CBS said yes to second seasons of FBI: Most Wanted and All Rise, but no to additional seasons of Tommy and Carol’s Second Act. Also earning renewals are Bob ♥ Abishola, 60 Minutes, The Neighborhood, The Unicorn, and NCIS (for season 18). Blue Bloods, Bull, FBI, MacGyver, Magnum P.I., NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, 48 Hours, Undercover Boss, S.W.A.T., and SEAL Team also snagged new season orders.
Evil, Mom, Survivor, The Amazing Race, and Young Sheldon were previously announced as renewed.
All told, 23 series earned renewals. The renewed shows make up 80% of CBS’s lineup. The network confirmed additional new series, as well as the 2020-2021 primetime schedule, will be announced in the upcoming weeks.
“Thanks to these exceptional shows, we’re going to win the current season by 1 million viewers,” stated Kelly Kahl, President, CBS Entertainment. “Next year, we’ll have these strong returning series as our foundation…and Super Bowl LV too. It’s a well-balanced lineup across Entertainment, News and Sports that will put us in an incredibly stable position for 2020-2021.”
CBS is expected to finish this season as the most-watched network, the 12th consecutive year it will capture that honor.
CBS released the following highlights on their slate of returning series:
• CBS has renewed seven shows watched by over 10 million viewers per week, more than any other network: NCIS, FBI, BLUE BLOODS, YOUNG SHELDON, BULL, 60 MINUTES and FBI: MOST WANTED.
• CBS’ top freshman class will see the return of #1 new series FBI: MOST WANTED, #1 new comedy BOB ♥ ABISHOLA, ALL RISE, EVIL and THE UNICORN.
• All shows from this season’s Monday night lineup have been renewed. THE NEIGHBORHOOD and BOB ♥ ABISHOLA rank among the top comedies on television, with larger audiences than every comedy on all other networks. ALL RISE is the #3 new drama on any network, and BULL has been Monday’s top entertainment series at 10:00 PM this season, averaging over 10.5 million viewers.
• All three Tuesday night dramas will return, with each averaging over 10 million viewers per week, including NCIS, averaging over 15.33 million viewers; FBI, with 12.55 million viewers; and FBI: MOST WANTED, which averages 10.18 million viewers.
• SURVIVOR, a series currently watched by nearly 10 million viewers, returns for its 21st season.
• YOUNG SHELDON and MOM return as the #1 and #2 comedies on television.
• MACGYVER, MAGNUM P.I. and BLUE BLOODS return from a night the Network wins this season by +3.6 million viewers.
It was all pep talks and self-doubt on The CW’s The Flash this week as season six episode 18 saw the return of an evil speedster as well as a villain from season one.
The episode begins with Barry (Grant Gustin) paying a visit to Joe (Jesse L. Martin) who’s still hiding out in WITSEC. Barry brings Joe up to speed about Mirror Iris (Candice Patton) and the real Iris being trapped in the mirror dimension. Barry admits he’s not sure if he’s going to be able to save her this time, especially with his depleting speed.
The next day at S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry brings Team Flash – minus Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) who is still at home healing – into the loop about Iris, Kamilla (Victoria Park), and Singh (Patrick Sabongui) being trapped in the mirror dimension and Eva being faster than The Flash. Cisco (Carlos Valdes) takes the news the hardest, fearing that Kamilla, Iris, and Singh may already be dead. Ralph (Hartley Sawyer) tells him not to think that way but Cisco only becomes more upset. That causes Barry to start yelling at him saying he has no idea how to save them.
It’s Cecile (Danielle Nicolet) who takes charge and gets everyone to stop yelling and fearing the worst and to actually work together to stop Eva and find a way to save Iris, Kamilla, and Singh. Cisco calms down and says he thinks there may be a way to get them out using vibration, while Barry says he’ll go work on the artificial speed force.
In the mirror dimension, Iris makes a video message for Barry in case he doesn’t find her in time. She tells him she will always love him and she is always with him. Iris then goes searching in the dimension to find Kamilla and Singh.
Barry’s working on the artificial speed force when a streak of white lightning starts racing around the room. It makes a powerful noise like thunder, knocking Allegra (Kayla Compton) and Barry off their feet. The speedster Godspeed (voiced by BD Wong) appears and hits Barry with energy from his chest and then tries to take Barry’s speed. Nash (Tom Cavanagh) arrives just in time and blasts Godspeed with a new pulse cannon which causes him to speed off.
Minutes later Team Flash meet up and talk about the attack. Cisco believes that Godspeed reversed vibrations to extract speed from Barry and that was the sound of thunder Allegra heard. Barry says he knows who can help them stop Godspeed and goes off to find Hartley Rathaway (Andy Mientus), who since Crisis’ new timeline is now an enemy of The Flash.
Cisco explains to the rest of the team that in the new timeline the fight on the bridge against Rathaway also included a partner named Rodrick who ended up getting hit by both lightning from The Flash and a special power energy gun which destabilized Roderick’s molecules. He has been at Mercury Medical Labs ever since.
Meanwhile, Ralph checks on Frost after she sent him an urgent message. Turns out she just wanted to thank him for everything he’s done for her this year as her life coach and says goodbye. Ralph picks up on her tone and fears she may not be coming back to Central City so he tells her that she’s important to him and the team. He also picks up on her fear of meeting Caitlin’s mom and asking for medical help to cure her wound. Ralph gives her a pep talk about how far she has come in a year but Frost points out that Caitlin’s mom is not really her mom. Ralph tells her she’s just as important as Caitlin to everyone and if she can’t see that then she may still have a long way to go to being human.
The Flash finds Hartley who starts fighting him and picks up on his depleted speed. The Flash tells Hartley that he and his team can help Roderick. Hartley doubts him but Nash walks in and explains he has seen Roderick’s condition before and believes he can fix it. Hartley asks what The Flash wants from him and The Flash asks for his help against Godspeed. Hartley tells them to save Roderick and he’ll consider it.
In the mirror dimension, Iris finds Kamilla and quickly brings her up to speed about Eva and what has happened to them. Iris begins to scratch at her arm and suffers from major headaches caused by neuro dissonance from being in the mirror dimension so long. She runs off and Kamilla follows her.
Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Cisco, Nash, Barry, and Hartley team up to help Roderick. Hartley brags to Cisco and Barry saying he knows that they are Vibe and The Flash, throwing in a few insults targeting Cisco. Nash, Cisco, and Allegra try their experiment to help Roderick’s situation but it only causes him pain and makes Hartley furious. He storms off, declining to help Team Flash.
