Season three of Freeform’s Siren continues with episode nine, “A Voice in the Dark.” Episode nine will air on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 10pm ET/PT.
The cast is led by Eline Powell as Ryn and features Alex Roe as Ben Pownall, Fola Evans-Akingbola as Maddie Bishop, Ian Verdun as Xander McClure, Rena Owen as Helen Hawkins, David Cubitt as Ted Pownall, and Sibongile Mlambo as Donna.
“A Voice in the Dark” Plot: Tia unleashes a deadly attack on Bristol Cove. Ryn, Ben and Maddie race against time to find a cure for Xander’s mysterious illness, while anticipating Tia’s next move. Baby Hope returns to land to reconnect with Ryn.
Siren Plot, Courtesy of Freeform:
Siren takes us inside Bristol Cove—a coastal town known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival of a mysterious girl proves this folklore all too true, the battle between man and sea takes a very vicious turn as these predatory beings return to reclaim their right to the ocean.
The series stars Alex Roe as Ben, a bright marine biologist who finds himself drawn to Ryn, a mysterious new girl in town played by Eline Powell, who is a strange young woman with a deep dark secret. Fola Evans-Akingbola stars as Maddie, also a marine biologist who works with Ben, and is highly suspicious of Ryn.
Ian Verdun stars as Xander, a deep-sea fisherman on a quest to uncover the truth; and Rena Owen as Helen, the town eccentric who seems to know more about the mermaids than she lets on.
Jeremy Schuetze, Alex Roe, Ian Verdun, and Fola Evans-Akingbola in ‘Siren’ season 3 episode 9 (Freeform/Jeff Petry)Alex Roe, Ian Verdun and Eline Powell in season 3 episode 9 (Freeform/Jeff Petry)Fola Evans-Akingbola in season 3 episode 9 (Freeform/Jeff Petry)Fola Evans-Akingbola in season 3 episode 9 (Freeform/Jeff Petry)
Netflix just released an entertaining new video announcing the premiere date for The Umbrella Academy season two. The minute and a half video set to “I Think We’re Alone Now” features the main cast chilling before being unable to deny dancing to the peppy beat. (It’s an homage to the season one dance scene – check out that clip at the bottom of this article.) It’s revealed at the end of the video that the new season will arrive for our binge-watching pleasure on July 31, 2020.
Season two brings back Ellen Page (Into the Forest) as Vanya Hargreeves, Tom Hopper (Black Sails) as Luther Hargreeves, Emmy Raver-Lampman (Hamilton) as Allison Hargreeves, Robert Sheehan (Genius) as Klaus Hargreeves, David Castañeda (Switched at Birth) as Diego Hargreeves, Aidan Gallagher (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn) as Number Five, and Justin Min (Beerfest: Thirst for Victory) as Ben Hargreeves.
Yusuf Gatewood joins the cast as Raymond, “a born leader with the smarts, gravitas, and the confidence to never have to prove it to anyone. He is warm, dedicated and has the innate ability to disarm you with a look. A devoted husband, he’s the kind of guy everyone wants to know.”
Ritu Arya is also a season two newcomer playing Lila, “a chameleon who can be as brilliant or as clinically insane as the situation requires. Unpredictable, mischievous and sarcastic, Lila’s gifted with a twisted sense of humor.”
Marin Ireland plays Sissy, “a fearless, no-nonsense Texas mom who married young for all the wrong reasons. Still in her prime, she’s eager to rediscover what life and love has to offer.”
Steve Blackman (Fargo, Altered Carbon) is back guiding the second season as showrunner. Blackman also executive produces along with Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá, Jeff F. King (Hand of God) as well as Bluegrass Television and Dark Horse Entertainment’s Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg. The series is based on the Eisner award-winning comics created and written by Gerard Way, illustrated by Gabriel Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics.
The Umbrella Academy Season 1 Plot:
“On the same day in 1989, forty-three infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by a billionaire who creates The Umbrella Academy and prepares his ‘children’ to save the world. Now, the six surviving members reunite upon the news of their father’s passing and must work together to solve a mystery surrounding his death. But the estranged family begins to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities, not to mention the imminent threat of a global apocalypse.
“On October 1, 1989 seven extraordinary humans were born. On July 31, 2020, they return.”
NBC’s Blindspot season five (the finale season) just kicked off on May 7th but it’s already taking a two-week break between episode two and episode three. Episode three, “Existential Ennui,” will air on Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 9pm ET/PT.
The cast is led by Jaimie Alexander as Jane Doe. Sullivan Stapleton is Kurt Weller, Rob Brown is Edgar Reade, Audrey Esparza is Tasha Zapata, Ashley Johnson is Patterson, Ennis Esmer is Rich Dotcom, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio plays Madeline Burke.
“EXISTENTIAL ENNUI” Plot – When an op goes bad, the team must deal with a proverbial monster in their house before it can take them down one by one. Meanwhile, Director Weitz is forced into a tense game of psychological chess as Madeline Burke attempts to assess his loyalty and root out a potential mole at the FBI.
The Blindspot Plot:
A beautiful woman is found naked in Times Square, her memory erased, her body covered in a series of coded tattoos. But as “Jane Doe” and the FBI team who discovered her work to decipher, investigate and solve the complex treasure map of her body, an ever-widening web of conspiracy and corruption is revealed, as is the truth behind Jane Doe’s real identity and the identity of the people who sent her to the FBI in the first place. But what does this nefarious group really want? And can Jane and her teammates stop them in time?
Jaimie Alexander as Jane Doe and Sullivan Stapleton as Kurt Weller in ‘Blindspot’ season 5 episode 3 (Photo by: Barbara Nitke/NBC/Warner Brothers)Ennis Esmer as Rich Dotcom and Ashley Johnson as Patterson in ‘Blindspot’ season 5 episode 3 (Photo by: Barbara Nitke/NBC/Warner Brothers)Ennis Esmer as Rich Dotcom, Ashley Johnson as Patterson, Audrey Esparza as Tasha Zapata, and Sullivan Stapleton as Kurt Weller in season 5 episode 3 (Photo by: Barbara Nitke/NBC/Warner Brothers)Sullivan Stapleton as Kurt Weller in season 5 episode 3 (Photo by: Barbara Nitke/NBC/Warner Brothers)Sullivan Stapleton as Kurt Weller, Ashley Johnson as Patterson, and Audrey Esparza as Tasha Zapata in season 5 episode 3 (Photo by: Barbara Nitke/NBC/Warner Brothers)
Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, and Janet McTeer in ‘Ozark’ season 2 episode 10 (Photo by Tina Rowden/Netflix)
Netflix’s Ozark season two finishes up with episode 10, “The Gold Coast.” The episode kicks off with Marty (Jason Bateman) showing Ruth (Julia Garner) where they’re hiding the money inside Buddy’s mausoleum. She asks how much is in there and he reveals they hid $43 million. He gives her a folder filled with account information and reiterates they’ll be leaving the day after the ceremony. Ruth’s slightly panicking because she doesn’t know anything; Marty begins to question her on accounting and she gets all the answers correct. He reassures her she can do this.
