Remember the days of actually getting in your car and driving to a Blockbuster while crossing your fingers a new DVD release you’ve been dying to see is available? And then when it’s not, trying to figure out what you haven’t already watched a million times before so you don’t leave empty-handed? Netflix’s Blockbuster dives into those good old days when streaming didn’t exist and everyone owned a DVD player.
The 10-episode series is set in the last remaining Blockbuster Video and stars Randall Park as the store’s manager, Timmy Yoon. The cast also includes Melissa Fumero as Eliza Walker, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos Herrera, and Madeleine Arthur as Hannah Hadman. Olga Merediz plays Connie Serrano, JB Smoove is Percy Scott, and Kamaia Fairburn stars as Kayla Scott.
Blockbuster‘s the brainchild of Vanessa Ramos (Superstore, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), with Ramos guiding the series as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Additional executive producers include writer David Caspe, writer Jackie Clarke, John Davis, and John Fox.
Netflix just released a batch of photos and confirmed Blockbuster will be available to check out on Thursday, November 3, 2022.
Timmy Yoon (Park) is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees (including his long-time crush, Eliza (Fumero) fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.
Randall Park as TIMMY: He’s a big dreamer whose love of movies makes it easy for him to recommend exactly what his regulars need, even when they don’t know they need it. He’s worked at Blockbuster since he was a teen and honestly wouldn’t have it any other way.
Melissa Fumero as ELIZA: A dedicated mother whose marriage to her high school sweetheart is on the rocks. She left Harvard after one semester to start a family and now works at Blockbuster alongside Timmy (Randall Park) as his trusty number two…and maybe more.
Olga Merediz as CONNIE: She works at Blockbuster to make friends, not money. She’s the unintentionally blunt mother figure to not just the employees, but many of the Blockbuster regulars.
Tyler Alvarez as CARLOS: As a first-generation son of immigrants, he learned English by watching movies, and they quickly became his love language. He dreams of being a filmmaker, but can’t help but feel like he owes it to his parents to live the American life they planned for him.
Madeleine Arthur as HANNAH: She’s genuinely sweet, a little naive, yet undeniably charming. She lost her mom at a young age but is surrounded by family at Blockbuster. Financially savvy to a fault, the staff is helping her learn the importance of self-care.
Recurring Guest Stars:
Kamaia Fairburn as KAYLA: Kayla is Percy’s smart and sometimes scary teen daughter. She’s not super open to the idea of taking orders from anyone, which can make her working at Blockbuster complicated for Timmy.
JB Smoove as PERCY: As the strip mall and party store owner, Percy sees himself as “the man with the plan.” He’s the fast-talking, stylish, over-confident other half of the best friend duo of Timmy and Percy, who can’t seem to stay away from Blockbuster, especially with his daughter working there.
Paddy Considine and Milly Alcock in ‘House of the Dragon’ episode 1 (Photograph by Ollie Upton / HBO)
HBO’s awarded the Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, an early season two renewal order. The announcement was made less than a week after the series premiered on August 21, 2022.
The renewal came as absolutely no surprise given that the series premiere scored the biggest audience in HBO’s new original series history. More than 20 million viewers tuned in to check out this prequel set 200 years before Game of Thrones and focusing on House Targaryen (and its dragons).
The 10-episode first season airs on Sundays at 9pm ET/PT.
The series is based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood novel, with Martin co-creating and serving as an executive producer. Co-creator Ryan Condal writes, executive produces and is a co-showrunner with director and executive producer Miguel Sapochnik. Sara Hess, Jocelyn Diaz, Vince Gerardis, and Ron Schmidt also executive produce season one.
“We are beyond proud of what the entire House of the Dragon team has accomplished with season one. Our phenomenal cast and crew undertook a massive challenge and exceeded all expectations, delivering a show that has already established itself as must-see-TV. A huge thank you to George, Ryan, and Miguel for leading us on this journey. We couldn’t be more excited to continue bringing to life the epic saga of House Targaryen with season two,” stated Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming.
Paddy Considine, Sian Brooke, Michael Carter, Steve Toussaint, and Eve Best in ‘House of the Dragon’ episode 1 (Photo by Ollie Upton / HBO)
House of the Dragon Cast and Characters – Courtesy of HBO
Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen, chosen by the lords of Westeros to succeed the Old King, Jaehaerys Targaryen, at the Great Council at Harrenhal. A warm, kind, and decent man, Viserys only wishes to carry forward his grandfather’s legacy. But good men do not necessarily make for great kings.
Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, younger brother to King Viserys and heir to the throne. A peerless warrior and a dragonrider, Daemon possesses the true blood of the dragon. But it is said that whenever a Targaryen is born, the gods toss a coin in the air…
Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, the daughter of Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King, and the most comely woman in the Seven Kingdoms. She was raised in the Red Keep, close to the king and his innermost circle; she possesses both a courtly grace and a keen political acumen.
Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, the king’s first-born child, she is of pure Valyrian blood, and she is a dragonrider. Many would say that Rhaenyra was born with everything… but she was not born a man.
Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, “The Sea Snake.” Lord of House Velaryon, a Valyrian bloodline as old as House Targaryen. As “The Sea Snake,” the most famed nautical adventurer in the history of Westeros, Lord Corlys built his house into a powerful seat that is even richer than the Lannisters and that claims the largest navy in the world.
Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, a dragonrider and wife to Lord Corlys Velaryon, “The Queen Who Never Was” was passed over as heir to the throne at the Great Council because the realm favored her cousin, Viserys, simply for being male.
Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole, of Dornish descent, the common-born son of the steward to the Lord of Blackhaven. Cole has no claim to land or titles; all he has to his name is his honor and his preternatural skill with a sword.
Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria, who came to Westeros with nothing, sold more times than she can recall. She could have wilted… but instead she rose to become the most trusted — and most unlikely — ally of Prince Daemon Targaryen, the heir to the throne.
Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower. The Hand of the King, Ser Otto loyally and faithfully serves both his king and his realm. As the Hand sees it, the greatest threat to the realm is the king’s brother, Daemon, and his position as heir to the throne.
ADDITIONAL CAST (in alphabetical order):
Milly Alcock as Young Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. She’s the king’s first-born child, of pure Valyrian blood, and she is a dragonrider. Many would say that Rhaenyra was born with everything… but she was not born a man.
Bethany Antonia as Baela Targaryen, eldest daughter of Laena Velaryon and rider of the young dragon Moondancer.
Sian Brooke as Aemma Targaryen, the queen consort and wife of King Viserys Targaryen.
Phoebe Campbell as Rhaena Targaryen, second daughter of Lady Laena and sister to Baela.
