ABC’s The Good Doctor season five ended with Shaun and Lea getting married followed by a brutal attack that served up a heartstopping cliffhanger. And it appears season six episode one will pick up just minutes after the finale ended. Episode one, “Afterparty,” was directed by Mike Listo from a script by Peter Blake and will air on Monday, October 3, 2022 at 10pm ET/PT.
In an interview with TVLine, executive producer David Shore discussed what’s in store for fans when they tune into the season six premiere. “The first episode has a huge amount of intensity and fun, but it’s difficult because it’s the immediate fallout [from the finale]… Lim’s journey is going to be a big part of it, we have some nice things planned for Glassman, and, of course, nothing but wedded bliss for Shaun and Lea.”
Season six stars Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy, Hill Harper plays Dr. Marcus Andrews, Richard Schiff is Dr. Aaron Glassman, and Will Yun Lee is Dr. Alex Park. Paige Spara stars as Lea Dilallo, Christina Chang is Dr. Audrey Lim, Fiona Gubelmann plays Dr. Morgan Reznick, Bria Henderson is Dr. Jordan Allen, and Noah Galvin is Dr. Asher Wolke.
“Afterparty” Plot: Shaun and Lea’s long-awaited wedding reception is interrupted by a violent attack at the hospital and the entire team must mobilize to save the victims. Meanwhile, the trauma of seeing people he cares for in life-threatening situations is affecting Shaun in more ways than one.
Paige Spara and Freddie Highmore in ‘The Good Doctor’ season 6 episode 1 (ABC/Jeff Weddell)Freddie Highmore in the “Afterparty” episode (ABC/Jeff Weddell)Hill Harper, Richard Schiff, and Giacomo Baessato in season 6 episode 1 (ABC/Jeff Weddell)Hill Harper, Richard Schiff, and Giacomo Baessato in season 6 episode 1 (ABC/Jeff Weddell)Bria Henderson and Hill Harper in the “Afterparty” episode (ABC/Jeff Weddell)Will Yun Lee in season 6 episode 1 (ABC/Jeff Weddell)
Fox’s 9-1-1 season six episode two finds Athena’s father suffering a medical emergency. Episode two, “Crash & Learn,” will air on Monday, September 26, 2022 at 8pm ET/PT.
The cast is led by Angela Bassett as Athena Grant and Peter Krause as Bobby Nash. Ryan Guzman plays Eddie Diaz, Aisha Hinds stars as Henrietta ‘Hen’ Wilson, Oliver Stark is Evan ‘Buck’ Buckley, Kenneth Choi is Howie ‘Chimney’ Han, and Jennifer Love Hewitt is Maddie Buckley.
“Crash & Learn” Plot: The 118 race to the rescue when a structure collapse at a “happiness convention” traps people under rubble. While on FaceTime with her mom, Athena’s father suffers a stroke and crashes through the wall of his house. Hen stretches herself too thin with test prep and her new responsibilities at the 118, while Maddie tries to help new recruit get his bearings at the call center.
Creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear reimagine the procedural drama with 9-1-1, exploring the high-pressure experiences of police officers, firefighters and dispatchers who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
The season 1 ‘Alone: Frozen’ participants (Photo Credit: The History Channel)
The season one finale of The History Channel’s Alone spinoff, Alone: Frozen, kicks off with just two survivalists remaining in the Labrador wilderness. Woniya and Michelle have made it through 33 days in the freezing cold as the episode begins, outlasting their four fellow survivalists and standing to earn $250,000 if they can make it to Day 50.
(No spoilers here but there are plenty in the following episode recap, including the name of Alone: Frozen’s season one winner.)
Woniya and Michelle have battled the wind, the snow, and a dwindling food supply to make it this far. But, unfortunately, only one of the two incredible female participants lasts all the way to the end and makes Alone franchise history by doing so.
Michelle in season 1 of The History Channel’s ‘Alone: Frozen’
Michelle Finn, Age 47, Maine – Season 8, Survived 21 Days
16 Days Left: Michelle wants to get out and check her snares, but first, she needs to try and fix her fire. Her one complaint is that it’s become too smoky inside her shelter.
She’s targeting making Day 40, calling it her next major milestone. Michelle thinks that having a female winner could be significant and inspiring to some young women.
She checks her traps, hoping for some red meat. She munches on berries as she hikes. Michelle admits her attitude toward hunting has changed and now she views it as communion.
“When you’re starving and you get an animal, there’s an honor in the connection. It is powerful the level of gratitude that you feel,” explains Michelle.
She spots a grouse and takes a shot. She hits it but it’s not dead, so she chases it down. It has an arrow piercing its side but keeps fluttering away so she’s forced to shoot it again. She cuts off its head and the body continues moving, temporarily, since the spine and nervous system remain intact after death.
Michelle becomes emotional as she thanks the grouse and the land. She calls it a good day for the “tiny little hunter” in her.
Back at her shelter, Michelle cooks up the grouse, happy to get some protein. She describes her stomach as making a purring noise in response to the red meat.
Michelle hopes there’s someone else still in the competition.
