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‘Lucifer’ Season 2 Episode 10 Recap: Quid Pro Ho

By
Rebecca Murray
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Lucifer season 2 episode 10 Lauren German, Tom Ellis, Rebecca De Mornay
Lauren German, Rebecca De Mornay and Tom Ellis in ‘Lucifer’ (Photo by Bettina Strauss © 2016 Fox Broadcasting Co)

When we last saw Chloe at the end of Fox’s Lucifer season two episode nine, she was about to be blown to bits by Charlotte. Episode 10 titled ‘Quid Pro Ho’ and airing November 28, 2016 picks up as Charlotte (Tricia Helfer) is ready to press the detonator button and get rid of her son’s favorite human. Fortunately for Chloe, Amenadiel (D.B. Woodside) arrives to reason with his mom and to get the detonator away from her. Squash Chloe and Lucifer will return home, or so Charlotte believes. She picks up Amenadiel as if he’s light as a feather, and Amenadiel tells Charlotte Lucifer will hate her forever if she kills Chloe. He reminds her Lucifer killed Uriel to protect Chloe and if they want Lucifer, they have to make sure it’s his decision to leave Chloe behind. Chloe (Lauren German) drives away unharmed and mom tosses the detonator in the air, upset she didn’t get to blow the detective up. Fortunately, Amenadiel catches the detonator before it hits the ground.

Dr. Linda (Rachael Harris) wants to know about his big date with Chloe and Lucifer (Tom Ellis) has to admit he stood her up. He makes up an excuse and Dr. Linda tells him he’s running scared and he’s lying – at least to himself.

Lucifer shows up at Chloe’s and she’s pissed. She thinks he stood her up because he was with another woman and she should have known he was selfish and wouldn’t show. And who should appear to make their argument even more awkward? Chloe’s mom, Penelope (Rebecca De Mornay), who’s in town and Lucifer pretends to know why it’s a big day for both Chloe and her mom. He stumbles and repeats what Chloe is saying as though he knew it all along, but fools no one as she reminds him it’s the first day of the trial of her father’s killer. He insists he’s there to support them and not talk about himself (yeah, right!) and Chloe absolutely doesn’t believe him.

Detective Dan (Kevin Alejandro) is whistling at work and Ella (Aimee Garcia) wants to know why. He’s been working out, smells good, and Ella figures out he got laid. Dan confesses he’s in shock because the woman is out of his league. Ella points out a package on his desk that might be from his new mystery woman…but it’s not. Inside is Boris’ severed head. If either Dan or Ella really knew Charlotte, they’d realize it’s quite possible she not only sent the package but cut off Boris’ head herself.

Lucifer accompanies Penelope and Chloe to the courthouse where Chloe learns the key witness’ head was sent to Dan. He was the only person who could connect the murderer to the Russian gang and now it’s likely the case will fall apart.

Chloe thought the worst part of the day was behind her with the ‘Boris lost his head’ news, but it gets even worse when Charlotte walks into the courtroom. It turns out she’s the attorney handling ex-warden Perry Smith’s defense. Lucifer’s hoping “Charlotte” isn’t the legal shark she once was, and she does seem to stumble straight off the bat. But, it turns out, things worked out her way and the trial will continue without delay.

The court takes a break for lunch and Lucifer catches up with his mom to find out why she’s involved in Chloe’s case. She confesses she’s doing it because she wants to show Lucifer Chloe isn’t worthy of him. She asks if he forgot he killed Uriel for Chloe and asks if Chloe can do anything remotely similar for him. Charlotte promises she’s going to prove Chloe’s not worthy in the courtroom in front of everyone. Charlotte also admits she was going to blow up Chloe and Lucifer goes all Devil eyes at his mom, making her swear she won’t touch Chloe. After Charlotte walks away, Chloe makes him promise that whatever he was discussing with Charlotte won’t affect the trial. He gives Chloe his word and then speaks with the prosecutor.

Back at the station, Chloe’s anxious to find out more about Boris’ death. She tells Dan that Perry hired Charlotte, and of course that gets Dan flustered since he’s now sleeping with her, a detail Chloe’s unaware of. Chloe asks Ella if she can tie Boris to Perry, and Ella says the MO does line up. Chloe and Dan believe Perry orchestrated Boris’ death from behind bars, and Ella provides the detail that Boris’ neck was cut by something like an industrial-size professional slicer. Dan promises he’ll figure out where the murder took place and Ella has another clue for the detectives: there was a special swine DNA recovered on Boris and there’s only one place in LA that sells that particular meat.

Lucifer’s back at the courthouse and as Chloe tells him he doesn’t need to be there, the prosecutor calls for Lucifer to enter the courtroom. “Off I go to shield you from that quid pro ho, detective,” says Lucifer. He swears on the Bible to tell the truth, changing up the oath a little, saying, “So help me dad.”

Lucifer’s on the stand describing the day he and Detective Douche talked to Boris. He asks for a scarf from a juror and gives a detailed explanation of their time in the bath house with Boris, charming the jurors, the audience, and the judge. He describes his first meeting with Boris, even imitating Boris’ voice, up to the point where he handed the investigation over to Chloe. Everyone in the courtroom applauds and laughs except for Charlotte and her client. Lucifer takes a bow, pleased with himself as usual and smiling at his new admirers.

Back at the station, Ella’s figured out Dan is sleeping with Charlotte while Dan wonders if he’s being used. He can’t figure out how Ella figured it out, and she runs through all the clues (a hair, a lipstick stain) and then admits she made them up. She simply noticed his butt puckered when Charlotte’s name came up. He says he’s an idiot, a sucker, and he should have figured it out.

At the butcher shop, an employee tells Dan and Ella a big guy demanded the keys and threatened her life. She doesn’t know his name but he had a distinctive scar on his neck.

Back in court, Lucifer finishes up his time on the stand by recognizing the work of Detective Decker and the LAPD. He calls her honest, trustworthy, reliable, and truly a good person. He clears up any possible misconceptions by saying she’s truly good but he doesn’t mean in bed because he doesn’t know about that. “That’s how truly good she is,” says Lucifer. Now it’s Charlotte’s turn to question Lucifer and she passes.

Maze (Lesley-Ann Brandt) spots Amenadiel looking under Chloe’s car and he pretends he was looking for Maze. He tells Maze he misses her and she confesses she misses him, too. They kiss and she whips out the detonator, presses the button, and blows up his car parked a few hundred yards down the alley. Maze warns him not to ever lie to her again and to pass on the message that Charlotte is not going to hurt Chloe on her watch.

Dan takes the stand to offer up his testimony against Perry Smith and Charlotte opts not to cross-examine him, either.

The prosecution rests and Charlotte calls her son back up to the stand. She gets him to confirm that Chloe was first on the crime scene and yet the police report states it was Dan. Lucifer explains Chloe took herself off the case as soon as she found the body, but Charlotte begins describing a frame job put together by Chloe against Perry – an innocent man. Charlotte says Perry is the victim of the LAPD’s incompetence and Lucifer rushes to her defense. He swears he doesn’t lie and that Chloe is a good cop.

Outside, Chloe’s clearly upset and Lucifer says he was bamboozled but that he couldn’t lie on the stand. Chloe points out that Charlotte somehow knew she was first at the murder scene or she wouldn’t have asked the question. Lucifer swears he didn’t tell Charlotte anything, and Chloe blames him for screwing up the trial because of his relationship with Charlotte. She storms off before Lucifer can explain any further.

