CBS and the cast of The Big Bang Theory have worked out new contracts that will take the series through seasons 11 and 12. CBS and Warner Bros Television confirmed the award- winning half-hour comedy will air through the 2018-2019 season. The series is still going strong, with season 10 ranking #1 among adult viewers 18-54. The show’s retained its hold on the top spot among comedy series since the 2010-2011 season.
The Big Bang Theory was created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, with Lorre, Prady, and Steven Molaro executive producing. The cast includes Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch.
Season 10 has been averaging 19.4 million viewers.
The Plot: Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists – geniuses in the laboratory but socially challenged everywhere else. Enter beautiful, street-smart neighbor Penny, who aims to teach them a thing or two about life. Despite their on-again, off-again relationship in the past, Leonard and Penny have finally gotten married. Even Sheldon has found a female companion, entering into a “relationship agreement” with neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler, and they recently took their relationship to the next level. In their free time, Leonard and Sheldon enjoy fantasy role-playing games with their ever-expanding universe of friends, including fellow scientists Koothrappali, Wolowitz and Wolowitz’s adorable microbiologist wife, Bernadette, who is now expecting their first child.
Penelope Cruz at the premiere of Paramount Pictures’ ‘Zoolander 2’ (Photo by Marion Curtis/Starpix)
Oscar winner Penélope Cruz will star in FX’s Versace: American Crime Story from executive producers Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson. Cruz is set to play murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace’s sister, Donatella Versace. Versace: American Crime Story will be the third installment in the limited series following The People v O.J. Simpson (season 1) and the upcoming Katrina: American Crime Story (season 2).
Filming on Versace: American Crime Story is set to begin this April and is expected to air in 2018.
Penelope Cruz won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her performance in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She also earned Oscar nominations for her work in Nine and Volver. Cruz’s filmography includes Zoolander 2, Blow, Vanilla Sky, Gothika, Hi-Lo Country, The Girl of Your Dreams, All the Pretty Horses, Woman on Top, Open Your Eyes, Live Flesh, and All About My Mother.
Cruz will next be seen in Escobar with Javier Bardem, Murder on the Orient Express with Johnny Depp and Daisy Ridley, and Love Child with Edgar Ramirez.
Sonequa Martin-Green as Sasha Williams and Christian Serratos as Rosita Espinosa in ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 14 (Photo by Gene Page / AMC)
“Rosita didn’t come here to train people. You’re both going after Negan,” says Jesus (Tom Payne) who’s just caught Sasha taking bullets. “I’m not going to change my mind,” replies Sasha (Sonequa Martin-Green) as she’s getting ready to leave with Rosita to try to assassinate Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in episode 14 of season seven of AMC’s horror/drama series, The Walking Dead.
As the episode begins, Maggie (Lauren Cohan) is leading the group at the Hilltop in training to get ready to battle Negan while Enid (Katelyn Nacon) stays close by her side. Maggie also has a sonogram to check on her baby, which goes well, and she tends to Glenn’s gravesite. Later, Jesus and Maggie take part in a heart-to-heart and he reveals that before she and Sasha came to stay at the Hilltop, he never really felt connected to anyone whether it be friends, neighbors, or a boyfriend. (That’s right, one of the reveals in this episode is that Jesus is gay.) Maggie tells him he should still try for a relationship, even if it doesn’t last. (Sasha is secretly listening in on their conversation.)
Sasha sneaks in and takes a few bullets from the book where Jesus had previously hidden them, but she gets caught by Jesus and Enid. Jesus doesn’t want her to go on a suicide mission with Rosita, saying that Maggie and the Hilltop need her. But Sasha says that Rosita (Christian Serratos) will go with or without her so she might as well go too. Jesus offers to go as well with Enid agreeing to back them up, but Sasha reminds them Maggie will need both of them to get the Hilltop ready for whatever happens afterward. She tells them not to tell Maggie yet, that she’s still getting ready and Jesus nods in agreement as he leaves.
Once alone with Enid, Sasha tells her to stay close to Maggie and keep her safe. “She’s the future of this place,” says Sasha, adding that Enid is also the future of the Hilltop. Enid leaves but warns Sasha she’s giving her 10 minutes and then she’ll tell Maggie about her and Rosita. As Enid leaves, Sasha smiles.
Sasha is finishing up getting ready to leave when a Hilltop lookout starts ringing the bell, yelling, “The Saviors are coming!” Rosita and Sasha make a quick escape through a small tunnel Sasha dug earlier when Maggie had suggested they needed to have a quick escape out just in case. Enid immediately hides Maggie and Daryl (Norman Reedus) in the fruit cellar and, in a very suspenseful scene, makes it just in time as the Saviors arrive in their trucks.
Out on the road, Rosita and Sasha look for cars to hotwire to make it to the Saviors’ base quicker, with Sasha trying to make small talk to get to know Rosita better by asking who taught her to hotwire a car. Rosita isn’t having any of it, telling Sasha that she’s not interested in playing “get to know you” and to either talk about their mission or nothing at all. This leads to them disagreeing on how to kill Negan, with Sasha wanting to shoot him from one of the abandoned buildings next to the Sanctuary and Rosita wanting to go in and get close to kill him.
Back at the Hilltop, Enid attempts to distract a Savior thug from going into the fruit cellar by running up to him and dropping a basket of fruit as an offering to the Saviors. He tells her to pick it up and notices her knife, demanding she hand it over which she does, reluctantly. He tells her to take the fruit over to the truck as he opens the door to the fruit cellar and steps inside.
