Paramount+’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is set to go where no Star Trek has gone before. Details about the first-ever Star Trek musical episode were revealed during the “Star Trek Universe” panel at the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con.
The musical episode will feature 10 original songs, and Paramount+ confirmed episode nine of season two is titled “Subspace Rhapsody.” Episode nine is set to air on Thursday, August 3, 2023. The season two finale follows on August 10th.
Paramount+ offered this description of the musical episode: “The special musical episode ‘Subspace Rhapsody’ will feature 10 original songs, plus a ‘Subspace Rhapsody’ version of the series’ main title, with music and lyrics by Kay Hanley (Letters to Cleo) and Tom Polce (Letters to Cleo, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend).”
Season two’s cast is led by Anson Mount as Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley, Ethan Peck as Spock, Jess Bush as Christine Chapel, and Christina Chong as La’An Noonien-Singh. Celia Rose Gooding stars as Nyota Uhura, Melissa Navia is Erica Ortegas, and Babs Olusanmokun is Joseph M’Benga. Special guest star Paul Wesley returns as James T. Kirk and Carol Kane joined the popular sci-fi series in a recurring role as Pelia.
Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers are co-showrunners and executive produce along with Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet, Aaron Baiers, Heather Kadin, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry, and Trevor Roth. The series is produced by CBS Studios, Secret Hideout, and Roddenberry Entertainment.
In season two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike, confronts increasingly dangerous stakes, explores uncharted territories and encounters new life and civilizations. The crew will also embark on personal journeys that will continue to test their resolve and redefine their destinies.
Facing friends and enemies both new and familiar, their adventures will unfold in surprising ways never seen before on any Star Trek series.
Colin Woodell as Winston Scott in ‘The Continental: From the World of John Wick’ (Photo by: Katalin Vermes / Starz Entertainment)
The Continental: From the World of John Wick‘s executive producer and director Albert Hughes made the trek to the San Diego Comic-Con in support of Peacock’s three-part prequel. Of course, the limited series’ stars weren’t part of the panel because of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, so Hughes was joined by executive producer Marshall Persinger, editor Ron Rosen, action director Larnell Stovall, and production designer Drew Boughton to discuss the John Wick prequel.
Comic-Con attendees were treated to a video clip from the three-part event series and were the first to learn part one arrives on September 22, 2023, followed by part two on September 29. The prequel concludes on October 6.
During the panel, Hughes offered this brief take on the event series: “1 is wild. 2 is wild. 3 is crazy.”
Hughes also assured action fans that they’ll be satisfied with the event series. “For the fans out there, we got you,” said Hughes. “Yes, we have longer-form storytelling, but if you set up something like that early with someone like Larnell (action director), you want to satiate the hardcore John Wick fans right away. Also, casual fans that will come and go this is wild, what’s going on here…”
The Continental stars Colin Woodell as the younger version of Ian McShane’s Winston Scott, and Ayomide Adegun stars as the young Charon, played by Lance Reddick. The cast also includes Mel Gibson as Cormac, Mishel Prada as KD, Ben Robson as Frankie, Hubert Point-Du Jour as Miles, Nhung Kate as Yen, Jessica Allain as Lou, Jeremy Bobb as Mayhew, and Peter Greene as Young Uncle Charlie.
Colin Woodell as Winston Scott in ‘The Continental’ (Photo by: Katalin Vermes / Starz Entertainment)
The Plot, Courtesy of Peacock:
The three-part event will explore the origin behind the iconic hotel-for-assassins centerpiece of the John Wick universe through the eyes and actions of a young Winston Scott, as he’s dragged into the Hell-scape of 1970’s New York City to face a past he thought he’d left behind. Winston charts a deadly course through the hotel’s mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the hotel where he will eventually take his future throne.
Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan in ‘Outlander’ season 7 episode 6 (Photo Credit: Starz)
Fort Ticonderoga has been captured by the British as Starz’s Outlander season seven episode six, “Where the Waters Meet,” begins. After being delayed, Lt. William Ransom (Charles Vandervaart) finally arrives at the fort and reports in to General Simon Fraser (Angus MacFadyen). General Burgoyne ordered him to report to the forward command.
Fraser notes that not a single shot was fired and that the Continental Army fled, leaving behind supplies including their cannons. However, William’s in time for the next battle as they’ve been ordered to pursue the rebels south. Fraser explains their plans, and William deduces the British are going to isolate New England from the other colonies.