Godspeed races in and warns Barry he wants his velocity or he’ll start killing citizens. He gives him an hour to decide.
Barry goes to tinker at the artificial speed force and Nash tells him he is wasting time. Barry becomes upset, confessing he should have noticed sooner something was wrong about Iris. Nash tells him he needs to forgive himself so he can trust himself again and save Iris. Barry realizes something about Hartley and heads off to talk to him.
Over in his workshop, Cisco’s having no luck with his vibration machine and starts to lose it. He talks to Cecile and admits he misses Kamilla terribly. He sees now that when he was Vibe he never doubted himself and was always willing to find a way to do the impossible. Cecile gives Cisco a pep talk (yes, yet another one in this episode) and reminds him Kamilla fell in love with him – not his powers or his alter ego, Vibe.
Barry finds Hartley in the pipeline and tells him he understands Roderick is someone he cares for. Hartley confesses he’s his boyfriend and that he blames himself for what happened. He placed the fight against The Flash as more important than Roderick’s safety.
Cisco interrupts to tell them there’s an emergency.
In the mirror dimension, Kamilla finds Iris who’s blaming herself for not seeing Eva for what she really was.d It’s Kamilla’s turn to deliver a pep talk about trusting herself. It works. Iris and Kamilla go looking to find Singh in the hopes of escaping the dimension together.
Godspeed is on a news broadcast from downtown Central City holding a citizen. He threatens to kill her if The Flash doesn’t appear in one minute. Barry speeds off to face him leaving Hartley back at S.T.A.R. Labs. Hartley appears conflicted about helping his former enemy.
The Flash speeds downtown and confronts Godspeed who demands his speed. “You’ll have to catch me first,” says The Flash and the speedster race is on.
Glowing yellow and white lightning streak across the city, up buildings, down streets with the white lightning always inching closer to The Flash’s yellow. Finally, Godspeed knocks The Flash off his feet and down on the ground. Godspeed starts to drain The Flash of his speed when The Flash finds the strength to speed off and up a building.
As he continues running, his speed starts to falter and The Flash starts to fall to the ground. Godspeed watches from the roof as the Scarlet Speedster plummets to his death. Hartley arrives at just that moment and uses his meta-powers to slow The Flash’s fall and ease him down to the ground.
Hartley tells The Flash they need to use their powers together to do to Godspeed what they accidentally did to Roderick that night on the bridge – a lightning strike crossed with Hartley’s power vibrations. It works and Godspeed ends up powerless on the street. The Flash notices some blue liquid from Godspeed’s suit which Cisco and Nash realize is his charged sound.
Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Team Flash uses the charged sound on Roderick and it regulates his molecules. Hartley tells Roderick that The Flash saved him.
Ralph slips back into Frost’s apartment and apologizes for not being more supportive. He gives her a “Dib-Ploma” for graduating life coach school. He explains being intimidated by a parent is normal and human. He gives her a pep talk (another one!), telling her she’s an awesome human being and that she was afraid that Carla might reject her so she was rejecting her first. Frost takes the “Dib-Ploma,” smiles at it, and reveals she isn’t afraid anymore.
Roderick thanks Barry and says he owes him. Just before he leaves, Hartley tells Barry he gave him his world back and that Barry can get his back too but he needs to believe that his world can change to do it.
Barry delivers a rousing pep speech to Team Flash saying that they have lost so much this year. “Our power, our love…our family,” says Barry, confirming they feel hollow and empty. But then he changes gears and reminds them they still have faith in each other and the will to fight for those they love. “Eva McCulloch has never faced us head-on…and that’s about to change. We’re going to find her, beat her, and get back everyone,” says the Team Leader.
Cisco reveals he has an idea of how to get their loved ones out of the mirror dimension; they need a perpetual motion machine. He tells Team Flash he’s off to Atlantis to get one but he’ll be back as fast as he can.
In the final scene, Eva (Efrat Dor) wakes up in some sort of coffin/pod machine and says, “I’m coming for you, Joseph.”
The Flash Season 6 Episode 18 Review:
Filled with one pep talk after another, episode 18 of season 6 titled “Pay the Piper” is perhaps the weakest episode of the season. It’s very common for one or even two main characters to need a pep talk to help get through some emotional turmoil they’re struggling with in an episode, but the constant delivery of inspirational speeches from at least half the main cast – and even a guest villain – was just too much. It felt like more than half the episode was spent on characters doubting themselves and their choices. This ruined any sense of urgency and real danger being present.
This sadly also falls under the “filler” episode category since nothing to move the main story (defeating Eva) forward was brought up until the very end. In essence, it’s an episode a fan could skip and not really miss anything important or impressive.
With only one episode left due to production of the series being shut down because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Team Flash will most likely not free Iris, Kamilla, and Singh from the mirror dimension and defeat Eva until Season seven. We’ll see.
National Geographic’s The Right Stuff series will premiere on Disney+ this fall. A new minute and a half behind-the-scenes video as well as two new photos accompanied the announcement of the drama’s upcoming debut on Disney’s subscription streaming service.
The Right Stuff, based on the bestseller by Tom Wolfe, is from Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and Warner Horizon Scripted Television. DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson executive produce along with showrunner Mark Lafferty (Castle Rock).
Patrick J. Adams (Suits) stars as Major John Glenn, Jake McDorman (Lady Bird) is Lieutenant Commander Alan Shepard, and Colin O’Donoghue (Once Upon a Time) plays Lieutenant Gordon Cooper. The cast of the eight episode season also includes Aaron Staton, James Lafferty, Micah Stock, and Michael Trotter.
“The Right Stuff evokes the wonder and awe of the moment we first escaped the bounds of our only home and ventured into the unknown. But the show is as much about who we are today as it is about our historic achievements. At a time when the world is confronted with significant challenges, this story reminds us that what seems impossible today can become the triumph of tomorrow,” explained showrunner Lafferty.
“This true story of scientific innovation and human perseverance could not be more timely,” said Courteney Monroe, president, National Geographic Global Television Networks. “National Geographic’s The Right Stuff is an aspirational story about exploration, ambition, determination and resilience and reminds us that human beings can achieve the extraordinary when united by a common purpose. This series provides a compelling behind-the-scenes look at the flawed, but heroic Mercury 7 astronauts and we are thrilled that it has found its perfect home on Disney+.”
