CBS has set a May 20, 2020 premiere date for the game show Game On! hosted by Emmy and Peabody Award winner Keegan-Michael Key. The new series Tough as Nails, created and hosted by The Amazing Race‘s Phil Keoghan, will debut as part of the network’s summer primetime lineup on July 8th.
“These are two timely and entertaining series for summer,” said Noriko Kelley, Executive Vice President, Program Planning and Scheduling, CBS Entertainment. “Game On! is funny, unpredictable and feel-good television, and Tough as Nails celebrates the hard-working heroes of America in a uniquely emotional and gritty real-world competition.”
In addition to Keegan-Michael Key, Game On! season one features tennis superstar Venus Williams, NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski, comedian Ian Karmel, and comedian Bobby Lee. Key, Williams, and Gronkowski also serve as executive producers along with Ben Winston, James Corden, Emma Conway, David Taylor, Murray Boland, Danielle Lux, Elle Key, and Henry Penzi.
Tough as Nails is executive produced by Phil Keoghan, Louise Keoghan, and Anthony Carbone.
Game On! will air on Wednesdays at 8pm ET/PT. New episodes of Tough as Nails will air on Wednesdays at 9pm ET/PT.
CBS released the following descriptions of the two new primetime series:
Game On! is a series that celebrates the entertainment of sports, based on A League of Their Own, the BAFTA-winning U.K. series. The show pits two teams of three, captained by tennis champion and entrepreneur Venus Williams and Super Bowl champion Rob Gronkowski, alongside comedians Bobby Lee and Ian Karmel and rotating sports stars, comedians and celebrities, against each other in over-the-top physical challenges, absurd trivia and epic field competitions.
Tough as Nails is a competition series that celebrates everyday Americans who roll up their sleeves and don’t think twice about working long hard hours and getting their hands dirty, in order to keep their country running. Competitors who consider the calluses on their hands a badge of honor will be tested for their strength, endurance, life skills and, most importantly, mental toughness in challenges that take place at real-world job sites.
Season one episode 14 of CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted finds the time tracking bank robbers. Directed by Ken Girotti from a script by Jerome Hairston (story by Hairston and Gina Gionfriddo), episode 14 will air on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 10pm ET/PT.
Season one stars Julian McMahon as Jess LeCroix, Kellan Lutz as Kenny Crosby, Roxy Sternberg as Sheryll Barnes, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Hana Gibson, and Nathaniel Arcand as Clinton Skye. Yaya Gosselin, Lorne Cardinal, and Irene Bedard are season one recurring guest stars.
Episode 14 guest stars include Louis Herthum, Brayden Myrick, Kayley Ronayne, John Long, Omar Perez, Ursula Abbott, and Jenson Smith. Ashanti J’Aria, Brian Faas, Tyshon Freeman, Amy Lynn Stewart, Jonathan Stewart, and Kerri Lynn Miller also guest star in “Getaway.”
“Getaway” Plot – When a father and son bank-robbing duo escape from a prison transport van on their way to trial and pick up where they left off, the team must hunt them down before they steal enough money to escape the country. Also, Jess draws on his own personal history to profile the duo’s father-son dynamic.
The Season 1 Plot:
From Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf and the team behind FBI and the Law & Order franchise, FBI: Most Wanted is a high-stakes drama that focuses on the Fugitive Task Force, which relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. This group of highly skilled agents functions as a mobile undercover unit that’s always out in the field, tirelessly pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.
Overseeing the team is Jess LaCroix, a seasoned, enigmatic agent at the top of his game who is called upon to apprehend the most elusive and dangerous fugitives. His trusted crew includes Sheryll Barnes, an ex-NYPD detective with a psych degree and first-rate street smarts; analyst Hana Gibson, a master of data-mining and social engineering; communications expert Kenny Crosby, an Army intel vet Jess has taken under his wing; and Jess’ brother-in-law, Clinton Skye, a deadly marksman with a law degree. These elite agents are always at the ready to answer the call, picking up the trail to hunt down and catch the “most wanted.”
The CW’s The Flash season six episode 17 revealed how Eva (Efrat Dor) planned to get free of her mirror prison and featured the return of an enemy of Team Flash.