Now it’s Dan’s turn to confront Charlotte and she admits she only slept with him to get info on this case. He doesn’t remember telling her anything and asks if she drugged him. She explains she didn’t need to because she’s learned sex puts men into a mild coma which allowed her to get info from his phone.

Amenadiel pays a visit to Dr. Linda while grasping what’s left of his car – the burnt steering wheel. He’s upset Maze blew up his car but Dr. Linda wants to know why she reacted so passionately, and Amenadiel calls Maze a manic fueled by rage and violence. He admits he did lie to her but he had to, and Dr. Linda tells him there’s no justification for lying. He realizes he treated Dr. Linda and Maze the same way, and he needs to apologize his a$$ off.

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Tom Ellis, Kevin Alejandro and Lesley-Ann Brandt in ‘Lucifer’ (Photo by Bettina Strauss © 2016 Fox Broadcasting Co)

Back at Lucifer’s place, Maze is still upset about Charlotte trying to blow up Chloe. However, Lucifer’s more concerned with why Chloe thinks he leaked info to Charlotte. He wants to know who really did it and in walks Dan. Maze acts all friendly with Dan and Lucifer asks Dan if he’s figured out a way to tie Perry to Boris’ killing. Dan found out the guy who did the killing had a special tattoo from a Chinese gang and members of that gang had been locked up in Perry’s prison. Maze suggests he “probe” that angle and as they head out to find Boris’ killer, Maze continues with the sexual innuendos but Dan doesn’t catch on. (Remember, Maze and Amenadiel saw Charlotte and Dan together.) “It’s almost as if you want to take Charlotte down yourself…way down…and give her a hard time,” says Maze. Lucifer and Dan don’t know what she’s driving at until she says the word “penetrate.” Lucifer still doesn’t know but now Dan’s aware Maze is onto him. Dan admits he leaked the information to Charlotte and when he says they slept together, Lucifer explodes. He barely restrains himself from saying Dan slept with his mother and then slams Dan through a wall. They land inside a building and are immediately surrounded by gang members with guns.

Lucifer speaks Chinese to the gang members, telling Dan that since he’s the Devil he speaks everything. It turns out the person in charge is a woman and Lucifer’s able to broker a deal. She’ll give up Boris’ killer if they defeat one of her fiercest fighters. Dan laughs and then stops abruptly when he mistakenly believes Lucifer wants him to take the guy on. Lucifer doesn’t – of course he’s going to choose Maze to represent them in the one-on-one fight. If she loses, Lucifer’s agreed they can kill Dan.

Maze doesn’t even look like she’s breaking a sweat (can demons sweat?) and she doesn’t use any weapons while her opponent has two large swords. She disarms him of both and is about to slice his throat when Lucifer calls her off, pointing out at least she got two new toys out of the fight. The gang leader tells Lucifer Boris’ killer is no longer part of the group and hands over his address.

Back at the courthouse, Chloe fills her mom in on what’s going on behind the scenes. Chloe’s up next on the stand and she hopes she doesn’t make it worse for the prosecution. Charlotte breaks up the conversation and tells Chloe they need to talk.

As they hunt down Boris’ killer, Lucifer tells Dan he can’t talk about Charlotte ever again. They find the killer but someone beat them to the punch and he’s already dead.

Charlotte lays out the case and says Lucifer’s testimony handed her a not guilty verdict. Just then Chloe gets a text from Dan with the bad news on Boris’ killer and Charlotte offers an unusual solution. She’ll get Perry to plead guilty but to do it, Chloe will have to take the stand and call Lucifer a liar. That would be devastating to Lucifer because he cares more about his honor than anything else.

On the stand, Chloe explains what makes Lucifer a good partner. Charlotte gets her to admit that Lucifer has absolutely no background that would make him a good fit as a civilian consultant for the LAPD. Then Chloe catches Charlotte off-guard by mentioning Lucifer claims he used to run Hell. Charlotte asks if Chloe thinks her partner is delusional or lying. Chloe answers, “Lucifer Morningstar is many things, but he is not a liar. Everything that Mr. Morningstar said on this stand is absolutely true.” Take that, Momma Charlotte! The look of disappointment on her face is priceless. Chloe continues to talk about being at the crime scene and that she let her emotions get the best of her. She says, holding back tears, that Lucifer is the best partner she’s ever had.

Perry is released after a not guilty verdict is delivered. He passes by Chloe, smiling, on the courthouse stairs and walks away free as a bird.

Amenadiel arrives with flowers at Maze and Chloe’s place and runs into Penelope who’s outside crying. She tells him she used to believe everything happens for a reason but no longer believes that. Amenadiel says no matter how bad things get, it’s how you choose to respond to the pain that’s the true test. And then something bizarre happens… Amenadiel really looks at Chloe’s mom and it’s obvious he knows her. Penelope also feels as if she knows him, and asks if they’ve met before. Amenadiel says he doesn’t think they have, adding that he never forgets a face. Upset, he excuses himself and leaves.

Perry stumbles out of a bar and is approached by Dan. Dan tells him he knows all about the murders he arranged. Perry’s still all smiles as he reminds Dan there isn’t any evidence, and Dan reminds him the Russians don’t like one of their own taken out without their permission. As Dan walks away down the dark street, a van pulls up and the Russians take Perry away. Maze is waiting in a car in front of the van as Dan hops in the passenger seat. She helped set this up but admits she didn’t think Dan had it in him.

Amenadiel shows up at Charlotte’s office after hours and, man, does he have a secret to share! Are you ready for this game-changing twist? He warns Charlotte she must come completely clean if he tells her his big secret. 35 years ago, Amenadiel was asked by his dad to come to Earth to bless a couple who couldn’t have a child. Today, he has discovered who the child is. After seeing Penelope, he realized Chloe is that child!

Lucifer’s on his way out to visit Chloe when she shows up at his place. He’s got a brown bag with dinner and a bottle of wine to make up for standing her up at the restaurant.

Charlotte and Amenadiel now know why Chloe is so special to Lucifer. God put her there on Lucifer’s path which means Amenadiel was a pawn in his father’s game all along.

Lucifer and Chloe relax over dinner, drinking their wine and talking. Meanwhile, Charlotte has decided Chloe is not an obstacle anymore. Instead, she’s how they’ll get back to Heaven and how Amenadiel will get his wings back.

Lucifer begins to discuss what Chloe said in the courtroom and she stops him to say it was the truth. Chloe grabs Lucifer’s hand as back at the law office, Charlotte’s telling Amenadiel they’re going home. Chloe is the key.

Lucifer and Chloe lean toward each other as if to kiss but the writers (damn them!) end the scene, and the episode, leaving us hanging.




‘Gotham’ Season 3 Episode 11 Recap: Beware the Green-Eyed Monster

By
Rebecca Murray
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Ben McKenzie in ‘Gotham’ season 3 episode 11 (Photo Credit: Jeff Neumann/FOX)

Fox’s Gotham season three episode 11 finds Mario doing everything in his power to conceal the fact he’s infected with Alice’s blood. Airing on November 28, 2016, episode 11 titled ‘Beware the Green-Eyed Monster’ opens with Mario (James Carpinello) paying a visit to the hematologist working on Alice Tetch’s blood. He explains he’s getting married tomorrow, discusses his bride-to-be, and then he attacks the hematologist, steals his badge, and squishes his head while picturing Jim.

