Nasser Faris and Damian Lewis (Brody) in Homeland Credit: (Bob Leverone /Copyright: Showtime)
As you may have heard, Homeland is not just a favorite of the Emmy award people, but a few other folks like it as well. Even so, in case you have not yet had a chance to catch the edge-of-your-seat intensity of episode 2, I'm warning you now: STOP! Go watch it, then come back (please).
To refresh your memory about just how heart-pounding episode 2 was, I invite you to have another glimspse of a vital scene from HOMELAND's episode 2.02 where Carrie finds “Courage Under Fire,” racing through an apartment to prove she’s right:
You might think because of the action-packed intensity of 'Beirut is Back,' that episode 3 would give us a breather, as some shows do. Let me tell you now: It's not gonna happen. Here's a brief synopsis of what you can expect--but there is no hint of the biggest 'wow' moment yet so far in the series.
HOMELAND Episode 203 – “State of Independence” Fresh from her adventures in Beirut, a restless Carrie prepares for what she hopes will be a triumphant return to the CIA. Meanwhile, Brody learns that the Gettysburg bombmaker is on a terrorist watch list and in danger of imminent discovery. With no time to lose, Brody attempts a last-minute exfiltration. And Jessica takes risks of her own as she steps into the political limelight.
Written by Alexander Cary Directed by Lodge Kerrigan (SOURCE: Showtime)
The scene above literally made me cry, not specifically because of what was happening but what happened in the lead-up to this moment and what the ramifications of it could be. It was truly illustrative of the very best of what Homeland offers, which I must fess up are the scenes in which both Carrie (Claire Danes) and Saul (Mandy Patinkin) are featured in the same frame. Do not miss Homeland episode 3!
‘HOMELAND’: WHAT NOW?! SPOILER!
... Now that Saul has found Brody’s confessiontape (!!) where does that leave us?
Homeland EP executive producer Howard Gordon previewed the
next steps (in Homeland) “[Saul] comes back to let everybody know — and let
Carrie know, in particular — that what drove her to her breakdown was
wrong and that she was actually right,” he says.
“The second season
doesn’t really begin until episode 3. Episodes 1 and 2 were, in a way, a
preamble to the rest of the season.”
Says Gordon. “The
trick is finding these two characters who are in such wildly different
places — Carrie’s character having had a breakdown and Brody on his
political rise — and finding a way to get them back together again,
which I think you begin to intimate how that might happen.”
Also next week? There’s blood on someone’s hands (literally), Jessica
gets a chance to shine, and Saul once again wows by being two steps
ahead of his peers and the audience.
Is this Brody's (Damian Lewis) missing confession and if so, who has it?
If you've not yet viewed the highly-acclaimed, Emmy award-winning Showtime series, Homeland it is not too late to start! If you happened to have missed the Season 2 premiere, that is no problem as you can scroll down and view it right here on my site!
There is a thorough recap of season 1 at the beginning so you can get the gist of it 1--then for goodness sakes, order Showtime and catch up on season 1! Seriously, Homeland is original, timely, thrilling, tightly written, action-packed, has great direction and the proverbial cherries on top--the acting! is top-notch. It's a highly engrossing show that is adrenalin-charged but not escapist in the tune-my-brain-out sense. Quite the opposite. You need to stay on your toes to keep up with a show that doesn't dumb anything down yet is still accessible and relates to the world that you and I live in. Give it a spin!
Small SPOILER: I just watched episode 3 and whoa, what an an emotional roller coaster ride, heart-in-your-throat 60 minutes! Both Brody and Carrie are put through the ringer. Be sure to watch and see the mind-blowing ending where the game has completely changed!
Watch a Preview of the Next Episode of HOMELAND! (VIDEO):
HOMELAND Episode 202 – “Beirut is Back” SYNOPSIS
EP 202
“Beirut Is Back”
Written by Chip Johannessen
Directed by Michael Cuesta
Against the advice of her family, Carrie becomes involved in an operation that may rid the world of Abu Nazir once and for all. Brody’s handler presses the Congressman into service, as his relationship with Jessica takes a hit. And Captain Mike Faber questions the nature of the events surrounding the shooting of Elizabeth Gaines.
SOURCE: Showtime Publicity
Homeland : 'We Should Go' Sneak Peek (VIDEO)
Carrie races into an apartment building for a chance at grabbing sensitive information left behind by a top Al Qaeda operative.
Homeland : Season 2 Look Ahead (VIDEO)
WATCH HOMELAND Episode 1 FREE Here! Scroll down after the jump.
Homeland : 'It's Not Fair' SNEAK PEEK VIDEO:
Carrie has a breakdown; Saul tries to comfort her.
Zuleikha Robinson as Roya and Damian Lewis as Brody in Homeland episode 2.02 on Showtime (Credit:Showtime)
Jennifer Carpenter as Debra and Michael C. Hall as Dexter in DEXTER episode 7.02 "Sunshine & Frosty Swirl'.
NEXT on DEXTER Episode 7.02:
"Sunshine and Frosty Swirl"
Season 7, Episode 2
Episode Synopsis:
When a local convict claims he has new information regarding a
fifteen-year-old crime spree, Miami Metro sets out to unearth new
evidence on the case. While Debra attempts to cure Dexter of his killer
tendencies, the Mike Anderson case leads to the Ukrainian mob, and a
vengeful Louis won’t stop meddling with Dexter’s life.
So by now you, me, Dex and Deb have all somehow survived the immediate aftermath of Deb walking in on Dexter in mid-kill. That was one of the most fraught-with-tension moments in all of Dexter, I think. Debra, though severely shaken, managed to keep her wits about her even as the scene before her and how Dexter explained it just wasn't making any logical sense. Any wonder that this is only the beginning of the Dex and Deb dance that will continue for the foreseeable future? Gone is the sometimes bumbling Officer Deb of old, replaced by Lt. Morgan, who has not only justifiably gained confidence in her abilities but now has the power to destroy Dexter's world, a thought that would have never entered her mind prior to her gruesome discovery. She did after all surprise him at the church because she wanted to confess being 'in love' with him. (Sidenote/small SPOILER: Dexter EP's have confirmed that by mid-season Dex and Deb will have had (some permutation of) 'the discussion' that Deb had intended to have with her brother prior to the 'big reveal.'
Dexter however, has not really altered his perception of anything. Within seconds of being discovered and with decades of wearing a facade of a non-sociopath, Dexter snaps into course-correct mode, making excuse after excuse for what Deb is witnessing, many of which seem entirely plausible--unless you are blowing smoke at Deb the bulldog, who is not gonna let go of this bone until she fully wraps her head around it and when she deems that the pieces now fit. Dexter was beginning to think he was getting a handle on the damage control that was mandatory after being caught, literally red-handed, but the very final moments in the premiere episode begged a very different question.
Stayed tuned for episode 2 which is even more mind-blowing that the premiere episode!
If you’ve been watching Showtime’s Homeland, (which is often cited as the president of the United State's favourite television program) and which just last week swept the Emmy Awards as this year's winner for Best Drama, Best Lead Actress (Claire Danes - Drama) and Best Lead Actor (Damian Lewis - Drama) there's a simple moment in the season 2 premiere of the uber-adrenalized drama which strikes a chord that seems entirely out of left field, yet fits the pieces that may yet come together as we set up season 2.
When we last saw Carrie Matheison (Danes) she had lost all credibility and had been fired from the CIA and was in the process of a desperate effort to regain her sense of sanity after having it undermined in a thorough and humiliating way-- as a result mostly, of Carrie's own recklessness. Her sense of failure was so
consuming and complete that she willingly accepted the risk of short-term
memory loss as part of her ECT (Electroconvulsive (Shock) Treatment).
Carrie must attempt to construct a new life that is separate from
what she viewed as her raison d'être of old, so we find her in Season 2, present time, (about six months past her last-ditch attempt at screwing her head back on straight) using a very different skill set, living a life of domestic simplicity, and trudging off to work at a job that would have bored the old Carrie to tears. In the premiere, she’s calm and seemingly without
the intensity that colored her judgment and ultimately destroyed her career and her sanity in Season 1.
It becomes apparent just how structured and planful her life has become when her dinner plans to make lasgana with the vegetables she'd picked
that morning appear to be about to be changed at the last minute--and she reacts in a very non-Carrie-like way. It's almost as scary as watching her veer off the rails in season 1 because it seems like we've lost 'our' Carrie completely.
Despite having been repeatedly misunderstood or ignored and having suffered the indignity of being kicked out of the intelligence community--for all of that that nearly destroyed her, Carrie was also right that former POW Sergeant Nicholas Brody
(Emmy Award winner Damian Lewis), is indeed not who or what
he appears to be.
Homeland - Episode 2.02
Meanwhile, the man she was so very sure of as not being who he presented himself to be and who in fact was a potent threat to National Security continues to present himself as he did-- as a former soldier, a true patriot, and a devoted family man.
Though his former function as a United States Marine was to protect his country with a willingness to sacrifice himself in the name of democracy and freedom, that mission is long since past him. During his captivity in Afghanistan his official mission was methodically aborted by Abu Nazir (Navid Negahban), through torture and brainwashing, to be replaced with a fanaticism and desire to destroy the thing he once placed high above all others. He may look like Nick Brody, Marine hero, but that man 'died' as a prisoner of war, replaced as we meet him in Season 2 as a newly-elected congressman—and a potential vice-presidential candidate(!)
Damian Lewis as "Nick Brody' in Season 2 Homeland, premiering tonight on Showtime
Life is moving very, very fast for Brody and just as Carrie's old life was disassembled, so too has Brody's and he is also showing ever-more cracks in his life's veneer. The frantic pace of both Homeland’s narrative and Carrie’s high-risk profession continue undermine her fragile new sense of sanity, something that plays out within Brody too, as his double life—that of the American war hero and politician, is sharply juxtaposed against the ideology he is concealing as a secret Islamic jihadist and that carries the ever-present risk of exploding spectacularly, blowing everything he holds dear away, not unlike what happened to Carrie in Season 1. Season 2 has lept out of the starting gate with the story-lines unfolding at high velocity, amping up the tension of Homeland to an edge-of- your-seat, squirmy-yet-highly satisfying degree.
Claires Danes as Carrie Mathieson in Season 2 of Homeland on Showtime, Premiering Sept 30
In the Season 2 premiere, Brody learns he is the political "future of the party," and receives a tantalizing offer from the vice president, while a recovering Carrie receives a disturbing request from a surprising source. In Beirut, Saul gets involved in some cloak-and-dagger doings. Original Air Date: Sep 30, 2012
Guest Cast: Zuleikha Robinson, Valerie Cruz, Timothee Chalamet, James Rebhorn: Frank Mathison, Amy Hargreaves: Maggie Mathison, Clara Khoury Hrach Titizian: Danny Galvez, Navid Negahban: Abu Nazir
Official HOMELAND Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/HomelandOnShowtime
Official HOMELAND Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/SHO_Homeland
Official HOMELAND Series Site: http://www.sho.com/site/homeland/home.sho
The new season of Dexter feels like another 'Trinity' or season 1 or two. Very brisk, the acting is primo (as always) as actors who seemed underused are getting more screen time doing pretty cool, interesting things. All-in-all Season 7 offers us a genuinely re-energized Dexter.
Oh yeah.
Dexter is now talking to Deb about his 'Dark Passenger!'
Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall in Dexter, premiering on Showtime Sunday Sept. 30 (Credit: Showtime)
Just hearing those words tumbling from his mouth, rather than his thoughts via Michael C. Hall's ubiquitous (and exceptionally listenable) voice-over is weirdly creepy.
Jennifer Carpenter is being given some serious screen time as Dex's sister Debra, grappling yet again with some seriously fucked-up shit. The most serious ever, to be precise.
Part of Deb's and Dex's world's have just ceased to exist. Deb screams at Dex after yet another gut-wrenching revelation by him, 'I will never be OK!' In fact, in the first couple days in the aftermath of Deb's discovery of Dexter's murderous streak, Deb remarks to him that Dex 'is a sick fuck,' and that she 'almost turned (him) in this morning.' Dex is a very unhappy camper and Deb is barely keeping it together in a mission to save her brother.
Deb is discovering one horrifying thing after the next and she's only seen Dex in action once. What happens if she 'breaks' (so to speak) and turns him in? This question is one of many surely plaguing Dexter as we begin season 7.
Dexter : Angel Batista VIDEO:
DEXTER SEASON 7 – “Are You…?” Episode 701
Written by Scott Buck, Directed by John Dahl
Reeling from Debra witnessing Dexter kill Travis Marshall, brother and
sister attempt to reconcile while struggling to cover up their
involvement with the murder. Meanwhile, Detective Mike Anderson has an
unfortunate run-in, Quinn and Batista begin to make amends, and LaGuerta
finds evidence that causes her to re-think the closed Bay Harbor
Butcher Case, which could mean trouble for Dexter – and Debra…
After the jump:
Bonus! Dexter and Deb - Dexter's Jennifer Carpenter on working with her husband (VIDEO)
Claire Danes at the HOMELAND Premiere in New York City
I think Claire Danes is my favourite actress in any drama right now. She is simply unsurpasssed. It seems that the Emmy Awards folks agree as the star of Homeland on Showtime was just awarded her second Emmy (she was first nominated as a teenager for the unforgettable 'My So-Called Life') for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series! I've posted her acceptance speech because she is really lovely--truly a class act.
'Maybe it was the excitement from winning, maybe it was the pregnancy hormones, but when Claire Danes took the stage after winning Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, she didn't hold anything back. When's the last time you heard "baby daddy" uttered during an acceptance speech? Holla!'
