period with over 10 million viewers and allowing us to build an even more powerful night, while S.W.A.T. has improved Thursday’s 10:00 PM hour by over 2.5 million viewers versus last season. Additionally, both are among the very top streamers on our digital platforms, including CBS.com and CBS All Access. We congratulate the talented casts and producers on an amazing year as we look forward to their return next season.”
SEAL Team is executive produced by Benjamin Cavell, Ed Redlich, Christopher Chulack, Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly. The cast is led by David Boreanaz and includes Max Thieriot, Neil Brown Jr., AJ Buckley, Toni Trucks, and Jessica Paré.
The SEAL Team Plot: “SEAL Team is a new military drama that follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them. Jason Hayes is the respected, intense leader of the Tier One team whose home life has suffered as a result of his extensive warrior’s existence. His team includes his trusted confidant, Ray Perry, the longest-tenured operator with whom Jason shares an ingrained shorthand, and Sonny Quinn, an exceptional, loyal soldier with a checkered past who still combats self-destructive tendencies. Undergoing additional rigorous training in the hope of joining Hayes’ select unit is Clay Spenser, a young, multi-lingual second generation SEAL with insatiable drive and dedication.
Vital to the team’s success are CIA analyst Mandy Ellis, who has sacrificed everything in her drive to root out evil and take down terrorists, and Lisa Davis, a no-nonsense, take-charge logistics officer and unofficial den mother responsible for outfitting the team with the necessary gear for each mission. Deployed on clandestine missions worldwide at a moment’s notice, and knowing the toll it takes on them and their families, this tight-knit SEAL team displays unwavering patriotism and fearless dedication even in the face of overwhelming odds.”
S.W.A.T. is based on the 1975 series which starred Steve Forrest and Robert Urich. The new version stars Shemar Moore, Stephanie Sigman, Alex Russell, Jay Harrington, Lina Esco, Kenny Johnson, Peter Onorati, and David Lim.
The S.W.A.T. Plot: “S.W.A.T. stars Shemar Moore as a locally born and raised S.W.A.T. sergeant newly tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles. Torn between loyalty to where he was raised and allegiance to his brothers in blue, former Marine Daniel ‘Hondo’ Harrelson has everything it takes to be an excellent leader and bridge the divide between his two worlds. Hondo’s elite unit includes David ‘Deacon’ Kay, an experienced S.W.A.T. officer who always puts the team first, despite feeling overlooked for the lead job; Jim Street, a cocky but promising new member of the group; Christina ‘Chris’ Alonso, a skilled officer and the team’s canine trainer; Dominique Luca, an expert driver who gets them in and out of high risk situations; and Victor Tan, who started in the LAPD Hollywood Division and uses his confidential informants in the community to help the team.
Overseeing the unit is Jessica Cortez, the captain of L.A. Metro who values her job above all else, including her off-the-books relations with Hondo. Hondo’s team enjoys an intense rivalry with another L.A.-based unit led by Jeff Mumford, an aggressive leader who likes to do things his way. With Hondo leading the charge, these dedicated men and women bravely put themselves at risk to protect their community and save lives.”
Netflix’s dramatic movie Kodachrome just released a new trailer and poster in support of the film’s April premiere. The two-minute trailer sets up the dysfunctional relationship between a man and his dying photographer father who are forced to deal with each other on a roadtrip to develop rolls of film.
Kodachrome is based on an article by A.G. Sulzberger and was written by Jonathan Tropper (This is Where I Leave You). Mark Ruso (Copenhagen) directed and Tropper, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Eric Robinson, Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Leon Clarence served as producers.
The cast includes Jason Sudeikis (Son of Zorn, The Last Man on Earth), Ed Harris (Westworld), Elizabeth Olsen (Ingrid Goes West, Avengers: Infinity War), Bruce Greenwood (The Resident, Gerald’s Game), and Wendy Crewson (Saving Hope). Netflix is planning an April 20, 2018 release on the streaming service as well as in select theaters.
The Plot: Matt Ryder (Sudeikis) is convinced to drive his estranged and dying father Benjamin Ryder (Harris) cross country to deliver four old rolls of Kodachrome film to the last lab in the world that can develop them before it shuts down for good. Along with Ben’s nurse Zooey (Olsen), the three navigate a world changing from analog to digital while trying to put the past behind them.