Emily Carey as Young Alicent Hightower, the daughter of Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King, and the most comely woman in the Seven Kingdoms. Alicent was raised in the Red Keep, close to the king and his innermost circle; she possesses both a courtly grace and a keen political acumen.
Harry Collett as Jacaerys Velaryon, eldest son of Rhaenyra Targaryen.
Ryan Corr as Ser Harwin ‘Breakbones’ Strong. ‘Breakbones’, Harwin is said to be the strongest man in the Seven Kingdoms. Ser Harwin is the eldest son to Master of Laws Lyonel Strong and heir to Harrenhal.
Anthony Flanagan as Ser Steffon Darklyn, member of the Kingsguard.
Tom Glynn-Carney as Aegon Targaryen, first-born son of King Viserys.
Jefferson Hall as Tyland Lannister, a crafty and calculating politician, twin to Lord Jason Lannister.
Jefferson Hall as Lord Jason Lannister, the Lord of Casterly Rock and twin to Ser Tyland Lannister.
David Horovitch as Grand Maester Mellos, a voice of reason and trusted advisor to King Viserys.
Wil Johnson as Ser Vaemond Velaryon, younger brother to Coryls Velaryon and commander in the Velaryon navy.
John Macmillan as Ser Laenor Velaryon, son of Corlys Velaryon and Rhaenys Targaryen.
Graham McTavish as Ser Harrold Westerling, who has served in the Kingsguard since the days of King Jaehaerys; he is a paragon of chivalry and honor.
Ewan Mitchell as Aemond Targaryen, second-born son of Viserys, nephew to Daemon, and half-brother to Rhaenyra.
Theo Nate as Ser Laenor Velaryon, son of Corlys Velaryon and Rhaenys Targaryen.
Matthew Needham as Larys Strong, younger son of Master of Laws Lyonel Strong, brought to court by his father.
Bill Paterson as Lord Lyman Beesbury, Lord of Honeyholt and Master of Coin on King Viserys’s small council.
Phia Saban as Helaena Targaryen, second-born daughter of Viserys, sister to Aegon and Aemond, half-sister to Rhaenyra.
Gavin Spokes as Lord Lyonel Strong, Master of Laws to King Viserys and Lord of Harrenhal.
Savannah Steyn as Lady Laena Velayron, daughter of Corlys Velaryon and Rhaenys Targaryen.
Greg in season 1 of The History Channel’s ‘Alone: Frozen’
The History Channel’s first season of the Alone spinoff, Alone: Frozen, continues with episode three – “The Edge.” Airing August 25, 2022, episode three begins with five former Alone contestants remaining in the quest for the $500,000 prize. Anyone who makes it to Day 50 will take home a share of the pot.
Episode three takes the action in the frigid Labrador wilderness from six days into the competition through the 10th. At the start of the episode, it appeared that many of the remaining survivalists were so cold, hungry, and miserable that they were ready to tap out. But by the time the episode wrapped up, four continued in the challenge.
Greg Ovens, Age 58, British Columbia – Season 3, Survived 51 Days
44 Days Left: Greg has decided to tap out. He’s feeling a lot of anxiety and Labrador is bringing up too many memories of Patagonia. Plus, he hasn’t been able to catch any fish and has been forced to dine on just mussels.
Greg decided this is a game for younger people. He’s not going to push himself to thrive at the risk of causing damage to his health. With just four people left in the challenge, the four remaining survivalists are now guaranteed a $125,000 payout if they all make it to Day 50.
Callie on season 1 of ‘Alone: Frozen’ (Photo Credit: The History Channel)
Callie Russell, Age 34, Montana – Season 7, Survived 89 Days
44 Days Left: Callie whispers as she points out a seal on a rock right behind her. She’s decided the seal is a female and it’s her friend.
Callie is determined to only leave if she’s injured or can’t find food. She sets out to collect mussels, noting that at low tide the grocery store opens. The seal fat she already collected combined with these mussels and seaweed covers pretty much all the major food groups: fat, protein, greens, and vitamins. She’s still hoping to get some fish using her trap line.
For now, the mussels will be a food source she can rely on.
Back at camp, she cooks up a stew while acknowledging she’s never lived on the coast before. The seaweed she’s cooking (Bladderwrack) is used to treat thyroid problems.
42 Days Left: Callie heads to the beach for water and spots a grouse. She didn’t bring her bow and heads back to retrieve it. Hopefully, she can find it again. She’s been dreaming of shooting one and really thinks a big mouthful of grouse would be delicious.
She searches for the grouse, listening and observing as she walks through the forest. Callie hears the grouse’s call and takes a shot. She misses and her arrow lands in the water. She doesn’t want to wait for low tide because she’s worried it will have drifted away by then.
The ocean’s only 36 degrees when she steps into it to recover her arrow. She goes in waist deep and retrieves it, but she’s freezing now. Callie admits she wanted to go into the Atlantic anyway.
Callie heads back to her shelter to warm up her feet. Her previous frostbite injury makes her susceptible to it again, and she’s aware she needs to get her toes nice and warm to prevent it. Callie realizes this season she’ll have to constantly take care of her feet if she wants to last 50 days.
Amos in ‘Alone: Frozen’ season 1 (Photo Credit: The History Channel)
Amós Rodriguez, Age 41, Indiana – Season 7, Survived 58 Days
44 Days Left: Amós is working on his fire inside his shelter when we catch up with him. He needs to seriously work on collecting firewood which was one of his downfalls from his previous Alone experience. Unfortunately, his area doesn’t have that many firewood resources. However, he does find a lengthy piece of driftwood that he’s able to cut up for wood.
Amós hopes to truly connect with this land and is thankful to the indigenous people who are allowing them to go on this quest of self-discovery.
He burns up about 500 calories an hour chopping the wood. He’s getting tired and makes a mistake, almost cutting his leg. Amós decides it’s best to take a break rather than cut his leg.
41 Days Left: The lack of food, the dehydration, and the cold have made Amós feel a little down. It’s only been a week and he can’t believe he’s already feeling like this.
Amós checks for fish stuck in the shallows and throws his line into the ocean. One fish or rabbit won’t help much because of how many calories he burns just surviving. He loves to fish and survived on fish for 50 days on Alone.
That night Amós admits that shore fishing isn’t going to cut it. Instead, he’ll try to figure out how to hunt a bear. That’s the only way his high metabolism will allow him to survive to the end.
Woniya in season 1 of The History Channel’s ‘Alone: Frozen’
Woniya Thibeault, Age 45, California – Season 6, Survived 73 Days
43 Days Left: It’s 2:30am when Woniya accidentally pepper sprays her sleeping bag and clothing, including her fur parka and rain jacket. The safety comes off easily and she didn’t realize it had been knocked off. She also got it on her hands where she has open wounds.