Bruce (David Mazouz) and Alfred (Sean Pertwee) receive news that Volk has been killed by an assassin sent by the Court of Owls and have to decide if they can still trust the Whisper Gang. The Court knows or will find out soon, that Bruce is not going to keep his end of the deal, and Bruce has to decide if bringing down the Court is worth the risk. To Bruce, the answer is an easy one: yes, without hesitation.

Jim (Ben McKenzie) is at the hematologist’s murder scene and Harvey (Donal Logue) wants him to take the day off because of Lee’s upcoming wedding. Jim says no to that suggestion and examines the dead man, noticing the killer left huge dents in the side of the unidentified dead man’s head. Jim’s first thought is that Barnes did it, but the Captain’s still locked up. Harvey thinks Jim’s jumping to conclusions until Jim shows him a receipt that indicates the deceased man works at the lab where Alice’s blood is being tested. Harvey has to admit Jim’s on the right track.

Barbara (Erin Richards) meets with Ed (Cory Michael Smith) and Ed thinks the Mayor’s enemies killed Isabella to weaken him. However, Barbara already knows the killer’s identity. She fake coughs the word “Penguin” and Ed thinks that’s an absurd conclusion. Barbara points out he has the means, motive, and opportunity. Ed can’t believe Barbara thinks Oswald is in love with him, but Barbara points out that jealousy probably caused Isabella’s death. She claims to just want justice for Isabella, but Ed continues to deny Oswald loves him.

Alfred, Bruce, Selina, and a Whisper Gang member surveil one of the Court of Owls’ buildings. The gang member explains the alarm systems and volunteers to go in and retrieve the object.

Jim heads to the lab where Ryan the dead hematologist worked and finds out his key card was used just 20 minutes prior. Jim tells the security guard to call the police and then finds another dead tech in the lab. Mario attacks Jim before he can defend himself, tossing Jim and knocking him out. Mario talks to Jim’s unconscious body and says he wants Lee to hate her ex before he kills him. He writes on Jim’s limp wrist and says, “Come find me, Jim.”

Jim didn’t see Mario, so he has no idea who attacked him. Lucius (Chris Chalk) says files were taken and Harvey knows there’s someone else on the loose infected with Alice’s blood. Jim has “Arkham” written on his hand and figures out it’s not about Barnes, it’s a reference to Jervis Tetch. He pays a visit to the Mad Hatter and tells him he knows he infected this person with his sister’s blood and has been keeping it a secret.

Jim demands the infected person’s name and Jervis says he stabbed the person and infected him but won’t say who he infected. Jim rhymes back at him, but that doesn’t work. Jim tries rhyming again, and this time Jervis can’t restrain himself and says, “You’ll only know his name when it’s too late when the one you love has been murdered by hate!” Jervis knows he’s said too much and demands a guard take him back to his cell, while Jim wants to know what he means by “the one he loves.” Jervis answers with a new rhyme which includes “going from healer to killer,” and he immediately regrets what he’s revealed. Jim figures out Mario is the killer.

Back at Wayne Manor, Bruce attempts to walk a beam in preparation for breaking into the Court of Owls’ building. Selina (Camren Bicondova) starts to leave but stops to tell Alfred she thinks someone was watching them surveil the building. She doesn’t want Bruce to get hurt by the Court of Owls but says it was a “punk move” for him to make a deal with his parents’ killers in the first place. Alfred says Bruce did what he did to protect the people he cares about, including her.

Harvey can’t believe Jim arrested Mario on his wedding day, but Jim’s convinced he has the virus. Harvey wants to know why Jervis would infect Mario in the first place, walking Jim through all the reasons that it doesn’t make sense. Meanwhile, Mario’s having his blood taken to check for infection. Lucius reports Mario doesn’t have the virus and Harvey apologizes to Mario for embarrassing him. Mario tells Jim he has no hard feelings, but Jim tells him he knows he broke into the lab to find out how to beat the test. He promises Mario will never marry Lee.

Oswald (Robin Lord Taylor) and Ed go over some paperwork, and Oswald’s happy to have his BFF back. That is until Ed offers his resignation. Oswald won’t accept it and tells him he has to stay busy. Ed asks if they’re friends and then tries to trick him into believing he wants to be “more than friends.” Oswald confesses he’s been feeling the same way and says, “One can not deny love.” Ed says Oswald took it the wrong way and that he wants to be “business” partners and Oswald is shocked, knowing he’s crossed a line he can’t un-cross. Ed excuses himself and leaves.

Jim hurries over to find Lee but instead it’s Mario he encounters. Lee’s out, and Jim wants to know how Mario passed the test. Mario says he doesn’t have the virus but then teases that he might. Jim says he’ll figure out how he beat it and tells Mario the virus is upping his jealousy over Jim’s previous relationship with Lee. Mario says he’ll do anything to keep Lee, and Jim wants to know why Mario gave him the Arkham clue. Mario admits he’s more upset over the part of Lee that still loves Jim than he is of how Jim feels about Lee.

Jim pulls his gun on Mario and reminds him the virus didn’t make him bulletproof. Of course, Mario was prepared for that and Victor appears and holds Jim at gunpoint, giving Mario time to escape. At 9 o’clock, Victor lets Jim go but without his bullets. Jim knocks Victor out after asking nicely for the return of his ammunition.

At the library, Oswald presents a plaque to an author while Ed stands in the background, daydreaming about killing Oswald. After the ceremony, Oswald apologizes and asks Ed if they can go back to how things were. Ed hugs him, assuring Oswald they’re still best friends and telling him to remember that.

Jim races to the church and finds Lee with her bridesmaids, preparing to walk down the aisle. Jim tells her she can’t marry Mario, and she surprises him with the news she’s aware he believes Mario has Alice’s virus. She also knows Mario passed the test three times, but Jim’s still convinced Mario’s infected after visiting with Jervis. Lee thinks Jervis is screwing with his head and Jim practically screams in her face that she can’t marry Mario. She tells Jim to let it go, and then Jim figures out this is all Mario’s plan. Mario beat the test, sent Jim to Jervis, and then wanted him to show up at the church.

Lee tells him to get help and as she’s walking out of the room, Jim confesses he loves her and he’s never stopped. He says he was too ashamed to see her after he got out of prison and that was a mistake. He also reveals he saw her at her place with Mario, smiling and happy. He’s regretted not knocking every day since then. He begs her not to marry Mario, and she tells him she and Mario are leaving Gotham immediately after the wedding. She sobs, “Damn you for telling me this now,” slapping his face and calling his accusations crazy. Jim knows Mario wanted Lee to hate him and now she does. She asks Carmine to have his men escort Jim out as she takes Carmine’s arm and begins her walk down the aisle.

Lee and Mario smile at each other at the altar while Jim starts a fight with Carmine’s men. The vows begin, the rings are slipped on, and Jim finally overpowers the two men as Lee and Mario are pronounced man and wife. They kiss and are announced to the wedding guests as another of Carmine’s men enters the fray and takes down Jim.

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David Mazouz and Camren Bicondova in ‘Gotham’ (Photo Credit: Jeff Neumann/FOX)

The Whisper Gang members fail to show up to break into the Court of Owls building, and Alfred tells Bruce they must call off the break-in. (A very brief scene earlier in the episode showed the gang was captured by the Court and killed.) Bruce doesn’t want to give up and thinks he can walk across the room on a tightrope. Alfred reminds him he failed repeatedly in his practice attempts, and just then Selina shows up and says she can do it. Alfred agrees to allow her and Bruce to head in but says they have to stay in communication. Bruce uses this time to smile and ask her if this means she’s his girlfriend. Selina replies, “Shut up.”

