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CALIFORNICATION - Episode 5.08 - Promo & Sneak Peeks - Screencaps - VIDEO @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Cali

David Duchovny & Drea De Matteo in Californication Episode 5.08 (SHO)

Like the show itself often is, this CALIFORNICATION post is quick and dirty. I'm fast approaching my deadline.

At just 30 minutes per episode, the fun is fast-moving in Californication--as is the wit. I have no doubt that Drea De Matteo who is guesting this week as 'Hank's 'girlfriend' (wink, nudge), will be able to give as good as she gets. Should be a very fun episode.

As always, please feel free to let me know how you are liking Season 5 Californication. See you on the other side!

Next on Episode 7

Hank saves Richard's relationship with Karen; Lizzie and Charlie hook up.

'Lizzie' (Camilla Luddington) and 'Charlie' (Evan Handler) in Californication Episode 5.08 (SHO)

CALIFORNICATION Episode 7: 'Here I Go Again' (SHOWTIME Extended Synopsis):

Hank saves Karen from embarrassment with a drunk Richard, then covers for Richard by pretending to be dating a stripper named Holly, who takes a liking to Tyler and offends his girlfriend, Becca. Meanwhile, when she's fired after an inappropriate encounter with Stu, nanny Lizzie calls on Charlie and allows their relationship to progress, only to have Marcy beg for her return. (Showtime)

 CALIFORNICATION Episode 7: 'Here I Go Again' (SHOWTIME) SNEAK PEEKS:

I'm a Realist http://youtu.be/ZDVxyZIZCho

 

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David Duchovny & Natascha McElhone ('Karen') in in Californication Episode 5.08

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SHAMELESS - Episode 2.07 'A Bottle of Jean Nate' - Sneak Peeks SPOILERS! @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Shameless

Jeremy Allen White as 'Lip Gallagher' and Laura Slade Wiggins as on/off pregnant girlfriend, 'Karen'. They or more precisely he, looks happy for a change--which is nice. She's been looking way-too-happy of late. However happy times may prove short-lived due to **Episode 2.08 Synopsis SPOILER**

Next week part of the TVGuide extended synopsis reads:  

'Lip takes Karen to a number of adoption agencies and doesn't like what she has planned,' and even more ominously, 'Lip wants to quit school...'

...which to me says that he's going to ask Karen to allow him to support her and the baby. He may even use the "L" word since he admitted so in Shameless season 1 to his now-estranged brother Ian that he 'thought' he loved her. His behaviour since them only illustrates that he's hopelessly in love with her.

Anyway, back on track to this week's SHAMELESS - Episode 2.07, 'A Bottle of Jean Nate'. I'm so glad that Louise Fletcher made an extended appearance this season! She's aces at playing a geriatric sociopath.

**SPOILER Sadly, according to next week's TVGuide, 'Grammy' will be dying (with Sheila and Jody taking care of her(!) Major bizarreness is gonna have to go down for that situation to come about --but that's nothing unusual on Shameless. Very fun times, indeed.

Louise Fletcher as "Granny Gallagher' in Shameless Season 2 Episode 2.07 (Showtime)

SHAMELESS SNEAK PEEK #1: 'The Traditional Way '

Karen asks Lip to help her get rid of Jody.

 
Emmy Rossum and Justin Chatwin in 'Shameless' on Showtime

SHAMELESS Episode 2.07: 'A Bottle of Jean Nate':

Fiona resists kicking Grammy out until her meth lab explodes.

A Bottle of Jean Nate Season 2, Episode 7 Feb 19, 2012 episode details Jasmine throws an end-of-summer blowout and invites Fiona down to David's boat but neglects to inform her that Steve and Estefania will also be on board; Lip tries to get back into Karen's good graces and prepares a prenup for her and Jody. Meanwhile, the Ian and Lip impasse heats up into a physical confrontation; Frank tires of doing Grammy's bidding and wants her out, but Fiona is enjoying the old girl's company.

 

Emmy Rossum as 'Fiona Gallagher' in 'Shameless' on Showtime, Sundays

SHAMELESS SNEAK PEEK #2: 'Crusty Talons':

Frank asks (TELLS) Fiona to get rid of Grammy.

