The CW just released a batch of photos from The 100 season seven episode nine. The photos don’t give much away, but the trailer hints at major changes in store for the group. Directed by Amyn Kaderali from a script by Alyssa Clark, episode nine will air on July 15, 2020.
Season seven stars Eliza Taylor as Clarke, Bob Morley as Bellamy, Marie Avgeropoulos as Octavia, Lindsey Morgan as Raven, and Richard Harmon as Murphy. Tasya Teles is Echo, Shannon Kook plays Jordan, JR Bourne is Russell Lightbourne VII, Shelby Flannery is Hope Diyoza, Ivana Milicevic is Diyoza, Adina Porter is Indra, and Chuku Modu plays Dr. Gabriel Santiago.
“The Flock” Plot: TENSION – Murphy (Harmon) and Indra (Porter) must defuse a tense situation. Meanwhile, old friends make new allegiances.
A Look Back at Season 6, Courtesy of The CW:
For five seasons our heroes did whatever it took to survive on Earth…and nothing worked. Earth was unsurvivable, lost to them forever. What was not lost: hope. After 125 years in cryosleep, traveling through the stars, our heroes woke up to a new home, a final gift from dearly-departed friends. A place where they can try again. They’re given one simple task: do better. Be the good guys.
With this credo in mind Clarke and Bellamy lead a group down to this mysterious world, hoping to start anew, to finally find peace. But old habits die hard and when they stumble across an idyllic society, it quickly becomes clear that not everything on Sanctum is as perfect as it seems. Despite their determination to do better, threats both seen and unseen will once again force our heroes to fight for their lives and the future of humanity.
NBCUniversal’s new premium streaming service, Peacock, is launching on July 15, 2020. The new streaming service will feature NBC programming as well as original series including the sci-fi drama Brave New World.
Brave New World is based on the critically acclaimed novel of the same name by Aldous Huxley. David Wiener (Homecoming, The Killing) executive produces and guides the series as showrunner. Grant Morrison (Justice League), Darryl Frank (The Americans), Justin Falvey (The Americans), and Owen Harris (Black Mirror: San Junipero) also executive produce. In addition, Harris directed the first two episodes of season one.
The cast of the first season includes Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story), Kylie Bunbury (When They See Us), and Hannah John-Kamen (Ant-Man and the Wasp). Sen Mitsuji (Origin), Demi Moore (A Few Good Men), and Joseph Morgan (The Originals) also star in season one.
All nine episodes of the first season will be available for streaming on July 15, 2020.
The Plot, Courtesy of Peacock:
Brave New World imagines a utopian society that has achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family, and history itself. As citizens of New London, Bernard Marx (Lloyd) and Lenina Crowne (Brown Findlay) embark on a vacation to the Savage Lands, where they become embroiled in a harrowing and violent rebellion.
Bernard and Lenina are rescued by John the Savage (Ehrenreich) who escapes with them back to New London. John’s arrival in the New World soon threatens to disrupt its utopian harmony, leaving Bernard and Lenina to grapple with the repercussions.
Kylie Bunbury as Frannie in season 1 (Photo by: Steve Schofield/Peacock)Harry Lloyd as Bernard Marx in season 1 (Photo by: Steve Schofield/Peacock)Demi Moore as Linda in season 1 (Photo by: Steve Schofield/Peacock)Hannah John-Kamen as Wilhelmina ‘Helm’ Watson in season 1 (Photo by: Steve Schofield/Peacock)Alden Ehrenreich as John the Savage in season 1 (Photo by: Steve Schofield/Peacock)
Janet McTeer and Laura Linney in ‘Ozark’ season 3 episode 10 (Photo Credit: Netflix)
The season three finale of Netflix’s Ozark picks up right where episode nine ended with Wendy (Laura Linney) still pulled over on the side of the road. Later, we see her pull into the parking lot of the store she and Ben visited.
Nelson (Nelson Bonilla) returns with Ben’s body and Marty (Jason Bateman) and Ruth (Julia Garner) are there to meet him. Ruth coldly asks, “Do you like your f*ckin job?” Of course he doesn’t respond.
After Nelson and Marty slide Ben into the cremation chamber, Nelson leaves. Marty warns Ruth she can not go after Nelson. Marty admits he can’t afford to lose her too and makes her promise she won’t kill Nelson. Ruth wants to know how they found him and Marty semi-lies, saying Ben called Helen. He was trying to come back but that would never be possible.
Back to Wendy we go and she’s now changing in a restroom. Marty’s finishing up and retrieving Ben’s ashes while on the phone with Wendy. He asks if she’s ready to tell him her location. Wendy pours herself a Vodka and tells him no. She doesn’t want him to know where she is. Marty says he and the kids are waiting for her to come home.
In Mexico, Navarro’s new son is in a church being baptized while it’s being streamed live for him to watch at home. Suddenly, armed men burst through the doors and kill everyone there except his baby. Navarro witnesses it and goes ballistic.
Following the hit, Navarro tells Helen (Janet McTeer) he needs to get his affairs in order. The baby is not in his will yet. He quietly admits they’re losing this war and wants her to take his two older boys to America until things are safe. He also wants her to transfer his assets evenly between his three boys.
