Hulu is counting on viewers wanting more of The Handmaid’s Tale and for fence-sitters, the new trailer for The Testaments makes a convincing argument to give it a chance. The continuation of The Handmaid’s Tale premieres on April 8, 2026 with the release of the first three episodes.
New episodes stream on Wednesdays.
Ann Dowd returns to star as Aunt Lydia. The series also stars Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday, Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, and Rowan Blanchard. Rounding out the cast are Mattea Conforti, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Birva Pandya, and Kira Guloien.
Poster for Hulu’s ‘The Testaments’
Hulu offers this description of the new series:
“An evolution of The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments is based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name and is a dramatic coming-of-age story set in Gilead. The series follows young teens Agnes, dutiful and pious, and Daisy, a new arrival and convert from beyond Gilead’s borders. As they navigate the gilded halls of Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives, a place where obedience is instilled brutally and always with divine justification, their bond becomes the catalyst that will upend their past, their present, and their future.”
Bruce Miller created the series and serves as showrunner and executive producer. The Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss is involved as an executive producer. Warren Littlefield, Steve Stark, Shana Stein, Maya Goldsmith, John Weber, Sheila Hockin, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, and Mike Barker also executive produce.
Fox has officially renewed Best Medicine for season two, with a few new episodes of season one still to go. Up next, episode 10—”Port Wenn-ings and a Funeral”—airing on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 8pm ET/PT.
“Port Wenn-ings and a Funeral” Plot: After Martin invites Louisa to watch the annual bird migration over Port Wenn, he treats an elderly woman whose hallucinations lead to dire consequences. Meanwhile, Aunt Sarah fumes after the reading of a will leaves her nothing and Martin must perform an emergency procedure on his young friend.
Season one stars Josh Charles as Dr. Martin Best, Abigail Spencer (Suits) as Louisa Gavin, Annie Potts (Young Sheldon) as Aunt Sarah, Josh Segarra (Sirens) as Sheriff Mark Mylow, and Cree (Twinless) as Elaine Denton. Recurring guest stars include Didi Conn as councilwoman Geneva Potter, Clea Lewis as pharmacist Sally Mylow, Stephen Spinella as Greg Garrison, Jason Veasey as George Brady, Cindy De La Cruz as Jeannie, John DiMaggio as Bert Large, Carter Shimp as Al Large, and Wattson as Copernicus.
The series follows Martin Best (Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin’s blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, including schoolteacher Louisa Gavin (Spencer). He quickly alienates the town, even though he’s all they have.
Although Martin can expertly address any medical ailment or mystery in this idiosyncratic town, he’s really just desperate to be left the hell alone. Instead, he keeps getting dragged smack into the middle of their personal chaos, feuds, and fantasies. What the locals don’t know is that Martin’s terse demeanor masks a debilitating new phobia and deep-seated psychological issues that prevent him from experiencing true intimacy with anyone. But tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.
As an actress, Maggie Gyllenhaal has a body of work that is as prolific as it is diverse, having been in everything from huge studio tentpoles like The Dark Knight to tiny indies like Frank, from awards-bait like Crazy Heart to quirky festival favorites like Cecil B. Demented. Behind the camera, she made her feature directorial debut a few years back when she made the subtly dark The Lost Daughter. Now, she’s swinging to the other side of the fence with her follow-up, the decidedly unsubtle The Bride!.
The Bride! is, as one might suspect, a retelling of the Bride of Frankenstein story. Set in the 1930s, it begins with Frankenstein’s Monster (American Psycho’s Christian Bale) seeking out Dr. Euphronius (Annette Bening from Nyad) because he is lonely. He asks the “mad scientist” to make him a mate, and she reluctantly agrees. The odd couple finds itself digging up a fresh grave, stealing the corpse of a recently dead young woman named Ida (who may or may not be possessed by the spirit of Mary Shelley herself) and “rejuvenating” her into the undead Penelope, Penny for short (Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley).
So, Frank and the newly reanimated Pretty Penny go on a wild and reckless crime spree that takes them from Chicago to New York and back again, only stopping in theaters to watch movies that feature Frank’s favorite star, Ronnie Reed (Presumed Innocent’s Jake Gyllenhaal, who happens to be Maggie’s brother). The pair’s exploits gain the attention of two detectives named Myrna Mallow (Penélope Cruz from Parallel Mothers) and Jake Wiles (September 5’s Peter Sarsgaard, who happens to be Maggie’s husband). But they also gain the attention of a gang of criminals as well as the general public when their rampage turns them into cult heroes.