The civilians make it across the lake in rowboats with Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) in charge. Jamie plans on reuniting with the army after leading the civilians inland away from the fighting.
A short while later, everyone’s tired from walking and as Claire suggests they stop to rest, they hear what sounds like Native American war cries in the woods. Jamie has everyone get off the road and hide while Ian (John Bell) and Rollo scout the area.
Ian reports back that it’s redcoats pretending to be Indians to scare them. Jamie and Ian split off from the group to scare the soldiers away while Claire, Rachel (Izzy Meikle-Small), Denzell (Joey Phillips), and Jamie’s men continue to lead the civilians to safety.
Mrs. Raven got spooked and went off on her own, and Claire hurries off to find her.
Sam Heughan and John Bell in ‘Outlander’ season 7 episode 6 (Photo Credit: Starz)
Jamie and Ian clear out the woods before returning to the group. Meanwhile, Claire quietly calls out for Mrs. Raven and finally locates her in full-blown panic mode. Rather than return to the group, Mrs. Raven shoots herself in the head! The gunshot draws the attention of soldiers, and one grabs Claire.
Denzell meets up with Jamie and Ian and informs them that Claire’s been gone too long. Jamie and Ian discover Mrs. Raven’s dead body and soldiers’ boot prints, along with drag marks. They realize she’s been captured and taken to the fort.
Once inside the fort, Claire immediately takes charge and demands that a soldier bring the sick and injured water. After he hustles away to do her bidding, Claire spots Walter Woodcock (Tobi Bakare) among the captured. He looks well enough, considering his recent leg amputation, and his bandages are dry. However, he complains that his chest is hurting, and he has problems breathing.
Claire listens to his chest and patiently explains that it might be an embolism, a complication after surgery. She promises to keep an eye on him.
Also at the fort, William Ransom meets with Captain Richardson and is sorry to report that he didn’t deliver his messages. His horse ran off with the letters, and he didn’t look at the letters since he was ordered not to. However, he did learn that the recipients are all rebels.
Richardson confirms they’re spies and that what was in the letters was vitally important. William apologizes for failing at his mission, and Richardson believes William will redeem himself in the future.
Claire checks in on Walter and offers him water, but he coughs up blood onto his sleeve. That alarms Claire enough to make her chase down an officer, and she doesn’t realize she’s demanding help from Lt. William Ransom until he points out that he knows her and Jamie. He knows she saved his father’s life and is shocked to discover she’s a rebel. Claire confirms she is and that Jamie’s fighting for the colonies.
Still, when she asks for food and bandages, William assures her he’ll do his best, but food is scarce. Their supplies are two days out.
Jamie and Ian sneak up close to Fort Ticonderoga, and Jamie reveals that the rebels who’ve been captured will be treated like traitors – not prisoners. Ian insists he needs to go into the fort, not Jamie. Ian believes the redcoats will think he’s Mohawk, and the Mohawk are with the British so he’ll be fine. Jamie reluctantly gives in but thinks he might be able to provide a diversion.
Claire organizes some of the women prisoners and is happy to discover William’s come through with bandages and medicinal herbs. However, there isn’t any food to spare right now.
Walter’s condition has rapidly declined, and Claire has him drink ginger tea to thin his blood. Claire admits there’s little hope that he’ll survive and suggests he think about happy times dancing with his wife.
A short while later, Walter passes away.
John Bell and Charles Vandervaart in ‘Outlander’ season 7 episode 6 (Photo Credit: Starz)
Ian and Claire make contact in the fort seconds before William shouts out, “Mr. Murray!” William’s happy the Mohawk have aligned with the British, and he thanks Ian for saving his life. William ends the conversation but then turns around and reminds Ian that he mentioned Fraser’s Ridge. He also reminds Ian that he told him he was Jamie Fraser’s nephew. Strange coincidence that Claire is currently being detained, isn’t it?
Claire interrupts and admits she’s Ian’s aunt. Ian confesses he’s come alone for Claire, and William agrees to allow him to leave but without Claire. Ian refuses to go, and suddenly Jamie begins his diversion. He shoots flaming arrows into the fort as Ian reminds William that he owes him a life. Claire points out she won’t always be in William’s custody, and William agrees to turn his back and even instructs them how to escape. But with this act, they are all even.
If they encounter each other in war, the outcome will be different.