Micah Stock as Deke Slayton, Jake McDorman as Alan Shepard, Aaron Staton as Wally Schirra, Michael Trotter as Gus Grissom, Patrick J. Adams as John Glenn, Colin O’Donoghue as Gordon Cooper and James Lafferty as Scott Carpenter in ‘The Right Stuff’ (National Geographic/Gene Page)
The Plot, Cast, and Characters, Courtesy of Disney+:
The two men at the center of the story are Major John Glenn, a revered test pilot and committed family man with unwavering principles, portrayed by Patrick J. Adams, and Lieutenant Commander Alan Shepard, one of the best test pilots in Navy history, portrayed by Jake McDorman.
At the height of the Cold War in 1959, the Soviet Union dominates the space race. To combat a national sentiment of fear and decline, the U.S. government conceives of NASA’s Project Mercury, igniting a space race with the Soviets and making instant celebrities of a handful of the military’s most accomplished test pilots. These individuals, who come to be known as the Mercury Seven, are forged into heroes long before they have achieved a single heroic act. The nation’s best engineers estimate they need several decades to make it into outer space. They are given two years.
The rest of the Mercury Seven includes Lieutenant Gordon Cooper, portrayed by Colin O’Donoghue, the youngest of the seven who was selected to everyone’s surprise; Wally Schirra, portrayed by Aaron Staton, a competitive pilot with a gift for pulling pranks; Scott Carpenter, portrayed by James Lafferty, a soulful man who was dubbed “The Poet” by the other astronauts; Deke Slayton, portrayed by Micah Stock, a taciturn but incredibly intelligent pilot and engineer; and Gus Grissom, portrayed by Michael Trotter, a no-nonsense test pilot who eventually becomes the second man in space.
The astronauts’ strengths are equaled only by their flaws. As the men succumb to the temptations that surround them, Project Mercury threatens to come apart. At the heart of the historic drama populated by deeply human characters are two men who become icons — Glenn and Shepard — as they jockey to be the first man in space. The entire program is nearly brought to its knees by their intense rivalry.
The series also follows NASA’s engineers, who work against the clock as pressures mount from Washington and a transfixed public. And we witness the underbelly of a myth-making propaganda machine headed by NASA’s PR department and aided by the writers and editors at LIFE Magazine.
The rest of the ensemble cast includes Nora Zehetneras Annie Glenn, the wife of John Glenn and his childhood sweetheart who has a speech impairment that can sometimes make communication difficult; Eloise Mumford as Trudy Cooper, Gordon Cooper’s wife and an accomplished pilot herself, with her rocky marriage to Gordon providing conflict throughout the season; and Shannon Lucio as Louise Shepard, Alan Shepard’s devoted and long-suffering wife.
Patrick Fischler plays Bob Gilruth, a soft-spoken rocket scientist who is the partner of the more brash Chris Kraft, who is portrayed by Eric Ladin. They are critical members of NASA’s Space Task group, charged by President Dwight Eisenhower with putting a man into space faster than seems humanly possible. They’re racing against the clock as pressures mount from Washington and a transfixed public.
As the Mercury 7 astronauts are thrust into the public eye, NASA’s PR department goes into overdrive to paint the perfect picture, aided by the writers and editors at LIFE Magazine. Danny Strong plays John “Shorty” Powers, NASA’s omnipresent PR man, constantly taking the astronauts on glad-handing trips to factories and rubber-chicken dinners in order to spur public enthusiasm, and thus, appropriations from congress for the space program. Josh Cooke plays Loudon Wainwright Jr., LIFE Magazine’s star reporter, who is tasked with writing the biographies of all seven astronauts and has the keenest look at what’s really transpiring.
Micah Stock as Deke Slayton, Danny Strong as John Powers, Michael Trotter as Gus Grissom, Aaron Staton as Wally Schirra. Right row front to back: Patrick J. Adams as John Glenn, Jake McDorman as Alan Shepard, Colin O’Donoghue as Gordon Cooper and James Lafferty as Scott Carpenter in ‘The Right Stuff’ (National Geographic/Gene Page)
James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in ‘The Blacklist’ season 7 episode 19 (Photo by: Sony Pictures Television)
NBC’s The Blacklist shut down production early on season seven in New York as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold of the state. The last completed episode of a planned 22 episode season was episode 18 which could have served as a season finale if necessary. (Many primetime series ended the 2019-2020 season with episodes not designed as finales.) However, instead of going out without a true finale, The Blacklist team came up with a unique idea for finishing up the partially completed 19th episode. They decided to switch things up and transform the unplanned season finale into a live-action/graphic novel-style animation hybrid.
Episode 19, “The Kazanjian Brothers,” will air on May 15, 2020 at 8pm ET/PT. The episode will include scenes that were filmed prior to production being shut down as well as animated scenes that feature dialogue recorded by the cast in their homes. The episode’s a massive project as everyone involved works remotely in order to stay safe and stop the spread of the virus.
In an interview with AP, series star James Spader commented on this unusual approach to completing season seven. “I was intrigued,” said Spader. “I thought that it seemed like the right thing to do, to try and finish the episode in any way that we could, and not only the episode, but to end the season.”
In addition to James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington, season seven stars Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen, Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai, Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler, Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper, and Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma. Brian Dennehy and Laila Robins guest star.
The Blacklist is executive produced by John Eisendrath, Jon Bokenkamp, John Davis, John Fox, James Spader, Lukas Reiter, J.R. Orci, and Laura A. Benson.
“The Kazanjian Brothers” Plot:
“The Task Force investigates an accountant who works for lucrative criminals in order to find the violent and thuggish brothers hired for his protection. Liz must make a momentous decision. Presented in a unique hybrid of live-action and graphic novel-style animation.”
Jason Bateman in ‘Ozark’ season 2 episode 5 (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Jacob and Darlene Snell are watching the construction that’s taking place on their land for the new casino as Netflix’s Ozark season two episode five begins. Darlene, who’s never happy about anything, is, of course, complaining as they stand and watch. As they walk back home, Darlene (Lisa Emery) is still going on about how much she hates it. She questions how this is any different from what the power company did to their family all those years ago. Jacob (Peter Mullan) reminds her it’s because they entered into this willingly; they were given a choice.
“Not without reservation, but for the benefit of our family and our family will benefit,” he says.
“Family? What family,” she retorts.
The FBI is combing through the Byrde house while the family waits outside. In Charlotte’s room, they smell marijuana and find cash in a small box. Jacob shows up with a mounted deer head – the one that Jonah killed – while the Feds are still going through the house. Marty (Jason Bateman) assures him he has nothing to worry about.