13 Days Left: It’s late afternoon as Michelle explains the weather’s been weird. The wind’s blowing at 45 mph and snow covers everything. She admits there’s both a level of excitement and trepidation felt at being so close to the end. The thought of not crossing the finish line at this point is painful.
All her firewood outside is encrusted in ice. She feels like she’s got something in her eye as she stokes her fire and notes for the first time it’s snowing into the shelter.
Michelle’s taking it one day at a time.
12 Days Left: She’s having trouble with her eyes. The smoke’s bothering them, and nothing helps. The conifer smoke is acrid, and it irritates the eyes and throat. She hopes if she goes outside in the fresh air, it will help soothe her eyes.
A short while later her eyes haven’t improved, and she reports only having half visual acuity in her left eye. Everything’s blurry when she uses her left eye.
Michelle doesn’t want to take a chance with her eyesight, and a mirror (in the first aid kit) confirms her left eye is puffy. She’d promised herself – and her husband – that she would tap rather than damage her health.
It’s so cold that she’s forced to return to her fire after being chilled to the bone from being outside. Of course, the fire makes her eyes hurt again. She confesses she’s not sure what to do.
It’s scary to have this happen to one of her senses and she doesn’t feel confident it’s safe. She’s torn between taking care of herself and going the distance.
Michelle makes the extremely difficult decision to tap out.
“I’m not the strongest or the best. I’m just me and I’m enough for myself, which is kind of a revelation,” she says. She thought she wasn’t enough but, in this moment, she feels freed from that. What she is is enough.
Michelle chuckles as she reveals her dad’s an optometrist. She knows that eyes heal easily but are also damaged easily. She doesn’t want to risk it and is proud of herself. Michelle became a hunter during these 38 days which was one of her goals.
It’s hard to leave and, overall, she believes she’s had a lot of success. She felt like she belonged in this world, and she’ll have this place inside her always.
Woniya in season 1 of The History Channel’s ‘Alone: Frozen’
Woniya Thibeault, Age 45, California – Season 6, Survived 73 Days
17 Days Left: Woniya’s added additional boughs to her shelter to keep out the wind and snow. The result is that she must crawl to exit her shelter. She’s going to spend part of the day fixing her entrance, and as she works, she reflects on working to overcome the conditioning she had as a young girl being told she wasn’t capable. She feels so fulfilled to be able to be a role model for young women.
Woniya’s careful while using the ax as she’s so close to the end that she doesn’t want an injury to force a tap out. She’s able to get her doorway open again, setting up a ridge pole and using some of her scrappy poles to secure the new entry to her structure.
Snow’s coming down as she continues to work on her new entryway.
14 Days Left: She’s built a wooden door for her shelter. It’s really windy and the conditions aren’t conducive to trapping rabbits. She thinks she might have enough mussels to make it through to the end.
Woniya emerges from her shelter to check her trapline. The snow is up to her knees in some places, and she laughs as she says it’s pretty dang wintery. Her traps are empty, but she spots a rabbit in the snow. She can’t throw her ax because it would see it coming. Still, she’s determined not to let it get away.
Woniya isn’t sure if it’s sitting where she set up a trap, and there’s a possibility it’s caught. She approaches and can see it is in fact caught by its leg. She uses her ax and her hands to end its life. She’s extremely grateful for the rabbit and recalls just saying that if she finds a rabbit, she’ll know that Labrador loves her.
“What an unbelievably tremendous gift,” says Woniya.
12 Days Left: Michelle has just tapped and if Woniya lasts 50 days, she’ll collect the full $500,000 prize.
The wind is intense, and she’s got liquid coming through the walls near her dry firewood. She works on fixing the gaps, but the wind is now coming straight down the chimney, forcing the smoke to remain inside the shelter. It’s not ideal and she’s getting a headache from smoke inhalation. It’s become a serious issue and her only option is to let the fire go out and stay warm in her sleeping bag.
Her eyes are incredibly painful, and she hopes she can sleep.
11 Days Left: Her eyes hurt all night and her vision’s blurry. She’s worried this will take her out but remains hopeful that rest will make things better.
She wakes up later and her eyes are feeling much better. The rest really helped.
10 Days Left: Woniya heads out onto the ice for a little ice fishing. She’s hoping this will be a new source of calories that could take her through to Day 50. She’s taking a tree out with her in case the ice cracks.
(Each survivalist was provided a personal flotation device.)
Woniya sits on the ice, legs spread around the hole she chopped as she fishes. She recalls on season six she had fishing gear in an area where fishing wasn’t an option. This time, she has fishing line but no signs of any fish. She calls it a day since the wind’s kicking up. This is the hardest experience of her life, and it feels like serious survival at this point.
9 Days Left: Her cheeks are starting to look gaunt.
7 Days Left: She didn’t believe in her physical capacity as a kid but here she is proving she’s got the strength to survive. There weren’t any real examples of strong women doing this when she was younger – it was all “boy stuff.” You didn’t see women doing hunting or camping back then. She fought her way to obtain the skills she has now while people tried to tell her survival skills weren’t for her.
The countdown clock ticks down as we watch Woniya repair her shelter, look at her traps, and retrieve firewood.