Homeland : Phenomenon (VIDEO) Cast Interviews:
Cast, crew, and fans alike gathered in New York City at the site of the warship 'Intrepid,' to celebrate the season premiere of Homeland.
Homeland - It Hits Home: Who is Abu Nazir? (VIDEO)
And, in case you were wondering, "Who is Abu Nazir?" watch the latest video in a
series of interviews with an undercover agent. Each interview looks at Season One of Homeland from a different perspective -- Carrie, Brody, Saul, Estes, and of course Abu Nazir.
Dexter - Early Cuts: All in the Family - Chapters 1 - 5
Dexter: Early Cuts All in the Family Chapter 5 VIDEO:
Starring Michael C. Hall and illustrated by David Mack. Written by Dexter producer Scott Reynolds. New Early Cuts merchandise is available at http://store.sho.com.
Dexter Early Cuts 'All in the Family' Chapters 1-5
Dexter: Early Cuts: All in the Family Chapter 4 VIDEO:
Dexter Early Cuts: All in the Family Chapter 3 VIDEO:
Dexter receives some new clues in his hunt for the prostitute killer.
Starring Michael C. Hall, written by Scott Reynolds and illustrated by David Mack.
Dexter Early Cuts : All in the Family Chapter 2 VIDEO:
Dexter Early Cuts : All in the Family: Chapter 1 VIDEO:
Dexter Early Cuts - All in the Family Chapter 1-5 VIDEO
DEXTER's Early Cuts has just released its next episode. In this chapter, Dexter's on the hunt for the prostitute killer, what will he dig up?
Edit/ After re-watching these 'Early Cuts' and having viewed Dexter's season 7 debut (on Showtime Sept 30) I can see a strong tie-in between the 'old' Dex and Deb and the present day brother - sister unit. Dexter and Deb's behaviour in the present took shape years ago and the Early Cuts are excellent at adding dimensions to the Dexter-verse!
Coming soon: DEXTER's Disciples! Follow along this season with these interactive mini-games. More info is on it's way in the next week or 2-- so check back!
Don't forget to tune every week for the DEXTER Podcasts for the hugely-anticipated seventh season of Dexter where you'll go behind-the-scenes of each episode with writer Scott Reynolds, and showrunner Scott Buck.
Finally, do not forget to check out the DEXTER official Facebook and Twitter pages to submit your questions as well as gather some really great, fresh, Dexter images, news and happenings!
Official DEXTER Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dexter
Official DEXTER Twitter:www.twitter.com/SHO_Dexter
Credit: Showtime 7.01 - SPOILERS - I think this photo is symbolic of no matter how awful this is going to be, the siblings will get through it. Like the saying, ' The ony way out is through'.
Both Deb and Dex seperately still have their own pretty huge issues besides this one that just ran over them both. The 'other stuff' has bound them to one
another thus far. It still needs to 'evolve'. I'll bet Deb's Q's about Dex just all completely changed!
'Am I in love with him? Fuck that!--Should I put him in handcuffs!?'
Michael C.Hall in Season 5 DEXTER on Showtime (Key Art Credit: Showtime)
I watched Dexter episode 7.01 for the first time today(!) My post **May contain unintentional spoilers**. I assume you read the message boards so nothing really new here except for the impressions Dexter season 7's debut episode left for me.
Debra's (Jennifer Carpenter) is grappling in an attempt at processing witnessing brother Dexter (Michael C. Hall) in the act of a serial killer-style execution at an open crime scene--the abandoned church of season 6.
(I hope they got Prof. Gellar's (Edward J.Olmos) basement deep-freezed corpse out before Dexter & Deb torched the abandoned, barn-like church place).
Some viewers have expressed, during this seeemingly endless hiatus, the opinion that Deb 'should have known ' Dexter's true nature.
Maybe.
Paying attention to these another flashbacks featuring Harry Morgan (James Remar) and Dexter & Deb as kids and their Mom! it's apparent Harry believed Dexter a monster even as a preadolescent--tho' a monster he loved/was responsible for--but could Harry have done things differently and had Dexter not grow up to be a serial killer? Dexter has pondered these very questions. Will Deb too when Dexter gives her the 411 on Harry Morgan?
The episode 7.01 flashbacks do show us how ineffective Dexter's mom was at changing 'Harry's way' of raising Dexter. 'Allergic to dogs' is a good one. 'Allergic' to all small creatures would be Harry's more complete comment--tho' young Dexter seems to disagree.
Maybe the part of Dexter's true nature--one of which is 'to never get caught', has until now been more sharp than Debra's. Debra is behind the curve on Dexter in the understanding the mind of a serial killer, but as the show has let Debra play out her arc as sister-of-Dexter it is only realistic that she shoudl catch on and that going into the last couple seasons she woud discover his big secret and their new reality unfolds, because for this couple, for Dexter and Deb to 'make it past this', they have to come to an understanding of one another. Long road ahead. Should be fun (and probably quite deadly)!
I've always liked this snippet of the DEXTER intro where you see yet another instance of suggesting how tightly- wound Dexter is But I still don't think he could ever deliberately kill Deb. (Credit: Showtime)
Season 7, Episode 1 Synopsis:
DEXTER SEASON 7 – “Are You…?” Episode 701
Written by Scott Buck, Directed by John Dahl
Reeling from Debra witnessing Dexter kill Travis Marshall, brother and sister attempt to reconcile while struggling to cover up their involvement with the murder. Meanwhile, Detective Mike Anderson has an unfortunate run-in, Quinn and Batista begin to make amends, and LaGuerta finds evidence that causes her to re-think the closed Bay Harbor Butcher Case, which could mean trouble for Dexter – and Debra…
In preparation for the Sept. 30 return of Homeland, Showtime
has posted the first 20 minutes of the new season online. The series
that stars Claire Danes, Damian Lewis and Mandy Patinkin — which
averaged 4.4 million weekly viewers and earned nine Emmy nominations —
focuses on an unhinged CIA officer and a very suspicious prisoner of
war.
Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis (R) arrive for a State Dinner in honor of British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House on March 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. Cameron is on a three day official visit to Washington. (March 13, 2012 - Source: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images North America)
It's funny that this snap looks like a scene out of Homeland which I suppose is not at that far-fetched. The main difference I think is that 'Brody' (Damian Lewis) would be clean-shaven.
It's generally exciting enough to find out that the President of the
United States has seen -- let alone is a fan of -- your work, which is
something President Obama has openly admitted on numerous occasions. To get invited to attend a State Dinner at the White House? Even better. And then, on top of all that, there was the location of his place card.
"It was made more remarkable by the fact that as I was walking down
with my wife to go and sit at the table, assuming I’d be by the
toilets," Lewis laughed, as he spoke with The Hollywood Reporter
at the New York City premiere of his show's second season. Instead, he
said, "I sat opposite the president himself, at his table, next to Mr. Warren Buffett. And so it became an even more surreal, out-of-body experience."
Damian Lewis as 'Brody' in Homeland on Showtime Sept 30
HOMELAND season 2 premieres in just over 3 weeks! (Yes, we are counting down by weeks now!) To better whet your appetites, you'll want to be ready for tonight's Sept 7, livestream Live Red Carpet Premiere Event at 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT! This will be a star-studded event beamed live to you from the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in NYC via the web!
Claire Danes as "Carrie Mathieson" in Homeland on Showtime Sept 30
During this event you'll enjoy an official tour of the Intrepid, and you the fans, can submit questions via the Homeland Facebook page!
Also, fans can submit questions for the cast and crew during the livestream via Twitterusing the #Homeland hashtag.
You might be interested to know too that there will be exclusive clips and a sneak peek of the new season!
And as the HOMELAND and DEXTER premiere countdown continues to 9/30, the enticing little tidbits will continue to be released to sate your your Showtime cravings!
True Blood Season 5 finale - Stephen Moyer as "Bill" a/k/a "Billith" (Credit: HBO)
Q: So, is Bill God now? (Or, did you kill Bill?)
A: I don’t want to say if he is or he isn’t. Who’s to say what Lilith
really is? He is still Bill but he is something different.
Q: So there is some of the old Bill in there?
A: It is Bill, but it is a transformed Bill. He is not a completely new
person. It’s not like his memories or his experiences have been left out
and he’s just a baby.
Anna Paquin, who is carrying twins, as seen on August 27 2012 wearing a bright yellow sundress while going to lunch in Los Angeles (Credit: INFphoto.com, Pacific Coast News, AKM-GSI)
And now the question that has been looming ever-more largely, after Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer's bundles of joy arrive, will Mrs. Moyer be inclined to return to her job as "Sookie Stackhouse' on HBO's TRUE BLOOD?
First, I must be honest with you: I don't know.
Paquin is famously private and so has said very-little-to-nothing about her 'condition.' The timing of the arrival has been announced as 'in the fall' (of 2012) which means she and Moyer would have at least the traditional amount of time that the average working American mom has to enjoy her babies. Sadly, if she were in New Zealand, the country which she has referred to as where she calls 'home', she'd have a lot more time off to do all the things that a mother of newborn twins does, which is to put it simply, twice as much as a mom of a singleton. That is, if she were an average mum.
The upside is that much of True Blood's filming is done at night so once the babies have settled into a nightly routine it could be a bit of an easing up on the pressure that all new mothers face. I'm assuming that there will be a nursery on the True Blood set, that nannies will be involved, and of course, the bonus of both mom and dad working on the same television show. Even so, Paquin has the additional pressure of having to get back into pre-baby shape pretty darn quick. Hopefully, the costume department will help her out a bit there as well as the camera people, who seemed finally to get the hang of shooting a pregnant actress whose character was not pregnant by the final episode of season 5.
When all is said and done, most likely, though twins are automatically considered a high-risk pregnancy, Anna Paquin will give birth to healthy babies and because she has the resources she'll be able to cope with both work and the raising of two babies with the variety of help at her disposal, not the least of which is her husband, Stephen Moyer. His character on True Blood who has been dubbed "Billith," will be getting some serious face time in season 6, so unless they kill him off early in the season (doubtful) both Paquin and Moyer will return to work on True Blood as scheduled sometime in late 2012 or early 2013.
Anna Paquin, late August, 2012 (Credit: FameFlynet, Inc)
Claire Danes as 'Carrie Mathieson' & Damien Lewis as 'Nicholas Brody' star in Homeland on Showtime. Season 2 starts on Sept 30! (Credit: Showtime)
Homeland returns for season 2 September 30th at 10PM ET/PT.
Just received a super-secret communique from my inside source at Showtime, code name 'Canuck.' In it, my source reveals what will be, if you choose to participate in this exercise, the opportunity for you to help disgraced former CIA agent Carrie Mathieson (Grammy Award-winning actress Claire Danes) save the nation!
Read on about the latest super-secret activities, that if you accept this assignment, you'll be a part of!
The name of the mission is ItHitsHome.com.
The third pillar has just been launched. It's called 'Saul's Files'.
In this pillar, you'll get access to documents on Saul's computer that have to be deciphered to unlock the next portal.
What is ItHitsHome.com? It's a campaign set inside the world of HOMELAND that will unfold over the next several weeks leading up to the premiere of Homeland S2.This journey begins right where we left Carrie at the end of S1 – on the table, about to get her first electroconvulsive therapy session. From here, you're are given a special mission directly from Carrie – to prevent a new attack by digging in deep within characters and activities introduced in the first season. The campaign unfolds through a series of video and audio artifacts, documents, and unique interactive events. Players have a chance to surveil a travel agency in real-time, interrogate a prisoner, and finally gather the evidence to stop the attack. It's a psychological thriller, complete with the twists and turns of narrative that you, the fans of the show expect.
There will be a new pillar with new puzzles launched every week until premiere (9/30), so be sure to register and come back often!
These anonymous CIA interviews (in addition to being intensely entertaining) help to set the tone of the ARJ:
Claire Danes in Homeland on Showtime starting Sept 30
If it seems like forever since we last saw a new episode of Showtime's Homeland, well, it sort of has. But no worries, Homeland returns to Showtime following Dexter on Sunday nights beginning on Sept. 30.
Season one focused on 'Carrie Mathison' (Claire Danes), a troubled CIA agent, and 'Sgt. Nicholas Brody' (Damien Lewis), a long-imprisoned former marine who Carrie suspected had been 'turned' (brainwashed) during his captivity and who she believed was an imminent threat to National Security. Carrie tired to convince her handler, "Saul Berenson," (Mandy Patinkin) of her convictions and despite his willingness to allow her to continue to attempt to gather more intel on Brody, ultimately Carrie was thwarted, coming up empty-handed and in a state of emotional breakdown after falling in love with Brody. When last we saw Carrie, she was beginning an ECT treatment just as she was recalling a critical piece of the Brody puzzle, leaving the audience wondering if she would ever again recall that information. Had Carrie's search for the truth come to a screeching halt, just like her career with the CIA? (cont.)
Meanwhile, the audience discovered that Brody had indeed been turned along with his marine buddy and that they both answered to the terrorist
mastermind who turned them, 'Abu Nazir.' Both men had directives to cause a great deal of chaos at the highest levels of the U.S. government and to a degree, both were successful in completing their missions though not without difficulties both in their personal lives and their missions that will most probably resonate, at least for Brody, in season 2.
Brody is now a few months into his
inaugural term as a freshman Congressman and though he is still working for the enemy his reintegration into his former non-marine life is picking away at him. After failing to complete his mission to cause a catastrophe by blowing up some of the Joint Chiefs, the Vice President, and himself he convinces Abu Nasir that he could still be effective by gathering intel from within the government.