Essentially, The Bride! is a souped-up version of a Universal Moster movie – think The Shape of Water or The Invisible Man. It’s a very expensive B-movie, packed with A-list talent both in front of and behind the camera. But each and every one of those A-listers completely understands the kind of movie they are making. The Bride! is complete schlock, but it’s very slick, well-made schlock.
The one thing that viewers can expect from The Bride! is that it won’t be what they expect. It’s hard enough to follow, much less predict. There’s a spontaneous dance sequence in the middle of the film, for crying out loud! Frank and Penny’s exploits take them places both disturbing and magical, like one surreal fever dream after another.
And the only way a movie this wild and crazy could work is if everyone involved commits to their part entirely. And luckily for The Bride!, they do. Jessie Buckley is as transformative as ever, basically playing three roles in one (Ida, Penelope, and “Mary Shelley”). Christian Bale gives a fearless performance as Frank the monster. Annette Bening plays her mad scientist completely straight-faced. There isn’t a hint of irony in any of the performances, and that’s what makes them so great. Not one of the actors seems ashamed to have been cast in this B-Movie. They’re all in.
The one knock on The Bride! (and it’s a pretty big one) is that, at just over two hours (2:06 to be precise), it feels long. The first 90 minutes or so are brisk and tight, but then it gets a little too exposition-y. The exposition does fill in some holes and answers some questions (while simultaneously raising a few more), but it’s a lot of spoken, Bond villain-type of exposition. The horror film turns into a talkie. And while it doesn’t completely kill the momentum, it does slow things down a lot, and right at the point where most viewers start getting fatigued anyway.
The Bride! is a wild ride. If anyone was looking for a movie that starts as Frankenstein before going through Thelma & Louise and ending up as The Legend of Billie Jean, a pitch-black comedy that pays tribute to classic Hollywood musicals as much as it does gothic horror, this may be the movie for them. One thing is for sure, love it or hate it, there’s nothing quite like it. Maggie Gyllenhaal has made a movie as erratic as her own body of work. It will be exciting to see what Maggie the Director does next.
GRADE: B
Rating: R for sexual content, nudity, language, strong/bloody violent content
Runtime: 2 hours 6 minutes
Release Date: March 6, 2026
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
The promo for CBS’s Fire Country season four, episode 11 shows Sharon urging Bode to remember how important he is to Cal Fire. Episode 11, “Elite of the Elite,” will air on Friday, March 6, 2026 at 9pm ET/PT.
“Elite of the Elite” Plot: As Bode fights to prove himself during the high-stakes REMs tryouts, a shocking leak about the Zabel Ridge arsonist ignites turmoil across Edgewater. The episode was written by Sara Casey and Manuel Herrera and directed by Leslie Alejandro.
Max Thieriot stars as Bode, Kevin Alejandro is Manny, Diane Farr is Sharon, Jordan Calloway plays Jake, and Jules Latimer stars as Eve.
Fire Country stars Max Thieriot (SEAL TEAM) as Bode Leone, a young convict who sought redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison release firefighting program in Northern California, where he and other inmates were partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish massive, unpredictable wildfires across the region. It’s a high-risk, high-reward assignment, and the heat is turned up when Bode was assigned to the program in his rural hometown, where he was once a golden all-American son until his troubles began.
Years ago, Bode burned down everything in his life, leaving town with a big secret. Now he’s back, with the rap sheet of a criminal and the audacity to believe in a chance for redemption with Cal Fire.
It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation when the team tries to stop whoever’s committing multiple violent crimes on CBS’s Boston Blue episode 11, “Family Secrets.” Directed by Sudz Sutherland, episode 11 will air on Friday, March 6, 2026 at 10pm ET/PT.
“Family Secrets” Plot: Danny and Lena race to stop a string of violent crimes before the situation spirals out of control, while Sarah’s plans for a family outing take an unexpected turn. At the same time, Jonah and Sean chase a case with surprising twists, and Mae receives an invitation that could change everything.
Donnie Wahlberg stars as Danny Reagan, Sonequa Martin-Green plays Lena Silver, Marcus Scribner is Jonah Silver, Maggie Lawson is Sarah Silver, and Mika Amonson is Sean Reagan. Gloria Reuben stars as Mae Silver and Ernie Hudson plays Reverend Edwin Peters.
Donnie Wahlberg reprises his role as NYPD detective Danny Reagan in a universe expansion of the long-running top drama Blue Bloods. In this new series, Reagan takes a position with the Boston Police Department and is paired with Detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.