The first photo from ‘Humans’ season 3 (Photo Credit: Colin Hutton / Kudos / Wild Mercury / Channel4 / AMC)
AMC just announced the third season of the critically acclaimed drama Humans will premiere on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 10pm ET/PT. The premiere date announcement was accompanied by the first official photo from the upcoming third season.
Humans is based on Lars Lundstrom’s award-winning Swedish sci-fi drama, Real Humans (Äkta människor). Lundstrom picked up the Best Screenwriter award for Real Humans at the Seoul International Drama Awards in 2013. AMC’s English-language version has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards as well as a Satellite Award.
Season three of Humans stars Mark Bonnar (Catastrophe, Apple Tree Yard), Gemma Chan (Captain Marvel, Crazy Rich Asians), Katherine Parkinson (The Honorable Woman, The IT Crowd), Tom Goodman-Hill (Mr. Selfridge, The Imitation Game), Emily Berrington (24: Live Another Day, The Inbetweeners 2), Colin Morgan (Merlin, The Fall), Ivanno Jeremiah (Black Mirror, Doctor Who), and Ruth Bradley (Grabbers, Pursuit).
Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley developed the series and serve as writers and executive producers. Derek Wax, Emma Kingsman-Lloyd, Lars Lundstrom and Henrik Widman also executive produce. Season three writers include Debbie O’Malley, Namsi Khan, Jonathan Harbottle, Melissa Iqbal, and Daisy Coula.
Season three will consist of eight new episodes.
The Plot:Humans provides a thrilling look at the evolution of technology and its effect on society; timely and relevant, the new season unfolds on a bigger scale than ever before. The third season is set in a parallel present and explores what happens when the lines between humans and machines are blurred.
One year after the dawn of consciousness, a decimated and oppressed Synth population fights to survive in a world that hates and fears them. In a divided Britain, Synths and humans struggle to broker an uneasy peace, but when fractures within the Synth community start to appear, all hope of stability is threatened.
Set against the maelstrom of political chaos, the ethical complexities of the dawn of a new species play out across a thrilling multi-stranded narrative. As the Synth family, Mia (Chan), Niska (Berrington) and Max (Jeremiah) continue to battle for their right to survival, Joe (Goodman-Hill) Laura (Parkinson) and their children Mattie (Lucy Carless), Toby (Theo Stevenson) and Sophie (Pixie Davies) struggle to come to terms with the cataclysmic events of last season.
Roxanne McKee, Daniel MacPherson, Trevor Eve, and Warren Brown in ‘Strike Back’ season 5 (Photo by Liam Daniel / Cinemax)
Cinemax just made Strike Back fans extremely happy. The network confirmed the popular action series has been renewed for a sixth season. The announcement came a little over a week out from the season five finale set for April 6, 2018.
Season five is airing on Fridays at 10pm ET/PT. Cinemax hasn’t announced when fans can expect a sixth season to air.
“The rebirth of Strike Back has reestablished Cinemax as a destination for adrenalized, entertaining action series,” stated Kary Antholis, President of HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Programming. “We are delighted to offer Section 20 the opportunity to continue saving the world from mayhem and destruction.”
The cast of season five includes Warren Brown, Daniel MacPherson, Roxanne McKee, Alin Sumarwata, Nina Sosanya, Don Hany, Trevor Eve, and Katherine Kelly. Strike Back is produced by Bill Shepherd and Nuala O’Leary, with Andy Harries, Sharon Hughff, Jack Lothian and MJ Bassett executive producing.
The Season 5 Plot: When fanatical terrorist Omair Idrisi escapes from Syrian authorities with plans to launch an unprecedented attack that could change the face of modern warfare, the ensuing manhunt can only be entrusted to counterterrorism’s best and brightest. Enter Section 20 — the elite, multinational, covert special ops team tasked with tracking down Idrisi and his British co-conspirator wife, Jane Lowry.
Their action-packed manhunt will take the unit across North Africa, the Middle East and Europe, from glitterati soirees to underworld cage fights, as they uncover and attempt to dismantle a vast global web of interconnected criminal and terrorist activity.