With Carrie's mental illness in the open and her non-authorized, unconventional way of attempting to 'out' Brody, she herself is out--of the CIA. Even so, as the sneak peek and promo #1 that I've embedded here shows, Carrie is still very much in the mix, appearing to go deep undercover and again finding herself in some really effed up situations with her life yet again in jeopardy. For his part, Brody appears to be as paranoid as ever but at the same time looks to be moving along with his plan to wreak havoc from within the hallowed halls of the CIA and the White House. Sounds like we will be joining them shortly for another roller coaster ride of intrigue, suspense, danger and drama in just a few weeks!
Claire Danes in Homeland on Showtime starting Sept 30
Claire Danes returns in her Golden Globe winning role (VIDEO):
Homeland season 2 premieres on 9/30 at 10PM ET/PT.
Homeland : Season 2 Trailer #1 (VIDEO):
The first official trailer for Homeland season 2. Premieres on Showtime Sunday September 30th at 10PM ET/PT.
Michael C. Hall in 'Dexter.' Season 7 returns Sept 30 on Showtime (Credit: Showtime)
Dexter Music Video: Tonight's the Night VIDEO:
Check out Rolfe Kent's "Tonight's the Night" Dexter music video.
'It's over when I say it is!!!' - Dexter
Indeed.
It will blow your mind.*
***SPOILER WARNING***
No one escapes the Dark Passenger. Dexter returns September 30th at 9PM ET/PT.
DEXTER season 7, Episode 1: DEXTER Season 7 premiere. Episode 7.01 - 'Are You ...?' After witnessing her brother kill Travis Marshall, Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) attempts to reconcile with Dexter (Michael C. Hall) while struggling to cover up their involvement with the murder. Meanwhile, Detective Mike Anderson has an unfortunate run-in, Quinn and Batista begin to make amends, and LaGuerta finds evidence that causes her to re-think the closed Bay Harbor Butcher case.
*See? I told you it was mind blowing--and spoiler-y! There is some really effed up stuff going on too, which in the case of a cold-blooded murder of a series regular in the police station must be someone's (Deb's or Dex's) daydream or nightmare. I never considered the possibility that it was real but judging from the comments beneath the video, plenty of Dexter fans do.
Dexter continues to be my favourite Showtime show (though I'm really digging Homeland, too!) and in the top 5 of any television drama I watch so I am definitely popping up a big bowl of popcorn, snuggling up with my honey, and tuning in when it premieres on Sept. 30. (I prefer to watch it as it airs 'live' in my time zone--not DVR it).
Deb and La Guerta aren't the only two people who will be on to Dexter this season. "As we introduce in the pilot, Dexter kills someone who is very important to Ray Stevenson's Isaac, someone who is a significant part of his organization," showrunner Scott Buck says. "That also tees Isaac off to find out what happened to this person, who killed this person and so he's also on to Dexter all throughout this season." Man, Dex just can't catch a break this year, huh?
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Dexter returns Sunday, Sept. 30 at 9/8c on Showtime.
Dexter season 7 'In the beginning...' (Credit: Showtime)
It's pretty clear that Dexter is invoking the Code, part "Never get caught." Wow. Dexter immediately overrules Deb. Interesting, though not unsurprising. A part of him knew that he couldn't keep it from her forever. I wonder if a part of her knew anything?
The Beginning (Dexter Spot) VIDEO:
Dexter season 7 'In the beginning...' (Credit: Showtime)
Dexter - Season 7 - Press Release SPOILERS:
Season 7 returns in explosive fashion, as Dexter (Michael C. Hall) is finally forced to confront his greatest fear, as Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) witnesses his insatiable, ritualistic slaying of a killer. Now Deb knows the secret of his Dark Passenger, his undeniable thirst for blood, and the Code that their father Harry (James Remar) instilled in him as a young boy.
But as Deb tries to reconcile the unfathomable idea that her beloved, mild-mannered brother is Miami’s most notorious serial killer, Dexter is still pulled by his natural impulses to seek out the guilty and exact his brand of vigilante justice, which leads him on the trail of a brutal Ukrainian mobster (Ray Stevenson).
Along the way, Dexter meets Hannah McKay (Yvonne Strahovski), a strong, independent woman with a past that she's struggled to put behind her. As a turn of events leads Miami Metro Homicide to ask for her help in solving some old cases, Dexter works with her and begins to wonder if there's more to this woman than she's professed.
Update: Dexter Early Cuts: All in the Family, chapter 1:
Dexter Early Cuts: All in the Family, chapter 1. Dexter hunts a new killer on New Year's Eve:
Dexter and it's cast are a fixture at the annual San Diego Comic-Con. Showtime's long-running series' Dexter panel never fails to be a SRO crowd of enthusiastic, loyal fans. The 2012 edition was no different--it may well have been even more exciting than any previous year (remember how Dexter season 6 ended?)
Despite the lack of solid spoilers for Dexter season 7 that came out of Comic-Con 2012, there are plenty of intriguing hints and body language cues that you can enjoy trying to decipher. I know I did!
Media--video--photos--tweets--were flying fast and furious and I tried to swoop in and gather all the good stuff that I could. However, if I've failed to credit someone, please let me know and I'll fix it right up.
Every year I feel kind of envious that I don't still live in Southern California, where the annual event is held as I've not yet attended and I do want to at least once!
Fortunately, Showtime did all of us a big favour by collecting the highlights of the Dexter Panel on numerous professionally-shot videos which I've compiled with other Dexter SDCC media for you to enjoy right here!
Dexter at the SDCC 2012 - (l-r); Producer, Wendy West; Michael C. Hall; and Jennifer Carpenter during the Dexter Panel at Comic-Con 2012. Photo: Francis Specker/Showtime Copyright: 2012 Showtime Copyright: 2012 Showtime
Comic-Con 2012 Dexter Panel: Dexter Morgan is For the People (VIDEO):
Michael C. Hall discusses the reactions he gets from people for playing a serial killer.
Jennifer Carpenter (Debra) attempts to relate what her character's emotional life is life in the upcoming season.
(l-r); Producer, Scott Buck; Producer, Wendy West; Michael C. Hall; Jennifer Carpenter; and Yvonne Strahovski during the Dexter Panel at Comic-Con 2012. Photo: Francis Specker/Showtime Copyright: 2012 Showtime Copyright: 2012 Showtime
Comic-Con 2012 Dexter Panel: What Will Deb Do? (VIDEO):
Jennifer Carpenter discusses whether or not Debra knows that Dexter is a serial killer.
Comic-Con 2012 Dexter Panel: Run (VIDEO):
Take a deep breath because there are many video highlights from the Dexter 2012 panel!
Mary- Louise Parker as "Nancy" and Hunter Parrish as "Silas" in Weeds - Episode 8.03 on Showtime July 15
Though you have many compelling reasons to tune into WEEDS tonight on Showtime, one of the best ones begins before the show even starts!
As you have probably noted, in this new season something 'old' has been resurrected, specifically the song, 'Little Boxes' by Malvina Reynolds which became a cover phenomena many years ago (as in '40' years-ago) after tickling the whimsy of song-sters and inspiring countless renditions of the class-oriented ditty, some of which were played as the opening theme of the show.
In epsidoe 8.01, Malvina Reynolds' version was played over the opening sequence. Now, episode 8.03 features probably the most 'out there' cover of "Little Boxes,' ever! Stay tuned for tonight's closing credits and you'll see why--or you can just scroll down for a look at the quick screen grab I did while going "a-ha" simultaneously!
I LOL'ed. Weeds is awesome!
The answer to 'Who shot Nancy?' -- Shane figured it out first!
Weeds Season 8 Episode 3 Synopsis: “See Blue and Smell Cheese and Die”:
Nancy (MARY-LOUISE PARKER) and Silas (HUNTER PARRISH) chase after Shane (ALEXANDER GOULD), who has discovered the identity of Nancy’s shooter. Andy (JUSTIN KIRK) attempts to bond with Jill’s daughters via Roller Derby. Doug (KEVIN NEALON) and Whit (BRUCE NOZICK) come up with a new business plan.
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Jennifer Carpenter as Deb in Dexter (Showime) season 7 episode 1 (Sept 30)
Intel From Comic-Con 2012 Dexter Panel:
About that opening 2 minutes of season 7...
Q: Is Deb actually buying what Dexter is selling in first few minutes of Season 7?
A: “He hopes so… In that moment,” Michael C. Hall said with a laugh. Added Jennifer Carpenter, “She’s just taking one step at a time; she takes one step forward and is sent 10 back.”
Look for Season 7′s Deb to embrace her position of power a bit more than in previous years. “She actually needs [her authority] now. It’s the one card she has to play,” Carpenter teased. “At any second — if Deb lives after what you just saw [in the promo] — she could tell someone to put cuffs on him.” Long story short, “It’s like Dexter and Deb are just fish swimming [in opposite directions] for awhile.”
Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall in Dexter season 7 on Showtime - Sept 30, 2012
Familial Love?
Carpenter might be alone in these sentiments, but she was not as taken aback by Deb’s seemingly sudden affections toward her “brother.”
“There was certainly a fascination that I thought Deb had with Dexter [early on], so it didn’t feel like it was so bizarre to play that last season.”
However, she added, “I think him stabbing somebody trumps those thoughts.”
Dexter and Deb in a new series of 'The Early Cuts'
Family that slays together stays together - VIDEO:
The animated webisode series returns this summer. Illustrations by David Mack. Written by Scott Reynolds.
Deb watches Dexter take off in Dexter: The Early Cuts (Showtime Summer 2012)
The year is 2000:
Dexter speaks in voice-over about prostitute killings being low-priority police matters over a montage of a bloody slashing/slayings. In his job with Miami Metro as Dexter Morgan, blood-spatter analyst, he finds opportunity to look more closely at the case for clues. He finds a pattern to the location of the homicides ('a star') and decides to attempt an intervention before the next one occurs.
Dexter voice-over: 'The family that slays together, stays together' followed by a long, regretful shot at a puzzled-looking teenage Debra.
'The father', Dexter intones as he determines 'who' is driving the son to kill.'
Oh, the symbolism! Dexter didn't see it as it pertains to his own family back then. Will he though, in the present time, now that Deb knows of his Dark Passenger begin to understand the many pieces that went into the puzzle of what made Dexter Morgan a serial killer? Will Dexter's own little family stay together and if so, how?
My Dark Passenger Exposed (Dexter Spot) VIDEO:
Published on Jul 9, 2012 by SHOWTIME (VIDEO):
The following (borderline erotic) teasers feature the “siblings” writhing around separately (and suggestively) on a black bed, while Dexter’s signature voiceover ponders what’s to come. Will Deb learn to accept his true identity (“I found a way to live with my secret, but I never had a choice… Does she?”)? Or will he have to take deadly drastic measures to protect himself (“The only thing worse than not knowing what she’ll do is not knowing what I’ll do.”)?
These two promo clips for season 8 Dexter are disturbing on several levels, including erotic. It was said that they were gonna deal with the 'Deb is in love with her brother' story more in season 8 so...there you go. Shouldn't complicate a hugely complicated situation at all. I'm sure.
On second thought, it could be wound up pretty quickly via the oft-used trope of 'let's just do this' and get it over with--and then the sexual tension will be gone. That could end a lot of ways but there's one big hurdle, Dexter's high moral code would probably prevent him from doing Deb--ever. She sees him sexually, she thinks. He has never thought of her 'that way.' Given the stuff that went down in the season 6 finale and that on his best day, Dex is not exactly 'studly,' I doubt that sexual activity of any kind witll be on his 'to-do' list.
Dexter returns for season 7 Sunday, September 30 at 9 PM ET/PT.
What Happens Next? (Dexter Spot) VIDEO:
Of the two new Dexter Spots, "My Dark Passenger" and 'What Happens Next?', 'What Happens Next'could be anthems for both Dexter and Deb in season 7 DEXTER as they take stock of What Happened and What Are they Going To Do (about it). Meanwhile, I'm assuming that as much as it ever was--on steroids(!) it will have to be 'business as usual' for the sibs at Miami Metro. It's not like crime is going to just stop now that the serial murderer's, murderer has been discovered by Deb to be her bro, Dexter.But bonus(!) Dex helped Deb solve a case she didn't even know she had!
It's going to be a crazy mother-effing season 7 of a final 8 so there is very little to lose by taking risks with the writing. I think the season that begins Sept 30 on Showtime may be getting more far out in some ways than ever before. Why not? It could be fun! Very fun! Finish DEXTER and go out balls to the wall...with a question mark...
Weeds: Season 8, Episode 3'See Blue and Smell Cheese and Die' Synopsis:
Nancy and Silas chase after Shane, who has discovered the identity of the shooter. Andy (JUSTIN KIRK) attempts to bond with Jill’s daughters via Roller Derby. Meanwhile, Doug (KEVIN NEALON) and Whit (BRUCE NOZICK) come up with a new plan after being fired from the hedge fund.
Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin in Weeds on Showtime
Weeds: Back to the Burbs VIDEO Screencaps:
Weeds : The Many Faces of Nancy VIDEO:
Take a look back on the many faces and identities of Nancy throughout the seasons.