The Silver family is comprised of Boston district attorney Mae Silver (Reuben), Boston PD detective Lena Silver, police superintendent Sarah Silver (Lawson), rookie cop Jonah Silver (Scribner) and renowned Baptist pastor Reverend Edwin Peters (Hudson). As Reagan settles into his new city, he also hopes to reconnect with his younger son, Sean (Amonsen), who is beginning his own career in Boston.
Executive producers include Donnie Wahlberg, Brandon Sonnier, Brandon Margolis, Jerry Bruckheimer, and KristieAnne Reed.
Sarah Wayne Callies (The Walking Dead) directs CBS’s Sheriff Country season one, episode 11. Written by Heather F. Robb, episode 11—”The Aftermath”—will air on Friday, March 6, 2026 at 8pm ET/PT.
“The Aftermath” Plot: When a courthouse security test ends in a shocking murder, Sheriff Mickey Fox uncovers a dangerous conspiracy reaching deep into Edgewater’s justice system.
Morena Baccarin leads the cast as Mickey Fox, Matt Lauria plays Nathan Boone, W. Earl Brown is Wes Fox, Michele Weaver plays Cassidy Campbell, and Christopher Gorham stars as Travis Fraley. Executive producers include Fire Country star Max Thieriot, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Matt Lopez, Jerry Bruckheimer, and KristieAnne Reed.
Morena Baccarin stars as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Cal Fire’s division chief Sharon Leone (Diane Farr of Fire Country). She investigates criminal activity while she patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater, contending with her ex-con father, Wes (W. Earl Brown), who is an off-the-grid marijuana grower, and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter.
Josh Zuckerman, Ci Hang Ma, Sarah Yarkin, Nick Pugliese and Miles Elliot as Yuri in ‘School Spirits’ season 3 episode 8 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)
We’ve arrived at Paramount+’s School Spirits third season finale and, yes, we get a few of the dangling storylines wrapped up. But by the end of the season finale, there will be more questions than at the start.
(The following is a recap of season three, episode eight, and there are spoilers.)
Maddie (Peyton List) walks through her door and into the woods, passing by other doors but not stopping. In reality, her body is walking in a tunnel and then she gets into a car that nearly hit her.
The ghosts are all depressed, with Charley (Nick Pugliese) taking Wally’s sudden disappearance the hardest. Mr. Martin (Josh Zuckerman) tries to lift everyone’s spirits as chairs are set up in the library for a town meeting. The school’s fate will be decided that evening.
Yuri (Miles Elliot) wonders how they’ll know if Wally found Simon, and Mr. Martin admits they may never learn that.
Xavier (Spencer Macpherson), Nicole (Kiara Pichardo), and Claire (Rainbow Wedell) work on coaching Principal Hartman (Alex Zahara) on what he’s supposed to ask Deborah. He rehearses his questions, demanding answers about her involvement with Jeff and K.C. Jensen. Hartman’s exhausted and keeps messing up, and they decide to take a break. But first they have to make sure Hartman knows how to tape record a confession.
Livia (Erika Swayze) calls Nicole, insisting she’s trying to help. It turns out she was driving the car that picked up Maddie. She can’t get Maddie to talk and she’s in a trance. Nicole sends Xavier off to the hospital to meet Livia.
Meanwhile, Maddie continues walking through the woods. Suddenly, Dawn (RaeAnne Boon) comes out of nowhere and tackles her. Dawn confirms all the doors in the scars lead to these woods, not to pearly gates and definitely not to heaven. Maddie begs Dawn to help her find Simon and learns Dawn hasn’t seen Wally or Simon, but she has seen Janet. Dawn explains this place isn’t like the school and doesn’t make much sense.
Wally (Milo Manheim) is walking on a foggy bridge that seems to be in the same woods. He screams for Simon, but no one answers so he keeps on walking.
Maddie’s in the hospital waiting room, still in a trance, and Xavier lies to Livia that it’s just exhaustion. He thanks her for helping Maddie and she insists it was the right thing to do. Maddie’s dad, Dave (Danny Mac), wonders if it’s happened before and thinks they better keep her moving so that no one hops into her body.
Principal Hartman confronts Dr. Deborah Hunter-Price (Jennifer Tilly) and she pushes her way past him without answering any questions.
Back in the woods, Dawn says they rarely see anyone and there are ghost roads in the woods that they usually stick to. Maddie spots a piece of cloth she’s sure belongs to Simon and continues following the path.
Simon (Kristian Ventura) is walking the paths, too, but gets spooked and trips. Janet (Jess Gabor) tries to remind him who she is, but he runs away in terror.