Back at the station, Lucius explains to Harvey that he’s figured out how Mario beat the test. Harvey sends out cops to watch Lee and Mario because now he has enough evidence to get a search warrant for Mario’s place.

Jim’s tossed out of a moving car and warned not to mess with the Falcones.

Alfred occupies the guards at the building’s door, knocking them out so Selina and Bruce can sneak into the building. They let him in and Alfred heads off to check the house while Bruce and Selina head to the safe room. Selina gives him a kiss and then she walks across a rope strung up from the doorway to the safe. She makes it to the safe, inserts the key and opens the door. Inside is a glass owl and as she lifts it, Bruce is hit by one of the Court of Owls’ assassins (known as a Talon).

The alarm goes off as Selina attacks the Talon, and Bruce sets off a small smoke bomb to distract him, allowing Selina to escape the room. Alfred fights off the assassin and although Bruce was told to leave, he stays to help Alfred. Selina also stays and the threesome team up. Ultimately, Alfred gets the upper hand on the assassin. Just then a strange woman wearing dark glasses and a large hat appears in the room, telling them they must leave. Selina recognizes her as the person who’s been following them and when she removes the hat and glasses, it turns out the woman is Selina’s mom!

Harvey, Jim, Lucius, and GCPD officers scour Mario’s house and find the chemical used to mask the virus in Mario’s blood. Harvey learns Mario and Lee snuck away from their reception and no one knows where they are.

And now we get to catch up with Tabitha (Jessica Lucas) and Butch (Drew Powell). Tabitha attempts to hold a knife with her newly reattached hand but can’t, and Butch swears they’ll kill Ed together. Barbara thinks that’s sweet as the door opens and Ed appears. Butch and Tabitha immediately go into kill mode, but Barbara wants to hear him out. He says he wants to destroy Oswald and take away everything he loves. Ed wants people to despise Oswald as Barbara tells Butch and Tabitha it was Oswald who killed Isabella.

Tabitha’s justifiably angry since Ed chopped off her hand by mistake, and Barbara – ever the one to place her own needs over those of others – says to make up for it she will be named the leader of the underworld once Penguin is taken down. Ed will have to convince the other crime families to follow Barbara, and she believes she and Ed will make quite a team after they destroy Penguin. But first Ed has to apologize to Tabitha for cutting off her hand.

Mario and Lee are on their honeymoon at Mario’s father’s secret retreat on a lake. Lee tells Mario Jim said exactly what he said Jim would say. Mario wants to know if there’s any part of her with feelings for Jim and she says a part of her will always care for Jim but she loves her new husband and chose him.

Jim barges into Don Falcone’s office and demands to know where Mario is, telling him Mario has Alice’s virus. Carmine knew Mario was in danger but didn’t know about the virus. Without telling Jim about the Court of Owls, he says he now understands why Mario was being targeted. He’s also going to send his men out to fetch Mario, but Jim wants to go so he can protect Lee. Carmine won’t go for it because he knows Jim will kill Mario and he wants to get his son help.

Jim warns him that if Mario kills Lee, that’s crossing a line he can’t come back from. Jim says if Mario murders Lee, it will destroy him, adding that he’s Don Falcone’s only hope at this point. Don Falcone makes Jim swear he’ll bring Mario in alive and Jim, of course, does.

Out at the lake, the virus is making Mario believe Lee loves Jim. He approaches her from behind and is about to stab her when Jim races in and shoots Mario twice in the chest, breaking his promise to Don Falcone.




HBO Sets a ‘Big Little Lies’ Premiere Date

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Rebecca Murray
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The cast of HBO’s ‘Big Little Lies.’

HBO has officially announced the premiere date for season one of Big Little Lies. The new limited drama will debut on Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 9pm ET/PT. The seven episode first season is based on Liane Moriarty’s book and is directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, with David E. Kelley adapting the book and executive producing. Vallée, Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Nathan Ross, and Gregg Fienberg also executive produce.

Big Little Lies is described as a darkly comedic drama about “three mothers of first-graders whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.” The limited series stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgard, Laura Dern, Adam Scott, Zoe Kravitz, James Tupper and Jeffrey Nordling.


The Plot of Liane Moriarty’s Novel: “Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She’s funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community, and their daughter is in the same kindergarten class as Madeline’s youngest (how is this possible?). And to top it all off, Madeline’s teenage daughter seems to be choosing Madeline’s ex-husband over her. (How. Is. This. Possible?).

Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. While she may seem a bit flustered at times, who wouldn’t be, with those rambunctious twin boys? Now that the boys are starting school, Celeste and her husband look set to become the king and queen of the school parent body. But royalty often comes at a price, and Celeste is grappling with how much more she is willing to pay.

New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for the nanny. Jane is sad beyond her years and harbors secret doubts about her son. But why? While Madeline and Celeste soon take Jane under their wing, none of them realizes how the arrival of Jane and her inscrutable little boy will affect them all.”




‘Westworld’ Season 1 Finale Details: Episode 10 Preview

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Rebecca Murray
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Thandie Newton and Rodrigo Santoro in ‘Westworld’ episode 9 (Photo: John P. Johnson/HBO)

HBO’s sci-fi drama Westworld will finish up its first 10 episode season on December 4, 2016 at 9pm ET/PT. The season one finale is titled ‘The Bicameral Mind’ and was written by series creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan. Nolan also directed the 10th episode and executive produces the series with Lisa Joy, J.J. Abrams, Jerry Weintraub, and Bryan Burk.

Season one has been averaging 11.7 million viewers and was renewed for a second season in mid-November 2016. However, due to the size of the production, HBO may not premiere season two until 2018. The season one cast includes Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jimmi Simpson, Rodrigo Santoro, Shannon Woodward, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Ben Barnes, Simon Quarterman, Angela Sarafyan, Luke Hemsworth, and Clifton Collins, Jr.

The Bicameral Mind Plot: Ford (Anthony Hopkins) unveils his bold new narrative; Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) embraces her identity; Maeve (Thandie Newton) sets her plan in motion.





‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 Episode 6 Recap and Review: Swear

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Kevin Finnerty
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Alanna Masterson as Tara, Briana Venskus as Beatrice, and Nicole Barre as Kathy in ‘The Walking Dead’ season 7, episode 6 (Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC)

“Wait! She’s not a bobber…she’s alive,” says Cyndie (Sydney Park) to her young and eager-to-kill-walkers companion, Rachel, when they find Tara (Alanna Masterson) washed up on the shore in the beginning of episode six of season seven of AMC’s horror/drama series, The Walking Dead.

After the intense main theme and opening credits of the show, a flashback shows Tara and Heath (Corey Hawkins) still out on the road, not having much success on finding supplies for Alexandria. Heath is discouraged and still bothered by the attack and all the killing his group did back at The Saviors’ outpost, but Tara is trying to stay positive and tells her friend that “there’s nothing left in this world that isn’t hidden, we just have to find it.”

The next day, the two scavengers come across the remains of a settlement on a bridge. While looking through a massive pile of sand and debris, Tara accidentally releases a large horde of walkers that had been buried in dry cement. (Whoops!) The two struggle to get away from the hungry group of zombies, and during the fight, Tara ends up getting separated from Heath and falls off the bridge into the water below.