2 Days Left: Her body and time are winding down, and her energy is low.
1 Day Left: She describes the experience of being the role model for young girls she wished she’d had growing up as both moving and fulfilling. She’s been thinking about the other survivalists and wonders who’s left.
0 Days Left! Woniya is the sole survivor of 50 harsh, grueling days in the Labrador wilderness. The morning’s gorgeous and she cheers the fact she’s achieved her goal. The sun’s shining and the sky’s blue overhead as she builds an impressive stone sculpture (called an inukshuk) to give gratitude to the people who welcomed her to this land.
She’s never seen a more beautiful wild place but is excited to be leaving.
The helicopter arrives and she’s full of mixed emotions. She’s going to miss this place and this experience so much. Her partner, Taylor, walks up from behind as she’s speaking with the crew, describing her experiences. Woniya screams and cries and pulls Taylor in for a tight hug. She can’t believe he’s there; she missed him so much!
Taylor has the honor of breaking the news she’s the only one who made it to Day 50. He’s incredibly proud of her – as he should be.
Woniya immediately asks if the other survivalists are alright, and she’s happy to learn they’re all okay.
“It’s heartbreaking and incredibly validating that so many people who are so skilled weren’t able to do it and I was able to do it,” says Woniya. “It’s just so much. It’s just so overwhelming.”
The producer asks how it feels to be the first woman to win and Woniya is overcome with emotion.
“It feels incredible. I feel so incredibly grateful to be able to represent women in this way and to show the world that we are every bit as capable…and emphasize the heart and the connection and the love and how much being in this place has been a relationship. I feel like that’s something really special that women often can bring.”
To be the role model that she wished she would have had as a young woman is so powerful and means so much to Alone: Frozen season one’s winner, Woniya Thibeault.
She prefers not to use the word survival; she prefers to call this wilderness living.
Woniya is now the participant who has spent the most cumulative days on Alone living in the wild by herself. Woniya is the first person – not just the first woman – to do 123 days on Alone.
Woniya, Callie and Michelle in ‘Alone: Frozen’ season 1 (Photo Credit: The History Channel)
Survive 50 days and win a share of $500,000. That’s the setup for History’s Alone: Frozen. And by the end of season one episode seven, just two survivalists will split the pot if they can stick it out until the bitter, freezing end.
Episode six ended with Callie making a deal with herself, and episode seven opens with Callie learning her fate. “The Last Hope” takes us from 24 days left in the 50-day competition down to 18.
If no one makes it to Day 50, then the prize will go unclaimed.
Callie Russell, Age 34, Montana – Season 7, Survived 89 Days
24 Days Left: Callie made a deal with herself that if she doesn’t find any food in her snares, she’ll tap out. She gets up after spending the night outside her shelter under the stars, aware that she might be causing long-term harm to her body.
The mussels are making her sick so they’re no longer an option.
She heads out and is disappointed her first few traps are empty. Callie would like to stay but she’s not going to push her body to an unsafe place. Her last hope at food is her fish trap and she walks over the ice to retrieve her line. Her fate in the game hangs in the balance as the ice refuses to break and allow her to pull in her rope.
Callie finally tosses a rock to break up the ice, retrieves her trap, and it’s empty. Bummer. She really wants to stay and learn more about the wilderness and herself, but she doesn’t have any food. “It’s hard to accept when your heart and mind and soul want to keep doing something, but you’ve reached your physical edge,” says Callie.
We’re barely into episode seven when she officially taps out. Her knowledge of what happens when you push your body too far makes her extremely cautious. Even though it’s a lot of money, Callie is sure she’s making the right choice.
“I’m leaving with a heart full of gratitude,” explains Callie. Losing her brothers when she was younger taught her the value of life, and she describes the wilderness as “a mirror of truth.” She sees her brothers in it.
Callie chose her healthy body over money. She wants viewers to see this as a story of empowerment.
Woniya in season 1 of The History Channel’s ‘Alone: Frozen’
Woniya Thibeault, Age 45, California – Season 6, Survived 73 Days
23 Days Left: It’s sunny but the stream is frozen, and Woniya knows that means she has ice fishing in her near future. She gathers blueberries as she explains that making it through 50 days is all about playing it safe.
There aren’t any tracks by the stream but she’s happy about harvesting tinder and berries. Right after saying it’s about being safe she slices her pinky. It hurts but she doesn’t need the medics. She reminds herself to use gloves and she’ll have to take extra precautions when cutting up game so that her wound doesn’t get infected.
She wraps her wound and decides to eat a little bit back at camp instead of doing more work right now.
22 Days Left: Woniya finds fox poop outside her shelter and one of her snare wires is pushed out of the way. That means it knows about snare wire after being trapped in it once before (in episode five.) It was able to move the wire and eat all the bait.
Woniya’s plan is to try and figure out how to place the snare so that it snags the fox. She knows how to trap foxes and would be thrilled to eat one. Plus, it’s right next to her shelter!
Just as darkness is about to fall, she places rabbit leftovers in the trap and adds another snare in the middle of the trap – one the fox won’t expect. The second snare will be “more subtle and a different color.”
She hopes to outfox the fox.