Episode 17, “Liberation,” begins with Barry (Grant Gustin), Cisco (Carlos Valdes), and Ralph (Hartley Sawyer) at S.T.A.R. Labs testing the artificial Speed Force generator they built. It starts to work but then quickly fizzles out and Team Flash is back to square one.
Right after the test, Cecile (Danielle Nicolet) shows up and encourages Barry to visit Iris (Candice Patton) at work. Barry says he’s too busy trying to build the new Speed Force and asks her to tell Iris he misses her.
At the Citizen offices, Mirror Iris, Mirror Kamilla (Victoria Park), and Mirror Captain Singh (Patrick Sabongui) talk to Eva through mirrors. Eva tells them that after they follow the rest of her plan, she will be free of her mirror dimension prison. Cecile comes in minutes later and talks to Mirror Iris about Barry, but Mirror Iris insists that she’s still too angry at Barry to forgive him. Kamilla suggests Iris needs space to focus on what is important.
Cecile returns home to find Barry’s set up a crime board work area. He explains that he’s convinced Iris is missing and that the woman who he had the fight with is an imposter. He points out to Cecile recent facts about Iris knowing how to speak Italian and how she’s suddenly being able to make great pancakes when they all know she can’t cook. He also points out that Iris would never throw him out and would fight for their marriage.
Cecile thinks maybe Barry is just scared because Iris threw him out. But he says again with conviction, “That’s not Iris!”
Meanwhile, Cisco and Ralph head over to Caitlin’s apartment to pay her a visit and see how she’s feeling. (She’s apparently still recovering from her wounds from Sunshine two episodes ago). When they try to open her door, Ralph notices the handle is frozen. Worried about her they kick it in and find Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) lying on her couch covered by a big blanket and looking ghostly pale. A white cold mist surrounds her. When they call to her she’s able to open her eyes slightly. She whispers meekly, “Help me.”
In the Mirror dimension, Iris gets ready to try to smash the mirror Eva has been using to see the world. Iris hopes by analyzing it they might find a way out. Eva catches her and yells at her to leave it alone, but Iris insists on trying to smash it. Eva storms off saying she’s going to focus on something that might actually help them escape.Iris takes a closer look at the mirror and finds a silver button. She pushes it and the giant wall mirror slides to one side.
Barry and Cecile check on Mirror Iris’ computer and find the photo of her that Kamilla took. Barry and Iris see that Mirror Iris looks like some silver entity.
At Barry’s apartment, Mirror Iris, Mirror Kamilla, and Mirror Singh place multiple tall mirrors around the place. Mirror Iris gets a text from Barry and goes to S.T.A.R. Labs.
Nash (Tom Cavanagh), Cecile, and Barry are waiting for her at S.T.A.R. Labs and show her the photo they found. Barry demands she tells him who she is and where the real Iris is being held, but she says the photo is just corrupted and that he’s being ridiculous. Barry uses a device that shoots a prismatic ray on Iris which should show her as the mirror dimension entity she is – but it doesn’t. Instead, when Iris grabs it from Barry and points the ray at him, he starts to sparkle. (It’s revealed in a flashback that Eva swapped out the device earlier using mirrors).
Nash reacts by pointing his weapon at Barry, thinking he’s an imposter. Fortunately, Cecile intervenes and uses the meta power-dampening cuffs on Barry. They lock him up in the pipeline.
Back in the mirror dimension, Iris finds a secret room and discovers mirror recordings of everything that’s happened since her kidnapping including Eva’s fight with Carver and Carver shattering the mirror. However, seeing the recordings causes Iris physical pain and she collapses. She sees Eva standing over her just as she passes out.
At Caitlin’s apartment, Cisco has deduced that Caitlin’s cold powers have put her in a cold coma to protect her. In order to help her, they need to wake her up. To do this Ralph uses his meta powers to be the jumper cables, touching Caitlin and the powered battery Cisco hooked up to jump-start Caitlin awake. It sends Ralph flying across the room but it does work and Caitlin wakes.
Ralph asks what happened and Caitlin explains that her wound was getting worse. She tried to heal it using her cold powers but the wound ruptured. She guesses her immune system put her in the cold coma to protect her. Caitlin admits she needs help and that they need to call her mother.