The writer and creator of Weeds, Jenji Kohan, has long maintained that Nancy is fundamentally, "Nancy," who like most people, lives her life running in circles, never changing very much. That then may be a big clue about Weed's eighth and final season: it came in quite literally with a bang as Nancy took a slug to the hairline. So, will Weeds ultimately end up neither 'here' nor really 'there'--no big epiphanies, just another day in the life of Nancy Botwin? Kohan maintains things won't change much for Nance on her current and most likely permanent trajectory of being attracted to dangerous situations and getting bored & restless and moving on with her life.
However and wherever the Botwins 'end up' they are highly adaptive with Nancy usually leading the charge so I would expect to end at least in good part on that sort of business-as-usual note, despite the could-have-been life-altering shooting, but instead was more of a chance to 'revisit the good old days'-ending.
Weeds: 'Sissy Fight' VIDEO
Andy and Scott fight because of the twins.
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Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin in Weeds - Season 8 (Showtime)
As promised, it appears as if our Miss Nancy (Mary-Louise Parker) is well on the road to recovery when we meet up with her in Weeds Season 8, Episode 2, 'A Beam Of Sunshine'. According to showrunner Jenji Kohan, it is a few months into Nancy's recovery & rehab, though she is pictured with a walker which IMO, gives us a pretty realistic gauge of how close she came to the end of her life. It sure is great to see her smiling! Something tells me that Nancy's life, on the most personal level--her psyche--has undergone possibly the biggest change in the seven-plus seasons we've been watching Weeds. Can't wait to find out!
I'm including some harrowing photo-stills via Showtime from episode one just after the episode 2 and 3 synopses and after the jump (scroll down and click them to enlarge).
I also have a total of six brand new photo stills for episode 2 (with the credits attached to each). Enjoy!
Weeds Episode: "A Beam of Sunshine"
Season 8, Episode 2
Episode Synopsis #1:
Andy tells Jill how he feels about her; and Doug is tempted by an investment opportunity. Meanwhile, Silas steps up with a new business venture.
Weeds Episode 8.02 'A Beam of Sunshine' Synopsis #2 - Andy and Jill are interrupted by Jill's husband. Silas maintains an unconventional affair with Kiku, while Shane makes new friends. Meanwhile, Doug and Whit are pitched new business ideas.
Guest Cast Kat Foster Jennifer Jason Leigh: Jill Price-Gray Bruce Nozick: Whit Original Air Date: Jul 8, 2012
Mary-Louise Parker and Alexander Gould in Weeds Episode 8.02 (Showtime)
Weeds : Proposal Sneak Peek (VIDEO)
BELOW:
Weeds: Season 8, Episode 3
Weeds Episode 8.03
Weeds: Season 8, Episode 3
'See Blue and Smell Cheese and Die' Synopsis:
Nancy and Silas chase after Shane, who has discovered the identity of the shooter. Andy attempts to bond with Jill's daughters. Meanwhile, Doug and Whit come up with a new plan.
Dexter Season 7 Sneak Peek July 2 (Official) VIDEO:
The following video contains exclusive never before seen footage from the upcoming season of Dexter.
Here's the original DEXTER tease (above). Please don't hate me, just scroll down to see it slowed down to clip by clip, if you'd like. I actually thought it was sort of fun to pull all the screencaps out--like a game--and it only took 30 minutes!
By now, many DEXTER fans have been both pleasantly surprised by 'exclusive never before seen footage from the upcoming season of Dexter' and hugely frustrated or like me, amused at the 'gotcha' that the Showtime publicity department pulled by revving up the video so fast that the images go by in a blur. Of course, it didn't take any time at all either, for higher-tech types than me to SLOW. IT. DOWN. Me, I just paused and screencaped, etc. and have almost identical results which of course, I'm sharing. So what was revealed today about season 7 DEXTER? WELL, SPOILERS TO BE SURE!
Please stop right now because I'm going to reveal some of what are absolutely spoiler images from season 7 DEXTER that could ruin it for you if you wish to remain completely unspoiled. Last warning....Go!
Firstly, no surprise: Deb does not shoot or arrest Dexter. I don't know whose idea it is, but instead the siblings do this:
They set fire to the crime scene, which results in this:
So begins Dexter season 7. After that, comes many images of Dexter and Debra, both clearly struggling with this massive revelation. I'm very interested in the family flashback in which we see their mom for the first time!
That little boy sure is a ringer for Michael C. Hall!
What preceded this sad scene was this happier one:
A new puppy for Debra! But look at Harry, clearly alarmed. From what we know of Dexter's early years, he started killing small animals so letting Dexter loose on the puppy could spill his sociopathic proclivities so I'm guessing Harry put the kibosh on the new puppy. So sad!
There are almost 50 new screencaps of brand-new season 7 scenes so be sure to peruse them and see what you can identify!
Here's the slowed-down verions of the July 2 Dexter tease:
And here are the screencaps I made with a couple thrown in from the slowed version as they were clearer.
Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin In WEEDS episode 8.01 (Credit: Showtime)
Episode 8.01'Messy' - Synopsis: Nancy is rushed to the hospital after being shot as the family follows close behind. There, they grapple with the tragedy (and in Doug's case, with some other 'things') and hypothesize on the shooter's identity.
SHOWTIME:'With The Creators 'VIDEO:
Very intriguing video interview with Weeds' creator Jenji Kohan about the broad strokes of what we'll see in season 8, the final season of WEEDS.
Kohan talks about how both the audience and the writers were getting frustrated with Nancy's (Mary-Louise Parker) always escaping from her misdeeds 'scot-free' and that it was almost "MacGuyver-esque" and therefore the character was in danger of not seeming genuine. Kohan goes on to explain why they chose the shooter out of a 'long list' of contenders. Kohan added that the story will circle back in some ways to season one (but we all know you can't ever truly go back, right?). Finally, she explains how episode 1 sets up season 8 to include the big question (IMO): What kind of person will the head-shot Nancy be as she recovers? Kohan also mentions the Botwin boys' very different life pursuits (currently, Shane is in the police academy and Silas is growing and selling weed) and finally, does God exist?
Also, something else to look forward to that Kohan didn't mention: Jennifer Jason Leigh (who I adore) as Nancy's sister Jill, will be making frequent appearances. Sounds like there is plenty of material to cover this last season! I'm hoping too that the rabbi who makes an appearance in this episode returns as well as a love interest for Nancy. (That may or may not have been 'set-up' in this episode.)
Jennifer Carpenter as 'Debra Morgan' and Michael C. Hall as 'Dexter Morgan' in Dexter on Showtime, returning Sept 30, 2012
Truth Brings Light (Dexter Spot) VIDEO:
TEASER TRANSCRIPT:
Dexter's new teaser trailer gives us an initial idea of Debra Morgan's reaction to meeting her brother's Dark Passenger for the very first time.
"Jesus, Dexter!" she blurts. He responds in a level tone,"Deb, it's me."
"Get away from the body," Deb answers, gun trained squarely on Dexter, almost as if by muscle memory.
Truth Brings Light (Dexter Spot) SCREENCAPS::
DEXTER returns Sunday, Sept. 30 at 9/8c on Showtime for it's seventh (and 2nd to last) season, picking up right where it left off.
TVGuide.com talked to DEXTER executive producer Sara Colleton to get the scoop on season 7:
The last we saw of Dexter (Michael C. Hall) in Season 6, he had finally delivered his own biblical form of vengeance upon Travis (Colin Hanks)... in the closing moments of the finale. Unfortunately, Dexter wasn't alone in that church, with Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) planning to profess her love to her brother before walking in on him moments before driving a knife into Travis.
Clearly, Deb's reaction will be Dexter's greatest obstacle this season as he's faced with someone finally taking off his mask. But his sister isn't the only person Dexter will have to worry about when evidence at the church suggests the Bay Harbor Butcher is back. Considering Dexter framed Sgt. Doakes (Erik King) for that, even Debra may not be able to protect him.
TVGuide: If last season was about finding faith for Dexter, what is this season about?
Colleton: It is about things he's never experienced before, which are regret, responsibility, shame, betrayal, all of those things...
TVGuide: Deb only saw Dexter kill Travis on the table, but will she learn everything this season?
Colleton: Yeah...She was on her way to the church at the end of the last season because ... she not only loved her foster brother Dexter, but she is in love with him. So now what does she do? ...Dexter was always elusive and Debra always thought it was because of her, and now she knows it wasn't about her, it was about him really protecting her.
As the head Miami Metro homicide division... it has to really affect her sense of justice...and Dexter, of course, his world is equally rocked. He's never had to deal with these kinds of emotions — regret, guilt, a sense of having let Deb down and also, obviously, the gnawing suspicion that at any time, she could have him arrested.
Refresh your memory with season 6 funale scene VIDEO:
Dexter 6x12 - Season 6 finale scene - Dexter kills Travis and gets caught by Deb (HD) VIDEO:
TVGuide: Given what Deb learns about Dexter, how will that change her sudden revelation that she has feelings for him?
Colleton: It has to explored but obviously what she learns is going to affect it... so all of the things that have been the bedrock of Deb's life get moved around..
TVGuide: Will we see a vulnerable side to Dexter this season?
Colleton: Oh, yes. It is like Superman's cape has been taken off. He's extremely vulnerable and that is very interesting to see and to explore.
TVGuide: Speaking of Harry (James Remar)... how will his advice to Dexter differ from what we've seen before?
Sara Colleton: It's very upsetting to Harry. Deb realizes now, too, that this was never her being 'Daddy's second best'. She will learn all about Harry training Dexter and that is another thing that is going to rock her world...
TVGuide: What other obstacles will Dexter face because of Deb's discovery?
Sara Colleton:There are other complications that will come in because, at the crime scene, Dexter's blood slide is discovered by Lieutenant LaGuerta (Lauren Velez) because he loses it in the chaos that ensues and she immediately recognizes it's his.
The only other time that she had seen this blood slide was in the copy case of the Bay Harbor Butcher. Sergeant Doakes, her ex-lover and dear friend (everyone) thought he was the Bay Harbor Butcher, and thought that when he died, the Bay Harbor Butcher died with him.
Now, she begins to suspect, "Is the Bay Harbor Butcher still alive and how can I set about proving ..Doake's innocence?" ... that's a silent thing at the start, but it's... going to eventually work its way back to Dexter.
Ray Stevenson plays Issac, the head of a crime syndicate who owns many nightclubs in Miami.. He comes to Miami when his very close personal lieutenant is accused of killing a Miami cop and then suddenly disappears...This is going to be a long story arc.
Jason Gedrick plays George, the U.S. manager of all of his clubs.
Yvonne Strahovski plays 'Hannah', (a woman) who took off from this small Florida town with an older guy and then went on this wild killing spree. When they got caught, she turned state's evidence on him, he went to jail for life. and she started a new life. Years later she's in her 30s, has started a new life and then she meets Dexter... Hannah is a still water that runs very deep... and is quite unlike any woman Dexter has ever known...Hannah has a cool aloofness, but there's something about her that will intrigue him.
Do you have scoop for Louis Greene him on Dexter? A: The creeper who sent Dexter the hand from the Ice Truck Killer case will be back! "We realized that Louis has a whole darker side and people who become fans can turn into dangerous stalkers in the blink of the eye. That's what Louis has turned into," Colleton tells us. "[Dexter will] discover the Ice Truck Killer hand — he has no idea it's in his home — and what the writing on the palm of it means."
Make sure you click through and read all the TVGuide articles in their entirety. I culled info and mostly rewrote the excerpts except actual quotes of course, but there is a lot of material to cover at this huge, huge juncture in the Dexter-verse.
Another thing I recommend and am starting for myself beginning tomorrow night, is to re-watch Dexter, starting from Season 1 episode 1. I realized that in this 7-year period I've watched many of the episodes only one time and I've forgotten many details that based on what I'm reading now, I am going ot want to be fresh about. Plus, I'd like to go back and study the evolution of the Dex and Deb relationship more closely. Besides the serial killer aspect, the Dex and Deb dynamic has been the most compelling for me to watch. I'd come to DEXTER as a Michael C. Hall fan but I'd not seen Jennifer Carpenter's work prior to Dexter. In the last few years her portrayal of Debra has gotten really quite outstanding. Truly, Carpenter has really grown as an actor right before our eyes. You should join me. It'll be fun!
Go ahead, I need a few moments to compose myself and post the biggest spoiler photos yet of WHO GETS SHOT and HOW BADLY THEY ARE HURT. It's pretty mind-blowing and I'm not being punny.
As you recall, we literally closed out last season of WEEDS with a BANG! and cut to black. Though it appeared that the gunman, who despite what Internet rumours said, was NOT easy to distinguish unless you knew what the actor looked like NOW, took aim at Nancy. We did not know if she got hit and if anyone else was injured or killed. We were literally left in the dark.
I'm going to post a few MAJOR photo spoilers now so do not continue if you do not want to know!
Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin in WEEDS Episode 8.01
Episode 8.01 was top-notch. Scary, heartrending, funny and more funny and sad. I admit, I teared up.
It is now eight years that we've watched the Botwin family's triumphs and travails and in that time we've grown quite attached to them.The actors themselves seem so natural together, I'm sure I'm going to shed some more tears before this new and last ever season concludes. There will, to be sure, many laughs too. I hope you'll tune in and you'll stop back at Forever A Fangirl soon and watch along with me!
The shooter is revealed in episode one. Photo below after the jump:
Well, this screencap from the brand new WEEDS video clip below sure does tell a story. Even though we knew from the many heavy hints dropped by Weeds and by the outright spoilers laid out by reviewers, we were not 100% sure that someone else didn't take the bullet meant for Nancy. But the drying pool of blood is exactly where she would have fallen as she raised her glass of wine to toast the family being all together and 'not killing one another.' Despite the preparation, it is still a chilling image.