Shameless Episode: "A Bottle of Jean Nate" Season 2, Episode 7 Extended Synopsis: Jasmine throws an end-of-summer blowout and invites Fiona down to David's boat but neglects to inform her that Steve and Estefania will also be on board; Lip tries to get back into Karen's good graces and prepares a prenup for her and Jody. Meanwhile, the Ian and Lip impasse heats up into a physical confrontation; Frank tires of doing Grammy's bidding and wants her out, but Fiona is enjoying the old girl's company. Original Air Date: Feb 19, 2012 Guest Cast Amy Smart: Jasmine (TVGuide)

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NURSE JACKIE: Season 4 Behind the Scenes - S4 Tease VIDEO #KARMASABITCH @SHO_Jackie @SHO_Kareem

Edie Falco and Anna Deavere Smith in Nurse Jackie Season 4

Edie Falco is back in her Emmy®-winning role with a bitingly funny new season of the Showtime Original Series, NURSE JACKIE. Out of excuses, out of tricks and out of control. The healing begins for Nurse Jackie April8th at 9PM ET/PT!

I haven't missed 'Nurse Jackie' as much as I've missed Edie Falco, Eve Best, Anna Deavere Smith and the rest of the stellar cast of the show. Also, I don't think it is unfair, as I noted in my last Nurse Jackie post, to say that season 3 ended in a slightly disappointing way.

But, by all accounts as you'll hear in the behind-the-scenes interviews with the core cast members, season 4 will differ quite markedly from the previous seasons. It's my guess that instead of a show about a drug-addicted nurse, Nurse Jackie will be more about a nurse struggling to conquer her addiction and achieve sobriety.

It is a testament to Edie Falco's deft acting skills that despite Jackie's acting in rather despicable ways to support her habit, we the audience still want to see her survive and thrive--to clean up her act.

I'm really looking forward to the season 4 premiere of Nurse Jackie on Showtime in just under 2 months--April 8th at 9PM ET/PT! Please check back here as I'll have more Nurse Jackie news (and probably some spoilers) as it becomes available and of course, I'll be covering Nurse Jackie week-to-week when the season gets underway.

  

This season the shift hits the fan. Get a sneak peek look at season 4 of Nurse Jackie. #KARMASABITCH

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CALIFORNICATION - Episode 5.06 'LOVE SONG' - Promo & Sneak Peeks VIDEO @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Cali

Hank Moody (David Duchovny) is a very sad clown. (Photo Credits: Showtime)

After last episode's showcasing of Karen's husband Richard's 'mangina' and, for extra added man-parts gross-out, Charlie's (Evan Handler) 'accidental' servicing by a tranny hooker, how could this week's Californication outdo itself? Tune in, you'll see!

 

Californication: 'Heart Breaking Champagne'

Kali and Hank continue their affair.

Hank and Kali (Meagan Good)

'Californication: 'A Sad Clown'

Hank and Bates seek Karen's forgiveness.

 

Above: Hank and Richard (Jason Beghe)

CALIFORNICATION - EPISODE 6 - 'Love Song' Synopsis (Showtime):

When Samurai Apocalypse hits a lyrical roadblock with his protege, he calls on the best writer he knows: Hank Moody, who unites with Kali to imbibe, bear his soul, and write a song that takes Hank back in time to an era when he, Karen and Charlie were happier and life was simpler before "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love." But the present comes roaring back when Karen shows up at Hank's door, worried that she made a mistake.

  

 'Becca' (Madeleine Martin)

Above: Hank and Karen (Natascha McElhone) in the early days. Below: Karen comes to Hank fearing she's made 'a mistake.'

 

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SHAMELESS - Grammy's Gun & Mama Gallagher's Return - Sneak Peeks & Extras! @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Shameless

'Grammy's on medical furlough.' - Fiona

EPISODE 6: CAN I HAVE A MOTHER:

Grammy Gallagher (Louise Fletcher) shows up on a medical furlough and tries to track down a former meth lab protege that owes her money; Sheila plans Karen's wedding reception; Fiona double dates with Steve and his Brazilian girlfriend, and discovers that Steve is married; Ethel reacts to Clyde's death; Frank discovers the identity of Eddie's insurance beneficiary. (Showtime)

(Tony's new girlfriend is ) 'Laotian, I think.' - Fiona to Steve (!)