Wendy (Laura Linney) is giving Helen (Janet McTeer) a tour of the riverboat casino when Marty shows up. Helen questions Marty about whether he has any idea of what he’s pulling off. Other cartels have tried the casino business and have failed. She then asks Marty if he’s given any thought to the next five years. She thinks they can legitimately expand.
After Helen leaves, Wendy informs Marty she called the school and Charlotte showed up. Wendy tells him she thinks Helen’s right about the next chapter in their lives. It seems the Byrdes are not on the same page; Marty wants to run and Wendy is talking about their future there in the Ozarks.
Cade Langmore (Trevor Long) talks Agent Roy Petty’s ear off about Marty and the cartel, but Petty (Jason Butler Harner) doesn’t want to hear about it from him. He knows Cade can’t prove anything and questions if he’s willing to turn his own daughter in. Cade believes Petty owes him since Petty got his daughter tortured and got his brothers killed. Petty informs him his five minutes are up and wants him to leave.
As Petty’s putting his fishing gear on, he still isn’t done berating Cade. He calls Cade a loser and says he and Ruth are trailer park trash. Cade suddenly loses his temper and smashes Petty over the head, nearly knocking him out. Realizing what he’s done and knowing it’s too late now to go back, he continues to bash Petty’s head in, killing him. After putting rocks in his pockets, he drifts Petty’s body into deeper parts of the water and lets him sink.
Darlene (Lisa Emery) is waiting for Wendy when she returns home. Darlene delivers the news that Jacob died that morning. Wendy, seemingly shocked, hugs Darlene but that sympathy is short-lived when Darlene tells her his dying wish was to stop the casino. Wendy pulls back from the embrace and seems confused; she knew Jacob was for the casino. Darlene simply says, “He had an epiphany.”
Wendy’s suspicious now and wonders why if Darlene’s husband just died her first thought was to come see them. Her next question is about how he died. Darlene lies and says his heart failed. Wendy informs her the casino will happen no matter what. Darlene concedes she’s willing to step aside if Wendy gives her Mason Young’s baby. Wendy basically tells her hell no and to get off her property.
Cade bangs on Ruth’s door and says if anyone asks, he was with her all morning. However, Ruth refuses to do anything for her dad. She’s beginning to walk away when he tries to guilt-trip her, claiming he did it for her. When that gets her attention, he tells her the Fed is the one who got her in trouble with the cartel. Ruth picks up on what he’s saying and asks, “Tell me you did not kill a f*ckin Fed?!” He begins to explain what happened and where Petty’s body is. Ruth refuses to help him.
Marty’s at Social Services seeing if they can place baby Zeke with a nice loving home. They confirm they can’t for another six to eight weeks. Marty explains they’ll need it sooner because they’ll be leaving the country.
Jonah (Skylar Gaertner) is riding his bike when Darlene stops him.
Marty shows up at home to find Darlene has shaved patches into Jonah’s hair. It seems like a weird warning, but Jonah says Darlene has a message. “You know what she wants,” he says.
At nightfall Cade goes back to cover Agent Petty’s car with tree debris to try to hide it.
Marty is holding baby Zeke and confessing to him he doesn’t know how to protect him.
Darlene hosts a service at her house for Jacob and is playing the grieving wife. In a shocking move, Marty shows up with Zeke to hand him over to an unstable Darlene. As he hands him over, he threatens Darlene if she ever touches one of his children again, he will kill her.
When Cade comes back to his truck, a park ranger is writing down his license plate number for being there after dark. Cade assures the ranger he’s leaving.
Wyatt (Charlie Tahan) and Charlotte (Sofia Hublitz) are grilling food talking about the future when Cade shows up demanding to speak with Ruth and telling the rest of them to leave. Wyatt tells Charlotte she should go; he’s going to stick around for Ruth.
Cade demands money from Ruth. Forever the guilt-tripper, he says he moved the Fed’s car and that’s her fault because she told him to move it and a park ranger was there taking down his plate number. She refuses to give him money since all she has is for Wyatt’s tuition. Cade threatens his daughter that if she doesn’t give him the money he’ll walk over there and tell Wyatt what happened to his dad.
Ruth seems to have had enough of his threats. She approaches Wyatt and says she needs to talk to him. She confesses she knows Marty didn’t kill his dad because she did. He asks what she’s talking about and she explains how she did it and why she did it, adding that his dad was working with the Feds.
Wyatt thinks she’s lying when she continues explaining what happened that night. Ruth begins to cry and tells him he can hate her, but she needs him to know he’s the only thing in this world that she’ll ever f*cking love. Wyatt turns his back on her and walks away. Cade’s still standing there and witnesses it all.
Marty’s looking at the empty crib when Wendy walks in. She soon realizes Zeke is gone and questions Marty about what he did. She demands he get the baby back. Marty thinks they didn’t have a choice. Were they supposed to wait for her to touch one of their kids again or blow up the casino? He says they’re leaving and he has a plane standing by. There was no way they could take the baby with them. He then reveals his plans to move them to Australia.
Wendy becomes angry which is no surprise since she seems to be falling in deep with the cartel. She questions why he’s not trying to make any of this work. Marty insists he did try to make it work. “Charlotte wants to emancipate and our son is describing getting his head shaved by a f*cking lunatic as just a message like it’s normal?” says Marty.
After Marty pours his heart out and begins to tear up, Wendy’s only response is to ask why he didn’t talk to her about his plan.
Marty meets with the pilot who’ll take them to Little Rock to see if their deal is still on.
Helen comes to see the Byrdes but only Wendy is there. She asks where the baby is and Wendy informs her Social Services found him a home. Jonah interrupts to ask his mom if he can go on a walk and Helen notices his hair. (Who knows why they didn’t just shave the whole thing off.) Wendy blames his hair on being a teenager.
Helen changes the subject and tells Wendy that Jacob Snell is dead. Wendy confirms she already knows. Helen asks if there’s a problem and Wendy quickly replies, “It’s been handled.”