“Not as restful a night as I had really been hoping for,” laughs Woniya.
She also touched her eyes during the night, which is horrible, and she can’t put on her rain jacket without spreading the pepper spray on everything she’s wearing.
A short while later she zooms in on the pepper spray on her jacket, and it’s definitely coated. Her solution is to rub dirt on it, as she does with poison oak when she’s out running. If it doesn’t take the pepper spray off, at least it will form a protective layer over the chemical.
On the bright side, bears who sniff her wall might not want to hang out for long.
The tide is the lowest it’s been since she started her journey, and she wants to scavenge as many mussels as she can grab. She calls it Operation Mussel Farm and wants to harvest them now and then store them somewhere accessible (and still in the water) for when she needs them.
Woniya recalls spending too many calories on things that didn’t feed her during season six. She’s shifting her strategy for this season.
The tide’s coming in as she realizes the bag she was storing her mussels in has drifted out into the water. It’s too important of a resource to just let go, so she strips down to the bare necessities to retrieve it. She’s able to grab it, but the water is incredibly cold. The area’s known as Iceberg Alley for a good reason.
40 Days Left: The storm’s intense and it’s kicking her butt. Her one dependable, warm, dry rock wall is now leaking, and her sleeping bag is soaked. It’s 34 degrees and now she thinks the shelter location was too big of a gamble. Her tarp has a lot of holes, and she confesses the Arctic felt abandoned and easy compared to what she’s enduring in Labrador.
Morning arrives and Woniya smiles as she points out a gorgeous full rainbow. She’s excited to see days without rain and now that it’s not pouring, she needs to address the rain inside her shelter. She’s based her strategy on snow, not rain, and needs to shore up her shelter.
A great deal of wood has washed up on shore that she can use on her shelter. Woniya believes her shelter’s not just for warmth but also psychologically important and comforting.
The rain starts up again as she continues to work on her shelter. She fills in areas with holes on her tarp with branches while expressing how proud she is to be a part of a group of survivalists like this.
A short while later, the storm appears to be over and the sun breaks through the clouds right before sunset.
Michelle in season 1 of The History Channel’s ‘Alone: Frozen’
Michelle Finn, Age 47, Maine – Season 8, Survived 21 Days
43 Days Left: Michelle’s working on finishing up her shelter while remarking on the stillness of the day. She’s happy she had a morning poo and cheers that she’s only missed two days of doing it thus far. On her previous challenge, she went nine days without pooping.
Today she plans on gathering clams and mussels during low tide, although she’d rather be hunting.
She spots a grouse and whistles, hoping to corral it back toward her shelter so she can grab her bow – which she forgot to bring.
She takes a shot and it’s a kill. She’s excited about the prospect of a big evening meal and gets a bit emotional thinking about it. This is her first kill on Alone, although she always knew she could be a hunter.
She never had the opportunity during her prior Alone season to even shoot a single arrow.
Michelle tosses in some cranberries as she cooks up her first grouse. She feels immense gratitude to the grouse for providing a decent meal.
42 Days Left: The wind has been so insane that Michelle didn’t sleep much. After the sun’s up she gets back to work on her shelter. It needs to be strong and insulated because of the winds, and she’s determined to protect the tarp from ripping and blowing by creating a ladder of sorts and laying moss over it. The moss will provide insulation and keep the tarp in place.
Michelle feels like this area is her home and that she was meant to be here. She didn’t feel connected to the land on season eight, but this season she does. She wants to come out of this feeling accomplished and believing she’s learned from her mistakes.
Her previous season taught her to put up her shelter immediately and also immediately start hunting and fishing. “That’s how I’ll be here for 50 days,” says Michelle.
Eric Kripke continues to pull in his Supernatural friends to fill out Prime Video’s The Boys, with Jeffrey Dean Morgan being the latest Supernatural veteran to sign up for the incredibly twisted, comic book-inspired series. There hasn’t been any official confirmation of who Morgan will play, however, he did tweet out his excitement over being a part of the mini-Supernatural reunion.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s a huge fan of The Boys and has been looking forward to the opportunity to reunite with Supernatural creator Eric Kripke for a while. Kripke told EW in May 2022 that the idea of bringing in Jeffrey Dean Morgan was still very much on his mind. It was all a matter of scheduling which was complicated when Morgan committed to starring in a The Walking Dead spinoff with Lauren Cohan.
“We might still remain star-crossed, unfortunately, because I did ask. We had a role come up, and my first question was, ‘Well, is Jeffrey available?'” said Kripke in May.
Fortuantely, the pieces finally fell into place and Morgan was able to fit a recurring guest role into his schedule. “Can’t tell you how excited I am! Big thanks to @therealKripke and @AMCPlus & @TheBoysTV for finding a way with both schedules. No easy task. SO DAMN STOKED!!” – twitter.com/JDMorgan
Supernatural‘s Jensen Ackles, who played Morgan’s son, Dean Winchester, joined the party for season three of The Boys as Soldier Boy. The Boys also features Supernatural‘s Jim Beaver in the recurring role of Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer. Beaver played Bobby Singer in 70-ish episodes of Supernatural.
The Boys‘ Jack Quaid tweeted, “YES! Welcome to the party @JDMorgan!!!!” and Karl Urban said, “@JDMorgan joins The Boys – Whaaaattt !! Mind blown ? Welcome JD CAN NOT WAIT.”
Eric Kripke sent a welcoming tweet: “Welcome to the fam, @JDMorgan. We’re all SO PSYCHED to have you!!”
Even AMC’s The Walking Dead‘s official Twitter account got in on the celebration.
Oscar-nominated writer/director Noah Baumbach reunites with two-time Oscar nominee Adam Driver and three-time Oscar nominee Greta Gerwig (his real-life partner) for White Noise, based on the book by Don DeLillo. The one-minute teaser trailer doesn’t give away much; if you haven’t read the book, odds are you’ll have no better idea what the film’s about after watching the trailer than you did before pressing play.
Netflix hasn’t set a premiere date for the comedy/drama which is embarking on a festival run before its wide release. White Noise is the opening night film at the Venice Film Festival on August 31, 2022 and will screen at the New York Film Festival in September.
“Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of White Noise is an unequivocal triumph: a wildly entertaining and morbidly funny meditation on the way we live now that is also the director’s most ambitious and expansive film,” said Dennis Lim, artistic director at NYFF. “Aided by a brilliant cast led by Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig, Baumbach has not only captured the essence of Don DeLillo’s beloved, era-defining book — he has turned it into a movie that speaks profoundly to our moment.”
Baumbach is returning to the Venice Film Festival after premiering Marriage Story there in 2019.