Simon (Steven Ogg) visits Gregory (Xander Berkeley) and informs him this should be a short visit in that they don’t need to chat this time; they just need a particular someone from the Hilltop to move to where Negan resides. Turns out it’s Doctor Carson – Maggie’s doctor. Carson asks why Negan needs two doctors when Simon tells him he’s moving on up, and Simon agrees Carson is right. Negan doesn’t need two doctors and Carson realizes that his brother is dead. Realizing he has to leave with the Saviors, Carson tells Gregory to find someone to watch over his current patients. Simon assures Gregory they aren’t leaving him empty-handed and shows him a crate of aspirin they brought for the Hilltop, and Gregory asks to talk to him alone for a minute.
Gregory tells Simon he has proven he can keep the peace and made sure the Hilltop is productive for the Saviors but if his people lose faith in him someone might get a crazy idea of taking over and might not want to honor the deal between the Hilltop and the Saviors. Simon wants to know who he’s talking about, but Gregory is saying it’s just a possibility. Simon tells him not to worry and if he fears that might happen to come to see him. He assures Gregory he’ll put his name on a list at the Sanctuary so he’ll be able to get in and they’ll talk over his concerns.
Back in the fruit cellar, the Savior thug is looking around for supplies and doesn’t see Maggie and Daryl hiding in behind shelves and baskets. As the Savior is about to leave, Daryl starts to move silently forward to kill him but Maggie stops him by gently grabbing his arm and pulling him back. After the Savior leaves and they know they are in the clear, Maggie tells Daryl he hasn’t looked her in the eyes once since he came to the Hilltop. She asks Daryl to please look her in the eyes as she talks to him. He slowly does and holding back tears with a quiver in his voice, Daryl finally voices to Maggie what he believes is the long overdue apology, referring to what happened the night Glenn was brutally murdered by Negan.
Maggie tells Daryl that what happened was not his fault and that he is “one of the good things in this world.” She reveals that’s what Glenn thought of him and that Glenn would know because he was one of the good things, too. They hug and Maggie tells Daryl she needs him if they’re going to win. “Help me win,” she says and he nods in agreement.
Back on the road to the Sanctuary, Rosita and Sasha are able to distract a few walkers by setting one junk car on fire and are able to hotwire another. Once in the Sanctuary, they set up in a nearby building that has a great view of the courtyard. As they wait for the right moment when Negan steps outside so Sasha can shoot him with the sniper rifle, Sasha asks Rosita to teach her how to make some of the rope knots she’s working on to pass the time. Rosita agrees and it’s not long before she starts to tell Sasha about the guys in her life who taught her different things, like hotwiring a car and making knots, after the world fell. Rosita reveals she’d learn what she could from them and then bounce and that the sex was just for fun. Sasha asks if that was how it was with Abraham and Rosita says no. With Abraham, he only wanted her with him because she knew how to handle herself and contributed to the group. She confesses it bothers her that she’ll never be able to tell Abraham she’s happy he was finally able to move on and be happy. She also admits she doesn’t hate Sasha. The two ladies enjoy a brief and emotional cry, telling each other that no matter how their mission plays out they have each other’s backs.
Rosita and Sasha check the courtyard again looking for Negan and see Simon and his group returning with Dr. Carson. They also see Eugene (Josh McDermitt) giving orders, which Rosita assumes is some sort of angle he’s playing. They watch as Negan comes outside to greet the doctor. Sasha tries to get a clear shot but finds it impossible with all the other Saviors, Eugene, and Dr. Carson around Negan. They hear Eugene over the walkie-talkie instructing the Saviors to strengthen the security around the fences, and Rosita says it’s time for them to go in.
Back at the Hilltop, Gregory sends for Jesus and tells him he’s been slacking off on his scavenging duties and that he wants to move Maggie and some others out of his trailer claiming it’s a fire hazard. Jesus tells him he must really be worried if he wants to split them up, and Gregory warns Jesus he shouldn’t talk to him like that or he might need to find a new friend to look out for. Jesus asks if he just threatened him and Gregory tells him he’s dismissed.
Later that night, Eugene is with a few fence guards when they’re shot dead. A shocked Eugene freezes and then sees Sasha and Rosita run up to the fence. They say they’re breaking him out and he replies, “No, I’m not going with you!” An extremely upset and terrified Eugene runs back inside the compound. Sasha tells Rosita to stand watch for any other Saviors as she goes through the fence and then she quickly relocks it, locking Rosita out. “It’s not your time,” says Sasha to a surprised and upset Rosita. “They need you,” finishes Sasha with a smile on her face as she turns and runs into the compound in search of Negan. Rosita hits the fence, crying, “No!” But when she hears shots and sees Saviors coming out to see what’s going on, she runs back into the darkness. After running a short distance, Rosita stops and cries. Her tears stop when she sees a figure in the dark watching her.
The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 14 Review:
Suspenseful and full of heartbreaking moments, episode 14 titled “The Other Side” shows the two women who loved Abraham – Rosita and Sasha – coming to terms with his loss and strengthening their relationship with each other. It also found Gregory yet again sacrificing the greater good of the Hilltop to try to better his own relationship with the Saviors, and Daryl finally apologizing to Maggie who never once actually blamed him for Glenn’s death.
There were so many standout performances in this episode. First up, Christian Serratos as Rosita shines as she finally opens up to Sasha about her past and what Abraham really meant to her. The scene where she reveals that what haunts her is the fact she can never tell Abraham she was happy he found happiness even if it was without her is powerful and moving. Sonequa Martin-Green gives a more subtle but effective performance as Sasha who it turns out is more at peace and ready to sacrifice herself to kill Negan than even Rosita is. Her last scene where she locks Rosita out and tells her the group needs her, said with a small smile on her face, is both surprising and touching.