Flash forward to Tara still passed out on the beach with Cyndie pulling her from the surf and onto the beach where there’s some shade. Cyndie leaves her two small bottles of water and a dry fish to eat along with her spear for protection. Cyndie makes Rachel promise not to snitch and they head back to wherever their camp is. What they don’t realize is that Tara actually woke up when Cyndie pulled her from the surf and has been playing possum.

She drinks one of the bottles of water and quietly follows them back to their all-women village. (This is never a good sign…look out, Tara!) As Tara is sneaking around the village trying to see if it’s safe, her question is answered when the villagers retrieve their weapons and start shooting at her. Tara makes a run for it but gets cut off by Beatrice (Briana Venskus), one of the hunters.

Tara fights her and ends up getting the upper hand, with the hunter telling Tara to go ahead and kill her, but Tara just knocks her out instead and continues to try to make her escape. She ends up running into Rachel who points her pistol at her and then she’s surrounded by the other villagers all pointing their weapons at her. Tara puts her hands up and says a friendly but nervous “Hi,” to the villagers.

This is when a middle-aged woman named Natania (Deborah May) approaches Tara and decides to take her back to their village because she spared Beatrice’s life and because Cyndie keeps defending her. Back at the village of only women, Tara is handcuffed to a piece of furniture, waiting. Natania and a few companions who appear to be leaders of the Oceanside community ask Tara where she’s from and what she used to do. Tara lies and says she’s been on the road mostly and she’s originally from Atlanta where she used to work on a fishing boat. She’s truthful about falling off the bridge and having a partner who she really wants to return to to make sure he made it off the bridge alive.

Tara also apologizes for scaring them, explaining she was just being careful and looking to see if it was safe to approach them. “Jury’s still out on that one,” the young trapped scavenger says to Natania and her friends as she shakes her hand that’s cuffed. Natania tells Tara that she has them at a disadvantage because she knows where their village is and could tell others about them, putting them in jeopardy. “We usually shoot strangers on sight,” says Natania as she tries to decide what to do with Tara. She leaves with her companions, telling Tara that hopefully one of them will have a brainstorm. Tara sits still handcuffed to the furniture looking very concerned.

Later that night, Tara is taken to have dinner with Natania, Cyndie – who is Natania’s granddaughter – and a few of the other women. Tara thanks Cyndie for saving her life and after a few more lines of conversation asks about the men. Natania tells Tara there was a skirmish with another group and none of the men or male children made it out alive. The survivors fled and created Oceanside. Natania suggests that Tara stay with them and make a new home for herself. She likes her personality and the fact she didn’t kill Beatrice, but she does ask her to come clean about her past knowing that she never worked on a fishing boat.

Tara admits to being with another group and how they have made it a real community where people work together and help each other. She tells them about the raid at The Saviors’ satellite tower after they were threatened. She even suggests that Oceanside could team up with Alexandria. Natania doesn’t seem to like or trust the idea but decides to have Beatrice and Kathy (Kathy Barre) escort Tara back to the bridge. From there, Tara can take them to Alexandria to check it out.

The next day Tara says goodbye to Natania and tells her not to be too hard on Cyndie for breaking her rules because she saved her life. Not long after Tara, Beatrice, and Kathy have left Oceanside, they see a walker in the woods. Tara says she’ll handle it and quickly realizes that she is about to be shot by these women, so she makes a run for it.

As they chase her, Tara ends up in a fight with Beatrice who gets the drop on her but hesitates to kill her. She tells Tara the satellite station she and her friends destroyed was just an outpost and that The Saviors have them all over. She also tells Tara that her friends have no idea what they’ve done. Beatrice says they can’t risk her bringing The Saviors back to their camp because they’re the ones who killed all their men and boys. Just as she’s about to shoot Tara, Cyndie tackles her and knocks her out. (It seems Cyndie followed them after they left).

Cyndie promises to lead Tara to the bridge and help her get across, but she says Tara has to swear never to come back. “Why would I come back?” asks Tara. Cyndie tells her that she has to swear and that people aren’t evil, they just forget who they are and do terrible things to survive while hurting or killing others. Tara answers back that there are evil people in the world. “I know. I’ve seen them,” says the young woman in her most serious voice and finally swears never to come back.

Tara and Cyndie reach the bridge and with Cyndie the sharpshooter shooting walkers in the head, Tara runs across the bridge. Finally, after one particularly close call, Tara makes it to the other side. As Tara is about to travel on, she thinks she sees a walker who might be Heath. After getting a little closer, she realizes it isn’t him. Tara then sees Heath’s glasses on the ground and a tag labeled PPP along with tire tracks leading away. “Maybe that was you,” says Tara with a little hope in her voice.

As the episode ends, Tara makes her way back to Alexandria and is greeted by a sorrowful Eugene (Josh McDermitt). Just seeing the look on his face is enough for her to know something terrible has happened. In the final scene, Tara is sitting on the floor in one of the houses when Rosita (Christian Serratos) tries briefly to comfort her and quickly tells her that they need to turn it around and take it back. Rosita tells Tara they need ammo and guns and asks if she saw anything like that while she was out. Tara stays true to her word to Cyndie and tells Rosita that she didn’t come across anything like that when she was out.

The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 6 Review:

A little slow but with a strong performance by Alanna Masterson, episode six titled “Swear” revealed what Tara and Heath had been up to during the brutal attack and murder of Glenn and Abraham. The episode also introduced a new group of survivors who might end up becoming allies in the inevitable war with Negan and his Saviors.

The stand-out performance goes to, of course, Alanna Masterson as Tara whose never-ending positive outlook is really tested as she makes contact with the “Village of the Deadly Women” and barely escapes being eaten alive by a large horde of walkers. Masterson has taken a character who was originally a member of the Governor’s group and with her friendship with Glenn and truly helping others when she could, has made Tara a sentimental favorite of the cast. It’s impossible not to like her and root for her. Plus, Masterson’s delivery of perfect lines including “That’s a pickle all right,” as she responds to Natania’s dilemma over whether she should shoot this intruder, makes Tara all the more relatable and human.

With the discovery of other survivors with a small armory out there, it’s only a matter of time until Alexandria, Hilltop, Oceanside, and The Kingdom join forces and go up against Negan and his Saviors. Here’s hoping it’s soon.

GRADE: B-




‘Once Upon a Time’ Season 6 Episode 9 Recap: Changelings

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Rebecca Murray
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Emilie de Ravin, Colin O’Donoghue and Jennifer Morrison in ‘Once Upon a Time’ (Photo by Jack Rowand/ABC)

After taking a short break, ABC’s Once Upon a Time returned with the ninth episode of season six airing on November 27, 2016. The episode titled ‘Changelings’ finds sisters battling each other, Aladdin making a life-changing decision, and Gold still set on being a part of his son’s life no matter what. Plus, the reason Rumple hates fairies is finally revealed.

Episode nine begins with Gold (Robert Carlyle) being interrupted by the Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla) as he threatens a fairy. She wants to know why he despises them so, and he changes the subject by reminding her she needs to kill her sister or they can’t be together. They can rule as partners if she gets rid of Zelena. But first, he needs to send a message via a fairy. He ages the captured one up and sends her back to Mother Superior.

Mother Superior (Keegan Connor Tracy) and the gang discuss Gold and the Evil Queen’s plan, and Belle (Emilie de Ravin) knows Gold’s end game is their son. He’s going to use the Shears of Destiny to sever their son’s ties and corrupt him. Belle believes Gold is trying to scare her and that’s why he’s revealing his plan.