“It is a great honor to open the 79. Venice Film Festival with White Noise. It was worth waiting for the certainty that the film was finished to have the pleasure to make this announcement. Adapted from the great Don DeLillo novel, Baumbach has made an original, ambitious, and compelling piece of art which plays with measure on multiple registers: dramatic, ironic, satirical. The result is a film that examines our obsessions, doubts, and fears as captured in the 1980’s, yet with very clear references to contemporary reality,” said festival director Alberto Barbera.
Baumbach previously directed Adam Driver in Marriage Story, The Meyerowitz Stories New and Selected, While We’re Young, and Frances Ha. Baumbach and Greta Gerwig worked together on Mistress America, Frances Ha, and Greenberg.
The White Noise cast also includes Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Lars Eidinger, Andre Benjamin, and Jodie Turner-Smith. Baumbach’s behind-the-scenes team features director of photography Lol Crawley, production designer Jess Gonchor, editor Matthew Hannam, and costume designer Ann Roth, with music by Danny Elfman.
Netflix’s teaser trailer arrived along with a batch of photos and the following synopsis:
“At once hilarious and horrifying, lyrical and absurd, ordinary and apocalyptic, White Noise dramatizes a contemporary American family’s attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.”
A scene from ‘Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin season 1 episode 9 (Photograph by Karolina Wojtasik/HBO Max)
We’re down to just two new episodes left of HBO Max’s Pretty Little Liars Original Sin’s first season and it seems as though the girls have figured out who’s A. Episode nine begins on Sunday, December 11 with Imogen (Bailee Madison) declaring, “So that’s it.” Sidney (Sharon Leal) asks if Karen was pushed and if Tyler’s dead. Tabby (Chandler Kinney) confirms they were murdered by A.
The camera pans out to show all the moms and their daughters gathered to discuss what’s happening. The girls explain who they think A is and that the moms went to school with Joe. He’s the one who sent the creepy gifts and all the cryptic texts.
After Tabby delivers the CliffsNotes version of why they think Joe did it, Imogen says, “The sins of the mothers visited upon their daughters.”
Sidney asks why they didn’t tell them about any of this and Imogen explains that A threatened them. Marjorie (Elena Goode) wonders why he killed himself and Tabby thinks it could be because Imogen busted him and because he did what he set out to do.
Noa (Maia Reficco) chimes in, “Punish the guilty.”
Imogen demands the truth from the moms about what they did to Angela Waters. Sidney admits they were horrible bullies and they each describe their actions. Imogen asks why they were so cruel to Angela and Elodie (Lea Salonga) offers a poor excuse, saying it was a different time then. Girls were meaner in the ‘90s.
Imogen wants to know what her mom did, and Sidney describes Davie driving off and leaving Angela alone on Halloween after she threw poop at a house.
Corey (Zakiya Young) warns that everything they just said must stay in this room.
Back home, Marjorie tells Noa that considering everything going on, she wants to try to get clean. Marjorie believes she can do it at home because she’s a nurse and knows how to detox. Marjorie suggests that Noa stay at Shawn’s for a few days and asks her daughter to cover her Pinball Pizza shifts. Noa agrees.
Noa shows up at Shawn’s (Alex Aiono) and lies that her mom has the flu. Noa doesn’t want to get sick and miss track.
Sidney tells Tabby they still need to talk about what happened to her. Sidney doesn’t want to make the same mistake she made with Angela with her own daughter. Tabby confirms she really doesn’t know who did it and Sidney wonders if they should go to the police together. Tabby’s forced to reveal it’s not just about her; Imogen was raped, too, and it might be the same guy.
Tabby assures her mom they’ll be okay and just need more time.
Noa wakes at 4am to the sound of Shawn doing sit-ups. She decides to confront him about the pills she found in his bag. Shawn calls them supplements and admits half the football team is taking them.
Noa knows the pills are performance enhancers and wonders why he thinks he needs them since football season is over. Shawn gets defensive, claiming he’s not an addict and that it’s basketball season now. Noa thinks he’s just coming up with excuses and she’s all too familiar with all that.
Noa pleads with him to stop, saying, “I can’t handle two addicts in my life.” Shawn agrees but says he’ll wean himself off.
Imogen has a nightmare about finding her mom dead, but this time A’s in the bathroom with a knife and comes toward her. She wakes up screaming.
Monday, December 15: Faran (Zaria) decides to let her hair down and go with her natural hair.
As Tabby and Imogen walk to school, Tabby confesses she hates lying to her mom. That should end when they get the DNA test back from the blood drive. Imogen is still fixated on A and questions whether Crazy Joe was really A. Maybe A killed him and staged it to look like a suicide to throw them off the trail.
Imogen suggests that maybe A killed her mom too. She’s having a difficult time believing her mom was an evil bully because that’s not the mom she knew. Tabby sympathizes but wonders at this point how they can find out what happened in the bathroom. Imogen has a plan and is going to go talk to the coroner after school.
Kelly (Mallory Bechtel) and her mom, Martha (Jennifer Ferrin), argue over Kelly skipping helping at church to work on a dance piece with one of the girls who Martha thinks hurt Karen. Kelly insists Faran didn’t hurt Karen and Kelly’s dad insults her dance skills. “Let’s face facts – you never were the dancer your sister was.”
Kelly reminds him they all miss Karen but no one else is lashing out like a drunk bully. He tosses out another insult, saying if there were any justice in the world it would have been her that slipped and not Karen. Kelly screams, “F**k you!” at him before leaving the room.
Mouse rehashes her night with Ash (Jordan Gonzalez), explaining she had a come to Jesus moment with one mom while the other one asked her to set her up on lesbian dating apps. After Mouse confirms her moms are Disney fanatics, Ash suggests they should Parent Trap her moms. Mouse thinks that is a brilliant idea.
Chip (Carson Rowland) wants to be supportive and accompanies Imogen for her normal checkup with the school nurse, Nurse Simmons. The nurse confirms she’s on track at 38 weeks of pregnancy, but she’s concerned about Imogen’s high blood pressure. She should try not to get stressed. (Yeah, that’s not an option.)
Faran shows off her new hairstyle at lunch and the girls love it. Faran reveals she also took on a new project: the choreography of a retelling of Adam and Eve. She credits Tabby with inspiring her when they did her vision of Psycho.
Kelly comes strutting into the lunchroom wearing Karen’s clothes and no longer hiding she’s with Karen’s boyfriend, Greg.
Tabby shows Wes sketches of her storyline for her film and he thinks they’re awesome. He offers to lend her some of his equipment for the shoot. (Chip’s watching this and doesn’t look happy.)
Imogen asks the coroner if it’s possible someone could have murdered her mother. She doesn’t believe her mom would do that to herself. He offers to exhume her mom’s body, but she needs to file a petition with Sheriff Beasley.