Agent Roy Petty (Jason Butler Harner) asks Marty if he’s ready. After nodding his head, he looks to Wendy (Laura Linney) and tells her to call a lawyer.
Ruth (Julia Garner) goes through the safe while Sam (Kevin L. Johnson) watches. He admits he doesn’t feel comfortable with what she’s doing. (Ruth can be careless.) Sam wonders what she’s looking for and Ruth lets him know she’s making sure there’s nothing in there that they could arrest Marty on.
Sam begins to panic, worried the FBI will arrest them as well. He’s babbling on when his stripper girlfriend comes in and asks if everything’s okay. Sam asks his girlfriend to keep an eye on Ruth while he grabs a box. Ruth being Ruth tells her to get the f**k out of there. The girlfriend isn’t fazed and tells Ruth she only take orders from Sam. Ruth takes a knife out and responds with, “Well, how about I pop those tits and squeeze out the silicone?”
Wisely, the girlfriend is now scared and runs out of the room.
Marty’s with Agent Petty in what appears to be a building under construction. Petty’s trying to convince Marty to give it up, warning the cartel knows by now that Marty is with the FBI. He goes on to tell Marty the FBI is still at his house ready to take Wendy and the kids into protective custody. Petty seems to be talking to himself at this point; Marty isn’t talking at all.
Marty’s lawyer shows up and he’s shocked to see it’s Helen (Janet McTeer). Petty notices Marty’s surprise as well and tries to feed on that, letting Helen know Marty was inquiring about his future as a paid informant. Marty finally speaks and denies he brought that up.
Back at the Byrde residence, Wendy questions Charlotte (Sofia Hublitz) and asks if she stole $5,000. Charlotte tries to claim she didn’t steal it, she took it just in case they needed it. Wendy questions if Jonah has anything to do with it. Charlotte lies and says he doesn’t know anything. Wendy wonders what she bought because the Feds only found $4,600. Charlotte reveals she purchased jeans. Wendy sarcastically replies, “Mm-hmm. In case of emergency, huh?”
Wendy isn’t done and seems pissed now. She tells Charlotte, “Well grow the f**k up because it’s game on. Do you understand?” Charlotte nods.
Agent Petty tells Marty he’s a terrible judge of character. He begins to lay out photos of people – some are dead, some are not. He brings up Charlotte taking five grand of cartel money and stashing it in a box reeking of pot. Marty and Helen sit and listen without saying a word and Petty questions whether Marty thinks he’s safe. Petty tries to scare him by insisting he can charge his kids as adults. Helen cuts him off by asking if Petty will be charging her client.
Ignoring Helen’s question, Petty brings up Ruth Langmore. He asks Marty if he’s aware Ruth tried to kill him. Petty tells him all about the boat ride and how he unrigged the dock. Helen, again, inserts herself into the conversation, stating they both know if they had anything, they would be arresting Marty which they have not done. Petty ignores her and assures Marty he saved his life. If Marty doesn’t believe him, he can ask Jonah. (Jonah pulled a gun on him that day.)
Marty and Helen get up to leave when Petty tries one last time. He warns Marty he can stay there where it’s safe and he can get another attorney – one the cartel didn’t send. Marty informs him he’s happy with his representation and they leave.
Back at the house, the FBI is wrapping up. Buddy (Harris Yulin) tells Wendy, “I’d ask if you’re okay, but I know you’re not.” He hands Wendy a glass of alcohol and tells her a story about a French man. “Hang in there, Wendy, lose your sh*t tomorrow. Today is not the day to fall apart,” he advises.
Jonah’s in his room when Charlotte comes in and tells him they found her money. Jonah thinks maybe she shouldn’t have kept it on a shelf. Charlotte gets mad and tells him Wendy asked if he knew anything about it and she told her no. She thinks Jonah should be thanking her. He does thank her, sarcastically. He thinks next time she should give him her money and he’ll create shell companies – like Marty’s. The money is safe and cannot be traced.
Charlotte asks if she can have some of his money. She wants to buy a van in case she needs to leave. Plus, she can live in it. Jonah tells her he can’t because the money’s tied up.
Jacob brings a boy home to work on their farm in an effort to help Darlene out with her empty nest syndrome. Darlene, however, isn’t falling for it. She questions what Jacob’s doing and he explains the boy’s a foster kid; maybe they can adopt him. Darlene’s not having it. She wants a baby boy, someone they can mold.
Sheriff Nix (Robert C. Treveiler) interrupts their conversation to inform them the FBI is all over Marty Byrde’s house. Jacob cuts him off, assuring him they know all about it. Nix warns them the Feds aren’t messing around and there’s nothing the local police can do. Darlene reminds Sheriff Nix of his debt to them. He lets her know that’s why he’s there to warn them. Darlene basically just tells him to leave. She also wants Sheriff Nix to take the boy back where he came from.
After their meeting with Agent Petty, Helen questions Marty about Ruth Langmore. He vouches for her. She then asks about his computer and what’s on it. He assures Helen there’s nothing on it. Helen questions if the money Charlotte stole is the cartel money and he lies and says it isn’t. She asks how much his children know and he again lies and says they know nothing.
Helen is pretty sharp and doesn’t believe his kids don’t know anything. She says kids see things; they hear things. Marty turns the question around and asks what her kids know. Helen doesn’t like the tables turned and reminds him this isn’t about her kids.
Helen instructs the driver to pull over. She lights a cigarette and begins to tell Marty her kids don’t know she smokes. She hides it. After telling him that, she asks about the Snells. Marty’s not following this line of questioning and asks what she means. She says it’s only a matter of time before the Feds go to their farm and find their crop of opium poppies. Helen reveals she has a friend in the US Attorney’s office; she can see if there’s a warrant pulled for the Snells. Marty reminds her he’s been loyal to the cartel for years to a fault. She asks him, “Why do you think you are sitting in my car?” He’s still alive and free.
She demands he call the Snells to set up a meeting.
Ruth shows up at the Blue Cat asking if Rachel heard what was going on. Rachel confirms she heard what everyone else heard. Ruth then asks if she’s heard from Marty. After Rachel tells her no, Ruth reveals she’s left Marty messages but he hasn’t called her back. Ruth asks Rachel if Marty ever leaves anything there.
Rachel, trying to get her to say more, asks Ruth why they didn’t bring her in. Ruth thinks they would bring in Rachel before her because they’re partners. Rachel reminds Ruth she’s his partner, too, at the strip club.
