Netflix’s family-friendly action film The Sleepover just released a new trailer and poster. Described as a family adventure comedy, The Sleepover‘s new trailer has a Spy Kids-ish vibe and features Malin Akerman (Billions, Watchmen) as a mom who’s outed as a superthief.
In addition to Malin Akerman, the cast includes Joe Manganiello (True Blood), Sadie Stanley (The Goldbergs), Maxwell Simkins (Kim Possible), Ken Marino (Fresh Off the Boat), Cree Cicchino (Game Shakers), Lucas Jaye (Merry Happy Whatever), Karla Souza (How to Get Away with Murder), Enuka Okuma (Impulse), and Erik Griffin (I’m Dying Up Here).
Trish Sie (Pitch Perfect 3) directed from a screenplay by Sarah Rothschild.
Netflix has set an August 21, 2020 premiere date.
The Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
Clancy (Stanley) and her kid brother Kevin (Simkins) discover that their seemingly normal stay-at-home mom Margot (Akerman) is actually a former high-end thief in the witness protection program. When both their mom and dad (Marino) are kidnapped and forced to pull one last job with an ex-flame of Margot’s (Manganiello), the siblings must team up to rescue their parents over the course of one action-packed night that they’ll never forget.
Comedy Central’s bringing Ren and Stimpy back in a reimagined version of the Emmy Award nominated The Ren & Stimpy Show. The updated version of the adult animation series will join the network’s new Beavis and Butt-Head series as well as the greenlit Daria spin-off, Jodie.
“I want to thank our partners at Nick Animation as we re-imagine these iconic characters with a new creative team,” said Nina L. Diaz, President of Content and Chief Creative Officer for ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group.
“We are excited to reinvent this iconic franchise with a new creative team and our partners at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio,” said Chris McCarthy, President of ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group. “Ren & Stimpy joins our rapidly expanding roster of adult animation including South Park, Beavis and Butt-Head and Clone High as we continue to reimagine our treasure chest of beloved IP for new generations.”
The Ren & Stimpy Show premiered on Nickelodeon back in 1991. According to Comedy Central, the series’ main characters – Ren the Chihuahua and Stimpy the Manx cat – are consistently “ranked among the top animated characters of all time.”
The series was created by John Kricfalusi who originally provided the voice Ren, with Billy West providing the voice of Stimpy throughout the series’ original run from 1991 through 1996. The popular adult series was part of Nickelodeons’ animated programming introduced in 1991 along with Rugrats and Doug.
Variety reports John Kricfalusi will not be involved in the reboot.
Season one of The CW’s Stargirl finishes up with “Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E Part Two” airing on August 11, 2020 at 8pm. Season one episode 13 was directed by Greg Beeman from a script by Geoff Johns.
Brec Bassinger (Bella and the Bulldogs, School of Rock) leads the cast as Courtney Whitmore / Stargirl. The season one cast also includes Luke Wilson as Pat Dugan, Amy Smart as Barbara Whitmore, Trae Romano as Mike Dugan, Yvette Monreal as Yolanda Montez, Neil Jackson as Jordan Mahkent, and Anjelika Washington as Beth Chapel. Christopher James Baker plays Henry King Sr, Jake Austin Walker is Henry King Jr, Meg DeLacy is Cindy Burman, Cameron Gellman is Rick Tyler, and Hunter Sansone plays Cameron.
“Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E Part Two” Plot: PROJECT NEW AMERICA — As the Injustice Society of America come one step closer to accomplishing their mission, Courtney (Bassinger) and the JSA face off with Icicle and the villains of the ISA.
Season 1 Description, Courtesy of The CW
When Courtney’s (Bassinger) seemingly perfect life in Los Angeles gets upended with a move to Blue Valley, Nebraska with her mother Barbara (Smart), stepfather Pat (Wilson) and stepbrother Mike (Romano), she finds herself struggling to adapt to her new town and high school. But when Courtney discovers that Pat is harboring a major secret about his past, she ultimately becomes the unlikely inspiration for a new generation of superheroes.
Dakota Fanning and Luke Evans in ‘The Alienist’ season 2 episode 6 (Photograph by Kata Vermes / TNT)
The aftermath of Sara’s decision to sleep with John is the focus of the opening moments of TNT’s The Alienist season two episode six. Sara (Dakota Fanning) is getting dressed at John’s place when John (Luke Evans) calls her into the room. He admits words fail him and all he wants is to be worthy of her. She reminds him he’s engaged to be married and it’s not that simple. He says it could be.
Libby (Rosy McEwen) walks around Hudson Street while trying to clean her wound. When a man tries to tell her the water she’s using is for the horses, she yells at him, “I lost my baby! She was stolen from me!”
Laszlo (Daniel Brühl) and the boy Paulie (Lucas Bond) watch a magic trick involving The Great Houdini. He’s dangling from a rope upside down while escaping from a straitjacket. We then see Paulie back at the institute reading a book that has to do with ropes and knots. He places a rope around his neck.
