In yet another standout performance, has Game Of Thrones' Peter Dinklage earned another Emmy?
Game of Thrones Season 3: Recap #8 (VIDEO)
Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel), Daenerys (Emilia Clarke), and Daario (Ed Skrein) in Game Of Thrones - Episode 3.08 (Cr: HBO)
Game of Thrones Season 3: Inside the Episode (VIDEO) #8
Game Of Thrones - Inside Episode 8 (Cr: HBO)
Joffery (Jack Gleeson) insists that Sansa (Sophie Turner) be stripped and carried off to the wedding bed. A drunken Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) objects to this final insult to the massive injury he and Sansa have suffered at his father's hands. Tyrion threatens the King who is practically speechless because ya know, no one does that to the grand royal sociopath and lives--but grandpa Tywin (Charles Dance) comes to the rescue, explaining that he is sure that Tyrion meant the 'threat' as a joke. Tyrion isn't that drunk so he plays along as being even more soused, forcing a laugh and belittling his own male attributes.
After a rather long-winded, vaguely threatening recounting by Cersei (Lena Headey) to Margaery (Natalie Dorner) of the basis of the song 'The Rains of Castamere,' Cersei responds to Margaery's previous overture that they will be sisters so they should become friends with, 'If you ever call me sister again, I'll have you strangled in your sleep.'
Niiiiice one, Cersei. Easy to see where King Joff got his sociopathic tendencies.
After the jump: Recaps and Reviews of Episode 28 (308) of Game of
Thrones: Plus HBO Extras, 'From the Set' (PHOTOS) and more screencaps!
Episode 307 - Game Of Thrones - Will Tyrion and Sansa Wed?...
Game Of Thrones - Episode 3.08 - 'Second Sons': Dany meets the Titan’s Bastard. (Cr: HBO)
Game Of Thrones Season 3: Episode #8 Preview (VIDEO)
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And if Tyrion and Sansa wed, will Tyrion be able to stand up to say his vows?
Will Arya smash The Hound'
s skull in, in an offering to her god--Death? (below)
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Game Of Thrones - Episode 3.08 - 'Second Sons' Episode Description:
King’s Landing hosts a wedding, and Tyrion and Sansa spend the night together. Dany meets the Titan’s Bastard. Davos demands proof from Melisandre. Sam and Gilly meet an older gentleman.
(Written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss; directed by Michelle MacLaren.) (Cr: HBO)
After the jump: More screencaps and extras from Game Of Thrones episode 307 and 308!
Game of Thrones Season 3: Recap #7 (VIDEO)
Game of Thrones Season 3: Inside the Episode #7 (VIDEO)
Dexter Season 8: In Production with David Zayas (VIDEO)
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Showtime has been busy piling on the season 8 Dexter videos--not that anyone is complaining!
If you keep a close eye out, there are several semi-spoiler-y images that you can check out. I screencapped them all so you can do your own sleuthing but from the top we have:
David Zayas, who plays Batista, appears to have taken Deb's place as per his stance at the podium in the staff meeting room. That then means that Deb has stepped down as Lieutenant and from the looks of this sneak peek she's gone down a couple of rungs to doing undercover work.
Speaking of police work, in the 'Dexter Season 8: In Production with David Zayas' clip, after he introduces his son who is his stand-in, we can see part of the whiteboard where the details of the current crime investigation are laid out. We have a serial killer whose crimes have been dubbed the "Surgeon Murders." We also have serveral shots which illustrate some of the Surgeon's work like this one, which, bonus! includes Charlotte Rampling:
Charlotte Rampling in her recurring role in Dexter season 8 (Credit: Showtime)
In the Killer or Innocent Victim Dexter Clip, Dexter frets about what he has done to Debra's psyche. After spending much of his life protecting her, he may now have destroyed her. Jennifer Carpenter, who plays Debra, does a particularly great job of expressing a wide range of emotions in the clip, which is one of the reasons we love her so.
The Behind A Mask Dexter Clip again has Michael C. Hall, who plays Dexter, doing the voice-over. He's fretting again, this time about how his mask is slipping evermore and he's certain that his time of remaining the anonymous vigilante is coming to an end.
Killer or Innocent Victim (Dexter Spot)
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Behind a Mask (Dexter Spot)
Don't miss the season premiere of Dexter June 30th at 9PM ET/PT.
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More Dexter Season 8: In Production with David Zayas VIDEO Screencaps after the jump!
Update! BOOK READERS "Game of Thrones" Season 3 Episode 3 Review "Walk of Punishment" (VIDEO)"Game of Thrones" Episode 3.03 "Walk of Punishment" Review (VIDEO)
POTENTIAL SPOILERS LIE AHEAD IF YOU HAVEN'T READ BOOK 3. SKIP FROM 3:50 TO 4:24 IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR SPOILERS. Simone Boyce is back with her rousing recaps of HBO's third season of "Game of Thrones." What storylines did you like the most in "Walk of Punishment?
Game Of Thrones Season 3: Episode #4 Preview (VIDEO)
“And Now His Watch Is Ended”
Game of Thrones Episode #24: Debut: SUNDAY, APRIL 21 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
'Game Of Thrones' Season 3: Episode #4 Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister and Dame Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell
Love this shot of these two ladies (above), whose scenes together are just going to get-ever-more-intense.
If this scenes is what I think it is, the episode title is referring to James Cosmos' character Jeor Mormont = 'The Old Bear.'.SPOILER: IIRC, he goes out with dignity--but possibly not some of his own men.
Game of Thrones screenshots GOT episode 3.4
From top: Jack Gleeson, Natalie Dormer, Charles Dance, Lena Headey, Dame Diana Rigg - Game Of Thrones - Season 3 (Credit: HBO)
Queen Cersei (Lena Headey) knows when she's facee-to-face with a formidable woman. In the case of the Tyrells, powerful women plural.
Game of Thrones Episode #24: “And Now His Watch Is Ended”
Debut: SUNDAY, APRIL 21 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
The Night’s Watch takes stock. Varys (Conleth Hill) meets his better. Arya is taken to the commander of the Brotherhood. Daenerys exchanges a chain for a whip.
Written for television by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss; directed by Alex Graves.
Dexter and Ray Donovan Promo (VIDEO)
- New scenes.
Michael C. Hall as "Dexter" & Jennifer Carpenter as "Debra Morgan' on Dexter in June 2013 (Credit: Showtime)
Since Dexter has been murdering people for 20 years, he's able to glide smothly past Maria LaGuerta's death by Deb's bullet (after Deb was forced by Maria-- to chose betweem Maria and Dexter).
Deb, never the picture of emotionally stability, has something to process or 'live with' for the rest of her life and she must reconcile herself with it, fully which the latest season 8 shots seem to imply that she's not as indicated on a recent DEXTER post on this blog.
Dexter has fallen from revered older brother to sociopath older bro with whom and because of whom, Debra has jeopardized her career/her life.
Michael C. Hall as "Dexter" in Dexter - New seasonJune 30 2013 (Credit: Showtime)
For more in the meantime, be sure to visit the official "Dexter" page on Showtime, "like" "Dexter" on Facebook, and follow "Dexter" on Twitter.
Ray Donovan Promo (VIDEO)
- New scenes - after the jump:
Game of Thrones Season 3 Sneak Peek: Death, Dragons and the King Beyond the Wall!
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister In Game Of Thrones Season 3 (Cr: HBO)
Music: Ms Mr - Bones (Game of Thrones Season 3 Trailer Soundtrack)
“I am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, of the blood of old Valyria. I am the dragon’s daughter, and I swear to you that those who would harm you will die screaming.”
Game of Thrones Season 3 is coming.
The new season returns on March 31st at 9pm.
For more on Game of Thrones, go to http://itsh.bo/HpR8b1.
Here is the first official Game of Thrones Season 3 trailer, which clues us in to the inevitable, continuing wars as the attempt to win a place on the Iron Throne escalates. In the 1-minute teaser trailer you'll see plenty of familar faces and fan favorites like Tyrion, Jon Snow
& Arya. Season 3 also heralds the arrival of new faces like Mance Rayder, the 'King Beyond the Wall'. And it wouldn't be Game Of Thrones without a dragon, right? So we get a glimpse at the Mother Of Dragons' most precocious 'child'--and he does indeed breathe fire!
Enjoy this series of quicks cuts of the good, bad and scary people and not-people of Westeros and far beyond that you meet in the third installment of the series.
Game Of Thrones premieres on HBO on March 31 at 9/8c.
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Schipperke senior female dog, age: about 16-17 years. She has scars on her hind legs from when she got clipped by a car in the street when she was about 6-years old and was 'helping' with bringing in the groceries. Luckily, she healed up with no limp and learned to 'stay' after that.
I like this photo as it shows the true colour of her eyes; she has a slight blue cast over the dark brown, caused by age.
Obi is probably a "Porgi" --a Pug- Corgi cross. He's oddly built, with a lazy eye to boot. He uses his big paws, which are attached to very short legs, like hands. We adopted him at age about 2 and now he's 5-years old. I think he looks ferocious but he's really a love-bug, easily turned to putty by affection, a treat or a toy.
Both Obi (l) and Raven are very aware of my presence and so have stopped napping so cutely (which was the shot I was trying to catch). Obi's moving towards me. All day, he sticks to me like glue. Raven is going to resume sunning.
