FX dropped a freaky official trailer for American Horror Stories season four. The one-minute trailer teases a bloody good time, with clips from each of the five new episodes airing as part of the 2024 Huluween Event.
The trailer revealed the following titles: “Backrooms,” “The Thing Under the Bed,” “Clone,” “Leprechaun,” and “X.” All five episodes premiere on Hulu on October 15th.
Michael Imperioli (The White Lotus), Henry Winkler (Barry), Dyllón Burnside (Pose), Debby Ryan (Jessie), and Jeff Hiller (American Horror Story: NYC) star in season four episodes. The horror anthology series’ new season also features Jessica Barden (Pieces of Her), Angel Bismark Curiel (Pose), Guy Burnet (3 Body Problem), Victor Garber (Family Law), and June Squibb (Thelma).
The American Horror Story spinoff is executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Alexis Martin Woodall, Max Winkler, Jon Robin Baitz, Brad Falchuk, and Manny Coto.
‘American Horror Stories’ Season 4 Poster (Photo Credit: FX)
Tom Blyth in ‘Billy the Kid’ (Credit: David Brown/MGM+)
MGM+ has officially renewed the Western drama Billy the Kid for a third – and – final season. The series will conclude with eight episodes arriving in 2025.
“In season two, Michael Hirst, Donald De Line, along with Tom Blyth and the rest of our talented cast, captivated audiences with the dramatic events leading to the infamous Lincoln County War, during which Billy is struggling to hang on to both his soul and the love of his life,” stated Michael Wright, head of MGM+. “In season three, we are excited to bring the naturally cinematic story of one of American history’s most fascinating, and often misunderstood, characters to its conclusion, as only MGM+ can.”
The series, created by Michael Hirst (Vikings), ranks in the top three of all original shows on the network.
“I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to write the third and final season of Billy the Kid and bring this compelling saga to a close,” said Hirst. “Billy was famous for many things, not least his ability to escape from seemingly impossible situations. But now, as the Most Wanted Man in America, the odds are truly stacked against him.”
Tom Blyth (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) stars as William H. Bonney aka Billy the Kid. The season two cast also includes Daniel Webber as Jesse Evans, Eileen O’Higgins as Kathleen McCarty, Sean Owen Roberts as Bob Olinger, and Dakota Daulby as John Beckwith. Nuria Vegas is Dulcinea and Alex Roe stars as Pat Garrett.
MGM+ released this description of the series: “The Lincoln County War may be officially over, but both Billy the Kid and Sheriff Pat Garrett have important issues to resolve — there is a reckoning to come. Billy is still at large, and Garrett is out to capture him, dead or alive. And with a bounty on his head, Billy has the opportunity to quit New Mexico altogether and pursue a future with Dulcinea, the love of his life. But he has unfinished business with Garrett, who has betrayed him, and decides to stay.
Meanwhile, Jesse Evans, Billy’s longtime friend, rival, and enemy, also remains in Lincoln, searching for a newfound purpose and perhaps atonement for his sins. As the final chapter in the saga comes to a close, Billy will fight like hell to try to finally find the justice that has long eluded him, even if it means he’ll die trying.”
Michael Hirst writes and executive produces. Additional executive producers include Donald De Line, Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey. The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios, in association with Amblin Television and De Line Pictures.
Chord Overstreet (Glee, Acapulco) and five-time Grammy winner Shania Twain guest star on ABC’s Doctor Odyssey episode two, “Singles Week.” Episode two is set to air on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT.
Joshua Jackson (Fatal Attraction) plays Dr. Max Bankman, Phillipa Soo (Shining Girls) is Nurse Avery Morgan, Sean Teale (Little Voice) is Nurse Tristan Silva, and Don Johnson (Rebel Ridge) stars as Captain Robert Massey. Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz, and Joe Baken write and executive produce the first season.
Additional executive producers include Joshua Jackson, Don Johnson, Eric Paquette, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, and Nissa Diederich. Paris Barclay directs and executive produces.
“Singles Week” Plot: It’s Singles Week on The Odyssey, and lust is in the air. As Max, Tristan, and Avery navigate their relationship, the crew fends off advances from passengers. With rising desire and quickly spreading ailments, Max and the team rush to restore order.