At ARGUS, Mirror Singh gets himself, Mirror Iris, and Mirror Kamilla in to see Bloodwork (Sendhil Ramamurthy) who’s in a special cell that’s able to hold him. They offer to free him for a few drops of his blood and he agrees.
Mirror Kamilla sacrifices herself and walks into the cell’s power door, which shocks and upsets Mirror Iris. Bloodwork steps out of the cell and attacks Singh, knocking him out. He grabs Mirror Iris and demands she tell him what she really wants or he’ll kill her. She confesses she wants to live, meaning have a life of her own not just be a tool for Eva to control.
Bloodwork leaves a line of his blood on her arm for her to use and goes back into his cell. Iris asks him about wanting to be free and he says, “There are walls beyond these walls. I was never going to just walk out of here but there’s more than one way for me to be free. Let’s just call this…the long game.”
At S.T.A.R. Labs, Cecile frees Barry from the pipeline. She knows it’s him and wants him to go save Iris.
At Barry’s apartment, Mirror Iris gets ready to use the blood from Bloodwork on the tall mirror while at the same time Eva will use her device on the other side to break it and free her. Just as she’s going to open the vile holding the blood, Barry speeds in. Mirror Iris turns her arms into mirror blades and begins to attack Barry. Barry holds back fighting her because she looks just like Iris and because his super-speed is barely usable.
Mirror Iris uses the mirrors she and her comrades placed in the apartment earlier to cut and stab Barry over and over again. “You should mind your surroundings,” says Mirror Iris as she brings down a mirror from the ceiling, cutting Barry even more.
Meanwhile, in the mirror dimension Eva has positioned a tied-up Iris in front of the mirror to watch the fight. As Mirror Iris taunts Barry about him not noticing that she wasn’t really his wife, Iris realizes that Mirror Iris and Eva are connected and that Eva controls her. Iris starts to taunt Eva about how she knows Eva still loves her husband and how he’s going to trap her again. Eva becomes upset and Mirror Iris can’t focus.
Barry looks at the main tall mirror and realizes Iris is helping him. He tells Mirror Iris that she isn’t bad and he knows she can be more. “You have to want it,” says the wounded speedster. Mirror Iris admits she wants to live and says, “I choose me.”
Eva sees this and uses her meta connection to kill Mirror Iris. Barry holds a glowing Mirror Iris in his arms and she says to him, “I feel alive,” just before she shatters into a hundred pieces of glass.
Eva uses her machine and Bloodwork’s blood gets on the tall mirror. The mirror shatters and Eva steps out. Barry tries to stop her but she wounds him with a shard of glass. He falls back, asking if she’s going to kill him – a question that seems to upset Eva. She tells him it’s not necessary and if he stays out of her way, she’ll stay out of his. Eva then uses the different mirrors set up to exit.
Eva is the new Mirror Master!
In the final scene of the episode, Barry sits up and gets close to the tall mirror that wasn’t broken in his apartment. He talks to Iris, thinking she might be able to hear him, and says he misses her. In the mirror dimension, Iris has freed herself of her ropes and talks to Barry, hoping he can hear her saying she still has hope because she knows he’s out there fighting to bring her back home.
The Flash Season 6 Episode 17 Review:
Suspenseful and revealing, season 6 episode 17 titled “Liberation” sees the defeat of Mirror Iris, the cameo of the season’s first main villain (Bloodwork), and Eva’s freedom. It also explains why Caitlin was MIA in the last episode.
The stand-out performance is delivered by Candice Patton, whose portrayal of Mirror Iris, which at first was a bit stiff and wooden, finally grew into a conflicted entity who wanted to have its own life and be free of Eva’s control. Patton shows the inner conflict of Mirror Iris several times during the episode and displays the character’s horror as she sees Mirror Kamilla willingly sacrifice herself for Eva while freeing Bloodwork.
With Eva free, a still injured Caitlin off to see her mother to get help, and Barry running low on his powers, it should be interesting to see how Team Flash will be able to stop Eva from whatever she has in store for Central City.