We've had Raven since she was said to be 2 years old and adopted from the no-kill shelter as an abandoned purebred dog with indications of future hip dysplasia. I think her 'run-in' with a car in front of our home actually made the dysplasia not as bad as it would have been because she's handling it like a champ. She moves carefully sometimes but so do I and she's much older than me! :)
Jennifer Carpenter (Deb) improvised this mind-blowing, heart-wrenching scene after she kills her boss, Sgt. Maria LaGuerta (Lauren Velez) in cold blood as Dexter (Michael C. Hall) looks on. (Cr: Showtime)
What's in store for Dexter next season?
Q: Will anyone else be suspicious of Dexter next year?
TVG: It
probably doesn't help that the once-suspicious Quinn will be starting a
fling with Dexter's nanny Jamie, since that will put him right back in
the lion's den. Still, "Quinn learned to hold all his cards close to the
vest," showrunner Scott Buck says.
"He knows that he certainly has a lot of information that other
people at the station are not aware of, so what he knows could certainly
come out at an opportune moment." Let's just see if Quinn survives
dating Angel's little sister. "I can't imagine Angel would be too happy
about that," Buck says.
A Life is Saved, A Love Lost in Homeland Season 2 Finale
Claire Danes as Carrie and Damian Lewis as Brody in the season 2 finale of Homeland (Cr: Showtime)
HOMELAND Episode 212 (Season Finale) – “The Choice”
Carrie must decide where her heart really lies; Brody shares a drink
with Faber to consider the future of his family; Saul is tasked with a
secret mission; and Quinn makes a decision that may change everything --Written by Alex Gansa and Meredith Stiehm
Directed by Michael Cuesta
With the Creators: The Choice VIDEO
Alex Gansa discusses the season 2 finale of Homeland.
“These star crossed lovers were never meant to be together. And every time they do get together something really bad happens. Even the power of this love that they have between them and the connection that these two damaged souls have found in each other, is ultimately a curse.” -- Alex Gansa
The wreckage left in the wake of a car bomb detonated during services for VP Walden
As the Season 2 finale for Showtime’s Homeland neared on Sunday night, the burning question became: Would Nicholas Brody emerge from the season-ender alive?
Could the the war hero-turned-would-be terrorist plausibly survive into Season 3? As it turned out his life was saved, but his love was lost.
Homeland - Episode 2.12 - The Choice (Season Finale) Promo VIDEO
'The Choice' Season 2, Episode 12
In the Season 2 finale, Carrie is faced with a pivotal decision, while Brody meets with Faber to contemplate the future of the family. Meanwhile, Saul undertakes a secret assignment; and Quinn has a decision to make that may prove to be a game-changer.
Homeland - Episode 2.12 (Season Finale) 'The Choice' (Cr: Showtime)
No matter what happens on the season 2 final of Homeland, I doubt very much that it will feel ambiguous. If you've been watching thus far you know that episode 2 or 4 or even 11 could have been concluding episodes rather than contained within the season. The writers are not afraid to drive the story at dizzying speeds--yet somehow never sacrificing the character development. With Brody unmasked as a terrorist, both Vice President Walden and Abu Nazir dead, Brody's marriage over and Brody, unbeknownst to him or Carrie, with a giant target on his forehead, how can this possibly end well?
One would guess that Brody's must die. The CIA has sanctioned his death, he has a black ops assassin who is tracking him--the only thing standing between him and a bullet to the brain is Carrie--which is a pretty scary thought. There's no doubt in my mind that however this turns out, that Homeland's season 2 finale episode is going to be a real nail-biter. And we wouldn't want it any other way, right? See you Sunday!
Homeland : Balanced Life SNeak Peek VIDEO
Saul makes Carrie choose between Brody and the CIA.
Saul to Carrie: 'You're the smartest and the dumbest f**king person I've ever known.'
Homeland: A Preview of the Season Finale from EP Alex Gansa - Will Brody die?
With only one episode left in its second season, Showtime’s Homeland has already dispatched two very prominent characters: Vice President Walden (Jamey Sheridan) went last week, and in episode 11's shocking hour, elusive terrorist Abu Nazir (Navid Negahban) was finally caught and killed.
Had producers known from the beginning of season 2 that Homeland‘s big bad would perish? “I think the short answer to that is yes,” says executive producer Alex Gansa. “The long answer is we weren’t actually sure how that would happen. But the reason we wanted Walden and Nazir both dead is we wanted to open the possibility that Brody and Carrie could have a happy ending, that their doomed romance was not doomed after all. The only way to make that happen was to off these two antagonists.”
... So what can Gansa tease about next week’s season finale? “The final episode is called ‘The Choice,’ and what I can say about it is .... we’ve sort of left the thriller aspects of the show behind and now we come to a very personal story about Carrie and Brody and all the obstacles that lie in the way of them being together. That is what the finale is about. It’s a real character study of these two people, where they’ve come from, how they regard each other, and whether or not there’s a future for them.”
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Homeland - Episode 2.12 (Season Finale) 'The Choice' (Cr: Showtime)
Carrie (Claire Danes) in Homeland - Episode 2.11 The Motherf--ker with a Turban (Credit: Showtime)
Homeland: 'Farce" Sneak Peek VIDEO
Saul is hooked up to a polygraph.
After meeting with Dal Adar and having an intense discussion with Estes, Saul is mysteriously pulled aside and questioned.
Homeland : 'A Few Questions' Sneak Peek VIDEO
Carrie questions the team responsible for clearing the tunnel.
When last we saw Carrie (Claire Danes) she had, with Brody's (Damian Lewis) assistance, escaped from Nazir (Navid Negahban), called for help and returned to the warehouse in which she was being held. Upon her return, she began a solo search for Nazir, unaware that black ops agent Quinn (Rupert Friend) and a terrorist capture team were about to storm the place--which is where we pick up in Sunday's episode.
It's going to be very interesting because for one thing, how is Carrie going to explain exactly, how she got away from Nazir--that her lover--Brody made a deal with Nazir to kill the Vice President? I just can't see that going over well--though I realize that patriot Carrie would have died before she would have consented to such a thing. RIP V.P. Walden--you were a slimy bastard but Jamey Sheridan did a great job making us hate you.
Nazir evaded capture and in this Sunday's episode we may find out if he will be caught or killed or both--the sneak peek implies that he gets away but sneak peeks can be sneaky that way, as I'm sure you've realized. All the more fun to discuss what we think is going to happen, right?
Speaking of happenings, Brody's wife Jessica (Morena Baccarrin) finally bedded her true love Mike (Diego Klattenhoff) while at the safehouse, explaining afterward that she felt no guilt. When Brody finally showed up, things were awkward but upon Mike's exit Jess and Brody appeared ready to discuss their situation frankly (they both desire people that are not their spouse). But inconveniently, Brody was called away by Nazir and the discussion was shelved. I think the marriage is kaput, though. There's just nothing left between them besides the kids, who are very aware of Mom and Dad's very unhappy marital situation.
This week too, the 'mole' problem which goes back to season one, is again picked up--by Carrie--who is convinced that the only way Nazir could have gotten away was if said mole helped him. I don't know. There was quite a time lapse between her escaping, running out to the highway, trying and failing several times to flag down someone to borrow a cellphone from, phoning the 'home office', and then making her way back to the huge warehouse. Why couldn't Nazir have just slipped away, possibly using his own terrorist connections? I am glad the mole issue is at least being addressed because it's not at all a small issue. I've heard rumblings that Saul (Mandy Patinkin) is the mole which I don't believe, that Estes (David Harewood) is--he, I could've believed the mole last season but this far into season 2, I'm thinking he's more an asshole than a mole. At this point, my best guess is 'Danny,' the guy that got caught in the gunfight along with Quinn and who last we heard had a 50-50 chance of recovering. He showed up in the last episode having left Walter Reed Hospital AMA, arm in a sling, saying he wanted to help find Carrie--but who knows.
There's just 2 more episodes, people. This season has gone by in a flash. I've really dug it--the characters and the great writing/high tension of every episode have solidified my state of being hooked on this show and I'll miss Homeland when it goes on hiatus. So glad it was renewed for a third season!
Homeland - Episode 2.11 The Motherf--ker with a Turban (Credit: Showtime)
Episode 2.11 - The Motherf--ker with a Turban
Dangerously close to exhaustion, Carrie continues her hunt for Nazir and
begins to suspect there is a mole in the CIA. Roya reveals her true
colours under interrogation and Saul finds himself fighting to save his
career under unexpected circumstances. Meanwhile, the Brodys struggle
to maintain anything close to a state of sanity.
Homeland : With the Creators: 'Broken Hearts' Episode 2.10
Homeland TVLine Teaser:
To the surprise of some, Jessica recently “reconnected” (so to speak) with old flame Mike, and seems to have no regrets about it. “I think she is allowing herself to go there, not knowing what is going to happen – and that is OK,” Morena Baccarin told us of her character’s mindset. “She’s been depleted for so long in her relationship with Brody that she is just finally getting something for herself.” Though that something may seem newly messy now, with Brody appropriately suspicious of the rekindled affair, Baccarin promises that by the season finale airing Dec. 16, “There will be resolution” one way or another.
Yvonne Strahovski as 'Hannah McKay' and Michael C. Hall as Dexter in Dexter episode 710 (Cr: Showtime)
This is the episode that propels us to the end...