Lauren Cohan shows once again what a terrific actress she is in her scene with Norman Reedus as she tells her self-loathing friend that her husband’s death was never his fault and that she needs him if they’re going to win the war against the Saviors. (As they hugged, this critic wondered if this is the beginning of Daryl and Maggie becoming closer and possibly altering their relationship down the road.)
With Sasha now in the Saviors compound and Rosita being watched by a figure in the dark who, let’s be honest, is likely Dwight, it will be interesting to see if either one survives their suicide mission.
The first season of The CW’s Riverdale‘s will return after taking a two week break with episode eight airing on March 30, 2017. The eighth episode was directed by David Katzenberg from a script by Julia Cohen and continues exploring the relationship between Betty and Jughead. The Riverdale cast includes KJ Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom, Marisol Nichols as Hermione Lodge, Mӓdchen Amick as Alice Cooper, Luke Perry as Fred Andrews, and Ashleigh Murray as Josie McCoy.
The ‘Chapter Eight: The Outsiders’ Plot: THE BEST LAID PLANS — As Fred (Perry) and his crew are about to start construction he loses his crew, which could put his livelihood in jeopardy. Wanting to help his dad, Archie (Apa) and his friends pitch in to help but after one of them is attacked, the gang comes up with a plan that lands them in Southside Serpent territory. With Jughead’s (Sprouse) secret revealed, he is worried about how his friends will react. Meanwhile, Veronica (Mendes) and Betty (Reinhart) suggest throwing Polly (guest star Tiera Skovbye) a baby shower to make her feel better, but Polly is hesitant knowing how everyone feels.
Sean Maguire stars in ‘Once Upon a Time’ season 6 episode 13 (Photo by Eike Schroter / ABC)
ABC’s Once Upon a Time season six episode 13 opens with a flashback to the First Ogres War. The men are frightened of the upcoming battle, but Beowulf (Torstein Bjørklund) is certain they’ll be victorious because he wields the enchanted sword, Hrunting. The war begins, Beowulf leads the charge and, as promised, his sword proves deadly to the ogres. However, even with the special sword and archers shooting fiery arrows, the ogres have the upper hand. Beowulf and his men fight on until it’s down to a one-on-one battle between Beowulf and a massive ogre. Beowulf loses his sword and just as he’s about to be killed, Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) shows up and slays the remaining ogres.
Back in Storybrooke, Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) is drowning his worries in rum. Archie (Raphael Sbarge) joins Hook at the diner’s counter and Hook admits that David gave his blessing, but now there’s a new problem. He confesses he found out something horrible about his past and although he should keep it a secret, he wants to tell Emma. But if he reveals what he did, she probably won’t marry him. Archie suggests he confess and see what happens.
Rumple, Mother Superior/Blue Fairy (Keegan Connor Tracy), and Belle (Emilie de Ravin) search the woods for Gideon (Giles Matthey), but Rumple thinks that Gideon is looking for the shattered sword to kill the Savior. Rumple promises to find Gideon before he gets his hands on the sword.
Back to the Ogres War where the army and townsfolk cheer Rumple for killing the ogres, and even Baelfire (Brandon Spink) is impressed. Beowulf, who towers above everyone crowded into the tavern, reveals Rumple was only able to defeat the ogres because he’s become the Dark One. Beowulf says everyone will pay dearly for this, and Baelfire admits he’s worried and wants Rumple to give up the dagger and stop using dark magic. Rumple promises his son to never use dark magic again.
Back in Storybrooke, Gideon breaks into the sheriff’s office and into the safe where he finds the hilt of the broken sword. Rumple shows up just as Gideon steals the sword and puts his son to sleep before he can leave with the sword’s hilt.
Meanwhile, Regina (Lana Parrilla) catches up with Robin (Sean Maguire) who has stolen her box of potions. He hides them before she sees what he’s done and apologizes for going off on his own, saying he’s just having a hard time getting used to this world.
And back to Gideon and Rumple we go… Rumple has tied up Gideon in the clock tower, telling him he won’t let him kill the Savior. Rumple explains he became the Dark One to end the Ogres War and that once you give into darkness, you can’t turn back. Gideon asks about stealing Emma’s light magic while Rumple continues to tell him the sword is just a useless relic. He doesn’t want Gideon to kill the Black Fairy because it will cost Gideon his soul. “Giving into darkness can only lead to heartbreak,” says Rumple.
Returning to the past, Baelfire comes home with his face messed up and Rumple is about to have a word with the person responsible when the townsfolk arrive at his door. They need help fighting the monster, Grendel, but Rumple says he promised his son he won’t use magic. Baelfire believes his dad can defeat the monster without dark magic and that this battle would prove to everyone he’s not a “slave to that dagger.”
The story shifts to Robin paying a visit to Zelena (Rebecca Mader). She’s startled to see him seated at her kitchen table and pissed he’s in her house. He swears he’s not there for their baby and shows her Regina’s potions, telling her he wants to leave Storybrooke. If she gets rid of the protection spell, he can leave and return to his old ways. He thinks Zelena also wants to leave and is ready for some new friends. She smiles and asks, “When do we leave?”
Rumple asks Gideon what the Black Fairy did to make him think killing the Savior is the only way to become a hero.
Rumple and Baelfire go in search of Grendel and Baelfire’s disappointed when he learns Rumple brought the dagger with him. Rumple says he can’t imagine living without the power the dagger gives him, however, he hands the dagger over to his son telling him to stop him if he tries to use it.