Violet (Emily Barber) visits William (Matt Letscher), distraught over John and Sara’s relationship. William assures her it’s her John is in love with; it’s her that he’s marrying. She asks if he sees how John gazes at Sara – how he leaps out of his chair when she enters a room? She calls William “Papa” because – as we’ve learned in a previous episode – he’s her godfather, yet as she’s complaining about John and Sara she brings up, “Will she be as my mother is to you?” He promises he won’t let her suffer and she counters with, “As your wife has.” He takes that opportunity to show her their new article on Sara Howard.
Back at John’s house, Sara admits she has been thinking about where Libby might be keeping the babies. She points out there weren’t any bottles found, there wasn’t anywhere set up for the babies to sleep, and no diapers were found at the abandoned house where they discovered Libby and Baby Anna. They’re interrupted when Bitsy (Melanie Field) shows up with The Journal article on Sara. Speaking to John, Bitsy says, “I don’t think Miss Sara will be too pleased with this.”
Sara can tell something’s wrong and asks Bitsy what’s going on. After showing her the article, John tries to apologize for it and Sara points out he’s making this too personal. She feels Thomas Byrnes had a hand in it. Bitsy believes whatever he’s trying to do didn’t work. They’ve had calls all morning at the agency. Sara warns they aren’t done with Libby; she slipped through their fingers which means she’ll do this again.
Goo Goo (Frederick Schmidt) tends to Libby’s wounds and suggests they go out and do something fun. She doesn’t want to. He then suggests they go steal another baby – a better baby. He thinks that will improve her spirits.
Laszlo shows up at the institute and finds Paulie hanging from a rope in his office. He calls for help and a man cuts Paulie down while Laszlo holds onto his legs. It must have just taken place because Paulie wakes up and gasps for air.
The police show up and Laszlo informs them their presence isn’t needed. He explains it was an accident but a police officer says, “A boy hangs himself in your care. Now, that’s negligence.”
John and Sara return to the house where the rescue of Baby Anna took place, but the police refuse to let them in. Marcus (Douglas Smith) exits the house and informs them they checked the whole house and there’s no sign of her there. Sara asks if there’s anything to suggest she kept the babies there. All Marcus says is he will report to them later.
John suggests perhaps there’s more there than meets the eye. After all, the building is owned by Goo Goo Knox. They go into the boarded-up building attached to the crime scene and Sara spots a crib that’s caged in. John finds photos hanging on the wall of babies who have had their portraits taken after death – memento mori. They discover a camera set up as if she were ready to take another photo of Baby Anna. It seems they found the kidnapped baby just in time.
Sara discovers a baby brush that belongs to Anna. John points out that means the night Libby stole the baby was most likely not the first time she’d been in the house. John wants to bring in Marcus and Lucius to further investigate.
Laszlo is at the hospital with Paulie and while he sleeps, Laszlo speaks to him about how he got caught up in this case. After leaving his hospital room, Karen (Laura Pulver) tries to comfort Laszlo.
The Isaacson brothers arrive and take photographs of the scene as John admits, “Everything about this is disturbing.” Sara spots a memory box and when she opens it, Marcus looks over its contents. He points out items from the babies, both before and after death.
Sara feels Laszlo needs to see these items, but they can’t get ahold of him. Sara spots a brush and asks John if he recognizes it. He says it is some sort of family crest but admits he doesn’t recognize the crest.
Libby’s ironing Goo Goo’s shirt when she decides that just for fun, she’s going to take the iron to her arm. Goo Goo has her sit down and Libby begins to cry, “She’s gone.” He promises to make everything better.
Back at the institute, Dr. Markoe (Michael McElhatton) is there to deliver the blow that Laszlo’s institute is under investigation and his license is suspended for the time being. He’ll have his chance to appeal, but it’s summer and the board is away.
Laszlo finally meets with Sara and confesses what’s happening to him. She’s outraged and offers to help. She feels he shouldn’t shoulder this alone. He admits he hasn’t been shouldering this alone and tells her about Karen Stratton.
John apologizes to Violet for not being around, admitting it’s been a strange day. He appears as though he’s about to confess what happened between him and Sara, but Violet gushes that she can’t wait to marry him.
Libby is dressed as though she belongs in high society while pushing around what we can assume is a baby carriage with just a doll in it. Libby spots a woman at the park with a fancy baby carriage and she begins to follow her. The woman pushing the fancy carriage stops to help a crying child who seems to have fallen, leaving her baby unattended. Libby stops near the carriage and then walks off. When the woman returns to her baby carriage she looks inside and begins to scream.
John and Sara are at the NYT trying to figure out whose family crest is on the brush. John finds the crest on an invitation – it’s the Vanderbilts.
Some of the dusters head into the Oyster Saloon to confront Joanna. One claims she brought Sara around there to snoop and she messed with Goo Goo’s girl. The man hits her and she falls to the ground. Cyrus shows up and demands they all get the hell out of there.