Joshua Jackson, Phillipa Soo, and Sean Teale in ‘Doctor Odyssey’ episode 2 (Disney/Tina Thorpe)
Doctor Odyssey Plot Description, Courtesy of ABC:
From the brilliant mind of Ryan Murphy comes the high-octane procedural Doctor Odyssey. Max (Jackson) is the new on-board doctor for a luxury cruise ship where the staff works hard and plays harder. It’s all hands on deck as Max and his small but mighty medical team navigate unique medical crises and each other miles from shore.
Chord Overstreet in episode 2 (Disney/Tina Thorpe)Shania Twain in episode 2 (Disney/Tina Thorpe)Joshua Jackson, Phillipa Soo, and Marcus Emanuel Mitchell in episode 2 (Disney/Tina Thorpe)Joshua Jackson and Shania Twain in episode 2 (Disney/Tina Thorpe)Stephanie Suganami and Sean Teale in episode 2 (Disney/Tina Thorpe)
Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf, Aury Krebs as Dr. Dana Dang, and Alex MacNicoll as Dr. Van Markus in ‘Brilliant Minds’ episode 2 (Photo by: Rafy/NBC)
Episode two of NBC’s new medical drama Brilliant Minds opens with Dr. Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto) pointing out that genetically all humans are 99.9% identical. It’s our society that creates barriers and society that makes us fear those who are different.
Dr. Wolf believes that we just need to take the time to connect with those we don’t understand. Case in point, everyone except Dr. Wolf avoids a young man in distress on the sidewalk. Oliver asks if he’s okay and learns the man, Pete, believes there’s a dragon nearby that everyone is ignoring.
Wolf brings Pete to the hospital and informs the interns that he’s currently experiencing a sustained hallucination of a dragon. Ericka Kinney (Ashleigh LaThrop) is correct when she assumes Pete’s a college kid. Wolf instructs the interns to get lab tests done and figure out what Pete’s dragon (no relation to Disney’s Pete’s Dragon) looks like.
Oliver reluctantly meets with the Chief Medical Officer Dr. Muriel Landon (his mother) and Dr. Carol Pierce (Tamberla Perry) and learns Muriel has a patient who woke up the day of gallbladder surgery thinking she couldn’t move. She’s hysterical and doesn’t think Muriel’s listening to her. Muriel wants neuro and psych analysis to make sure it’s safe to operate.
Carol is shocked to learn the patient is retired WNBA All-Star Jessica Williams, who currently coaches a varsity team. Jessica’s considered a hometown hero.
Before Oliver gets to work on the case, his mom tells him she’s happy he’s joined the staff. She also hands over a massive book of hospital rules and procedures. Oliver isn’t impressed, and his mom reminds him that this hospital might be his last chance.
Wolf passes Dr. Josh Nichols (Teddy Sears) in the hallway without acknowledging his presence.
Jessica describes having a dream she can’t stop thinking about. The dream left her feeling like something’s wrong with her body. In the dream, she was floating above her body on the bed, staring at herself. She felt disembodied and couldn’t move.
Wolf believes there must be a reason her mind produced that nightmare. She admits she’s feeling shaky, and Wolf confirms that’s normal. The pre-frontal cortex affects the body, and it would be expected to feel off. They’ll run tests, and Dr. Pierce–a big fan–will examine her, too.
Ashleigh LaThrop as Dr. Ericka Kinney, Aury Krebs as Dr. Dana Dang, and Spence Moore II as Dr. Jacob Nash in ‘Brilliant Minds’ episode 2 (Photo by: Rafy/NBC)
Meanwhile, Pete describes the dragon as having green glowing scales and red talons. Dr. Jacob Nash (Spence Moore II) sketches what Pete described, and it’s spot on. (His fellow interns are surprised by his artistic skills.) Wolf arrives, just as Pete tosses his cookies, looking for two interns to help with Jessica. All four volunteer, but Jacob and Dr. Van Markus (Alex MacNicoll) are the lucky ones.
Later, Wolf’s still concerned they haven’t figured out what’s wrong with Jessie when Carol tells him she’s in surgery. Apparently, she’s feeling better and agreed to the operation. Wolf wonders why Jessie used the word “disembodied” to describe how she felt, and Carol admits she doesn’t have an answer. But Jessie signed the paperwork for surgery, so she must be okay.