Season 5 Finale Details: With stakes at an all-time high, Section 20 heads to a remote island to retrieve a top-secret file coveted by both Ives (Trevor Eve) and the Russians. The episode was written by Jack Lothian and was directed by MJ Basse.
Jack Black returns to the “based on a popular book with weird creatures” subgenre with a starring role in The House with a Clock in Its Walls. Universal Pictures just released a new full trailer and colorful movie poster for the fantasy adventure film set in an old house with…you guessed it…a clock in its walls.
Eli Roth takes his first crack at a family-friendly film, directing from a script by Eric Kripke (creator of Supernatural). Director Roth is best known for R-rated horror fare including Cabin Fever, Hostel, The Green Inferno, and Knock Knock.
Kripke adapted John Bellairs’ bestselling children’s classic with William Sherak, Tracey Nyberg, Laeta Kalogridis, and Mark McNair executive producing. Kripke and Mythology Entertainment’s Brad Fischer (Shutter Island) and James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) served as producers.
In addition to Jack Black (Goosebumps, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), the cast includes Cate Blanchett (Thor: Ragnarok), Owen Vaccaro (Daddy’s Home 2), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks), Colleen Camp (The Truth About Lies), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Altered Carbon), Vanessa Anne Williams (Feed the Beast), Lorenza Izzo, and Sunny Suljic (The Killing of a Sacred Deer).
Universal Pictures is targeting a September 21, 2018 theatrical release of The House with a Clock in Its Walls.
The Plot: In the tradition of Amblin classics where fantastical events occur in the most unexpected places, Jack Black and two-time Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett star in The House with a Clock in Its Walls from Amblin Entertainment. The magical adventure tells the spine-tingling tale of 10-year-old Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) who goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. But his new town’s sleepy façade jolts to life with a secret world of warlocks and witches when Lewis accidentally awakens the dead.
New poster for Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s ‘The House with a Clock in Its Walls.’
Tobias Menzies as James Fitzjames and Ciarán Hinds as John Franklin in ‘The Terror’ (Photo Credit: AMC)
“As a trusted friend once put it, this place wants us dead,” says Captain Francis Crozier (Jared Harris) to his friend and Captain of the other ship in the expedition, John Franklin (Ciaran Hinds). Captain Crozier warns Franklin and the other officers of the serious and deadly possibility of ice freezing most of the ocean and trapping their vessels in episode one of AMC’s dramatic series, The Terror.
Based on historical events, AMC’s new thriller tells the story of the two British explorer ships that set off in the Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage to India and China in 1846. Captain Franklin is commanding the flagship HMS Erebus with Captain Crozier in charge of the secondary ship, HMS Terror. As episode one titled “Go for Broke” begins, two members of the Royal Navy ask a local Eskimo about Captain Franklin and Crozier. The Eskimo points to Crozier’s photo and calls him Aglooka. He also repeats a message that Crozier asked him to tell anyone who came looking for him. He says, “Tell them we are dead and gone.”
Next, the episode flashes back four years and shows the two ships in the Arctic, slowly making their way but running into more and more ice. While Crozier hosts dinner for Franklin and Captain James Fitzjames (Tobias Menzies), his men are eating dinner when one young sailor begins to cough up blood. The lad is taken care of by Dr. Harry Goodsir (Paul Ready) and as he realizes that what he suffers from is lethal, the young man begs the doctor not to perform an autopsy after he’s dead. Just before he dies, the young man hallucinates an Inuit man at the foot of his bed. Before he dies, the young sailor screams at Dr. Goodsir that the native is telling them to run.
The doctor performs the autopsy but can’t find anything wrong with newly deceased sailor. Dr. Goodsir informs his superiors that it was not scurvy. Once the autopsy is complete, a few men are given the task of burying him on a nearby desolate shore. After they drop the body in the large hole they dug, the coffin’s top pops off. One of the men, Cornelius Hickey (Adam Nagaitis), doesn’t feel right about leaving it like that so he climbs down to place the cover on correctly.
There’s more trouble for the Erebus as a big piece of ice gets stuck in its propeller. Collins (Trystan Gravelle) is assigned the job of getting the ice out. As Collins goes under the water in the 1845-style diving suit, he sees the dead body of a sailor who fell overboard floating towards him eerily, almost as though it’s a ghost. When he reports later about removing the ice from the propeller, he doesn’t mention anything about seeing the dead sailor.