Ian and Claire make their escape and reunite with Jamie. Claire and Jamie have time for a short kiss, before Claire confesses she’s upset that she had to leave women and children behind. Claire’s still got the brandy that William gave her, and she tells Jamie she spoke with his son. Jamie asks that she tell him about William, but later – there’s no time now for lengthy conversations.
Jamie, Claire, and Ian meet up with the refugees a few days later. Thankfully, they managed to find the Continental Army and are safe. In a voiceover, Claire notes that Jamie only has a few more days left in the army and then they’ll head to Scotland.
Izzy Meikle-Small and John Bell in ‘Outlander’ season 7 episode 6 (Photo Credit: Starz)
Ian finds Rachel, and she believes he’s come to see Rollo, not her. They flirt, with Rollo at the center of the conversation, and Rachel admits he’s been a comfort. Ian promises to let her take Rollo whenever she can’t sleep. Good boy Rollo gets plenty of petting behind the ears as they smile at each other.
Jamie returns from hunting with a turkey shot right through the eye. A man Jamie’s unfamiliar with seems impressed and introduces himself as Colonel Daniel Morgan (Barry O’Connor), commander of Morgan’s Rifles. Jamie needs to go find the quartermaster to secure a tent, but Morgan has other plans. He’ll make sure Jamie’s well taken care of.
Later, Claire recognizes Daniel Morgan’s name from history books when Jamie brings him up. Jamie confirms Morgan’s riflemen are well-known among the men. Even though his enlistment’s almost done, Jamie said yes to joining Morgan’s unit. He can’t leave the flight now because the battle is coming.
Jamie mentions Saratoga, and Claire informs him that the Battle of Saratoga is a turning point for the colonies. The battle will draw the French into the war.
If he has to fight, Claire’s happy he’s doing so with Morgan’s men since that means he’ll be further away from combat and working as a sniper. (She explains that term to Jamie.) Claire wonders why women don’t make wars, and Jamie thinks it’s because women, though just as capable of fighting for their beliefs, take more with them when they die. When men die, they can be replaced by any decent man. When a woman dies, she takes life with her. “A woman is…possibility,” says Jamie.
Claire holds Jamie’s face and replies, “If you think one man is just like another, then I can’t agree with you.” She kisses him and concedes that the ability to create life might make it harder to end it.
Jamie admits he’s not as afraid of dying as he used to be. However, he is more reluctant to kill young men who haven’t yet lived their lives. He’ll still do it if he must, but he’ll mind it more.
The conversation finally turns to William, and Claire describes him as handsome, thoughtful, observant, stubborn, and clearly a man of honor. She saw the same kindness in his eyes as she sees in Jamie, but also the fierceness of a Highlander.
Richard Rankin in ‘Outlander’ season 7 episode 6 (Photo Credit: Starz)
Roger Learns the Identity of the Nuckelavee
Roger (Richard Rankin) meets with Jemmy’s headmaster about Jemmy’s behavior and learns that Jemmy called his teacher a haggled old goat-breathed daughter of a witch. Roger explains that his father-in-law must have taught him that, and the headmaster’s happy to hear Roger speaks Gaelic. No one knows the language anymore, and both Roger and the headmaster believe that’s a shame. And, since he was a teacher, the headmaster asks Roger to teach a class in Gaelic.
Later, Bree (Sophie Skelton) is animated when she tries to describe what it was that she encountered under the dam. It was like the stones – that same energy – but different. They check out a map and discover that it’s possible that the stone circles interact with ley lines at some locations and create portals!
Bree reminds Roger he’s supposed to be teaching a class and helps him get ready by packing up his bag. (This is important later.)
Roger leads a class of children and adults and offers to teach them to curse in Gaelic. Apparently, Gaelic cursing is a matter of art – not expletives. Everyone seems to agree that this language should not be lost.
Roger has Jemmy pass out songs and poems his father collected while he leads them in a sing-along.
After Roger’s finished, Rob Cameron (Chris Fulton) introduces himself and says Bree’s the best inspector they’ve had in years. He enjoyed the class, and Roger’s shocked when Rob reveals he has his journal with the notes about his time with Jamie and Claire. (Bree accidentally put it in his bag…told you it was important.) Rob assumes it’s a sci-fi novel and asks to read it when he’s finished.
Rob also invites himself over for dinner next week, even though Roger was acting only out of politeness when he extended an invitation.