Mouse’s moms can’t believe they’ve been Parent Trap-ped, but Elodie wastes no time and dives in with the questions, including whether as a young trans man in Millwood he’s ever felt scared.
Later, Mouse lies to Ash while facetiming and says she reconnected with her dad on Thanksgiving. Ash suggests they go bowling together.
Tuesday, December 16: Imogen manages to convince Sheriff Beasley to allow her mom’s body to be exhumed. She’s sure her mom was murdered but she doesn’t know by who. Sheriff Beasley needs an adult relative’s consent to begin the exhumation. She asks if her father would count.
Mallory Bechtel and Zaria in ‘Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin season 1 episode 9 (Photograph by Karolina Wojtasik/HBO Max)
Henry confesses Kelly kissed him and Faran confronts Kelly about what happened. Kelly claims it was a mistake and that she’s sorry, confessing it’s been really intense at home. Faran sees blood on Kelly’s thigh and Kelly squirms and makes excuses. Faran urges her to talk.
Kelly admits it’s her dad. He’s always been bad, but it’s recently gotten worse for her and her mom. Her dad resents the fact that Karen is dead while she’s alive. In fact, he said that out loud. Faran points out he’s a lunatic but warns Kelly that hurting herself isn’t the answer.
Faran makes her promise she will talk to someone if she feels like hurting herself again. Kelly asks why, given their history, Faran’s being so nice to her. Faran says she wants to break that cycle.
Shawn and his teammates show up at Pinball Pizza and he’s shocked to see Noa working there. She admits she’s covering her mom’s shifts while she’s at detoxing at home. Shawn takes a jab at her mom and Noa points out he shouldn’t judge. He’s offended that she compared him to her mom since he’s not using drugs recreationally. Noa reveals her mom started off with painkillers and Shawn feels bad because he didn’t know that.
Noa suggests that if he means that, he should throw away his pills. He claims he did and offers to let her check his bag.
Sidney receives a text from Tabby that she’s working late. Sidney offers to pick her up, but Tabby doesn’t need a ride; Wes is taking her home.
Sidney is suspicious of Wes and shows up at the theater demanding Wes get away from her daughter. Sidney accuses him of making Tabby work late so he can groom her. He admits he made a move on her one time and Sidney tells him she’s calling the police, adding that she’s protecting Tabby from this rapist.
Tabby’s had enough and drags her mom away. But as they leave Sidney’s parting words are, “If I see you within 10 feet of my daughter, I will cut your f**king dick off.”
Chip appears to have witnessed this all go down.
Outside the theater, Tabby assures her mom Wes didn’t rape her. Tabby thinks it was someone from school and fills her mom in on what they did to figure out who the rapist is. Sidney volunteers to talk to Corey and see if she knows anyone in the DA’s office who can help them navigate the investigation.
Faran confronts Sheriff Beasley and informs him his daughter is cutting herself because he’s abusing her verbally and emotionally. Faran is there to hold him accountable, and she admits to knowing all about his thing for boys. Of course, Sheriff Beasley assumes Noa said something, but Faran claims she didn’t. However, now she can’t wait to ask Noa questions.
Chip asks Tabby what that thing was between her mom and Wes. Was Wes inappropriate? Tabby wonders where this is coming from since he’s into Imogen, and Chip admits he’s only into her friend because she wouldn’t give him a shot. Tabby doesn’t want Imogen to get hurt but Chip claims that now he actually likes her. Chip also claims Wes is a creep and she shouldn’t trust him and needs to be careful.
The way Chip is acting alarms Tabby.
Imogen has a heart-to-heart with her dad and he explains when they first got together, her mom suffered from depression. She saw a therapist and took medication. He thinks something happened in high school because she wouldn’t talk about that time in her life much.
Imogen’s having difficulty dealing with this because the mom she knew loved life. Her dad reveals that Davie emerged from depression because of Imogen. Her outlook on life changed and stopped taking pills. He also explains that he couldn’t take care of his daughter the way she needed to be taken care of. The reason he’s not taking care of her now is that her mom put it in her will that she wanted Imogen to go to Sidney.
He signs the paperwork to exhume Davie’s body.
Tabby thinks about what her mom said – “nine times out of 10 it’s someone you know.” She thinks about Wes making a move on her but then remembers he wasn’t at the parties.
Tabby has a flashback to the party and recalls Chip was drunk. He kissed her and she pushed him away while telling him she doesn’t think of him that way. He left after saying he wanted to be alone. That was the night Imogen was raped.
The girls meet up and Noa reveals her mom received the results of the DNA test. To everyone’s shock, the DNA match isn’t to a jock. They narrowed it down to 66 boys and Faran, Noa, and Mouse say it wasn’t Henry, Shawn, or Ash. Imogen includes Chip, but Tabby isn’t so sure about that.
Tabby finds Greg and asks if Chip was at the bonfire party. He’s not sure.
Mouse receives a call from a very distraught Steve. They found his daughter Rachel’s body. He begs to see her and says he needs someone to talk to. She agrees.
Steve’s acting erratic and says he was too busy playing with Mouse when he should have been there for Rachel. When Mouse gets a text from Ash and reaches for her phone, Steve tells her not to answer it. She asks what she can do, and he gives her clothes to put on…Rachel’s clothes.
Sheriff Beasley calls Imogen and demands to know what kind of game she’s playing. He told her it would take time, but she just couldn’t wait. Imogen’s confused and asks what he’s talking about. Beasley’s at the cemetery and her mother’s grave has been dug up. Her body is missing. Imogen responds by passing out.
Faran comes home and her mom’s frantic. Faran’s dad was arrested for his taillight being out, and supposedly he resisted arrest. Faran says that doesn’t sound like her dad and Corey agrees. It’s more like some racist Millwood cop is abusing his powers.
Ash is worried and tells Mouse’s moms that Mouse left school early and hasn’t been answering his calls or texts. He then reveals they had a crazy night at the bowling alley with her dad. Elodie doesn’t think Mouse has been in touch with her father and Ash explains they met Steve several times. Elodie’s alarmed; Steve isn’t Mouse’s father’s name.
Elodie tracks Mouse’s phone and finds her at a motel.
Ash and Mouse’s moms locate her, but they have no idea what she’s wearing and why she’s dressed that way. Elodie recognizes Steve, and Mouse says they were playing a game but now it’s over.
Faran tells Kelly and her mom what’s going on with Sheriff Beasley. Kelly had no idea that was happening, and Faran claims he’s gone off the deep end and went after her dad. It’s going to get worse.
Imogen’s asleep when her dad calls because he remembered something. Her mom mentioned a high school boyfriend a couple of times, and he recalls the boy’s name was Tom or Tommy. Imogen asks if it was Tom Beasley, and her dad says it might have been.