As John, Sara, and Bitsy go through a list of Vanderbilts, a very fancy carriage arrives outside Sara’s building. Sara’s assistant hands her a note which she immediately passes to John. “We’re too late,” says Sara.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, grandfather of the latest missing baby, brought in a team to help that, unfortunately, includes William Hearst and Thomas Byrnes. He wants to keep everything hush-hush, revealing his son is currently somewhere in the Mediterranean. He asks what they know about Sara Howard and William and Thomas stress they don’t want her, claiming she’s a “renegade” and “a man in a corset.”
Cornelius wants to find out for himself and informs them Sara is on her way there now.
Thomas and William desperately try to think of ways to convince him he doesn’t want Sara on this case, stating, “You wouldn’t let your daughter on those streets.” Just then Sara walks in and says, “Funny, I just came from those streets.”
Cornelius informs her his grandchild has been kidnapped but to his shock, she reveals she’s already aware of that. When he questions how she knew, she describes Libby’s secret room. She pulls out items she found including the brush with his family crest.
After showing him the items, Sara agrees to take on his case. However, she has stipulations. One, Dr. Laszlo Kreizler was suspended from practicing as an alienist after an unfortunate accident at his institute. She says Laszlo is most crucial to her team and will not only need him for her team but will need him to be reinstated by the medical board. Her second stipulation has to do with the ex-Chief Byrnes. Sara says she’s the lead detective on this case and doesn’t work for Mr. Byrnes; he works for her. Of course, this makes Thomas mad.
Cornelius agrees to Sara’s terms.
Daniel Bruhl in ‘The Alienist’ season 2 episode 6 (Photograph by Kata Vermes / TNT)
Laszlo returns to Sara’s building, still blaming himself for what happened to Paulie. Sara requests his help to find the Vanderbilt baby, revealing she’ll make sure Mr. Vanderbilt keeps his word about getting him reinstated.
As they begin to go over who Libby Hatch is, Sara thinks back to the day she and Libby had lunch. Laszlo believes something Libby said to her might have been the truth. Sara remembers Libby telling her that her father died by hanging himself from a bridge. John believes that because it was such a public act there are most likely records of it. He’s heading over to search the New York Times archives and invites Sara to join him.
After John leaves, Sara admits to Laszlo that the night she followed Libby she spotted her with Goo Goo. She was feeding him from her breast. Laszlo finds this most curious.
Thomas rants to William about having to work for Sara. It’s wounded his ego, but William reminds him Vanderbilt is at the head of society. This is something they have to do to look good.
Sara and John go through old newspapers when she spots an article about a man hanging himself on the Brooklyn Bridge. John begins to read it out loud, saying, “He is survived by his wife, Malory Hunter, and daughter, Elizabeth Hunter.” Sara has an ah-ha moment and says, “E.H. – the same initials from the doll buyer at Siegel-Cooper.”
John wonders where she might go and Sara says somewhere outside the New York jurisdictions…somewhere someone would hide her.
Goo Goo packs while Libby is doting on the baby. Goo Goo jokes that he hopes he and the baby don’t come to blows. He won’t lose to the likes of him. This angers Libby and she slaps him across the face, demanding he show some respect. As Goo Goo continues to pack, he asks where they’re going. She claims she knows a spot.
Sara and Laszlo meet with Cornelius to explain Libby returns time and again to the same spots. Sara notes they’ve taken all those spots from her. John adds that Libby hails from Brooklyn and that’s their next place to look.
As the episode comes to an end, we see Goo Goo and Libby sleeping on a roof. Libby decides she wants to show the baby the view of the bridge and stands dangerously close to the edge as she begins to tell the baby about the gruesome way her father died.
Just hand Sarah Paulson all the awards right now, okay? Netflix’s official trailer for Ratched finds Paulson transformed into the nasty nurse from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Mildred Ratched. There’s so much to take in during the two-minute trailer, but one lesson learned is to never ever touch Nurse Ratched’s peach. Never. Ever.
In addition to Sarah Paulson, the cast of Ratched includes Cynthia Nixon as Gwendolyn Briggs, Judy Davis as Nurse Betsy Bucket, Sharon Stone as Lenore Osgood, Jon Jon Briones as Dr. Richard Hanover, and Finn Wittrock as Edmund Tolleson. Charlie Carver plays Huck, Alice Englert is Dolly, Amanda Plummer is Louise, Corey Stoll is Charles Wainwright, Sophie Okonedo plays Charlotte Wells, Brandon Flynn is Henry Osgood, and Vincent D’Onofrio is Gov. George Wilburn.
The series comes from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, with Murphy, Brennan, Sarah Paulson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Aleen Keshishian, Jacob Epstein, Jennifer Salt, Margaret Riley, Michael Douglas, Robert Mitas, and Tim Minear executive producing.
Netflix has set a September 18, 2020 premiere date for the eight-episode dramatic series.
The Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
Ratched is a suspenseful drama series that tells the origin story of asylum nurse Mildred Ratched. In 1947, Mildred arrives in Northern California to seek employment at a leading psychiatric hospital where new and unsettling experiments have begun on the human mind.