On April 21, Big Hit Entertainment announced BTS will be dropping a new docuseries Break the Silence on May 12, 2020 at 9pm KST. Fans will be able to watch the docuseries on Weverse. Following the 351-day journey from “Love Yourself Speak Yourself” tour, the series will track BTS from the start of the “Love Yourself” tour in 2018 and into the extension of the tour with “Love Yourself Speak Yourself” in 2019.
The tour started off in sold-out arenas around the world and expanded to sold-out stadiums. The trailer for Break the Silence was released yesterday, giving us a glimpse of what’s to come, from the members goofing off backstage to more personal, vulnerable moments.
BTS is no stranger to docuseries – or documentaries, for that matter. On November 15, 2018, BTS released a docuseries on YouTube Premium titled Burn the Stage which followed the group on their 2017 “Wings” tour. Due to the popularity of that docuseries, BTS released it in limited theaters in October 2018 and again in December.
In August 2019, Bring the Soul: The Movie was released in theaters around the globe. The movie follows the group on their European leg of the “Love Yourself” tour in October 2018. The members of popular South Korean boy band were filmed on a rooftop in Paris discussing the tour, and moviegoers were also able to see behind the scenes footage.
In December 2019, BTS was named the highest-grossing tour group of the year, according to Billboard’s year-end report. BTS grossed an impressive $196.4 million over the course of the year, beating out legendary icons such as The Rolling Stones, Metallica, and KISS. The global phenoms came in 3rd overall behind Pink and Ed Sheeran.
Worth noting, it was announced by Big Hit entertainment yesterday via Weverse that the entire “Map of The Soul” tour, which was scheduled to kick off in Seoul, South Korea on April 11th, will be postponed. The Seoul stops were already canceled, and the North American part of the tour was postponed on March 26th. Yesterday’s announcement involved the rest of the tour, which had stops in Japan, London, Berlin, and Barcelona.
While fans await information on new dates, they were treated to Bang Bang Con on April 18th and 19th. The two-night event featured past BTS concerts live-streamed on YouTube. The streams brought in an impressive 50 million viewers across both days.
With this new docuseries fans will be treated to seven episodes while we all do our part to stay at home and stop the spread of Covid-19.
CBS’s legal drama All Rise returns on Monday, May 4, 2020 with a groundbreaking episode shot via FaceTime, WebEx, Zoom, and other online Technology. The episode marks the first time a scripted dramatic series returns to production during the Covid-19 pandemic, with all cast and crew members taking special precautions as they shoot from cast members’ homes.
Airing on Monday, May 4th at 9pm ET/PT, All Rise episode 21 is directed by Michael M. Robin from a script by Greg Spottiswood and Gregory Nelson.
The cast of All Rise is led by Simone Missick as Lola Carmichael. Wilson Bethel is Mark Callan, Marg Helgenberger is Lisa Benner, Jessica Camacho is Emily Lopez, J. Alex Brinson is Luke Watkins, Lindsay Mendez is Sara Castillo, and Ruthie Ann Miles plays Sherri Kansky.
Dorian Missick, husband of series star Simone Missick, guest stars as DJ Tailwind. Spouses Mo McRae and Lex Scott Davis also guest star in the virtually produced episode as defendant Kurt Beto and his girlfriend, Rosa.
“Dancing at Los Angeles” Plot – With Los Angeles under a mandatory shelter-in-place order and trials piling up, Judge Benner authorizes Judge Carmichael to preside over a virtual bench trial, a case regarding a dispute between brothers over a car.
While Emily represents the defendant, Kurt Beto (Mo McRae), Mark represents the prosecution, marking the first time he tries a case in Lola’s “court.” Also, Mark and Quinn (Lindsey Gort) explore how to continue their romantic relationship while quarantined in separate homes; Judge Benner oversees court from afar and learns to cook; Sara finds temporary work as a food delivery driver; Luke and Emily’s relationship is taxed by separation; and germaphobe and type-A Sherri contends with the new world (dis)order.
Throughout it all, unknown dance party DJ Tailwind (Dorian Missick) offers a comforting, irreverent voice for all Angelenos in lockdown by sharing his music and thoughts via his laptop at home.
