The promo teaser for Fox’s Doc episode nine warns fans should be prepared for the biggest bombshell yet. What precisely that bombshell is will be revealed when “What Goes Up…” airs on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT.
Molly Parker plays Chief of Internal Medicine Dr. Amy Larsen, Omar Metwally is Dr. Michael Hamda, Amirah Vann is Dr. Gina Walker, Jon Ecker is Dr. Jake Heller, and Anya Banerjee is Dr. Sonya Maitra. Season one guest stars include Scott Wolf as Dr. Richard Miller and Patrick Walker as Dr. TJ Coleman.
“What Goes Up…” Plot: Amy, finally allowed to practice medicine again without supervision, struggles to diagnosed her most complicated patient yet: TJ’s dad. Sonya and Jake treat a single mom who’s reluctant to stay in the hospital. Richard tries to contain the truth about Dixon.
After a late-night car crash results in severe head trauma, Amy wakes up from surgery with no recollection of the patients she’s treated, the colleagues she’s crossed and the tragedy that caused her to push almost everyone away. The relief that Amy gets from seeing her family post-accident is fleeting when she learns the incomprehensible – that she and her beloved husband, Dr. Michael Hamda have been divorced for four years. In fact, her entire family is not at all as she remembers them, rocking her foundation to the core.
Amy’s best friend, neuropsychiatrist Dr. Gina Walker, has little guidance to give her for this new reality since matters of the brain are, even to the experts, still a big mystery. While Gina is hopeful, she does not know if Amy will ever recover her memories. In Amy’s fragile state, Gina must choose carefully what information from the past eight years to reveal to her, scared that too much too soon could prove more harmful than good. This includes her secret romance with Dr. Jake Heller, since Amy now has no recollection of ever meeting him before, let alone being in a passionate relationship with him. Certain other memories, those close to her believe, would perhaps be too painful to relive and are best left forgotten.
In a fateful irony, that’s the fervent hope for Amy’s colleague, Dr. Richard Miller, who has now been promoted to take over as Chief of Internal Medicine after Amy’s accident. Richard is desperate for Amy’s memories to never return since she was the only person to uncover his career-ending mistake – another thing she now doesn’t recall.
And Richard isn’t alone in relishing Amy’s predicament – her previously contentious and unkind behavior left her with more than a few enemies at the hospital, including Dr. Sonya Maitra. While she does remember Dr. TJ Coleman, she does not recall that he became a doctor – nor that it was she who inspired him to do so.
Feeling completely off balance and having to piece together what happened through the prism of other people’s subjective points of view, practicing medicine remains the one constant for Amy, and she is determined to become a doctor again. While she may never get back what she’s lost, Amy knows she’s been given a second chance to do things differently and she will not take that gift for granted.
Nick Pugliese, Peyton List, Milo Manheim and Sarah Yarkin in ‘School Spirits’ season 2 episode 8 (Photo Credit: Katie Yu/Paramount+)
Paramount+’s School Spirits season two episode eight (the season finale) begins with Maddie (Peyton List) concerned about continuing to put her living friends in harm’s way. Janet insists they need to get Mr. Martin back to the school, positive he’ll return for her. Simon (Kristian Ventura) realizes that means they need to be prepared.
Meanwhile, Nicole (Kiara Pichardo) scrolls through her phone and sees the dozens of missed text messages from her parents. Diego goes in first to calm them down, as Xavier (Spencer Macpherson) hitches a ride home with his dad. When he leaves, Nicole tells Claire (Rainbow Wedell) they need to get ahold of Eugene, the guy from the nursing home, right now. They call and no one picks up. Eugene left Nicole a message saying he never believed the official story about the fire. He tried to investigate over the years and has evidence that could reveal the truth. He keeps a bunch of info on Janet’s death in a storage facility behind the nursing home.
Back at school, Simon runs as Mr. Martin, in Mr. Anderson’s body, rushes into the school, yelling for Janet. Mr. Martin claims he just wants to talk and follows Simon into the theater. He comes face to face with Janet, pleading that this is their last chance. They can still leave the school for good; he never meant to hurt her.
The other ghosts appear, demanding to know if he meant to hurt them while he was forcing them to relive their deaths. Mr. Martin gets frustrated and claims he did everything just for their benefit.