Navarro senses she has something on her mind and encourages her to speak. She drops the bomb that she would like to take over Byrde Enterprise’s affairs, reasoning, “Just in case their involvement continues to prove erratic.” The scene ends without Navarro giving an answer.
Wyatt (Charlie Tahan) visits his sister at her trailer and asks what she’s going to tell people about Ben. Ruth reveals she’s going to say he went to Knoxville. He wants to know what happened to Ben and Ruth explains he made the mistake of calling Helen. Ruth admits she’s tired. She then changes the subject and asks how Darlene is doing. Wyatt says Darlene wants him to meet her mom. Ruth laughs, believing that’s weird.
Ruth changes the subject back to what happened with Ben. She confesses she can’t make sense of it. Wyatt, who’s not a fan of the Byrdes, begins to put ideas in Ruth’s head. He thinks she should be asking more questions. He believes the guy he knew…because he knew Ben so well…was living for Ruth and would have made it back here if he could. He thinks that when something feels off, it probably is off.
Over at the casino, Sam’s (Kevin L. Johnson) continued gambling has his girlfriend concerned and she asks him to stop. He proposes to her with a creepy ring made of his mom. (Yes, you read that correctly.) She’s happy at first but still wants him to stop gambling. Agent Maya Miller (Jessica Frances Dukes) interrupts the proposal to arrest Sam for money laundering.
Helen meets with Charles Wilkes (Darren Goldstein), who we haven’t seen in a while, to ask if he can get her a casino license. She admits she thinks Marty and Wendy are awfully close to losing the casino. Naturally, he would like to know why she feels that way. She can’t disclose why because she’s their attorney, but she believes time is of the essence.
Marty comes into his office and finds Maya waiting for him. He’s angry about Sam and wonders what her bosses will think when they’re forced to let Sam go because they don’t have any evidence. Marty claims Maya thinks she’s above everything. He has given her good, solid evidence against people and she chooses not to use it because she’s waiting for the world to fit her pristine belief system. That will never happen.
Back to Wendy in the same parking lot of the same store heading in to buy more alcohol. After a child grabs her hand mistakenly thinking she’s his mom, Wendy drops her things, gets in her car, and finally takes off for home.
Marty’s there to greet her outside when she pulls up. Once inside, Charlotte (Sofia Hublitz) is happy to see her and gives her mom a hug. Jonah (Skylar Gaertner), on the other hand, isn’t so welcoming. He wants assurance she’s there for good and she tells him she is. Jonah’s pleased about that but wants to know what she’s going to do about Helen. She asks what he means and Jonah becomes angry. “She killed your brother,” he replies.
Wendy reminds him Helen is their partner and therefore they can’t do anything. Jonah’s upset with that answer, wanting to know if they’re just supposed to forget about Ben. He tells his mom he hates her.
Charlotte heads down to the basement to see Jonah and asks what he was thinking of, yelling at their mom. “You know they can’t just magically make all this go away,” she says, reminding him of their predicament. Jonah brings up how she sued to try to get out of the family and he points out that she came back. He thinks maybe she shouldn’t have.
Charlotte’s had enough of her brother’s attitude and says, “F**k you,” before leaving him alone to pout.
Marty and Wendy meet with Helen, and Helen wants an explanation as to where Wendy went because she didn’t come home right away. Wendy admits she needed time to clear her head. Helen, not sympathetic at all, asks if her head is clear. Marty changes the subject, stating they’re committed to moving forward. Helen uses his “moving forward” wording to let them know her client wants to diversify control of his children’s assets between the three of them. When Marty asks, “Meaning what?” Helen claims she needs to become a signatory in Byrde Enterprises. When Marty brings up that he was under the impression just he and Wendy would be on the casino license, Helen lies and says she has no interest in being on the casino license and knows how hard they worked.
Marty and Wendy speak alone and Wendy believes Helen’s going to have them killed. Marty warns her to not act crazy which is exactly the wrong thing to say at this moment. Wendy yells at him not to call her crazy. She explains she can feel what Helen’s planning to do.
Marty can be so bad at reading people sometimes and makes excuses as to why he thinks Helen’s not going to have them killed. She tells Marty one last time she can feel it; Helen is going to have them killed. Marty finally concedes she may be right. He suggests they need to get out in front of it and remind Navarro of all the sacrifices they’ve made for him. Marty offers to do it, but Wendy thinks he needs to hear it from her.
Wendy calls Navarro and starts by apologizing about his girlfriend. He cuts her off, wanting to know why she’s really calling. Wendy explains something happened that she thinks he should know. She reveals her brother was staying with them when he saw Marty get abducted and taken to Mexico. She describes trying to shield him from the situation but, unfortunately, he knew too much. Wendy tells Navarro her brother had a mental illness and they thought he could be a real danger to his organization. Navarro says, “And so, you had him killed.” As she cries, she chokes out, “Yes.”
Navarro understands she’s telling him this so he’ll know she’s loyal to him. He believes she did what was required of her and shouldn’t act like he should be grateful.
As the call ends, Ruth storms in demanding to know what happened to Ben. Marty says he told her already, but she insists on hearing it from Wendy. Wendy explains Ben called Helen and they must have tracked them down. Ruth wants everyone to stop lying to her; she wants to know why Ben is dead.