Gideon’s now untied and he explains why he hates the Black Fairy so much. She challenged his desire to be a hero, punishing another boy and leaving Gideon’s cell door open while the boy cried in pain. Gideon didn’t help the boy and that means he didn’t have what it takes to be a hero. He asks his dad to help him show Belle she’s wrong about them both and that they can be heroes. Rumple agrees and after Gideon takes a sip of tea, he feels strange. Rumple explains it’s a potion to wipe away his memories of the Black Fairy, but Gideon was faking it and wasn’t affected by the drink. Gideon grabs Rumple’s dagger before Rumple can figure out what’s going on, ordering his dad to help him fulfill his destiny.
Rumple and Baelfire make it to Grendel’s cave and find it littered with dead bodies. Beowulf sneaks up and disarms Baelfire of the dagger, and Baelfire tries to convince him they should fight Grendel together. It turns out Beowulf killed the villagers and he’s just tricked Rumple and Baelfire into falling for his trap. He’s going to pin the villagers’ deaths on Rumple and make himself a hero. Rumple tells Baelfire to run and Beowulf commands Rumple to stay exactly where he is.
In Gold’s shop, Gideon learns he needs the blood of the person who forged the blade to fix the sword and fulfill his destiny. He hesitates when Rumple tells him the Blue Fairy (his fairy godmother) forged the blade, but ultimately decides his desire to kill the Black Fairy is stronger than his feelings about the Blue Fairy. He uses the dagger to command his dad not to get in his way.
Over at the county line, Zelena, her baby, the Evil Queen who’s now a snake, and Robin are ready to use the potion when Regina shows up and tells them it won’t work. She’s angry Robin deceived her and stole her magic, but she was right when she said the potion wouldn’t break the protection spell. Robin says he can’t be her Robin and he’ll never be able to live up to that Robin’s legacy. Regina tells Robin that she’ll do whatever she can to find a way to break the protection spell so he can leave, saying she owes it to both Robins.
Beowulf catches up with Baelfire and they’re ready to fight when Baelfire uses the dagger to summon his dad. Rumple tosses Beowulf against a tree, telling Beowulf he’s going to take him back to the village and tell the truth. Baelfire says Beowulf is the monster and the one who should pay, and when Beowulf tosses the boy aside as he’s leaving, Baelfire uses the dagger to make Rumple kill Beowulf even though it’s obvious he doesn’t want to.
Gideon finds Mother Superior and she’s happy to see him, apologizing for not being able to protect him as a child. He wants her to repair the sword even though it will take all of her magic to do so. Gideon freezes her in place and is about to cut her hand when Rumple interrupts. He can’t stop Gideon (he was commanded to stay out of the way), but he can take Mother Superior’s magic from her so his son won’t have to. He drains the fairy and the sword is restored to one piece. He tells Gideon they’ll defeat the Black Fairy together, but Gideon will not use dark magic to do so. Gideon thanks his dad and hands him back the dagger.
Back in time, Baelfire still has the dagger and he’s not sure what to do about it. He likes the power it has and he believes it’s the only way to protect them. Rumple hands him a cup of tea containing the memory potion. Unaware of what’s in the tea, Baelfire takes a sip and losses his memories of what happened in the cave. He doesn’t remember what happened to Beowulf or how they escaped. When he sees Beowulf’s sword, he’s angry his father killed Beowulf. (It’s a truly heartbreaking scene!) He races from their home, saying his dad’s turning into a monster.
Belle demands to know what’s wrong with Mother Superior and why Rumple didn’t stop Gideon from doing something horrible. Rumple reveals he drained Mother Superior to make sure their son didn’t turn dark. Rumple promises after they stop Gideon, he will return the Blue Fairy’s magic. Both realize Gideon will be going after Emma again, but they hope they can stop him before he does. Belle tells Rumple that if he can make the right choice after all he’s done, that means there’s hope for Gideon. Belle’s obviously impressed with Rumple and they hug.
Over at the diner, Hook’s been downing rum and he’s finally worked up his nerve to go home. Emma (Jennifer Morrison) is there and happy to see him. They kiss and she immediately smells the rum on his breath, and he confesses he needed the courage to tell her something important. Hook struggles to tell her his secret and Emma jumps ahead and says her answer would be yes if he popped the question. Hook looks stunned and Emma reveals she found the engagement ring. She asks if he’s mad and he says, of course, he’s not. She reminds him they don’t have any secrets. Hook gets down on one knee and asks if she’ll marry him. She says yes and they kiss…a deep, lengthy, passionate kiss…followed by a hug. Hook looks confused and torn.
Zelena returns the Evil Queen to Regina and she apologizes for trying to help Robin escape. Regina says it’s her fault because she failed the test. When she saw Robin in the alternate world, she should have let him be. She lifts the cover on the snake’s cage and she’s disappeared.
The scene shifts to the snake wrapping herself around Robin and then biting him. The Evil Queen’s freed from being a snake because Robin had some anti-magic potion stuck to him. He’s confused, believing this is Regina. She explains she’s the Evil Queen and Robin tells her all he wants to do is leave Storybrooke. However, the Evil Queen tells him she’ll be his new tour guide, assuring him he’ll have a whole new appreciation of what Storybrooke has to offer with her guiding him around town.
Dan Stevens and Emma Watson in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ ( (Photo (c) 2016 Disney Enterprises inc.)
Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast broke multiple records over its opening weekend, including the largest opening for a PG rated film. Beauty and the Beast starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens also moved into first place for the biggest opening of a March release at $170 million, knocking Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and its $166 million take into second place. The opening weekend numbers were also big enough to snag the seventh spot on the highest grossing domestic openings of all time list. Audiences embraced the romantic musical, awarding it an “A” on CinemaScore while critics were a tad less enthusiastic. (It’s currently sitting at 70% fresh on RottenTomatoes.com.)