Mr. Martin grabs at Janet and realizes it’s Maddie. The ghosts insist he can’t take Janet, and he seems pretty sure of himself when he says they can’t stop him. Simon appears behind him and reminds Mr. Martin that while the ghosts can’t touch him, he can. They get into a fistfight and Mr. Martin punches Simon. Mr. Anderson (the ghost) walks up and distracts Mr. Martin while Janet knocks him out with a taser.
While all this is going down, Xavier’s attempting to convince his sheriff dad that he saw dead people. Also, ghosts are walking around in other people’s bodies. Xavier begs his skeptical dad to trust him and be his dad, not a cop. An urgent message from Nicole interrupts their conversation.
Simon ties up Mr. Martin, and Mr. Anderson speaks to the dead chemistry teacher who stole his body. All Mr. Anderson ever aspired to be was a teacher, and he thinks Mr. Martin feels the same. However, unlike Mr. Martin, he would never hurt a kid. This is Mr. Martin’s legacy now. Mr. Martin becomes incredibly emotional and repeatedly says this is not his fault. As he’s losing it, Simon pushes his chair off the stage and into Mr. Anderson.
The plan works and Mr. Anderson’s back among the living while Mr. Martin returns to ghost form!
Nicole and Claire break into the nursing home’s storage facility and find Eugene’s boxes. As they’re searching, Claire asks if something is going on between her and Xavier. Nicole confesses that Xavier is the guy she was falling for on the Weird Wisconsin forum. Nicole assumes Claire will laugh at her, but Claire insists they’re real friends (almost family) now.
Xavier scares them both to death as he enters the storage room.
Kristian Ventura as Simon in ‘School Spirits’ season 2 episode 8 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)
Simon apologizes to Mr. Anderson for turning him in, and Mr. Anderson insists it’s not his fault. Mr. Anderson’s glad all this ghost stuff is over now, and Simon breaks the bad news that his problems aren’t over just yet. The cops think he stole Diego’s car.
Sheriff Baxter speaks to Maddie’s mom, Sandra, after picking her up while she was drunk and asleep at the wheel at a stop sign. He asks, off the record, why she keeps drinking. She confesses she has no idea. Sandra thinks it’s because of the responsibility of taking care of Maddie. Sheriff Baxter admits he wishes he could be better at taking care of Xavier.
Sandra reveals the Maddie who returned isn’t “her” Maddie. She’s a stranger, and that piques Sheriff Baxter’s interest. Mr. Anderson rushes in and says he has information on Maddie. They need to come with him right now.
The ghosts and Janet demand answers from Mr. Martin, and he apologizes for everything he’s done. He continues to claim his intentions were always pure. Mr. Martin’s ready to cross over now but warns there’s much more about this school and all the deaths that happen there than they are aware of. Before he explains, he needs Janet to swap places with Maddie.
Janet agrees, saying she’ll get answers and leave this place the right way.
Over at the storage unit, the threesome return to work looking for the evidence Eugene mentioned. Xavier finds a videotape labeled “historical society archives.” It’s fire coverage 1958, and Claire remembers seeing an old TV/VCR on a shelf. The video shows Eugene being interviewed by a local reporter and claiming nothing the cops are saying is true. He reveals that Janet’s father got Mr. Martin fired and believes Mr. Martin started the fire to get revenge.
Jess Gabor as Janet Hamilton, Miles Elliot as Yuri, Nick Pugliese as Charley, Sarah Yarkin as Rhonda and Ci Hang Ma as Quinn in ‘School Spirits’ season 2 episode 8 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)
Before Maddie and Janet swap bodies, Maddie talks to the ghosts. Rhonda (Sarah Yarkin) and Charley (Nick Pugliese) assure her this is the right thing, but Maddie’s worried she’ll never get to talk to them again. They cry and hug, with Charley telling her they all have to eventually leave high school.
Maddie tries to pull herself together and stares at Wally (Milo Manheim). He steps up and hugs her. They don’t need to speak; their emotions are palpable.
Janet says Maddie saved her when she needed to be rescued. Maddie helped her find her voice but now she’s done running and apologizes for what she put Maddie through. Maddie accepts and forgives her. Janet steps out of Maddie’s body and Maddie falls unconscious into Simon’s arms.