Agent Petty and Agent Trevor Evans (McKinley Belcher III) are listening in on Rachel and Ruth’s conversation when Evans points out Rachel sounds buzzed. Petty admits she may have a little oxy problem. Petty seems a little too giddy and Evans reminds him to stay by the book. Petty thinks Evans should just follow the leader.
Evans, clearly upset, brings up that if he hadn’t vouched for Petty on his psych evaluation Petty wouldn’t have a job right now. Petty has a massive ego and calls Evans a little worker bee. He himself is the queen bee. Evans tells Petty to stop giving Rachel drugs and this time try to keep his asset alive. Petty believes Evans is just jealous because of what he had with Russ.
Wendy asks Marty why Helen dropped him off and he reveals Helen is now his lawyer. He gives her the CliffsNotes version of what Petty said. Marty’s angry to learn about Charlotte and the cash.
Marty asks Jonah if he pulled a gun on a man a couple of months ago. Jonah did, explaining the stranger was on their property. Marty wants to know what the man was doing and Jonah isn’t sure; that’s why he pulled the gun. Marty wonders if Jonah’s ever seen the man before. Jonah confirms he saw him once at the Blue Cat and then again, this morning.
Agent Petty stops Ruth in the parking lot of the strip club. Right away she says she wants a lawyer. He informs her he can arrest her for a double murder. Before she can say anything else, he asks what forces she thinks she’s messing with when a double murder is the least of her problems. He brings up the cartel. Ruth claims not to know what he’s talking about. He asks why she doesn’t turn witness; she could be living in a cute little house in Arizona. Ruth responds, “How about you go f**k yourself.”
Ruth asks Agent Petty if he wants her to explain how that works. Unfazed, he assures her he’s not her problem – he’s her solution. He warns her the other option is he arrests her for killing her uncles. Quite possibly the funniest thing I have heard in this entire series so far is Ruth ignoring him and going back to explaining exactly how Agent Petty can “f**k himself.”
“See, what you do is you roll yourself into a ball or whatever, and you take your dick, right? And you put it up your ass.” Still not fazed, Agent Petty explains her third option is getting killed by the cartel. They’d kill her family as well. He admits he cared about her uncle Russ a lot, even revealing they had a sexual relationship.
Agent Petty doesn’t stop there. He lets Ruth know he thinks she’s a piece of crap. She probably thinks Marty Byrde will protect her. He drops the bombshell that he told Marty how she tried to kill him. He suggests she look over her shoulder. The cartel’s watching and now they think she’s friends with the FBI. With that, Agent Petty leaves.
Ruth hurries inside the strip club and locks herself in the office, clearly spooked.
Marty, Helen, and Wendy head over to the Snells. They explain they need to get rid of their poppies but the Snells don’t want to budge. Helen warns them that if the Feds find the poppies, there is no more deal and there is no casino. Jacob tells them if he destroys the field the cartel will still have to pay them. Helen delivers a hard no on that request.
Marty walks Helen back to her car and she demands he get them to change their minds.
Wendy and Darlene are walking together when Darlene asks Wendy if her friend Wilkes funds an orphanage. She asks if Wendy thinks he’ll help them get a baby. Wendy seems taken aback by this question. Darlene continues, “We’d take more kindly to destroying our field if you could get us a baby.”
While Marty and Wendy are driving, Ruth calls them in a panic about the Feds. Marty cuts Ruth off, telling her not now and not over the phone. After hanging up, Ruth calls Sam inside the club and tells him to get his car and pull around to the back.
Jason Butler Harner and Jason Bateman in ‘Ozark’ season 2 episode 5 (Photo by Jessica Miglio/Netflix)
Agent Petty is there waiting when Marty and Wendy pull up in their driveway. He wonders if they have an open marriage. Wendy asks what he’s talking about and Petty brings up Charles Wilkes, saying she calls him Charlie in their emails. He asks her if they’re having an affair and then suggests they take this conversation inside.
Neither respond and Agent Petty continues divulging what he knows, suggesting there’s an email in which Charles said he did something to her he shouldn’t have. He questions what Charles did. Did he kiss her? Marty’s heard enough and tells Petty to go f**k himself, warning this is an ethics violation. Wendy asks if he’s finished and Petty confirms he’s not quite done. He shows her the video of her affair with Gary that was still on Marty’s computer. She informs him she’s seen it and they’ve talked about it. Wendy asks what his angle is here – divide and conquer?
Agent Petty asks why they don’t want to save their kids. Wendy demands he get off their property. While Agent Petty drives away, Wendy plays the blame game, asking Marty, “Why would you save that video?” before walking away.
Ruth’s at home packing when Cade (Trevor Long) comes in asking what she’s doing. He wants to know if she’s talked to Marty and she hasn’t. He asks where she’s going and she admits she doesn’t know. He believes that’s her first mistake. He then reminds her they don’t rat and they don’t run. He asks if she ratted anyone out and she shakes her head no. She confesses she’s worried about the cartel. He assures her they’ll be ready for them.
Marty goes down to the basement to visit Buddy. Marty needs to do something about the poppy fields and Buddy gives him tough love, stating Marty needs to stop trying to please everyone and just react.
Helen shows up and warns if there are children in the house they should go to their rooms. When Marty asks what’s going on, she shows him a picture of Ruth. The photo shows Ruth talking to the Feds. She needs to know if they’re sure they can trust her. Marty hesitates and Helen immediately leaves.
After Helen’s gone, Wendy asks why he hesitated. Marty fills her in on the fact Ruth tried to kill him. Wendy seems to be in disbelief and Marty opens up. “Ruth tried to kill me. Bruce turned on me. You cheated on me. Maybe I’m not the best judge of character,” he says. With that, he leaves. Unfortunately, Charlotte heard everything from the hallway.
Charlotte tells Jonah what she heard and that their mom didn’t even try to deny it. Jonah asks how much the van she wants costs.
Buddy talks to Wendy, letting her know she always does what she has to. He admits he likes Marty, but he’s got to act. Someone does.
Marty visits Ruth’s place and she starts freaking out about the Feds. Marty wants to know if she tried to kill him and she doesn’t say yes, but instead says it was a long time ago. He reminds her that no, it was not – it was three months ago. He needs to know if he can trust her and she swears to him he can.
As they’re talking Helen shows up with several men. Helen grabs Ruth and takes her inside.
Wendy and Buddy drive to the Snells’ house. While she talks to Darlene about helping her adopt, Buddy walks over to the poppy fields.
Ruth is waterboarded while Helen questions her. Ruth denies everything. Cade warns Marty he’d better pray she’s alive.
While Wendy is showing Darlene adoption agencies, Buddy burns down the poppy fields.