21 Days Left: It’s 4:28am when a fox is heard in the trap.
Woniya gets up around 8am and she’s caught the fox. She describes it as beautiful and feels incredibly grateful it gave its life for her to eat. All her efforts paid off, and she plans on using its scent glands to draw in other foxes.
She heads over to put on her gloves since she sliced her finger and needs to keep it dry. She begins slicing up the fox and puts the testicles in the pot. They’re full of protein and cholesterol.
After skinning it she proceeds to gut it, making sure she takes care with the intestines. Salmonella and tapeworms can be transmitted to humans from the fox’s bowels.
Later, she cooks up the fatty bits. If its meat isn’t completely cooked, it can lead to trichinosis. She says a prayer while eating the fox’s heart, which is rich in vitamins and minerals.
20 Days Left: Woniya plans on thoroughly scraping the fox’s hide. She’ll eat the membrane and tan the hide. She sets to work setting up a scraping beam, making a smooth surface so she doesn’t put holes in the hide.
She loves the beauty and the strangeness of this world. “If you look deep enough this world is going to blow you over with all the crazy cool things from the microscopic level to the huge level,” says Woniya.
She sets to work scraping the hide, using a piece of steel she found five days in. She’s finding a lot of fat on the hide and places it in her bucket. Alone informs us fat is safe to eat for a month at room temperature after it’s rendered.
She’s going to make a scarf out of the hide now that she’s finished the scraping.
18 Days Left: Her current task is to retrieve water from her nearby freshwater lake. She brings her axe because it’s frozen over and notes her approach to the lake is pretty slippery right now. She moves some rocks around to make for a safer entry to the lake.
The storm clouds look ominous, and she uses her axe to break the ice, realizing she needs to hurry and get out of the high winds. Winds can gust up to 50 mph in this area.
She’s thinking a lot about her fellow survivalists and knows you have to focus on finding the beauty in the discomfort and not focus on the challenge and the hardships. The competition’s been brutally hard.
She makes it to her shelter as the freezing cold wind rocks the area. An intense storm has arrived.
Woniya stands outside in the horizontal snow and the crazy winds. She’s all bundled up as she heads off to check her trap line. She’s sure she can go the distance, but it’s tough finding her snares since they’re buried under the snow.
After half an hour outside she’s completely soaked. The snow turned to water the second it touched her. She makes it back to her shelter and her clothes steam from the fire.
Woniya confirms this is one of those days they were warned would happen in Labrador. It’s life-threatening weather.
Michelle in season 1 of The History Channel’s ‘Alone: Frozen’
Michelle Finn, Age 47, Maine – Season 8, Survived 21 Days
22 Days Left: Michelle admits she had a rough night because of long-term hunger. She’s been dreaming about food which makes it tough to sleep. Michelle needs more calories and decides to eat more clams and mussels today.
She uses her scarf as a fishnet to rinse everything and then heads back to the shelter and cooks them up.
Michelle knows that if she’d weighed 20 more pounds coming into the game, she could easily make the 50 days. But she’s so slight she doesn’t have weight on her bones to lose. However, she doesn’t know at what point she’ll lose too much and have to tap.
She cooks up 130 mussels and 50 clams. Alone informs us that mussels are nine calories each and clams are seven. She just ate 1,520 calories – thank you Alone for doing the math.
Michelle’s lost 16 pounds so far.
She heads out to check her traps and look for any game to hunt. She thinks the area feels like it should be full of animals, and after finding empty traps she finally comes upon one with a hare in it.
She feels an intense surge of gratitude mixed with shock and relief. The hare could be the difference between lasting the full 50 days or having to tap. She knows she’s at the point where she’s getting close to the finish line, but it’s hard to let herself dream.
Michelle skins the rabbit and it’s a large one that completely fills her pot.
20 Days Left: The ground is completely covered in snow as she heads out to do some hunting and check on her snares. A squirrel yells at her but she doesn’t take a shot. She hasn’t seen any hare or grouse tracks while she’s out on her hike and is feeling discouraged. However, she knows there are squirrels around.
19 Days Left: Michelle confesses she’s never even thought about trying to shoot a squirrel with her bow because they’re small and fast. They’re definitely not her first choice of animal to hunt, but she realizes she’s forced to. She’s decided she’s going to wage a war on squirrels.
She shoots one but it doesn’t die, and she puts it out of its misery.
Since squirrels are all that’s out there, she hopes it will be enough to allow her to go the distance.
18 Days Left: Michelle’s winning her war on squirrels and is proud of herself. She’s not a hunter and doesn’t have the experience but has been able to shoot enough squirrels to get some protein. She takes a bite and realizes there’s a difference in texture between the younger ones and the older ones.
Michelle points her camera out of the shelter and describes it as gnarly. She has to go out in it to check her snares, and she’s getting soaking wet from the moisture-laden snow. There’s nothing in her traps and it’s -1 out in the open, with the wind chill. This is the worst weather they’ve had so far.
Michelle loves the idea that this season isn’t about winning over other people, but instead, they can win together. It feels within her reach, and she doesn’t believe there are many survivalists still left in the competition. (She’s right.)