Season one episode nine ends with a shocking twist. Kelly asks her mom, Martha, if she knew about her dad and her mom confesses that she did. “He always had his demons. Even in high school when he forced himself on that poor girl.”
Faran’s eyes go wide with shock. The scene switches to Imogen looking at her mom’s senior yearbook and spotting a photo of her mom and Tom Beasley.
Faran asks Martha what “poor girl,” and she answers, “Her name was Angela.”
Alfonso Ribeiro returns to host ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ season 33 (ABC/Liliane Lathan)
After two years without a studio audience (thanks to Covid-19), ABC’s America’s Funniest Home Videos is back to taping in front of a live crowd and offering double the normal prize money. The upcoming 33rd season of the longest-running primetime show in the network’s history will premiere on October 2, 2022 with Alfonso Ribeiro returning as host.
“We’re thrilled to welcome a live audience back to the studio after two years,” stated Vin Di Bona, Executive Producer and Director of America’s Funniest Home Videos. “We’re starting with a limited audience size of 50 people, and hope to be back to full audience capacity of 200, soon. The studio audience has always been an essential part of our set, and an integral part of the show, providing an effusive energy felt by our viewers, host and crew. Now, more than ever, people need the laughter AFV provides and with the doubling of the weekly prize money, we’re set for our biggest season yet.”
Season 33’s weekly grand prize winners will take home $20,000. In addition, the second and third-place finishers will receive $6,000 and $4,000, respectively. Weekly episode winners will be entered in the next round of competition for a shot at $100,000. All season 33 $100,000 winners will move on to compete for a grand prize vacation package.
According to ABC, America’s Funniest Home Videos has awarded more than $17 million in prize money over its past 32 seasons. They’ve also received over 2 million funny videos from viewers. Anyone who thinks they’ve shot something worthy of being featured on the show can submit their clip via www.afv.com.
Season 32’s grand prize winner was submitted by Carol Billardo from Millsboro, DE. The video, titled “Camera Confuses Canine,” featured her two dogs reacting to hearing their owner’s voice through a home security system.
Netflix’s critically claimed The Umbrella Academy has officially been renewed for a fourth – and final – season. The announcement confirmed Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, and Colm Feore are all on board for season four.
“I’m so excited that the incredibly loyal fans of The Umbrella Academy will be able to experience the fitting end to the Hargreeves siblings’ journey we began five years ago. But before we get to that conclusion, we’ve got an amazing story ahead for season four, one that will have fans on the edge of their seats until the final minutes,” said series creator, writer, director, and showrunner Steve Blackman.
Season three wrapped up with the group stuck in a new timeline without their powers. In an interview with Netflix’s TUDUM, Blackman explained what fans can expect from the upcoming fourth season.
“This new timeline has been dictated by Hargreeves, who reprogrammed the Universe at the end of the Season 3 finale. But because of Allison’s actions, he didn’t get to finish what he started before Allison pressed the reset button,” explained Blackman. “So, the siblings losing their powers isn’t going to be the only oddity in this timeline. There are new enemies who want to see them wiped out of existence, but how do they manage without their powers? Is there even a way to get them back? The stakes have never been greater.”
Netflix’s renewal announcement did not include a targeted date for the premiere of the final season.
Creator Steve Blackman just extended his partnership with Netflix and will be writing/producing new projects for the streaming service under his Irish Cowboy production banner. Horizon Zero Dawn (based on the PlayStation Studios game) and Orbital are two of his projects currently in the active development stage.
“Horizon Zero Dawn and Orbital are elevated, event-level projects grounded in characters that fans will love and relate to, which are hallmarks of Irish Cowboy productions,” said Blackman. “We’re thrilled to be working with Netflix and all of our partners on developing these ground-breaking stories.”
Horizon Zero Dawn is described as “an epic sci-fi adventure series set a thousand years in the future, in a strange and beautiful world full of primitive tribes and high-tech machines, all built on the bones of the ‘Old Ones’ – the ruins of our present-day United States. The disaster that destroyed our world is long forgotten, but when these formerly peaceful machines mysteriously turn into dangerous hunters of all life, a young outcast named Aloy discovers that the only chance to save her world is to fight to uncover what happened to ours.”
Orbital is co-created by David Lynch, Keith Lynch, and Steve Blackman, based on an original idea by David and Keith Lynch. Orbital will be set on the International Space Station and is described as a thriller event series.
Justin Hartley’s first big project released post-This Is Us will be Netflix’s The Noel Diary, a drama set around the holidays and based on the novel by Richard Paul Evans. Today, Netflix released the first photo featuring Justin Hartley and a canine co-star. The streaming service also announced they’ve set a November 24, 2022 premiere date.
Director Charles Shyer adapted the novel with Rebecca Connor and David Golden.
“I wanted to adapt this novel for a few different reasons. The story of The Noel Diary felt to me like one that could comfortably embrace humor and humanity – while at the same time offer great visual and directorial possibilities. A movie that, as Billy Wilder once said, ‘Could make ’em laugh and make ’em cry.’ I chose to cast Justin Hartley from his work on This Is Us. I just knew that, given his remarkable range, Justin could knock this one out of the park,” explained writer/director Charles Shyer (1991’s Father of the Bride, The Affair of the Necklace).
Hartley’s also an executive producer on the project along with Norman Stephens and Andrew Gernhard. Timothy O. Johnson, Stephanie Slack, and Margret H. Huddleston serve as producers.
In addition to Hartley, The Noel Diary cast includes Barrett Doss, Essence Atkins, Bonnie Bedelia, and James Remar.
The Noel Diary was published in 2017 and is the first of four books in Richard Paul Evans’ The Noel Collection. Netflix released this synopsis of the 2022 film adaptation:
“When best-selling author Jake Turner (Hartley) returns home at Christmas to settle his estranged mother’s estate, he discovers a diary that may hold secrets to his own past and that of Rachel (Doss) – an intriguing young woman on a mission of her own. Together, they embark on a journey to confront their pasts and discover a future that’s totally unexpected.”
Malia Pyles, Maia Reficco, Zaria, Chandler Kinney, and Bailee Madison in ‘Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin’ episode 8 (Photograph by Karolina Wojtasik/HBO Max)
HBO Max’s Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin episode eight opens with the girls freaking out as they head into their usual decision spot: the ladies room. Episode seven ended with A sending a text with a photo of Tyler, dead. Tabby (Chandler Kinney) admits she thought A would kill Tyler and Mouse (Malia Pyles) begs them to call the police.
Faran (Zaria) wants to forward the photo to the cops but Tabby thinks since A sent it to them, he’d know how the cops got it. Mouse points out that A’s killed at least two people and Faran adds they were all horrible people. Imogen (Bailee Madison) thinks they need to get back to the basics and investigate the sixth signature from the Radley log. That could be A.