Dexter : With the Creators: The Dark... Whatever VIDEO Interview (VIDEO):
Executive Producer Scott Buck discusses Dexter's realization about his Dark Passenge.
Beware! Dexter Executive Producer, Scott Buck, in explaining the shift in Dexter's perception of himself and specifically, his "Dark Passenger' utters what some viewers could consider SPOILERS. Some of the most intriguing observations & quotes from Dexter episode 710 follow:
'This is the season that Dexter (Michael C. Hall) grows up and accepts responsibility for what he has done and for who he is.'
Says Dexter: 'If there's no dark passenger then I'm responsible for everything I've done.'
Continues Buck, 'This (710) is the episode that is going to propel us to the end.'
Dexter : Season 7, Episode 10 Wrap-Up (Audio Podcast)
Producer Scott Reynolds sits down with Desmond Harrington and then is joined by Executive Producer Scott Buck to answer fan questions.
Deborah Ann Woll as 'Jessica' in True Blood Season 5, recording her final vlog on her cellphone (CR: HBO)
Pam, quoting 'a friend' of her family's who used to read to her, Alfred Lord Tennyson:
'Love is the only gold.'
Any last words, Pam?
Pam: 'Fuck. The. Authority.'
True Blood Season 5: Jessica's Vlog (Season Finale) VIDEO:
Made while imprisoned in the bowels of the Authority alongside Pam (Kristen Bauer van Straten), Jessica records what she fears may be her final vlog.
While doing so, she hears some surprising words of comfort from of all vampires, Pam!
Deborah Ann Woll as 'Jessica' in True Blood Season 5, recording her vlog on her cellphone (CR: HBO)
Alexander Skarsgård as 'Eric' in the True Blood season 5 finale 'Save Yourself' Credit: HBO
It seems a sure bet that True Blood's season five will go out on a very bloody note though despite solid acting turns by both the featured cast and the guest actors, Season 5 will not be remembered as the show's finest 12 hours.
As has been oft-repeated, there were just too many sub-plots with minor characters that made the overall feel of the show choppy and made viewing an exercise in patience, waiting for 'something' to happen to move the plot forward.
Even when the main plot, which was the goings on of the Vampire Authority, was front and center there seemed to be a great deal of dithering. We watched as the weeks progressed, vampire Authority members picking one another off (or in the case of Salome (Valentina Cervi) having Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare) do the deed for her). Implausibly, Salome maintained that 'only Russell' could take out the 500-year old Authority leader 'Roman' (Chris Meloni) (who was featured for less than half the season), despite being 2000 years-old herself in order to further her 'Sanguinista' agenda of reverting to feeding on humans and discontinuing 'mainstreaming' altogether. It actually became tiresome when one realized that yet another scene was about to go down in the drab Authority meeting room.
Anna Paquin (Sookie) and a crowd of faeries in the True Blood season 5 finale
So what to look forward to in the True Blood season 5 finale? The promo spells it out: Who will survive? but one could add 'with showrunner Alan Ball departing'? Ball doesn't do things in a small way--so will he finally 'release' one of his main characters? I have to come down on the side of 'no.'
I think that Russell will consume more faeries, that the remaining Authority members, Rosalyn (Carolyn Hennesy) and Salome will die at the hands of Bill and Eric and that Eric's sister, Nora (Lucy Griffiths) will be collateral damage and die as well. I also think Holly's (Lauren Bowles) son's are going to bite it via the hand of Maurella (Kristina Anapau), the spurned faery carrying Andy's (Chris Bauer) child.
I do not think Sam (Sam Trammell) is going to die but there's a 50-50 chance of Luna (Janina Gavankar) buying it. I notice Joe Manganiello ('Alcide') is listed as having 'guest star' status on the show so perhaps he'll die as well but more likely his old man, played by Robert Patrick will die in the course of saving his son, with whom in episode 11 he redeemed himself.
I'm on the fence regarding Russell's chance of surviving season 5, but it wouldn't be a surprise if the U.S. military/government takes him out since they've already stated that they are well-prepared to decimate the vampires. I'm pretty sure vampire headquarters is going to go up in smoke as hinted by both the title of the episode and Eric's urgent request that Bill leave the building.
So there's really no need to kill off the series' stars when the show is crammed to the brim with characters that were wedged into season 5.
Kristen Bauer van Straten ('Pam') Credit: HBO
Season 5 was a ho-hum season despite some stand-out performances, most notably by fan favourites Kristen Bauer van Straten ('Pam') and Deborah Ann Woll ('Jessica'). The reliably great Alexander Skarsgård (Eric) and the appealing Ryan Kwanten ('Jason') were also put to good use. It's hard to believe that Bill (Stephen Moyer) could become any more dour than he already was but he pulled it off. I like Moyer but I think his character was nearly insufferable in the second half of this season.
It would be nice if season 5 could go out on a high note with a well-crafted, season 1, 2 or even 3-caliber episode. Keep your fingers crossed.
In the fifth-season finale, Eric makes one last attempt to thwart the Authority and save Bill from losing his humanity. Meanwhile, Alcide prepares for another battle with JD; Sam and Luna try to escape the Authority; and Andy deals with the fallout of a pact.
Original Air Date: Aug 26, 2012
Guest Cast Lucy Griffiths: Nora Louis Herthum: JD Valentina Cervi: Salome Joe Manganiello: Alcide Herveaux (via HBO)
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.”
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 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!
Grace (Ruby Jerins) and Jackie (Edie Falco) 'escape' from Grace's hated private school.
NURSE JACKIE EPISODE 4.10 (SEASON FINALE)
This is it, people--the season finale of what has been IMO, the best season of NURSE JACKIE, ever. Thank goodness it has been confirmed that we can look forward to season 5! This season was a MAJOR departure for Jackie in that she finally hit rock bottom and chose to do something about it. Her struggle seemed more authentic than it ever has. Jackie was up against huge odds, the most pressing being she had to work around her drugs of choice every time she went to work. Factor in husband Kevin not only serving her with divorce papers but asking for custody of her beloved girls and having a new, uber-demanding, inflexible boss, Jackie really was getting it on all fronts. At times, her sobriety seemed very tenuous but through episode 9 she made it. Will she, perhaps faced with the biggest challenge thus far, be able to retain her sobriety? You know what you'll have to do to find out. Watch! (Sunday at 9 p.m. on Showtime). I loved the season finale and am totally jazzed, anticipating season 5. Be sure to check back as I will be watching and I'd love for you to join me!
In the Season 4 finale, Cruz pushes Jackie to the breaking point, and Jackie's reaction gets her fired. Later, Grace is enrolled in public school; and Dr. O'Hara goes into labor with Jackie by her side, but an ER case with personal ties pulls Jackie away before the delivery.(TVGuide.com)
Nurse Jackie : Mom Got Fired
Jackie tells Gracie that she was fired.
Nurse Jackie : In Labor VIDEO
O'Hara goes into labor.
Recap NURSE JACKIE Episode 4.09 - Previously on Nurse Jackie: As chaos erupts when patients are diverted to All Saints from another hospital, Jackie uncharcteristically chooses to keep her head down and keep working. As the ever-growing patient load gets angrier, Cruz loses his temper yet again and goes into a pulminary episode, prompting Jackie to take over the emergency dept in an attempt to get the situaton under control.
WARNING: SPOILERY SEASON 4 FINALE PHOTOS BELOW!
Nurse Jackie: What 'God' (Michael Buscemi) created (Nurse Jackie' - episode 4.10) (CREDIT: SHOWTIME)
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.
I’ve actually already screened the first four episodes of True Blood‘s new season and, based on what I’m seeing so far, I feel very comfortable declaring Season 5 the year of the Pam. Between the origin stuff with Eric and her present-day storyline with [SPOILER], Kristin Bauer van Straten’s vamp is practically in every other scene — and the show is the better for it. I’m starting the 2013 Emmy campaign for KBvS now. The woman is a national treasure! Question: Anything else you can share on Tina Majorino’s True Blood arc? Love her. Ausiello: Her first scene is with Eric and Bill. A shirtless Eric and a shirtless Bill.
Question: Can’t wait for True Blood this Sunday! Is it safe to say Russell is back to exact revenge on Bill and Eric?
Ausiello: ”Russell doesn’t forget anything, but he’s also smart enough to know when to let bygones be bygones — for tactical and political reasons,” the king’s portrayer, Denis O’Hare, tells TVLine. “There may be a greater good.”
ANNA PAQUIN and NELSAN ELLIS in TRUE BLOOD Season 5 on HBO starting 6/10. TRUE BLOOD SEASON 5 NEW Countdown: 5 Days:
In re: True Blood Season 5 Countdown: 5 Days VIDEO
Woo-hoo: A NEW photo still (screenshot) from the latest TRUE BLOOD promo (June 5) that clearly shows a cleaned-up Sookie and Lafayette, at night, standing over freshly dug, human body or two-size dirt, Lafayette with a 4-pack of TruBlood in his hand(!) and both of them looking very intense. I adjusted this one to try to bring out the TruBlood 4-pack.
Update: June 6/ True Blood Season 5 Countdown: 4 Days VIDEO - No new scenes!
The 'eterternally' gorgeous KRISTEN BAUER van STRATEN toasts her very favourite vampire, her maker, Eric Northman.