Wolf immediately notices her signature doesn’t match the autograph she gave Carol. Something’s still very off with Jessie, and both Carol and Wolf rush to surgery. They find Jessie in a combative state, insisting something has changed. She feels like she’s not in her body again.
Carol and Oliver consult with Muriel, showing her the decline in Jessie’s signatures over just a two-hour period. Muriel asks for more tests to be run and warns Oliver not to get too attached to the case. (Oliver always gets too involved, but that’s just how he works.)
Oliver meets with Jessie at a gym and when she bounces a basketball, she feels outside her body. “Like I’m watching a video of myself, but I can’t control it,” says Jessie. Her body feels dead or not like her own. She takes a shot and doesn’t even hit the backboard.
Ericka really wants to work on Jessie’s case, and tries to pass off Pete to Dr. Carol Pierce, claiming the tests show it’s probably a psychotic break. Carol knows what’s up and won’t let Ericka off the hook, insisting she remain with Pete for now.
Ericka watches as Carol questions Pete, who admits to still seeing the dragon, but with less intensity than during his LSD trip yesterday. Now, he’s aware it’s not actually there. Which means this is a neuro case, not a psych case, so Ericka needs to keep figuring out what’s going on in Pete’s mind.
Jessie’s family visits her at the hospital and passes along the message her players are worried she won’t be back in time for the playoffs next week. Wolf assures them he’s doing everything possible to determine what’s happening to Jessie. First up, a spinal tap to see if she has an infection/inflammation. Dr. Markus begins the procedure, but his hands shake and he rushes off. Oliver confronts him, and Markus admits everything overwhelmed him. (There were too many people watching and he could feel the pain from the needle.) Wolf advises him to figure out how to handle this because he scared Jessie and made this much more difficult.
Nedra Marie Taylor as Jessie Williams, Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf, and Spence Moore II as Dr. Jacob Nash in ‘Brilliant Minds’ episode 2 (Photo by: Rafy/NBC)
That night, Wolf’s called back into the hospital by Jacob and Markus. Jessie’s condition has worsened, and they find her in bed with her arms stretched up to the sky. She can’t put them down. Wolf can move them for her, but when he asks her to sit up and step toward them, she’s unable to walk. She visualizes herself falling through the floor as if the ground doesn’t exist.
Wolf gathers his four interns and explains that Jessie is feeling blind to her own body. It’s a very specific nerve damage that results in her not feeling in control of anything from her toes to her head. Her body feels dead to her, and they toss out probable causes and ways to check what’s going on.
As for Pete, Wolf wants the team to keep digging for clues.
Wolf calls in Dr. Josh Nichols for a consultation on Jessie, whose condition is rapidly deteriorating. Josh wonders why Oliver passed him three times in the hallway without saying hi. He believes Oliver is rude, and Oliver finally reveals he has face blindness. They toss a few insults at each other and then agree there’s nothing abnormal about Jessie’s MRI.
Jessie and Markus chat about their athletic careers and transitioning to different careers once it was over. Jessie believes coaching is what she’s meant to do and hates the idea of not being there for her girls.
As they’re talking, Markus realizes Jessie has a smoothie every day that’s loaded with supplements. Her blood work shows her B6 levels are high. Wolf notes that a toxicity from B6 could have caused damage. There’s hope for a recovery now that they know where to start with treatment.
Ericka and fellow intern Dr. Dana Dang (Aury Krebs) check out Pete’s dorm room and learn he’s been missing a lot of classes. He’s also been sleeping a lot. Dana notes it’s been a long time since she shotgunned a beer, and Ericka confesses she never partied during college. Not once has she ever shotgunned a beer.
Pete’s room stinks, so they open a window. Right outside is a restaurant with a dragon!
Oliver and Markus are working on flushing Jessie’s system when she becomes unresponsive. She crashes and isn’t breathing, and they’re forced to intubate her.
Her family gathers at the hospital and her prognosis doesn’t look good. Wolf admits it’s not a B6 toxicity, and they’re still looking for the cause. Jessie’s little brother is torn up about her, and Wolf describes her condition as “exceedingly rare.” She’s deteriorating fast, and they may never know the cause. Wolf insists she needs a reason to get better, and that means she needs her family with her.