Helen lets Wendy in on a little tidbit – her clients had doubts when it came to Marty and Wendy being able to pull the casino off, so much so they monitored their every move down to their web browser history. (Are you thinking what I am thinking?) She reveals her client was convinced that when the casino is a loser, they would go on the run. Helen seems to be buttering up Wendy by telling her she’s been particularly impressed by her. She asks if they’ve thought about what they want for the next five years. Wendy changes the subject, suggesting Helen must be happy to be getting back to Chicago and her children. Helen circles back to wanting to know what Wendy wants. Wendy says her gratitude and Helen tells her she has it.
Frank Cosgrove shows up at Marty’s office not happy with Marty going back on their deal. Marty assures him his guys will still work. Frank’s not buying what Marty’s saying. Marty shows a little bravery and asks Frank what he’s going to do. He looks at the guy Frank brought with him and asks what he’s going to do as well – kill him or beat him up? He tells Frank to get out of there and just let him do his job.
Charlotte heads over to the Langmore property looking for Wyatt and Cade immediately starts demanding money from her. She doesn’t have any and isn’t talking to her parents right now. He begins to drag Charlotte by the hair when Ruth shows up wielding a gun. She fires a warning shot and Cade lets go of Charlotte. After letting her go and backing up, Ruth tells Charlotte to get in her car.
Ruth drives Charlotte back over to the Byrde residence. When they show up, Marty and Wendy are already running outside. They grab Charlotte, asking if she’s okay while they embrace. Wendy warns her to never leave again because if she does, she can’t protect her. Charlotte pulls back and tells her mom she hasn’t changed her mind; she just wants to go sleep in her own bed.
After Charlotte leaves, Ruth walks back to her car. Marty and Wendy stop her. They don’t want her to go back to her dad.
Charlotte’s shaving Jonah’s hair (finally!) when Wyatt calls apologizing to her for taking off and not calling. He reveals he found out her dad didn’t kill his dad. He asks if she was serious about going with him to college. When she hesitates he knows that’s most likely a no.
After hanging up with Charlotte, Wyatt begins to have a conversation with his dead dad. He confesses he feels like he’s going crazy and doesn’t know what to do, but he realizes his dad isn’t there.
Marty and Wendy are talking outside when Wendy asks what they’re going to do about Cade. Marty suggests they can pay him to leave town. Marty changes the subject and suggests they tell their kids about their plans. Wendy’s against it and believes that’s not a good idea.
The next morning the Byrdes are having breakfast and Wendy sees Ruth just sitting on the couch after spending the night there. She invites Ruth to come to the table and join them. They’re talking when Ruth interrupts asking if this is a normal thing for them to do. Jonah makes a joke, “Unless we are on the run, then we eat in the car.”
After breakfast, Marty goes over with Ruth one more time what she’s going to do when the cartel’s gone. She’s going to give them a ride by boat to the seaplane that’s taking them to Arkansas.
Wendy meets with Cade at the diner that seems to be the usual meetup spot. She brings up that he hurt her daughter and Cade once again plays the blame game, stating because of her his brothers are dead. (First, it was Ruth’s fault, then the Feds, now it’s Wendy’s. Got it.) Not entertaining him, Wendy gets to the point and lets him know there’s a half-million dollars under the table. It’s his if he leaves town right now and never contacts Ruth ever again.
Sofia Hublitz, Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, and Skylar Gaertner in ‘Ozark’ season 2 episode 10 (Photo by Tina Rowden/Netflix)
The commissioning of the riverboat takes place and the Brydes are there appearing to be one big happy family.
Cade’s driving down the road when someone blocks it. It’s a cartel man and he begins to shoot at Cade, killing him.
Wendy approaches Helen to let her know they have an issue. Helen warns her once she tells her what the problem is, Wendy can’t retract it. Wendy seems to understand what she’s saying, but Helen cuts her off. “No, you don’t. You can’t, really. Your whole body changes. The way you smell, your reflection, how it feels when your husband touches you.”
Wendy, unfazed, tells her that still doesn’t change the fact they have an issue.
Wendy appears to be thinking back on that conversation while standing at the riverboat ceremony. When Marty approaches her, she informs him they’re not running. Marty questions what she means by that. She explains they’re not leaving the Ozarks – it’s not safe. He reminds her it’s not safe to stay. She’s not getting on that plane and neither are the kids. He believes she’s simply scared and he attempts to assure her he has it under control. She doesn’t agree he has it under control – and they are staying put.
Wendy seems to be loving this life and does not want to go anywhere.
As they take their seats for the ceremony to begin, Charlotte questions Marty on what he and Wendy were talking about. Instead of responding, he informs her if she still wants to be emancipated, he won’t fight it. Marty gives a speech on how life came about for the Byrdes in the Ozarks.
While Marty continues his speech, we see Darlene singing to baby Zeke at the farm. We also see a fisherman finding Agent Petty’s car and the Byrdes office building getting blown up.
After Marty’s speech, Wendy tries to guilt-trip Charlotte into staying with them. She claims she understands why she wants to leave but they are still her family and they love her more than anything in the world. She even brings up her affair, confessing she did it because she wanted to be someone else and she was so wrong. She ends their conversation by telling Charlotte to just think about it.
Ruth’s at the morgue to identify her dad’s body when she asks Sheriff Nix if she can have a minute alone with him. She kisses him goodbye.
Helen says her goodbyes to Marty and Wendy when she drops the bombshell on Marty that Cade Langemore is dead. He was gunned down on the side of the road. Marty immediately looks at Wendy. A photographer asks the Byrdes for a family photo. Marty seems stunned and is still staring at Wendy while they get ready to take the photo. He suspects she had something to do with Cade being killed. Wendy appears to pick up on his suspicions and whispers, “I love you.” He says it back as the camera shutter goes off.
Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connelly star in ‘Snowpiercer’ (Photograph by Justina Mintz / TNT)
The passengers on board a train in continuous motion are dealing with class warfare and a murder mystery in TNT’s new sci-fi drama, Snowpiercer, premiering May 17, 2020. Inspired by the 2013 film starring Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton, which was based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, the show is set in the year 2021, seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland. Mankind was trying to stop global warming and ended up freezing the Earth instead.
The series opens with a voice-over from Andre Layton (Daveed Diggs) talking about how 3,000 survivors were able to board the Snowpiercer, a gigantic perpetually moving train that’s able to provide the only warmth left in the world as it circles the globe. It’s run by a multi-billionaire, Mr. Wilford, who had the resources and foresight to build the high-tech massive train and use it to keep the extremely rich and powerful alive.