Wendy’s done being nice. “He’s dead because you got him out of the hospital. He was safe. He’s dead because you thought you knew him better after two f**king months than I did after his whole life!”
Ignoring her, Ruth asks Marty if he knew about this. She looks at Wendy and says, “You murdered your own brother.” Wendy gets up and, inches from her face, tells Ruth this is on her. She did this. Wendy reminds her they got her out of the trailer (not really, she still lives there) and brought her into their family. She thinks Ruth is still too dumb to listen to them. Ruth quits. She’s done with Byrdes.
Marty runs after her, pleading to work this out. Before driving away, she tells him she’s grateful for what he’s done but she’s not a part of his stuff anymore.
Back home, Wendy climbs into bed, crying. She simply can’t do this anymore. Marty asks what she wants him to do. Should they run? Does she want him to take the deal? She brings up Ben, upset they were only four hours from Knoxville. He reminds her they would have all been killed. She then brings up the baby they lost and wonders what it would have been like. He tells her to get up and that she came back for a reason. She replies, “I ran out of Vodka.”
Ruth’s next stop is at Helen’s house where she lets the lawyer know she quit working for Marty and Wendy. She doesn’t want anything and doesn’t have a beef with Helen. (Which is interesting since she’s the driving force behind Ben being dead.) Ruth adds that she isn’t a rat; she’s just done. Helen asks, “If Marty and Wendy were out of the picture would you consider coming back?” With a smirk on her face, Ruth responds, “I ain’t hard to find.”
Darlene (Lisa Emery) and Wyatt are in bed together when Darlene asks if he thinks Ruth’s really breaking away from the Byrdes. He doesn’t see how she could stay and tells Darlene what happened with Frank Jr.
The next day, Darlene follows Frank Jr. and after he turns into a parking lot, she pulls a shotgun on him. She points the gun at his privates and asks if the reason why he likes to beat up women is because he’s tiny down there. Justifiably scared, acknowledges he understands she’s talking about Ruth. He apologizes but she shoots him anyway and walks off.
Laura Linney and Jason Bateman in ‘Ozark’ season 3 episode 10 (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Wendy receives a call from Jim (Wilkes’ right-hand man) telling her that she didn’t hear this from him, but Helen’s being issued a casino license. Based on Wendy’s reaction, he realizes she really didn’t know. He suggests she proceed very cautiously.
After hanging up she tells Marty it’s happening – Helen got on their license. They scramble to figure out a way to get Navarro on their side and Wendy suggests they end the war for him. She learned from Agent Miller that if a drug cartel commits violence on US soil, the government sends troops in response.
While discussing this Marty asks if Wendy thinks Agent Miller is just going to take his word for it. Charlotte casually says as she sips her coffee, “Jonah has video of it.” Marty and Wendy are shocked and turn to stare at their daughter.
Wendy calls Navarro to tell him the plan but first explains she wants some assurances. After telling her she doesn’t get to make demands, she simply says it is a request. Her request is that Helen is out of Byrde Enterprises. After ending the call, Jonah asks Charlotte what’s going on. She explains they’re trying to make sure Helen doesn’t kill them.
Speak of the devil, Helen is meeting with none other than Agent Evans (McKinley Belcher III). She suggests Marty’s willing to turn himself in to the FBI in exchange for his family’s safety. She requests a copy of this agreement in writing.
Marty’s also meeting with the FBI, but his meeting’s with Agent Miller. He hands her all the information on Navarro’s rival.
The scenes jump back and forth between the two FBI meetings. Lines are drawn and it’s now a battle between Marty and Helen. Agent Evans questions Helen on how she can represent Marty and the cartel at the same time. Marty continues to pour over all the evidence on the rival cartel with Miller. Ultimately, Agent Miller says she’ll think about it. Marty warns Miller she needs to act on it or his family will be killed.
Darlene pays a visit to Ruth and informs her she shot Frank Jr.’s little “junior” off. She offers Ruth a job, believing she and Wyatt should be elevating people who are from there. Ruth declines, but Darlene keeps talking. Ruth finally decides to go with Darlene.
Ruth accompanies Darlene to meet the senior Frank Cosgrave. Darlene’s honest and explains Ruth had nothing to do with what happened to his son. However, what’s fair is fair. She refuses to let him speak and reveals she needs someone to help handle her heroin business. Darlene’s willing to split it 50/50 with him. She leaves before he gives an answer.
Navarro calls Wendy to let her know he asked Helen to bring his children back. He claims he’s decided to have a second baptism for his son and expects Marty and Wendy to be there. He won’t take no for an answer and says a car will be there to pick them up in 15 minutes.
Helen prepares for the trip by gathering all the paperwork, including a fake confession with Marty’s forged signature. Jonah shows up and points his shotgun at Helen. He reveals he knows she killed his uncle and is trying to kill his parents. She admits she did have his uncle killed because he was going to get them all killed. But then she twists the story and turns it on Wendy, explaining it was Wendy who told them where to find Ben. She taunts Jonah, saying he knows his mother did this and that’s why he wants her to stop talking. Helen realizes she got in his head and gets up and walks away.
Darlene and Wyatt show Ruth their poppy fields. Darlene has baby Zeke strapped to her back as they look out over the fields.