The next day, Erebus is able to move again and Captain Franklin is delighted he’s about to be the first person to find the Northwest Passage. Crozier and Thomas Blanky (Ian Hart), the ice master, try to make the argument that this winter is already colder than last year’s winter and the likelihood of both ships becoming trapped by the ice and the cold is great. Their concerns fall on deaf ears. Fitzjames ignores their warnings; he doesn’t like or respect Crozier or Franklin, the latter of whom he believes has become a blinded, glory-seeking, arrogant fool.
Six days later, both the Erebus and the Terror are stuck in the ice. The men try to break it up manually with dynamite but to no avail.
Episode two titled “Gore” begins in the spring of 1847. Eight months have passed and the ships are still trapped in the ice. Captain Franklin has decided to send a company of men out onto the ice, instructing them to head east and west to see if they can find a path to open water. Both groups drag a small lifeboat along with them to use in case they do in fact find the open sea.
Captain Franklin visits Captain Crozier on his ship, surprising him. It seems Franklin is concerned Crozier hasn’t visited him onboard the Erebus during the winter and fears their friendship is in trouble. Crozier assures Franklin they’re still friends and that he just doesn’t like to be away from his ship for any real length of time. Franklin pushes, asking if it would help if he admitted he was wrong. Crozier assures him there isn’t a problem between them.
Not happy about how his visit went, Franklin vents to Fitzjames about Crozier. Fitzjames supports Franklin, telling him that Crozier wasn’t the first choice for this expedition. Franklin admits to him that he wasn’t either.
In a flashback scene, it’s revealed Crozier asked Franklin’s niece to marry him but she turned him down. Franklin was glad because he viewed Crozier as not truly his equal in class due to his Irish heritage. Crozier overhears the unpleasant conversation before he leaves the building.
A scene from ‘The Terror’ (Photo Credit: AMC)
Back out on the ice, the group of men who headed west – including Dr. Goodsir – finally come across some ground that’s not completely covered in ice and snow. The group drops off a note at the outpost for others to find and then heads back to the ice where they left the rowboat and provisions. When they get there, they discover the boat’s been destroyed.
Later that night, the men are huddled close together under a tent during a wind and hail storm when they hear something large growl. Believing it to be what attacked the boat and thinking it’s most likely a polar bear, the men emerge from the tent with the goal of shooting it. In the confusion and darkness, one of the men accidentally shoots an elderly Eskimo in the chest. As they’re dealing with the shock of the shooting, the thing that attacked their boat attacks again and kills Lieutenant Gore.
Back at the Erebus, the other team that went east has returned. They report they had no luck finding an opening to the ocean and worse yet, their food provisions rotted. Captain Franklin orders an early dinner for the men and waits for the return of the party from the west.
The company of men who went west return to the Erebus with the wounded Eskimo and his distraught daughter. Dr. Goodsir wants permission to try to get the bullet out and is given it by Captain Franklin. Captain Crozier is there and speaks the Eskimo’s native language so he’s able to explain to the daughter that they’re trying to save her father.
Unfortunately, the Eskimo has suffered a mortal wound and the doctor can’t save him. His daughter begs him not to go and tells him that Tuunbaq won’t listen to her, however her father dies from his wound.
Crozier has the Eskimo woman taken to the Terror while he and Fitzjames grill Dr. Goodsir about what happened on their search for open sea. Dr. Goodsir tells them he believes the Eskimo had surgery done to him before. He had marks on his body and his tongue had been cut out.
That night, Crozier speaks with the Eskimo woman and tries to convince her he only wants to help her and her people. She tells him if he really wants to help, his men and his ships need to leave. Crozier informs her the ships are stuck in the ice and can’t leave until the ice melts. The Eskimo woman tells Crozier that if he and his men don’t leave soon, they will disappear.