WEEDS Season 8 Sneak Peek (VIDEO):
'Elderly Neighbors'
The Botwin's elderly neighbors complain about the loud noises.
Shane (Alexander Gould) reacts to the shooting & the aftermath
Gosh, Uncle Andy (Justin Kirk) looks so sad. Rarely do we see him like this, completely morose.
Given that they were eating when the shooting happened, this must be some time (as in many hours) later.
Regardless, a nice man stops by Andy's table and asks may he sit, Andy says yes, and the guy engages him in conversation. Very shortly thereafter we begin to see Andy recovering a bit of the perpetual sparkle in his eye. He's not swinging from the rafters, but clearly, a few kind words go a long way.
'Tapioca'
Andy befriends a Rabbi in the hospital cafeteria.
Here's Andy as he converses with the Rabbi...about the merits of tapioca pudding in a hospital setting:
No one can out-do Justin Kirk at pulling faces!
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WEEDS RETURNS TO SHOWTIME ON SUNDAY JULY 1ST!
After the jump: Entertainment Weekly on Weeds' Final Season:
Dexter season 7 Sept 30 Showtime - Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) season 7: She knows.
Though for the past six seasons we've loyally watched 'DEXTER,' a stellar Showtime offering about a serial killer who only kills 'bad people,' we all knew that we were also tuning in to see the 'Dexter and Deb' show. The adopted children of Harry Morgan behaved as blood siblings, closer it seemed at times, despite Dexter's horrific secret with his serial killer dual life always just barely out of Deb's sight-line.
Dexter (Michael C. Hall) pondered again and again how Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) might react were she ever to discover what her big brother was doing during his many seemingly off-the face-of-the-earth disappearances and then just as suddenly, his dropping back into their lives as if he'd never stepped out.
But as the audience has known all along, Dex was duping Deb. Finally, we saw in the season 6 cliff-hangar finale, Deb has now literally caught Dexter red-handed committing a murder. Where will they go from here? Is there any 'going' anywhere from here? Debra has, over the years, expressed frustration to both Dexter and her therapist that as much as she loves and leans on Dexter, she's not sure that he feels the same towards her, that perhaps (to paraphrase) he's keeping part of himself closed off, inaccessible to her which really pains her. Now they are at the rip-the-lid-off-the-box-of-secrets-Dexter's-harbouring-moment. All of it is hers to know. Will she, though, want to face this horrible reality? Dexter's up for it--up for anything, one would think, to bring Deb back down to the new reality. But what will all this entail--how will it even be possible with both of them headed into the lion's den (Miami Metro) each day bearing this huge reveal? Stay tuned, starting September 30th on Showtime!
Truth Brings Light (Dexter & Deb Spot) VIDEO:
Michael C. Hall as DEXTER - returns in Sept 30 on Showtime
The first (real) teaser for the seventh season of Dexter asked whether Debra will accept Dex following her grim discovery, but this first poster for the upcoming season focuses squarely on the serial killer. Originally posted: http://seriable.com/dexter-first-season-7-poster
Showtime has unveiled a great new spot for the upcoming seventh season of Dexter, centering on theme of truth and acceptance in the wake of last season’s dramatic cliffhanger. The new spot features images of Dexter and Debra reflecting the different shades that comprise their relationship and Dexter’s acceptance of who he is.
Dexter narrates the piece.
Dex: “They say truth brings light. It’s the lies that live in darkness. But here we are, in the moment of truth.
He continues: “Everything in my life has brought me to this point. It’s what I am. It’s all I am. I can accept that. ..But can she?
Since Dexter is currently shooting season 7, there's every reason to expect more goodies-sharing (please and thank you).
WEEDS Episode 8.01 - Gauging Shane's reaction, it appears the bad guy got away
Don't miss the season 8 premiere of Weeds July 1st at 10PM ET/PT.
Behind the scenes WEEDS Season 8:
The Botwins are back for a whole new season and this year there is no escaping their past. Get a behind the scenes look at the new season.
AUSIELLO SPOILER!
Q: I just watched all seven seasons of Weeds in 11 days and now I’m desperate for anything you can dig up on the eighth and final season!
Weeds Season 8 - Hunter Parrish as "Silas'
A: Seven seasons in 11 days? Are you high?! (The classics never go out of style.) Nancy spends much of the July 1 opener fighting for her life in the wake of that cliffhanger shooting, leaving her friends and family to grieve in their own special way — two of ‘em have sex in her hospital room while she’s unconscious and a third feels her up (also while she’s unconscious).
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Mary-Louise Parker as 'Nancy Botwin' in WEEDS Season 8
NEW WEEDS SEASON 8 TEASE (VIDEO):
Have you marked your calendars yet for July 1st? No? Well, go and do it now. I'll wait.
Why is July 1st at 10 p.m. et/pt important to note? Because besides being Canada Day, July 1st marks the premiere of season 8 of WEEDS! And Speaking of WEEDS, this is the final season, too!
I'll give you a moment to compose yourself because I know just how you feel. We've been keeping up with the Botwin family for 7 years now. As well as a lot of green, we've literally watched Shane (Alexander Gould) and Silas (Hunter Parrish) grow and bloom. We've shared Uncle Andy (Justin Kirk) and Doug's (Kevin Nealon) growing pains as well and even saw our beloved Nancy (Mary-Louise Parker) take the rap for Shane's <ahem> little indiscretion which cost her three years in the slammer. And now it all comes to a close and we bid them a fond farewell.
But hang on a minute! We've yet to learn Nancy's fate! The season 7 finale almost felt like a series finale with a sniper appearing to take aim at Nancy and a gunshot heard before cutting to black.
I wouldn't worry too much whether Nancy survives, though. She's been in seemingly impossible situations before and somehow she pulls out of them. I am kinda curious tho' if her personality will be affected...but that is all the more reason to watch...and to find out who would want to off our lovely Ms. Botwin. (Nancy has pissed off quite a few people over the years...not really intentionally but P.O.'d they remain.)
It's easy to forget that WEEDS, when it debuted, was considered very daring in it's subject matter, edgy is a good way to put it-- but it was (and still is) unapologetic and never seemed to concern itself about being PC or worrying that it might offend and get itself cancelled. 'Ballsy' is another word I'd chose to describe what has become one of my favourite comedies ever.
Here's a bit of the official announcement from SHOWTIME about Weeds winding up after 8 great seasons:
Showtime to End 'Weeds' After Season 8:
The comedy about a drug-dealing suburban mother (Mary-Louise Parker), which has been one of the cable network's defining series, will wrap its run after its upcoming eighth season.
"Weeds has been a seminal series, which was key in establishing Showtime as a home for great original programming," entertainment president David Nevins said in a statement. "It had a groundbreaking run; entering its eighth season, it's one of the longest-running comedies in the history of cable. We all felt that it was the right time and right way to end it. It was very important to us that we bring the story of Nancy Botwin and her family to a satisfying conclusion for the devoted fans that have spent years supporting this series. Jenji has managed to surprise us every step of the way, and I am confident in her plan for a spectacular series end.”
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DEXTER - Episode 7.01 - Are You....? - First Promotional PHOTO (Full Size):
Cool photograph, no? Do you think maybe Dexter is speaking the episode title: 'Are you... going to shoot me?' or...'Are you...going to ask me what I'm doing/why I'm doing it?' 'Are you...OK?' 'Are you...going to arrest me?' 'Are you...going to listen to my explanation?' So many possibilities! Could it be Deb saying 'Are you...going to tell me what happened?' 'Are you...crazy? ' Are you...@#&!$ in the head? Good episode 1 title for this red-letter day, which began in the DEXTER season 6 finale when Deb finally catches her brother in the act. Too bad it gives nothing away!
Speaking of giving nothing away, so far I've got nothing on episode one details. Think that might be how the Dexter peeps wish to keep it until the very last minute? (Rhetorical. Of course they do!)
If you scroll down however, you can read up on episodes 7.02, 7.03 and 7.04 and you will absolutely see the big picture beginning to form about Dexter and Deb's world beyond this earth-shattering revelation. This season is looking very good, indeed! Check back for more on Dexter in the run-up to season 7 and of course, complete coverage of DEXTER season 7, which premeires on September 30 on Showtime!
Dexter Returns (Season 7) VIDEO:
From DEXTER EP Scott Buck via TV Guide:
Picking up immediately where the finale left off, Season 7 will open with Debra's horrified reaction to seeing her brother kill last season's baddie, Travis. "Viewers might think we shy away from that moment of Debra walking in and seeing Dexter stabbing into Travis' chest, but it's just the opposite," says executive producer Scott Buck. "She now has to deal with what she's seen and what she knows. And it forces him to defend and define himself."
That's complicated given Deb's romantic feelings for her brother.
"It's ironic that people are fine with Dexter jabbing people in the heart but mortified by this romance," says Buck. "We're not shying away from those feelings of hers, either."
Bonus: Instead of one Big Bad, this season will have several — and a Ukrainian strip club owner named Sirko (Ray Stevenson) looks especially psycho.
DEXTER, Episode #7.03, "Buck the System" CASTING CALL:
Writer: Jace Richdale (6.06 "Just Let Go")
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Location: Los Angeles
Shoot Dates: 6/15-26
Airs on October 14, 2012.
[RAY SPELTZER] 30, 6'-6'4", physically heavily worked out/muscled and intimidating, a powerhouse of a guy. He is a blue-collar guy who has a history of violent behavior. NOTE: Actor must shave his head halfway thru the ep. RECURRING GUEST LEAD (2 ep arc)
[MELANIE] 30, caucasian, pretty, fit. She is a cocktail waitress in a regular bar. Co-Star.
[IT GUY] 30s, smart, he is a computer guy. 4 Lines/1 Scene.
[SUSPECT] Male, 30s to mid 40s, caucasian. He is a foul-mouthed, sketchy, blue-collar, cocky suspect in a police interrogation room. 4 Lines/1 Scene.
[UNI] 30s, Latino, fit. He is a uniformed officer at Miami Metro Homicide. 1 Line/1 Scene
DEXTER, Episode #7.02, "The Shadow Knows" CASTING CALL:
Writer: Manny Coto Director: Steve Shill Location: Los Angeles Shoot Dates: June 5-14
[TONY RUSH] Mid 30s, Caucasian, attractive, football player's build. He is the former bouncer of a Miami strip club. GUEST LEAD
[WAYNE RANDALL] Late 30s to early 40s, Caucasian, small town America, built, nice looking, tough and hardened yet thoughtful. A prisoner who is serving a life sentence for homicide. 1 DAY GUEST STAR ROLE.
[FBI AGENT] Late 30s to mid 40s, professional, fit, straight-forward. He is an agent at an investigation scene. 1 Speech and 4 Lines/2 Scenes.
[LAB TECH] Late 20s to early 30s, male, professional. He is a lab tech at a private lab facility. 2 Speeches and 1 Line/1 Scene
[NAKED WOMAN] Mid to late 20s, blonde, pretty in a punk or goth kind of way. We see this seductive woman in a compromising way with a guy on tape. 1 Line/1 Scene. Must be comfortable doing nudity (above the waist frontal and full backside) and doing sexual situations.
Avatar and The Shield tough guy Matt Gerard is coming to the show’s seventh season. He’s going to play a 'blue-collar violent criminal' in a multi-episode arc next season. As previously reported, Dexter also has Ray Stevenson (Rome) playing a Russian mob bad guy next season.
Could Dexter be getting a new lady-love partner-in-crime? It has been a whole season since the vengeful Lumen left Dex, and we're hearing that we'll meet a new lady with a violent past this season — but we also hear she's actually expected to stick around for a while. She's now trying to live a quiet life... until she meets Dexter.
Sookie: 'Grab her.' Lafayette: 'How?' Sookie: 'There's some TruBlood in the cabinet.'
True Blood Season 5: Episode #50 Clip - Lafayette's Going In (VIDEO):
'Grab her.' This little scene is epic. It's absolutely perfect. Please give Nelsan Ellis an award. Give him several, actually. This is my guess how "grabbing" vampire Tara is supposed to work out:
Notice that Eric and Bill's hair are both perfectly styled after being taken captive via silver nets, being blown up all kinds of ways in a car explosion, and sleeping in a cargo container? Oh, the benefits of being a vampire!
The Vampire Authrority re-take Bill and Eric--and now Eric's 'sister' Nora into custody
Vampire Authority HQ?
Valentina Cervi as 'Salome', a chancellor of the Vampire Authority
CASTING SPOILERS: Episode 5.11 and 5.12:
TRUE BLOOD, Episode #512, "Save Yourself" (Additional Role) Writer: Alan Ball Director: Michael Lehmann Location: L.A. Start Date: Approx. 6/13/12
[SOOKIE STACKHOUSE DOPPELGANGER] Female, Caucasian, Long Blonde Hair, 5'5", 115 lbs. size 4, 34 B. Waist - 25-26" Hip - 34-35". No Lines
Claire Danes is 'Carrie Matheson' on HOMELAND season 2, on Showtime starting Sept 30
Homeland : Obsession (Homeland Spot) VIDEO:
Homeland : Returns VIDEO:
Homeland : Season 2 - 'Burning Questions' VIDEO:
WOW! Reading the HOMELAND Season 2 casting calls sure does whet one's appetite for more info about the upcoming season of HOMELAND, which returns on Showtime on September 30!