At home later that day, Roger’s dancing as he puts away food in the kitchen when he spots someone peering in through the window. He acts nonchalant but then suddenly races outside and confronts the stranger.
Roger grabs him, gets a good look at his face, and says, “Christ!” before punching him. The stranger who Jemmy’s been calling a Nuckelavee is William Buccleigh “Buck” MacKenzie (Diarmaid Murtagh), Dougal MacKenzie and Geillis Duncan’s son!
We can stop calling the upcoming The Walking Dead spinoff featuring Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira’s characters the Untitled Rick and Michonne Series. AMC confirmed during the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con “The Walking Dead Universe” panel that the series is officially titled The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.
AMC also re-confirmed the series is targeting a 2024 premiere.
The title reveal was accompanied by the first very short look at The Ones Who Live. The 30-second teaser shows Michonne clutching her sword while saying, “I’ve been out there a long time. I lost someone years ago and things changed. I found out that he’s alive.”
Rick’s shown in the first teaser but doesn’t speak.
Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes, Danai Gurira as Michonne, and Chloe Garcia as Judith in ‘The Walking Dead’ season 9 episode 1 (Photo Credit: Jackson Lee Davis/AMC)
AMC previously released this description of the upcoming spinoff:
“This series presents an epic love story of two characters changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. By the ghosts of who they were. Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world built on a war against the dead… And ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they’ve ever known before? Are they enemies? Lovers? Victims? Victors? Without each other, are they even alive — or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?”
Five-time Oscar nominee Christopher Nolan’s latest film, Oppenheimer, focuses on the race to create the ultimate weapon to end World War II and bring the soldiers home. The movie delves into the life of Robert Oppenheimer, who is widely regarded as “The Father of the Atomic Bomb.”
The film begins with Oppenheimer, played by Cillian Murphy, depicted as a brilliant but socially awkward man who attends prestigious colleges in Europe and is light years ahead of all his professors. Robert attends a communist party meeting where he meets Jean Tatlock (Florence Pugh), a known communist. The two begin a tumultuous relationship marked by both passion and conflict.
It’s while Oppenheimer’s running the quantum physics department at the University of California, Berkeley, that the military starts eyeing him for a special project. However, they’re wary due to his communist ties. Desperately wanting to be part of the not-so-secret project, Oppenheimer decides to break off his relationship with Jean Tatlock and begins dating Kitty (Emily Blunt), a respectable, wealthy woman.
Now convinced that he’s a loyal American, General Leslie Groves (Matt Damon), who’s in charge of The Manhattan Project, hires Oppenheimer to run the critically important project and to help select the scientists needed to build a superbomb. Oppenheimer is aware that the Germans already have an 18-month head start on developing the atomic bomb and convinces Groves that they must create a top-secret laboratory and keep both the military and scientists there until they’ve completed the job. Oppenheimer knows the area well and selects Los Alamos, New Mexico, to be the home base of The Manhattan Project.
For the next few years, Robert and his team of scientists work, argue, and struggle to develop and design the ultimate bomb. Finally, on July 16th 1945, they detonate the bomb and witness the world’s first nuclear explosion. Oppenheimer believes that he and his men have created a weapon to help ensure global peace, but his scientist friend Niels Bohr (Kenneth Branagh) warns him, “You are the man who gave them the power to destroy themselves, and the world is not prepared.”
Intriguing, yet flawed and painfully overlong, Oppenheimer is Christopher Nolan’s incredibly ambitious historical epic on the development of the atomic bomb and the man behind its creation. It’s really two films in one: the race to create the bomb, and then Oppenheimer’s fight to keep control of the post-war nuclear policy while having to defend his socialist and communist ties and personal relationships.
Cillian Murphy delivers a remarkable performance as Oppenheimer, with his haunting blue eyes and subtle facial expressions showing an incredible range of emotions, including concern, indignation, arrogance, and guilt. Murphy beautifully captures the complexity of the man who knew he was a genius and flaunted it but still craved and demanded respect from the scientific community. It’s a performance that hopefully will be remembered during Oscar season.
Robert Downey Jr. steals every scene he’s in as Lewis Strauss, the career politician who plays a key part in the fight for control of the United States’ nuclear policy after World War II. It’s another mesmerizing performance by one of the best actors in cinema today.