Maddie is still in ghost form and hands Janet Mr. Martin’s watch while taking a last look at her ghost friends. Maddie’s about to enter her body when Xavier, Claire, and Nicole rush in and announce Mr. Martin deliberately set the fire to kill Janet.
Maddie hasn’t made the switch yet, and Mr. Martin grabs Janet and pulls her into his scar. The ghosts can’t open the fallout shelter door, and Maddie tells Simon they need his help. Simon opens the door, but they aren’t in Mr. Martin’s scar. Charley tells the ghosts to go through their own scars to get to Mr. Martin’s.
The ghosts rush off and Simon warns Maddie she needs to get back in her body now. She’s running out of time!
Mr. Martin begs Janet to say she forgives him. That’s the only way they can get out of there. Janet had no idea Mr. Martin started the fire; she always blamed herself.
The lights flicker and Claire and her friends panic as Maddie’s pulse gets weaker. Maddie is worried about the ghosts being in danger, and Simon reminds her they’re dead. They’ll be okay.
Maddie suddenly figures out this is a trap! Mr. Martin pulled Janet into his scar, and the ghosts scattered to go into their scars. They’ll be stuck in their scars forever if they’re all in their scars simultaneously.
The ghosts meet up in the scars and work their way toward Mr. Martin’s.
Maddie’s body temperature plummets and when ghost Maddie goes to touch her locket, it shines bright red. It’s her key! Maddie tells Simon to keep her alive while she uses her scar to make sure the ghosts are safe.
She enters her scar and sees her dead dad and her mom pouring a never-ending drink. Her mom won’t help her, pipes burst, and the room fills with water while her feet are stuck to the floor.
The ghosts are also having a rough time working their way through the scars. They realize they must rush past a football team when they reach Wally’s scar. Wally fumbles the football and thinks he sees Maddie, but the ghosts finally manage to make their way out of his scar as a team.
Nicole wants to take Maddie’s body to the hospital, but Simon insists she can’t leave. Maddie will be stuck there, if her body leaves the school.
Janet looks around Mr. Martin’s scar and realizes it’s connected to hers. She spots trophies with her name and a lab coat that says Jacob Hamilton, PhD. She realizes Mr. Martin’s been withholding the truth.
Maddie’s near death and Xavier goes against Simon’s instructions and calls 9-1-1. They move her body outside, and Simon reminds them she can’t go past the boundary line. Simon screams for Maddie to come back and goes in search of her.
Nick Pugliese as Charley, Miles Elliot as Yuri, Ci Hang Ma as Quinn, Milo Manheim as Wally Clark and Sarah Yarkin as Rhonda in ‘School Spirits’ episode 8, season 2, (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)
Wally and the ghosts rescue Maddie and enter Janet and Mr. Martin’s scars. Maddie confronts Mr. Martin, telling him she knows he killed Janet and yet he never admitted it. Maddie demands to know why he made Janet think she was responsible. Mr. Martin continues to insist it was an accident. That part of his story is true.
Mr. Martin sees Janet in a lab coat and Maddie realizes he thinks Janet’s haunting him. He keeps returning to his scar but won’t find peace until Janet crosses over. Mr. Martin confesses his wife left him after he was fired. He couldn’t see a future. Mr. Martin disconnected the hoses and counted down on his watch 20 seconds, but then decided not to go through with it. He reconnected the hose and went to open a window, just as Janet walked in and lit a flame. (She wasn’t supposed to be there.)
Maddie reminds him that he kept locking Janet in this room with her most painful memories. Mr. Martin says the rooms can’t kill them. Janet enters her scar and sees her father lighting her college acceptance letter on fire. She now believes she didn’t deserve her father, being born at the wrong time, or not being able to make anything of her life. “But mostly, I did not deserve you,” she says to Mr. Martin.
Suddenly, the door in her scar opens and a brilliant bright light floods the room. Mr. Martin makes a break for it, but Janet pushes him to the ground. Maddie tells her to step through but Janet’s not ready yet.
She grabs Mr. Martin’s watch and the ghosts leave the room, trapping him in the fallout shelter.
They exit the fallout shelter, and Maddie realizes her body’s gone. She and the ghosts race outside as an ambulance is loading her body. She looks at the ghosts one last time, and Wally steps forward. It’s obvious he’s heartbroken, but still he tells her it’s time to go.