Disney’s got to be extremely happy with Beauty and the Beast‘s opening weekend box office (both domestic and international) and the film is likely to remain in or close to the number one spot over the next few weekends. Beauty and the Beast also reinforced the fact that females can drive films to box office success, with females making up 70% of the film’s Friday audience.
David Giuntoli as Nick Burkhardt and Bitsie Tulloch as Eve in ‘Grimm’ Season 6 Episode 11 (Photo by: Allyson Riggs/NBC)
NBC’s Grimm season six episode 10 ended with Eve (Bitsie Tulloch) stepping through the mirror without first telling anyone her plans. Episode 11 titled ‘Where the Wild Things Were’ kicks off with Nick (David Giuntoli) returning home and a now wide-awake Adalind (Claire Coffee) asking if Renard talked to him about Diana’s drawings. She wants to know if he’s going to tell Renard about the tunnel and then confesses Diana manipulated Renard into killing Bonaparte. Adalind also finally comes clean and reveals Diana caused Rachel Wood’s death, too. She’s only warning Nick about this because she believes Nick needs to tell Renard about the tunnel. They don’t trust him, but there’s a possibility he can help figure everything out – or that he knows someone who can.
Meanwhile, Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) arrive home and try not to wake Eve. They quickly discover that won’t be a problem after seeing Eve’s uncovered the mirror. They see Adalind’s mother’s book open on the table and are shocked Eve brought it into their house. They find a dagger on the floor in front of the mirror and decide to call Nick to let him know Eve’s missing and has probably gone through the mirror.
Adalind asks about the book and as Rosalee closes it to read the cover, the book locks itself up and the dagger secures itself firmly in the lock. Only a Hexenbiest can open it which means Nick and Adalind need to head over immediately. Adalind believes everything is connected and that Nick should bring the mystical stick. He agrees.
So, where is Eve? She wakes up in the snow in a forest and can see through her side of the mirror to Rosalee and Monroe’s.
Monroe and Rosalee discuss why Eve would have done this on her own, and Monroe’s willing to give her the benefit of the doubt that the skull guy grabbed her and forced her through the mirror. Rosalee doesn’t buy that explanation at all. Nick and Adalind arrive while on her side of the mirror Eve bangs on the glass and screams for their attention. Instead, the mirror disappears and in its place is a replication of Diana’s drawing.
Eve’s distracted from the drawing by the sounds of a fierce fight. She sees a man with an axe being attacked and bitten by Wesen.
While Adalind tries to figure out what page Eve was looking at before she went through the mirror, Diana declares that Eve is in the mirror and confirms the blood on the mirror’s frame is Eve’s. Adalind says Eve asked about blood magic and how a Hexenbiest’s blood could be used to cross over. Before Adalind woges into a Hexenbiest to open the book, she warns Diana her face has to change. Diana’s fine with it and seems more interested than frightened.
The spell Eve used indicates only a Hexenbiest can open the mirror and it must be that person’s blood used to open it. In other words, Nick can’t substitute for Adalind and as she’s about to cut herself, Team Grimm stops her. Adalind says if she doesn’t go, then they’re basically abandoning Eve. Then Nick decides to try the mystical stick and as he takes it from its box, Diana’s fascinated and her eyes turn purple.
Adalind stops Nick just as he’s holding the stick up to the mirror. She’s concerned because they don’t really know anything about the stick or what effect it will have on him. Monroe announces he’s going with Nick, but everyone is against that idea. Nick gives Adalind a hug and says he’s hopeful the stick will help him.
When Nick touches the stick to the mirror’s surface, the mirror immediately reacts. He puts his hand through, but Monroe’s worried about the possibility Nick won’t find Eve. Rosalee’s concerned Nick can’t come back, but he steps through anyway. The stick falls from his hand as Nick disappears into the mirror. Diana explains the stick can’t go through because “it doesn’t belong there.”
Nick wakes up on the other side to the sound of birds. He’s also in the forest and can see through the mirror, just as Eve was able to at first. He watches Monroe pick up the stick as everyone else looks concerned. Nick touches the mirror and it disappears, revealing the cryptic map. Nick looks around at what looks like Stonehenge. He also witnesses Blutbaden attacking each other and when one spots him, it speaks to him in German before launching an attack. They fight and Nick seems to be getting the best of it, yet the Blutbad refuses to stay down. Nick, impatient for the fight to be over, shoots him and it’s obvious this Blutbad has never seen a gun before. He dies, but Eve heard the shots and comes running.
Nick tells her the stick let him pass through the mirror but didn’t come with him. He thinks this is the Black Forest, but Eve’s sure the Wesen are different in this world. The Wesen don’t woge back. Nick’s angry Eve went through the mirror without telling anyone and she swears she was just trying to kill the skull-man or whatever it is before it killed everyone. Nick tells her the Wesen speak German and she says they’re everywhere.
Blutbaden gather around their fallen friend and howl. They sniff the air and head off to find Nick and Eve.
Adalind tells Diana to get some sleep and then tries to talk Monroe and Rosalee into letting her pass through the mirror. They’re adamant that that’s a bad idea, telling her they need to give Eve and Nick a chance to contact them or get out. Monroe suggests they keep researching when Adalind reveals Renard has a friend who knows about the symbols. Monroe and Rosalee are shocked Renard knows about all this, but Adalind thinks they have to trust Renard in order to save Nick and Eve.
Eve runs down the list of Wesen she’s seen and it’s lengthy. They’re not sure where they’re going and Nick thinks maybe this world is run by Wesen and that’s why the skull-man wanted Eve to come through the mirror. As they talk, Eve is ever so slowly woging (just her hands are changing) – even without trying to! Nick hears the Blutbaden approaching fast.