Tabby decides now’s the time to reveal what happened to her and Imogen. The girls are sorry, and Imogen points out this happened to them after “jock-centric” parties. Mouse asks if that’s how Imogen got pregnant, and Imogen confirms it is.
Tabby’s devised a plan to use the blood drive at school to collect samples and compare them to the DNA of Imogen’s baby. Noa (Maia Reficco) agrees to ask her nurse mom for help with the DNA part of the plan. With solid proof, they can go to the authorities.
Noa will also talk to Shawn about getting the football team to donate blood. Imogen thinks they should ask Kelly for help, too, since she works in the nurse’s office.
Tabby and Imogen are planning on questioning Crazy Joe again since he sent them to the Radley in the first place.
Sidney (Sharon Leal) steps outside and finds a copy of The Scarlet Letter on her doorstep. Inside, the check-out card has Angela Waters written on it repeatedly, along with a note that reads: “Silence Kills.”
A flashback to 1999 shows Sidney (Kristen Maxwell) finding a crying Angela (Gabriella Pizzolo) in a bathroom stall. Angela claims something happened to her and Sidney heads to the library to tell her friends they have a problem. Davie (Ava DeMary) asks, “What did that dumb pudding do now?” Sidney says it wasn’t what Angela did but what was done to her.
Imogen and Tabby visit Joe and explain they found the sign-in book. Five of the signatures were their moms’, but they can’t figure out who the sixth signature belongs to. Imogen asks if it’s his and Joe orders them to leave. Undeterred, Imogen asks if he knew that Angela was raped.
“Someone told you that?” replies Joe.
Imogen realizes Joe didn’t expect them to learn anything, and she asks if he sent them to Rosewood because he thought it would be a dead end. Joe warns them they don’t know what they’re getting themselves into.
Joe refuses Imogen’s offer of more money and says, “I want you to drop this now or it’s going to be very bad for you! GO!”
Noa explains the situation to her mom, telling her Imogen and Tabby were raped and want to figure out who did it. Marjorie (Elena Goode) is shocked, and Noa reveals their blood drive/DNA plans. Marjorie points out that illegally obtained DNA won’t hold up in court. Noa still hopes it’ll be enough to open up an investigation. Marjorie agrees to ask a friend in the lab for help. She also suggests Imogen take a paternity test.
Tabby and Imogen return home and Sidney wonders if Imogen wants anything special for Thanksgiving. Imogen explains that she and her mom weren’t big on Thanksgiving and always volunteered at the soup kitchen. Sidney suggests she do that during the week and then have a family dinner with them. Imogen agrees, and they head upstairs.
“Oh my god, we are dealing with a serial killer and possibly serial rapist, and my mom is asking you what you want for Thanksgiving dinner,” says Tabby.
Imogen wonders if they can match the signatures to the ones in her mom’s yearbook. She admits it’s not just about Angela Waters and how she’s connected to all this. She wants to figure out who her mom was in high school.
Thanksgiving week arrives and Henry (Ben Cook) asks Faran to a movie. She can’t go because she has PT. He doesn’t give up and asks about getting together over Thanksgiving break, revealing his family will just be watching football and he’d rather be with her.
Mr. Smithee talks to Tabby about her project, and she explains her plans for a rape revenge story that will be restrained and metaphoric. He’ll discuss it with the principal, but she needs to get written permission from her mother to do that storyline.
Noa tells Shawn (Alex Aiono) what happened to Tabby and Imogen, and he thinks it’s horrible. Both attacks happened after parties with football players, and she wonders if any of them could have done it. Shawn’s adamant there’s no way any of them committed rape.
Noa doesn’t share the same opinion of the players as Shawn.
Tabby seeks permission from her mom for the film class project due to its subject matter. Her film will be about a woman who was raped and gets her revenge by carving an A on her attacker’s chest. Sidney, obviously taken back, is curious where this subject matter is coming from.
Instead of telling her mom the truth, Tabby says it’s inspired by Angela Waters. Imogen found out Angela was raped before she killed herself. Tabby claims Imogen’s obsessed with Angela and when Imogen told her the story, it stuck with her.
Sidney signs the permission slip.
Imogen lets Kelly (Mallory Bechtel) in on her secret and Kelly feels bad for being awful to her. Cutting to the chase, Imogen explains she’s here because they need her help with the blood drive. Kelly confirms she’s working it and Imogen explains they need to work it too.
Imogen fills her in on their DNA collection plans and Kelly stops her. “Wait…you’re asking me to steal my classmates’ blood?” Imogen confirms they just a few drops and plays the “we were friends” card, hoping Kelly will do the right thing now.
Mouse tries to talk to her mom, Elodie (Lea Salonga), who’s currently separated from Mouse’s other mom and living in a motel. Mouse wants to know why they broke up and asks if it’s because of Angela Waters. Elodie refuses to talk about that and also refuses to answer Mouse’s questions about the identity of her father.
Mouse secretly visits her mom’s pawn shop and locates her birth certificate. Aaron Stevens is listed as her father.
Imogen checks the signatures in her mom’s yearbook but isn’t having any luck. Plus, her senior year is missing. Tabby suggests she take a break since it’s Thanksgiving and they have the blood drive. Imogen admits she’s missing her mom, and it’s almost easier when she’s keeping busy.
Zaria, Maia Reficco, Malia Pyles, Chandler Kinney, Bailee Madison, and Mallory Bechtel in ‘Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin’ episode 8 (Photo by Stephanie Mei-Ling/HBO Max)
Tuesday: Kelly shows up with the girls and tells the nurse they’re ready to volunteer for the blood drive. The nurse sends them out to remind people to donate. Any student who does will get to leave school for the rest of the day and get a free movie pass.
Principal Clanton (Robert Stanton) informs Tabby she can’t do her project. “We can’t have our students exposed to such inappropriate content.” Tabby points out that the sexual assault and trauma in her story is something young women deal with 24/7. It’s the reality we’re living in and he can’t ignore it.
Principal Clanton sympathizes, but he cannot allow the assignment.
Chip (Carson Rowland) asks Imogen over for Thanksgiving and she says she’s already planned to join Tabby and her mom. She offers a counterproposal, telling him that every year she and her mom would volunteer at the soup kitchen. Before she can finish, Chips says he wants to volunteer with her.
Faran shows up in dance class and Madame Giry (Kate Jennings Grant) is surprised to see her. Faran explains she’s been studying Giselle but then Madame Giry breaks the news she’s pushing Giselle back until next year. By then, Faran’s back should be fully healed. Faran insists she’s getting better and has been wearing her brace religiously. Plus, when she isn’t doing PT, she’s exercising at home. Giry explains that even if she wears the brace double time, it won’t speed up her recovery.