Back in Fairy Tale Land, Rumple tosses a baby in a basket to Belle to be taken care of. He says the child is his now and Belle’s stunned he stole a baby. Gold doesn’t even know the child’s name and warns her the baby’s not going to be around for long.

In Storybrooke, Belle looks through books at the library and finds one with instructions on how to defeat the Dark One. Page one says to follow the strand and when she closes the book, a red strand of ribbon appears on the floor. She follows it into a cave and it leads her to the Shears of Destiny. When she tries to pick them up, they disappear. She realizes she’s in the dream world again and sees her son. They hug and he says he’s there to warn her about Gold’s plan to cut the strand (which represents his fate) as soon as he’s born. He says the answer to saving him is inside her, but she must do so quickly.

Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin) is excited over her students’ grades, but Princess Jasmine (Karen David) is too distracted and worried about the lamp Aladdin found to think about teaching. They both know genies are unpredictable and their magic comes at a high price, but Snow reminds Jasmine it’s never too late to be a hero.

Belle’s still in the library but now Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) and Emma (Jennifer Morrison) have arrived to help her. She tells them about her dream and shows them the book she was reading. Hook immediately recognizes the ink in the book is squid ink which can stun Rumple. When he’s stunned, they can get the shears from him. Although Belle wants to help, Hook and Emma don’t want to put her in jeopardy.

Back in time, Belle has bonded with the baby and tries to steal it away before Rumple can do anything with it.

In Storybrooke, the Evil Queen pays a visit to Zelena (Rebecca Mader) and Zelena immediately realizes Gold sent her. Zelena knows she’s in deep trouble, kisses her baby, and confronts her sister. They step outside to do battle with magic and as the Evil Queen attempts to kill her sister, Regina shows up and holds their shared heart in her hand. The Evil Queen grabs her chest in immense pain. If Regina crushes their heart, then Zelena will live. Of course, that also means she and the Evil Queen will die but Regina’s willing to do what it takes to save her sister.

Regina demands to know why she’s attacking Zelena, and Zelena reveals Rumple made the Evil Queen kill her if she wanted to be in a relationship with him. Regina tells the Evil Queen Gold lied to her, and she figures out the Evil Queen has a hole in her heart that she’s desperate to fill.

Hook shows up at Gold’s shop, telling Gold he wants to stop him from ruining the life of another of his sons. As Gold begins to attack Hook, Emma stuns him and they quickly begin their search for the dagger or the shears. As they’re searching, Emma has another disturbing vision of her death. She’s weakened by the vision and neither notices Gold is no longer stunned and has left the shop.

Gold’s now at the library and he tells Belle that dried squid ink isn’t powerful enough to hold him. He swears he won’t lose another son and he has brought the fairy dust with him that will age Belle so she’ll immediately deliver their baby.

In another flashback, we see Belle reading a note about the Black Fairy. It’s yet another trick pulled off by Rumple who deliberately led her to the tower room and to the note. She can read fairy, he can’t, but now he knows what the note said. He takes the baby and locks Belle in the tower.

In Storybrooke’s library, Belle tries to escape, but Gold stops her. She tells him it doesn’t have to be like this and he replies that it does. He has decided he’s a man no one can love, but he can start over with this son. Maybe their boy will love him. Belle says she just wanted him to try, and Gold said that’s what he’s been doing. She warns him that if he uses the magic fairy dust, he’s not just pushing her away. He’ll be losing her forever. Surprisingly, he doesn’t use the dust after she asks him if that’s a price he’s willing to pay.

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Lana Parrilla in ‘Once Upon a Time’ (Photo by Jack Rowand/ABC)

Regina heals a cut on her sister’s face while Zelena admits she should have been the one to reach out and apologize. Regina confesses she was actually at Zelena’s to find a cure for an aging spell, and Zelena wonders why she even bothered saving her. Regina reminds her that’s what heroes do, even if the person they save has hurt them. And now the siblings are back to fighting about Robin’s death. The wound is still fresh and Regina tells Zelena she can never forgive her. She’ll pity her, hate her, and spare her life, but she won’t forgive her.

Over at the Charming house, Princess Jasmine rubs the lamp and two gold bracelets fall to the floor. There isn’t a genie inside the lamp which means she can’t get back to Agrabah. Aladdin (Deniz Akdeniz) picks up the bracelets and slaps one on his wrist while Jasmine tries to stop him since that means he’ll become a prisoner of the lamp. He’s okay with that, and he’ll model his behavior after the greatest genie they ever met. He places the second bracelet on his wrist and is sucked into the lamp.

The Evil Queen is back at Gold’s shop and she sees that he didn’t use the fairy dust on Belle. She tells him she knows he’s just using her, just like Regina said. The Evil Queen says Belle will always realize that Gold is not the man she wants him to be and that after she has their baby, she’ll leave and Gold will be alone. That will be just like what happened with Baelfire. (That’s a pretty low blow, even for the Evil Queen!) Gold tells her not to question him again and sends the Evil Queen away.

Flashback to Fairy Tale Land and Belle’s still stuck in the tower. She calls out for help and the Blue Fairy arrives to save the day. Belle tells her about the baby who’s in danger, and Blue explains the Black Fairy has a dark heart and steals children. Rumple will be trying to lure the Black Fairy out and Blue needs Belle to save the baby, so she sets Belle free.

Over at Granny’s diner, Hook and Emma pledge to keep Belle safe. Hook then pulls Emma aside to discuss what she saw in her latest vision. She tells him the sword that was used to kill her had a red jewel at the bottom of it. Just then Belle breaks her tea cup and her stomach rapidly expands. She begs, “Please no!”

Returning to the saga of the stolen baby, Rumple says an incantation to the night sky and the Black Fairy arrives. Belle watches from the woods as the Black Fairy lands near the baby. Rumple freezes her with squid ink and asks her why, since she steals babies all the time, she abandoned the one child who was hers. Rumple is that child and this is definitely not a happy mother-and-child reunion. She didn’t give him a name, and he demands to know why he was abandoned. She says she chose power over love and then tells him he’ll have to keep on wondering before flying off. Belle picks up and cradles the baby, protecting it from Rumple.

In Storybrooke, Belle is being taken care of by the fairies and Mother Superior. Emma is assisting with the birth as Belle enters the dream world to visit one more time with her son. He tells her she knows what she must do in order to stop Gold from using the Shears of Destiny, and she hugs him tightly telling him she loves him more than anything. He swears he’ll never forget it and reminds her not to forget the book.

Belle’s baby boy has arrived and Belle asks Mother Superior for help. She wants her to be his fairy godmother and to take him somewhere safe. Emma doesn’t understand what’s going on, but Belle wants her boy safe until this is all over. She believes that time will eventually come, and Mother Superior agrees to deliver the boy to safety.

Hook hands Belle the book she asked for and Belle makes Mother Superior promise to read it to him. She says goodbye to her baby boy and calls him a “hero for all time.” Gold enters the house and watches as Blue flies off with their baby, accusing Belle of abandoning their son. She tells him it’s over and there’s nothing left for him to say, and when he asks for his child’s name, she refuses to reveal it. Gold says he’d never hurt her but promises he will find their son.

Back in Fairy Tale Land, Belle delivers the baby Rumple took back to the worried parents.

The Evil Queen’s waiting for Gold when he returns to his shop. He tries to send her away, but she says she’s going to enjoy watching what happens since he poisoned his love. She confirms she’s the one who dosed Belle’s tea but claims he forced her hand. The Evil Queen is fully aware Belle won’t believe he didn’t do it and he swears he’ll make her pay for what she’s done. Gold tells her he plays a long game and she’s just a pawn, and the Evil Queen wishes him good luck finding his son. “I hear fairies make wonderful mothers,” she says before walking out of the shop. Angry, Gold starts tearing up the shop.