Netflix just released a lengthy teaser trailer and poster for Space Force, a new series described as a workplace comedy with a twist. Steve Carell reunited with Greg Daniels (The Office) to create the series and stars as four-star General Mark R. Naird, leader of the newly formed Space Force.
Discussing the origin of the comedy, Carell said, “Space Force came around in a rather atypical way. Netflix had this premise that they thought might make a funny show — the idea made everybody laugh in a meeting, an idea of a show about the origins of a fictitious Space Force. I heard about the idea through my agent, and Netflix pitched the show to me, and then I pitched the show to Greg, and we all had the same reaction to it.
There was no show, there was no idea aside from the title. Netflix asked, ‘Do you want to do a show called Space Force?’ And I pretty much immediately said, ‘Well yeah, sure. That sounds great.’ And then I called Greg, and I said, ‘Hey, you want to do a show called Space Force?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, that sounds good. Let’s do it.’ And it was really based on nothing, except this name that made everybody laugh. So we were off and running.”
Daniels and Carell made sure they were not only respectful but accurate in portraying an Air Force general. “We have astronaut advisors, science advisors, and our military advisor, Mark Vazquez, has been very useful in teaching us about military behavior. Both Steve and I have relatives in the military who we love and respect, and hope are going to enjoy watching the show,” said showrunner Daniels.
In addition to Steve Carell, the cast includes John Malkovich, Diana Silvers, Tawny Newsome, Ben Schwartz, Lisa Kudrow, Jimmy O. Yang, Noah Emmerich, Alex Sparrow, and Don Lake.
The Space Force Plot:
A decorated pilot with dreams of running the Air Force, four-star general Mark R. Naird (Carell) is thrown for a loop when he finds himself tapped to lead the newly formed sixth branch of the US Armed Forces: Space Force. Skeptical but dedicated, Mark uproots his family and moves to a remote base in Colorado where he and a colorful team of scientists and “Spacemen” are tasked by the White House with getting American boots on the moon (again) in a hurry and achieving total space dominance.
Season three of Fox’s 9-1-1 draws to a close with episode 18, “What’s Next?” The season three finale will air on Monday, May 11, 2020 at 8pm ET/PT.
The cast of season three includes Angela Bassett as Athena Grant, Peter Krause as Bobby Nash, Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie Kendall, and Oliver Stark as Evan “Buck” Buckley. Aisha Hinds plays Henrietta “Hen” Wilson, Kenneth Choi is Howie “Chimney” Han, Rockmond Dunbar is Michael Grant, and Ryan Guzman is Eddie Diaz.
“What’s Next?” Plot – The 118 rush to save lives in the aftermath of a massive train derailment.
9-1-1 Series Description, Courtesy of Fox:
Creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear reimagine the procedural drama with 9-1-1, exploring the high-pressure experiences of police officers, firefighters and dispatchers who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
Oh goodie! We start off The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico season two episode eight with a Rosa makeover. Liz (Jeanine Mason) and Isobel (Lily Cowles) apparently have decided in order for her to be back out in public, she needs a new name and a completely different style – a style that Rosa would never be caught dead wearing. Yes, it’s Western attire for “Cousin Rosalinda” from Arizona as episode eight, “Say It Ain’t So,” begins.
But Western isn’t Rosa’s only choice, thank god. They have a bunch of different options style-wise. One option she doesn’t have is keeping the same hairstyle.
I’m not sure exactly what the style is she decided on, but it doesn’t matter. She heads to the cave and tries to be friendly with a bunch of obnoxious teen graffiteers. They insult her, saying she looks like an illegal.
After the racists leave the cave, Rosa sticks around and smashes things. She’s interrupted in her destruction by Iris Sanchez from Santa Fe who explains she used to hang there as a kid. She remembers the cave as a hangout for artsy kids and she thinks Rosa’s one. Before taking off she hands Rosa an invitation.
Max (Nathan Parsons) is also donning new attire. In episode seven he turned in his badge rather than sit behind a desk when what he really wants to do is investigate Jenna Cameron’s disappearance. Maria (Heather Hemmens) has put him to work as a bartender on Sangria Saturday and The Wild Pony is slammed.
After bartending, Max meets up with Liz at the secret lab and although she’s supposed to have packed everything up, he catches her trying to work on a way to speed up healing his heart. He compliments her intellect and passion and reminds her to start working on her grant applications.
Max gets a call that Jenna Cameron’s car is at the junkyard where Michael (Michael Vlamis) works. The totally cute couple head over to check it out. Michael says they have an hour before the cops come to take it. With that, he takes off to see Maria at the bar.
Maria’s wondering what sort of powers the necklace her mother gave her possesses. Apparently, her mom made her take it back when she tried to give it to her to wear, and Maria’s mom swears by the fact it wards off evil. Michael takes a good look at it and recognizes the flower it contains. “Its pollen has a paralytic effect on alien abilities,” explains Michael.
Maria believes the necklace is her kryptonite. When she’s not wearing it, her intuition is “through the roof.” She was vulnerable to Noah without it. Michael reminds her Kyle ran tests and she’s not an alien. Michael disagrees with the kryptonite analysis; he thinks it’s more like preventive medicine.
Liz and Max go through the car and Liz finds Jenna’s phone. Their examination is interrupted when an FBI agent arrives and accuses Max of tampering with a federal investigation. She demands everything they found in the car. However, Max isn’t buying it. He knows she’s a fake and after disarming her, he spots a familiar tattoo. Jenna had half a tattoo and her sister had the other half. This woman is Jenna’s sister, Charlie (Jamie Clayton).
Charlie and Jenna weren’t close lately and, in fact, Charlie had been missing for quite a while. But once she heard Jenna was missing, she sprang into action. Charlie believes Jenna’s missing because dangerous people want information on a controversial project she was working on. They probably kidnapped her as a way of forcing Charlie to talk.
Jesse Manes is on the list of people after Charlie and it turns out Jenna’s last text was to Alex Manes looking for his dad. Max thinks they should all go pay Jesse a visit.
And speaking of the Manes men, Alex (Tyler Blackburn) has a date with Forrest (Christian Antidormi) at the Alien Gulch Paintball Park that begins with an adorable Notting Hill homage. Forrest wonders if paintball would bring up any bad memories from his time in the military and Alex says he’s fine. Forrest also served but confesses he didn’t want to brag about that to a guy with a Purple Heart. (He also confesses he googled Alex.)