Shameless: 'Double Date' SNEAK PEEK

Steve asks Fiona to go out on a double date.

Shameless: 'Interloper' SNEAK PEEK

Sheila gives a speech at Karen's wedding.

I had a hard time screencapping the sneak peek with Joan Cusak as "Sheila" giving a speech at daughter Karen's wedding only to be interrupted in the most profane way by Frank's mother, because I was laughing so hard. "Grammy' (Louise Fletcher) is an uninvited guest or 'interloper' as Sheila yells at her which leaves Grammy is utterly unfazed. She uses a few bleep-inducing, choice words and then whips out her gun and aims for Sheila. Sheila, perhaps to her credit, does not back down one bit but dares Grammy' to bring it. One of the funniest scenes ever in Shameless and that is truly high praise. I love these two veteran actresses duking it out. So well written!

 
'My parents suck, too.' Fiona to Frank.

Have you ever wondered how Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy) became TV's most vile, deadbeat dad? Well, you know what they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Coming up on Showtime's 'Shameless,'" Grammy Gallagher (Louise Fletcher) is paying her son Frank a visit, straight out of jail, and she's bringing a whole lot of crazy with her.

"Grammy is going to end up mano a mano at Sheila's (Joan Cusack), on Sheila's couch, so that will be interesting," star Emmy Rossum told HuffPost TV. "When we meet Grammy, we finally understand why Frank is the way he is, especially Fiona. Grammy is Frank to the Nth degree. She's even worse. She's scheming, and when she comes back, the first thing she does when she gets out of jail, on medical furlough, is open up a meth lab in our basement, and she has Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) running it. Fiona is obviously not pleased about that." (cont. after video)

Shameless: 'Grammy's Back' Behind the scenes (Interviews)    The cast of Shameless talks about the return of Frank's mother, Peggy Gallagher.

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But could Grammy's meth lab lead to a violent encounter for the Gallaghers? "[Grammy] pulls a gun on Sheila," said Rossum. "It's pretty awesome. We love guns this year. Sadly, no guns for FiFi."

Lip (Jeremy Allen White) will also have his fair share of Grammy to deal with, especially when she insults his manhood.

"[Frank is] forced to bathe his mother, and Lip comes in to use the toilet," White told HuffPost TV in January, describing his favorite scene with Grammy. "It's strange because the family is so close in that way, but then Grammy makes fun of Lip. She's like, 'Wow, that's such a tiny pecker. Do you have sex with girls with that thing?' And then Lip comes back and says something funny. Then, Frank comes in and says, 'Yeah, it's so tiny!' It's just this weird, vicious cycle of family cruelty that doesn't stop."

However, Grammy isn't the only estranged Gallagher to return for Season 2. Monica Gallagher (Chloe Webb), Frank's ex-wife and the mother of the boisterous Gallagher brood, will also also return later in the season. It looks like she's cleaned up her act and she's hoping for forgiveness from Fiona.

"Monica, the mother, comes back, and she's seemingly really healthy all of the sudden," revealed Rossum. "She seems to be back on her meds, and Fiona is going to give her another shot, so we'll see how that goes."

 SOURCE: Huffpost

 "Shameless" airs on Sundays at 9 p.m. EST on Showtime.

Next on Episode 6 Grammy Gallagher visits; Frank learns who Eddie's beneficiary is.

See the Preview after the jump!

NEW - Marvel's 'THE AVENGER'S' Super Bowl Commercial #theavengers #superbowl #trailer

Marvel - The Avengers Super Bowl XLVI Commercial VIDEO:

Marvel's 'The Avengers' Super Bowl Commercial shows never-before-seen clips from the film, starring Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chris Evans (Captain America) and Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk).  

Joss Whedon: 'The Avengers' Will Be Told From The Eyes Of Captain America:

While the superhero-packed film "The Avengers" has every comic book lover's heart aflutter, a concern lingers on just how the coming blockbuster will rangle a story with so many characters and backstories.

"The Avengers" has the awesome and difficult task of combining Marvel's VIPs -- Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow -- into a single story line.