Dana and Ericka do another MRI on Pete after figuring out the dragon is a memory of something he sees daily outside his window. That means there’s got to be a lesion. Dr. Nichols and Dr. Wolf look over the images, and Nichols spots the lesion. This special MRI is the only way to see it, and Nichols races off to prep the operating room.
Carol informs Wolf that if Jessie doesn’t improve soon, they may have to ship her out to a long-term care facility. Wolf refuses to even consider that option. He will decide her care. Period. End of discussion.
A John Doe left comatose on a gurney in the hallway reinforces Wolf’s commitment to not ship patients out. Every patient needs someone to advocate for them, and he’s that person for Jessie.
Wolf has an idea about how to help Jessie after having a flashback of his dad telling him to start small and focus on just his hand. He tells his interns to disconnect Jessie’s tube and stop her meds. She can’t move her whole body because it’s overwhelming, but she can use her other senses to control a single body part. From there, they can expand it to other parts of her body. She must learn to connect with her body in a new way, so she needs to start small.
Jessie is still unresponsive as Wolf tells her they’re taking out the breathing tube. He tells her she needs to embrace her feelings of disembodiment and focus on her chest to breathe. Her stats plummet, but then suddenly recover as she makes her body take a breath. Everyone in the room breathes a sigh of relief.
Alex MacNicoll as Dr. Van Markus, Aury Krebs as Dr. Dana Dang, Tamberla Perry as Dr. Carol Pierce, Spence Moore II as Dr. Jacob Nash, Ashleigh LaThrop as Dr. Ericka Kinney, and Richard Walters as Jessie’s Brother in ‘Brilliant Minds’ episode 2 (Photo by: Rafy/NBC)
Days later, Wolf gathers her family and the interns for a demonstration of Jessie’s recovery. She gradually stands from a wheelchair and advances toward her family. She almost stumbles but refuses help, forcing herself back into a standing position and continuing to walk across the room. Her family wraps her in a huge hug, as Jacob wipes away a tear.
Jessie thanks Wolf for not giving up on her, and he thanks her in return.
Jessie’s progress continues as she learns to master other parts of her body. They don’t know what caused her nerve damage, but now she’s reconnecting with her body in a brand-new way.
Episode two ends with Wolf telling his mom he’ll attempt to make his stint at the hospital work, but she needs to stop micromanaging his patients. Also, he’s taking charge of the John Doe he saw earlier.
Pete’s doing much better and credits Ericka with saving him. After finishing her rounds, she meets up with her fellow interns in a bar and shotguns her first beer.
Wolf passes Nichols in the hallway and ignores him, but then turns around and says he’s just kidding. He’s figured out the key to recognizing Nichols; it’s his freakishly large hands.
Muriel thanks Carol for convincing Oliver to join the staff and asks her to keep an eye on him. “There are things about my son’s past that even you don’t know,” says Muriel.
Part two of the three-part 9-1-1 season eight premiere event continues with an episode that finds Athena attempting to save passengers on a plane. Episode two, “When the Boeing Gets Tough…,” will air on Thursday, October 3, 2024 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.
“When the Boeing Gets Tough…” Plot: Athena is tasked with safely delivering a prisoner to testify on a high-profile case. Meanwhile, a light plane is hit by a swarm of bees and sent careening into a passenger plane.
Devin McGee and Angela Bassett in ‘9-1-1’ season 8 episode 2 (Disney/Eric McCandless)
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.
Sarah Chaney, Tiffany C. Adams, and Jake Green in season 8 episode 2 (Disney/Anne Marie Fox)James Coker and Bayley Corman in season 8 episode 2 (Disney/Christopher Willard)Tiffany C Adams and Jake Green in season 8 episode 2 (Disney/Anne Marie Fox)Sarah Chaney in season 8 episode 2 (Disney/Anne Marie Fox)Angela Bassett and Glenn Plummer in season 8 episode 2 (Disney/Eric McCandless)
Beau Knapp as Drew Franklin and David Boreanaz as Jason Hayes in ‘SEAL Team’ episode 10, season 7 (Photo CREDIT: Pablo Arellano Spataro/Paramount+)
We’ve reached the end. Paramount+’s SEAL Team season seven episode nine ended with Nazario in custody and Jason and Drew off on a separate mission to kill Curtis. Episode 10, “The Last Word,” will bring the team back together and finish up storylines for characters fans have come to love.