The paintball war’s underway when Forrest shoots Alex in his good leg. It’s painful and he immediately sits down to rub it. Forrest rushes over and it’s then he learns that Alex lost a leg. Alex explains he doesn’t usually tell people right away about it and Forrest replies, “For future reference, you totally should. Heroes are sexy.”
Forrest follows that by leaning in for a kiss. Alex backs away and his phone rings, making the moment just ever-so-slightly less awkward.
Back at The Wild Pony, Isobel takes a seat opposite Maria who immediately realizes Isobel’s there to convince her to wear the necklace. Maria doesn’t want to damper her abilities and Isobel resigns herself to the fact she failed to help Michael with the necklace thing. Maria asks Isobel to help her train to use her abilities, but Isobel reminds her Kyle said if she kept it up it would eat her brain.
Max meets Jesse Manes (Trevor St. John) at the Crash Down Café. Jesse’s pissed because he thought he was meeting with Charlie and admits he doesn’t come to this place anymore because of the clientele. Max picks up on the racist dog whistle and says, “Well if only someone would make America great again.”
Max gets to the point and wants to know what happened to Jenna. Jesse claims all he knows is that Jenna wanted to know who was after Charlie and he told her it’s black ops guys out of Los Alamos. It’s a paramilitary group called Deep Sky. Jesse says he warned Jenna these weren’t people she should be messing with.
Charlie and Liz have a talk in the car while waiting for Max. Charlie admits the device she built was dangerous although that wasn’t her intention.
After Jesse leaves, Max fills Charlie and Liz in on what he learned. Charlie says she’ll ask her military contacts about the group.
Liz returns to the secret lab and Michael’s frantically going through drawers. He needs to find the yellow pollen, but Liz can’t remember seeing it after tossing some at Noah. Liz thinks it might have been thrown out and she can’t find any fresh specimens.
Michael explains he needs one of those flowers – Maria has one in her necklace, but he needs one for her mom. It’s the only thing that will prevent their illness.
Michael has a folder of information on Caulfield experiments but he’s reluctant to hand it over to Liz so she can research a way to help Maria and her mom. Liz acknowledges that if she could keep doing alien experiments, she might be able to stop humans from getting sick. But, if she did that it would expose Michael, Max, and Isobel as aliens. So, she absolutely can’t do that and she swears she won’t.
Liz receives a text from her dad saying Rosalind is late for her shift. As she walks away Michael clearly looks as though he doesn’t believe her.
And where is Rosa/Rosalinda? She’s at an art gallery meeting up with Iris from the cave. Neither Rosalinda nor Iris like what Rosalinda’s wearing and Iris gives her a super-quick makeover. Now in much more fashionable clothing, Rosalinda and Iris walk around the gallery. Iris believes Rosalinda’s an artist and places a blank canvas on an easel, daring her to show off her talent.
Meanwhile, Isobel’s asked Maria if she could try and read her past instead of her future. They go through Michael’s trailer trying to see if Maria gets any clues from photos or clippings. At first, nothing happens but then suddenly she seems to space out and Isobel realizes Maria’s seeing something. She grabs her hand and steps inside Maria’s mind.
They both witness Louise years ago at the farm. Walt’s made her a little windmill and she asks if he’s seen Miss Nora. She seems happy as she hangs laundry out to dry.
They come back from the vision and Maria’s nose is bleeding.
That night Charlie’s driving out of town when Max drives in front of her and cuts her off. They pull over and Max demands to know where she’s going. He’s right when he assumes her trip has to do with Deep Sky. She reveals they made contact and instructed her to go to Sutter’s Grain Depot by 11pm or else they’d torture Jenna.
When she warns him it’s not his fight and to go home, he shoots her tire. He doesn’t think they’re holding Jenna at the grain depot and wants to know what she heard in the background during the phone call. She recalls a train going by and a demonic laugh. Max knows exactly where they’re holding Jenna.
A short time later they arrive at the spot where Max is sure Jenna’s being held. Weapons out, they search the area unaware someone’s got them in his crosshairs. Floodlights suddenly go on and a sniper shoots Charlie in the leg. They get pinned down and Charlie can’t stand so running toward the building isn’t an option. Max asks for her hat and pulls his hood up over his head. He emerges from their hiding spot and makes it behind another trailer while being shot at. After pausing for a moment, he opens the trailer and a metal box that’s inside it. Jenna’s curled up in the box, unconscious.
Max fires a few shots and hits the sniper as he runs to the lightbox. He plays his hand on it and the floodlights blow up. It took a lot out of him but he’s still able to grab Jenna and bring her back to Charlie. He doesn’t know how injured the sniper is, but he’s no longer shooting at them.
Charlie and Max get Jenna to the hospital. She finally comes to and when she asks how long she was out, Max tells her Taylor Swift is president. “That’s good. Someone less emotional in the Oval Office,” jokes Jenna.
Jenna doesn’t know for sure what happened. The last thing she remembered was a weird sound and a bright light. Plus, she had a pain in the back of her neck. Max takes a look and it looks like a burn. She becomes emotional when she can’t remember anything, and she thinks she needs a tox screen and a rape kit. He holds her hand trying to comfort her and lets her know he’s there for her as her Liz and Charlie.
Michael shows up at the bar and although he’s worried about Maria, he tells her he knows she can handle herself. He just doesn’t want anything bad to happen to her and Maria promises she won’t leave him alone.
Rosalinda finishes drawing and Iris feels completely vindicated. She knew Rosalinda’s an artist. Rosalinda is shocked when Iris calls her Rosa instead of Rosalinda. They start dancing but things get weird really fast. The gallery becomes smoky and Rosa begins choking.
It turns out Rosa is back in the cave, unconscious on the floor. Liz runs in calling her name as a fire burns just feet away from Rosa. Next to her body is an open pill container. Liz attempts to rouse her sister, but she doesn’t react.
Once more to the hospital we go and Charlie’s disappeared leaving behind bloody bandages and a note for Jenna.
Rosa’s also at the hospital and Liz promises her they’ll figure this out. Rosa doesn’t know how to fix things and confesses she wants to go to rehab. She wants to do better but doesn’t know if she can. “Today I started a fire when I was unconscious because I blow up lightbulbs with my brain,” says Rosa, crying.
Liz places Maria’s necklace around her sister’s neck, explaining the necklace has the power to suppress alien abilities. Liz assures her sister she will get better.
Alex and Forrest meet for drinks at The Wild Pony after their day of paintball. Alex explains that he didn’t kiss Forrest because he still hears his father’s voice telling him being seen in public with a man is an embarrassment to his name. Alex also thinks Roswell is so conservative that it’s difficult.