Maddie sees her mom and friends around the ambulance and runs toward her body. Xavier, Claire, and Nicole turn and see red lights pulsating throughout the school. The ghosts also see them. Maddie makes a last-minute leap toward her body.
The following day the ghosts stare out the window at the school buses as the bell rings. Janet decides she’s going to question Mr. Martin to find out what he meant when he said he’s been shielding them from something dangerous about the school.
Charley asks if anyone’s seen Wally. The scene switches to Wally in his scar. An exit lights up and the white light covers him. He walks toward it.
Maddie wakes in the hospital and her mom holds her tight. Xavier, Nicole, and Claire are also there but not Simon. They explain he doesn’t have his phone, and they haven’t talked to him since he went back searching for her while the EMTs were loading her into the ambulance.
Claire and Nicole take off to find Simon, but Xavier stays behind and apologizes for everything. They hold hands as Maddie’s dead dad walks in and, relieved, says, “She’s awake.” Xavier says hi but Maddie can’t see who he’s talking to! Xavier explains that he met her dad’s ghost.
Janet enters Mr. Martin’s scar and they both admit they have questions. Mr. Martin’s first question is why Simon is in his scar!
Season two ends with Simon asking Janet, “Where’s Maddie?” And that’s it, School Spirits fans. As of the night of the finale, Paramount+ hasn’t announced a renewal. So many questions are left unanswered, and we deserve at least one more season.
ABC’s Will Trent returns after a two-week break with season three episode nine, “This Kid’s Gonna Be Alright.” Episode nine finds Faith’s son in trouble and is set to air on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 8pm ET/PT.
Ramón Rodríguez leads the cast as the titular character. Erika Christensen stars as Angie Polaski, Iantha Richardson is Faith Mitchell, Jake McLaughlin is Michael Ormewood, and Sonja Sohn is Amanda Wagner. Gina Rodriguez joins the cast as Marion Alba for season three.
“This Kid’s Gonna Be Alright” Plot: Will and Faith dive into the high-profile murder of a famous rapper, uncovering a web of corruption stretching beyond the music industry. Meanwhile, Angie and Ormewood investigate an underground swinger’s club, where nothing is quite as it seems. Scott Foley and Antwayn Hopper guest star.
Iantha Richardson in ‘Will Trent’ season 3 episode 9 (Disney/Wilford Harewood)
Will Trent Series Description, Courtesy of ABC:
Based on Karin Slaughter’s New York Times bestselling Will Trent series, Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system. Now, Will uses his unique point of view in the pursuit of justice and has the highest clearance rate in the GBI.
Ramon Rodriguez in season 3 episode 9 (Disney/Daniel Delgado Jr.)Scott Foley in season 3 episode 9 (Disney/Daniel Delgado Jr.)Kevin Daniels and Jake McLaughlin in season 3 episode 9 (Disney/Zac Popik)Antwayn Hopper in season 3 episode 9 (Disney/Wilford Harewood)Erika Christensen in season 3 episode 9 (Disney/Zac Popik)
South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho has fiddled around with dramatic thrillers like Memories of Murder and Mother as well as thoughtful science fiction such as Snowpiercer and The Host. After winning his handful of Oscars a few years back with his crossover drama Parasite, he’s now flipped the switch back to sci-fi with his newest film, the dystopian space opera Mickey 17.
Mickey 17 stars Robert Pattinson (The Batman, The Lighthouse) as Mickey Barnes, a loser who, after getting into trouble on Earth, volunteers to be an “expendable” on an outer space colonization mission. Expendables are part suicide soldiers and part lab rats, as they are basically used to do dangerous tasks and medical tests that might (and probably will) get them killed. The catch is, once they die, their body is just “reprinted” and their memories are implanted in the new shell. So, they basically can be reborn an infinite number of times.
So Mickey dies and gets reborn over and over again, all in the name of science and imperialism. However, at one point, Mickey is thought to have been killed when he really wasn’t, and he is reprinted, resulting in two simultaneous Mickeys. And the existence of Multiples is the cardinal sin of the Expendables program.