Also on board are ex-military and guards to keep order and peace. They’re necessary because in the rear of the massive locomotive are the refugees and stowaways who fought for their lives and snuck on board just before the train started its never-ending trip.
Snowpiercer examines the class warfare and injustice that occurs on the speeding train as the rich are catered to and enjoy the high life in the front compartments while the stowaways barely survive on tiny rations in the rear cars. The class differences play out as the main plot of the series diverts from the 2013 film by introducing a murder among the elite.
Melanie Cavill (Jennifer Connelly), who’s the voice of the train and speaks for Mr. Wilford, reaches out to Layton – one of the stowaways – to help solve the case. Why? Because before the world went cold he was a homicide detective. Still wanting to be a cop and seeing it as an opportunity to perhaps plan a possible coup, Layton eventually agrees to work the case, getting access to the crime scene and multiple other cars of the train.
There is so much wrong with TNT’s new series it’s hard to know where to begin. The first two episodes of Snowpiercer have a very different tone and rhythm, and barely feel connected. The pilot episode is a little stronger as it sets up and explains the post-apocalyptic world and the characters who live on the huge train. It also reveals – too soon, to be honest – the identity of the mysterious Mr. Wilford. It quickly shows the stowaways are planning another violent rebellion to try to take over the train. (We learn they attacked three years previous which resulted in massive casualties and extreme punishment to others as a reminder of their epic failure). The pilot episode also reveals the murder and then takes it’s time to bring Layton into the fold of being recruited to investigate.
The second episode’s pace is painfully slow as it reveals a little more about the murder, its grisly details, and the suspect who was obviously wrongfully convicted of an almost identical crime a few years prior. The episode drags out a flashback scene with Layton and his wife in the real world before it went cold. It’s clear from the vastly different tone and pacing of the two episodes that major changes occurred while the series was in production. In fact, the behind-the-scenes team has changed over the course of production due to creative differences with the network.
The script is disappointing and the characters – at least over the first two episodes – are too one-dimensional with the exception of Connelly’s Cavill. The various subplots are ridiculous and the dialogue at times comes off as cartoonish. The acting is heavy-handed and Diggs’ blasé performance as Layton leaves much to be desired.
TNT’s Snowpiercer is sluggish and poorly acted. After watching the first two episodes viewers will most likely be ready to disembark this trainwreck.
Laura Linney and Darren Goldstein in ‘Ozark’ season 2 episode 9 (Photo by Jessica Miglio/Netflix)
Netflix’s Ozark season two episode nine starts off in the past where we get the opportunity to see how Jacob and Darlene Snell met. A young Jacob in a military uniform is at a diner having a boring conversation with a young lady when spitfire Darlene slides into the booth. Darlene gets straight to the point, asking if he wants to stay there and continue his boring conversation or if in about 10 minutes he can follow her out back. Right away she captures his attention.
After a little stroll down memory lane the scene moves to Jacob (Peter Mullan) bleeding from a gunshot wound. Darlene (Lisa Emery) screams at the driver to drive. Surprisingly, no one else is shot.
The Byrdes are sitting down to breakfast when Jonah (Skylar Gaertner) notices the tension. Charlotte (Sofia Hublitz) lets her brother know she wants to be emancipated. Wendy (Laura Linney) loses her cool and begins to question Charlotte about what she’s going to do when she hires a lawyer and has to file court paperwork and they start asking questions as to why she wants to become emancipated. How would she answer that’s not going to get them all arrest or killed? Charlotte doesn’t respond.
Jacob wakes up and asks Darlene what happened. She says, “You were shot by those Mexicans.” Jacob, aware of how reckless Darlene can be, demands she not make any rash decisions.
Ruth (Julia Garner) is at the strip club giving Sam (Kevin L. Johnson) a hard time for not actually working but instead watching one of the strippers dance when suddenly two armed robbers bust through the door. A familiar voice begins demanding to know who’s in charge. Ruth knows exactly who it is and yells, “You don’t want to be doing this.”
One of the men takes her to the back and demands she open the safe. Removing his mask, we see Cade (Trevor Long) – but we already knew it was him. Ruth’s angry he dragged Wyatt into this.
Later, Ruth talks to Sheriff Nix (Robert C. Treveiler) and he’s hinting at it being her father. Ruth gets defensive and clearly lies, saying she doesn’t know who did this. Marty (Jason Bateman) is there and after Sheriff Nix leaves, Ruth begins to swear to him she didn’t know her dad was going to do this. Marty asks if that was Wyatt with him and she insists her dad brought him into this. She promises she’ll get his money back…every penny…and begs him not to say anything.
As Marty’s phone begins to ring, he tells Ruth to stick to her story.
Marty’s urgent phone call leads him to the Snells’ property where there are men standing in the way of the access gate, armed and not letting people in. Darlene shows up to inform Marty that Jacob is laid up by one of his boss’ bullets. Marty’s shocked and Darlene says the deal is off.
A short while later, Marty yells at Helen back at the office. Clearly not caring about his choice of words, “I mean, your client’s little ego trip just completely f*cked us. It f*cked the casino and he pissed away $50 million.” Helen demands he find a way to cut the Snells out of this deal. Marty tells her to figure it out herself and storms out. Wendy assures Helen she’ll talk to him.
Ruth goes off on Wyatt (Charlie Tahan) and demands the money back. He’s not willing to give it back because Marty killed his dad. Ruth tells him he didn’t kill his dad and to give her the money back.
Marty and Wendy come home to find a woman sitting at the table with Charlotte. She introduces herself as Charlotte’s attorney in her emancipation case. While explaining that she’s drawn up papers, she asks the Byrdes to sign them. Wendy questions why they would ever do that and the attorney lets them know Charlotte has painted a picture of a deeply unstable home – one of marital infidelity and much more.
Wendy turns her glare to Charlotte and Charlotte’s unable to look her in the eyes. The attorney continues, assuring them she can’t tell anyone what she and Charlotte discussed and those papers will never see the light of day only if they sign them. Wendy begins to berate Charlotte, telling her, “Bravo, Charlotte. No, bravo. You were trying to get our attention. Well, congratulations because you got it.”
After Charlotte storms off, the attorney hands them the papers and informs them they have two days to sign.