Hank (Russell Hornsby) and Wu (Reggie Lee) get filled in on what’s going on, and both are skeptical Renard will be of any help. It’s decided Hank, Monroe, Adalind, and Diana will accompany Renard (Sasha Roiz) into the tunnel. He reminds them he’s only there for Diana, and she’s the only one glad he’s there. She tells her dad Nick and Eve are in a bad place, and he asks about “the other place.”
They head into the tunnel as in the other world, Nick and Eve run from Blutbaden. They make it to where humans have built a flimsy barricade, but the humans are just as scared of them as they are of the Wesen. Nick shoots all the Blutbaden following them except for one who runs away. Nick puts his hands up and says he doesn’t want to hurt them, and then tries a little German which seems to calm them down a little. One human comes out and checks out the dead Blutbaden, declaring Nick saved them from their enemy. They drag the dead into their encampment and invite Nick and Eve in, too.
Back in the tunnel, Renard looks at the drawings and he’s confused why Eve and Diana both drew them. Monroe explains about the stick and its cloth covering, and Renard asks if it had to do with the keys. He can’t believe they found what the Crusaders buried in the 12th century and just then all the drawings light up. It’s Diana’s doing and Adalind says they need to find out how she’s connected to all this.
The humans ask Nick about his gun, and it’s obvious they’ve never seen one before. Eve starts listing Wesen and the group has heard of them all. Nick tries to communicate by drawing the skull-man as a Blutbad roasts on the fire nearby. When he shows the group the drawing, they all instantly recognize it. He motions as if to kill the skull-man, and Eve struggles in German to ask where he is. They say he’s in the Black Forest, and Nick tells Eve he thinks they’ve come full circle. Their hosts want Nick to eat a piece of the Blutbad and he reluctantly takes a bite while Eve looks disgusted.
Team Grimm shows Renard the cloth as Diana says only she and Eve can see the symbols on it. Monroe then shows him the mystical stick, and Renard’s less than impressed until they say it has healing powers. They reveal that the stick saved Nick, Monroe, and Eve. No one knows how it works, and Adalind asks if Renard or his friend knows anything about this. Renard doesn’t know if his friend does, but he’ll find out.
Catching up with Eve and Nick, the townspeople are chanting “Kill the Zerstorer!” They’re happy Nick and Eve are there to save them.
The surviving Blutbad makes it back to the Stonehenge-like circle where he kneels before Zerstorer.
The leader of the humans leads Nick and Eve through the forest and then points the way to the stone circle. He won’t accompany them and is freaked out when he sees Eve’s hands, leaving them on their own.
Renard video chats with Dasha who wants to know everything Diana knows about the other place. Diana describes it as full of wild things. Dasha says it’s like two different dimensions and that one is like a pre-life or after-life. Diana describes the skull-guy and Dasha asks her to clarify if someone with a skeleton face was in the other place. When Rosalee says it tried to pull Nick and Eve through the mirror, Dasha asks if Diana speaks Russian and when he says no, Dasha reveals Diana is the Shaphat. She explains (in Russian) the skull guy could be who we refer to as the Devil and Diana could be the person intended to be his bride. Dasha says it’s the prophecy and they all should prepare for the worst.
When the video chat ends, Renard is speechless.
Eve and Nick make it back to where they came through and see the symbols from the drawing are also in the sky. In the center of the Stonehenge-like circle is a sacrificial altar and as they look around, Eve is attacked. Nick kills the Blutbad and they both realize the Zerstorer knows they’re there.
Back at Adalind’s place, Renard puts Diana in bed and then tells the team the skull guy is not after Eve or Nick, he’s after Diana. He explains she’s meant to be the beast’s child bride, and they try and figure out their next step to stop that from happening. They decide to look through the rest of the books and see if anything has been written about stopping Diana from becoming the Shaphat. The team splits up to do more research.
Nick’s got three bullets left and he tells Eve they are not splitting up. Eve wants to check the perimeter but Nick takes this opportunity to say all of this is his fault. She’d be completely safe if they never met and Eve confesses she wouldn’t change that if she could. She says she did terrible things and that she will never be Juliette again – and she doesn’t want to be. She doesn’t blame Nick at all. He asks if she really believes they’re all better off and Eve replies, “I have a strength and a purpose that I never had before. I know you’re here because you loved me once and you feel responsible for the bad things that have happened. But you can’t change any of it and I can’t change any of it.”
Eve says happy doesn’t interest her anymore and that everything happened for a reason. She says Nick is right and that she can’t kill the Zerstorer alone. Just then the ground around them begins shaking and they hear loud footsteps. The Zerstorer appears and slams his stick into the ground, sending out a shockwave that knocks Eve and Nick down. They get up and Nick fires his final bullets at the Zerstorer to no effect. The Zerstorer knows Nick is a Grimm but isn’t scared of him. He lifts his stick and green lightning charges through it. Nick asks Eve if she has any ideas as she woges into a Hexenbiest.
NBC has set the premiere dates for its 2017 summer primetime lineup which will feature four new series as well as the return of America’s Got Talent, American Ninja Warrior, Hollywood Game Night, Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge, The Carmichael Show, The Night Shift, and The Wall. Making their debut this summer are World of Dance featuring Jennifer Lopez, Derek Hough, Ne-Yo, and host Jenna Dewan Tatum; Midnight, Texas, a new thriller starring Dylan Bruce, Arielle Kebbel, and François Arnaud; Marlon, loosely inspired by the life of Marlon Wayans; and Little Big Shots: Forever Young with seniors showing off their talents.
NBC will also add a four episode run of Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update starring Colin Jost and Michael Che to its summer schedule beginning August 10th.