Claire decides they need to ambush Deborah at the meeting since Hartman couldn’t get any answers.
Wally keeps walking and hears something that sounds like a radio transmission. He sees a rearview mirror in a tree and picks it up, and suddenly he’s plunged into his memories and the DJ’s dedicating a song to him for winning a football game. It’s as if he’s experiencing it now—not remembering something that happened decades ago—as he steps out of his car and heads into school.
Dawn hears the sound and tells Maddie that someone’s stuck. Wally looks at himself in a mirror and sees Dawn warning him not to get lost in there. “You have to come out,” says Dawn. Maddie also appears and yells, “Wally, come back now!”
Wally steps out of the memory and into the woods, and Maddie runs to him. They can touch! They hug and kiss, making up for lost time. Once they separate, Maddie punches him, pissed that he stepped through his door. He explains he did it to find Simon. Maddie picks up the mirror that Wally dropped and Dawn slaps it out of her hand. Apparently, they need to stay away from mirrors and not cross the river.
Wally confesses he wasn’t going to take his door until it appeared there was no other way to find Simon.
Janet follows Simon, asking what he’s looking for and assuring him she can help. He asks if she knows who he is and Janet confirms she does and realizes he doesn’t know. He keeps walking and Janet follows him again.
Kiara Pichardo as Nicole Herrera and Rainbow Wedell as Claire Zomer in ‘School Spirits’ season 3’s finale (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)
Over at the school, the meeting begins, and Deborah demands that they vote right now on what’s happening with the school. She doesn’t want to hear any defense of the school, and Nicole and Claire speak up. Claire asks if it’s true Deborah has a special interest in what happens, and Deborah becomes quiet.
Before Nicole can speak, Maddie’s mom, Sandra (Maria Dizzia), calls asking where Maddie is because she’s worried. Nicole starts to lie but Sandra informs her she knows the truth. Nicole reveals Maddie’s at the hospital with her dad.
Claire addresses the attendees and claims none of this is about a new school. It’s about greed and corruption. Nicole joins her and holds up statements and canceled checks, showing Deborah taking money in exchange for knocking down the school.
All eyes turn to Deborah’s seat, but she’s no longer in it.
Charley has a moment alone with Yuri and assures him he’ll be there for him if he wants to freak out. Charley wants them to promise each other that if they disappear into oblivion and can’t communicate, they’ll still hold hands. But then Charley starts sniffing and they realize someone spilled gas that they took from the fallout shelter.
They follow the splashes up the stairs as they try and figure out why someone stole gas. Deborah pushes past them and snarls, “Watch where you’re going.” Charley and Yuri realize she can see them!
Deborah slowly turns around and she’s holding Van Heidt’s ring.
Xavier and Dave are keeping watch over Maddie when Sandra rushes in. She demands to know what’s happening, and Xavier isn’t sure what to say. Sandra reveals she knows about the school, Dave, and all the ghosts. Xavier says they think she’s safe, and Sandra realizes there must be a ghost there too. Xavier glances at Dave, and Sandra takes a deep breath, smiles, and says her husband’s name.
Xavier confirms Maddie’s trapped inside one of her visions right now. He wonders if maybe she took the door she kept seeing in the visions. “Find her. Go find our girl,” says Sandra, and Dave has Xavier tell her he’s going to bring Maddie back.
Ci Hang Ma as Quinn, Josh Zuckerman as Mr. Martin, Miles Elliot as Yuri, Nick Pugliese as Charley and Sarah Yarkin as Rhonda in ‘School Spirits’ episode 8, season 3 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)
Charley and Yuri fill the other ghosts in on Deborah as they watch the security cameras. The ring confirms that Van Heidt’s in Deborah’s body. They watch as she lights a fire in the cafeteria, which is right below the library.
The ghosts race to the library and find the doors have been chained shut. Van Heidt wants to kill anyone who can stop the school from being destroyed. The school will burn up, and all the ghosts will be trapped there forever and forgotten.
Mr. Martin realizes they can warn them by going through the pool in the scar to get to the library. It’s possible they can warn everyone in the few seconds they can be seen by the living.
Mr. Martin asks Charley and Yuri to try and stop the fire. If they can’t, then maybe they can slow Van Heidt down.
Wally, Maddie, and Dawn hear Janet yelling at Simon to get out of the river. Janet quickly explains that Simon doesn’t know how he is. Maddie tries to get him to look at her as Simon’s mom appears on the other side of the river. Maddie keeps trying and Simon asks if she knows who he is. He takes a few steps and Maddie rushes into the river and retrieves him. She tells him he’s Simon Elroy and she’s Maddie Nears. She has him look into a puddle with her and they’re transported into a memory of them watching TV.