Ausiello says that PAM is featured prominently in the first four episodes that he's seen to which I say 'Yay!.'
Bauer van Straten with more screentime, STEPHEN MOYER getting a chance to direct (later in the season) and a baby on the way for MOYER and ANNA PAQUIN. All is right is the TRUE BLOOD world, IMO.
True Blood Season 5: Pam Thanks Eric on #MakersDay
The wait is almost over, "True Blood" Season 5 premieres in exactly 5 days! For more on True Blood, go to http://itsh.bo/HAObVp or jump in on the Twitter conversations http://twitter.com/truebloodhbo #trueblood.
MORE New scenes from season 5 TRUE BLOOD (Screencaps):
Pam and Sookie have words. Sookie gets the last one in.
Season 5 of "True Blood" premieres 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.
Just went through the TRUE BLOOD season 5 Preview VIDEO. It's pretty cool.
Contrary to some grumbly comments where the vid is posted, there is in fact some new shots of new scenes. Most are not completely 'new'' as we have seen snippets of them before except for those of Russell Edgington, who for the first time we see being discovered in the concrete, rehabbing in a hospital bed, and looking completely healed and feisty as ever (though he appears to be bound). We also see Sookie, Bill, Eric and some burly guy discover Russell's 'hiding place' and come upon his 'leftovers' being nibbled on by rats. Yum. There's plenty more in my Picasa album including shots of Jason, Hoyt, Terry, Arlene, Patrick, Lafayette & Pam--pretty much the whole gang, minus Tara. Click thru and check 'em out!
Russell Edgington (DENIS O'HARE), worse for the wear after his 'nap.'
"A 3000-year-old vampire wants to suck my blood? It must be Thursday!' - Sookie to Bill and Eric
Jessica (DEBORAH ANN WOLL) and Steve Newlin (MICHAEL MCMILLIAN)
Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) speaks with a member of The Authority
GAME OF THRONES Preview Episode #18 - Tom Wlaschiha as 'Jaqen'
(Above) GAME OF THRONES Preview Episode #18 - KIT HARRINGTON (HBO)
SPOILER! Jon Snow is going to hear "You know nothing, Jon Snow,' for a good, long time.
There is some very cool stuff in this new (ancient) world north of the Wall and much that's incredibly dangerous, of course.
Sunday on GAME OF THRONES: Game Of Thrones Season 2: Episode #18 Preview VIDEO:
GAME OF THRONES Episode #18: Things are coming to a full-on boil at Harrenhal - Arya (MAISIE WILLIAMS) must make a move.
(CREDIT:HBO)
GAME OF THRONES Episode #18: “The Prince of Winterfell”: At Winterfell, Theon receives a visitor and holds down the fort. Arya calls in her final debt with Jaqen (Tom Wlaschiha) in a way that displeases him. Robb is betrayed. Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) and Varys (Conleth Hill) find common ground. Dany ignores Jorah's (Iain Glen) advice. Stannis (Stephen Dillane) and Davos (Liam Cunningham) approach their destination, and Davos is offered a reward. Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss; directed by Alan Taylor.
Debut: SUNDAY, MAY 20 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
GAME OF THRONES: SEASON 2 FINALE SYNOPSIS Episode 2.10 - Valar Morghulis - Press Release:
Episode #20: “Valar Morghulis” (season finale)
As Theon (Alfie Allen) stirs his men to action, Luwin (Donald Sumpter) offers some final advice. Brienne (Gwendolyn Christie) silences Jaime; Arya (Maisie Williams) receives a gift from Jaqen (Tom Wlaschiha); Dany (Emilia Clarke) goes to a strange place; and Jon (Kit Harington) proves himself to Qhorin (Simon Armstrong).
Debut: SUNDAY, JUNE 3 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss; directed by Alan Taylor.
Made some screencaps for this, another tantalizing WEEDS (SHO) Promo spot for season 8 which drops on July 1. Canada Day! I'll probably be here in the States but I had Showtime added to the new cable at the cottage on Maple Lake, too. I have no idea how long I'm staying--in total probably a good, long while so we must have Showtime. Will have Showtime. Weeds is a very fun 30 minutes, one of the very few comedies I watch. Most/all? are on Showtime.
Weeds : Season 8: Writer's Room Tease 3-in-1 VIDEO:
(1 minute, 10 seconds)
'Dearborn Again' = SEASON 6, Episode 10 screencap of tabletop 'found' script (above) won't be a lot of help in getting an idea of whodunit. I would think season 8 episode 1 or 2 could help greatly, tho'.
MARY-LOUSIE PARKER as 'Nancy' the matriarch of the Botwin family in WEEDS on Showtime starting July 1. Perfect summertime show.
All screencaps: (SHO)
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GAME OF THRONES - Episode 15 – 'The Ghost of Harrenhal' – RECAP:
We open the episode in King Renly’s tent as Renly talks war strategy & alliances with Catelyn Stark. Things sound somewhat promising but because of Melisandre's demon spawn birthing scene last week, everyone probably guessed that Renly's number was about to be up. Sure enough, but a few minutes into the episode Renly is driven through with the shadow demon's sword, falling into Brienne's arms and dying. Guards are upon her immediately but she quickly dispatches them. Then, with Catelyn's urging, she and Cat beat a hasty retreat. Later is a heart-rending scene between Brienne and Catelyn, where a still very distraught Brienne pledges her loyalty to Catelyn Stark. Perfectly played by both Gwendoline Christie as Brienne and Michelle Fairley as Catelyn.
Back in Renly’s camp, the Tyrells have discovered the fate of poor Renly. Loras seems much more upset than Margaery expressing his desire for revenge by killing Stannis himself. Margaery advises caution, as does Littlefinger. She though, is thinking only about the end game, and Littlefinger appears to be on the same page. Says he, 'You wish to be a queen?' Says she, 'No.'...pause...'I wish to be THE queen.'
Stannis has arrived in Renly’s camp and all of his bannermen except the Tyrells who have fled, have joined him. Davos needs to speak with Stannis of a 'hard truth' in the forthcoming battle strategy. Stannis tells him they next sail to Blackwater Bay and, despite Davos's protestations, Davos will command the fleet. Davos advises Stannis to leave Melisandre behind because, he tells him, he will lose his men to the Red Woman if they are victorious as she will be credited her for the victory. Stannis glumly acquiesces without argument.
In King’s Landing, Tyrion meets with Cersei about Renly’s death. Tyrion warns that they will be Stannis's next target. Cersei blithely responds that Joffrey has begun making siege plans, but she plays coy about what those plans are. Undaunted, Tyrion goes to Lancel to get the inside scoop. After verbally kicking around Cersei's boy-toy, Tyrion learns that the Queen Regent has ordered alchemists s make wildfire. Tyrion journeys to the Alchemist’s Guild seeing firsthand the potential in “the substance.” He orders Hallyne to continue making it under Tyrion's direction now.
On the Iron Islands, Theon is preparing to set sail on his ship, the Sea Bitch. His motley crew doesn’t respect him. He meets Dagmer Cleftjaw for the first time; Dagmer suggests instead of raiding some fishing villages, they attack the under-defended Torrhen’s Square. Theon tells him they could take it, but couldn’t hold it once Winterfell sends forces to reclaim it. The two men exchange knowing glances and Theon now sees a path to victory and the much-desired respect from his men.
In Winterfell, Bran is taking yet another 'town hall' meeting,' continuing to listen to the complaints of minor lords. To his irritation, little brother Rickon noisily mashes walnuts by his side. Breaking the staid process, Rodrik bursts in declaring Torrhen Square is under attack. Despite most of them off at battle with Robb, Rodrick tells Bran he could round up 200 fighting men. Bran orders him to do so and to reclaim Torrhen Square. Later, he talks with Osha about his dreams. He talks of the three-eyed crow and then tells Osha about his dream of the sea crashing over the walls Winterfell.
In the far North, the Night’s Watch has arrived at the Fist of the First Men. As they set up camp, Qhorin Halfhand arrives with a force from the Shadow Tower. Qhorin and Jeor Mormont, the Old Bear, talk strategy; the Halfhand wants to take a small force of men to eliminate Mance’s scouts and Jon Snow wants to go with him. Commander Mormont resists at first, but relents after an internal dialogue where he seems to remember his end-game with Snow. It doesn't hurt that Sam cheerfully offers to pick up Jon’s steward duties.
Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys is a guest of Xaro Xhoan Daxos, the prince who vouched for her and her troupe at the gates of Qarth. Dany has finally figured out how how to feed her dragons or rather how they can now feed themselves (they like their meat singed). Xaro hosts a meet and greet for Dany including the shiver-inducing warlock, Pyat Pree. He shows Dany a bit of magic and invites her to the House of the Undying. Clad in a bizarre wooden mask, Quaithe makes an appearance, delivering cryptic warnings to Jorah of impending danger. Later that night, Xaro demonstrates his immense wealth and then proposes marriage to Dany. He also delivers the news that King Robert is dead. Dany consults with 'adviser and friend,' Jorah. She considers accepting Xaro’s proposal and setting sail to Westeros immediately. Jorah advises her that they wait, that their allies are in Westeros and they need just one ship, not three, to get them there.