Bong Joon Ho based his screenplay for Mickey 17 on the 2022 novel Mickey7 by science fiction author Edward Ashton. The movie itself is a well made science fiction tale with both a unique story and the slick visuals to tell it. That’s what audiences have come to expect from Bong.
Mickey 17 is the fun Bong Joon Ho. It’s more on the side of The Host than Snowpiercer. It’s essentially an alien invasion movie, sort of like Starship Troopers with different character motivations. Humor and wit soak through the entire movie, making it more satire than serious. And it’s a spectacle. It’s big-screen sci-fi action movie fare.
While the story and spectacle may bring the fun, the cast is what really sells the movie. With Mickey, Robert Pattinson continues his post-Twilight trend of choosing interesting roles and nailing them. Since his memories are left intact every time he dies, each Mickey is subtly different, so Pattinson is playing dozens of roles, and he understands exactly what it takes to make each one a bit more nuanced than the last.
Crazily enough, Mickey has a girlfriend, a security guard/police officer named Nasha, played by Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice). Nasha is someone who knows that their soulmate exists only to die over and over again, and Ackie plays the role with a perfect mix of empathy, fear, compassion, and disappointment.
The movie’s satire is in full effect with the inclusion of Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/The Hulk from The Avengers) as a failed politician named Kenneth Marshall who is at the helm of the colonization trip. Bong reportedly adapted his story from an early draft of Ashton’s book in 2021 and did not base his characters on any real-life figures, but it’s difficult not to see the influence of real people in Ruffalo’s unhinged performance. Toni Collette (Hereditary) is equally satirical in her portrayal of Marshall’s power-hungry wife, Ylfa.
Again, Bong Joon Ho knows how to make a good movie. The main issues with Mickey 17 are not with the actual movie, but instead with its treatment of the ideas that are at its core. The narrative brings forward two main ethical dilemmas, and while the film touches upon the philosophic arguments on each one, the real meat is avoided instead of tackled head-on.
First, and most obvious, is the use of cloning for experimental purposes. While the crux of the movie is that Mickey’s entire singular purpose is to die for the good of the whole, and there are scientists who support it and protestors who do not, things never go much further than people constantly (and morbidly) asking Mickey what it’s like to die, with the exception of one scene where Nasha dons a hazmat suit to hold Mickey while he is killed by poisonous gas. In a movie about human guinea pigs, one would think that there would be more of a stance taken.
Secondly, there is the more subtle theme of imperialism. The mission finds itself on an icy, frigid planet where the pioneers hope to build a life and create their own new civilization. But, of course, there’s an indigenous population of crazy, potato bug-type creatures who are already there. The analogy of taking over land that doesn’t belong to them is fairly obvious, but aside from Nasha quickly blurting out that “we’re the aliens!” when things come to a head, the point of colonialism isn’t really argued. It’s all a little too subtle.
For what it is, Mickey 17 is an entertaining movie. But it could have been much more. It could have been both entertaining and thought-provoking, thus becoming what all great science fiction aspires to be. As it is, it’s just very good.
GRADE: B
MPA Rating: R for language throughout, drug material, sexual content, and violent content
Release Date: March 7, 2025
Running Time: 2 hours 17 minutes
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Disney+ takes Andor fans behind the scenes with a two-minute video featuring the cast and Tony Gilroy. “Revolutionary movements are spontaneously happening all over the galaxy. How those come together is the stuff of our story,” explains creator, writer, and executive producer Tony Gilroy in the video. Gilroy adds, “These 12 episodes are gonna take us over the next four years into Rogue One. The complexity of the show, the possibilities of the show—it has to be all in.”
“If season one laid the track, then season two is the juggernaut,” says Genevieve O’Reilly, who plays Mon Mothma, highlighting the impressive scale of the production.
Diego Luna leads the cast as Cassian Andor. Season two also stars Stellan Skarsgård, Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, Faye Marsay, Varada Sethu, Elizabeth Dulau, Alan Tudyk, Ben Mendelsohn, and Forest Whitaker.
The second and final season premieres on April 22, 2025 with the release of the first three episodes.
“Rife with political intrigue, danger, tension, and high stakes, the series is a prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which portrayed a heroic band of rebels who steal the plans to the Empire’s weapon of mass destruction: The Death Star, setting the stage for the events of the original 1977 film,” reads Disney+’s synopsis. “Andor sets the clock back five years from the events of Rogue One to tell the story of the film’s hero, Cassian Andor, and his transformation from disinterested, cynical nobody into a rebel hero on his way to an epic destiny.”