For instance, have no fear about Carrie (the amazing Claire Danes)! She is back in the game, though it's not quite clear yet exactly what game (Oh, who am I kidding--she's gathering intel and hunting bad guys!) We do know that she is now an ESL teacher with a new cover identity on a sensitive mission in Beirut!
We know too, that by episode 2.04 Carrie comes face-to-face with Brody (Damian Lewis). That should be very interesting. Both those two have great poker faces--will we be able to tell if Carrie remembers him--and if so, how much does she remember?! For his part, Brody now has his own Chief of Staff and in the same episode, for an unknown reason needs to have a 'strong smoke smell removed' from his car. Intriguing!
Valerie Cruz will play Major Joy Mendez on HOMELAND on Showtime starting Sept 30.
HOMELAND Season 2 Casting NEWS:
You’ve seen Valerie Cruz in multi-episode arcs on True Blood and Dexter. She’s joining the cast of Homeland season two as Major Joy Mendez. In what’s described as guest star stint that might become a recurring role, Mendez is a 'friendly military intelligence officer who goes with Carrie (Claire Danes) on a sensitive mission in Beirut, and briefs her on her new cover identity.
Zuleikha Robinson will portray Roya Hammad on HOMELAND on Showtime starting Sept 30.
HOMELAND - Season 2 - Casting News - Zuleikha Robinson To Be Recurring:
Rome and LOST alumna Zuleikha Robinson has booked a major recurring role on the upcoming second season of Showtime’s thriller drama Homeland. She will play Middle Eastern woman Roya Hammad, a field journalist with a special relationship to Abu Nazir (Navid Negahban) who delivers an ultimatum to Brody (Damian Lewis).
Here is her character's description:
[ROYA HAMMAD] 36, this beautiful, expensively dressed Middle Eastern woman, who speaks with a posh British accent, meets with Brody. Never raising her voice, she coolly and directly delivers Brody an ultimatum. 9 speeches & 8 lines, 1 scene (29) May recur.
HOMELAND, Episode #201, "The Smile" Writers: Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon
[MAJOR JOY MENDEZ] Mid-Late 30s This friendly military intelligence officer accompanies Carrie on a sensitive mission in Beirut, and briefs her on her new cover identity. 6 speeches & 17 lines, 4 scenes (25) May recur.
[GREG MERRILES] 26 years old, this crisply professional young man is Brody's new Chief of Staff, who clues Brody in on how things are run on the Hill. 1 speech & 6 lines, 3 scenes (9) May recur.
[ROYA HAMMAD] 36, this beautiful, expensively dressed Middle Eastern woman, who speaks with a posh British accent, meets with Brody. Never raising her voice, she coolly and directly delivers Brody an ultimatum. 9 speeches & 8 lines, 1 scene (29) May recur.
[BETSY KENNY] Age 27, she's Brody's new legislative assistant, who tells Brody that he has an important visitor. 1 line, 1 scene (10) May recur.
[OMAR] This 26 year old Arabic man is taking Carrie's ESL course. 3 lines, 1 scene (13) Actor should have an Arabic accent and speak some Arabic.
[FINN WALDEN] Dana's high school classmate at the Quaker school, he's the son of the Vice President of the United States, who also speaks out in the meeting hall about the Middle East crisis. 1 speech & 1 line, 1 scene (26) May recur.
[REBECCA MORRISON] One of Dana's classmates at a Quaker school, this high school sophomore shares her troubled thoughts about the Middle East in the school meeting hall. 1 speech, 1 scene (26)
[TAD GROOTE] This student at Dana's Quaker high school is the son of the Undersecretary of State. He piques Dana's rage with his bigoted statements about Muslims and the Middle East. 3 speeches & 2 lines, 1 scene (27)
CUSTOMS OFFICER] Late 30s-40s Lebanese, professional, He tries to trip Carrie up by asking her some intrusive questions about her business in the area….
HOMELAND, Episode #204, "New Car Smell" Writers: Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon Shoots: 06/13 to 06/22 Location: Charlotte, N.C.
Seeking:
[JASON QUINN] Mid 30s to 40ish. This ostensibly buttoned-down CIA analyst oversees a critical clandestine operation. RECURRING ROLE.
[RASHID] (Male, early 30s) This irritating car wash guy from Yemen negotiates with Brody over which service Brody's car needs. He offers Brody a list of scents to choose from. 10 lines, 2 scenes. (11)
[PARIS] (Male, 30s-40s) A grumpy Sudanese cab driver, with a gruff look and manner, he's disgruntled when his passenger opts to pay via credit card instead of with cash. MUST SPEAK WITH AFRICAN ACCENT (Sudanese, Kenyan, Nigerian, etc). Must have valid drivers license and be able to drive. 5 lines, 2 scenes. (13)
[SUSAN] In her 40s, an executive-secretary-like clerk at the Mayflower Hotel, she welcomes a guest. 1 line, 1 scene. (36)
Brody takes his car to be professionally cleaned and to have a strong smoke smell removed. Max and Virgil follow Brody and take photos of him. Brody then takes a cab to CIA Headquarters, where Carrie waits inside for his arrival. As he walks towards the building from the parking lot, she exits and walks past him. He is very surprised to see her and calls her name. She turns and greets him casually.
Producers are on the prowl for a 7-year-old actor to play CIA Director Estes’ son, who is first seen dressed in full-blown Vader regalia and uttering the iconic line, “I am your father.” The show is also introducing Vice President Walden’s confident, privileged wife, Cynthia. (May 1)
Kristen Bauer van Straten plays Pam Swynford De Beaufort on True Blood (HBO)
True Blood Season 5: Cast Favorite Moments VIDEO:
(Don't miss season 5 of True Blood on Sunday nights at 9PM.)
OMG. It's too hard to pick a favourite scene from the entire series! How about one from each season? Wait. Nope. That's too hard too!
Season 1, episode 12 in the cemetery after Sookie survives Rene's attempt on her life but not before Bill has gone out into the full sunlight in an attempt to save her. Ultimately, a combination of Sam and Sookie take out Rene. Bill is burned to a crisp; Sam realizes that they must get him underground so he gingerly picks him up and deposits him in a freshly-dug grave. As Sookie weeps, Sam buries Bill. Now, Sam literally hates Bill for being a vampire but for Sookie's sake, he does his best to save Bill. At that moment, I really saw the depth of love that Sam has for Sookie. It sounds odd but the gesture was incredibly sweet and meaningful.
There are many more. I'd love to hear about your favourite scene(s) from True Blood!
Q: I still can't believe Tara is a vampire! Any scoop on what's coming up for her on TRUE BLOOD? A: Sookie and Lafayette will certainly have their hands full this week, but lest we forget, Pam is her maker, albeit begrudgingly. Still, there may be opportunities for Tara to find allies in the vampire world. They may have been sparring in Sunday's promo, but Jessica and Tara could find a friendship. "Jessica is very lonely," Deborah Ann Woll tells us. "She's looking everywhere she can for someone to understand her and maybe there's an opportunity there with Tara."
Q: I absolutely loved the True Blood premiere! Any scoop on what's coming up in Bon Temps? A: Jason Stackhouse fans, prepare yourselves for some pretty bad news courtesy of True Blood stud Ryan Kwanten. "Jason's going to be lucky to survive. In fact, he may not survive this season," he teases. "It's been a rather brutal season for Jason." True Blood without Jason? We shudder at the thought!
Just a thought. Despite the True Blood teevee show veering away from the Sookie Stackhouse novels, perhaps if Jason dies, Kwanten will remain--as a twin faerie verson of himself. He _does_ exist in the books--and he looks exactly like Jason Stackhouse and we already know there will be faeries in True Blood season 5.
Steven Moyer and Alexander Skarsgård in True Blood season 5 (Credit:HBO)
TRUE BLOOD SEASON 5 SPOILERS (JUNE 11, 2012):
In the next episode #50, 'Authority Always Wins,' we will meet all the members of the Catholic Church-emulating Vampire Authority (their leader's name is even 'Roman' --subtle, huh?). As I mentoned earlier, while not appearing initially to be the most bloodthirsty bunch, their methods of extracting information should be quite persuasive (silver injection in the vein, anyone?).
Says E!: 'Think you are most looking forward toseeing Chris Meloni as a vampire? Well, actually our favorite Authority member is played by Christopher Heyerdahl. You might recognize him as The Swede from AMC's Hell on Wheels. He scares us in all the best ways.
Wolf Pup:...Next episode we will meet the most adorable of tiny werewolves. Seriously cute and possibly a huge complication when it comes to keeping her away from an unwanted pack.'
Despite four seasons of True Blood having gone by where we bore witness (in flashbacks) to the making of both Bill and Eric, my favourite vamp's begnnings have been left a big "?"--until now!
True Blood Season 5: Episode #50 Preview VIDEO:
TRUE BLOOD - Episode 5.02 - Authority Always Wins - SYNOPSIS: Tara resurfaces in Bon Temps; Pam recalls her human life and first encounter with Eric; Bill and Eric meet Salome at the Vampire Authority headquarters. (Written by Mark Hudis; directed by Michael Lehmann.) (TV-MA) : June 17 Premiere.
True Blood episode 5.02 'Bill' (Stephen Moyer) in the clutches of the Vampire Authority (Credit:HBO)
Authority member Dieter Braun, played by Christopher Heyerdahl (Credit:HBO)
Ever wonder how Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) and Pam (Kristen Bauer van Straten) started their 'partnership'? We'll get to flash back to Pam's life pre-vamp in 1905 San Francisco in episode 2 of season 5.
True Blood Season 5: RECAP #49 (Season Premiere):
See what happened on episode #49 of "True Blood." Tune in to the new season every Sunday night at 9 only on HBO.
AFTER THE JUMP: True Blood Season 5: Inside the Episode #49 (Season Premiere) VIDEO,True Blood Season 5: Jessica's Vlogs Promo VIDEO:
Rutina Wesley as "Tara Thornton" in Season 5 TRUE BLOOD
True Blood Season 5: Authority Always Wins Promo VIDEO & Screencaps:
True Blood Season 5: Weeks Ahead Trailer (VIDEO):
Take a sneak peek of what's ahead on the new season of "True Blood." And make sure to catch a new episode every Sunday night at 9 only on HBO.
Rutina Wesley as Tara and Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica in True Blood season 5
RUTINA WESLEY as TARA and ANNA Paquin as Sookie in Episode 5.02 - True Blood "Authority Always Wins"
In TRUE BLOOD episode 2, it looks like Tara who has been made vampire at Lafayette's request, woke up very hungry and has set her sights on Sookie for her first post-turning meal. Assuming that since both Lafayette and Pam are on the scene that Sookie will not in fact get her throat ripped out by her life-long best friend. But will Tara every be anything like the tara of old again? It took Bill about 150 years to finally start acting civilized; I can't imagine Tara getting her act together so fast.
So< what did you think of the TRUE BLOOD season 5 debut?
It's LATE so I'm for now gonna break it down to what I liked and disliked:
LIKED: I was surprised that I enjoyed the Jason and Steve Newlin scenes. I think I may like the vampire version of Steve Newlin. He seems much more fun. Sample:
"I think that that's why I started acting the way that I did—all murderous and whatnot."
"I finally have the strength to say, I'm a gay vampire American."
LIKED: Anything Pam. Sample:
"I am wearing a Walmart sweat suit for you all. If that's not demonstration of team spirit, I don't know what is."
LIKED: Jessica and Steve Newlin: They have more scenes in episode 2 which look to be really fun.
MEH: Nora and Eric banging away in the storage container. It was obvious that they lusted after one another but in this life and death situation? Really?
And yeah we get it, Eric is so. over. Sookie.
MEH: Sam and Luna: They just don't do it for me.
Andy and Holly in bed and the introduction of her teenage misfits.
Terry and Patrick and the PTSD story rearing it's ugly head. NO.
Alcide and his pack. NO. In the words of Lafayette (to Alcide):
"We're done with all the supernatural bulls--t. You heard me? No vampires, no witches, no ghosts, no maenads. And no motherf--cking werewolves."
Really, Alan Ball, I am so over almost all of the 'supernatural bullshit.' Tara turned vampire is fine. Bill and Eric's most excellent adventure is too. Sookie and Lafayette doin' what they do--groovy--and I'm pretty certain that bringing Russell Edgington back will be worth it. The Jason-Steve Newlin-Jessica triangle looks yummy. And sure yeah, give us some Vampire Authority. But that's enough!
The wolf pack story never worked and still wont. It's only a shade better than the 'Hot Shot' story that blessedly got dropped like a hot potato at the beginning of season 4.
Sam and Luna just don't have chemistry. And the CG on the wolves is so poor. Let's just stop.
And please, just NO to the Terry and why he has PTSD story.
RUTINA WESLEY "TARA" ON TRUE BLOOD at the EW photo shoot (MAY 2012)
"Tara is still a part of the show. I'm sure fans have a lot of different ideas of how that could be possible, and one of those ideas is correct."
- True Blood creator ALAN BALL at the True Blood Season 5 premiere party
One theory is that vampires Bill (Stephen Moyer) and Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) would somehow help shared love interest Sookie (Anna Paquin) (even though she dumped them both).
"I can tell you that Bill and Eric can't come running to the rescue," Wesley told TVGuide.com.
"They just killed a member of the Authority, so they're going to have a big mess to clean up themselves, so Sookie's going to have to figure this out on her own. But, you know, she's strong and resourceful and doesn't need a man to figure out her problems."
However Tara returns — whether that be as a ghost, a vampire or back to her human self, revived by vampire blood — Wesley says the once sisterly relationship between Sookie and Tara will be significantly different after that night.