Tom Wlaschiha as Jaqen H’ghar
At Harrenhal, Arya attends to Lord Tywin as he meets with his lords. They are discussing what to do about Robb, as he continues to make mincemeat of them at every battle. Tywin recognizes Arya as a northerner. He asks of her what they say of Robb in the north. She tells him the tales of Robb riding a direwolf into battle, or even turning into a direwolf, and that he can’t be killed. “Do you think he can’t be killed?,” he intones. Arya meets his eyes steadily: “No. Anyone can be killed.” Tywin tells her to fetch some water as the already long meeting will continue much longer. On her way, she runs into the enigmatic Jaqen H’ghar dressed as a Lannister soldier. He tells her she owes the Red God three lives, that she must give a man three names and a man will do the rest. Arya gives him his first name, the torturer nicknamed The Tickler. Later, a scream and a thud comes from the courtyard. The Tickler lies on the ground, his head twisted 180 degrees around, facing up. Arya looks up at the battlements and sees Jaqen. He acknowledges her by holding one finger up to his face.
Also at Harrenhall, 'Gendry' (Joe Dempsie)
My thoughts on 'The Ghost of Harrenhal':
Maybe because I'm new to the book series, currently at the beginning of 'A Storm of Swords', I'm not getting bent about the changes being made in the adaption from the A Song of Ice and Fire book series to the HBO telling of the story. The author of the books, George R.R. Martin is an advisor on the adaption process and it seems most choices are done in service to the process that must be gone through in order to come out the other side, so to speak.
I don't care who Arya chose as her first kill. It needed to be someone that she hated's name. She more or less just plucked out of the air as Jaquen sprang the three deaths for three lives offer on her and she answered quickly. In my mind, the Tickler was as good as any. Book readers fussing over 'what will they do when' in book 3 need to focus on the now (adaption of book 2). If you love the book version so very much, go back and reread it to assuage your feelings of being cheated.
Speaking of 'Arya', Maisie Williams is a fantastic Arya. She's acting at the level of the best adult actors on the show. When I read the books now I picture her and that's about as good as it gets.
Though he didn't impress me all that much in season 1, Isaac Hempstead Wright as 'Bran' is increasingly growing on me. He never overplays and his restrained performance serves the story quite well.
Tom Wlaschiha as Jaqen H'ghar is mysterious, strange and very alluring. He's an instant favourite of mine.
Finally, the scene in the aftermath of Renly's murder between Stephen Dillane as Stannis and Liam Cunningham as Davos was churning with tumult just beneath it's muted surface. Kudos to both actors.
Lena Headey as Cersei and Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in GAME OF THRONES - Episode #16:
Game Of Thrones Season 2: Episode #16 Preview
GAME OF THRONES NEXT WEEK: Episode #16: “The Old Gods and the New”: Debut: SUNDAY, MAY 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Theon (Alfie Allen) completes his master stroke. In King’s Landing, the Lannisters send Myrcella (Aimee Richardson) from harm’s way in the nick of time. Arya (Maisie Williams) comes face to face with a surprise visitor; Dany (Emilia Clarke) vows to take what is hers; Robb (Richard Madden) and Catelyn (Michelle Fairley) receive crucial news; Qhorin (Simon Armstrong) gives Jon (Kit Harington) a chance to prove himself.
Written by Vanessa Taylor; directed by David Nutter.
AFTER THE JUMP: Game Of Thrones Season 2: Inside The Episode #15
Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin in WEEDs on Showtime starting July 1:
In the last episode of WEEDS season 7, Nancy Botwin and her clan gathered at her sister's home for a back yard get-together. After months of tumult, finally it seemed that Nancy and family were all together, safe and sound and getting along! Everyone could finally exhale. Nancy, beaming and beautiful, stood and made a toast to the future and family--a perfect Kodak moment. And then. Cut to a sniper training his rifle on the various assembled kin and finally on...Nancy?! A shot rang out and in true MAJOR cliff-hangar style, the screen went to black. Is Nancy dead? (link to my prior WEEDS post --Spoiler!)
We are going to have to wait until the July 1 premiere of WEEDS to get some answers but in the meantime, SHOWTIME gives us this tease--and maybe some clues? Have a watch and find out!
I screencapped all the potential suspects names from the clip so have a look through and see if you can guess! Tell me who you think got shot and who dun it!
Someone had a grudge, someone had a beef, but who did it? Catch the season premiere of Weeds Sunday, July 1st at 10PM ET/PT
12.02.11 UPDATE: DEXTER"S 8th Season to be it's Last:
Michael C. Hall in DEXTER Episode 6.10 - 'Ricochet Rabbit' (SHO):
Next on Dexter Season 6 Episode 10 - Ricochet Rabbit:
Dexter tries to figure out the Doomsday Killers' next victim before it's too late after learning the truth about Gellar; Debra has a panic attack reaction at a crime scene, which leads her to the realization that she leans too heavily on her brother.
DEXTER season 6 is getting some really sour feedback from critics and audiences alike.
The latest EW magazine opines that season 5 was 'weak' and Season 6 is 'weaker.'
The complaints are being fired mostly at the 'DDK' (Doomsday Killer--not really even a great acronym made from that) storyline. The consensus seems to be 'fire the writers,' which is unsurprising as the actors on Dexter continue to be of the caliber that they usually are but the season 6 storyline has not been able to engage viewers ala season 4's 'Trinity Killer' storyline (which I think besides DEXTER season 1, will be the standard to which all seasons will be held). Possibly, the return of Dexter's bio-brother (in Harry form) was the biggest let-down as anticipation for his return began at the end of season 1.
What could have further plumbed the depths of Dexter's psyche ended up more as a jokey, pseudo-Thelma and Louise one-off episode. Dexter never seemed in danger of slipping into an extended bout of Rudy-like behaviour and therein lay the problem. And then *poof* Rudy was gone. That was a wasted opportunity, if there ever was one.
I'm a from-day-one 'Dexter' fan as I followed Michael C. Hall from Six Feet Under to this and I believe he never disappoints. I would have ranked it as my favourite show until this season (though it is by no means 'bad' nor do I wish to stop watching it).
In addition to being the star of Dexter, Hall, as you see in the credits is an executive producer (EP) of the show. I think he needs to step in and step it up for seasons 7 -8. ( Showtime has announced two more seasons of Dexter have been approved.)
I did like the DDK twist of this past week. Now I want to see what they are going to do with it. I have high hopes as I'd like to see season 6 end without giving anyone (including me) more reason to carp about the show.
'Gellar's Paintings' - Deb, Batista and Mike discover DDK's hideout.
'You Killed Me' - Travis discovers the truth about Gellar
Update #2 (12.03.11) SPOILERS:
EW DEXTER SCOOP (12.02.11)
Though plans could still change, SHOWTIME entertainment president David Nevins tells EW the working assumption is indeed that 'Dexter' will conclude in the eighth season. Moreover, the creative endgame starts sooner than you think — the remaining episodes of the current sixth season will set into motion events that will resonate through the remainder of the series. “Coming back for two more years gives us clarity about how and when it will go out,” Nevins said at Showtime’s annual holiday party in Los Angeles on Thursday night. “There’s things that are going to happen [this season] that will set up a very clear endgame that will take two seasons to tell. You have got to be there for the last two episodes.”
Homeland | Speaking of top-notch cable dramas, the Dec. 18 freshman finale of Showtime’s spy thriller will play host to a showdown between its two leading ladies, Claire Danes and Morena Baccarin, who thus far have been traveling in rather separate circles. “We have a fantastic confrontation,” Morena Baccarin told me. “After Jessica puts it together who Carrie is, they have this sort of face-off.” Pressed for further details, all Baccarin would add is, “It takes place at my house, and it is intense.” My question: Does “who Carrie is” mean “CIA spook trying to finger my husband for treason,” “harlot who bedded him,” or a bit of both?
Claire Danes as CIA spook Carrie Mathison in Homeland on Showtime CREDIT: Showtime
HOMELAND Update! (12.02.11) SPOILER:
Q: What can you tell me about Brody’s plan?
A: This week’s episode, titled “Representative Brody,” doesn’t particularly give us too many more clues about any secret plot he might have going because everything about his future is seemingly out on the table — as you might have surmised from the title of the episode. The problem is Jessica has to be on board before Brody makes any leap, and let’s just say she’s less than thrilled about the idea.
Bonus dish: The end of the hour will find Carrie (Claire Danes) in a hospital bed after a horrible and incredibly terrifying incident.
Last week's HOMELAND episode left on a cliff-hangar of what exactly happened that led to the death before he could disclose any good intel of Brody's POW guard of 8 years?
Brody himself is a suspect. He became one after he'd gone back to the CIA asking as a soldier to be able to face his captor. Previously, he'd asked if his captor would be tortured as part of the interrogation. Carrie's reply to Brody was, 'We don't do that here.'
This week, Carrie is hot to have Brody take a lie detector test as she has no question that Brody slipped his guard a razor blade after Brody successfully won face time with him via his plea to Deputy CIA Director Estes, (David Harewood).
The tension continues to mount. How much longer until Carrie and Brody either come to blows or wind up in the sack together--possibly having angry sex?
Look up high, specifically on the side of the 9000 building along Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California and you will see a quartet of sexy supernaturals including vampires 'Eric' (Alexander Skarsgård) and 'Bill' (Stephen Moyer), werewolf 'Alcide' ( Joe Manganiello) and faery-telepath 'Sookie' (Anna Paquin).