On a clandestine mission, Mildred presents herself as the perfect image of what a dedicated nurse should be, but the wheels are always turning and as she begins to infiltrate the mental health care system and those within it, Mildred’s stylish exterior belies a growing darkness that has long been smoldering within, revealing that true monsters are made, not born.
Official poster for ‘Ratched’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Butcher reveals to The Boys that his wife is not actually dead in the opening moments of Amazon Prime’s The Boys season two. The new official trailer also shows off much more of what fans can expect from new supe Stormfront (Aya Cash) as well as more of the gory, over-the-top, incredible action packed into season two.
Season two will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, September 4, 2020. Amazon will release the first three episodes on Sept. 4th, with one new episode released in subsequent weeks leading up to the finale on October 9th.
The Plot, Courtesy of Amazon:
The Boys is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods, abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about “The Seven”, and their formidable Vought backing.
The even more intense, more insane Season 2 finds The Boys on the run from the law, hunted by the Supes, and desperately trying to regroup and fight back against Vought. In hiding, Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Frenchie (Tomer Capon) and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) try to adjust to a new normal, with Butcher (Karl Urban) nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Starlight (Erin Moriarty) must navigate her place in The Seven as Homelander (Antony Starr) sets his sights on taking complete control. His power is threatened with the addition of Stormfront (Aya Cash), a social media-savvy new Supe, who has an agenda of her own. On top of that, the Supervillain threat takes center stage and makes waves as Vought seeks to capitalize on the nation’s paranoia.
The Supes of The Seven also include Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott), A-Train (Jessie T. Usher), The Deep (Chace Crawford) and Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell). Recurring stars in season two include Claudia Doumit, Goran Visnijc, Malcolm Barrett, Colby Minifie, Shantel VanSanten, Cameron Crovetti, PJ Byrne, Laila Robbins and Giancarlo Esposito returning as Vought boss Stan Edgar, among others.
Photographer Pete Souza had the honor of working with two U.S. Presidents – Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama – as the official White House photographer. His time spent behind the lens documenting the inner workings of the White House is the focus of The Way I See It, based on the New York Times bestseller.
Focus Features and MSNBC Films released a full trailer for the documentary which is targeting a September 2020 theatrical release. Dawn Porter (John Lewis: Good Trouble) directs and Academy Award, BAFTA and Emmy Award winner Evan Hayes (Free Solo), Academy Award and Emmy Award-winner Laura Dern, and Jayme Lemons serve as producers. The film’s a Platform One Media and Jaywalker Pictures production.
The Story:
Based on the New York Times #1 bestseller comes The Way I See It, an unprecedented look behind the scenes of two of the most iconic Presidents in American History, Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan, as seen through the eyes of renowned photographer Pete Souza. As the Official White House Photographer, Souza was an eyewitness to the unique and tremendous responsibilities of being the most powerful person on Earth. The movie reveals how Souza transforms from a respected photojournalist to a searing commentator on the issues we face as a country and a people.
Luke Evans and Daniel Brühl in ‘The Alienist’ season 2 episode 5 (Photo by Kata Vermes / TNT)
TNT’s The Alienist season two episode five opens with Libby (Rosy McEwen) still in the matron’s apartment. She’s preparing tea and has set up the matron’s body as if she’s sitting at the table ready to partake in refreshments. The matron’s neighbor stops by but Libby lies and claims the woman went out of town.
Libby has baby Anna with her and as she tries to nurse the baby, she bites her. Angry, Libby yells, “MY BABY DOESN’T BITE!”
Sara (Dakota Fanning) pays a visit to Bitsy (Melanie Field), feeling guilty over what happened to her. Bitsy reveals Libby had black on her teeth when she attacked her.
Thomas Byrnes (Ted Levine) and another police officer show up at the Lying-In Hospital and Lucius (Matthew Shear) is also there when they arrive. Lucius overhears their conversation as they walk into Dr. Markoe’s office. The officer suggests opening up the Napp case but Thomas doesn’t agree, stating, “Absolutely not.” (As a retired chief, it’s surprising he has the authority to say no.)
Dr. Markoe (Michael McElhatton) seems more concerned about his donor’s privacy being at stake. The officer assures him Sara Howard is not a threat to that; she just wants to find the “Spanish baby.” Markoe doesn’t want to risk it. Her little spy knows about the research wing. Thomas, who has shown little to no conscience, tells Markoe he’s there to help but he understands what’s going on. Women deemed unfit mothers are sometimes told their child did not make it during childbirth. He warns that telling them that better be the extent of it. If it’s not, he’ll come after Markoe himself.
As they leave Lucius hears the men saying they want to talk to the matron first. Markoe informs them she hasn’t shown up for work yet.
Lucius and Sara are in a carriage and he informs her the matron missed work. Apparently, she’s never done so before. They decide to go to the matron’s apartment first before anyone else can question her.
After several knocks, Sara opens the unlocked door. Right away Sara notices smeared blood on the floor. She retrieves her gun from her purse when she sees the matron positioned at the table.