NBC’s Summer Premiere Dates:
“WORLD OF DANCE” — MONDAY, MAY 8 FROM 10-11 P.M. MOVES TO 10 P.M. TUESDAY, MAY 30
“AMERICA’S GOT TALENT” — TUESDAY, MAY 30 FROM 8-10 P.M. (LIVE SHOWS BEGIN TUESDAY, AUG. 15 FROM 8-10 P.M.; LIVE RESULTS BEGIN WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16 FROM 8-9 P.M.)
“THE CARMICHAEL SHOW” — WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 AT 9 P.M.
“AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR” — MONDAY, JUNE 12 FROM 8-10 P.M.
“SPARTAN: ULTIMATE TEAM CHALLENGE” — MONDAY, JUNE 12 FROM 10-11 P.M.
“LITTLE BIG SHOTS: FOREVER YOUNG” — WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 FROM 8-9 P.M.
“THE WALL” — THURSDAY, JUNE 22 FROM 8-9 P.M.
“THE NIGHT SHIFT” — THURSDAY, JUNE 22 FROM 9-10 P.M.
“MIDNIGHT, TEXAS” — TUESDAY, JULY 25 FROM 10-11 P.M.
“HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT” — MONDAY, AUG. 7 FROM 10-11 P.M.
“MARLON” — WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16 FROM 9-10 P.M. (BACK-TO-BACK EPISODES WITH LEAD-IN OF “AGT” LIVE RESULTS SHOWS)
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS:
WORLD OF DANCE – In partnership with preeminent global dance brand World of Dance, the series brings the world’s elite dancers together to compete in epic battles of artistry, precision and athleticism for a life-altering prize of $1 million. Solo dancers will compete against duos and crews in an unlimited range of dance including hip-hop, popping, locking, tap, ballet, break dancing, ballroom, stomping and more. Jennifer Lopez, NE-YO and Derek Hough will be at the judges table with Jenna Dewan Tatum set as host/mentor.
Handpicked from qualifying events around the nation and thousands of online submissions, competitors are divided into three divisions: Junior (any size act, 17 years old and under), Upper (groups of 1- 4, 18 and older) and Team (groups of 5+, 18 and older). Our panel of experts score the acts using a precise point system developed by World of Dance, using the following criteria: Performance, Technique, Choreography, Creativity and Presentation. The competition consists of five rounds: Qualifiers, Duels, The Cut, Divisional Final and the World Final. In the first four rounds, dancers only compete within their division, but in the World Final – the winner from each division will compete against each other for the grand prize of $1 million and the title “Best in the World.”
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT – Following the show’s most viewed season in five years where the finale came down to 13-year-old singing sensation Grace VanderWaal winning over spellbinding illusionist duo The Clairvoyants, America’s Got Talent is back for its 12thseason with creator and judge Simon Cowell, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel, as well as new host Tyra Banks. America’s Got Talent has reigned as television’s #1 most-watched summer alternative series for each of its 11 seasons on the air and last summer surged to its highest adult 18-49 average (a 3.0 rating) in three years and most-watched season (13.5 million viewers) in five years.
THE CARMICHAEL SHOW – Inspired by the life of comedian Jerrod Carmichael, the series follows Jerrod and his opinionated North Carolina family as they navigate topics that all families face in America today. Jerrod often finds himself debating such issues with his old-school father, Joe (David Alan Grier); his devoutly religious mother, Cynthia (Loretta Devine); his fiancée, Maxine (Amber Stevens West); his social media-loving brother, Bobby (Lil Rel Howery); and Bobby’s outspoken almost-ex-wife, Nekeisha (Tiffany Haddish). And somewhere in the middle of all of their disagreeing is the heart of this family.
AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR – The Emmy Award-nominated American Ninja Warrior returns for its sixth full season on NBC. Matt Iseman is back as host, along with Akbar Gbajabiamila and co-host Kristine Leahy. The action-packed series follows competitors as they tackle a series of challenging obstacle courses in both city qualifying and city finals rounds across the country. Those that successfully complete the finals course in their designated region move on to the national finals round in Las Vegas, where they face a stunning four-stage course modeled after the famed Mt. Midoriyama course in Japan. The winner will take home a grand prize of $1 million. This season the show will make stops in Los Angeles, Calif.; San Antonio, Texas; Daytona Beach, Fla.; Kansas City, Mo.; Cleveland, Ohio; and Denver, Colo., before heading to Las Vegas for the national finals.
SPARTAN: ULTIMATE TEAM CHALLENGE – Inspired by Spartan Race — the creators of the world’s most demanding obstacle course races — Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge raises the bar on team competitions. Groups of friends, families, co-workers and more must work together to test their determination, endurance and will. Teams of five will compete on one the most demanding courses ever devised and will have to push through the pain to win $250,000.
LITTLE BIG SHOTS: FOREVER YOUNG – Following up on the phenomenal success of Little Big Shots, in which kids brought their amazing talents to a primetime audience, Little Big Shots: Forever Young is where young-at-heart seniors will showcase their hidden talents, vibrant personalities and incredible wisdom. As the #1 new series last season among total viewers and the most watched new alterative show in six years, Little Big Shots showcased the talent and comedy of the very young. Now the spotlight turns to America’s seniors, where Harvey will showcase undiscovered rare talents and hysterical encounters with musicians, singers, dancers and every form of “elderkind” in the country. With many years of experience and wisdom, these seniors are sure to delight the audience with their strong opinions, incredible talent, and heartwarming stories.
THE WALL – With more than $12 million on the line every night, and up to $3 million on a drop at four-stories high, The Wall was built for one purpose — to change everyday people’s lives in an instant. The Wall offers a pair of deserving teammates life-altering cash prizes. The rules are simple: Get a question correct and a green ball will fall down the wall and add the value of the slot to the players’ winning total. Miss a question and an ominous red ball will fall and deduct the value from the team. Teammates have to work together to build a huge cash prize.