It is pretty apparent that all three guys are into Ms. Stackhouse but which of the potential/former suitor(s) will she choose? You'll have to tune in to HBO's True Blood on June 26 to begin to get the answer. Until then, keep looking around!
EDIT/ If you want to gaze upon a HQ version of this image, it is a copy of (one of) the previously-released True Blood HBO Promo Poster Art I shared here.
Even a spoiler hound as big as me did not anticipate just how much TB writer Alexander Woo spills in this brand new interview about True Blood Season 4!:
(EW Magazine Illustration)
Want to know the answers to a number of cliffhangers from True Blood's season 3 finale? (Like for example, the definitive answer to: Did Sam shoot Tommy? (It's here.) Do Bill and Sookie really break up? (Uh, I'm not sure I wanted to know but I do now) and, does Bill go to Peru like in the books? And there's much more, depending on how intensely you have been spoiling yourself!
I'm putting all the articles into a silde show album. Click through and read them but be prepared for a few genuine eye-openers!
Credit #1: Pages 1, 2, 3: SFX Magazine and Found & scanned by and thanks to: PaquinAnna.com. Credit #2: Pages 4 and 5: EW Magazine and Thanks to TrueBlood-Online.com. Credit #3: Pages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11: Article credit: Ashley Jude Collie Scanned by and Thanks to TrueBlood-Online.com. Credit #4: Pages 12-13: Credit: A Few Little Season 4 Spoilers in TV Guide | True Blood News - Season 4 Spoilers Credit: http://www.trueblood-news.com/a-few-little-season-4-spoilers-in-tv-guide.
Below is an excerpt from the TVGuide article (credit above). If you have been keeping up with the general plotline plans for Season 4 at all, then this will be a simple retred of that. Alan Ball has never sounded less enthusiastic about his show. I'm gonna blame the interviewer.
TV Guide Magazine’s Summer Preview (6.o6 -19.11)
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble! In Season 4, “There are two factions at war: vampires and another fueled by witchcraft and power over the dead,” says creator Alan Ball. Battles go down and Sookie’s lightning-bolt-shooting EDIT 'microwave' fingers/End EDIT strike again.
“We see her use her powers,” Ball says of Anna Paquin’s steel magnolia.
“Other people see that too, and it’s going to complicate things.” She’s not the only one releasing her inner magic.
Tara (Rutina Wesley) and Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) get mixed up with Wiccan medium Marnie (Fiona Shaw).
And witches cast a spell on Eric (Alexander Skarsgård): “Sookie will see a different Eric,” Ball says, but she’s still feeling heat with Bill (Stephen Moyer) and Alcide (Joe Manganiello). Adds Ball, “From the Team Eric, Team Bill viewpoints, one of those teams will be happy, one won’t.”
Moyer says that Season 4 is “very different. Everybody’s taken a real shift. Some time has passed, there are a lot of hierarchical shifts, and there’s a new bad influence in town.”
I love this one. I hope Alcide gets a crack at Sookie even if it is not until next year.
He runs hot. ;)
I can see these three-- a shifter and two witches paired in this poster since they are either blood-related or employment-related or both, as well. Nicely done shot. Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette) is super-smoldering, as always.
Too much Photoshop on this last one. Looks thrown together plus Jason has exactly no reason to be paired up with Pam and Jessica.
Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman in True Blood Season 4 (pre-amnesia):
So far, this is the best promo for True Blood Season 4, yet. Finally, a bit of story to chew on, not just quick scenes adding up to zilch. Smartly, I think, Alan Ball & Co. are broadly fleshing out for us what to expect in Season 4--especially showing some more of the more of brand new (Marnie) and nearly brand new (Jesus, Holly) characters--witches all-- in action.
The witches circle when over-lit like I made the screen-caps in order to see detail look pretty, idk cornball? Cheesy? But I imagine the (award-winning) set folks put together a replica of what real witches do.
In the stark light it looks cheesy, in the darkness with candles and all it looks pretty neat.
Oh My Goodness!, some pretty screen-caps came out of this behind-the-scenes preview/promo/trailer!
Paley Fest 2011 - More Reveals About Sookie Stackhouse & Cos. Season 4 Story Arcs, Screen Capped:
From
Anna Paquin, who stars as waitress/telepath/faery Sookie Stackhouse in HBO's True Blood (S4 debuts 6.12.11), discusses the attributes--and the negatives of Alexander Skarsgård's "Eric" as on-the-show boyfriend material. Skarsgård takes full advantage and hams it up, reacting to all her points. Steve Moyer (vampire Bill) has difficulty keeping a straight face as Anna earnestly explains the why and wherefores of Sookie's romantic options in True Blood, season 4.
From PaleyFest via E!
According to True Blood show runner Alan Ball:
"What Sookie (Anna Paquin) said to Bill (Stephen Moyer) at the end of last season, she meant it, and it's going to take a lot from him to win her back if he ever will, and I don't know if he ever will or not."
..."(Also) there are complications with Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) that (Sookie) didn't see coming, and there are complications with Alcide (Joe Manganiello) she didn't see coming."
Ball explained that everyone's favourite vamps best keep a watchful eye out for witches, because they're joining the show this year, and they're gonna be trouble.
Ball said:
"I don't think it's a rule that vampires and witches that don't get along, but there are certain witches who are really dabbling in dark, dark magic, necromancy—powers over the dead. So vampires aren't going to like that."
Accordingly to E! you should much 'angsty awesomeness' from Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) and Hoyt (Jim Parrack) this season!
Parrack says:
"We're living together, and when I get home from work I find she's been sleeping all day because she has to, and everybody told us there would be problems, but...Deborah and I said before the season, let's make this decision: Let's say we told ourselves, 'It'll never be us. We'll never be that. Our love is bigger and stronger. And now...life is starting to say otherwise.'"
Parrack further disclosed:
"I like episode three this season; I get to do a great, great scene in that episode. Alan wrote that episode, and I get this wonderful Tennessee Williams-ish scene."
But Alan Ball & Co. are not finished with Hoyt quite yet. Says Ball:
"Well...[Jim] hasn't even begun. Obviously he hasn't read episode seven or eight yet. Those are major. It's not as easy being a couple as perhaps they thought."
Based on Alan Ball's and Todd Lowe's remarks, the "Is Arlene's baby a demon child?" talk may end up being less than what the ever-excitable Arlene (Carrie Preston) may fear it to be.
Todd Lowe said:
"I don't know if it's devil babies…It's babies. Neonatal, strange, possibly possessed human babies." But here's the thing—as any new mom can tell you, normal human babies behave just like possessed babies, what with the endless screaming and the projectile vomiting. Arlene's probably in the clear, she just won't know it for a while.
Update Oct 22, 2010
Goebbert's Farm, 40 W. Higgins Rd., South Barrington, IL, USA
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We go every year because it is a local, fun outside thing to do. http://www.pumpkinfarms.com/
We started going to Goebbert's prior to the common use of digital cameras--so I have tons of photos--in boxes that I should scan to add to this bunch which only cover the last five Octobers.***
We always try to pick an Indian summer-type day to stroll around Goebbert's Pumpkin Farm. The best day to go is a weekday for the thinner crowds--and you save $ on anything that takes tickets.
I guess because I'm not a farmer's market get-up-at-dawn-type, I really savour being able to pick through the many mini gourds at Goebbert's until I find the right colour and texture combo for my cornucopia, now on the table in the living room. The kids have always liked finding the weirdest or ugliest ones they could find, too. Just a really pleasant, relaxing couple of hours, always finished off with yummy baked apple or pumpkin goods.
***Found a bunch. As soon as I have a better than Blackberry connection, they'll be posted, say by Sunday.
Production Still Source, Poster Size Character Promo Stills: Source: Celebutopia
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Cast Promotional Poster Source: mugglenet
Wow! Are the publicity people hemorrhaging these images or what?!
Jebus! There is no way that anyone but the most devoted Muggle could ever keep up with the volume. My hard drive is sagging under the weight of all these!
So what d'ya think? (Make sure to click through--All of the Cast Promotional Posters are Hi-Res and many are super-duper big!)
One thing I can't get over is how hairy Harry is! I'm not trying to be funny. Little Harry grew up to be a very hirsute man! Another thing is when photos are blown up as big as some of these--the makeup is really evident--especially wounds. Only the guy with the severe scarring looks like he sustained the wounds. Photoshopping is really noticeable too. In the film with movement (obviously) I don't think these nitpicky things will be evident tho'.
Another observation is that there seems to be quite a mish-mash of photographers involved here--as well as at least one artist who went really, really dark. I don't think anyone is going to even be faintly surprised that HP & TDH is DARK.
Some of the production photos are awesome. For instance, the one of Ron Weasley peering around the corner of a big building in the city looked absolutely uninteresting as I saw it before but now--with a huge crew filming--it's fascinating! Harry running through the woods with a camera crew parallel to him atop what looks like train tracks about 15 feet away is pretty cool as well.
The process of lighting a scene always fascinates me. The snowy photo with a regular scene playing out in the lower 2/3's of the pic with a humongous light looming overhead is pretty spectacular, too. Take some time and click through all of them. They are full-size and worth the time!