"That's going to be the interesting part to watch: Tara's reaction to Sookie and Sookie's reaction to Tara," she says. "All I can say is it's charged."
In the fifth-season premiere, Sookie and Lafayette are reeling from Tara's shooting, but there is also the matter of cleaning up Debbie Pelt's blood. Meanwhile, Bill and Eric face a new threat from the Authority; Marcus' disappearance sends his wolf pack after Sam; Jessica parties with her human peers; Jason has a reunion with Rev. Steve Newlin; a visit from Terry's war buddy brings back his PTSD; and Alcide warns Sookie about Russell Edgington's return.
Original Air Date: Jun 10, 2012 Guest Cast Dale Dickey: Martha Bozeman Aaron Howles: Rocky Lucy Griffiths: Nora Joe Manganiello: Alcide Herveaux Denis O'Hare: Russell Edgington Kelly Overton: Rikki Rachel Sterling: Trish Noah Matthews: Wade Dawn Stern: Cat Ingerslev Louis Herthum: JD Conor O'Farrell: Judge Scott Foley: Patrick Devins
DEBORAH ANN WOLL AS JESSICA AND MICHAEL MCMILLIAN AS STEVE NEWLIN IN TRUE BLOOD SEASON 5 (HBO)
Lafayette (NELSAN ELLIS) has lost his lover Jesus, but he can still see him so that will make things a little weird. We haven’t seen the last of Kevin Alejandro (Jesus). It will get very creepy very soon as evidenced by this shot that keeps popping up.
Since Bill is dealing with the impending vampire civil war, Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) will have the run of Bon Temps. "She's starting to grow up, she's not really a baby vamp anymore," Ball says. "She's going to do what any teenager would do when her parents are out of town... party!" It won't be all fun and games this season, though. Jessica will have to navigate her new relationship with Jason (Ryan Kwanten) — with ex-boyfriend Hoyt (Jim Parrack) watching from the sidelines. "They're extremely attracted to one another, and there's a natural chemistry there, but it was born out of this guilty thing that they did," Woll says. "That's rough and they're going to have to overcome that somehow."
So, it would seem, that Lafayette puts down the stake.
It's an open secret that Rutina Wesley remains a cast-member on True Blood despite her grievous head would at the hands of the now-deceased Debbie Pelt in the season 4 finale.
The lingering question is how is that possible? That will be answered in the season premiere.
"We will see a lighter side to her," Wesley promises. "I hope we do get back to that Season 1 Tara where she has that flippant sense of humor that we all love. I just think she's guarded and I know sometimes it comes off as being angry at everyone in the world, but it's all earned."
Get ready for a Pam-tasm! We've seen how Godric made Eric how Bill became a vampire via Lorena, but this season, it's Pam's (Kristin Bauer van Straten) turn.
"We're going to see how Pam and Eric found each other and we learn how Pam became a vampire," Ball says. But Pam isn't the only focus of this year's flashbacks. We "even get a glimpse into some of Sookie and Jason's past," he adds.
CHRIS BAUER as Andy Bellefleur and LAUREN BOWLES as Holly Cleary in TRUE BLOOD Season 5:
Do you beleive in magic?
Marnie (Fiona Shaw) may have been vanquished but much magic remains in Bon Temps. According to Lauren Bowles (who plays Merlotte's waitress/Wiccan Holly Cleary), "Those powers are definitely going to be utilized because it's kind of a free-for-all this year. The power of the goddess can be used in many ways and will be relied on."
Sookie's faery godmother Claudine, after Eric finished snacking on her.
How about faerie tales?
Sookie's faerie family will be back in full force this season, but they're 'different' from what we saw before, according to Giles Matthey, who plays Claude, the brother to Sookie's now dead faerie godmother, Claudine (Lara Pulver).
"The role that my character plays is a mentor figure and he cares about Sookie," he says. Still, there are some who aren't pleased that Claudine was drained by a vampire.
AFTER THE JUMP: READ A SCENE FROM TRUE BLOOD SEASON 5 PREMIERE plus the SYNOPSES FROM EPISODE 5.02 & 5.03! :
Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse in True Blood season 5 (Credit: HBO)
Eric and his sister - True Blood season 5 - Lucy Griffiths as 'Nora' and Alexander Skarsgård ('Eric') (Credit: HBO)
True Blood Season 5: Jessica Thanks Bill on #MakersDay:
Q: Tell me about my favorite pair on True Blood: Eric and Pam!
A: Well, if you paid attention to yesterday's scoop-filled post, you know that according to Alexander Skarsgård, Eric still has plenty of love for Pam. And Kristin Bauer van Straten promises that Pam is on a mission to get back in Eric's good graces. "Pam will go to any length to be reunited with her maker. Any length," she tells us forebodingly. "And we're going to see it. Pam has an amazing arc because we get to see her backstory and how she was made. It explains why Pam is the way she is and also why Eric is her one person that she can't live without." We've seen the first four episodes of True Blood's fifth season, and trust us when we say that Pam will more than likely be your favorite T.B. character this year.
See the whole article as well as more screencaps from the promo after the jump:
JOE MANGANIELLO as Alcide and ANNA PAQUIN as Sookie in Season 5 TRUE BLOOD on HBO Sunday nights:
See the whole article as well as more screencaps from the promo after the jump:
Q: Any scoop on any possible Alcide/Sookie romance?
It's definitely possible. Assuming of course that Alcide could get over that whole "you killed my ex-wife" thing. Alcide's confession last season to Sookie and his desire to protect her is very much present in the season premiere, but like all things in Bon Temps, romance is on the back burner until the bodies are buried. Oh what? Yep, multiple bodies need to be disposed of. Don't worry, there is a terribly sexy growl from Alcide in there too.
EMILIA CLARKE as Mother of Dragons, Daenerys Targaryen in GAME OF THRONES Episode 2.10 (Season Finale) Credit: HBO
GAME OF THRONES Season 2: Inside The Episode #20:
Episode #20 Season 2 Finale "Valar Morghulis": 'An Evolving Dream' (VIDEO):
Dany's hallucination while in the House of the Undying featured now-dead husband, "Khal Drogo" (Jason Momoa) (CREDIT: HBO)
Keep Your Enemies Close (VIDEO):
PETER DINKLAGE as Tyrion Lannister
Stepping Up Her Game (VIDEO):
Gwendoline Christie, who plays Brienne of Tarth, trained a great deal and her costume was engineered for her very special form for the occasions like the one we saw in the season finale, when she utilizes that training. I think she looks awesome--like a warrior should look.
Be sure to watch the video chat with Gwendoline Christie. I found her to be very appealing.
ALEXANDER SKARSGARD as Eric and KRISTEN BAUER van STRATEN as Pam in TRUE BLOOD Season 5 (HBO):
'Celebrate Maker's Day and the Season 5 premiere of True Blood on Sunday, June 10th. For more on True Blood, go to http://itsh.bo/HAObVp or jump in on the Twitter conversations http://twitter.com/truebloodhbo #trueblood #makersday.'
Fun clip of many of the True Blood vampires' day of making--being nearly drained and then feeding on their maker, then 'going to ground' together and waking up (a) vampire. I gotta say, it looks mighty painful with the turning of Jessica by Bill being the one that gets me every time. Here's a video of that memorable 'maker's day', too (second clip):
True Blood S01E10 "I Don't Wanna Know" Sentencing Clip:
This scene, which came in the next TRUE BLOOD episode 1.11, 'To Love Is To Bury,' contains Bill's awesome line to Pam and her equally awesome comeback!
True Blood S1 E11 - To Love Is To Bury (VIDEO):
Bill: "I find myself doubting if you were ever truly human."
ALEXANDER SKARSGARD as Eric and STEPHEN MOYER as Bill in TRUE BLOOD episode 5.01, 'Turn! Turn! Turn!' on HBO Sunday June 10.
Michael McMillian as the fomer Rev. Steve Newlin in TRUE BLOOD episode 5.01:
I'm not kidding about the episode 5.01TRUE BLOOD SPOILERS that came out of the red carpet premiere! The TRUE BLOOD cast was present and participating and there are brand new images which answer a few burning questions we've had about certain character's fates. Like, what happens to Jason, who at the end of season 4 answered his door thinking Jessica had returned only to find vampire Steve Newlin!
There also seems to be definitive evidence about who saves Tara. It's already been established that Tara--in some form--is saved. It really, really looks like Pam drew the short stick and was tasked with turning her (see blow/watch the video).
DEBORAH ANN WOLL as Jessica Hamby and MICHAEL MCMILLIAN as Steve Newlin in TRUE BLOOD Episode 5.01.
We have 2 new shots from scenes featuring Steve Newlin and Jessica so it looks like these two may be tangoing a bit. I would love to see Jess use some of the fighting skills Bill taught her to kick Newlin's butt --then stake him.
There's more exposition from Chris Meloni's 'Roman' (head Vampire Authority figure) to the captured Eric and Bill as well as a much clearer shot of a recuperating Russell Edgington (who, who, who, is helping him!?)
The Buzz: True Blood Season 5 Premiere (June 2) VIDEO:
Go on the red carpet with the Buzz and the cast of "True Blood" as they talk about what to expect in the new season. And don't miss the season premiere Sunday, June 10 at 9pm only on HBO.
Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skargard and more of the cast of HBO's vampire drama attended the premiere event at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood on May 30. Its fifth season kicks off on Sunday, June 10 at 9 p.m. on HBO. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/true-blood-season-5-premiere-red-carpet-331708
ANNA PAQUIN (Sookie Stackhouse) and STEPHEN MOYER (vampire Bill Compton) in a cast interview summerizing TRUE BLOOD Season 4 prior to the June 10, 2012 premiere of True Blood Season 5 on HBO (CREDIT: HBO)
TRUE BLOOD Season 5:Conjuring Up Season 4 Show CAST INTERVIEW (14 MINUTES):
Catch up on all of the action from last season with a recap of Season 4 and commentary from the actors. And don't miss the season premiere Sunday, June 10 at 9pm only on HBO. For more on True Blood, go to http://itsh.bo/HAObVp or jump in on the Twitter conversations http://twitter.com/truebloodhbo #trueblood.
TRUE BLOOD Season 5:Conjuring Up Season 4 Show CAST INTERVIEW SCREENCAPS:
The TRUE BLOOD cast is a seriously gorgeous group of actors. Here they sit for a 14-minute interview/commentary on the happenings of season 4 through the moments leading up to the premiere of season 5 TRUE BLOOD on HBO on June 10 @ 9pt/10et. I tried to get at least one screencap each of the TRUE BLOOD castmembers 'speaking with their hands' as they recounted last season's events; some are more expressive than others with the big, wolfie dude being by far the most animated, perhaps because he runs the hottest?
SOPHIE TURNER as Sansa Stark and AIDEN GILLEN as Petyr Baelish (Littlefinger) in the Season 2 FINALE of Game of Thrones - Episode 2.10: "Valar Morghulis" on HBO this Sunday!
Game Of Thrones: Season 2 Finale Preview VIDEO:
Don't miss the season finale on Sunday night at 9PM. For more on Game of Thrones, go to http://itsh.bo/HpR8b1.
Jon (KIT HARINGTON) and Ygritte (ROSE LESLIE) in:
The Season 2 FINALE of Game of Thrones - Episode 2.10: "Valar Morghulis" on HBO this Sunday!
Season 2, Episode 10
Episode Synopsis: In the second-season finale, Luwin has advice for Theon as he calls his men to action. Meanwhile, Arya gets a gift from Jaqen; Jon proves his worth to Qhorin; Daenerys finds herself in unfamiliar surroundings; and Brienne silences Jaime. Original Air Date: Jun 3, 2012
Guest Cast Donald Sumpter: Maester Luwin Tom Wlaschiha: Jaqen H'ghar Gwendoline Christie: Brienne
"Valar Morghulis" PROMO PHOTOS:
I'm really enjoying NATALIE TENA ('Tonks' in the Harry Potter movies) as the Stark boys' protector, former wildling enemy, "Osha.' Without any prompting, she's done more than kill a guard to protect and shelter the boys, she's been very compassionate towards them. Her mettle is bound to be tested again as their 'adventure' continues in season 3.
IAN GLEN as sellsword Ser Jorah Mormont and EMILIA CLARKE as 'Mother of Dragons,' Daenerys Targaryen in the Season 2 FINALE of Game of Thrones - Episode 2.10: "Valar Morghulis"
Game Of Thrones Season 2: The Story So Far (Episodes 17-19):
AFTER THE JUMP: Game Of Thrones Season 2: Inside The Episode #19 (Video):
JEROME FLYNN as Tyrion's sellsword "Bronn," leads the singing: More after the jump!
STEPHEN MOYER as Bill Compton and ALEXANDER SKARSGARD as Eric Northman in TRUE BLOOD Season 5, Episode 1, Turn! Turn! Turn!
TRUE BLOOD Season 5: Eric and Bill VIDEO Clip:
Clip from episode 5.01: Turn! Turn! Turn!
Joe Manganiello as Alcide and Anna Paquin as Sookie in TRUE BLOOD Season 5, Episode 1, Turn! Turn! Turn!
True Blood Season 5: Alcide and Sookie Clip:
Clip from episode 5.01: Turn! Turn! Turn!
Carrie Preston as Arlene and Scott Foley as Patrick in TRUE BLOOD Season 5, Episode 1, Turn! Turn! Turn!
True Blood Season 5: Arlene, Terry, and Patrick Clip:
Clip from episode 501: Turn! Turn! Turn!