Trevor Long and Julia Garner in ‘Ozark’ season 2 episode 9 (Photo by Jessica Miglio/Netflix)
Cade comes home to discover Ruth going through his trailer looking for the money. She asks her dad where it is, and he lets her know he’s not going to tell her. After he turns his back, Ruth pulls a gun and demands the money back. He warns that if he goes down, he’ll take Wyatt with him. After firing a warning shot, Ruth says Wyatt has a future and he’s not going to be like the rest of them. Cade rips the gun out of her hand, gets in his truck, and drives away.
Marty attempts to talk to Charlotte, admitting he knows they messed up but they are the only family she has. She says she’ll have her own family one day. He asks Charlotte if she trusts him – just him. He acknowledges parents are flawed but Charlotte’s heard enough and gets up to leave.
Wendy wonders how they’re going to fix this but doesn’t wait for an answer. She begins to go off about the whole situation with Charlotte, certain she knows way too much and that there is no way they can allow her to be emancipated. Their daughter can’t be trusted out there on her own.
After she realizes Marty hasn’t chimed in, she calls his name. Marty doesn’t think this is something they can fix. “This isn’t some political scandal that you can just paper over with a press conference and a halfhearted apology. This is our family falling apart, Wendy,” he says. She asks what they should do and he suggests they can leave early. But Wendy knows he’s aware they can’t leave before the casino opens. Wendy thinks she could go see the lawyer and try to get her to drop Charlotte as a client. Marty tells her no, she’ll only make things worse.
Agent Petty’s showing his boss pictures from Buddy’s funeral of Marty and Kansas City mob boss Frank Cosgrove shaking hands. He now believes somehow Frank is connected to the Navarro cartel. He tries to convince her that if the gaming commission votes no, Marty is dead to the cartel. If they vote yes, he’ll have to hire workers to start the build and the FBI can place undercover workers in there. After laying out the options he asks to put in a request for a transfer back to Chicago. He’s had some personal stuff up come up.
Petty returns home to see his mother and she cries tears of joy in seeing him. He says he’ll be moving back to Chicago and suggests she move back in with him. He explains he needs to go back out of town to get his belongings and makes his mom promise she won’t go anywhere until he’s back.
Marty meets with the in-house counsel from Jackson Power District and asks if his family was flooded out as well. He confirms they were. Marty thinks he must be upset by that and the man’s confused. He asks, “Why would I be?” The man assumes Marty is there to talk about the power for the soon-to-be casino, but Marty begins asking questions about the dam.
Wendy pays a visit to Charles Wilkes and learns somehow he got Beecher’s report to disappear. Wendy wonders how he managed to do that and he reveals Beecher’s being investigated for bribery. If he had to guess, her hunch was right; the FBI was setting them up. He says the commission will have questions for her and Marty. Wendy asks when this will take place and learns it’s scheduled for 5pm. If all goes well, the chairman of the gaming commission will ask for something from her. When Wendy asks what that something is, he responds, “I have no idea but it won’t be small. And whatever it is, you need to grant it. You don’t have a choice.”
Marty and Helen meet Jacob at a diner and Jacob cuts straight to the chase. He warns the all mighty himself can’t get them to lift their blockade. Marty asks about the federal government and then informs Jacob he spent the morning with the power company. He was interested in how the power company got Jacob’s ancestors to move so fast in 1929. Marty explains he’s learned it was due to riparian rights.
Jacob is clearly confused. Marty explains riparian rights are laws that say who owns the land under a body of water. Marty says, “Crazy, right? Whoever stops to consider the land under the lake or, in this case, the Missouri River.” He drops the bombshell that the minute Jacob flooded his land into the Missouri River, Jacob ceded all the flooded land to the US government.
Helen finally speaks up, letting Jacob know that’s how she obtained an order that the Snells must allow access to that part of the river. If they defy the order, the US Marshals will escort them. Helen warns Jacob if he tries to fight this, he’ll receive a lot more than a bullet in the arm.
Jacob has figured it out and says, “Which is why you asked to meet me alone. You were afraid Darlene wouldn’t be quite so receptive.” He wants their word that if they stand down, they’ll never come after him or Darlene again. Helen agrees.
While Marty’s gathering his papers, he attempts to talk to Jacob about Darlene. He wants Jacob to tell Darlene this casino will make them richer than they could ever imagine. They can buy twice the land that they have now.
Marty warns if Darlene is not in line, they’ll kill him. Jacob responds with a disturbing question. “What do you do, Martin, when the bride who took your breath away becomes the wife who makes you hold your breath in terror?” With that, Marty gets up and leaves.
Ruth holds a big envelope and begins to tear up as she lets Wyatt know it’s from Mizzou. He asks Ruth to open it for him, confessing he can’t. She begins reading and reveals he was accepted into the University of Missouri. After getting over the shock, he says he can wait a year. Ruth immediately tells him no. He’s adamant – he needs to know what happened to his dad.
Jacob comes home to an angry Darlene demanding to know what deals he made behind her back. She blames everything on Jacob for ever shaking hands with “those Mexicans.” She insists even if they stand down, they’ll still end up getting killed. He assures her that’s not what is going to happen. Once again, she throws him killing Ash in his face. Jacob reminds her it was her temper that got Ash killed. Not finished, Jacob threatens her. “I swear Darlene if you ever think to undermine me again…” Before he can finish, Darlene asks what will happen if she does. He warns her, “Don’t push me, Darlene. It will not end well for you.” With that, Darlene storms off.
Wendy doesn’t listen to Marty – no surprise there – and goes to see Charlotte’s attorney. Wendy tries the soft, manipulating approach, which the attorney does not fall for. She knows Charlotte is not a spoiled teenager who’s come to her because mommy and daddy took her car keys. Charlotte’s terrified of the person she will become if she stays in that house.
Wendy can’t help herself and threatens the attorney. “You know, the kind of people who do the troubling things you think we’re doing are the kind of people who would do anything to protect their children,” she says. The attorney lets her know judges do not take too kindly to people threatening attorneys.
Sheriff Nix goes to see Cade about how since he got out of jail, boats have gone missing, parts have gone missing, and a strip club was robbed. He warns Cade he has his eyes on him.
Marty and Wendy meet with the gaming commission and they’ve brought Jacob and Darlene along so the commission can meet the local Marty is in business with. While Jacob’s busy talking with them, Darlene has a few choices words with Helen.
Jonah tells Charlotte he thinks what she’s doing is wrong. Charlotte throws it in his face that he almost killed a guy because their mom told him to – and he’s not even freaked out about it. Realizing what she just said, she tries to apologize but Jonah doesn’t want to hear it and leaves.
Marty asks Wendy how they’re looking and she informs him there is one definite no, two that are leaning their way, and two that are still on the fence. Helen asks to speak with Jacob alone. She asks if Darlene is staying in line. He tells her to worry about her own business. Darlene sees them talking and it’s not surprising she does not look happy.