Production Still Source, Poster Size Character Promo Stills: Source: Celebutopia
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Cast Promotional Poster Source: mugglenet
It's either laugh or cry about the BP Gulf oil spill disaster. I prefer to laugh. Also, I use the "I am disappointed" thing on my kids when the situation merits. It conveys the message loud & clear but skips the "angry Mom" scenario. At least overtly.
This is essentially a pictorial SPOILER post involving Jack, Hurley,The Numbers and names attached to The Numbers as well as other names/numbers--the significance of which we are not really sure.
In the just-aired-in-the-US & Canada LOST (E6x05, 'The Lighthouse'), Hurley and Jack--at Jacob's behest (of Hurley) went to the Lighthouse wherein were The Numbers and names--written in a fashion much more easy to read than on last week's cave wall--they were on a piece of nautical navigational equipment with "degrees" on it. It was massive (see photos) and it had a triad of mirrors that I suppose would reflect pertinent scenes of the particular person for whom the degree setting was on mark.
Hurley was maneuvering the device by pulling a chain and Jack caught a glimpse of what he called his childhood home in the mirrors. He ran over the the dial saw "Shephard" was at 23 degrees and then lost his cool completely. (So very Jack.)
"He's been watching me all my life!!!" he bellowed, while contorting his face in the most violently disturbing way I've ever seen Jack do (and that takes some doing). He yelled at Hurley to bring Jacob there but Hurley can't because that is not one of Hurley's "powers." Hurley interacts with dead people but he does not control when they show up, Hurley sort of explained. Jack became enraged even further and smashed the mirror but not before quite a few names, possible candidates were visible to the viewer including some that the average, non-obsessive LOST fan could recognize. Wait, is there anyone like that?
(There's Lostpedia for the comprehensive fine-tooth-comb list.)
Kate (Austen) is No. 51!
Have a gander at the photos of the Jacob's Candidate/Numbers dial device in the lighthouse and tell me what you think!
Click through for full size.
My big question (besides WHO IS WALLACE?!) is when Jack is saying go back to his number he saw "something," when he did check at 23° he said he saw his childhood home. But. I see a picture of a pagoda, too. Is that another candidate's number/image? UPDATE*/ It is the place Jin and Sun got married. There's another, less-clear photo too that does not look like the image Jack identified as his home. UPDATE/ It is the church where Sawyer's parent's funeral was held.
Sears (now Willis) Tower as seen from the Kennedy Expressway.
The other tall building around here--the John Hancock has the unfortunate distinction of having been the tallest structure in the USA--then it lost it's title to the World Trade Center. I'm guessing I don't have to say more other than the John Hancock Tower is the tallest man-made structure in the USA.
Just a quick homage to my 2003 Zinc Yellow Mustang GT.
I think I took my last top down ride for the year--that was two in the first week of November.
People hesitate to buy a convertible whilst living in a place like
here with less than ideal--crap--weather for a good chunk of the year.
The answer is a) it's too fun not to, and b) you can do it 7 months of
the year.
I love my car for what it is every. single. ride. A fun machine.
(Repost above from 11/2006)
2.18.10
I realize I don't post _anything_ personal anymore. I remember enjoying interacting with the dozens of people I met online and regarded as friends. Now I think I need to "say something" before I blog and think if I wrote what I feel I'd offend so I self-censor. Conversely, if I don't write what I feel I get no feedback nor satisfaction having gotten it down.
Yes. I suppose I am feeling reflective and conflicted.
With Jessica in tow, Bill and Sookie head to Dallas to carry out Erics vampire-reconnaissance mission but a surprise awaits them at the airport. At the Light of Day Institute, Jason falls victim to a practical joke, but has the last laugh when the Newlins anoint him for a higher calling. Maryann throws Tara a birthday party at Sookie's, attracting much of Bon Temps to its Bacchanalian revelry. Sam postpones his departure from town to attend the bash, connecting with Daphne in the process. Having barely escaped Fangtasia, Lafayette finds himself reluctantly pulled back into Erics orbit.
The publicity department is making it a challenge to coordinate screencaps (most likely they give it no thought other than,"What cool scenes can we splice together for the promo?").
In general, in the Season 2 True Blood promos we see scenes that do not play out "in the next episode" or even sometimes, the one after that. With these caps for the "next new episode" of True Blood,"Shake and Fingerpop," I went weeks back in the promos be they video or stills released from HBO. I'm glad I did because the resolution is way better on the previously released-but-out-of-context photos. I matched them up largely based on what people are wearing--simple but effective though I really hope Jessica starts wearing something other that that yellow sundress. :p
Above: Official logo for Alice in Wonderland: Very Burton-esque
Earlier this week I posted about Tim Burton's upcoming Walt Disney Studios release, a sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland. Several photos of the main characters including Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen and Anne Hathaway as The White Queen were released by Walt Disney, but not much else. Today via SlashFilm.comcomes hi res versions of the three images plus high resolution studio photos of Matt Lucas as Tweedledee and Tweedledum and Mia Wasikowska as Alice. In addition, there are several concept art scenes. Included too in this release was the logo to the film which reminds the audience by its style that this is a Tim Burton film.
This version of Alice is ten years older than her prior incarnation. She seems just as impulsive however and as in the original, she follows the White Rabbit down the hole and into Wonderland.
Alice has come at a time when Wonderland-ites are about to revolt and they wish for her to assist them.
Alice in Wonderland will be in U.S. theatres March 5, 2010.
Enjoy viewing the high resolution studio photos after the jump. Don't forget to click on the images to embiggen them.
Hmm. Should I continue on my quest to be right about what happens next on True Blood? I said I would not go out on a limb again...but it's fun to guess so here's my halfway-educated guess about what happens next to Lafayette:
1. It's been spoiled that Lafayette drinks a lot of Eric's blood and in the TVGuide piece (below) Nelsan compares that to Sookie and her relationship with Eric. I'm sort of confusing the show and the Sookie Stackhouse books and it doesn't help that I'm in the middle of the most recent one ("Dead And Gone") so it may be that right now Eric's power over Sookie was because of his promise to "not kill humans" in exchange for her being "employed" by Eric to use her telepathic powers whenever he wishes. SPOILER: It's quite possible--sometime--that Sookie will be drinking lots of Eric's blood, too.
2. So then, Lafayette is severely injured and Eric saves him with a "blood transfusion" which makes Lafayette indebted to Eric.
3. It's been stated that "someone" gets shot in Episode 2, "Keep This Party Going." I don't know how it would come to this but does Sookie shoot Lafayette?
Sunday's True Blood premiere answered at least one burning question: Is Lafayette alive? Answer: Yes! Nobody is more surprised by this turn of events than Nelsan Ellis, the actor who plays Lafayette.
As a fan of the Sookie Stackhouse novel series, on which Alan Ball based the vampire drama for HBO, Ellis knew that Lafayette, Merlotte's wisecracking cook — and part-time pornographer/drug dealer — is totally dunzo after Book 1. When he arrived on set for the finale episode's table read, he prepared himself for the end. "I thought, this was fun, time to look for the next gig," he says. But then... what's this? That painted toenail in the car didn't belong to Lafayette after all! "'You know we're not going to kill you, right?'" Ellis remembers Ball telling him. "And I was like, 'Noooo...'" Ball told the actor that he decided to keep Lafayette in the cast after shooting a scene between Ellis and Rutina Wesley, who plays Lafayette's cousin, Tara, in the pilot episode. Ellis and Wesley have combustive chemistry for sure, which Ellis attributes to their long friendship. (They attended Juilliard together in the early '00s.)
So now that Lafayette has been spared, what's next for the flamboyant entrepreneur? When we last saw him, he was chained up in a dungeon watching a fellow prisoner get disemboweled by a very cranky Eric, his vampire captor. Ellis reveals that, this season, Lafayette's fate will be inextricably tied with that of the vampires, but that their relationship won't always be quite as adversarial. "[Lafayette] stays with the vampires basically throughout the season," he says. "I guess how deep down the rabbit hole he goes with Eric is the biggest teaser I can give."
"Eric makes people beholden to him," says Ellis. "He did it to Sookie, and now he does force Lafayette to work for him to repay him for something he's done for him." Oh jeez, Lafayette isn't going to become a vampire, is he? Not any time soon, says Ellis. "I have a sneaking suspicion that, in the future, the vampires are going to learn to respect him and not mess with him," he says. "He's going to find a way to elevate his position with them. Lafayette is a survivor, so he's not going to stay in this scared state too long."
Below: more scenes from True Blood S2XE2 - "Keep This Party Going"
'Keep This Party Going"
Sookie is forced to babysit Jessica, as well as the romantic inconveniences the teen vampire’s presence creates. At the Light of Day leadership conference, Jason makes an impression on its ambitious leaders, Steve and Sarah Newlin. Maryann casts her spell on Merlotte’s patrons.
"I look forward to sleeping on the weekends. I do occasionally get my nails done on the weekend, but usually because there’s some miscellaneous vampire-related crap that ended up under them."
Er, blood? Dirt? Miscellaneous. Mysterious. The cuter the outfit, the more you’re about to get really messy in it on set. There’s eye blood, there’s mouth blood, there’s congealed blood, there’s liquid blood, there’s old blood, there’s crusty old blood.