Hook meets up with Emma at Granny’s and says Belle’s doing fine. Emma really wants to know what happens to her in the future, so she and Hook return to Gold’s shop hoping to find the sword from her vision. It’s there and as she touches it, she sees her death again. She picks it up again and they wonder why it’s in Gold’s shop. They hope the sword will lead them to who’s responsible for her death so they can stop him/her.




‘The Vampire Diaries’ Season 8 Episode 6 Preview: Paul Wesley Directs

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Rebecca Murray
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Ian Somerhalder as Damon and Paul Wesley as Stefan in ‘The Vampire Diaries’ season 8 episode 6 (Photo: Bob Mahoney © 2016 The CW Network)

Paul Wesley (‘Stefan’) steps behind the camera to direct The Vampire Diaries season eight episode six, marking Wesley’s fifth episode at the helm. Alan McElroy wrote the script of the episode titled ‘Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell’ and set to air on December 2, 2016. In addition to Wesley, The Vampire Diaries final season cast includes Ian Somerhalder as Damon, Kat Graham as Bonnie, Michael Malarkey as Enzo, Candice King as Caroline, and Matt Davis as Alaric.

The ‘Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell’ Plot: STEFAN MAKING AN UNEXPECTED SACRIFICE — When her children become the focus of the Siren’s latest plan, Caroline (King) takes drastic measures to ensure nothing gets in the way of keeping her family safe. In a race against the clock, Stefan (Wesley) pledges to do everything he can to save the twins, while tensions between Alaric (Davis) and Caroline boil over, leading them to face some harsh realities about the future of their family. Meanwhile, when Enzo (Malarkey) finds himself unable to fight off Sybil’s (guest star Nathalie Kelley) latest move, Stefan dives into his subconscious and along the way, sets off a chain of events that leaves him faced with a life-changing decision. Zach Roerig guest stars.

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Nathalie Kelley as Sybil and Ian Somerhalder as Damon in ‘The Vampire Diaries’ (Photo: Bob Mahoney © 2016 The CW Network)
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Nathalie Kelley as Sybil and Kristen Gutoskie as Seline in ‘The Vampire Diaries’ (Photo: Bob Mahoney © 2016 The CW Network)
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Candice King as Caroline in ‘The Vampire Diaries’ (Photo: Bob Mahoney © 2016 The CW Network)




‘Westworld’ Season 1 Episode 9 Recap: The Well-Tempered Clavier

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Rebecca Murray
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Thandie Newton in ‘Westworld’ season 1 episode 9 (Photo: John P. Johnson/HBO)

HBO’s sci-fi drama Westworld served up a penultimate episode that answered one major question while leaving multiple storylines dangling. Airing on November 27, 2016, season one episode nine titled ‘The Well-Tempered Clavier’ began with Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) requesting Maeve (Thandie Newton) bring herself back online so they can talk about why she acted outside of her storyline and killed Clementine. Maeve lies and says Clementine was moving toward guests with harmful intent, and Bernard examines her programming and discovers all the changes to her code.

Before Bernard can tell Dr. Ford about it, Maeve grabs his arm and lets him know she’s aware he’s also a host. Bernard is confused and Maeve is able to freeze him since she can now control other hosts. She speaks to him while he’s unable to move, instructing him to clear her for the park. He does so, and she tells him to find out the whole truth because knowing just part of it is horrible. He leaves the room and wanders past naked, offline hosts, unsure of what he is.

Logan (Ben Barnes) and the Confederados have William (Jimmi Simpson) and Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) tied up back in camp. Logan claims he’s not angry about being left behind when William and Dolores took off, and William tries to convince Logan that Dolores is unlike other hosts and needs to be taken out of the park. She remembers things and thinks for herself. Logan can’t believe William wants to take Dolores home with him, and Dolores repeats the word “out.” She wonders why everyone wants to be in the park if the outside world is so wonderful. Logan’s impressed with her reasoning and decides to help William…but not how he wants. With William still tied up, he pulls Dolores to her feet.

Dr. Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins) walks through the storage room with the decommissioned hosts and enters his secret room where Bernard is waiting for him. They discuss Dr. Ford’s control over Bernard, and Bernard says he looked at his own code and it appears it was written by Arnold which means there might be a different end game. He’s also concluded that Dr. Ford killed his own brother. Bernard demands access to his history because he wants to look through his memories for Arnold to see if he can determine Arnold’s purpose. Bernard pulls out a gun, hands it to Clementine, and explains that after the lobotomy, they failed to reset her directives so she can hurt humans. Bernard has programmed Clementine to respond only to him, forcing Dr. Ford’s hand and making him open Bernard’s programming so he can view all his memories.

In his memories, Bernard recalls moments with his dying son, his wife, and with Theresa. He pauses the memory on Theresa, sees her death, and then relives killing Elsie. He comes out of his memories with a shock, angry at what Dr. Ford forced him to do to Elsie. He wants back inside his memories again because he still needs to find any trace of Arnold.

William is forced to watch as Dolores is felt up by Logan’s new buddies. Logan reminds William he was supposed to be marrying his sister, and he’s not going to let him throw it all away. William continues to claim Dolores is special while Logan grabs Dolores and tells William it’s time for a wake-up call. He instructs one of the men to hold her and stabs Dolores in the stomach. He pulls her skin apart to show her mechanical interior. Dolores falls to her feet, telling Logan there is beauty in this world with Logan responding that her world was built for people like him. She grabs a knife and slashes him across the face. She then picks up a gun, shoots a few men dead, and takes off running. They give chase and she stumbles to the ground, and then she hears, “Remember.” She looks around and as she stands up, her wound is completely healed.

Night falls and Hector (Rodrigo Santoro), Armistice (Ingrid Bolso Berdal), and the gang are at camp trying to figure out how to open the safe. Maeve shows up, aims a rifle in Hector’s direction, and tells him she knows all about his history. She also says his men are about to kill each other over the safe and that ultimately he and Armistice will kill each other. It’s their ending…always has been, always will be. And then it happens just like Maeve predicts, except she saves Hector.

She wants him to join her in breaking into hell to rob the gods blind. He doesn’t react or seem to understand and she opens the safe, revealing it’s completely empty. She tells him it’s always empty and they’re all just games to the masters who pull their strings. Hector realizes he’s been here before and they’ve kissed before. He agrees to go with Maeve but first comes a little romantic interlude. Maeve tells him getting to hell is easy as she burns down their tent while they’re still inside. They have sex as they go up in flames.

Logan tries to make peace with William who’s still tied to a chair. He keeps trying to explain to his future brother-in-law that Dolores was never alive, and William acts like he can’t believe he got caught up in the park. Logan sets him loose and tells him, like Vegas, what happens there, stays there. Logan thinks this is just an intense bonding adventure and William grabs his bottle, takes a swig, and then they hug.

Meanwhile in a different camp, Teddy (James Marsden) still has an arrow in his shoulder and the Man in Black (Ed Harris) is still tied up to a rock. Angela (Talulah Riley) removes the arrow while across the campfire the Man in Black tells Teddy he f**ked them both by having a memory glitch. Wyatt’s men are also around the campfire but Wyatt isn’t there. Teddy remembers Wyatt went missing on maneuvers and came back with strange ideas.