The usual gang shows up to the crime scene. The Isaacson brothers are taking photos while Laszlo (Daniel Brühl) inspects the body and analyzes the crime scene. There are bruises on her throat and he believes Libby wanted to watch her die.
Sara begins to inspect the bathroom and imagines all that Libby did that day – from bathing to preparing the tea and staging the matron. She asks Lucius to lift the matron’s head. They discover she has painted eyelids just like the Napp baby and the babies in the postmortem photos. The difference? The matron’s were painted in her own blood.
The team doesn’t find the powdered charcoal but as they discuss it, they realize she’s ingesting it and passing it to the child. Sara says, “Which means we’re running out of time.”
We see Libby ingesting the powder and leaving the baby alone in a caged-in crib as the baby cries.
Back at Sara’s office the team gathers to discuss Libby. Bitsy points out Libby’s attack on her was not planned. She waited until Bitsy seemed like a threat. “It means the different people she presents to the world cannot be contained. It means she’s unraveling,” Laszlo says.
Meanwhile, Libby’s sitting in the park observing people. She has baby Anna with her and is just letting her cry. A lady stops to try to help, but one look from Libby and the lady walks away.
Colleen (Liadan Dunlea) is at the police station where they ask her to look through a book of photographs. Most of the photos are of female criminals, however, some are women who fraternize with criminals. Thomas and Marcus (Douglas Smith) are there as Colleen looks through the book. It’s strange a former chief is allowed to be there along with Marcus, but convenient for Sara and the team that Marcus is included.
Colleen scans the photos and spots Libby’s photo – only she has a different name. It appears she doesn’t have a criminal record but likes to hang out with gangsters.
Back at Sara’s office, Laszlo surmises that if Libby is replacing her own child – like they suspect – that means her child is frozen in time. That means any child she takes who grows beyond her own baby’s age has overstayed its welcome. They are definitely running out of time.
John (Luke Evans) asks if he should run a likeness of her in the Times. Sara agrees it should be done. Marcus arrives and confirms Colleen found Libby in the book of mugshots. Sara asks if Libby has a criminal record and Marcus says she didn’t. She’s in the book because she hangs out with gangsters near the Hudson River.
Libby’s taking the powdered charcoal in a glass of water before she breastfeeds baby Anna. As she does so, she says, “I won’t forget you, little cat. I remember all my babies.”
The New York Times is out and Libby spots a drawing of herself along with an article as she strolls down the street in front of Sara’s office building.
John and Sara go to the Oyster Saloon and speak with Cyrus. They show him a photograph of Libby and he recognizes her. Cyrus drops the bomb that Libby is Goo Goo Knox’s woman.
John and Sara return to her office and she quickly realizes someone has been there. Books are overturned, drawers have been opened, and she discovers her father’s gun is missing. They notice eyes have been drawn all over the chalkboard.
John and Sara head over to John’s place and he insists she stay at his house for precautionary reasons. She feels it’s unnecessary to have a chaperone and he explains he won’t be there tonight; he has dinner plans. Sara tells him she needs to go back to Hudson Street because it’s the only address they have on Goo Goo Knox. John insists she stay put until Libby’s detained.
John brings up the harsh things he said to her the night of his engagement party and admits he’s been thinking about why he would say them. He confesses it may take some time and courage before he can say why.
Laszlo’s going through drawings of the matron when he’s interrupted by a boy named Paulie who has a fascination with magic. Laszlo seems impatient, wanting to get back to the crime at hand, but lets Paulie show him his newest magic trick. After Paulie’s done, Laszlo returns to his desk while a disappointed Paulie leaves his office.
Laszlo calls Professor Karen Stratton (Lara Pulver), the intelligent woman he met at John’s engagement party, and admits he is at a standstill with this case and needs a woman’s perspective. He fills her in on the case and shows her drawings of the matron. Karen asks if she’s to be his subject or a sounding board. He says the latter, of course.
Dakota Fanning and Luke Evans in ‘The Alienist’ season 2 episode 5 (Photo by Kata Vermes / TNT)
Sara’s at John’s house going over other drawings when she gets the bright idea to go back down to the Hudson River. She shows up at the bar and tells Cyrus she needs to find Libby and remembers he said she was involved with Goo Goo Knox and other dusters. He begs her to go home, explaining the only duster there is a skinny man who ironically goes by the name Fat Jack.
While Cyrus can’t really assist her, Joanna (Brittany Marie Batchelder) informs Sara she can help her. Fat Jack leaves the bar and Sara and Joanna follow him to an alley where not only do they spot Goo Goo but Libby as well. They move in closer so they can watch them.
Goo Goo (Frederick Schmidt) asks Libby what’s wrong, assuming having a baby would make her happy. Libby admits something’s different. She doesn’t think the baby believes she’s her mom. Goo Goo says, “Not this again.” Libby shoves him and he reminds her he would do anything for her. He offers to get her a new baby and she says, “I don’t want any baby – I want my baby.” Go Goo replies, “I thought I was your baby.”