Tough, but movie vet (and clandestine Shakespearean daredevil) Joss Whedon has found a way around this too-many-cooks-spoil-the-pot thing. “I set out with a very simple problem," Whedon the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. "There is no reason for these people to be in the same movie. So that’s what my movie has to be about. So much of the movie takes place from Steve Rogers’ (Chris Evans) perspective, since he’s the guy who just woke up and sees this weird ass world. Everyone else has been living in it.” Clever, very clever!

The film also boasts some of Hollywood's biggest names: Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, and Samuel L. Jackson.

"The Avengers" opens in 3D on May 4th. [EW via Collider]

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CALIFORNICATION - Episode 5.05 'The Ride-Along' - Promo & Sneak Peeks VIDEO @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Cali

David Duchovny as Hank Moody in 'Californication' on Showtime:

Next on CALIFORNICATON Episode 5 PROMO:

Hank and Charlie go on a ride-along with the Santa Monica police department.

(What could go wrong?)

David Duchovny, Evan Handler and RZA in Californicaton Episode 5.05 (SHO) 2012

CALIFORNICATON - Episode 5: The Ride-Along (Synopsis):

Charlie's boyhood dream is realized and Hank's worst nightmare comes true when Samurai Apocalypse invites the boys on a ride-along with the Santa Monica Police Department and takes them on a joyride that goes sexually awry for Charlie; Richard hits the bottle at a crowded Venice restaurant but Hank and the boys arrive to save the day for Karen and Becca, and Tyler realizes he's seen Sam somewhere before.

Californication Episode 5.05, 'The Ride-Along' Sneek Peeks:

"Warm and Cuddly" http://youtu.be/prmRfBS-Lxg

 

"The Moral Thing" http://youtu.be/sXasd8myOmQ

 

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SHAMELESS - 2 NEW Sneak Peeks Episode 2.05: Father's Day - FULL Synopsis - Shameless Renewed! (VIDEO) @SHO_Shameless @SHO_Kareem

'You like those odds?!'  - Fiona (Emmy Rossum) to brother 'Lip' (Jeremy Allen White) about the very poor chance that Lip is not Karen's baby-daddy.

Watch the sneak peek clip of the shot above. It's a really good scene where Fiona, clearly anxious to talk to 'Lip' about his recently revealed possible paternity of the baby that the now-engaged-to-'Jody,' Karen (Laura Slade Wiggins) is carrying.

Lip is clearly not dealing with the news that Karen is pregnant. He found out after trying to get her betrothed, Jody, to cheat on her. Karen found out and confronted Lip, kicking him in the 'nads, sending him to the ground and then kicking him in the side repeatedly whilst disclosing her delicate condition to Lip and the audience in/around the Gallagher pool. Nice.

This episode looks like big fun too as what might be a moment not-quite-revealed about someone who had essentially, been missing since last season--and I don't mean 'Eddie.'

Shameless: 'Anyone's Kid'

Fiona lectures Lip about possibly being a father.

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SHAMELESS - Episode 2.05: Father's Day Synopsis -

Frank tries to claim Eddie's insurance benefits and pension, despite being a prime suspect in his death; Fiona attends a ritzy wedding with Richard and lies about her background; Lip is devastated by Karen's rejection; Carl rents Frank's room to a hooker. (Source: Showtime)

"Mistress Veronica"

Veronica suspects that Kevin is having an affair.

Next on Episode 5
Frank tries to claim Eddie's benefits; Fiona lies about her past.

'Lip' to 'Fiona' on the potential paternity of Karen's fetus: ...'Could've been the guy on Wolcott with the lazy eye and the Mustang...'

'Showtime has picked up "Shameless, 'House of Lies" and "Californication" for new seasons, the network announced Wednesday:

"Californication" will return for a sixth season, "Shameless" for a third and "House of Lies" for a second. Production on the shows will begin later this year in Los Angeles.

"Shameless," an hour-long dramedy from John Wells, has watched its ratings grow in its sophomore season. It recently exceeded the viewership of the series debut of HBO's "Luck" -- with 1.4 million viewers to "Luck's" 1.1 million viewers. "House of Lies," which airs after "Shameless" on Sundays and stars Don Cheadle, had a strong premiere by the cable network's standards, with more than 1 million viewers, and has built on that as the season has progressed.