As Marty and Wendy are about to board the jet to Mexico an incredibly angry Agent Maya Miller calls him asking why he’s taking a deal from Agent Evans. He’s shocked and quickly denies knowing anything about a deal. Miller warns him he better get to the casino to explain what’s going on. He informs her he can’t do that because he’s about to get on a jet.
Jonah comes home and sits down at the table with his gun in his hands. He sees his uncle’s ashes. After crying, he takes his gun and shoots out a window.
Marty, Wendy, and Helen pull up to Navarro’s house. As they get out of the car, Navarro’s greeting them when suddenly Helen is shot in the head. As a shocked Marty and Wendy stand there with her blood on their faces, Navarro says, “Welcome to new beginnings.”
And that’s how season three ends…with a literal bang.
Darren Star’s half-hour comedy series Emily in Paris has landed at Netflix. The series was originally meant to air on Paramount Network, however that network’s switching up their lineup to concentrate on adult dramas.
The first season of Emily In Paris consists of 10 episodes shot in Paris and elsewhere in France.
“MTV Studios and I couldn’t hope for a more perfect home for Emily In Paris than Netflix. With their international reach, we are excited to share Emily with audiences around the world,” said Darren Star (Younger) about the series’ new home.
Star created the romantic comedy and serves as writer and executive producer. Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, and Andrew Fleming also executive produce.
Netflix is targeting a fall premiere date for the romcom starring Lily Collins (Rules Don’t Apply) in the title role. Collins’ co-stars includes Ashley Park (Tales of the City), Philippine Leroy Beaulieu (Call My Agent!), Lucas Bravo (Smart Ass), Samuel Arnold (Antony & Cleopatra), Camille Razat (The 15:17 to Paris), and Bruno Gouery (Doc Martin).
Kate Walsh (The Umbrella Academy), William Abadie (Resident Evil: Extinction), and Arnaud Viard (Clara et Moi) also appear in the first season.
The Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
Emily, an ambitious twenty-something marketing executive from Chicago, unexpectedly lands her dream job in Paris when her company acquires a French luxury marketing company — and she is tasked with revamping their social media strategy. Emily’s new life in Paris is filled with intoxicating adventures and surprising challenges as she juggles winning over her work colleagues, making friends, and navigating new romances.
‘The Bad Batch’ Logo (Photo Credit: Disney+ and Lucasfilm)
The popular animated sci-fi action drama Star Wars: The Clone Wars has ended but characters introduced in that animated series will be the focus of a new series just ordered up at Disney+. Lucasfilm and Disney+ officially announced Star Wars: The Bad Batch will be coming to Disney+ next year.
Dave Filoni (The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Athena Portillo (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels), and Jennifer Corbett (Star Wars Resistance, NCIS) are on board as executive producers. Carrie Beck (The Mandalorian, Star Wars Rebels) will be involved as a co-executive producer, with Josh Rimes serving as a producer (Star Wars Resistance).
Executive producer Brad Rau (Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Resistance) is confirmed to be the animated series’ supervising director and executive producer Jennifer Corbett is the head writer.
“Giving new and existing fans the final chapter of Star Wars: The Clone Wars has been our honor at Disney+, and we are overjoyed by the global response to this landmark series,” stated Agnes Chu, senior vice president, Content, Disney+. “While the Clone Wars may have come to its conclusion, our partnership with the groundbreaking storytellers and artists at Lucasfilm Animation is only beginning. We are thrilled to bring Dave Filoni’s vision to life through the next adventures of the Bad Batch.”
The Plot, Courtesy of Disney+:
“The series follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in The Clone Wars) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War. Members of Bad Batch – a unique squad of clones who vary genetically from their brothers in the Clone Army — each possess a singular exceptional skill which makes them extraordinarily effective soldiers and a formidable crew.
In the post-Clone War era, they will take on daring mercenary missions as they struggle to stay afloat and find new purpose.”
Matthew Rhys in ‘Perry Mason’ season 1 episode 2 (Photograph by Merrick Morton/HBO)
HBO’s released plot descriptions for the final four episodes of Perry Mason season one. The first season of the critically acclaimed drama will wrap up with episode eight airing on August 9, 2020 at 9pm ET/PT.
The cast is led by Emmy Award winner Matthew Rhys (The Americans) in the title role. John Lithgow plays Elias Birchard “E.B.” Jonathan, Juliet Rylance is Della Street, Tatiana Maslany is Sister Alice McKeegan, Chris Chalk is Paul Drake, and Shea Whigham plays Pete Strickland. Stephen Root, Gayle Rankin, Nate Corddry, Veronica Falcón, Jefferson Mays, Lili Taylor, Andrew Howard, Eric Lange, and Robert Patrick also star in the first season.
Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald developed the series based on characters created by author Erle Stanley Gardner. Amanda Burrell, Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, Ron Fitzgerald, Joe Horacek, Rolin Jones, and director Timothy Van Patten executive produce. Series star Matthew Rhys and Aida Rodgers serve as producers.