Teddy has a flash of memory that shows him walking through the town and shooting all the soldiers. He remembers he and Wyatt killed every soldier and then Wyatt shot the general. Angela asks if he’s positive that’s what happened. He searches his memory again and this time sees himself as a marshal who shot everyone dead. In his memory he sees Angela trying to comfort her husband before he shot her in the head. Teddy shakes his head no, and Angela tells him the next time he’ll be by Wyatt’s side fighting with him. She then stabs him in the stomach, telling him he’s not ready but might be in the next life.

Angela tells the Man in Black the maze isn’t meant for him and then knocks him out by hitting his head against a large rock. When he wakes up the next morning, there’s a rope around his neck tied to a horse. If the horse moves, the Man in Black will be pulled up into a tree and hung. No one is around to save him, so he works his way over to Teddy’s dead body and grabs the knife. Just as he’s being hauled up, he’s able to cut the rope and save himself. In a bizarre twist, Charlotte Hale (Tessa Thompson) arrives in the park and asks the Man in Black if he’s considered a different type of vacation. She tells him Theresa is dead and the Man in Black says there’s no way her death was an accident. Charlotte is there to ask for his vote on the Board to push out Dr. Ford. He tells her he doesn’t want any more interruptions and sends her away.

Back in the control room, a tech receives a signal from Elsie. She’s in an area in the park where no one is supposed to be. Ashley (Luke Hemsworth) heads up to the park to check it out and can’t find the signal. He calls the control room but all he gets is static on the line. Just then Ghost Nation members show up and walk toward him menacingly. They don’t obey his command to stop and he’s attacked.

Logan wakes up disoriented to find his fellow Confederados dead, many of whom were torn to pieces. William apparently did it, telling Logan he finally understands this place is a game. He killed all these men and now he wants Logan to help him find Dolores, threatening him by placing the knife to his neck.

Bernard’s back in his memories again, watching his son die in the hospital. He also sees Maeve dead on the floor after her daughter’s death, and in his memories he wonders why Maeve was accessing her memories. Dr. Ford tells him not to seek answers to questions best unasked, and Bernard recalls all of Dr. Ford’s explanations for hosts accessing their memories. Dr. Ford tells Bernard that Arnold wanted to create consciousness and the hosts hear their programming as an inner monologue. Dr. Ford calls the human mind a foul, pestilent corruption, and Bernard’s mind is supposed to be purer.

Dr. Ford explains the hosts were made in Dr. Ford and Arnold’s image and are cursed to make the same mistakes. Bernard wants to know why they gave him a child and had him die and why he returns to the day of the child’s death. All hosts have a backstory and the tragic ones work best, explains Dr. Ford, adding that he gave Bernard a backstory that’s an homage. Bernard wants to access his memories again so he can see Arnold, demanding to be allowed to return to the very beginning – his first memory.

He asks to be sent back and Dr. Ford does, sending Bernard once again into the room where his son died. Bernard tells the child to come back to life and he does. Bernard realizes his son is a host and this is all a lie. The pain is a lie, Charlie’s death is a lie, and revisiting it is the only thing holding him back. He tells Charlie he has to let him go and Charlie says, “Open your eyes.” Bernard does and he’s back to the day he was created. He sees a younger Dr. Ford and then takes his first step off the gurney. Dr. Ford not only taught him how to act, down to how to clean his glasses, he also modeled Bernard after his brother. Bernard is a robot version of Arnold!

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Evan Rachel Wood in ‘Westworld’ (Photo: John P. Johnson/HBO)

Back in the park, Dolores is alone and heading back to the area she painted while on the train with William. She walks through the small town once again and hears the church bells ring. She enters the church and is wearing the dress she always wore while on her family’s farm. She sees hosts crying, speaking to people who aren’t there, and acting insane. She takes a seat in the confessional and the seat moves downward. It’s actually a hidden elevator and as she steps out, she sees a vision of the hallway littered with dead bodies. The setting changes and now she sees hosts in rooms acting normal. She’s passed by Arnold in the hall as Dr. Ford calls out to him. Dolores follows Arnold, opening a door and taking a seat in a chair. Bernard/Arnold walks in and she tells him she followed the maze and it didn’t bring her the promised joy; it brought her pain and terror. She wants his help, telling him he’s the only one who can help her. He says, “Remember,” and she remembers he can’t help her because he’s dead. He’s just a memory because she killed him. She returns to the present, heads back up in the elevator and into the church, and this time she doesn’t see any other hosts. She hears footsteps outside and it’s the Man in Black. (She thought it was William.) She looks horrified as he approaches.

Bernard’s plan is to find all the sentient hosts and set them free. Dr. Ford wonders if the hosts will trust him, and Bernard becomes more confused as he realizes they’ve had this talk before. Dr. Ford says Bernard is actually the real danger to the hosts, not him. Bernard instructs Clementine to pull the trigger and kill Dr. Ford, but she can’t. She puts the gun down and Bernard figures out there’s a back door built into the hosts’ codes. Dr. Ford had hoped Bernard would be his partner again and that’s why he let him access his memories. He instructs Bernard to take the gun from Clementine and kill himself, ending the nightmare once and for all. As Dr. Ford leaves, he tells Bernard he never should have placed his trust in humans.

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Box Office: ‘Moana’ Tops Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend

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Rebecca Murray
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Moana Dwayne Johnson and Auli'i Cravalho
Moana (voiced by Auli‘i Cravalho and Maui (voiced by Dwayne Johnson) in ‘Moana’

Families were thankful for Moana over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, turning out to see the animated comedy in theaters to the tune of $81 million. Disney’s latest family-friendly animated film’s huge domestic opening earned it second place on the list of all-time best five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekends. Only Disney’s Frozen, which rang up $93 million over the 2013 Thanksgiving holiday, performed better.

Unfortunately, Thanksgiving wasn’t particularly bountiful for either Allied or Bad Santa 2. Allied pulled in slightly less than projected while Bad Santa 2 managed only half of what Bad Santa grossed over its first three days in theaters in 2003. However, it was Warren Beatty’s Howard Hughes film, Rules Don’t Apply, that was the weekend’s biggest disappointment. Rules Don’t Apply‘s $1.5 million three-day take ranks as the worst wide release opening of the year.

Box Office Top 10: 5-Day Thanksgiving Holiday

  1. Moana – $81,100,000
  2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them – $65,760,000
  3. Doctor Strange – $18,850,000
  4. Allied – $18,000,000
  5. Arrival – $15,600,000
  6. Trolls – $14,275,000
  7. Almost Christmas – $9,522,000
  8. Bad Santa 2 – $9,031,000
  9. Hacksaw Ridge – $7,700,000
  10. The Edge of Seventeen – $4,216,000




‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story:’ New “Trust” Trailer

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Rebecca Murray
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Rogue One Cast Photo
Riz Ahmed, Diego Luna, Felicity Jones, Jiang Wen and Donnie Yen star in ‘Rogue One’ (Photo Credit: Jonathan Olley, Leah Evans © Lucasfilm 2015)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the Star Wars prequel which explores the creation of the Death Star, has released a new trailer titled ‘Trust.’ Directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla), Rogue One‘s cast is led by Felicity Jones and Diego Luna, and includes Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. John Knoll and Jason McGatlin executive produced, and Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur and Simon Emanuel served as producers. Tony Gilroy and Chris Weitz wrote the screenplay from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will be released in theaters on December 16, 2016.


The Plot: From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.

Watch the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer:





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