Veteran "Californication" is averaging 3 million viewers across all platforms (On Demand, replays and DVR), according to the network.'

SOURCE: LA Times.com/blogs - Showtime renews 'Shameless,' 'House of Lies,' 'Californication'

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Update! True Blood: Watch the First Season 5 Teaser! VIDEO #trueblood

Yes, its true --True Blood is heralding the return this summer of the (former) king (of Mississippi, Russell Edgington) played by Denis O'Hare.

The first teaser for the HBO drama’s upcoming fifth season warns, “In Bon Temps, Nothing Stays Buried Forever,” a reference to the exhumation of Russell Edgington in the Season 4 finale--and possibly a reference to the 'closing' of the land of the Fae a/k/a Faeryland. Despite Sookie's faery godmother's untimely demise in season 4 at the fangs of mindwipe!Eric as reported earlier, Claudine's twin 'Claude' shall make an appearance in Bon Temps, too!

THR has this to say about the True Blood season 5 tease:

But as themes go in True Blood, they seem to apply to everyone. So, what things can yet still be uncovered next season?

Other than Russell’s return, here are four more suggestions as to what won't stay buried on Season 5:

2. Sookie’s (Anna Paquin) fairy friends and family. We know there’s always more to learn about the waitress’s past. The news that fairy Claude returns for next season (recast with actor Giles Matthey), and he must have a reason for coming back.

3. What’s Terry’s war buddy up to? Patrick (Scott Foley) first appeared in the Season 4 finale and we know he recurs next season. What does he know and why did he pop back up in to Terry’s (Todd Lowe) life now?

4. As mentioned, The Vampire Authority is staffing up. Last season, we saw the vampire politics go haywire in Bon Temps and its surrounding towns, but we know the show is casting ancient vampires aplenty. And they’ll probably want to regain the control their underlings have lost.

5. Werewolves out for blood. Marcus’ (Dan Buran) violent demise last season may carry some consequences. We hear the series has cast as his bereaved--or vengeance-seeking (or both) mom with My Name Is Earl’s Dale Dickey. What could she want?

 

 

Giles Matthey will play "Claude' inseason 5v True BLOOD

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SHAMELESS Episode 2.04 SNEAK PEEKS - Promo - Synopsis - Screencaps @SHO_Shameless @SHO_Kareem

Emmy Rossum as Fiona Gallagher is chased by spurned wife, Lucy Jo Heisner (Brit Morgan)

Seems a very handy thing indeed that 'Fiona' (Emmy Rossum) was 'almost' a track star in high school (she had to drop out to care for her siblings, natch) because she will put those running skills to the test when ambushed--in her own home!--by an intent-on-blood, Lucy Jo Heisner (Brit Morgan). Fiona, you'll recall, had an unrequited high school crush on 'Craig Heiser' which was just requited in the back seat of Craig's car, a virtual low-rent kiddyland of toys, baby seat and (ew!) old juice boxes and uneaten food. To make it worse, Craig makes odd noises when having sex so the whole experince grossed Fiona out. Very doubtful that she'd planned on going back to that well again. Try telling that to the bat-wielding 'Lucy Jo', though.

Jeremy Allen White as 'Lip Gallagher' (Credit: Showtime)

SNEAK PEEK: Shameless - Possible New Client - Fiona deals with the consequences of sleeping with Craig when his angry wife shows up at the door:

SNEAK PEEK: Shameless - 'Copy That' - Lip invites Jody to the Alibi Room:

SHAMELESS EPISODE 2.04 - 'A Beautiful Mess' (Showtime Extended Synopsis):

Fiona deals with the consequences of sleeping with Craig when his angry wife shows up at the door; Debbie develops a stress-rash and Fiona wonders if she's putting too much responsibility on the kids; Sheila has made it all the way to the hair salon and Frank realizes his days in the Jackson household are numbered; no longer having sex with Karen, Lip tries to dig up dirt on Jody; Ian continues on the path to West Point; Carl house-sits with his friend, Little Hank; Ethel meets Malik, a boy on Kevin's youth basketball team.