Details on All Rise, Courtesy of CBS:
“All Rise is a courthouse drama that follows the chaotic, hopeful and sometimes absurd lives of its judges, prosecutors and public defenders, as they work with bailiffs, clerks and cops to get justice for the people of Los Angeles amidst a flawed legal process. Among them is newly appointed Judge Lola Carmichael (Missick), a highly regarded and impressive deputy district attorney who doesn’t intend to sit back on the bench in her new role, but instead leans in, immediately pushing the boundaries and challenging the expectations of what a judge can be.”
ABC’s The Rookie season two is drawing to a close with a two-part finale that finds the rookies evaluating their readiness for the force. Part one, “The Q Word,” will air on Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 10pm ET/PT. Part two, “The Hunt,” follows on May 10th.
Nathan Fillion leads the cast as John Nolan. Alyssa Diaz is Angela Lopez, Richard T. Jones is Sergeant Wade Grey, Mekia Cox as Nyla Harper, Titus Makin is Jackson West, Melissa O’Neil is Lucy Chen, and Eric Winter plays Tim Bradford.
Season two episode 19 was directed by David McWhirter from a script by Natalie Callaghan and Nick Hurwitz. Guest stars include Harold Perrineau as Detective Nick Armstrong, Ali Larter as Dr. Grace Sawyer, Brent Huff as Officer Smitty, Crystal Coney as Nurse Lisa, Jeff Pierre as Emmett Lang, Chris O’Shea as Officer Chris Rios, Hannah Kasulka as Officer Erin Cole, and Greg Serano as T.O. Martinez.
“The Q Word” Plot – In part one of the season finale, their rookie year is coming to an end and officers Nolan, Chen and West are about to be squeezed harder than ever before as their training officers evaluate whether they are truly ready for the job. Meanwhile, after one of their rookie classmates is involved in a shooting, the team uncovers some unsettling evidence.
The Series Description, Courtesy of ABC:
“Six months into his career as a cop, John Nolan, the oldest rookie in the LAPD, has used his life experience, determination and sense of humor to keep up with rookies 20 years his junior. But as he embarks on the second half of his rookie year, Nolan will be put to the test by a host of new challenges, romantic relationships and deadly criminals, as he looks to figure out what kind of cop he ultimately wants to be.”
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Connie Britton (Dirty John, Nashville) returns to guest star as Abby Clark in season three episode 17 of Fox’s popular drama series, 9-1-1. Episode 17, “Powerless,” will air on Monday, May 4, 2020 at 8pm ET/PT and is the first part of a two-part season finale. Part two will air on May 11th.
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.
“Powerless” Plot – The 118 races to rescue a little girl in a runaway hot air balloon and help with a city power outage caused by a hijacked tree-trimmer truck. Meanwhile, Athena’s investigation into the serial rapist case puts her life in jeopardy.
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.
CBS’s Bull will return with a new season four episode on Monday, May 4, 2020 at 10pm ET/PT. Season four episode 20, “Wrecked,” was directed by Dennis Smith from a script by Nichole Millard.
The cast is led by Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull, Freddy Rodriguez as Benny Colón, Geneva Carr as Marissa Morgan, Jamie Lee Kirchner as Danny James, Christopher Jackson as Chunk Palmer, and MacKenzie Meehan as Taylor Rentzel.
Episode 20 guest stars include Lora Lee, Holiday Kriegel, Drew Youngblood, Andrew Polk, Molly Camp, Annie Henk, and Brett Temple. Heather Patterson King, Jonathan Strait, Ta’Nika Gibson, Lyman Chen, Ron Komora, Tim Connell, and Ka-Ling Cheung also guest star in “Wrecked.”
“Wrecked” Plot – Bull and the TAC team help Taylor bring a civil suit against the woman who killed Taylor’s friend in a hit-and-run when the driver evades criminal charges by claiming diplomatic immunity.
Bull Series Details, Courtesy of CBS:
Bull stars Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull in a drama inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw, the founder of one of the most prolific trial-consulting firms of all time. Brilliant, brash and charming, Dr. Bull is the ultimate puppet master as he combines psychology, human intuition and high-tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses and the accused tick. His personal life proves harder to manage as he tries to live a healthier lifestyle following a heart attack and learns he is expecting a child with his ex-wife.