Netflix just released the first photos from the upcoming third season of Emily in Paris. The streaming service didn’t confirm a premiere other than “returning soon” but did suggest fans check out the “Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event” on Saturday, September 24th for more details on the new season.
Tudum will be livestreamed beginning at 10am PT/1pm ET via Netflix’s YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Facebook.
(Update: Netflix confirmed during Tudum that Emily in Paris season three will premiere on December 21, 2022.)
Returning cast members include Lily Collins as Emily Cooper, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie Grateau, Lucas Bravo as Gabriel, and Ashley Park as Mindy. Camille Razat returns as Camille, Samuel Arnold’s back as Luc, Bruno Gouery is Julien, William Abadie is Antoine Lambert, and Lucien Laviscount is back as Alfie.
Emily in Paris creator Darren Star writes, executive produces, and is the season three showrunner. Lily Collins, Raphael Benoliel, Stephen Brown, Ryan McCormick, and Jake Fuller serve as producers. Additional executive producers include Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, Andrew Fleming, and Alison Brown.
The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, Darren Star Productions, and Jax Media.
One year after moving from Chicago to Paris for her dream job, Emily finds herself at a crucial crossroads in every aspect of her life. Faced with two very different paths, Emily will have to decide exactly where her loyalties lie — at work and in her romantic life — and what those decisions mean for her future in France, all while continuing to immerse herself in the adventures and surprising twists and turns that life in Paris provides.
It’s all fun and games until Dave Bautista shows up at the door in the trailer for Knock at the Cabin. The two-and-a-half-minute trailer begins with a gay couple and their young daughter arriving for a fun getaway in the woods. However, since this is an M. Night Shyamalan film, their plans to relax and enjoy themselves will be short-lived.
In addition to Dave Bautista (the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise), the cast includes Tony award and Emmy nominee Jonathan Groff (Hamilton, Mindhunter), Ben Aldridge (Pennyworth), BAFTA nominee Nikki Amuka-Bird (Persuasion), Abby Quinn (Little Women), Rupert Grint (Servant), and newcomer Kristen Cui.
M. Night Shyamalan directed, produced, and co-wrote the screenplay with Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman. The thriller’s based on Paul Tremblay’s The Cabin at the End of the World, with Marc Bienstock and Ashwin Rajan producing and Steven Schneider, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, and Ashley Fox executive producing.
Universal Pictures is targeting a February 3, 2023 theatrical release.
The Plot: While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.
Everyone knows the story of Romeo and Juliet, but what about Romeo’s spurned lover, Rosaline? She’s been pushed to the side and forgotten about…until now. The new trailer for 20th Century Studios’ Rosaline tells the story of Romeo and Juliet from Rosaline’s point of view.
The trailer shows poor Rosaline is upset that her boyfriend is using the same lovely words to woo Juliet that he used on her just three days prior. Rosaline’s the one who’s supposed to be Romeo’s great love and future wife, yet Romeo doesn’t seem to care one iota that he’s so easily replaced her with her very own cousin. Damn the man.
Emmy Award nominee Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick) stars as the titular character and serves as an executive producer. The cast also includes Sean Teale (Little Voice) as Dario, Minnie Driver (Speechless) as The Nurse, Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale), Kyle Allen (American Horror Story) as Romeo, and Isabela Merced (Sweet Girl) as Juliet. Henry Hunter Hall (Hunters) plays Mercutio and Spencer Stevenson (Rollers) is Paris.
Based on Rebecca Serle’s novel When You Were Mine, Rosaline was adapted by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (500 Days of Summer) and directed by Karen Maine (Yes, God, Yes). Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and Dan Levine produce, with Neustadter, Weber, Whitney Brown, Becca Edelman, and Emily Morris executive producing.
Rosaline will premiere on Hulu on October 14, 2022.
The Plot:Rosaline is a fresh and comedic twist on Shakespeare’s classic love story Romeo & Juliet, told from the perspective of Juliet’s cousin Rosaline (Dever), who also happens to be Romeo’s recent love interest. Heartbroken when Romeo (Allen) meets Juliet (Merced) and begins to pursue her, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy.
D’Pharaoh Woo-A-Tai as Bear, Lane Factor as Chese, and Devery Jacobs as Elora Danan in ‘Reservation Dogs’ (Photo by Shane Brown/FX)
FX has officially confirmed its critically acclaimed half-hour comedy Reservation Dogs has been renewed for season three. The renewal announcement arrives just days ahead of the premiere of season two’s finale.
The award-winning – and groundbreaking – series was created by executive producers Sterlin Harjo (Love and Fury) and Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows).
“Reservation Dogs continues its remarkable run with critics, fans, and awards all recognizing the singular brilliance of the series created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi,” said Nick Grad, President, Original Programming, FX. “FX is proud to join with our partners at Hulu to order a third season featuring the amazing cast and all of the artists who deliver one of the most original, engaging, and funny shows on television.”
Season three is expected to premiere in 2023 exclusively on Hulu.
“I couldn’t be more proud of this show that I created with my friend Taika Waititi,” stated Harjo. “It was born out of a conversation in Taika’s kitchen and has now made its way into the lives of people across the world. The love for season 2 has been outstanding. Thank you to FX for ordering season 3, excited to bring you more laughter and love from the Rez. Ahoooo!”