 
William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher in Showtime's Shameless  - Episode 2.04

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Emmy Rossum: How 'SHAMELESS' Producers Prepared Me To Be 'Fiona Gallagher' (VIDEO) #shameless

Is Emmy Rossum ever not completely adorable and fun? She seems so at ease in her own skin. My guess is that she is in really high demand for photoshoots like this one with Zooey Magazine where they pulled out all the stops in showing the many sides of Emmy. This video is a terrific behind-the-scenes record of some of what goes into being a cover girl. Bonus: Emmy's little dog 'Cinnamon' wanders in and out of the frame several times.

Emmy Rossum's Glamorous Zooey Magazine Outtakes:

Offering up a behind-the-scenes look, Emmy Rossum is featured in just-released outtakes from her cover gig with the January 2012 issue of Zooey. The 25-year-old actress strapped on a $2,000 Mandalay dress for the magazine's front page shot, which was taken by renowned photographer Derek Wood.

Emmy Rossum plays Fiona Gallagher on "Shameless," the oldest child in the rambunctious Gallagher clan. And although her character's only 21 years-old, because her dad Frank is alcoholic and her mother's gone, taking care of her 5 brothers and sisters (and father) is her responsibility.

There was only one problem with the role for Rossum: in real-life, she's an only child. She told "CBS This Morning" (weekdays, 7 a.m. EST on CBS) about the creative way "Shameless" producers got her some experience taking care of kids. "The producers kind of gave me $80, and were like, 'Here's a mini-van, take all of these kids to putt-putt. Feed them, change them, deal with them. And also deal with Bill Macy. So it was that kind of idea and I kind of got thrown into it pretty quickly," Rossum remembered.

That mini-golf outing wasn't the only quality time the cast spends together off-set. Rossum told Gayle King that they get together at Bill Macy's house for Sunday night dinners and "Shameless" watching. "We'll all watch together, and if the kids are there, we'll cover their eyes during the naked naughty bits. We're a cable show, so we have to do that," she joked. Clearly, the mini-golf paid off.

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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CALIFORNICATION - Episode 5.03 - Promo & Sneak Peeks @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Cali

Meagan Good, David Duchovny & RZA in CALIFORNICATION - Episode 5.03 - 'Boys & Girls'

(CREDIT: Showtime)

CALIFORNICATION - Episode 5.03 - 'Boys & Girls' PROMO SCREENCAPS:

Californication continues to be witty and irreverent with just enough humanity tossed into the mix to ensure that we care about the characters. I still don't know how David Duchovny does it. He did the same with his character, 'Agent Mulder' in the X-Files. He was kind of an ass but a wry, witty ass and against better judgment, we liked him--a lot. The same goes for his character on Californication, writer 'Hank Moody.' He does some incredibly selfish, immature things but his heart seems to be in the right place and there's no questioning his love of his daughter and her mother--no matter how weirdly he displays that love.

Californication: Self Preservation

After Hank finishes his script for Santa Monica cop, Charlie asks him to say in L.A.

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Californication: Long for Companionship

Things start to heat up when Hank is asked to show Kali a night on the town

Full Synopsis: Episode 5.03 - 'Boys and Girls' - Hank delivers a completed draft of "Santa Monica Cop" to Samurai Apocalypse but his attempts to leave town are once again thwarted when he's asked to show a night on the town to Kali, his "acquaintance" from the flight to Los Angles; Tyler crashes with Karen and Becca while he recovers from his injuries; things get unprofessional fast when Charlie is saved from a serious parental crisis by his son's nanny, Lizzie.

Next on Episode 3 Hank delivers a script and tries to leave town but events keep him in L.A.

SHAMELESS Episode 2.03 Sneak Peeks - Promo - Screencaps - Full Synopsis @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Shameless

Shameless: Tattoo Artist

Lip tests out his new credit card reader.

Looks like Lip (Jeremy Allen White) is ratcheting up his risk-taking by stealing credit-card numbers. Wonder if he's trying to impress Karen (Laura Slade Wiggins) with his derring-do?