Janet fills Wally in on what’s happening and that reflections are like scars, transporting them into a memory. But instead of nightmares, these are happy memories. Unfortunately, it’s easy to get trapped there. Only people you’ve lost or left behind can reach you.
Over at the hospital, Sandra pleads with Maddie to come back. Maddie hears Sandra’s pleas in her memory, and Maddie realizes the memory isn’t real. She wants them to leave as Simon’s eyes glaze over.
Maddie sees Wally in a mirror telling her to come back, and she grabs Simon’s hand, insisting they leave. She and Simon jump through the mirror and back into the woods. Maddie grabs Simon’s head and tells him again to remember that he’s Simon Elroy, and that he lost himself trying to save everyone.
“You belong back in your life, back in our life, and I would rather die than let you get lost here,” pleads Maddie. “Come home to your family, Simon. Come home to me.”
Simon’s eyes clear and he regains his memories!
Dave holds his key (a family photo), steps into his scar, and walks through his door.
Yuri and Charley throw water on the fire, but it doesn’t help since it’s not real water. Yuri suddenly realizes that they might be able to use the reset rule and bring the water into a scar.
Mr. Martin, Quinn (Ci Hang Ma), and Rhonda (Sarah Yarkin) make it into the church, but the pool’s gone. The hole in the floor now just leads to the basement. Mr. Martin asks Ralph for help and Ralph fills the hole with water. Mr. Martin suddenly realizes Ralph’s been in charge of where the water leads all along. Ralph sent him to the bus stop and Mr. Martin believes he did that to punish him for leaving him alone in the field. He apologizes but Quinn and Rhonda piece together what Ralph is actually trying to tell them. Ralph takes Mr. Martin’s hand as Rhonda explains that Ralph knew something bad was going to happen and sent Mr. Martin there so the students who died wouldn’t be alone.
Rhonda realizes Ralph can warn the living. Mr. Martin cries as he apologizes for leaving Ralph to get snatched by Van Heidt 90 years ago. The pastor appears and Ralph goes to his side. They realize Ralph was never alone; he had the pastor for company.
The church roof begins falling down as Quinn, Rhonda, and Mr. Martin head to the exit Ralph created to the library. The pastor is hit by a falling beam and Ralph refuses to leave him. Mr. Martin also stays, saying he’s staying with his friend.
Suddenly, the room lights up and a door appears. A bright white light fills the church.
Quinn and Rhonda fall into the library, landing on the stage. Quinn yells that Deborah set the school on fire and they’re in danger. No one moves. Rhonda adds, “Get the f**k out of here now!”
Claire and Nicole stare at Rhonda and Quinn, knowing they’re ghosts. Hartman calls for the fire department as the meeting attendees bang on the doors to get out.
Simon’s back to himself and with Wally, Maddie, Janet, and Dawn as Janet explains they’ve tried to leave this place by going back through their doors—but they never found them. Simon looks across the river and sees the pastor is with the children who were killed in the church. That confirms the pastor crossed over.
Maddie hears her name and sees her dad! They hold each other tight and then Dave says he’s there to take them home. The group follows him to a door, and he tells them to hurry through, but only Simon and Maddie are allowed to enter before it slams shut.
Simon and Maddie fall through the air, and Simon reaches out to grab Maddie’s hand but she’s too far away.
Maddie returns to her body and takes a gulp of air. She sobs as she holds her mom and thanks her for helping her find her way back. She asks about Simon, but Xavier and Sandra haven’t seen him.
Sandra tells Maddie to do what she needs to do but be careful. Nicole calls Xavier and tells him about the fire, while Charley and Yuri fight the fire by bringing the water through the scar. Charley wonders if they’re fighting it because it’s also burning in the ghost world. Yuri says, “I really love you,” and Charley responds, “God, you have terrible timing. I love you too.”
Xavier and Maddie rush to the school and encounter Van Heidt in Deborah’s body in the hallway. They refuse to let him pass by. Van Heidt reminds them he’s been going into bodies for a century, and no one has been able to stop him. He insists he’ll keep doing it and Xavier calls him a coward. Van Heidt wants the school to burn to the ground and bury all his worst memories. He warns them that if they stop the destruction, he’ll kill everyone they love.
Simon sneaks up behind Deborah/Van Heidt and hits her in the head with a fire extinguisher. Maddie’s thrilled to have her bestie back live and in the flesh. Xavier races off to get help.