The seventh and final season stars David Boreanaz as Jason Hayes, Neil Brown Jr. as Ray Perry, A.J. Buckley as Sonny Quinn, Toni Trucks as Lieutenant Lisa Davis, Raffi Barsoumian as Omar Hamza, and Beau Knapp as Drew Franklin.
“The Last Word” Plot: Does war always have the last word? Jason wrestles with guilt, Ray faces his demons, and Davis and Sonny’s fate is decided by the Decker investigation.
Beau Knapp as Drew Franklin, Judd Lormand as Lt. Commander Eric Blackburn, David Boreanaz as Jason Hayes, Tyler Grey as Trent Sawyer, A.J. Buckley as Sonny Quinn, Neil Brown Jr. as Ray Perry, Justin Melnick as Brock Reynolds and Raffi Barsoumian as Omar Hamza in episode 10, season 7 (CREDIT: Trae Patton/Paramount+)
The series follows the lives of the Navy SEALs’ most elite unit as they execute dangerous high-stakes operations to defend their country at a deeply personal cost. In the final season, Jason Hayes (Boreanaz) struggles to balance his warrior’s existence with the responsibilities of single fatherhood. Ray Perry (Brown Jr.), his trusted second in command, questions whether he will be able to leave the battlefield behind as his retirement nears. Dedicated door-kicker Sonny Quinn (Buckley) battles against changing tides as Jason and Ray’s shifting focus means that other teammates must shoulder more responsibility. Both Omar Hamza (Barsoumian) and Drew Franklin (Knapp) find diving into work an effective way to distance themselves from their past traumas.
Vital to mission success is Lieutenant Lisa Davis (Trucks), a no-nonsense officer who ushers the team into a new era of warfare against powerful rivals for supremacy on the world stage. Ripped away from their loved ones at a moment’s notice to be deployed across the globe, Bravo team remains dedicated to their duties. Even in the face of overwhelming odds, they know this is the price to keep the families they left behind safe.
Toni Trucks as Lisa Davis and A.J. Buckley as Sonny Quinn in the series finale (CREDIT: Trae Patton/Paramount+)David Boreanaz as Jason Hayes and Beau Knapp as Drew Franklin in the series finale (CREDIT: Pablo Arellano Spataro/Paramount+)Alona Tal as Stella and A.J. Buckley as Sonny Quinn in episode 10, season 7 (CREDIT: Michael Moriatis/Paramount+)David Boreanaz as Jason Hayes and Jessica Paré as Mandy Ellis in episode 10, season 7 (CREDIT: Michael Moriatis/Paramount+)
The Luke Bryan–Peyton Manning bromance continues with the 58th Annual CMA Awards. Bryan and Manning will return as hosts of the 2024 awards show, with Lainey Wilson joining them to make her hosting debut.
“Hosting the CMA Awards is such an honor and it’s crazy when I realize this is my 4th year back,” said Bryan. “Peyton and I have really worked to build off each other, and now adding Lainey to the mix will just bring another fun element to the night. Celebrating Country Music never gets old to me.”
The 2024 show airs live on ABC from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 8pm ET/PT (tape-delayed on the West Coast).
“I am honored to be back hosting the CMA Awards again this year,” stated Manning. “The past two years have been a lot of fun, and I know Lainey is going to bring a special flare. Hopefully, she can help me keep Luke in line! Either way, I’m excited for an incredible night of celebration and Country Music.”
Morgan Wallen tops the list of this year’s nominees with seven. Chris Stapleton and Cody Johnson follow with five nominations each.
“I could not be more excited to host the CMA Awards this year with Luke and Peyton,” said Wilson. “It’s such an incredible honor and something I’ve always dreamed of doing. We’re planning a really great show for y’all, so make sure to watch on November 20!”
The 58th Annual CMA Awards will be directed by Alan Carter. Robert Deaton is executive producing and Jon Macks is the head writer.
Focus Features’ official Nosferatu trailer finds Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter describing her encounter with the creature: “It is like a dream. It was our wedding. When we turned around, everyone was dead. The stench of their bodies was horrible. Standing before me was death…but I’d never been so happy.”