What’s the hardest kind of blood to get out in the laundry? There was a time last night that they dumped an entire pureed vampire—it was fake—on top of me. It does sort of stain your skin a bit. Fun fact, completely useless: The old-school shaving foam, like Barbasol, is the only thing that gets it out of your skin. It opens up the hair follicles, your pores. It does it for color or, well, debris—you take a nice shower in head-to-toe shaving foam. Aren’t you glad you know that? But that’s just fake blood. No promises for real blood.
On a scale ...Buffy theVampire Slayer (and True Blood) where does True Blood fall?
...Our show is Sookie and Vampire Bill doing it in the graveyard. These are all grown-ups having consensual vampire relations. It’s grown-up kink.
What’s the trick to soul-shivering screams, like the one that ended last season when you discovered the dead body?
You just scream. Loud. Have older siblings. I’m the youngest, so you scream loud or no one will come and intervene. My older brother stuffed me inside a cello case once. Zipped it up.
No wonder you moved thousands of miles from New Zealand. No, the cello-case-putter-inner lives in Los Angeles. With his cello case. I, uh, love him. [Laughs]"
The second season of True Blood premieres Sun 14 at 9pm on HBO.
Beneath the masthead of Friday print editions of the Los Angeles Times is a full front-page ad for the HBO's series "True Blood." A black-and-white close-up of star Stephen Moyer with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth dominates the page. In news boxes around town, all that's visible is the close-up of actor's menacing gaze and the paper's banner splayed across the top. No other stories or photos appear on the cover, which is actually a separate four-page broadsheet touting Sunday's premiere of the show's second season. Readers remove the wrap to find the regular front page, anchored by the Lakers' NBA Finals win over the Magic on Thursday night in Orlando. Times spokeswoman Nancy Sullivan says it's the first time the newspaper put its masthead above an advertisement wrapping the paper. "One of the things for us is that innovation is pretty crucial in both a challenged and cluttered marketplace," Sullivan said. "HBO came to the Times to break through that clutter, and the result is what you see today." Zach Enterlin, HBO's vice president of advertising and promotions, said HBO had placed front-page ads with Hollywood trade publications in the past, but jumped at the chance to do the same with the Times. "We saw it as a fantastic opportunity to speak to a consumer audience in an innovative way," he said.
In any way related to how he looks here (ick). Was he in the Jughead explosion and his skin is nuked or what?
This worries me. Geez, Jack. WTH?
Kate is puzzled by Jack as well. Jack is pretty squirrely at times but she pulls some major dumb moves because she leads with her heart. Now at least. It's been hammered pretty hard into the audience's skull that three years as a mommy changed Kate.
She's still nice to gaze upon even if she has gone all mushy. ;)
The Three not-so-much Amigos. Reminds me of a western.Those coveralls gotta go though.
LOST 5x15 - "Locke's Impeccable Timing" (below needs to be lightened -sorry)
How did Locke know when exactly to meet himself in the jungle? My head hurts trying to unravel what timeline Locke, Richard, Ben, et al at are in if the incident that I thought was from the past recurred again?! Colour me confuzzled.
I sort of agree with showrunner Carlton Cuse that when this season is over "it is time for the time travel craziness to end," he said. "And once it does end, something very, very surprising will happen in its wake,"quoth he at last week's Star Trek premiere.
Last big family trip until the youngest is done with uni. Thank the powers that we have Maple Lake.
I'll put up a few more after I go through them. There are some interesting ones of the open-in-2012 "Cars" section of the park. Nifty models and colour plans.
My new favourite Disneyland (California Adventure) ride- "Pixar's Toy Story Midway Madness." <exhale> Mr.
Potato Head is animatronic and interactive. Keeps you company in the
line--which we found later can be bypassed by riding single rider--no
line at all. I sucked at this paintball shooting game but it was big
fun. Lots of people said they liked it more than Buzz Lightyear's Astro
Blasters in Disneyland but they are really different. I love Disney but I could have stayed here for a week, just chillin'. It's south Laguna Beach at sunset.
I have a ton of Disneyland shots but this too is in Disney's California
Adventure whcih they are in the process of a near-complete makeover
after only 8 years(!).There were flowers everywhere and after the long
Chicago winter everything looked so _alive_.
is a pretty fun look into the head of one of the number of excellent actors ending the Battlestar Galactica chapter of their lives and moving forward.
Synopsis:Starbuck
discovers a hidden musical ability that bears a mysterious significance
to the final five Cylons, and her tune is found to have a connection
with three-year-old human-Cylon hybrid Hera. The president authorizes Boomer's release from the Brig so she can stand trial for treason on the Cylon Base Ship.(Thanks to Battlestar Wiki!)
Wasn't Chief a/k/a Galen Tyrol, a/k/a a Final Fifth, a/k/a (IRL) Aaron Douglas great in tonight's episode of BSG, "Someone To Watch Over Me?"
There were a couple of big, scary ZOMG-moments. Physical reactions (yelling and the like--on my part) repeatedly, each lasting for about 2 seconds!
Boomer's projected life with Tyrol.
I thought Athena was dead and then my spouse is like "She's alive! She's just tied up! OMG! I think Grace Park has done some great things with some of her incarnations in Battlestar Galactica but I would have felt really bad for Helo if Boomer had killed Athena.
But no!
That Bitch took the baby! Now both Athena and Helo are thrown into this awful role of parents with a missing Cylon human hybrid child. All I can say to the BSG writers is: If you harm the child I will not think you are good people.
Based on what I been able to cap so far using both the American and the Canadian promos
and now this, I'm going to take a guess that Chief, Galen Tyrol is the one at the bottom of this post in the super-blurry screen caps and he is attempting to bust Boomer out of the brig. There is no way the guy that Chief has become--probably always was bubbling under the surface--is going to allow the Cylon Rebels to in his words, "kill (Boomer)." At first I was a tiny bit puzzled about why it was the Rebels going after Boomer but it was she of course that sided with Cavil--going against the rest of the Eight's as well as the Rebels. They are seeking vengeance while it seems that Adama is willing to set her free.
Six to Adama and Roslin: "We don't want her set free. We want to try (sp) Boomer for treason."
Hotdog: "Don't do it! Kara, don't do it!"
Tyrol: "How many of us ended up with the people we really wanted to be with?" (voiceover)
The Canadian Space network promo has dialogue that the American SciFi network promo does not. Make sure to watch both videos. My first post on this eppy is here. Each has differing strong points.
The caps above are from a SciFi preview of the next episode. I'm not getting much in terms of things startling. I don't' think Hotdog dies, despite all his grimacing.
Kara is iffy and her quest to discover her "roots" so to speak has been a long one.
I've noticed the writers sneaking in references to the show (pilot) "Caprica" which they have pitched to the SciFi/NBC network so Kara and her possibly being the relative of someone not-human that will be be on that show is possible. It remains to be seen if it's plausible.
And Chief or Tyrol, no one seems to call him Galen much, and Boomer/Sharon Valeri. I say, why not? They sort of rushed it with the killing of Cally and deep-sixing of little Nicky. I'm pretty convinced that the plan was for Boomer and Chief to have a second encounter even if it is not as fun as the first go-round (was until the end). That's all the American preview is dolling out for next episode.
I've read differing opinions on the "Ellen Entertains the Fleet" (Deadlock, the last) episode and really, Ellen Tigh was never likable. And I did wonder how much of the Final Five's original personalities come back. Already, Tori has acted drastically differently than the Tori of the right-hand-of-Laura Roslin days. Who says their personalities were wiped completely? Good old Bro. Cavil quite possibly couldn't have been that talented. Tyrol and Tigh have been very different since finding out they are Cylon so why would it be so hard to buy that Ellen is Ellen but she switches gears when she's around certain people?
I agree. WTH!?! with all the lingering shots on Adama mourning his baby,the Galactica? It's been shown again and again that Adama is highly pragmatic when it comes right down to it. This is out of character for him to flip out so much--unless Laura's imminent death is taking it's toll. Maybe so. He's only human.(Sorry.) I give EJO a pass but they could have cut two of those scenes (not the one with a lingering shot of a 6's cute, perky bum though, leave that in).
In many ways "Deadlocked" was about loss and most of us don't like to be reminded of that harsh fact of life when we are trying to be entertained. Maybe the writers sort of rushed through it ,too.
I think I got this studio shot from io9.com, but read about it at SpoilerTV.com. Both sites talked about Ron Moore's "Cylon Bible" to which he refers about a number of specifics in re:the Cylon world-view and "world" itself.
I'm hoping Someone To Watch Over Me is good.
Boomer is being reintroduced is sort of cool. Plus I'm a big fan of Aaron Douglas as Tyrol. Starbuck dealing with something not Sam is a good choice for next week. And whatever is happening to the Galactica--it can make easy sense depending on a number of situations, including the most obvious one.
Synopsis: Someone To Watch Over Me
Friday, February 27th,2009 @ 9:00 my time and 10:00pm yours - Sci-Fi Channel
Starbuck
discovers a hidden musical ability that bears a mysterious significance
to the final five Cylons, and her tune is found to have a connection
with three-year-old human-Cylon hybrid Hera. The president authorises
Boomer's release from the Brig so she can stand trial for treason on
the Cylon Base Ship.
Back then my info about this photo was: "Kara is sitting at an ancient-looking piano with a guy
identified as Xeno Fenner,the foreman on the tylium refinery ship Hitei
Kan, previously seen in S3E13."
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)