Perry Mason Season 1 Episodes:
Episode 5: “Chapter Five”
Debut date: SUNDAY, JULY 19 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
While Mason (Matthew Rhys) and Della (Juliet Rylance) run a solemn errand up north, Strickland (Shea Whigham) tracks down the sergeant originally assigned to the Dodson case. Before returning to L.A., Mason drops in on his ex-wife Linda (Gretchen Mol) and son Teddy (Cooper Friedman), hoping to make amends for his recent shortcomings. Disturbed by Emily’s (Gayle Rankin) blind faith in Sister Alice (Tatiana Maslany) and her new lawyer, Frank Dillon (Matt Malloy), Della sets out to find Mrs. Dodson more capable legal representation.
Written by Eleanor Burgess; directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven.
Episode 6: “Chapter Six”
Debut date: SUNDAY, JULY 26 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
As Emily’s (Gayle Rankin) trial begins and a damning witness testimony takes center stage, Mason (Matthew Rhys) attempts to recover from a shaky start. Meanwhile, in their search for clues that might lead to an exoneration, Della (Juliet Rylance) and Strickland (Shea Whigham) investigate a potential connection between Detective Ennis (Andrew Howard) and Charlie’s kidnappers. Later, Mason considers betraying Drake’s (Chris Chalk) trust to give his client an edge in court, and Birdy (Lili Taylor) urges Sister Alice (Tatiana Maslany) to scrap her Easter Sunday plan before it’s too late.
Written by Kevin J. Hynes; directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven.
Episode 7: “Chapter Seven”
Debut date: SUNDAY, AUG. 2 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Hoping to expose the hidden link between the Radiant Assembly’s staggering debt and Charlie’s ransom, Mason (Matthew Rhys) puts Herman Baggerly (Robert Patrick) on the stand. Sister Alice (Tatiana Maslany) faces mounting pressure from the church elders about her promises for a “resurrection.” Strickland loses track of a key witness, while Drake’s (Chris Chalk) detective work opens a new avenue in the case.
Written by Howard Korder; directed by Tim Van Patten.
Episode 8: “Chapter Eight” (Season Finale)
Debut date: SUNDAY, AUG. 9 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
After the team receives some unvarnished critique from Hamilton Burger (Justin Kirk), Della (Juliet Rylance) presents an increasingly stubborn Mason (Matthew Rhys) with her case for putting Emily (Gayle Rankin) on the stand. As the sensational trial winds to a close, Mason, Strickland (Shea Whigham), Della, and Drake (Chris Chalk) attempt to tie up loose ends – and set the stage for their futures.
Written by Rolin Jones & Ron Fitzgerald & Kevin J. Hynes; directed by Tim Van Patten.
The Plot:
1931, Los Angeles. While the rest of the country struggles through the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! Olympic Games! Talking Pictures! Evangelical Fervor! And a child kidnapping gone very, very wrong. Based on characters created by author Erle Stanley Gardner, the series follows the origins of American fiction’s most legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason. When the case of the decade breaks down his door, Mason’s relentless pursuit of the truth reveals a fractured city and just maybe, a pathway to redemption for himself.
Lucifer dubs himself “Lucifer 2.0” upon his return to Earth, plus Lucifans also learn the sexy Devil has a troublemaking twin brother named Michael in the first official trailer for season five of the Netflix series. Season five, which was supposed to be the final season until Netflix resurrected the ex-Fox series for a sixth and final final season, promises all hell is about to break loose.
In addition to unveiling the full season five trailer, Netflix released a batch of black and white photos from the upcoming season.
Can’t wait to see what’s in store? Unfortunately, you have to. Season five won’t arrive on Netflix for your binge-watching pleasure until August 21, 2020. And even then we’ll only be served up half the 16-episode fifth season, with the second part set for release at a later date.
Tom Ellis leads the cast as Lucifer Morningstar. Lauren German plays LAPD Detective Chloe Decker, Lesley-Ann Brandt is Mazikeen, and DB Woodside is Amenadiel. Rachael Harris is Dr. Linda Martin, Aimee Garcia plays Ella Lopez, Kevin Alejandro is Dan “Detective Douche” Espinoza, and Scarlett Estevez plays Trixie. The series is based on characters created by Neil Gaiman (who provided the voice of God in season three), Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg for Vertigo. Lucifer was originally developed for television by Tom Kapinos.
Lucifer is executive produced by Joe Henderson, Ildy Modrovich, Sheri Elwood, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, and KristieAnne Reed.
The Plot:
Lucifer, bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for the gorgeous, shimmering insanity of Los Angeles, where he gets his kicks helping the LAPD punish criminals.
In the stunning and satisfying fifth season of Lucifer, the stakes are higher than ever. Secrets will be revealed, beloved characters will die, and we’ll finally get an answer to the question, “will they or won’t they?”
Wendy Moniz-Grillo and Kevin Costner in ‘Yellowstone’ season 3 episode 4 (Photo Credit: Paramount Network)
Season three episode three of Paramount Network’s Yellowstone ended with Jimmy thrown from a horse in the rodeo arena. Episode four, “Going Back to Cali,” begins with elk and buffalo grazing peacefully. The scene immediately switches to something less idyllic – Jimmy (Jefferson White) in the hospital in bad shape. John (Kevin Costner) is reading the newspaper while seated next to his bed, and Jimmy wakes to ask what day it is.