Diego Luna, Kathleen Kennedy, Sanne Wohlenberg, Luke Hull, and John Gilroy serve as executive producers. Season two’s writers include Tony Gilroy, Beau Willimon, Dan Gilroy, and Tom Bissell. Ariel Kleiman, Janus Metz, and Alonso Ruizpalacios direct.
A.J. Cook, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez, RJ Hatanaka, Paget Brewster, Kirsten Vangsness, and Joe Mantegna in ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ season 18 (Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+)
Criminal Minds: Evolution is confirmed to stick around for another season. Paramount+ has officially renewed the drama for season 19 ahead of its season 18 premiere.
Season 18 will premiere on Paramount+ on May 8, 2025, with new episodes of the 10 episode season streaming on Thursdays.
“Season 18 of Criminal Minds: Evolution picks up six months after prisoners attack the notorious Sicarius Killer, Elias Voit, leading his restless followers on the dark web to begin wreaking havoc all over the country,” reads Paramount+’s synopsis. “In order to stop this nefarious group from killing more innocents, the BAU is forced to work alongside an increasingly unpredictable Voit who has his own agenda.”
Season 18 stars Joe Mantegna as David Rossi, A.J. Cook is Jennifer ‘JJ’ Jareau, Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia, RJ Hatanaka as Tyler Green, and Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis. Zach Gilford plays Elias Voit, Adam Rodriguez plays Luke Alvez, and Paget Brewster is Emily Prentiss.
Erica Messer (Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders) guides the series as showrunner. Messer executive produces along with Breen Frazier, Chris Barbour, Glenn Kershaw, and Mark Gordon.
The promo for Fox’s Rescue: HI-Surf episode 17 gives absolutely nothing away. However, the description of “Sea Change” indicates there’s a lot going on. Episode 17 is set to air on Monday, March 10, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT.
The one-hour drama stars Robbie Magasiva (Wentworth) as Harlan “Sonny” Jennings, Arielle Kebbel (Midnight, Texas) as Emily “Em” Wright, Adam Demos (Sex / Life) as Will Ready, Kekoa Kekumano (The White Lotus, Aquaman) as Laka Hanohano, Alex Aiono (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin) as Kainalu Emerson, and Zoe Cipres (Roswell, New Mexico) as Hina Alexander. Sea Shimooka (3 Body Problem), Shawn Hatosy (Animal Kingdom), Taylor Cooper (FBI: Most Wanted), and Ian Anthony Dale (The Resident) guest star in recurring roles.
“Sea Change” Plot: Will and Em race to rescue a windsurfer that wipes out and suffers cardiac arrest. Meanwhile, Captain Sonny reunites with Ocean over a family lunch and Em realizes her mom is back to her old ways. Hina tries to hide her jealousy over Kainalu’s new relationship and drunkenly makes a move on Laka.
Rescue: HI-Surf Series Description, Courtesy of Fox
Rescue: HI-Surf follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu—the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world. Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic and adrenaline-seeking first responders saving lives in the difficult and often life-threatening conditions of Hawaii’s Seven Mile Miracle.
Eric Stonestreet, Uma Thurman, Neil Patrick Harris, Michael C. Hall, Krysten Ritter, David Dastmalchian and Peter Dinklage in ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ (Photo Credit: Zach Dilgard / Paramount+ with SHOWTIME)
Five-time Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris (Uncoupled) is entering the world of serial killer Dexter Morgan. Harris will guest star on the Dexter sequel, Dexter: Resurrection, coming on board to play Lowell. Who is Lowell? Showtime hasn’t officially released any details on the character or disclosed how many episodes Harris will appear in.
Michael C. Hall stars in the sequel, reprising his role as Dexter Morgan. Additional returning Dexter franchise cast include David Zayas as Detective Angel Batista, Jack Alcott as Dexter’s son Harrison, and James Remar as Dexter’s father Harry Morgan. Uma Thurman stars as Charley, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine plays Blessing Kamara, Kadia Saraf is Detective Claudette Wallace, Dominic Fumusa is Detective Melvin Oliva, Emilia Suárez is Elsa Rivera, and Peter Dinklage is Leon Prater. Krysten Ritter guest stars as Mia.