Kevin (Steve Howey) does have a plan and it doesn't sound too bad to me. His father, who is on the edge of death, owns Frank's favourite bar and Kevin's place of employment--'The Alibi.' Kevin's plan is to go to 'the loan store' and buy the bar from dear ol' dad leaving dad with the means to die with dignity. Kevin's shown his ability to control the going's on at The Alibi so you'd think, with a bit of help from 'Vi' (Shanola Hampton) with the books that Steve would fare just fine--though since this is Shameless...anything could happen.

Shameless: I Have a Plan

Kevin tells Veronica he wants to buy the Alibi Room.

Shameless Episode 2.03: 'I'll Light a Candle for You Every Day'

Season 2, Episode 3 Episode Synopsis:

Fiona ponders the morality of getting involved with a high-school crush who's now married but when she finds an abandoned purse with $500 inside she assumes her luck is changing; Frank pulls out all the stops, even proposing marriage, in an effort to stay in the good graces of his meal ticket, Dottie; and Harry's health issues leave Debbie obsessing over death. Meanwhile, Kevin considers buying the Alibi; Lip takes a meeting with an Army officer to see about getting Ian into West Point; Jody asks for Frank's permission to marry Karen. Original Air Date: Jan 22, 2012

SHAMELESS - Episode 2.02 Sneak Peeks - Preview VIDEO - Screencaps @SHO_Shameless @SHO_Kareem

 

I'm totally jazzed that Shameless is back on, aren't you? What's that you say, you have not started watching season 2 of Shameless?! Well, if you are reading this in January 2012, you only need scroll down to the bottom of this blog and you'll be able to view Shameless season 2, episode 1 (for a limited time, edited for naughty language and bits).

We subscribe to Showtime in our household as they have great shows throughout the year. Shameless has quickly become my favorite comedy on any television station. I think both the sneak peeks below for episode 2 of Shameless which airs on Sunday, January 15 are excellent examples of why the show is so awesome. In the Shameless: 'Quality Father Daughter Time' video (below), Emmy Rossum as 'Fiona' and William C. Macy as deadbeat drunk dad 'Frank Gallagher' spar over yet another of Frank's brain-dead schemes to make cash any way but legitimately.

SCREENCAPS  for SHAMELESS episode 2 and beyond:

SHAMELESS Synopsis Episode 2: Summer Loving:

As Sheila conquers her agoraphobia, a worried Frank finds a new financial plan in fellow bar patron Dottie, whose declining health and city pension make her an ideal match; Fiona juggles her job, the kids and her burgeoning love life, and Jasmine tries to help by setting up Fiona with a sugar daddy; Veronica takes some old folks from the home on an excursion; Lip worries about Karen's growing relationship with Jody; Ian tries to land a recently released Mickey a job at the Kash and Grab; Debbie wants her own room; Carl moves into the van.

Shameless: 'Quality Father Daughter Time' (VIDEO) Published on Jan 9, 2012 by SHOWTIME Fiona scolds Frank about the Gallagher's new roommate.

Shameless: 'Making Love'

Kevin gives Lip advice about love.

Official SHAMELESS Series Site: http://www.sho.com/site/shameless/home.do 

Official SHAMELESS Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/SHO_Shameless 

Official SHAMELESS Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/ShamelessOnShowtime 

SHAMELESS Characters Mashup 2012 VIDEOS - Episode 1 Synopsis @SHO_Shameless @SHO_Kareem

From SHAMELESS Characters 2012 Mashup VIDEOS Screencaps

Scroll down for full SHOWTIME FREE Preview Weekend Schedule!:

 
SHAMELESS: Episode 2.01 Synopsis - "Summertime':

- In the Season 2 premiere, despite her breakup with Steve, Fiona tends bar at a local hotspot with Veronica, hangs out with a successful young business executive, and enjoys her youth; Debbie runs a daycare with Carl; Ian takes over at the Kash and Grab when Kash leaves town; Lip runs a Little League book and helps Kev out with their annual ice cream/pot truck; despite Eddie's disappearance, Sheila takes small steps to finally leave the house; Frank loses a bet and surrenders Liam as collateral.