Season one won an AFI Award, a Peabody Award, two Independent Spirit Awards, and was included on over 80 critics’ best-of lists (including mine).
The series shoots in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and features Indigenous talent in front of and behind the camera. Every series regular is Indigenous along with the show’s writers and directors.
The Plot and Characters, Courtesy of FX:
Reservation Dogs follows the exploits of “Elora Danan” (Devery Jacobs), “Bear Smallhill” (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), “Willie Jack” (Paulina Alexis) and “Cheese” (Lane Factor), four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma. After the death of the fifth member of the Reservation Dogs, the crew took to stealing, scheming, and saving in order to vicariously fulfill his dream of reaching the exotic, mysterious, and faraway land of California. But after a promising start to their criminal endeavors, including the legendary heist of a Flaming Flamers chips truck, swiping some old lady’s weed edibles and some low-grade grand theft auto, the plan went bust. The gang disbanded, with everyone trying to forge their own paths.
Elora ghosted Bear and took off for California with the Rez Dogs’ mortal enemy, “Jackie” (Elva Guerra), the leader of a rival gang. Abandoned by his closest friend, Bear seeks a male parental figure to teach him how to “be a man” – but his choice of uncles to emulate leaves a lot to be desired. Meanwhile, Willie Jack thinks everything in their town is falling apart because of the curse she cast on Jackie and she’s determined to put that genie back in the bottle. Cheese who, like Willie Jack, decided that Cali wasn’t for him, reunites with his grandmother who isn’t his grandmother.
Lucky for the kids, they have the support of their loving and eccentric community of aunties and uncles to see them through, including Bear’s mother “Rita” (Sarah Podemski), local law enforcement “Big” (Zahn McClarnon), Elora’s “Uncle Brownie” (Gary Farmer), Willie Jack’s parents “Dana” (Jennifer Podemski) and “Leon” (Jon Proudstar) and “Spirit” aka “William Knifeman” (Dallas Goldtooth).
Reservation Dogs has curses and catfish, dance numbers and trust falls, decent people, terrible people, and a cavalcade of supporting characters who color and shade this already vibrant world.
Jensen Ackles and Katheryn Winnick in ‘Big Sky’ season 3 episode 1 (ABC/Michael Moriatis)
A hiker’s threatened by a creepy stranger and falls to his death in the first few minutes of ABC’s Big Sky season three episode one. Plus, it’s disclosed Cassie (Kylie Bunbury) broke up with Mark, and he and Jerrie are off hunting the cartel. (Cassie says what we all think – Mark and Jerrie are good together.) And Jenny (Katheryn Winnick), Cassie, and Denise (Dedee Pfeiffer) all agree Beau really fills out his jeans – all before the opening credits roll.
We also quickly learn the detective agency’s main case this season will be figuring out what happened to the missing hiker.
Beau (Jensen Ackles) scores major points by complimenting Denise’s veggie lasagna. Cassie notes Denise – who she calls Mrs. Robinson – has never cooked lasagna for her as Jenny and Beau head off to work.
A key player in season three, Sunny Barnes, is introduced – welcome to Big Sky, Reba McEntire! Sunny runs Sunny Day Excursions, a tourist destination with campsites and all sorts of activities.
Meanwhile, Jenny and Beau almost literally run into a guy wearing just his undies running down the road. Turns out he’s Corrections Officer Harry Miller (Brian Sutherland) and the prisoner he was transporting stole his clothes, weapon, and car, and is now on the loose.
Back at the sheriff’s office, Harry’s no longer naked and identifies Faith Cole as the prisoner who escaped. She was doing time for armed robbery and he was transferring her to another prison. Harry wants to call it in so they can set up a roadblock, but Jenny and Beau think they can handle this without State’s help.
Beau and Jenny know Harry’s lying since Faith only weighs 125 pounds. Harry claims Faith seduced him and then one thing led to another. Now she’s on the run.
Their suddenly uncomfortable discussion’s interrupted by Deputy Mo Poppernak (J. Anthony Pena) with news a woman prison guard just held up a market.
Cassie checks in with Sunny to see if she’s encountered the missing hiker. Mark Woodman of San Francisco was hiking the continental divide trail when he stopped checking in with his family. He must have taken a detour because that trail’s not close to this area.
Sunny takes a minute to reintroduce her son, Cormac (Luke Mitchell), to Cassie. She shows him the missing poster and he jokes that the guy will show up soon or maybe the bears will get him since they have to eat too. They promise to keep an eye out, and there’s a little flirting going on between Cormac and Cassie. (He tells his mom Cassie’s cute after she walks away.)
Sunny’s husband, Buck Barnes (Rex Linn), wonders what Cassie wanted, and Sunny fills him in on the missing backpacker. Sunny doesn’t think they should tell the guests, given there was a bear attack recently. They don’t want to spook the campers, but they’ll remind them all about the dangers of bears in the area.