They have intercourse behind a building in the alley and she begins to feed him breastmilk.
As Sara and Joanna walk away, Sara tells Joanna she needs her to get a message to John and Laszlo. Joanna doesn’t want to leave Sara there alone but Sara insists she needs to stay. However, Sara knows she’ll need all the help she can get.
John’s at a restaurant playing a game with his fiancée, Violet, and visiting with her godfather, William Hearst (Matt Letscher). Hearst wants to know how John’s pouching stories under his nose and John insists it’s a matter of being at the right place at the right time. Just then Joanna shows up at the restaurant to talk to John in private, informing him what Sara is up to. John instructs her to call Laszlo and the Isaacson brothers for backup.
William sits near Thomas at the table and complains about John and Sara’s relationship. He describes John as following Sara around like a sick puppy. Thomas says, “A scandalous lady detective bent on undermining the sacred bonds of family with untraditional friendships with working women and unavailable men. That’s a story you maybe want to run in The Journal, Mr. Hearst.” William’s eyes light up at the prospect; he’ll most likely run that story.
After seeing Libby enter an abandoned house, Sara decides to go in alone through the basement. As she wanders around the rat-infested house, she retrieves her gun from her purse. John shows up, spots the basement door open, and retraces Sara’s steps.
Sara’s slowing creeping around the house as Laszlo arrives. A neighborhood man pulls a knife on him and asks if he’s lost. Quick-thinking Laszlo says he’s a doctor making a house call.
The man with the knife is now in a carriage with Laszlo when Marcus shows up. He points a gun at who we now know is Fat Jack, demanding he put his weapon down.
Sara’s still creeping around the house when Libby appears behind her with a gun. She orders Sara to put her gun down and as Sara does so, she picks up a handful of soot and throws it in Libby’s face. A fight breaks out between the two women and when Libby tries to shoot, Sara knocks her arm away. As the gun goes off, John yells, “SARA!” Sara now has the gun and points it at Libby, warning her she doesn’t want to hurt her.
Libby pushes a bureau door at Sara who shoots it and hits the glass. Libby’s injured but not badly because she’s able to get away. The gunshots cause baby Anna to cry and Sara finds her in a dresser drawer. She cradles the poor child in her arms.
As they ride away in the carriage, Laszlo commends Sara on all that she’s done. She reminds him this was a group effort and Laszlo tells her she’s being modest. The baby is safe because of her.
The Linares family is reunited with their baby. Sara stays and watches them put the baby to sleep, glad to have been able to return the child to her parents.
Sara and John are now back at his house and he brings back up what he said to her at his engagement party. He admits he said those things to hurt her, just as she hurt him. Sara acknowledges that and says she understands. He apologizes. As he makes up a bed for her to sleep in, Sara decides she’s done fighting this attraction and kisses him…amongst other things.
Narrator Nancy (Kennedy McMann) starts off The CW’s Nancy Drew season one episode four talking about Bess. She has concluded Bess is an outsider, a liar, and a thief. And speak of the devil, Bess (Maddison Jaizani) suddenly awakens and asks Nancy if she heard something. They head downstairs to check out the noise and discover the microwave is on. Suddenly, it semi-explodes and the glass cracks. The lights in the living room begin to flicker and then the TV turns on showing the video of the night Tiffany died. The TV then cracks as well.
Nancy’s dad (Scott Wolf) comes running downstairs to see what’s going on and he spots Bess. Nancy introduces Carson to Bess and explains she needed a place to stay. He asks about the TV and she thinks maybe it blew a fuse.
Back in Nancy’s room, Bess spots a picture of Nancy’s mom and wonders why she never talks about her. Nancy states, “Because there is nothing to talk about.” Bess changes the subject, asking what happened to the TV. She thinks it’s Dead Lucy. Just like at the morgue, Nancy chooses to believe it’s a weird glitch.
Nancy has a flashback/dream of getting ready to go to the Winter Formal. She doesn’t want to go; she wants to stay with her dying mother but her mom insists she takes some time off to have fun. After kissing her mom goodbye, she sees her mother’s headstone instead of her mom. She suddenly wakes up.
The next morning her dad asks about Bess and how she knows her. Bess walks into the kitchen just then and Carson asks about how her aunt’s doing. Bess says she’s good and he then asks how she’s doing after her surgery. She says good, again. (This may be a ploy to catch her in a lie.)
Nancy’s dad informs them he won’t be home for dinner. Instead, he’ll be with his client, Ryan Hudson, because today is his wife’s funeral. Carson reveals Tiffany wasn’t murdered after all. The autopsy came back and the coroner determined she died of natural causes. Nancy, of course, doesn’t believe that. Her dad warns her to leave it alone.
Nancy visits the marina to speak with someone who knows Bess’ aunt. She asks the man about Bess and he explains he’s known the Marvin family for almost 20 years and has never heard of anyone named Bess.