David Krumholtz delivers an authentic and memorable performance as physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi, Oppenheimer’s friend and colleague from his European days who assists in the making of the atomic bomb even though the thought of using physics to make such a weapon fills him with dread. Unfortunately, Matt Damon is miscast as General Leslie Groves, the tough, gruff, confident, no-nonsense military man in charge. Damon portrays Groves as the confident and efficient backseat leader of the project with none of the abrasiveness and coldness General Groves was known for. That miscalculation could be an error in the script or direction given in bringing this character once again to the big screen.
Emily Blunt shines as Kitty, the loyal wife to Oppenheimer who isn’t at all happy and content with being a mother and becomes furious with her husband when he doesn’t fight hard enough – in her opinion – during the interrogation and investigation of his communist connections in the latter part of the film. Blunt’s performance is, like Cillian Murphy’s, awards-worthy.
The big-budget drama is visually impressive and benefits from superb, cutting-edge use of sound. The scene with the atomic bomb test is magnificent and terrifying. On the downside, the pacing is slow and uneven, especially when transitioning back and forth between the creation of the bomb in the 1940s to the hearings in the 1950s.
Led by an outstanding performance by Cillian Murphy and an engrossing story of how the nuclear age came into being, Oppenheimer is destined to be a serious contender during Oscar season. That is if Oscar season exists this year.
GRADE: B
MPAA Rating: R for nudity, language, and some sexuality
Prime Video will be treating Good Omens fans to behind-the-scenes videos in support of the series’ second season, with plans to drop more than a dozen before the show returns for the new season. The first featurette is packed with tidbits about season two and features Michael Sheen, David Tennant, and director/co-showrunner Douglas MacKinnon.
“The kind of world that Neil (Gaiman) and Terry Pratchett created here, it seems to be expanding out into the world in all kinds of unexpected and truly joyful ways,” offered Sheen. MacKinnon added, “If season one was a comedy about the end of the world, season two is a comedy about the beginning of everything else.”
The behind-the-scenes video was shot during production (well before the strike) and also includes cast members Miranda Richardson, Doon Mackichan, Liz Carr, Shelley Conn, Quelin Sepulveda, Gloria Obianyo, Maggie Service, and Nina Sosanya.
Prime Video plans to launch the exclusive footage on their X-Ray feature, debuting as part of X-Ray’s special “For the Fans!” promotion. Blooper footage, deleted and extended scenes, and trivia will also go live on X-Ray after Good Omens season two premieres.
The six-episode second season arrives on July 28, 2023.
Michael Sheen and David Tennant in ‘Good Omens’ season 2 (Photo Credit: Mark Mainz/Prime Video)
Good Omens Season 2 Plot
Originally based on Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s international best-selling novel, Good Omens 2 explores storylines that go beyond the original source material to illuminate the ineffable friendship between Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), a fussy angel and rare-book dealer, and the fast-living demon Crowley (David Tennant). Having been on Earth since The Beginning, and with the Apocalypse thwarted, the duo are getting back to easy living amongst mortals in London’s Soho. That is, until the archangel Gabriel (Jon Hamm) turns up unexpectedly at the door of Aziraphale’s bookshop with no memory of who he is or how he got there.
While Crowley is leery as to why the archangel has come to the bookshop, Aziraphale is keen to solve the mystery behind Gabriel’s condition. However, hiding the archangel from both Heaven and Hell quickly disrupts their lives in unforeseen ways. To solve this mystery and thwart Heaven and Hell in the process, the duo will need more than a miracle; they’ll need to once again rely on each other.
A mystery that takes us from before The Beginning, to biblical times, grave robbing in Victorian Edinburgh, the Blitz of 1940s England, all the way through to modern day, Good Omens 2 stars Michael Sheen and David Tennant as angel Aziraphale and demon Crowley, respectively. Also reprising their roles are Jon Hamm as archangel Gabriel, Doon Mackichan as archangel Michael, and Gloria Obianyo as archangel Uriel. Returning this season in new roles are Miranda Richardson as demon Shax, Maggie Service as Maggie, and Nina Sosanya as Nina, with new faces joining the misfits in Heaven and Hell: Liz Carr as angel Saraqael, Quelin Sepulveda as angel Muriel, and Shelley Conn as demon Beelzebub.
Hulu’s Solar Opposites will sound different when it returns for its fourth season. Solar Opposites co-creator Justin Roiland, who voiced Korvo for three seasons, is out. The new season finds the grumpy alien has adopted a distinctly British accent, thanks to Dan Stevens stepping in and taking over the voice role. And the just-released trailer provides our first real look at/listen to the major shift.