Written and directed by Robert Eggers (The Northman, The VVitch: A New-England Folktale), Nosferatu also stars Nicholas Hoult as Ellen’s husband, Thomas. Bill Skarsgård plays Count Orlok. The cast also includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Friedrich Harding, Emma Corrin as Anna Harding, Ralph Ineson as Dr. Wilhelm Sievers, Simon McBurney as Knock, and Willem Dafoe as Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz.
Focus Features’ description reads: “Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.”
During an interview with Esquire, Skarsgård was asked whether audiences will see a “sexy vampire” in Nosferatu. “He’s gross,” Skarsgård replied, adding, “But it is very sexualized. It’s playing with a sexual fetish about the power of the monster and what that appeal has to you. Hopefully you’ll get a little bit attracted by it and disgusted by your attraction at the same time.”
Eggers, Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Chris Columbus, and Eleanor Columbus serve as producers. Nosferatu is opening in theaters on Christmas.
Matlock is a whole new take on the classic courtroom drama. First of all, the new Matlock is Kathy Bates as Maddie Matlock. The second is that it takes place in a world where the Andy Griffith Show exists. The third is a spoiler.
One of the new characters Maddie meets at her new law firm is Olympia (Skye P. Marshall). Olympia is a bit of a foil to Maddie, or vice versa, since the firm forces Olympia to let Maddie consult on her cases.
The Television Critics Association visited the set of Matlock this summer. In Olympia’s office, Marshall spoke to press about her character. Matlock airs Sundays at 8pm ET/PT on CBS.
Were there hints in the pilot that Olympia is not always going to be the ballbuster?
Skye P. Marshall: “Oh absolutely. Olympia reminds me of myself. Like you said, definitely ballbuster, rainmaker, power player, but there’s always a crack in the castle wall. She holds her cards to her chest. She doesn’t trust easily because the journey of getting to this kind of office wasn’t simple. So, you keep your circle small and you’re very intentional on who you connect with and why.
And then Madeline Matlock just comes right in without having to do any of the internal groundwork to come up the chain of command and now she’s assigned to me? I’m already busy. I already have enough to deal with. But, because of that nurturing side of Matlock, because of her experience, she has this way of bringing this feminine energy into such a masculine environment of bust, bust, bust. Like you said, you have to bring ball-busting energy here. She finds a way to soften Olympia where we can still find our power in being a woman and win with subtleties and secrecies and you’re innocent until proven guilty, as a friend and an employee and not just like what do you want? Are you trying to take my position?”
Was there a big learning curve with the performance in a courtroom?
Skye P. Marshall: “Oh my goodness, yes. So, every episode we have like one full day of courtroom scenes. It is the scariest day of every episode for me, honestly, because most scenes, the extras are told to just have some business, mime, do what you will. But when I walk in a courtroom, everyone’s told to stare directly at me. I call it my black box theater.
There’s a bit of showmanship that you have to do when you’re in the courtroom vs how Olympia is here. So, every time I walk down those courtroom hallways, I have to just get myself in the game like it’s theater again. The jury box, the gallery, the judge, whoever I’m crossing, they’re just staring at me. I have to tell myself they’re not watching me act. They actually want to hear what is this case about. So, I actually have to earn it from our background actors and make sure I project. So, I have projection, pace, and enunciation. That’s what I always have to make sure I focus on.”
Do you feel like lawyers are wannabe actors?
Skye P. Marshall: “For sure. It is. It’s theatrical, that space. Then you have your audience, and you have to convince a box of civilians to believe your story. So yes, it does take you to come outside of yourself and fight. But it’s like how can we fight and be believable for someone else’s life without being so aggressive all the time? I think Matlock helps in that case of being more strategic. Don’t get it twisted. Olympia never loses her bite. She is a shark.”
How comfortable do you feel in this room? Did you add any of your own photos?
Skye P. Marshall: “I’m still trying to figure out who this African family is. The cat gotta go. The cat is cute. I’m still working on that. I have a rescue dog. If I put her picture in there, it might stimulate emotions. You want to place things that can stimulate emotions that if I have a scene that requires some tears, I can just clock it for a second and feel a thing. That is something that can be personalized.