John jokes about the day being payday for the hospital, due to Jimmy’s bills. John ticks off the list of Jimmy’s injuries – compression fracture in his neck, two compression fractures in his back, and bone fragments are up against his spine. The doctor replaced Jimmy’s hip because it was shattered, making Jimmy the doctor’s youngest patient to undergo that procedure. He’s also got a concussion, and John makes another joke this time about the symptoms of concussions.
“I asked if there’s another symptom since nauseous and confused is your natural state of being,” jokes John.
In other words, Jimmy’s lucky to be alive. He worries about how to pay for everything and John demands Jimmy look at him. He assures Jimmy the hospital bills are not a concern if he promises not to return to rodeoing. Jimmy won’t make that promise (and John knew he wouldn’t) so he tosses Jimmy a coil of rope. “Learn to rope. All you’re risking is a thumb and you’ve got two of those,” suggests John.
As John’s leaving, Jimmy thanks him.
A nurse enters to get Jimmy up and moving around, but first she has to remove his catheter. Of course, that’s when the girl Jimmy was flirting with at the rodeo enters his room. She laughs about getting a peek at his penis so early in their relationship, and then both women comment on its size. Apparently, Jimmy is well endowed.
Over at the Painted Horse Casino, Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) and Mo (Mo Brings Plenty) meet with an attorney to find out if Ellis’ legal maneuvering with a Cease and Desist Order is legitimate. Do they have a case? The lawyer believes it’s a chess move meant to tie Rainwater and the tribe up in court for years if they fight it. The lawyer also believes Ellis and his team don’t want the tribe’s land – they just don’t want an Indian casino to go up next to their planned community.
Rainwater explains there are two futures for this area. One, all the hobby farms, ranches, and homes are wiped away which would return the land to its former state. People would live with the land and not on it. Or two, this community becomes a “concrete world.”
Rainwater thinks the money from the casino will give him the ability to make the first possible future a reality.
After the lawyer leaves, Mo suggests now’s the time for Rainwater to fight fire with fire. Rainwater believes the people won’t like that, but he agrees it’s now necessary. He puts in a call to Angela Blue Thunder, something he’s been reluctant to do.
Meanwhile, Beth (Kelly Reilly) wants to short Market Equities, but Bob Schwartz isn’t sure about that move. It’s risky and is basically poking the bear. Beth, as always, is able to talk her boss into endorsing her plan. She’ll handle leaking details to the press while Bob will call all the fund managers.
Beth believes if Ellis and Market Equities already had the necessary permits for the airport, they’d be making more noise about it.
Governor Lynelle Perry (Wendy Moniz-Grillo) shows up at Yellowstone Ranch looking for John. Jake (Jake Ream) explains he’s up at summer camp and, unfortunately, she can’t get there in a car. After she confirms she can ride a horse, one of her security detail advises her that’s not allowed due to security concerns.
Jake decides an alternative solution is to drive her up in an off-road vehicle.
John watches their approach and then greets Lynelle, wondering what’s up. She’s there to ask Kayce to take over as Livestock Commissioner. As she heads off to speak with Kayce, John sends Jake back to fetch Jamie. He acknowledges it’s fine if Jake takes his time doing so.
Governor Perry and Kayce (Luke Grimes) walk and talk, and she explains the cattlemen need someone to protect their livelihood. Kayce would be perfect for that. She also admits she needs Jamie for a different job – one that will help keep this ranch from becoming a city. Kayce’s confused why she wouldn’t want progress, and Lynelle explains she wants to keep what it is that makes Montana Montana.
As Montana’s Governor, she can’t just say no or they’ll vote her out and replace her with someone who will say yes. Jamie, however, can make the law say no as Attorney General. That’s why she’s appointing Jamie to that position and appointing Kayce to Livestock Commissioner. He needs to take the position to help keep the land the way it is.
Kayce reluctantly agrees but says he’ll do the job his way. Governor Perry assures him that’s nothing less than she’d expect.
Beth’s off work and ready to relax. She heads over to Rip’s place and he confesses he can get used to her company. Rip (Cole Hauser) loves it when she calls him Baby and asks what he should call her. She whispers, “Wife,” and after a moment of stunned silence, she takes it back. She rises from his lap and heads inside to make them dinner.
Governor Perry’s done with Kayce but her ride hasn’t returned. (John planned it that way to give them time together.) She jokes she’s been kidnapped as they flirt and drink. John oozes charm as she finally gives in and agrees to spend the night. She does, however, assure him she has to leave first thing in the morning.
Lynelle relaxes into his arms as they discuss wide-open spaces and watch the sunset.
Over at the hospital, Jimmy’s back in bed and losing his virginity to his new barrel-racing girlfriend. Whoa, did not see that twist coming!
The following morning Kayce and John both rise from their tents about the same time. Kayce’s interested in breakfast but talk of eating is put aside when Lynelle calls John back into the tent. The awkward moment ends with Kayce telling his dad he’ll see him later.
It’s also awkward over at Rip’s place. Rip’s about to leave for an auction when Beth confesses she knows she shouldn’t have brought up marriage. Rip assures her he doesn’t talk about their future only because when he does, she runs away. “I look at every day with you as a gift,” says Rip, adding, “My tomorrows are all yours. There’s no word that I’d rather call you if that’s what you want.”
The only time Beth allows herself to be vulnerable is with Rip. She reveals she runs away because there’s only so much she can give him. When he says she gives him everything, she confesses she can’t have children.