In addition to Dan Stevens, season four features Thomas Middleditch back as Terry, Sean Giambrone reprising his role as Yumyulack, and Mary Mack returning as Jesse. Mike McMahan and Josh Bycel serve as executive producers.
The upcoming season will consist of 11 episodes and is set to premiere on August 14, 2023. Hulu’s aiming at a 2024 premiere for a Valentine’s Day special.
The Plot, Courtesy of Hulu:
Solar Opposites centers around a team of four aliens who are evenly split on whether Earth is awful or awesome. Korvo (Stevens) and Yumyulack (Giambrone) only see the pollution, crass consumerism, and human frailty while Terry (Middleditch) and Jesse (Mack) love TV, junk food and fun stuff. In Season 4, we pack up the sci-fi and get normal… for a second. Then it’s back to classic Solar chaos, mayhem in the Wall, and some all new Silvercops adventures!
The official trailer for The Marvels declares that teaming up changes everything and everyone. Marvel Studios’ two-minute trailer shows off more of what’s in store when Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, and Captain Monica Rambeau combine forces to go higher, further, and faster. Plus, we’re treated to more scenes with cats.
The new trailer arrived along with a poster for the November 10, 2023 theatrical release.
Brie Larson stars as Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel and Teyonah Parris plays Monica Rambeau. Iman Vellani reprises her role as Ms. Marvel, and Samuel L. Jackson’s back as Nick Fury. The cast also includes Zawe Ashton, Gary Lewis, Park Seo-joon, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, and Saagar Shaikh.
Nia DaCosta (2021’s Candyman) directs and co-wrote the screenplay with Megan McDonnell, Elissa Karasik, and Zeb Wells. Kevin Feige produces, and Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Mary Livanos, Jonathan Schwartz, and Matthew Jenkins executive produce.
Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan, Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau.
Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as The Marvels.
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney in ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ season 2 (Photo Credit: FX)
FX has set a September 12, 2023 premiere date for season two of the Emmy-nominated documentary series Welcome to Wrexham. The docuseries follows the Wrexham Red Dragons under their celebrity owners, Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) and Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia). Season one charted the impact on the team and community after the Hollywood stars took over. Season two picks up the action after Reynolds and McElhenney’s first football season as owners.
FX offered this description of season two:
“Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds navigate running the 3rd oldest professional football club in the world. Welcome to Wrexham is a docuseries tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars guide the future of the town’s historic football club.
In 2020, Rob and Ryan teamed up to purchase the 5th-tier Red Dragons in the hopes of turning the club into an underdog story the whole world could root for. The world took notice, and change is afoot. After a painful elimination in the playoffs, season two continues to track the club as they fight for promotion out of the National League and return to the English Football League. Dedicated staff and supporters hold on to the dream of returning the team and town to glory while bracing for the new-found challenges that fame has brought to their small community.
From Hollywood to Wales, from the pitch to the locker room, the front office to the pub, Welcome to Wrexham follows Rob and Ryan’s stewardship and the inextricably connected fates of a team and a town in the midst of history in the making.”
Welcome to Wrexham season one won a Critics Choice Award for Best Sports Documentary and was nominated for six Emmys, including Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program and Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program. The docuseries is executive produced by McElhenney, Reynolds, Josh Drisko, Bryan Rowland, Jeff Luini, Nick Frenkel, and George Dewey. Additional executive producers include Boardwalk Pictures’ Andrew Fried, Alan Bloom, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma, and Jordan Wynn. The series is produced by Boardwalk Pictures.
New season two episodes will air on Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT on FX.
Alan Tenta in The HISTORY Channel’s ‘Alone’ season 10
The History Channel’s Alone season 10 episode seven kicks off on day 31 with five survivalists still in the hunt for the $500,000 grand prize. Each of the five remaining survivalists – Alan, Mikey, Wyatt, Taz, and Melanie – gets camera time on episode seven, “Aftermath.” And by the end of the one-hour episode, the five hardy survivalists are still battling the environment in the remote islands surrounding Reindeer Lake in Northern Saskatchewan.
Alan Tenta, Age 51, Columbia Valley, BC, Canada
Day 31 – It’s 33 degrees, but the wind’s died down and it’s calm. Alan’s lost 37 pounds and knows he needs to eat more fish. He heads off to check the gillnet and it’s caught a duck. Using a gillnet’s an illegal/unethical harvesting method, so he has to release the merganser (a fish-eating duck). You can only kill them via a bow and arrow.