Bull employs an enviable team of experts at Trial Analysis Corporation to shape successful narratives down to the very last detail. This includes his quick-witted former brother-in-law, Benny Colón, a lawyer who acts as defense attorney in the company’s mock trials; Marissa Morgan, a neurolinguistics expert from the Department of Homeland Security who monitors shifting jury reactions in real-time for Bull; former NYPD detective Danny James, the firm’s tough but relatable investigator; Taylor Rentzel, a working mother and former colleague of Marissa’s who is an expert in coding and computer hacking; and Chunk Palmer, a former all-American lineman and stylist-turned-law student who helps clients prepare their look and testimony for trial.
In high-stakes trials, Bull’s combination of remarkable insight into human nature, three Ph.D.’s and a top-notch staff creates winning strategies that tip the scales of justice in his clients’ favor.
Anthony Michael Hall continues his guest-starring role in season seven episode 17 of NBC’s popular drama The Blacklist. Episode 17, “Brothers,” will air on May 1, 2020 at 8pm ET/PT.
The cast is led by James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington and Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen. The series also stars Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai, Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler, Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper, and Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma.
“Brothers” Plot – Ressler is forced to confront past trauma and family secrets when his brother takes him back home for a risky job.
Series Description, Courtesy of NBC:
“After being abducted by Katarina Rostova, Raymond “Red” Reddington (Spader) finds himself alone in hostile territory, unsure of who, if anyone, he can trust. Surrounded by old enemies and new allies, Red must stay one step ahead of the Blacklist’s most dangerous criminal, who will stop at nothing to unearth the very truth Red wants no one to know about.
To find it, Katarina will insinuate herself into the life of Elizabeth Keen (Boone), who has finally reunited with her daughter Agnes. Katarina’s presence will bring danger to Liz’s doorstep and forever alter her relationship with Red.”
Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen in ‘The Blacklist’ season 7 episode 17 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Anthony Michael Hall as Robby Ressler and Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler in season 7 episode 17 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen and Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler in season 7 episode 17 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Mark Margolis as Jakov Mitko, Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler, and Anthony Michael Hall as Robby Ressler (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)Anthony Michael Hall as Robby Ressler and Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler in ‘The Blacklist’ season 7 episode 17 (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico season two episode six featured a three-way, Isobel spreading her wings, and the reunion of Liz and Max as a couple. Season two episode seven, “Como La Flor,” is less about romance and more about dysfunctional families and betrayals.
Isobel (Lily Cowles) gives Rosa (Amber Midthunder) a lesson in powering up a light bulb but so far she’s unsuccessful. Rosa thinks maybe the whole zapping Max back to life thing was just a fluke. Max (Nathan Parsons) suggests a different approach but Rosa’s quickly out of control. She doesn’t want Max anywhere near her and in her anger, she busts a bulb.
When she stomps away mad, Liz (Jeanine Mason) admits she’s worried her sister’s going to hurt herself…or someone else.
Lesson over, Liz is working her shift at the café when in walks her mother, Helena (Bertila Damas). Liz, stunned, doesn’t embrace her return. Helena tries to make a joke, but it falls flat. Liz finally asks why her mom’s decided to grace them with her presence and she reveals a call from Liz’s dad prompted her visit.
Arturo (Carlos Compean) apparently contacted Helena just to get her to sign over her part of the diner to Liz as part of his process for obtaining residency. Helena showed up because she didn’t want to just sign it over; she wants money for her half. But she won’t discuss it until they all sit down for dinner later that day.
Max, Isobel, and Michael (Michael Vlamis) discuss Isobel hooking up with a female bartender at Planet 7 while drinking beers at The Wild Pony. Isobel comments on the woman’s “thoughtful” manicure and admits she might see her again. She suggests if Max and Liz don’t work out, he should ride a cowboy. Aliens don’t really care about human gender constructs.
Max just isn’t into this conversation and they finally ask what’s up. He confesses he thinks the nightmares he had as a kid about being chained up might have been memories from the pods. Isobel thinks he should just forget about it and Michael agrees. No one needs any added stress right now.
Rosa thinks she’s going to join her family for dinner to keep her sister safe from their mom. She calls her mom Liz’s kryptonite, but Liz thinks if Rosa puts in an appearance Helena will find some way to profit off it.