Meanwhile, Nick (Tunji Kasim) is at the shop setting up a hidden camera when Nancy calls. They discuss the autopsy report and Nancy explains she’s not giving up just because of the coroner’s findings. Nancy reaches for a newspaper and someone rips it out of her hand and keeps walking. That ‘someone’ is Tiffany’s sister, Laura Tandy (Stevie Lynn Jones).
Laura shows up at the police station demanding to know how they’re going to solve her sister’s murder. Chief McGinnis (Adam Beach) tries to explain it wasn’t a murder, but Laura knows her sister was perfectly healthy. Tiffany had money and her husband was broke. Plus, he was cheating on her. Chief McGinnis and Detective Karen Hart (Alvina August) exchange looks. It appears they might not have known some of that information.
Chief McGinnis calls Ace (Alex Saxon) who’s been working with him. He informs Ace that Laura Tandy is in town and he wants Ace to follow her. Ace wonders if he can get an informant to do it instead, and McGinnis reminds him he’s aware Ace and Laura used to have a thing. Plus, Ace still owes him.
Over at The Claw, Ace suddenly starts to cough and tells George (Leah Lewis) he thinks he’s coming down with something. She tells him to go home because she isn’t taking any more chances.
Bess is also at work at The Claw and hears a strange voice just as Ace scares her.
George attempts to convince Nancy that Tiffany died of natural causes, but Nancy wants to wait until she gets her own toxicology report back. George and Bess want her to drop it since that would mean they’re no longer suspects.
Bess goes into the walk-in freezer and is secretly trying on the stolen ring when she hears a voice in the vent. As she creeps closer to the vent, the cover shoots out at her and she screams. Nancy and George come running and find Bess on the ground. She cries out, “Help me! It came out of the vent!”
They all notice she has fresh scratches on her calves.
Bess is explaining she heard voices when George realizes Bess is wearing Tiffany’s engagement ring. George asks if she killed her and Bess claims she found the ring on the ground. She didn’t know it was Tiffany’s when she found it and then they became suspects and she didn’t know what to do. George thinks ghosts don’t normally go around attacking people so maybe it isn’t Dead Lucy. George believes Bess made a spirit mad…maybe Tiffany?
Ace spies on Laura and is following her around town when she catches him. She’s aware he’s been following her for the past couple of hours and wants to know what his deal is. They hung out all last summer and then he never called her. He says he’s sorry about her sister and Laura confesses the last time they spoke they got into an argument. She asks if he knows anything about her death and Ace informs her his co-workers were brought in for questioning. He also reveals Tiffany called 9-1-1 right before she died.
Ace says there’s a recording of the call and Laura asks him to hack the system and retrieve it.
Carson and Ryan (Riley Smith) meet and Ryan hands Carson a statement his family would like him to read after the funeral. He then asks Carson when he’ll be getting the money from Tiffany’s estate. Carson explains he needs the autopsy report and Tiffany’s death certificate first.
Suspicions aroused, Nancy goes through Bess’ locker at work and finds a British passport under the name Bess Turani. Bess catches her and demands to know what she’s doing. Nancy replies, “You tell me, Bess Turani.” They’re interrupted when George comes in and informs them they’re having a team meeting. She introduces them to her mom, Victoria (Liza Lapira), who’s going to be the one who helps with the spirit.
Bess shows her what happened to her legs and George’s mom believes it’s the work of a new ghost who doesn’t know what to do yet. The attack seems like a cry for help. Victoria explains there are two sides and the ones in the middle are stuck in the between and think they’re still alive. Tiffany’s there now because of her funeral.
Victoria reveals that in order to get rid of the ghost, they need to place the ring back on Tiffany’s finger. Not only that, but they also need to place a mirror over Tiffany’s heart so she sees her own reflection.
Back at home, Nancy finds papers on her dad’s desk, and then as soon as he walks in, she confronts him about the autopsy being wrong. There isn’t any mention of a puncture wound behind her ear. Carson questions how she knows about a puncture wound and Nancy confesses she put it there. She assures him she wants the truth and Carson admits he has medical bills as well as her bail to pay. Nancy becomes upset and thinks he’s shifting blame to his dead wife and daughter to cover the fact he’s selling out.
Nancy attends Tiffany’s funeral and observes the guests. Nick’s there staring at a picture of Tiffany and he confesses he wishes Nancy knew her. Laura joins them and says Tiffany spoke highly of him.
Ace is also there and Chief McGinnis asks if he talked to Laura. He confirms he did, but she doesn’t know any more than anyone else.
Carson speaks with Ryan’s dad, Everett Hudson (Martin Donovan), at the funeral while Bess’ aunt asks about Bess. Bess walks away suddenly when she’s supposed to be on door duty for George.
And speaking of George, she’s in the room with Tiffany and places the ring on her finger while apologizing for sleeping with her husband. Ryan and Everett come in to pay their respects and George is forced to take the ring back and hide. She hears Everett tells his son, “Well, glad that’s over.” Ryan reminds him he’s talking about his deceased wife.
After they leave, she places the ring back on Tiffany’s finger and runs out. However, she forgot to place the mirror in the casket.