The camera lingers in the hallway and seems to show Van Heidt standing in the smoke. No one notices the apparition.
The fire department rescues everyone trapped in the library and manages to put out the fire. Deborah’s taken away, alive but injured.
Xavier finds his dad outside and they hug. It’s obvious his dad’s proud of him.
The gang’s finally reunited and they wonder what Van Heidt did with the real Deb. After Maddie walks away, Xavier says Van Heidt threatened her. Also, he knows who they are. Claire isn’t worried since they know who he is, too.
Maddie heads to the bus stop and tells Yuri, Quinn, Charley, and Rhonda that she knows where the doors lead. She had to leave Wally, her dad, Janet, and Dawn there. School will be closed for a while so she’s not sure when she’ll see them again but wanted to make sure they’re safe.
The ghosts are exhausted, but Yuri really wants a smoke. Charley suggests he take the shortcut by stepping out of the school boundary. (That would send him directly to his scar.) Yuri takes a step over the boundary and doesn’t disappear! He takes a few more steps and can leave the school property.
Charley wonders if they burned down the boundary.
Three days later Maddie and Simon debate a horror film, but Maddie pauses when she sees a guy that looks like Wally. Simon agrees there feels like a lot is still undone, but a movie will help them take their minds off of it. The movie: Night of the Living Dead.
Season three ends with Sandra cleaning a knife as Maddie finally gets home after the movie. Maddie heads to bed and Sandra closes the curtains, adjusting Van Heidt’s ring and seeing his reflection in the window!
Deniz Akdeniz, Kaitlin Olson, and Daniel Sunjata in ‘High Potential’ season 2 episode 13 (Disney/Mitch Haaseth)
ABC’s High Potential season two returns after a month-long break with episode 13, “In the Driver’s Seat.” Episode 13 opens with two thieves breaking into a luxury car dealership and attempting to steal a car worth half a million. Unfortunately for the thieves, the car’s so automated that it automatically pairs with their phone. It also initiates the self-driving mode and destroys a portion of the dealership while trying to exit the building.
The following morning, the place is crawling with cops, as Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) takes in all the evidence before joining Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) next to a dead body. The body’s inside the dealership, under the car’s front tire. But it’s not all as it appears. The victim has a bullet in his chest.
Morgan goes upstairs to get a bird’s-eye view of the dealership’s interior. Karadec joins her and confirms the victim’s face was obliterated by the tire and he doesn’t have a wallet. So, was he shot or run over first? It doesn’t make sense.
Karadec does the cutest little sneeze, which Morgan notes is very weird, just as the dealership’s owner arrives. Gannick doesn’t recognize the victim but offers to pull up the security footage. It shows the thieves lost control of the car, and another camera reveals the victim was already shot and killed before the thieves arrived. The footage shows the killer wearing a dark hoodie dumping the body where it was found.
At the station, the detectives and Lt. Selena Soto (Judy Reyes) go over the clues and admit they can’t figure out why the killer would break into the dealership to plant the body. They haven’t located the actual location of the killing, and the victim’s fingerprints aren’t in the system. He’s still a John Doe.
Morgan found evidence pointing to one of the thieves, and she and Oz (Deniz Akdeniz) bring him in. Karadec and Soto interrogate the thief and promise to put in a good word with the district attorney if he helps identify John Doe. Karadec runs through the clues Morgan pieced together to find him—tennis court dust and expensive scalp moisturizer led to a private tennis club. And he’s the only bald man there with airbag dermatitis. Voilà!
The thief says the only time he saw the victim last night was in the headlights as he crashed. However, he’d seen the victim multiple times before, while they were casing the dealership. Since he was always on foot, he probably lived close by. The thief agrees to sit with a sketch artist.
Kaitlin Olson and Amirah Johnson in ‘High Potential’ season 2 episode 13 (Disney/Mitch Haaseth)
Morgan’s home early from work and Ava (Amirah J) asks for a ride to the design center after dinner. She wants to apply to a night class for a design course because she’s been thinking about her future. Morgan freaks out that Ava’s almost an adult and that she’s acting so mature. She totally supports the idea but also is about to start crying.
Oz and Karadec show the sketch to people in the neighborhood, and Oz finds three people who’ve seen him but don’t know him. Karadec’s allergies flair up again and he realizes that he’s near wherever the victim was. There’s a community garden nearby, and Karadec reveals one of the few things he’s allergic to is chard pollen. There’s a photo of their victim in the garden, and it turns out he was teaching kids to garden. John Doe is actually Joaquin Herrero, and he lives in the neighborhood.