Michael and Maria (Heather Hemmens) get at flirty while she’s behind the bar. They discuss dinner and then suddenly Maria has a vision of Kyle (Michael Trevino) trapped in a beam of bright light. “I think Kyle Valenti’s been abducted,” says a shocked Maria.
Max heads over to see Sheriff Valenti to beg for his job back. He reminds her he’s never had a vacation or taken a sick day and has worked there since he was 18. She takes him back, but he’ll be on desk duty for the next six months.
Max joins Liz and Arturo for dinner with Helena and Liz wishes Max would have worn his uniform. It turns out Helena hates cops.
Helena shows up and seems to really enjoy Max. She’s happy Liz has found such a good guy and reveals she didn’t like Liz’s old boyfriend. It turns out Helena hasn’t been in contact, but she has been cyberstalking Liz over the years.
Liz doesn’t take it easy on her mom. She reminds her how she used to drive drunk and Helena shows off her 10 years sober token. She stopped drinking when Rosa died and believes Rosa got the best and the worst of her personality traits.
Rosa’s been eavesdropping on their dinner and races back to her room, causing the lights to flicker all over the café as she becomes emotional.
Max suggests a toast to Helena’s sobriety as Rosa picks just that moment to crank the radio upstairs. She shorts it out soon after it begins blasting.
Liz takes a break from dinner to check on her sister. Rosa’s upset and blames everything on Max screwing with her DNA. Liz tries to get her sister to stay calm, but it’s obvious Rosa isn’t going to stay in her room much longer. She doesn’t like to feel locked up.
Liz texts Isobel who shows up fairly quickly to hang out with Rosa. Rosa doesn’t want a babysitter and Isobel suggests they get into some trouble. Rosa seems up for that.
Isobel and Rosa head out to do a little graffitiing. Isobel writes ‘In Pod We Trust” while Rosa paints something that looks like a black hole. Isobel thinks Rosa’s painting is actually Rosa looking into her own doom. Rosa believes it’s in her DNA to be screwed up and she was broken long before Noah. She thinks Isobel was also broken, that’s why Noah also preyed on her.
Dinner continues and Helena convinces Max to dance. Liz is over this whole evening and unplugs the jukebox, demanding they discuss the diner. Liz wants a number – any number – so they can finish the deal. As they argue all the lights go out again.
With Helena and Arturo temporarily out of the room, Liz tells Max to go home and rest. Rosa is gone so he’s actually the one who made the lights go out this time. Liz thinks her family makes him anxious which isn’t good for his heart.
Arturo and Helena return and Arturo wants Max’s help to look at the wiring. That leaves Liz alone with her mom which is not a healthy thing for her. Helena keeps pointing out a present she brought for Liz and finally Liz agrees to open it. It’s a pair of pink sneakers and Helena’s proud she was finally able to get these shoes that Liz wanted years ago.
Helena moves closer but Liz doesn’t budge. She does, however, agree to retrieve some prom photos her mom wants to see. The lights come on as she returns with the photos and Liz spots a jar of Space Jam on the counter. It’s the same jar she placed in front of the safe before her mom arrived.
Liz left the dial of the safe on three and now it’s close to 80. Furious, Liz wants to know how much Helena just stole from the safe. Liz can’t believe her mother would steal from the family and grabs her mom’s purse.
Liz discovers Helena stole Arturo’s mother’s ring and is absolutely stunned at her mom’s treachery. Liz yells at her mom, reminding her she lost all rights to the family heirloom when she deserted them. Helena fights back claiming Rosa forced her to leave, but Liz is having none of it. Rosa was only a teenager and wasn’t responsible.
Meanwhile, Rosa has just tossed a brick through her mom’s car’s window. She looks through it and finds a bottle of Oxycodone. She douses the car with lighter fluid but decides against lighting it at the last second.
Rosa watches through the diner’s front window as Liz and Helena argue. Helena believes she pushed Liz to be extraordinary yet she’s slinging burgers and dating a white cop. Liz reveals she felt she was never good enough for her and that her mom’s a selfish woman. She blames her mom for destroying their family and the Valenti family. Liz, no longer able to filter anything, also admits she knows Rosa isn’t Arturo’s daughter and that Helena was about to be exposed and that’s why she left town. It’s all Helena’s fault that Rosa relapsed and was going to leave town.