The original Dexter premiered in October 2006 and ran for eight seasons. Dexter: New Blood resurrected the serial killer in November 2021. Dexter: Original Sin, premiering in December 2024, took the franchise back to the formative years of Dexter Morgan. And Dexter: Resurrection is expected to launch this summer.
Clyde Phillips serves as showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers include Michael C. Hall, Scott Reynolds, Tony Hernandez, and Lilly Burns. Producing director Marcos Siega will direct six episodes and Monica Raymund is directing four.
ABC’s 9-1-1 season eight finally returns from its three month winter break with a special two-part story. The teaser for season eight episode nine builds up the hype by warning that “one of their own will be taken.” And the new photos show an emotional squad and Eddie appearing to hug everyone goodbye. Episode nine, “Sob Stories,” will air on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 8pm ET/PT.
The cast is led by Peter Krause as Bobby Nash and Angela Bassett as Athena Grant-Nash. Jennifer Love Hewitt plays Maddie Han, Oliver Stark is Evan “Buck” Buckley, Kenneth Choi is Howie “Chimney” Han, Aisha Hinds stars as Henrietta “Hen” Wilson, Ryan Guzman is Eddie Diaz, and Gavin McHugh is Christopher Diaz.
“Sob Stories” Plot: The 118 responds to a fire at a local animal shelter and races to evacuate all the animals. Meanwhile, Maddie takes a 9-1-1 call that sets her on a quest for answers.
Ryan Guzman and Peter Krause in ‘9-1-1’ season 8 episode 9 (Disney/Christopher Willard)
9-1-1 Synopsis, Courtesy of ABC:
The series explores the high-pressure experiences of first responders — including police officers, firefighters and dispatchers — who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping conditions. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
The show draws from the real lives of first responders who regularly face situations that are often unpredictable, intense and uplifting at the same time.
Oliver Stark in season 8 episode 9 (Disney/Christopher Willard)Ryan Guzman, Peter Krause, Aisha Hinds, and Kenneth Choi in season 8 episode 9 (Disney/Christopher Willard)Ryan Guzman in season 8 episode 9 (Disney/Christopher Willard)Peter Krause in season 8 episode 9 (Disney/Christopher Willard)
Paramount+ has released its first trailer for MobLand, introducing a mob family led by Pierce Brosnan (The Great Lillian Hall). However, as Brosnan’s character warns in the trailer, it’s his wife – played by Oscar winner Helen Mirren (1923) – who is the brains of the family and the most dangerous member. Tom Hardy (Venom: The Last Dance) stars as the crime family’s muscle.
Guy Ritchie’s crime drama also features Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon), Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey), Lara Pulver (Da Vinci’s Demons), Anson Boon (Pistol), Mandeep Dhillon (CSI: Vegas), Jasmine Jobson (Top Boy), Geoff Bell (Top Boy), Daniel Betts (Fate: The Winx Saga), Lisa Dwan (Blackshore), and Emily Barber (Industry).
Paramount+ describes the project as “an electrifying, new global crime series centered around two warring families based in London whose enterprises stretch all corners of the globe and the fiercely loyal ‘fixer’ charged with protecting one of them at all costs.”
Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan in ‘MobLand’ episode 4 (Photo Credit: Luke Varley/Paramount+)
Brosnan stars as Conrad Harrigan, the head of a very successful Irish crime family based out of London. Mirren plays Maeve Harrigan, Conrad’s wife and the Harrigan family matriarch. Hardy plays Harry Da Souza, a professional conciliator on behalf of the Harrigan family.
Guy Ritchie, Tom Hardy, Keith Cox, Nina L. Diaz, David C. Glasser, Jez Butterworth, and Ronan Bennett executive produce. Additional executive producers include Kris Thykier, Ivan Atkinson, Dean Baker, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, and Bob Yari.
MobLand will premiere on Paramount+ on Sunday, March 30, 2025.
Helen Mirren as Maeve Harrigan in episode 1 (Photo Credit: Luke Varley/Paramount+)Tom Hardy as Harry Da Souza and Antonio González Guerrero as Kiko in episode 2 (Photo Credit: Luke Varley/Paramount+)