The Terror Episodes 1 and 2 Review:
Capturing the bitter cold and bleakness of the freezing voyage of the two doomed historical ships, AMC’s new series The Terror is a moody, suspenseful thriller with superb performances, wonderful sets, and impressive camera work. The production with its costumes, the set of the two ships, and the frozen wasteland of the arctic, brings vividly to life the bold and life-risking voyage of these men who wanted to be the first to find the mythical Northwest Passage. The audience can almost feel the icy wind and hail as it falls around the party that headed west in search of a way out of their frozen trap.
Jared Harris gives a subtle yet commanding performance as Captain Crozier, the seasoned commander who seems to know before anyone else the lethal dangers of their surroundings. A modest man but with serious conviction and knowledge of the elements, Crozier is the one leader of the voyage who could have saved not only his ship but both ships from disaster if only he’d been the man in charge.
Ciaran Hinds delivers an effective performance as Captain Franklin, the glory-seeking, pompous, and arrogant Captain in charge of the expedition who, with his refusal to listen to the experience and warnings of his second-in-command, has doomed both ships and crews to a cold and watery end.
Paul Ready is perfectly cast as Dr. Goodsir, the caring, decent, and responsible doctor on the voyage who wants nothing more than to take care of the men’s health and pitch in wherever he can to help. He is, without question, the most likable character in the series.
With the ice and cold getting worse and the warning from the Eskimo woman that if they don’t leave the ships and crew will disappear, things are sure to get much worse for the men of the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror.
Lesley-Ann Brandt in ‘Lucifer’ season 3 episode 19 (Photo by Erik Voake / FOX)
Fox’s Lucifer season three episode 18 featured a very pissed off Maze (Lesley-Ann Brandt) who lashed out at everyone in her path, including poor little Trixie. Season three episode 19 begins with Maze tearing up Chloe’s place searching for her knife. She thinks she left it behind when she moved out in a hurry, and fortunately the missing knife isn’t one of her demon blades. As she searches Chloe’s kitchen, she tells Lucifer (Tom Ellis) she’s done with everything and wants to go back to Hell. She demands he gets his wings out and take her home, but he won’t do it. He believes that would end with someone getting hurt.
Maze reminds him he went to Hell for Pierce and when he continues to refuse, she threatens he’ll regret his decision.
Chloe (Lauren German) interrupts and says she tried to explain to Trixie why Maze hurt her feelings, and that she never asked her to move out. Maze, super angry, slams the door as she leaves. Chloe wants Lucifer to chase after Maze, but his explanation is interrupted when Pierce (Tom Welling) arrives dressed for the beach. Chloe stumbles through an explanation/lie about a beach murder she and Pierce were working on, uncomfortable with Lucifer’s questions.
When Lucifer leaves, Chloe explains she didn’t want to cross a boundary that Pierce might not want people to know about. Pierce assures her he’s fine with everyone knowing they’re seeing each other.
Meanwhile, over at Dr. Linda’s Charlotte (Tricia Helfer) is telling the doctor about her strange encounter with a sexy bald black man who called her mom. Dr. Linda (Rachael Harris) immediately realizes she’s talking about Amenadiel (DB Woodside), but she doesn’t let on she knows. Charlotte explains Amenadiel filled in the gaps in her memory, including the story about Lucifer being his stepbrother and that Amenadiel is her son. Charlotte is aware that sounds crazy and no way could it be true, yet she thinks Amenadiel believed he was telling the truth. She decides she better dig deeper into this story.
Lucifer and Chloe hit the beach for a new murder. Ella (Aimee Garcia) is already there taking pictures of the corpse, and Chloe’s forced to admit she and Pierce weren’t investigating a beach murder and that instead she and Pierce were on a date.
Ella points out a security camera and Chloe checks it out while Ella gives Lucifer a hug. She thinks he and Chloe have something special, although Chloe and Pierce would have cute babies. Lucifer tries to assure her everything’s okay.
Chloe, Lucifer, and Ella watch the tape and it seems to show Maze killed their victim, Mike. Chloe can’t believe Lucifer told Maze to blow off steam and this is how she chose to follow his suggestion.
Back at the station, Lucifer informs Chloe he can’t find Maze. Chloe doesn’t believe Maze really did this, and Lucifer explains this is his fault for not taking her home when she asked. Lucifer thinks she’s acting out.