Arturo and Max return at the end of the argument just as Rosa’s anger takes over and she causes Helena’s car to go up in flames.
The police arrive and no one knows who lit the car on fire. Liz makes the snide comment that given her mom’s reputation it could be anyone. Arturo wants Helena to take the ring and sign the papers. He just wants her out of their lives. Surprisingly, Helena agrees.
“Don’t come back. There’s nothing left for you here,” warns Liz.
After she’s gone Arturo and Liz sit down for dessert. He’s happy that now he’ll be able to get his green card. The mood turns serious when Liz apologizes for revealing Rosa isn’t his daughter. Arturo confesses he always knew but it didn’t matter. Rosa is his – no matter what.
Maria and Michael head to the hospital to speak with Kyle. Maria’s worried she might have a degenerative brain disease since it runs in her family. That might have caused the hallucination. Kyle offers to run a scan and asks for Maria’s mom’s other test results.
A short while later, Kyle delivers the news that Maria’s not an alien. She tentatively thanks him and then Kyle delivers a bombshell. Maria’s grandmother had the same fake insurance company that his dad had listed when he was treated for cancer caused by aliens. It’s an insurance company set up by Project Shepherd to cover personnel injured by aliens at Caulfield Prison. That would mean Maria’s grandmother got sick at that prison, too.
Max catches up with Helena as she’s renting a car. He demands the ring but she calls him a con, a nobody, and someone who’s unworthy. She thinks he’s just playing at being a hero. Max, who looks like he could kill her in a second and not think twice about it, reveals he dug into her background and knows she’s dating a politician named Dierk who apparently doesn’t know about Liz and Rosa. He wonders if Dierk knows anything about her and threatens to fill him in on her Roswell ties.
Helena turns over the ring. “I was wrong. Maybe you do have huevos,” says Helena.
Over at The Wild Pony, Maria and Kyle toast to not being abducted and not being aliens. Michael joins them and he has news about Maria’s grandmother. There wasn’t a Patricia DeLuca at the prison but there was a mention of a Patricia Harris (her maiden name) who signed up for an experimental trial. Maria’s grandmother was one of the first human subjects in an experiment to create super-soldiers with alien abilities. The experiment was a failure and it shut down when people died.
Kyle gets up to leave and rips his sleeve on something sharp. Maria has another vision and in it Kyle’s sleeve is torn when he’s abducted by aliens.
Kyle drops his keys in the parking lot and Maria runs after him. She yells at him to watch out as a bright light hits him when he stands up. It turns out the light is actually headlights from a car speeding right at him. Michael uses his powers to send Kyle flying out of the way so he’s not run over. Unfortunately, he lands on a broken beer bottle and a large chunk of glass is protruding from his stomach when they arrive to help him.
Michael returns to the bar after dropping Valenti off at the hospital. He thinks now that they know Maria’s illness is related to Caulfield they can find a cure. But Maria’s not so sure. She likes the idea that she saw the future today. “What if my genetic inheritance isn’t just injustice – it’s also actual superpowers?” she asks.
She’s pleased with herself for saving Kyle which means in turn he’ll be around to save even more lives as a doctor.
Liz and Rosa settle in on the roof of the café and Rosa admits she was going to start the fire but couldn’t do it. However, she got angry Helena made Liz cry and couldn’t stop her powers. The sisters lean on each other as they realize their mom didn’t need them. But Liz points out that if their mom can stay sober for 10 years, then Rosa can also pull through.
A short while later Liz is back inside cleaning up when Max shows up. He hands over the ring and Liz doesn’t ask for the details.
Max reveals he’s learned Cameron’s car was impounded just a couple of hours from Roswell. He’s going to check it out since she’s his friend. Liz understands but says she can’t lose him again.
Isobel and Michael are drinking at the bar when she asks if Noah chose her because she’s broken. Michael thinks that couldn’t be farther from the truth. She explains she really needs to understand more about herself know and wants to look into their past, even though they agreed to leave it behind. Michael feels the same way. He wants to look forward but keeps getting sucked back in. He wants to dig for answers and find a cure for Maria’s illness.
Rosa’s alone on the roof when she pulls out the bottle of pills. She pours one out and pops it into her mouth.