A member of the gaming commission by the name of Hodges gets to the point, letting Marty and Wendy know he believes he could sway the others to vote yes if they did something. He asks what Frank Cosgrove has to do with the casino. Marty assures him he’s just using his construction business and he has nothing to do with the actual casino. Commissioner Hodges reminds Marty it doesn’t look good for organized crime to be involved. He goes on to say the casino cannot be a union shop. Marty assures him it won’t be and he has his word.
After the commissioner walks away, Wendy looks at Marty and asks, “Did we just betray the Kansas City mafia?”
Marty and Wendy come home to Charlotte smoking a joint. When they question what she’s doing, she asks if they want a hit. Marty yells at her to put it out and Wendy wants to know where Jonah is. Charlotte smart mouths them and says he’s probably laundering money.
After they start to argue, Charlotte asks her dad if he knows that Wendy threatened her lawyer today. Wendy tries to say she didn’t and Marty asks, “You went to see her lawyer?” Not seeming to care what he asked, Wendy and Charlotte begin to argue again. Marty tries to get both to calm down. After Charlotte tells them they’re not her parents and she does not care if they die, Wendy loses it and throws all of Charlotte’s belongings out the door and tells her to leave.
After Charlotte takes off, Marty questions why she went to the lawyer after he told her not to. She says it’s because he didn’t do anything. He’s angry that she keeps undermining him and Wendy’s equally upset, asking why he’s taking Charlotte’s side. Marty yells, “Because she’s right! We are not fit to be parents. It’s not even a family. It’s a goddamn group of criminals.”
Cade’s drinking when he confronts Ruth about Sheriff Nix coming to see him. When she tries to blow him off, he shoves her and asks why she didn’t tell them a couple of Mexicans robbed the strip club. He threatens that maybe he’ll go to Petty and rat them all out. Wendy interrupts their conversation asking if they’ve seen Charlotte. Ruth confirms Charlotte left with Wyatt.
Marty’s making plans for a one-way flight to Arkansas when Wendy calls to let him know she found Charlotte.
Darlene asks Jacob what he and Helen were whispering about and he insists just small talk. Jacob suggests they go on a walk to look at the land before it’s dug up. Darlene hands him a coffee mug and off they go.
Petty gathers his stuff from the motel and when he leaves Cade’s sitting in his truck watching him. He follows Petty to the creek where he’s getting ready to fly fish. Cade approaches him and reveals he wants to talk to him about Marty Byrde.
As Jacob and Darlene are walking, Darlene dumps out her cup. It seems Jacob’s suddenly not feeling well.
Marty visits Ruth and tells her he wants her to take over the whole operation. He’s taking his family and leaving.
Back at the Snell farm, Jacob has a knife but before he can use it on Darlene he collapses to the ground. Darlene lets him know she put cyanide in his coffee. He dies quickly after learning he’s been poisoned.
Ethan Peck, Rebecca Romijn, and Anson Mount star in ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ (Photo Credit: Photo Credit: Michael Gibson/CBS)
CBS has ordered Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to series and confirmed three fan favorites from season two of Star Trek: Discovery will lead the cast. Anson Mount will reprise his role as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn will play Number One, and Ethan Peck is back as Science Officer Spock.
According to CBS All Access’ official announcement, the new Star Trek series will be “based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise” and is set a decade prior to Captain Kirk taking the helm of the Enterprise.
“Fans fell in love with Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn and Ethan Peck’s portrayals of these iconic characters when they were first introduced on Star Trek: Discovery last season,” said Julie McNamara, Executive Vice President and Head of Programming, CBS All Access. “This new series will be a perfect complement to the franchise, bringing a whole new perspective and series of adventures to Star Trek.”
The first episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was written by Akiva Goldsman from a story by Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet. Goldsman, Kurtzman, Lumet, Henry Alonso Myers, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry, and Trevor Roth serve as season one’s executive producers.
“When we said we heard the fans’ outpouring of love for Pike, Number One and Spock when they boarded Star Trek: Discovery last season, we meant it,” said Alex Kurtzman. “These iconic characters have a deep history in Star Trek canon, yet so much of their stories have yet to be told. With Akiva and Henry at the helm, the Enterprise, its crew and its fans are in for an extraordinary journey to new frontiers in the Star Trek universe.”
“This is a dream come true, literally,” said Akiva Goldsman. “I have imagined myself on the bridge of the Enterprise since the early 1970s. I’m honored to be a part of this continuing journey along with Alex, Henry and the fine folks at CBS.”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is just the latest in a string of Star Trek series that includes Star Trek: Discovery (returning for season three later this year), Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Star Trek: Picard.
NBC’s new family drama Council of Dads is taking a two week break and will return with episode five, “Tradition.” Episode five will air on May 28, 2020 at 8pm ET/PT.
The season one cast includes Sarah Wayne Callies as Robin Perry, Clive Standen as Anthony Lavelle, J. August Richards as Oliver Post, and Michael O’Neill as Larry Mills. Michele Weaver is Luly Perry, Steven Silver is Evan Norris, Emjay Anthony is Theo Perry, Thalia Tran is Charlotte Perry, and Blue Chapman is JJ Perry.
“Tradition!” Plot – Robin tackles the fall holidays bravely but feels she can’t compare to how well Scott handled everything. Oliver struggles with Peter’s transgression. Theo makes new friends but finds they aren’t necessarily the best influence. Luly gets some news about her adoptive family.
The Season 1 Plot, Curtesy of NBC:
Family takes on a different meaning in this transformative and inspirational new drama when Scott Perry, a loving father of five, has his entire life’s plan thrown into upheaval by an unexpected health scare. He calls on a few of his most trusted friends to step in as back-up dads to help guide and support his growing family – just in case he ever can’t be there to do it himself.
There’s Anthony, Scott’s oldest and most loyal friend; Larry, his tough-love AA sponsee; and Oliver, his dedicated doctor and wife’s dearest friend. Together, they discover that there’s more to being a father than anyone could do alone – and more to being a family than they ever thought possible.