As everyone’s leaving Nancy begins speaking in a loud voice about Bess and her family. This upsets Bess and she demands to know what Nancy wants from her. Nancy simply replies, “Answers.”
Nancy wants to know the truth behind Bess’ visit to Horseshoe Bay. Bess reveals she thinks she’s a Marvin but isn’t sure. As she talks, Bess does so in her British accent. She says she needs a DNA sample to see if they’re related.
While everyone is gathered at the gravesite, Tiffany’s 9-1-1 call plays out for everyone to hear. Laura’s responsible and informs those gathered there’s no way her sister died of natural causes. She believes Tiffany was murdered and she will prove it.
Ace and Chief McGinnis walk back to his truck and McGinnis reminds Ace he’s taking it easy on him and that they have a deal. He says if Ace breaks that deal, he can revoke their arrangement and prosecute him to the fullest extent.
Karen finds Nancy and lets her know that if she needs to talk, she’s there for her. Nancy stops in front of Lucy Sable’s grave and asks Karen if she knew her. Karen reveals they were in the same graduating class in high school, and Nancy asks if they know what killed Lucy. Karen says all they have is a bloody knife and tire tracks at the scene. Karen changes the subject and asks if she’s visited her mom’s grave.
George stands in front of the grave and talks to Tiffany. She’s apologizing again when some sort of fog rises out of the grave. She continues anyway, telling Tiffany she hopes she’s at peace.
Nancy walks to her mother’s grave and finds her dad standing there. He believes this tension between them needs to stop. She blames him for the fact she wasn’t there when her mom died. He could have called her but instead she was at a dance.
After her dad leaves, she admits to her mom she doesn’t believe in ghosts. If they were real, her mom would have visited her.
Carson reads the statement from the Hudson family to the press. The Hudsons are going to create a nonprofit organization in Tiffany’s name. The press asks about the autopsy and Carson says his client is confident in the results. Ryan attempts to cut Carson off, but Carson continues and expresses his opinion that the autopsy is inconclusive.
Laura tracks Ace down and apologizes for betraying him about the 9-1-1 call. She confesses she really did miss him and he reminds her she’s the one who left. He says, “You threw me. When I was with you, it was intense.” She kisses him.
Nick goes back to his shop and discovers someone was in it.
Detective Nancy watches the video of the night Tiffany died and thinks maybe she’s been looking at the wrong thing. She sees Tiffany dropping her ring which verifies Bess didn’t kill her for her ring. While watching the video, a figure appears and then Nancy’s laptop screen breaks. Bess comes in and they apologize to each other for earlier.
After Bess leaves, Nancy opens her laptop and studies the cracks in her screen. She realizes it’s the same pattern as the ones on her microwave and TV. And, she thinks she’s seen this pattern before. It’s in the shape of a map of Horseshoe Bay and the epicenter of the crack is her high school!
As the episode ends, we see Bess looking at an invitation to a Marvin gala. Nick watches footage from his hidden camera and he sees Laura taking a flash drive. Ace and Laura get hot and bothered while Nancy Drew sneaks around her old high school in her trusty beanie and spots an old photo peeking out of the display case. The photo is of Lucy and Karen which means Karen lied about not really knowing her. She snaps a photo of it with her phone.
George is leaving The Claw when the fog returns and knocks her down. She begins to talk but it’s Tiffany’s voice coming out of her. She’s repeating the 9-1-1 call and the fog seems to be coming from the mirror she was supposed to place in Tiffany’s casket. George suddenly passes out.
The cast of ‘Hunters’ season 1 (Photo Courtesy of Amazon Studios)
Amazon Studios confirmed they’ve ordered a second season of the dramatic series Hunters created by David Weil. Season one premiered on February 21, 2020 and starred Oscar nominee Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman), Logan Lerman (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Jerrika Hinton (Here and Now), Josh Radnor (Rise), and Kate Mulvany (Secret City).
The first season cast also included Tiffany Boone, Greg Austin, Louis Ozawa, Carol Kane, Saul Rubinek, Dylan Baker, and Lena Olin. The Amazon Studios, Monkeypaw Productions, and Sonar Entertainment production is executive produced by Weil, Jordan Peele, Nikki Toscano, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Win Rosenfeld, Nelson McCormick, and David Ellender. Weil and Toscano are the showrunners.
“With Hunters, David Weil’s bold vision and fearless imagination powered a thrilling, twisty, action-packed first season that engaged Prime Video customers around the world,” stated Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios, “We are thrilled that David, Jordan and the Hunters will be back with us for more.”
“I am beyond grateful to Jen and the Amazon family for their continued extraordinary support of Hunters,” said Weil. “Alongside our magnificent cast, incredible crew, and brilliant writers and producers, I am more eager than ever to share the next chapter of the Hunters saga with the world.”
The Series Plot, Courtesy of Amazon Studios:
The debut season of Hunters followed a diverse band of Nazi hunters living in 1977 New York City. The Hunters, as they’re known, have discovered that hundreds of high-ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the United States.