Pierce arrives and Chloe shows him their victim’s rap sheet which lists Maze as a bounty hunter on his tail. Chloe doesn’t think Maze could have done this, and Pierce makes Chloe promise she’s okay with pursuing her ex-roommate and that it’s not a conflict.
Tom Ellis in season 3 episode 19 (Photo by Erik Voake / FOX)
Lucifer and Chloe head out in his convertible and he can’t help but bring up Chloe’s date with Pierce. He assures her she can do what she wants with her free time, although he admits he’s surprised she’s dating someone so old. Chloe cuts him off, telling him she’s not discussing it. She lets slip that she and Pierce aren’t sleeping together, and Lucifer’s slightly happier.
At the winery where Mike worked, his boss, Margo Channing (McNally Sagal), confirms they were unaware Mike had a criminal record. Margo and another supervisor reveal someone came looking for him. Lucifer describes Maze and they agree that’s who it was. Margo reveals that when they told Mike about Maze, he freaked out.
Chloe and Lucifer look through Mike’s trailer and it turns out there’s a can of Maze’s favorite coconut beverage on the counter.
Linda isn’t happy Amenadiel talked to Charlotte, informing him that now Charlotte has more questions because of what he did reveal. She wonders whether he’s doing this to help Charlotte or if he’s doing it because it’s what’s best for him.
Ella finds Pierce and Chloe holding hands and gushes even though Chloe quickly drops Pierce’s hand. Dan (Kevin Alejandro) arrives and Chloe acts uncomfortable and then relieved when Lucifer shows up and she can give up her chair next to Pierce.
Maze intrudes on their conversation about whether it’s possible she killed Mike. Maze, without prompting, admits she did it. Chloe warns Maze she can remain silent, but she wants to be locked up. She whips out her knife (the murder weapon) and asks to be arrested. She giggles as Dan puts her in cuffs.
Minutes later, Chloe tells Pierce this doesn’t feel like Maze. He asks if there’s something going on between her and Lucifer, and wonders why Lucifer gave her a necklace. That prompts her to reveal she’s never slept with Lucifer.
Chloe and Lucifer interrogate Maze, and Maze says she’s just evil and that’s why she killed Mike. Lucifer tells her once again that he’s not taking her home. She thinks prison is just like Hell so she’s fine with that, admitting again that she stabbed Mike.
Chloe asks her to describe how many times she stabbed Mike and she’s not even close.
Chloe and Lucifer agree Maze is innocent, and now they need to figure out how to spring her. While Chloe returns to get her paperwork, Charlotte corners Lucifer and asks if Amenadiel is his brother. He confirms it, so Charlotte probes for more answers. Lucifer stumbles in his explanation and says Charlotte was his stepmom. She demands more answers, believing she deserves to know the truth. He lays out the truth including the fact he’s the Devil and how and why he got rid of his real mom. Charlotte’s speechless and Lucifer tells her to ask Amenadiel if she has any follow-up questions.
Ella visits Maze in her cell, assuring her she’s there to support her – no matter what. Maze is confused by this, wondering why Ella would feel that way if she’s guilty. Maze asks for a hug and Ella complies.
Ella informs Chloe that Chloe’s prints are on the drink can and they all realize someone is framing Maze. Ella says she’s worried about Maze because Maze did something very unMaze-like: she hugged her back.
Turns out Maze stole Ella’s ID. Maze is caught while trying to snag a file, but she pretends to be Ella and hugs the cop who questions her until he’s unconscious and then escapes.
Ella’s upset Maze ruined hugging, but Lucifer wants her to go easy on her. He believes Maze is innocent and that she’s trying to prove it.
Chloe informs Pierce that Maze didn’t kill Mike and that the lab results confirm it. She thinks Maze turned herself in because she needed something specific from the file she stole. It turns out she wanted the bail bondsman’s name because he’s either the person who set her up or the one who did the killing.
Chloe and Pierce are in the middle of an embrace when Lucifer barges in. He claims it doesn’t fill him with mistrust at all and that he’s okay with it, but he’s rotten at hiding his feelings about Chloe.
Maze tracks down the bail bondsman, Barry Hill, at a bowling alley. She demands he go with her but when he tells her to stand aside and look pretty, he gets what he deserves.