In these three clips from the season premiere, airing June 10, Alcide (Joe Manganiello) makes Sookie an offer after she learns that Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare) is back from the "dead": The studly werewolf invites her to live with him!
Unfortuneately, Sookie's been keeping something pretty important from Alcide-- that she killed his ex, Debbie Pelt (albeit in self-defense. Pretty much.)
Scott Foley's character Patrick, was Terry's (Todd Lowe) platoon leader when they served in Iraq together. That's all we know about him, so far.
He seems a bit strange and his reation in the clip to the news that Terry & Arlene's home burned down is not let's say, a typical response of the average person.
Lastly, it seems like season five will be the season of the bromance, which Alexander Skarsgård (Eric) has decribed as similar to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' between Bill (Stephen Moyer) and Eric! Finally!
TVGuide: We literally can't answer this question, lest Alan Ball has us all staked. But we can tell you that the title of the season premiere is "Turn! Turn! Turn!" which is a song of Biblical extraction about profound change, like, say, dying, becoming a vampire or declaring your true sexuality. All three of these things will happen during this hour, but the question is: To whom? (Answer: Not all to the same person.)
Here is the latest round-up of all things WEEDS. We have genuine spoilers, episode titles, casting calls galore and a beautiful, full-size poster of Nancy in season 8, flaunting her um, assets, clad in leather hot pants and crop top and over-the-knee, lace-up boots in true Nancy style. Getting excited (for the show to premiere on July 1) yet?
Q: WEEDS Got any scoop on Weeds?
TVGuide: Not only will Nancy live — duh — she'll also face one of her most difficult challenges to date: being a soccer mom! No, seriously, that's actually difficult when Nancy needs the social outcast of the team to be friends with Stevie, but the boy is a bit of a terror.
[ABRACADEBRA] 12 to 14 year old girl who's a "jammer" for her roller derby team, "The SandWitches." co-star
["ELIZABITCH" SHOE] 20s to 30s. A hot tattooed chick who is the ref for the roller derby game. This role includes full frontal nudity and possible simulated sex. co-star
[MANAGER DEEPAK] East Indian, He OR she is a college drop out who takes their craft very seriously as a "sandwich artist" at a local "subway type" sandwich chain. co-star
[CONSUELA] 30s to 50s. A Hispanic woman with a thick accent who's the cleaning lady at Doug's (Kevin Nealon) office. co-star
[LARRY] 20s to 30s. Larry is an ALBINO man sitting in a pick up truck. Please submit appropriately. co-star
[RJ] Caucasian or maybe East Indian - He's a young nerdy-smart 20-something, an overenthusiastic grad student whose specialty is working and growing at New Jersey Gro Maxx Hydroponics. Guest star.
[BIG MIKE] 30s to 40s. He's a big hick-ish guy, maybe with a ponytail, wearing a Bruce Springsteen T-shirt, who's good at the "I'm-over-it" deadpan. When we first see him he's spitting tabacco juice into a vitamin water bottle. Co-star.
[JERSEY] 30s. A very scary Caucasian dude with a tattoo on his bicep that says, "Only Judy Can Judge Me." He carries a wooden stick with a cobra duct-taped to it for a handle. He's good at smashing it onto a table, terrifying his victims. 1 day guest star.
[MAYO] 30s to 50s A local cop in Old Sandwich, CT who's accusing Doug (Kevin Nealon) of shaving someones dog. 1 nice scene. Guest star.
[WADE] 45ish, this middle age WASPy guy still lives with his mother and father in their house in Sandwich, CT. He's outraged every time he goes to get his newspaper, sure that Doug's (Kevin Nealon) dog is doing his business on it and seeks revenge. Guest star
[KYLE BRENNAN] Male, Caucasian, 5-7 Years Old - This kid is on Nancy's (Mary-Louise Parker) son's soccer team. He is a bit of a social outcast. Nancy needs him to play nice with her son (Stevie), but Kyle's a bit of a terror. Guest/Co-Star
[BONDI] Male, Any Ethnicity, Early 20s. Bondi is a goof ball and fellow cadet with Shane (Alexander Gould) in the police academy. 1 Day Guest Star/Co-Star
[RONCHETTA] Male, Latino, Early 20s. Roncetta is a goof ball and fellow cadet with Shane (Alexander Gould) in the police academy. 1 Day Guest Star/Co-Star
Official WEEDS Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Weedsonshowtime Official WEEDS Twitter: http://twitter.com/SHO_weeds Official WEEDS Series Site: http://www.sho.com/site/weeds/
EDIE FALCO as Jackie in Nurse Jackie Episode 4.08, airing June 3, 2012 on SHOWTIME:
SYNOPSIS: Nurse Jackie Episode 8 - June 3, 2012:'Chaud & Froid' Season 4.8.
Jackie's coworkers are punished for covering up her addiction.
SYNOPSIS: Nurse Jackie Episode 8 - June 3, 2012:
Episode Detail: 'Chaud & Froid' - Nurse Jackie -
When Cruz learns about Jackie's rehab, he takes revenge on coworkers who have been covering up her drug problems. Meanwhile, Eddie is deposed by Kevin's lawyer; a dumped Lenny decides to take off for Europe; and Coop accompanies O'Hara to her ob-gyn appointment.
Showtime has released the full playlist of season 4 NURSE JACKIE webisodes, The Break Room on YouTube:
The next episodes of NURSE JACKIE will be airing after the Memorial Day holiday on June 3rd. Be there or be square.
After the jump: Have a look at this interview with the creators on last week's "Day of the Iguana": Bonus: added shots from episode 4.08, more.
Photo credit: Showtime
Photo credit: Showtime
AFTER THE JUMP: Recap Episode 4.07:
While we're on the subject of behind-the-scenes features, have a look at this interview with the creators on last week's "Day of the Iguana": http://youtu.be/YhxuGejnMTc
EDIE FALCO as Nurse Jackie and JAKE CANNAVALLE as 'Charlie Cruz' in Nurse Jackie, season 4.
Did you guess that Jake Cannavale (Jackie's rehab friend, 'Charlie) was Bobby Cannavale's (Jackie's boss, 'Cruz') real-life son? It was starting to to look very probably and in episode 4.07 it's now a known fact by Jackie, by Cruz and by Charlie.
"What happens now?' is the question. Jackie continues to struggle to stay sober. Her involvement with Charlie was at first positive for her--now what's to become of this huge can of worms that has been tipped out completely?
I'm curious too if Cannvale as Cruz is hired just for the season or has signed on beyond this, if there in fact is a NURSE JACKIE season 5 (hope so!)
A side benefit to Charlie and Cruz being who they are on the show is that we immediately understand what it must be like for Charlie to be Cruz's kid. Impossible. Maddening. And, visa-versa!
True Blood starring Alexander Skarsgård, Chris Meloni and Steven Moyer:
NEW True Blood Wallpaper and Posters (HBO.com):
True Blood Season 5 "Everything Is At Stake" Promo (HD):
TRUE BLOOD - Season 5 - TV Guide Magazine Scans: Tara as Pam's progeny
All signs are pointing that way. See the video up top and here's another (read above TVGuide snippet).
SOURCE: TV Guide Magazine
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This is either proof of many people long ago calling this right or a complete foiler.
I don't wish to believe that vampire Pam (Kristen Bauer van Straten) has had the power to resurrect dead people and convert them to vampires because this is the first ever I've heard of this vamp power in the Sookie-verse.
If this is true, I commend them for trying to do something for the Tara (Rutina Wesley) character. Being made vampire she'll really be able to let loose with all her rage--snap a few necks--maybe of her fellow vampires! And any excuse for more Pam since it seems her maker Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) will be off bromancing Bill (Steven Moyer) in season 5 is fine by me.
Bringing back a guy that writes True Blood comics and used to be the Reverend Steve Newlin (Michael McMillian) though it may have been easy to do, is hard to understand, 'cause I hate the guy. He's bloody annoying and over-the-top cheesy.
GAME OF THRONES - PETER DINKLAGE as 'Tyrion Lannister' in the Battle of Blackwater, episode 2.09 (#19), airing Sunday, May27 on HBO (Credit: HBO)
Game Of Thrones Season 2: Episode #19 Preview VIDEO:
Game Of Thrones Season 2: Episode 19 - 'Battle Tease' VIDEO:
Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon in Episode 2.09 of Game Of Thrones, Sunday May 27, 2012 on HBO (Credit: HBO, inc.):
GAME OF THRONES (HBO) 'BLACKWATER' (THE BATTLE OF BLACKWATER BAY) SYNOPSIS:
Episode #19: “Blackwater” Debut: SUNDAY, MAY 27 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Tyrion and the Lannisters fight for their lives as Stannis’ fleet assaults King’s Landing. Written by George R.R. Martin; directed by Neil Marshall.
The executive producers of GAME OF THRONES are David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger; co-executive producers, George R.R. Martin, Vanessa Taylor, Alan Taylor, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis; produced by Bernadette Caulfield.
Game Of Thrones Season 2: Episode 19 - 'War Of The Kings' Trailer VIDEO:
After the jump:
GAME OF THRONES Episode 18 RECAP ('A Man Without Honour') (VIDEO):, Game Of Thrones Season 2: Inside The Episode #18 (VIDEO)::
KIT HARINGTON - Jon Snow in Game of Thrones on HBO interviews about episode 2.08, 'The Prince Of Winterfell':
BOOK SPOILER: I'm just finishing 'the 3rd installment of the "A Song of Ice & Fire' series. In 'A Clash Of Kings,' near the very end, Jon Snow is having vivid dreams and in one he returns to Winterfell to be lord and restore it to it's former glory. Within the dream Jon Snow realises that he is a bastard and cannot ever be 'Lord of Winterfell'. Very soon after in his waking life however, a tempting offer is extended that could make this a reality.
Here are the HBO Extras for Game Of Thrones Episode 2.08 - 'The Prince Of Winterfell':
GAME OF THRONES - 'Walking on Ice' VIDEO:
GAME OF THRONES - 'A Selfish Mistake' VIDEO :
GAME OF THRONES - 'Played For a Fool' VIDEO :
GAME OF THRONES - 'Practical Tailoring' VIDEO :
GAME OF THRONES - 'The Proper End' VIDEO -
GAME OF THRONES - 'More Pressing Problems' VIDEO :
VALENTINA CERVI as SALOME in TRUE BLOOD season 5 on HBO:
True Blood Season 5: Vampyr Tease:
True Blood returns with its 5th season on June 10th:
CHRIS MELONI as the leader of The Vampire Authority drops fang in TRUE BLOOD Season 5:
KRISTEN BAUER VAN STRATEN as 'Pam' in TRUE BLOOD Season 5 Official Character Promotional PHOTO (John P. Johnson/HBO): Click thumbnails (below) for full size.
True Blood - Season 5 - Various Promotional Episode Photos:
First look at the Authority! Chris Meloni looks like 'Stabler' in a more expensive suit. All the Authority looks/dresses like well-paid corporate people, save Jacob Hopkins as the the youngest Vampire Authority chancellor who looks like he's dressing up as high-powered business guy (or maybe they all are all in fact, a vampire version of the one-per-cent).
TRUE BLOOD - Episode 5.01 - Turn! Turn! Turn! SYNOPSIS: Sookie and Lafayette clean up the Tara and Debbie Pelt mess; Bill and Eric are visited by the Vampire Authority; Sam and Alcide deal with an angry werewolf pack. (Written by Brian Buckner; directed by Daniel Minahan) (TV-MA) June 10 premiere
With the release of the TRUE BLOOD EPISODE 5.01 (#49) synopsis and the photo above we now know that Lafayette is the one we previously saw hooded, pictured with Sookie appearing to be filling in a grave in Sookie's yard. From there, it is really hard to tell. Did a vampire show up as well and attempt to turn Tara? Did Tara fully die making that impossible? Will Lafayette's new-found abilities as a medium--a communicator with the dead--'resurrect' Tara?
We know that the actress playing her, Rutina Wesley, is on-board with the show as a featured player but in what form? My guess is as a spectre or a ghost, if you prefer. She's not coming back as a (mindless) zombie. That would make no sense given that the stage is set with her cuz, Lafayette being able to 'speak' with her still.
I suppose we could play around with the notion that oh, Pam say, turns her but I just don't get why Pam would be inclined to do so--even if she could.
(Fun observation: When the photo above is blown up, the blood pattern on Sookie's forehead looks just like the one she has in season 1 when she wakes up after nearly being killed by the 'Rattrays,' to Bill licking her forehead where blood was drying on her now-healed wound. Could it be a call-back to the time when Sookie was 'resurrected' by Bill?)
TRUE BLOOD - Episode 5.02 - Authority Always Wins - SYNOPSIS: Tara resurfaces in Bon Temps; Pam recalls her human life and first encounter with Eric; Bill and Eric meet Salome at the Vampire Authority headquarters. (Written by Mark Hudis; directed by Michael Lehmann.) (TV-MA) : June 17 Premiere.
TRUE BLOOD - Episode 5.03 - Whatever I Am, You Made Me- SYNOPSIS: Bill and Eric barter for their lives with Roman, the head of the Authority; Jason reunites with his old high school teacher; Sookie searches for Tara. (Written by Raelle Tucker; directed by David Petrarca.) (TV-MA) June 24 Premiere
The beautiful women of Showtime's SHAMELESS like Emmy Rossum in NSFW VIDEO scenes and screencaps FROM THE SHOW as well as magazine scans from other sources. (Copyright: Showtime)