They find his front door’s been broken and barge in, guns drawn. The couch has blood and a bullet hole, so he was shot at home while grading papers. But they don’t know why his body was placed at the dealership.
As they’re leaving, they question Katie, a neighbor who doesn’t seem to like Joaquin. She feels bad that he’s dead and describes him as an eco nut. He was constantly protesting in support of the environment. Joaquin claimed his neighborhood is covered in toxic waste, and Katie hands over a flyer Joaquin made accusing the dealership of killing the neighborhood.
Karadec and Morgan return to the dealership armed with the knowledge that Joaquin believed it was dumping service center waste in the neighborhood. Joaquin was causing problems for the dealership, affecting their profits.
Morgan asks a computer tech if a mom would be able to monitor her daughter’s movements in one of their cars. She’s happy to learn the cars are fully capable of allowing parents to spy on their kids. Karadec doesn’t think buying a car from a polluter/possible murderer fits her MO, and Morgan explains that after the dealership’s shut down, the cars will go for much less during an auction.
They bring Gannick in for questioning and he claims he was set up. Oz and Karadec point out Joaquin was hurting the dealership’s business, which would hurt his plans to build a second dealership. Gannick’s lawyer reveals his client fired the company dumping the waste and issued an apology a month ago. Gannick had no idea about the waste dumping and won a civil case against Joaquin. A judge even issued a restraining order against Joaquin. Apparently, Joaquin had been obeying the order.
Gannick claims he didn’t hurt Joaquin and that chapter was closed.
Javicia Leslie as Daphne and Daniel Sunjata as Adam Karadec in ‘High Potential’ season 2 episode 13 (Disney/Jessica Perez)
Back at the station, Karadec tells Selena he believes Gannick was framed. Their attention turns to the waste hauler Gannick fired, but there isn’t really a motive. They weren’t named in the civil suit. The team’s learned that Joaquin’s students liked him; however, during the civil case there were lots of character witnesses who spoke against him.
Morgan hurries home after Ava sends an urgent text. It turns out Ava opened a letter from an East Coast prep school inviting Elliot to attend. Neither Morgan nor Ava is aware they’re being spied on by the guy in the photos in Roman’s backpack. He’s sitting in his car sending a text when Arthur reaches in, tases him, and then smashes his phone. Arthur takes over the driver’s seat and drives off.
Morgan shows Selena the letter from the exclusive Connecticut academy for gifted kids. They’re offering Elliot a full ride, and Morgan is conflicted because it’s a fantastic opportunity, but she doesn’t want him to leave. Selena suggests the next step is to actually ask Elliot what he wants.
Karadec and Morgan speak to a man at the courthouse, and it turns out Joaquin threatened the judge in his civil case. He sounded unhinged when he demanded to be allowed to return to his neighborhood garden, even though it was in the radius of the restraining order. Joaquin had told Judge Lyne that he would tell the voters the truth, which would end the judge’s career.
Judge Lyne joins them and Morgan walks around his office as he answers Karadec’s questions. She notices his calendar says he has lunch with Stew every week, and she found a piece of a band banks use to wrap up $2000 in 20s. Given the cleanliness of his office, the paper is from today.
Judge Lyne laughs and says Stew is an old friend who isn’t successful. He always takes Stew to lunch and gives him cash.
After they leave, Morgan explains that the judge had vanilla body spray on his hand. Also, his lunch was on his assistant’s desk. So, that means he does something else on his lunch break and it probably isn’t with his wife. Makeup on his neck leads Morgan to believe he was meeting with a dominatrix every week. Joaquin must have known that and threatened to expose him.
Morgan suggests they tail Judge Lyne, but Karadec doesn’t want to right now, just as Soto texts with a tip on Joaquin’s neighbor. Someone saw Katie hide a gun and blanket, but she claims to have never seen the items before as she’s being arrested. The gun is the same caliber as the one that shot Joaquin.
The team looks around Katie’s house and discovers she emailed a realtor offering to buy Joaquin’s house. Karadec is certain she’s guilty, but Morgan disagrees. She finds a spot where someone broke in just a few hours ago. Katie’s window was popped, the evidence was planted, and then they re-puttied the window. Oz thinks they’re looking for a professional window installer, and traffic cams may help find a window installer’s truck in the area.