Shawn breaks the news to Noa that the football team won’t participate in the blood drive. Some of them use performance-enhancing drugs – even though he doesn’t.
Noa has a Plan B. She tells the girls they should sneak into the locker room when the football team’s practicing and swipe DNA off their mouth guards and other things. If they isolate just the football team’s DNA, it will be easier to tell if one of them is the rapist.
The moms meet and Sidney informs them that Tabby and Imogen are still asking about Angela Waters. Elodie and Marjorie admit both Mouse and Noa are as well. The girls somehow found out that Angela was raped and Corey (Zakiya Young) insists Imogen and Tabby are clearly the ringleaders. Corey urges Sidney to find out how much they know.
Mouse tells Ash (Jordan Gonzalez) that her moms still aren’t speaking to each other. She wants Ash to lie to her that his family’s messed up too, and Ash confesses he was adopted. Still, his parents have been very supportive and loving, even when he came out as trans.
Mouse wonders if he’d want to meet his birthparents if he knew their identities. Ash admits he would, just to see who they are.
Mouse gets the idea to visit her dad and digs out her old Girl Scout vest.
At the theater, Tabby tells Wes (Derek Klena) that she needs to develop a new script for her project because Principal Clanton said it’s too controversial. Wes wonders if it has to do with their conversation about The Last House on the Left and she admits it is, partly.
“In that case, I think you should tell Mr. Smithee to f**k off and make your movie,” says Wes. He suggests she make two movies: one for them and one for her. Tabby agrees he’s right.
A disgruntled man causes a stir at the soup kitchen, and Imogen has a flashback to her mom speaking with a woman while they were volunteering. The woman got upset, and her mom rushed back and said they had to leave at once.
Imogen tells Tabby about the flashback and they both think it might have been Rose Waters. Maybe she came back to Millwood after the Radley Sanitarium shut down. (Sidney’s eavesdropping on this conversation outside the door.)
Wednesday: The blood drive is in full swing. Kelly uses a cotton ball on Chip but then replaces it with a Band-Aid and tosses the cotton ball in a bag. Noa then snags Kelly’s trash bag.
Imogen offers to get more cookies from the nurse’s office and quickly gets on the computer and looks up Angela Waters’ address.
Noa’s mom meets the girls outside and gets the bag full of DNA samples. Faran explains they have the names of every boy who donated blood.
It’ll take a week or two for the results.
The girls plus Kelly make plans for what to do next. Faran asks if they can take one night off from the horror show that is their lives to go to a club that doesn’t ask for IDs.
As the girls dance the night away, Sidney has a flashback to the night Tabby was raped. Tabby came home late and wasn’t acting like herself, but Sidney thought she’d been drinking.
Sidney decides to look through Tabby’s room.
Bailee Madison and Mallory Bechtel in ‘Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin’ episode 8 (Photo by Karolina Wojtasik/HBO Max)
The girls have a blast and officially welcome Kelly to The Losers Club.
Later, Kelly quietly enters her house but her dad, Sheriff Beasley (Eric Johnson), waited up. He demands to know where she’s been until 2am and she doesn’t lie. She even texted her mom. He reveals her mom was asleep when he got home, and Kelly asks where he was. (We’re shown a brief scene of him making out with a guy.) He lies that he was working, and she points out he’s not wearing his uniform.
A giggling Tabby and Imogen come home to an upset Sidney. Sidney speaks with Tabby alone and Tabby demands to know what she’s doing with her laptop. Sidney shows her a shot of the boys locker room and asks if she took those videos.
Sidney can’t believe how much trouble Tabby could get in and blames Imogen for being a bad influence. Tabby cuts her off. “Imogen isn’t the problem, mom. You are – and your secrets are.”
Tabby asks her if she wants to have a real conversation because that’s something they don’t do. Tabby suggests to her mom that if there’s something she wants to ask her, just do it. Sidney doesn’t respond.
Thanksgiving Day: Mouse shows up at her father’s house pretending to be a Girl Scout. A woman and a little girl answer the door and Mouse claims the woman’s husband ordered cookies. The woman walks off to get money and Aaron Stevens comes to the door saying he didn’t order any cookies.
“Do you know who I am, Dad?” asks Mouse. Aaron doesn’t know what she wants but says she needs to leave. Mouse claims she just wants to know him. His wife returns and asks how much she owes, and Aaron says, “Nothing.” Aaron claims it was a misunderstanding and shuts the door in Mouse’s face.
Imogen heads to the soup kitchen and will be back by 6pm.
Noa has Thanksgiving with Shawn’s family since her mom’s working. She asks to use the restroom and goes through Shawn’s gym bag. In an odd turn of events, given that he was so against her mom using, she finds pills in his bag.
Tabby’s deleting all the locker room videos when she gets a text from unknown: “Silence kills.”
Tabby hears shouting downstairs and finds Tyler’s dad telling her mom his son’s still missing and that Tabby must know something. Tyler’s dad knows Tabby attacked his son and thinks she did something else to him, too.
Tabby admits things got out of hand that night, but she swears she doesn’t know where he is.
Imogen goes to the Waters’ house and it’s as run down and creepy as you’d expect it to be. She shouldn’t be going alone, but there she is…knocking on the door.
When no one answers, she walks in and calls out, “Hello! Anyone home?” – a true horror movie cliché.
She explores and sees a bed with restraints tied around the posts. She then spots some kind of animal cage. Instead of getting the hell out of there, she goes upstairs. She discovers the creepy mask hanging up and a body on a bed.
Joe walks in as she’s running downstairs. “I told you to let it go. Why couldn’t you?!” he asks while producing a knife.
A chase breaks out and Imogen gets away.
As Tabby and her mom wait for Imogen to come home, her mom asks if Tyler hurt her and if that’s why she punched him and is making her short film. Tabby admits Tyler didn’t hurt her but then she reveals she was raped. Her mom cries and hugs her.
Greg (Elias Kacavas) and Kelly are making out in his car when she tells him to call her Karen. So weird!
Imogen meets with the girls at the pizza place and tells them what happened at Angela’s house. They decide to confront Joe and end it tonight.
They show up at the Waters’ house armed with butcher knives, but Joe and the body are gone.
They go to the train car where Joe lives and find him hanging, dead. A note below him reads: “Angela Waters did not die in vain.”
Imogen finds her mom’s senior yearbook and Faran asks if they can finally call the police. Imogen agrees but suggests they do it anonymously.
Joe’s writing matches the sixth signature and he’s scratched out their moms’ faces in the yearbook. It’s obvious he hated them for what they did to Angela. The girls believe they’ve solved the puzzle and that Joe was A.