THE NIGHT SHIFT – Doctors, nurses and the medical staff at San Antonio Memorial Hospital will be busier than ever during the fourth season of the fast-paced medical drama The Night Shift. The cast includes Eoin Macken, Jill Flint, Brendan Fehr, Robert Bailey Jr., JR Lemon, Tanaya Beatty and Scott Wolf.
MIDNIGHT, TEXAS – Based on the best-selling book series by Charlaine Harris (author of the novels that inspired True Blood), Midnight, Texas stars François Arnaud as Manfred, a charming, powerful psychic who can communicate with spirits and finds safety in Midnight surrounding himself with both human and supernatural allies. Midnight is also home to Bobo, proprietor of Midnight’s local pawn shop (Dylan Bruce); Fiji, a witch who owns the local wiccan shop (Parisa Fitz-Henley); Olivia, a mysterious assassin with a weapon for every occasion (Arielle Kebbel); Joe, an angel who knows all of Midnight’s secrets having been around for millennia (Jason Lewis); Lemuel, a wise vampire with a long history in Midnight (Peter Mensah); Creek, an aspiring writer with big dreams (Sarah Ramos); and Rev. Emilio Sheehan, who can’t resist the pull of a full moon (Yul Vazquez).
HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT – Hollywood Game Night, hosted by Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Jane Lynch, returns for a fifth season with celebrities such as Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz and Justin Hartley from This Is Us, and Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash and Nico Santos from Superstore, as well as Michael Bolton, NE-YO, Natalie Morales, Mike Colter, Chris Hardwick, Margaret Cho, Gabby Douglas, Matt Iseman, Taye Diggs, RuPaul and many more who will join in the fun as they face off in hilarious party games.
In the series, two contestants are transported from their everyday lives into a once-in-a-lifetime night of fun and celebration as they step beyond the velvet rope and rub shoulders with some of their favorite celebrities and compete for the chance to win up to $25,000. This season features new party games and the winning contestant will be able to choose two celebrities to help them win the grand prize.
MARLON – Loosely inspired by the real life of star Marlon Wayans, this update to the classic family comedy centers on a loving (but inappropriate) father committed to co-parenting his two kids with his very-together ex-wife. While his misguided fatherly advice, unstoppable larger-than-life personality and unpredictable Internet superstardom might get in the way sometimes, for Marlon family really always does come first — even if he’s the biggest kid of all. The cast includes Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins, Bresha Webb, Diallo Riddle, Notlim Taylor and Amir O’Neil.
The CW’s The 100 season four episode six found Octavia talked out of killing Ilian just as she was about to pull the trigger, Clarke and Niylah became friends with benefits, and the transportation of hydrazine by Clarke, Roan, and Bellamy took a disastrous turn. After multiple simulations, Raven finally figured out how to land the ship only to learn about the loss of fuel which brought on another seizure. Plus, fans are still talking about Clarke and Kane’s hug.
Next up, season four episode seven airing on March 22, 2017. Titled ‘Gimme Shelter,’ episode seven was directed by Tim Scanlan from a script by Terri Hughes Burton and Ron Milbauer. The season four cast includes Eliza Taylor as Clarke, Bob Morley as Bellamy, Marie Avgeropoulos as Octavia, Devon Bostick as Jasper, Lindsey Morgan as Raven, Henry Ian Cusick as Marcus, Christopher Larkin as Monty, Richard Harmon as Murphy, Zach McGowan as Roan, Paige Turco as Abby, and Isaiah Washington as Jaha.
The “Gimme Shelter” Plot: THINGS TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE — Clarke’s (Taylor) arrival on the island quickly takes a turn for the worse. Meanwhile, Bellamy (Morley) tries to avoid further tragedy in Arkadia.
Danny Boyle at the ‘Steve Jobs’ Closing Night Gala during the BFI London Film Festival (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images for BFI)
FX announced its upcoming limited anthology series, Trust, will begin production this June. The network is targeting a January 2018 premiere of the dramatic series from executive producers Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, and Christian Colson. Trust will be shooting in London and Rome, with Boyle directing and Beaufoy writing the scripts. Casting is still underway on the 10 episode limited series, according to FX.
“We’re thrilled to begin production on Trust,” said John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions. “The scripts from Simon Beaufoy are fantastic; surprising, nuanced, funny. They give Danny Boyle so much to work with. We appreciate everything that they, Christian Colson and all of our producing partners have done that will help make Trust a show that is certain to make the Platinum Age of television even a little weightier.”
Oscar winners Boyle, Beaufoy, and Colson previously worked together on Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours.
The Plot: Equal parts family history, dynastic saga and examination of the corrosive power of money, Trust is a story that attempts to unlock the mystery at the heart of every family, rich or poor.
Trust tells the story of John Paul Getty III, heir to the Getty oil fortune. The first installment takes place in 1973, when the young Getty is kidnapped in Rome and his mafia captors are banking on a multi-million dollar ransom. After all, what rich family wouldn’t pay for the return of a loved one? Trust charts the young man’s nightmare ordeal at the hands of kidnappers who cannot understand why nobody seems to want their captive back. The Italian police think it’s a prank and decline to investigate. Paul’s father is lost in a heroin daze in London and refuses to answer the phone. Paul’s grandfather – possibly the richest man in the world – is marooned in a Tudor mansion in the English countryside surrounded by five mistresses and a pet lion. He’s busy. Only Paul’s mother is left to negotiate with increasingly desperate kidnappers. Problem is, she’s broke.