Darby Winters, the window guy, is questioned, and he’s super jittery. Morgan thinks he’s a druggie, but Karadec still doesn’t see a connection between him and Joaquin. However, it’s possible he was hired to do the job by someone who knew about his addiction. And it’s strange that Darby and the judge both drive cars from Gannick’s dealership. Morgan’s put the pieces together—of course—and realizes Gannick’s known the killer’s identity all along.
Apparently, Gannick framed himself for murder. Joaquin had discovered Gannick is a serial blackmailer who used the intel his electric cars collected to blackmail his customers. Darby made drug deals in his car, so Gannick held that against him, threatening to get his child taken away. And he blackmailed the judge to rule in his favor. Joaquin overheard him blackmailing the judge, so Gannick decided to kill him. He then framed himself and sent Darby to set up Joaquin’s neighbor, Katie.
Karadec returns home and Lucia (Susan Kelechi Watson) has made dinner, has wine sitting out, and Ella Fitzgerald playing. Lucia confesses she explored a few houses today that they may want to buy. She doesn’t want to rush him but thinks their relationship is different and better now. Karadec agrees that he’s changed for the better and credits Morgan with the improvements. He even agrees to look at properties.
Morgan shows Elliot the acceptance letter and reminds him Connecticut is far away from her. She also wants him to be a kid as long as he can; he’s more than just his intelligence. Elliot’s already decided not to go and confesses he and Ava talked about it. She reminded him the school will still be there years from now, but he’ll only get to experience being with his family now.
Morgan hugs him but looks at Ava and says, “You know, when it’s time, it’s going to be really, really hard to let you go.”
Lt. Soto calls with news that Arthur was arrested after beating up the man in the photos in Roman’s backpack. And then Selena drops a bombshell: the man confessed he abducted Roman 16 years ago!
First photo from ‘Where There’s Smoke’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Netflix released the first photo of the Tyler Perry’s Where There’s Smoke cast as production begins in Atlanta. As part of his creative partnership with Netflix, Perry is writing, directing, and serving as a producer on the new drama.
The first season of the hour-long drama will have 16 episodes. Netflix hasn’t set a target premiere date.
Netflix offers this description: “Tyler Perry’s Where There’s Smoke follows the lives of a group of firefighters as they navigate the intense challenges of their high-stakes profession while grappling with personal struggles, fractured relationships, and the emotional toll of saving lives in a world filled with danger, drama, and heartbreak.”
The streamer also released an updated cast list:
o Tyler Lepley (Ruth & Boaz) will play Owen
o Mike Merrill (STRAW) will play Cameron
o Da’Vinchi (All American) will play Noah
o Eltony Williams (If Loving You is Wrong) will play Jermaine
o Brock O’Hurn (The Righteous Gemstones) will play Ethan
o Joe Hunter (Survivor seasons 48 and 50) will play Chief Bailey
o Karen Obilom (Doom Patrol) will play Laura
o Brittany S. Hall (Finding Joy) will play Angela
o Mariah Goodie (The Message and the Messenger) will play Rhonda
o Jordan Rodriguez (Here Comes the Flood) will play Brent
o Judi Moon (What Love Will Make You Do) will play Darcy
Jeffrey Dean Morgan in ‘Destination X’ (Photo by: Michael Krosny/NBC)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Boys, The Walking Dead: Dead City) will return to host the just-announced second season of Destination X. The new season is currently in the casting process, with NBC announcing they’re searching for “those who love international travel, adventure, and outsmarting the competition.”
NBC reports that the first season holds the top spot among new summer 2025 series.
“Destination X is returning with the world as our playground to deliver new unforgettable adventures that will keep viewers guessing every step of the way,” stated Sharon Vuong, EVP, Unscripted Programming, NBC. “With the incomparable Jeffrey Dean Morgan back at the helm, season two promises to deliver surprising twists and push boundaries even further.”
Season one premiered in May 2025. Production is expected to begin later this year on season two.
“Merging fantasy with reality in this larger-than-life adventure competition series, contestants embark on the road trip of a lifetime but have no idea of their location. In order to win, they must figure out their mystery locations,” reads NBC’s synopsis. “Once they’re on the blacked-out Destination X bus, the journey transforms into a real-life game board, with challenges designed to offer clever clues as to their location, along with a few misdirects to keep them guessing.
At the end of each episode, the contestant who places an X on a map farthest from the actual location packs their bags. The first participant to reach the final Destination X will be crowned the winner and take home $250,000.”
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Andy Cadman, Sophie Alcock, Darren Brown, and Emanuel Vanderjeudg serve as executive producers along with Twofour’s Dan Adamson and Shireen Abbott. Destination X is produced by Twofour and Universal Television Alternative Studio.