Rex Linn, Reba McEntire, and Luke Mitchell in ‘Big Sky’ season 3 episode 1 (ABC/Michael Moriatis)
Speaking of the guests, Emily (Cree Cicchino) and Avery (Henry Ian Cusick) arrive, and Sunny greets them with a warm welcome. They’re ready to relax with a little glamping. The only things missing are Avery’s wife (and Emily’s mom) and reliable cell service.
Sunny, Cormac, and Buck huddle to discuss all the guests, before Sunny greets the remainder of the visitors. Page and Luke are among the newcomers and it’s obvious Luke doesn’t want to be there. He’d rather be visiting Cancun for his birthday, but Sunny promises they’ll have a great time.
The entire group gathers for a welcome talk and a safety chat, with Sunny pointing out they need to always use the buddy system. Plus, they need to take their bear spray wherever they go and stay on the marked trails.
They should be “bear aware” and leave no trace behind.
Jenny and Beau check out the mini-mart and discover their fugitive stole cash and clothing. The manager, Bill Kemp, is missing but, fortunately, there are security cameras that might help them figure out what happened.
They watch the video, see Faith hold up Bill, and then take him with her. Now she has a hostage.
Catching up with some returning season two faces… Tonya (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) is selling real estate and Donno (Ryan O’Nan) is a cook at the café who doesn’t appreciate customers coating his food with ketchup.
Cassie and Donno engage in a stare-down as Cassie enters the café and takes a seat in a booth opposite Tonya. Tonya insists she’s a legitimate businesswoman but Cassie’s actually there to ask about purchasing the ranch. It was her dad’s dream and since he left her some money, Cassie wants to buy it.
Tonya claims she has numerous cash offers over the asking price. However, Cassie wonders if those potential buyers know about the drug lab or the murders that occurred there. Since Tonya’s a licensed broker, she should know she needs to disclose those issues to any interested buyers.
Cassie’s going to make her an offer she can’t refuse.
It turns out the mini-mart’s manager is the brother of Faith’s ex-boyfriend, and Faith blames her ex for her conviction. Beau admires that this is a revenge job, but Mo points out the ex is now in prison.
Back at the detective agency office, Cassie reports she hasn’t had any luck finding the hiker but Sunny’s checking out the trailheads. Denise has figured out the place the hiker went missing – Basin Trail – is the same place her neighbor’s son’s girlfriend disappeared 20 years ago.
She was eventually found – mutilated and with her heart cut out. They never found her murderer.
Other than the location, there’s really nothing that ties the two disappearances together at this point.
Beau has to break his movie night plans with Cassie since they’re hot on the trail of a fugitive holding a hostage. Jenny listens to their phone conversation, smiles, and wonders if they’re really just “friends.” Beau swears they’re just friends who bonded over the last couple of months. If Jenny’s feeling left out, she can join them for their movie night of beers and snacks. Beau explains they always mix things up and include a wide variety of genres in their screenings.
Jensen Ackles and Katheryn Winnick in ‘Big Sky’ season 3 episode 1 (ABC/Michael Moriatis)
Beau and Jenny arrive in the parking lot of kidnap victim Bill’s apartment and suddenly from out of nowhere, a man lands on their hood. It’s Bill and he’s clinging to life. It appears he was pushed from his upstairs apartment, and Beau stays with Bill as Jenny races off to find Faith.
Gun drawn, Jenny heads up the stairs without waiting for backup. She makes it to Bill’s place and it looks like there’s been a struggle but the only living creature in the place is a cat.
Once back outside, Beau yells at Jenny for taking off without backup. Jenny tosses him a stuffed moose that Faith stole from the mini-mart. Jenny thinks maybe this is all about a kid. There was clothing and other stuff belonging to a young girl in the apartment, and maybe Faith grabbed her.
A short while later, Mo calls with the news Bill didn’t have any kids but Faith’s ex did. The girl’s name is Madelyn and her mom died of an overdose. Bill’s been taking care of her and there are more juicy details…Madelyn wrote Faith a letter saying she was moving to Ireland with Uncle Bill and her aunt. She called Faith “mommy” in the note. (Faith had stayed in the girl’s life after she and Madelyn’s dad broke up.)
Beau and Jenny’s next stop is at the salon where Madelyn’s aunt works.
Faith holds the aunt, May (Melanie Nelson), at gunpoint and demands to know Madelyn’s whereabouts. May says she’s on a school trip, but Madelyn (Aspen Martinez) slowly walks into the room because she wants to see her “mom.” Just as they’re about to reunite Jenny enters and orders Faith to put down the gun. Beau does the same from the other side, but she refuses to obey their order.
Madelyn runs to Faith and hugs her while Beau pleads with Faith to put the gun down for her daughter’s sake. She finally does, and Jenny’s about to place her under arrest when Beau asks that she wait a minute so Faith can say goodbye to her kid.
Faith will be going away for life.
Back at the camp, Paige (Madalyn Horcher) and Luke (Anirudh Pisharody) argue as they hike the area, and Paige pleads with her boyfriend to try and have some fun. If he can’t do that, he can leave. Luke accuses her of being interested in Cormac and Paige admits she checked him out a little.