Alan released a marten on day 10, and now on day 31, he has to release a duck. He thinks that maybe the ducks have been stealing his fish.
The duck hangs around, and Alan pets it before realizing it’s still got his net around its wing. Releasing the duck meant Alan had to cut his net, so he’ll have to repair it later.
He casts a few times and hopes for a lake trout. Fortunately, he has six pieces of fish left from his previous catches.
This spot isn’t working, so Alan decides he’ll need to burn some calories and walk half a mile to a calmer area.
Day 32 – Alan works on his gillnet, which has a huge hole thanks to a careless duck. While repairing it, Alan confesses this morning was the first time that his mind went to dark places and his father’s death. Alan was there when his father died, and he’ll never get over his passing. There’s a deep sadness in his heart, but he knows he needs to get as much enjoyment out of life as he can.
The waves are kicking up too much to place his net, so Alan takes off to the point that’s much calmer. He’s never been there before and takes his bow just in case he spots any game. His legs are weak, but he perks up when he sees big, fresh tracks on a game trail. Alan determines it’s a moose track and believes this is a good sign. Big game can lead to a win in Alone.
He finally makes it to the calm fishing area and is shocked that it’s really deep right offshore. Alan gets a lake trout right away, but it escapes before he can pull it in. He gets another bite, but it also gets off his hook when it reaches the shore. Alan reminds himself not to freak out and continues fishing even though it’s already 5:30pm.
Nothing bites, and he heads back to his camp. Alan’s encouraged that at least the fish were still biting.
Day 34 – Alan’s pleased with the placement of his gillnet, just off the bottom of the lake. He’s still got food in the bank but does some fishing. Alan’s figured out his hook might have been too big and uses a smaller one.
Alan catches a fish and credits the new hook with getting this little lake trout. The sun’s almost setting as Alan loses his lure to a giant pike. He’s not mad because the lure was sacrificed to the biggest pike he’s ever seen.
This experience has deepened Alan’s connection with his dad.
Alan’s 10 Survival Items:
Ax
Saw
Ferro Rod
Fishing Line and Hooks
Bow and Arrows
Sleeping Bag
Cooking Pot
Paracord
Snare Wire
Multitool
Melanie Sawyer in The History Channel’s ‘Alone’ season 10
Melanie Sawyer, Age 54, Essex County, NY
Day 31 – The three-day storm is gone, but when Melanie finally opens her door, there’s a huge tree that’s fallen right in front of her shelter. That worries her, but she needs to take off to grab as many berries as possible.
Melanie’s happy to be outside after three days of being cooped up. She’s shocked the water’s got a layer of ice, and she’s feeling extremely tired as she walks to the distant berry patch.
She’s out of breath and too tired and is forced to return to her shelter. She turns back after making it less than one-fifth of the way to the berry patch. Melanie’s lost 35 pounds since day one, and she cooks up a pot of soup with mushrooms, reindeer lichen, inner birch bark, and berries to help get her strength back.
She’s hoarded her food for the future, but now’s the time to eat and regain her strength. Otherwise, she won’t make it to the patch. She’s hoping that in two or three days, she’ll have the energy.
Melanie works on her fire and admits it’s taken her a while to be able to voice her thoughts on camera.
Day 33 – Melanie heads out after eating, and she’s even taking some provisions with her. She’s determined to make it all the way to the blueberry patch today.
It takes her a few hours, but she makes it and there are still hundreds of berries. Melanie plans on taking quite a bit of time to pick as many as she can before returning to camp. She’s now got the confidence to work her way through problems after being able to push through the fatigue and pain.
Melanie is back to her full strength and is proud she was able to overcome the fatigue.
Melanie’s 10 Survival Items:
Bow and Arrows
Snare Wire
Fishing Line and Hooks
Saw
Multitool
Sleeping bag
Cooking Pot
Ferro Rod
Food Rations
Food Rations
Wyatt Black in The History Channel’s ‘Alone’ season 10
James “Wyatt” Black, Age 51, Ontario, Canada
Day 31 – Wyatt’s ready to repair his gillnet now that the storm’s blown through. Once completed, he sets it up in the same location where he caught the huge pike. The storm kept him inside for three days, and he’s anxious to get some fishing in.