“Being with me is the end of you,” explains Beth.
Rip shakes his head and gently smiles. He claims the world doesn’t need another generation of him. Plus, he’s not interested in having a bunch of kids running around the house. He sweetly chuckles as Beth tears up. “You’re all I need. I’ll call you whatever you want,” he assures her.
They kiss and then Rip holds her tight. “’Beth’ is fine…for now,” she says. (Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser have incredible chemistry and completely nail these intensely intimate scenes. They’re absolutely riveting.)
And now we get our first glimpse at Beth’s handiwork. Roarke (Josh Holloway) learns from a business report on TV that Market Equities Group has had the largest slide of the day, down over 7.5%. He’s shocked and immediately jumps online to find out what’s going on. He spots articles stating the group has made bad investments in Montana and immediately realizes who caused the dip in stocks.
Over at the casino, Mo lights sage for protection as Angela Blue Thunder (Q’orianka Kilcher) arrives for a meeting with Thomas Rainwater. She warns them there’s no protection from her and immediately douses the sage.
Angela’s not pleased with Rainwater’s management of the casino’s money and claims their land’s about to be stolen by a Fortune 500 company. Rainwater admits that’s why he called her in on this, aware she can help out the tribe. She agrees to help him and then abruptly leaves. The meeting took less than two minutes.
Once Angela’s gone, Rainwater explains she’s not evil, she’s angry and looking to punish the world.
Luke Grimes, Brecken Merrill, and Kelsey Asbille in ‘Yellowstone’ season 3 episode 4 (Photo Credit: Paramount Network)
Monica (Kelsey Asbille) attempts to convince Tate (Brecken Merrill) to bathe in the river but he’s not having it. It’s obvious the family’s in a good space now, but Monica and Kayce both know they can’t live like this forever. Kayce suggests they live for each day.
They begin making out but Kayce stops, spotting that same wolf nearby. Kayce thinks the wolf is studying them to find out what he’ll do if it starts killing their calves.
Kayce jumps to his feet and grabs the rifle, ready to shoot the wolf. He’s warned it twice now, but it continues to hang around. Monica demands he put the rifle down. She holds his hand as he tries to move away and says, “Don’t stop loving me to kill something.”
Kayce puts the rifle back down and returns his attention to Monica.
Rip and Lloyd (Forrie J. Smith) finish up their purchases at the auction. The wranglers move the cattle onto their trailers but one they didn’t purchase tries to join the group. Teeter (Jen Landon) jumps into the chute and shoos the cow back where it belongs.
Rip and Lloyd chuckle over their latest hire, and Lloyd assures Rip Teeter is ruling the bunkhouse. All the wranglers are scared to death of her, as they should be.
The wranglers, including Teeter, drive the cattle back to the ranch. Teeter jokes that Colby (Denim Richards) should crawl up onto lap, but then they spot trouble off the side of the road and the joking subsides.
Bikers have cut the ranch’s fence and are drinking, listening to music, and cooking something over a fire. Colby doesn’t want to fight but they need to do something. Ryan (Ian Bohen), Colby, and Teeter approach the group and Ryan patiently explains they’re on private land. The national park’s on the other side of the road.
The leader of the trespassing group wonders why it says Yellowstone on a sign when Ryan just called this place Dutton Ranch. Ryan remains patient as he explains the ranch’s name is Yellowstone and all they have to do is move across the road. He flashes his Livestock Agent badge and they laugh.
Teeter’s the first to throw a punch when one of the female bikers calls her a pink-haired hick and a b*tch. Fists fly and, unfortunately, the wranglers are greatly outnumbered; it’s pretty much 3-to-1 in the bikers’ favor.
Just then Rip and Lloyd race up in their truck and Rip plows through the nearest batch of bikes, destroying them.
Rip and Lloyd exit the truck and join the fray. The odds have vastly improved and the wranglers get the upper hand. One of the bikers pulls a gun and threatens to shoot Rip, and Lloyd pulls his own and warns, “It’ll be the last f**king thing you ever do!”
Rip strides toward the man with the gun, challenging him to pull the trigger. He doesn’t and Rip easily disarms him and then hits him across the face with his own gun.
Rip demands to know who’s the boss and they point out a big guy with a beard who’s on the ground, writhing in pain. Rip kicks him and then pulls him to his feet. “I’m going to give you one last chance. You leave now or you never leave. I’ll bury you where you f**king stand!” snarls Rip.
Once the bikers head toward their motorcycles, Rip checks on the wranglers. Colby has a broken hand, but Ryan and Teeter are okay. Ryan explains all he did was ask them to leave.
The guys – and Teeter – fix the fence. They realize that when the bikers return for their crushed motorcycles, they’re sure to screw with the field.
Sure enough, later that night they do return with trucks for the bikes. They cut the fence again and they’ve brought gasoline to light the field on fire. Two of the bikers walk out into the field, with only a flashlight lighting their way. The light catches John who’s holding a rifle and seated on what appears to be a fallen tree.
They’re right to assume he owns the ranch and as the two bikers are joined by two other cohorts, John asks why they returned to burn his field. It’s his home and they damaged his fence to get to his property. John asks what they’d do if he did this to their home, and the leader admits he’d kill him.