Still pissed, they continue their hike on Basin Trail toward Deadman’s Drop. Paige is out of breath when she asks him to stop so they can take a break. They pause next to what looks like a heart carved into a tree; it’s either colored red with blood or paint. Paige hopes that it’s paint but either way, it’s gross.
Emily is lurking nearby, filming the couple on her cellphone, and Sunny surprises her when she comes up from behind. Emily draws her knife and Sunny’s impressed with its size. Sunny suggests Emily shouldn’t be spying on the others and Emily admits it’s for her podcast. She thinks its theme will be secrets and lies.
Later that evening, Cassie presents Tonya with her offer for the ranch that’s lower than the other offers Tonya’s received. Tonya accepts it “for old time’s sake.” Tonya thinks Cassie will be happy with the upgraded kitchen and the basement, which was a drug lab, is now a laundry room and storage.
They shake and Tonya hopes she’s invited to the housewarming. Cassie replies, “Don’t hold your breath.”
Madalyn Horcher and Anirudh Pisharody in ‘Big Sky’ season 3 episode 1 (ABC/Michael Moriatis)
Sunny tells Paige it’s about time for dinner as a group, but Luke’s not around. Paige thinks he’s off sulking somewhere and she and Sunny joke about leaving him on his own for a couple of days in the woods. That’ll make him stop sulking!
They joke some more about men and Paige sets off to find Luke while Sunny actually looks concerned that he’s missing.
Paige discovers Luke sitting by himself playing on his phone and warns him if he doesn’t cheer up, she won’t give him his present which is sexual in nature. Their quiet makeup chat is interrupted by blood dripping onto Paige’s face.
Buck and Sonny discover the source is a coyote, but Paige is now on the same page as Luke. She wants to leave ASAP. However, now Luke’s decided this is way more exciting than sitting by a resort pool drinking margaritas.
Paige is shocked he’s had a change of heart, but Luke believes this will make such a good story when they go home. Reluctantly, Paige gives in.
Cassie and Beau relax outside his Airstream trailer, ready for their movie night. He thinks once she moves into the ranch, they can hold the movie nights there. Cassie says, “We’ll see,” just as Jenny shows up to join in the fun. They settle in with beer and popcorn, and Jenny suggests anything with Ryan Gosling. Cassie tosses her vote that way too, so Beau’s outnumbered.
Beau steps away to make a call as Jenny and Cassie discuss their options.
And it turns out Emily’s dad is Beau, and she ignores his call while roasting marshmallows around the campfire. She texts him to say she’ll talk later and she’s having fun now. She adds, “Luv U!”
Cassie and Jenny landed on a horror film for the night, and Beau returns to his seat looking distracted. He confesses Emily’s camping with her stepdad at Sunny Days. Cassie says Sunny’s a good person and that she just spoke to her earlier about her missing backpacker case. But, that’s nothing Beau should be worried about.
Still, Beau looks upset. He finally admits he feels like he’s missing out on Emily’s life while her stepdad gets to be there for everything. Cassie suggests he just be there for her when she needs him, and Jenny thinks he should tell her how much he means to her.
The episode ends with Sunny, alone, tossing the missing person’s flyer into the fire. She makes a smore, grabs her flashlight, hums, and heads out into the woods. She begins singing as she walks, calling out, “I know you’re out there. Momma brought you a treat.”
The man who made Matt fall at the beginning of the episode appears and Sunny says, “There you are.”
The team goes after an online predator on CBS’s FBI: International season two episode two, “Don’t Say Her Name Again.” Directed by Avi Youabian from a script by Matt Olmstead, episode two will air on Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT.
Season two stars Luke Kleintank as Special Agent Scott Forrester, Heida Reed as Special Agent Jamie Kellett, Carter Redwood as Special Agent Andre Raines, Vinessa Vidotto as Special Agent Cameron Vo, and Eva-Jane Willis as Europol Agent Megan “Smitty” Garretson.
“Don’t Say Her Name Again” Plot: When a local predator begins extorting underage American girls online, the Fly Team attempts to bring the offender to justice with on-site help from one of the victims. Also, Kellett decides she should find a roommate.
Ruby Jay, Marguerite Stimpson, Stephanie Hoston, Gyuri Sarossy, Veronika Vas, and Miklós Berés guest star.
FBI: International Series Description, Courtesy of CBS:
FBI: International is the third iteration of the successful FBI brand that follows the elite operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s International Fly Team. Headquartered in Budapest, they travel throughout Europe with the mission of tracking and neutralizing threats against American citizens wherever they may be, putting their lives on the line to protect the U.S. and its people. The Fly Team’s Special Agent Scott Forrester, their accomplished and dedicated leader, puts his missions ahead of his personal life and is often accompanied by his trusty Schutzhund dog, Tank.
Second in command is Special Agent Jamie Kellett, a heroic and fearless investigator – and her extensive network of informants is a powerful resource. Special Agent Andre Raines shines in the field and makes good use of his accounting background in tracking criminal enterprises’ moving money; and Special Agent Cameron Vo, a competitive West Point grad who excels at interrogation and strategy. Newly embedded with the Fly Team is Megan “Smitty” Garretson, a streetwise Europol agent with an extensive undercover background who liaises with each host country they inhabit.