The biggest personal connection that I have to this set is that this is my second series regular. My first series regular right before this was a medical drama called Good Sam with Sophia Bush and Jason Isaacs. When we filmed that season, I was heavy in like my manifestation work. I was three on the call sheet, but I was watching Sophia and Jason, and I was like, ‘I can do this.’ But my deserving feelings hadn’t linked up with that yet because it was my first series regular.
I would walk up and down the stairs, and I would rub the poles on the stairs before we start filming, and I would have to chase Jason and Sophia all over the hallways. This being my second series regular, those are the same stairs. These are the same hallways. They shipped it from Toronto when Good Sam got canceled. I had no idea that the set would follow me here. This was my patient room. That was a patient’s room. Those were patient rooms over there. This same bend, I used to chase Sophia Bush all the time and now Kathy Bates is chasing me. How did I pull that off? It is the most personal experience that I’ve ever had for the set to follow me here. It just consistently reminds me of my belief system and how I saw it and I felt it before I arrived. Good Sam is where I met Jenny Snyder Urman and Joanna Karn.”
Have you gotten used to going toe-to-toe with Academy Award winner Kathy Bates every week?
Skye P. Marshall: “Luckily, yes, I’ve gotten used to it now. The first, I’d say, two episodes, I had to just kind of like shake it off. But Kathy does not believe that she’s more important than the PA, and I mean that genuinely. She doesn’t feel or see herself the way that we do. And so, she’s like, ‘Can we run lines? Is it okay if we rehearse?’ Or she’s like, ‘Oh, you’re so good.’ And I’m like, ‘Kettle to the pot, babe.’
It’s never been easier for me to cry on cue with Kathy because when she delivers those lines in emotional scenes, all I have to do is just listen and just make eye contact, and you feel it because she does not just throw any lines away. The way she delivers it, it’s watching someone make these words on the page really puncture your heart. I feel it every time and I can cry take after take after take.”
Do you see the wardrobe as Olympia’s uniform?
Skye P. Marshall: “Armor. Which is why you won’t see Olympia in a skirt or a dress. She chooses pants. She chooses darker colors. Blunt cut. You gotta play that game and even as I work through the scripts and I see clientele that she chooses, she’s very specific. It’s majority diversity. She chooses clients that can’t afford her level of agency but then she can get paid from class action. So, I think that’s what makes Matlock also extremely unique is that she’s very intentional on her clients but can still bring in the money. That, I haven’t seen before with a prestigious firm like Jacobson Moore.”
Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano star in Netflix’s new dark comedy series, No Good Deed. Kudrow and Romano play a couple who put their house on the market, which opens up a can of worms. The first teaser revealed the eight-episode series premieres on December 12, 2024.
Created by Dead to Me‘s Liz Feldman, No Good Deed also stars O-T Fagbenle, Abbi Jacobson, Denis Leary, Poppy Liu, Teyonah Parris, and Luke Wilson. Dead to Me’s Linda Cardellini reunites with Feldman, playing a character described as a “badass b*tch.”
Guest stars include Matt Rogers, Kate Moennig, Chloe East, Rory Scovel, Wyatt Aubrey, Kevin Alves, Linda Lavin, and Anna Maria Horsford.
“When Lydia (Kudrow) and Paul (Romano) decide to move on from their empty nest to forge a new life, they list their gorgeous 1920s Spanish-style villa located in one the most desirable neighborhoods in Los Angeles — and the real estate frenzy begins. Multiple families all race to buy what they believe to be their dream house, convinced it will fix all of their very different problems,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “But as Lydia and Paul know all too well, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a true nightmare. As they struggle to hide the dark and dangerous secrets that linger inside their longtime home, Paul and Lydia begin to realize that the only way they’ll escape the past is to finally face it.”
“We meet them at a little bit of a crossroads — it’s a really interesting time in their lives,” said Feldman, discussing Romano and Kudrow’s characters. “We know they’re about to go through some major changes. They know they’re about to go through some major changes in their life. But, they have no idea how major.”
Feldman is the showrunner, executive producer, and directs episodes four and five. Silver Tree directs the remaining six episodes. Additional executive producers include Christie Smith, Jessica Elbaum, and Will Ferrell. Feldman, Madie Dhaliwal, Cara DiPaolo, Crystal Jenkins, Kelly Hutchinson, Bruce Eric Kaplan, and Zora Bikangaga are the writers.