Charlotte meets with Amenadiel and lets him know Lucifer told her everything. She doesn’t know if she believes him and wants Amenadiel to clear things up. She asks for her husband’s name and Amenadiel says, “God…Godfrey.” She’s freaking out but knows that it felt like she was in fact in Hell. “You can’t actually be an angel and Lucifer can’t actually be the Devil. If I believed that, then it wouldn’t mean that I’m insane,” says Charlotte.
Maze takes Barry back to his shop, telling him she’s been set up. He claims he was ordered to do it by some guy who works for Sebastian Corp. Before he can say any more, a sniper shoots him.
At this new crime scene, Ella figures out Barry was shot from across the street. Chloe points out the bowling team verified Maze was in Barry’s office with him, not across the street so he can’t be the killer.
Chloe and Lucifer believe it’s possible one of Maze’s former bounties is the one setting her up. They pull them in and one-by-one question them about their dealings with Maze. Chloe and Lucifer can’t help but laugh when one begins crying because she ate his goldfish. Another one confesses he believes Maze is a nice lady because she taught him how to make a shiv; another says she bought him a beer after attacking him. The goldfish guy cries as he says Maze doesn’t judge, and Chloe and Lucifer just can’t stop laughing.
Pierce and Dan watch from behind the glass, and Dan confirms Lucifer and Chloe are pretty much a package deal. He tells Pierce that if he were dating a woman who loved a cat, you’d accept the cat. Pierce thinks he’d just get rid of the cat.
One of Maze’s bounties says Maze set him straight about life. It turns out he worked at the winery where Mike worked, and Chloe and Lucifer figure out it’s Mike’s boss who killed him.
Maze, of course, has already put two and two together. She tosses a knife through Margo Channing’s wine glass, surprising her. Maze warns her she framed the wrong person and then chases her through wine barrels. The name “Sebastian Corp” rings a bell. Maze remembers she tracked down a drunk driver who killed a girl, and that the drunk driver had a rich mommy. It turns out that mommy is Margo.
Sebastian died in a prison fight and Margo blames Maze for putting her son there in the first place. Maze can’t believe it and as she’s about to stab Margo, one of Margo’s employees starts shooting at her to protect his boss. Lucifer stops him by bending the barrel backward before knocking him out.
Maze uses the distraction to grab Margo and hold a knife to her throat. Chloe warns her to drop the knife, but Maze calls herself a bad person and says she destroys everything. Chloe puts her gun away and tears up when she tells Maze she’s the best babysitter Trixie’s ever had, other than the rock band and the pot brownies. “What matters most is that you’re such a good friend to Trixie, to me,” says Chloe, telling her she doesn’t know what she’s going through but is willing to listen. Maze, still angry, stabs Margo in the foot, and then yells that it’s Chloe’s fault Lucifer won’t take her home.
Over at Lux, Lucifer and Amenadiel apologize to Charlotte who’s considering checking herself into a mental hospital. They want to help her move forward and so Lucifer unfurls his glorious wings. Charlotte, who thought things couldn’t get any crazier, can only stare. Finally, she chokes up and smiles realizing she’s not crazy.
Chloe finds Pierce at his motorcycle in the parking lot and wants him to know she and Lucifer are good partners and good friends. She doesn’t want to lose that. She takes off the necklace Lucifer gave her and kisses Pierce. She asks if he wants to take her home and even though Lucifer is now watching from his car, she gets on Pierce’s motorcycle and rides away.
A melancholy Lucifer sits at his piano and plays. Maze arrives and he apologizes. He pours her a drink but she refuses it, still wanting to go back to Hell. “Caring about humans always goes wrong,” says Maze, adding that she’s not the one who’s supposed to be tortured.
When she begs to be taken home, he turns her down again. He doesn’t want to lose her, too. When she asks about what he means by “too,” he explains he lost Chloe to Pierce. He just wants to know that Pierce’s intentions are pure. He assures Maze at least they’ll always have each other. Maze begins crying and says, “I’m always going to be the consolation prize for you. You only care about me when you don’t have Chloe.” She adds that no one puts her first. “None of you deserve me,” she says as she storms off.
Maze is standing in line for a bus when Pierce arrives. He knows she’s angry the people she trusts let her down and wants to work together. Even though they don’t like each other, Pierce says he can help them both get what they want.