Thalia Tran as Charlotte Perry, Michael O’Neill as Larry Mills, Clive Standen as Anthony Lavelle, Michele Weaver as Luly Perry, Sarah Wayne Callies as Robin Perry, Steven Silver as Evan Norris, J. August Richards as Dr. Oliver Post, and Blue Chapman as JJ Perry in ‘Council of Dads’ season 1 episode 5 (Photo by: Seth F. Johnson/NBC)Maddie Nichols as Freya, Madison Bailey as Jules, and Emjay Anthony as Theo Perry in season 1 episode 5 (Photo by: Seth F. Johnson/NBC)Michael O’Neill as Larry Mills, Clive Standen as Anthony Lavelle, and J. August Richards as Dr. Oliver Post in episode 5 (Photo by: Seth F. Johnson/NBC)Clive Standen as Anthony Lavelle and Sarah Wayne Callies as Robin Perry in episode 5 (Photo by: Seth F. Johnson/NBC)David Walton as Sam and Sarah Wayne Callies as Robin Perry in episode 5 (Photo by: Seth F. Johnson/NBC)Cowboy in ‘Council of Dads’ season 1 episode 5 (Photo by: Seth F. Johnson/NBC)
Jason Bateman and Jason Butler Harner in ‘Ozark’ season 2 episode 8 (Photo by Jessica Miglio/Netflix)
Episode eight of Netflix’s Ozark season two starts off with the timeline jumping around. The episode opens “now” as an ambulance rushes to the Blue Cat where they find a panicked Tuck (Evan George Vourazeris) and Rachel (Jordana Spiro) unconscious on the floor. The show cuts to 30 minutes before that happened and we see Rachel smoking a cigarette and snorting drugs off the bar. She passes out.
Three hours before that took place, Rachel spots a drug dealer at a gas station and asks for oxy. He informs her he doesn’t have any but has heroin, which she declines at first. After the drug dealer begins to walk away, she has a change of heart and buys it off him.
The timeline leaps back in time to the day before at the home of a drug distributor named Amos. The guy who sold the drugs to Rachel is there picking up more drugs. Going back two days before this, the drug distributor is sitting around watching the financial market of all things when a van shows up with more drugs.
Once again, the timeline jumps back three days before that. (Hopefully, you’re all keeping up!) Jacob Snell (Peter Mullan) is in the barn watching the drugs being packaged. Jumping once more to four days before that, Darlene (Lisa Emery) is down there by herself smashing up prescription pills and mixing it in with the heroin.
Marty (Jason Bateman) wakes up to Jonah (Skylar Gaertner) holding baby Zeke. Charlotte (Sofia Hublitz) begins to question how long the baby will be there and why Mason would just give his baby to them. Wendy (Laura Linney) simply says he asked for their help.
Charlotte’s about to leave when Wendy asks where she’s going. Charlotte informs her mom she’s heading over to Wyatt’s and Wendy’s surprised since Ruth told her to stay away from him. Charlotte lets her parents know she doesn’t care. Not finished acting out, she says Wyatt got thrown out of school because he’s a Langmore while her brother Jonah only got suspended.
Marty agrees Charlotte is right about Wyatt. Wendy seems uninterested, reminding Marty they have other problems. They received Tom Beecher’s report to the gaming commission and it is bad. Marty doesn’t even bother looking at the report. Wendy thinks they need to get out ahead of this and she reveals Wilkes isn’t returning her calls. Marty, appearing not to be listening or concerned, says, “You know, I used to think that we were, uh, different than them. You know, these people that we work for…” Wendy cuts him off, declaring they are different from them. Mason was going to kill her and he saved her life.
Their conversation is cut short when Marty gets a call saying Rachel overdosed.
Wendy pays a visit to Wilkes to thank him for his help. Wilkes thinks it’s strange the kidnapper didn’t keep his ransom, referring to the baby that Wendy has with her. She brings up Beecher’s report and asks if he can do something about it. Wilkes seems uninterested in helping the Byrdes.
Marty’s at the hospital to see Rachel and discreetly asks if she still has a wire on. She answers by whispering, “F*ck you. The EMTs took it off me.” Marty tells her he didn’t know she was using and Rachel becomes defensive. She claims she’s not a junkie so he doesn’t need to worry about it. He apologizes for getting her involved in all of this. After telling him no offense but that doesn’t mean sh*t, she explains when she woke up she was glad she didn’t die. But, she wonders what now? Marty wonders how she’d feel if he can get her out, suggesting he can’t mess it up any worse.
Ruth (Julia Garner) and Cade (Trevor Long) are scoping out the funeral home when Cade asks if she thinks she can handle Harry (Lindsay Ayliffe). After watching him enter the alarm code, she begins to ask Harry about what he does. She says she’s interested in working at a funeral home. Harry offers to give her a tour.
The drug distributor is on the phone when the FBI busts down his door in a drug raid. He takes off running, but the FBI catches him.
The FBI holds a meeting on the drugs that were spiked and causing overdoses. A female FBI agent states the drugs seem to be connected to the Navarro cartel. Agent Roy Petty (Jason Butler Harner) interrupts, disagreeing these are from the Navarro cartel. If they were, there would be overdoses in Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, and more. Right now, the overdoses are in Chicago and the Ozarks – that is where the drugs came from.
Harry is showing Ruth a dead body when she suddenly asks to use the restroom. While passing a door with a padlock, she asks what’s in there. Harry reveals that’s where they store the caskets.
Helen (Janet McTeer) bails the drug distributer out of jail and offers him a ride home.
Marty’s feeling guilty about Rachel, blaming himself for her situation. Wendy doesn’t like what he’s saying and begins to list everything Rachel’s done: she’s a drug addict, she stole from them, and she’s an FBI informant. Wendy asks if there’s something going on between him and Rachel, but before he can say anything Jonah informs them Sheriff Nix is there.
Sheriff Nix (Robert C. Treveiler) explains Social Services is trying to locate Mason Young. It seems Mason has disappeared, so he thought he’d ask them. Wendy confirms Social Services contacted them about the baby but they haven’t heard from Mason. He brings up how it’s suspicious he’s missing and they have his baby. Wendy suggests he talk to the Snells. (Charlotte is listening to their conversation.)
Helen questions the drug distributor and he insists he didn’t tamper with the drugs. He reveals there are still more drugs wrapped in plastic and she can check them out. Helen walks away while some of the cartel men kill the dealer.
Wendy and Marty get ready for bed and Wendy attempts to discuss the casino. He’s not listening and confesses he wanted to tell Nix the truth about Mason.
Marty meets with Agent Petty at a diner and discloses the fact he knows Rachel’s working for him. Marty asks Petty to let her go, explaining she almost died last night. He’s genuinely asking as a human being to let her off the hook. Petty finds that ironic. “You work for one of the most vicious cartels in the world, and you’re talking to me about being human?” he asks, incredulously.