John agrees and it’s at that moment the bikers realize they’ve made a huge mistake. Rip, Kayce, Ryan, and Lloyd emerge from the darkness and surround the bikers. They light up the group and have their weapons drawn as John reminds the bikers they were warned to not return or they’d be buried in this field. John assures him they keep their word in this valley.
John tosses shovels their way as the bikers, panicking, promise to leave. John insists it’s too late for that and demands they start digging.
A few hours later, the men have dug fairly deep when John stops them. They try to leave their holes but John doesn’t let them. When one man asks for sympathy by claiming he has children, John says he does too.
Finally, John tells them he’s leaving the holes they’ve dug in his field. If they ever return, he’ll fill them with their bodies. John makes the men repeat after him, saying they’re going back to California and acknowledging Montana doesn’t want them. The leader swears he’s never coming back and John assures him he’ll hold him to that promise.
After the bikers walk away, John and Kayce have a short talk. Kayce asks if they should fill the holes and John reveals they want to build an airport here. When Kayce asks what he’s going to do about it, John admits he’s not sure yet. John then turns to Rip and tells him to instruct the men to take down his tent up at the camp. He’s returning to living in the lodge.
CBS All Access’ upcoming new addition to the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Lower Decks, just released the official season one trailer along with a new poster. The half-hour animated comedy is set to premiere on the subscription streaming service on Thursday, August 6, 2020.
New episodes of the 10 episode first season will arrive on Thursdays.
The season one voice cast includes Tawny Newsome (“Ensign Beckett Mariner”), Jack Quaid (“Ensign Brad Boimler”), Noël Wells (“Ensign Tendi”), and Eugene Cordero (“Ensign Rutherford”). Dawnn Lewis (“Captain Carol Freeman”), Jerry O’Connell (“Commander Jack Ransom”), Fred Tatasciore (“Lieutenant Shaxs”), and Gillian Vigman (“Doctor T’Ana”) also lend their voices to the first Star Trek animated series.
Emmy Award-winner Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty) created the animated series and serves as showrunner and executive producer. Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, and Katie Krentz also serve as executive producers.
The Plot:
“Star Trek: Lower Decks focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford, and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.”
Poster for the animated series ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ featuring Tawny Newsome as Ensign Mariner, Jack Quaid as Ensign Boimler, Eugene Cordero as Ensign Rutherford, Gillian Vigman as Dr. T’ana, Jerry O’Connell as Commander Ransom, Dawnn Lewis as Captain Freeman, Fred Tatasciore as Lieutenant Shaxs and Noel Wells as Ensign Tendi (Photo Credit: CBS 2020 CBS Interactive, Inc)
Sony Pictures teamed up with Oscar winner Tom Hanks and director Aaron Schneider (Get Low) to tell a fictional account of the incredible story of the Battle of the Atlantic during WWII in the dramatic thriller, Greyhound. Hanks stars as U.S. Navy Commander Ernest Krause, captain of the destroyer U.S.S. Keeling (code-named “Greyhound”). On his very first mission, Krause is assigned to lead a convoy of ships across the Atlantic to deliver thousands of soldiers and supplies to the Allied forces.
Once the convoy edges past the no-fly zone, a zone established to mark when fuel would run out for allied airplanes, they’re left with no aerial protection in an area known as the Black Pit. There, Krause’s Greyhound and the other ships in the convoy find themselves hunted by a group of Nazi U-boats, known as wolf packs, determined to sink them.
Fighting the freezing cold and extremely rough seas, Captain Krause plays a deadly game of cat and mouse as he chases, confronts, and is pursued by the U-boats while trying to protect the other ships in the convoy.
Based on the novel The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester and inspired by real events, Greyhound is a tight, gripping, and action-packed WWII thriller which is elevated by a powerful performance by its star. Hanks displays Krause’s determination, doubts, fear, and strength of command marvelously. It’s another top-notch performance by the two-time Oscar winner.
The script written by Tom Hanks is concise and tight, focusing on the story of an inexperienced captain fighting the elements, a relentless enemy, and his own self-doubt to deliver his convoy to safety. The visual effects are fantastic, bringing back to the big screen WWII destroyers and German U-Boats so realistically we are transported back to 1942 and onboard the ship during fierce fighting. The battle scenes are extremely compelling, showing Krause trying to maneuver his ship out of the path of multiple deadly torpedoes fired from the U-boats while simultaneously launching attacks with his ship’s guns.
The pacing is perfect, integrating scattered moments of silence or relief before the next wave of attacks begins. Greyhound‘s score effectively adds tension and emotional depth to each scene, particularly those showing the men lost during the battle at sea.
Riveting and suspenseful, Greyhound is a first-rate WWII thriller sure to join the ranks of other classic sea battle war films including Destination Tokyo, Run Silent Run Deep, and The Enemy Below.
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Greyhound was originally slated to open in theaters in May 2020 and then further delayed to June. The Covid-19 pandemic forced theaters to remain closed and movie studios to re-adjust their release dates. After two postponements, Sony sold Greyhound to Apple TV+ where it was released on July 10, 2020.
GRADE: A-
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for war-related action/violence and brief strong language.
Running Time: 1 hour 31 minutes
Directed By: Aaron Schneider
Co-Starring: Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan, and Elisabeth Shue