After making it back to his shelter, Wyatt confesses he’s been keeping a secret. A week ago, he made a mistake and stabbed himself in the arm with a piece of wood. He removed 1 ½” of wood from his forearm and pus shot out.
Wyatt shows off his injury and it’s healing, with clear pus and a little blood coming out. He kept it hidden so that he wouldn’t be medically tapped from the competition. Wyatt realizes he’ll be in trouble once the producers see this footage.
Day 34 – Today feels different to Wyatt, but he doesn’t know why. He plans on taking his new Reindeer Demon lure, made with his last treble hook, down to the lake to see if he can pull in some fish.
Wyatt casts and explains that he doesn’t feel like this show is a competition against others. He thinks he’s just competing against himself.
A big pike tries to take his lure but swims away. A few minutes later, another fish bites and he’s able to pull in the biggest lake trout yet from this rod. He’s proud of his fourth lure, Reindeer Demon. He casts again, and his line breaks, causing him to lose Reindeer Demon.
Wyatt chuckles and notes that his luck goes way up, and just as suddenly, it plunges.
He heads off to check his gillnets, thinking nature’s playing a joke on him. Wyatt spots a grouse and kills him with his first shot. A red squirrel comes into his line of sight next, and he also kills it with his first shot. And he hasn’t even made it to the gillnet yet.
He checks the net and it’s caught his first white fish. It’s a three-pounder and Wyatt can’t believe the day he’s having – and it’s not even noon. What he’s caught so far will allow him to stay 10 more days.
Wyatt believes he and the land are at peace.
Wyatt’s 10 Survival Items:
Cooking Pot
Axe
Saw
Ferro Rod
Sleeping Bag
Snare Wire
Paracord
Fishing Line and Hooks
Bow and Arrows
Multitool
Taz in The History Channel’s ‘Alone’ season 10
Tarcisio “Taz” Ramos Dos Santos, Age 35, Becket, Massachusetts and Sergipe, Brazil
Day 32 – Taz sets to work making a door since the weather’s turned cold and he needs to be protected from the wind. While he works, he reveals it’s his mom’s birthday. She gave birth to him when she was 16, and his biological father abandoned them. He also had a child at 16 but still followed his dreams of doing theatre. He pushed himself to act, direct, and produce. (His mother’s also creative.)
Taz was the first person in his family to go to college.
It doesn’t take long to build a door, and next, he builds a chair for relaxing. He takes a moment to appreciate his hard work.
Taz checks his food cache and discovers his food is covered with maggots. He can’t eat much, if any, of his grouse or fish and has lost his 10-day supply of food. Taz admits he’s super close to tapping out but decides to stick around.
He works on stripping out maggots and boiling useable pieces. Taz then hangs them up to dry. That night, he’s eating the grouse and spots leftover maggots. (Maggots can lead to Myiasis, which can cause cramps, nausea, and rectal bleeding.)
Day 33 – Taz had left his food hanging out to dry overnight and, in the morning, it’s on the ground and he’s missing half of a trout. He laughs because it’s all so ridiculous.
He heads off to check his gillnet, aware he needs to increase his food intake. Taz discovers the cord tied to his gillnet broke, but he can still recover it. The net’s all messed up and needs to be repaired.
Taz has lost 44 pounds and realizes he needs to change his strategy. He decides to set up some snare traps, hoping he can catch a few squirrels.
Taz’s 10 Survival Items:
Sleeping Bag
Ferro Rod
Cooking Pot
Axe
Multitool
Fishing Line and Hooks
Paracord
Snare Wire
Bow and Arrows
Tarp
Mikey Hilton in ‘Alone’ season 10 (Photo Credit: The History Channel)
Mikey Hilton, Age 32, Rome, Georgia
Day 33 – Mikey works on making more toys for his son. After that, he heads out to do some hunting and is feeling pretty strong at this point. He’s shot three grouses since the windstorm and was able to set some aside.
He finds comfort in being able to sit in the woods and just listen to sounds and connect with nature. Mikey describes it as a magical experience.
He hears a squirrel and takes a shot, killing his first squirrel. Mikey loves squirrel meat but works slowly on cleaning it so he doesn’t rip the hide. He cooks the vital organs and its head together first, and shows off its brains in a close-up to the camera.
Mikey’s 10 Survival Items:
Axe
Saw
Ferro Rod
Multitool
Fishing Line and Hooks
Paracord
Cooking Pot
Snare Wire
Bow and Arrows
Sleeping Bag