Marty ignores him, stating Rachel is not a danger. Petty asks if his wife knows about him and Rachel, and Marty responds by asking if the FBI knows he was giving Rachel drugs. Petty reveals the drugs she overdosed on came from the Snells; he believes they tamper with them.
Wendy finds Jonah in the basement and questions him about laundering money in an offshore account. He confirms he can help her.
Agent Petty visits Rachel as she’s getting ready to leave the hospital and warns her she isn’t going anywhere. She still belongs to him and is being extradited back to Louisiana.
Marty shows up at the office and finds Helen sitting at his desk. She questions why there was a $1.8 million withdrawal from the construction account and he explains they have to start paying for things. She wants him to run all payments by her first. Before leaving she lets him know he needs to deal with the Snells for spiking the heroin.
Marty returns home and fills Wendy in on Helen questioning him about the $1.8 million that’s missing. She reveals she had to put something in motion with Wilkes. They begin to argue which causes Zeke to cry. Wendy tells Marty to take care of the baby before storming off.
Jacob and Darlene are getting ready for bed when he tells her he thinks she messed with the drugs. Not denying it, she admits she’s still unhappy about their deal with “the Mexicans.” Jacob angrily warns her he doesn’t answer to her. Darlene’s furious and goes to sleep on the couch.
Ruth visits the high school principal and before he can get a word in, Ruth starts going off. He interrupts her stating Wyatt can come back to school; a benefactor made a very eloquent case on Wyatt’s behalf. Ruth questions who, but the principal says he can’t give out the man’s name.
Wilkes’ lawyer/minion informs him he has good news. There was a $1.8 million donation made to his foundation. There are strings attached, of course. Half goes to his foundation, a third goes to Blake’s foundation, and the rest to some hurricane relief foundation. Wilkes asks him to find out who it’s from before he accepts the money.
Charlotte and Wyatt check out a bookstore and Wyatt spots a first edition of a book in a case. Charlotte asks the lady working if she can open the case and while she’s not looking, Charlotte steals the book.
Ruth calls Wyatt to break the news he’s back in school.
Marty’s looking up information on Agent Petty when Ruth comes in asking if he got Wyatt back into school. He confesses it didn’t seem fair. Marty seems to have a newfound outlook on life and apologizes for what the cartel did to her. He admits he should have protected her. After he leaves, she begins to go through his drawers and finds a key.
While driving, Charlotte shows Wyatt the book she stole. He’s pissed off and she doesn’t seem to get it. He explains that she just doesn’t understand. If she gets caught, it’s fine; if he does, it’s different. That sets Charlotte off and she spills her guts, revealing she witnessed a guy get killed in her house, she helped load money into a wall, and the FBI raided her house. After her rant, she throws the book out the window. Wyatt turns around and retrieves it.
The Byrdes are sitting down for dinner when Marty asks Jonah what he did that day. Wendy interrupts and says he set up an online profile for Mike Fleming to see if Wilkes will bite. Marty insists she didn’t need to do that. Switching to Charlotte, he asks what she did that day. She nonchalantly says she stole a book from a bookstore. When asked why she did it, she says, “Because I’m a Byrde and that’s what we do.” After they scold her, she storms off.
Helen calls and wants Marty to check his inbox. She seems to think he’ll be happy with something in there.
Wilkes’ minion calls to inform his boss the donor is Michael Fleming, a 14-year-old boy. Wilkes tells him to just accept the money.
Marty meets with Agent Petty at the diner again and this time Marty shows him a video of Petty’s mom shooting up drugs. Enraged, Petty warns Marty he’ll kill him. “No, you won’t,” says Marty. He also tells him he’s going to let go of Rachel and drop all the charges.
Wendy shows up at a gala to talk to Wilkes and says she heard he finally made good on his donation to the Blake Foundation. He questions where she heard that from and she says Susan Blake. She tells Wilkes she’s simply making sure promises are lived up to. She explains she and Marty helped with the donation through Mike Fleming. He warns her he’s still not going to help her with the casino. She suspects that but lets him down gently. She reveals he just accepted Mexican cartel money. He gets loud and she reminds him to smile since people are watching.
Ruth and Cade break into the funeral home and begin to go through all the caskets stored in the locked room. They don’t find anything. Cade’s furious with Ruth and after calling her all kinds of names, he slaps her. In response, she pulls a knife on him. He knows she won’t do anything and walks away.
Marty visits Buddy’s mausoleum and talks to his dead friend. When he’s finished he moves the bench out of the way and begins to take money out of it.
Marty goes to see Rachel and lets her know Petty won’t be bothering her anymore. He also hands her a plane ticket and explains there’s a rehab facility already paid for there. She kisses Marty goodbye and thanks him.
Jacob and Darlene are leaving a church function at night when they’re suddenly gunned down on their drive back home.
The episode comes to a close with Marty and Wendy waiting for Charlotte. When she returns home, she tells them she wants to talk. Charlotte drops the bombshell that she wants to get emancipated. They clearly think that’s ridiculous. She explains she loves them but doesn’t want to be a part of this anymore. All they do is lie. She’s made up her mind and wants out. With that, she leaves the room.
Torri Higginson as Claire Malone, John Hannah as Jed Bishop, Hamza Haq as Bashir Hamed, Jim Watson as Theo Hunter, Laurence Leboeuf as Magalie Leblanc, and Ayisha Issa as June Curtis in ‘Transplant’ (Photo by: Fabrice Gaetan/Sphere Media/NBC)
NBC has announced they’re going to be adding a Canadian medical drama to their primetime lineup. The network’s just picked up Transplant, a dramatic series which has proven to be a ratings hit on Canada’s CTV network.
Season one of the series stars Hamza Haq (Quantico), Laurence Leboeuf (The Disappearance), John Hannah (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Jim Watson (Mary Kills People), and Ayisha Issa (Polar). The series was created by Joseph Kay, with Kay serving as an executive producer along with Jocelyn Deschenes, Bruno Dube, Randy Lennox, Virginia Rankin, Jeremy Spry, and Tara Woodbury.
The series was produced by Sphère Média Plus in association with CTV and NBCUniversal International Studios, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios. NBCUniversal Global Distribution handles worldwide distribution for the series.
According to NBC, Transplant premiered on CTV on February 26, 2020 and has become the country’s most-watched Canadian series this year.
The Plot, Courtesy of NBC:
“The 13-episode series centers on Dr. Bashir ‘Bash’ Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine who fled his country with his younger sister, Amira. Together they struggle to build a new life in Canada as Bash strives to rebuild his career in medicine.”