Forrest understands but says, “Look, I like you but I don’t want to climb into somebody else’s closet,” when Alex asks if he wants to go somewhere private. Alex wants to be out of the closet but he’s not there yet. Forrest tells him to give him a call when he’s ready, warning him making out with a hot guy in public is hotter when it “pisses off all the bigots and homophobes.”
Jenna reads the note and learns Charlie is going to disappear. Charlie doesn’t want Jenna to search for her.
Max and Liz meet up in the hospital and Liz says Rosa’s heading to a rehab a few hours away. He apologizes for going after Jenna and Charlie without telling her, and she accepts even though she’s really worried about his heart. When he asks if she wants to go home with him, she explains she needs a chance to cry alone before opening the diner for her dad.
Isobel pays a visit to Michael to apologize for triggering Maria’s abilities. He’s okay with that because he and Maria talked it out. Isobel becomes super excited as she describes the vision they shared of a woman she thinks was her mother. When she says a boy gave her mom a windmill Michael becomes agitated. He hurries over to a shelf and grabs a small windmill. Isobel confirms it’s the one she saw in the vision.
Michael’s boss drives up at the exact moment and Michael confronts him. “It was you! You’re Walt. You’re the little boy in the photo,” says Michael. “You knew my mother.”
Walt shakes his head yes.
Liz starts to pack up the lab but stops and instead begins going through Michael’s Caulfield research.
Max finds Charlie in a hotel parking lot before she can leave town. He wants her to stay with Jenna, but she thinks she can only protect her sister from inside Deep Sky. As they’re talking the car alarm goes off and a blinding white light envelops them.
Dwayne Johnson hosts ‘The Titan Games’ (Photo by: Hiram Garcia/NBC)
The Titan Games host and executive producer Dwayne Johnson announced the six premiere athletes who will be serving as titans in season two. Season two will feature a stunt woman, a UFC champion, and a gold-medal winning snowboarder as well as a 10 time NFL Pro Bowler.
This year’s Titans are:
Two-time Olympic gold-medal winning and current undisputed boxing world champion Claressa Shields
Professional stunt woman and star American Ninja Warrior Jessie Graff
Five-time UFC champion Tyron Woodley
“This season of The Titan Games is going to be even bigger than last season. We created an incredible new Titan arena with new insane challenges, and we’ve gone out and selected some of the fiercest competitors we’ve ever seen. For the first time ever, our everyday Titans will go head to head with elite athletes from the Olympics, NFL, UFC and beyond to compete for Titan glory. All of these men and women are true athletes and competitors who give it their all in the Titan arena,” said Johnson.
Season two is set to premiere on May 25, 2020. The competition series is executive produced by Johnson, Arthur Smith, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Brian Gewirtz, David Friedman, and Anthony Storm.
Details on Season 2: Courtesy of NBC:
This season, the competition breaks down into three regional brackets: West, Central and East. Within each region, one male and one female professional athlete will serve as Titans. Each episode during regional competition will see two contenders of each gender battle in a best-of-three competition on epic new and fan-favorite obstacles. They are fighting for the chance to compete on Mount Olympus, Johnson’s all-encompassing final obstacle that tests strength, speed, stamina and heart. In order to become a Titan, the competitors will need to defeat one of Johnson’s professional Titans and then maintain that position on top of Mount Olympus.
Those who lose on Mt. Olympus will have a shot at redemption during the Regional Finals and one last chance to take on the reigning Titan. Ultimately, one male and one female will earn the title of Regional Champion and move on the finale.
In the finale, the reigning Titans will return to battle against one another, with one man and one woman emerging as Titan Champion and each winning a grand prize of $100,000. If one of the professional athletes wins, their prize money will go to a charity of their choosing.
CBS’s S.W.A.T. will finally return from a lengthy break with season three episode 21, airing on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 10pm ET/PT. Episode 21, “Diablo,” was directed by Douglas Aarniokoski from a script by Munis Rashid and Robert Wittstadt.
The cast of season three features Shemar Moore as Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, Stephanie Sigman as Jessica Cortez, Alex Russell as Jim Street, and Jay Harrington as David “Deacon” Kay. Lina Esco stars as Christina “Chris” Alonso, Kenny Johnson is Dominique Luca, David Lim is Victor Tan, Amy Farrington is Lieutenant Piper Lynch, and Patrick St. Esprit plays Commander Robert Hicks. Louis Ferreira plays Buck and Cory Hardrict is Nate.
Episode 21 guest stars include Chris L. McKenna, Hugo Carbajal, Luis Carazo, Ramon Fernandez, Carlos Carrera, and Nate Walker. E. Ambriz DeColosio, Thomas Roach, Liana Arauz, Josh Harp, Shin Ne Nielson, Karen Sours Albisua, and Mercy Malick also guest star.
“Diablo” Plot – The SWAT team searches for a group of drug smugglers who crash a plane in a Los Angeles suburb and scatter, after a joint mission with the DEA to stop the shipment goes awry.
Also, Hondo tries to make amends with Nichelle, Luca experiences anxiety about his return to the field, and Deacon hesitates when asked to speak to a group of recruits about mental health.
S.W.A.T. Description, Courtesy of CBS:
Inspired by the television series and the feature film, S.W.A.T. stars Shemar Moore as a former Marine and locally born and raised S.W.A.T. sergeant, tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles. Torn between loyalty to where he was raised and allegiance to his brothers in blue, Daniel ”Hondo” Harrelson strives to bridge the divide between his two worlds and acclimate to his new duties as the legal guardian of a teenager.
Hondo’s elite unit includes David “Deacon” Kay, an experienced S.W.A.T. officer and dedicated family man who always puts the team first; Christina “Chris” Alonso, a skilled officer and the team’s canine trainer; Dominique Luca, an expert driver who gets them in and out of high risk situations; Victor Tan, who started in the LAPD Hollywood Division and uses his confidential informants in the community to help the team; and Jim Street, the team’s cocky newest member who is re-instated to S.W.A.T. after being fired for compromising the unit.
Responsible for the management of all Metro Division S.W.A.T. units is Commander Robert Hicks, a senior LAPD official with the Special Operations Bureau. Overseeing Hondo’s team is Hicks’ direct report, Jessica Cortez, the ambitious captain of L.A. Metro weighing an offer to leave S.W.A.T and work for the FBI. With Hondo leading the charge, these dedicated men and women bravely put themselves at risk to protect their community and save lives.