 

Credit: SHOWTIME -

About the 2012 Character 'Mashups':

Emmy Rossum as "Fiona Gallagher" & neighbour/family friend, "Kevin" (Steve Howey).

I've included all the new 2012 SHAMELESS character mashups VIDEOS:

Watch 'em here on the blog or you can click thru to the Shameless channel on YouTube or see my Shameless Season 2 player (below):

One thing we can be pretty certain about when trying to discern if the newest sneak peek shots are from Shameless season 1 or season 2 is by what the characters are wearing, specifically winter vs. summer-in-Chicago attire.  Season 2 = summer clothes is how it goes. In Fiona's case tho', since she wears next to nothing for clubbing and at other times to better showcase Emmy Rossum's hotness, it is not a sure-fire way to judge. With 'Debbie' and 'Carl's' cases they are noticeably older and those scenes seem new anyway as they are defo summertime in Chicago, not winter.

 

Shameless: Fiona Gallagher Mashup

Get a glimpse of some of Fiona's most shameless moments.

Shameless: Lip Gallagher Mashup

Get a glimpse of some of Lip's most shameless moments.

Shameless: Frank Gallagher Mashup

Frank Gallagher is father, teacher and captain of the Gallagher ship. Get a glimpse of some of his most shameless moments.

From SHAMELESS Characters 2012 Mashup VIDEOS Screencaps

The AVENGERS NEW Villian Revealed By Toymaker PHOTOS - Whedon's Marvel Superhero Film - The (OFFICIAL) Avengers Trailer

'The Avengers': Toy Company Potentially Unmasks Joss Whedon's Surprise Villain: 

A product description sent to retailers may have spoiled the identity of the long-rumored second nemesis appearing in the 2012 film.

 SOURCE: THR

 Comic book fans be warned. If you're planning on avoiding Avengers spoilers ahead of the film's May 2012 release, this could be a big one.

Toymaker NECA sent a release detailing HeroClix product descriptions to retailers this week, and among the new collectables are Marvel's figurines for The Avengers. And while the heroes -- Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) -- and big bad Loki (Tom Hiddleston) are included, so is a previously unconfirmed character.

Red Skull, played by Hugo Weaving in last summer's Captain America: The First Avenger, is also name-checked, as MovieWeb points out.

The telling release reads as follows: "Charging straight out of theaters and onto your tabletop, Marvel's the Avengers Movie HeroClix set features heroes like Captain America and Thor as they battle the villainy of the Red Skull and Loki! Each Counter-Top display includes standard one-figure boosters as well as new three-figure 'Team Packs!' Team Packs are designed with strong thematic undertones - play a Hydra force or defend freedom with a S.H.I.E.L.D. team pack."

Could Red Skull be playing second fiddle to Loki? The Joss Whedon-directed feature has been rumored to have another villain since production started, but it's thus far been kept a secret.

Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye in The AVENGERS (May 2012)

The Avengers arrives in theaters May 4, 2012.

 

 Nick Fury

Samuel L. Jackson plays Nick Fury, the director of the super-spy agency. S.H.I.E.L.D. Jackson rounded up the Avengers, with cameo appearances in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger.

NEW! CALIFORNICATION Season 5 - Fan Q's - BTS - Sneak Peeks #californication [VIDEO] @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Cali

Despite Hank Moody's proclivity for sexual encounters with young ladies his daughter's age and his inability to indulge in a relationship any more complicated than a hook-up, he is indeed back for more.

Though he may have gone away to the big house for 3 years to serve his sentence for child molestation, Hank appears on the brink of either a precipice for his final hurdle over or...could it be--a comeback?

Remember to check out the SHOWTIME Free Preview of CALIFORNICATION - Watch for free during the SHOWTIME Free Preview Weekend from Jan 6th-8th -- right here!

 

(Nov 22, 2011)

 

  Californication – SEASON 5 Synopsis: Premiere: Sunday, January 8th at 10:30 PM ET/PT

Californication stars David Duchovny in his Golden Globe®-winning role as hedonistic novelist Hank Moody who struggles to raise his teenage daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin), while still carrying a torch for his ex-girlfriend Karen (Natascha McElhone).

The new season will answer questions from last season’s cliff-hanging season finale, including whether Hank, Karen and Becca will finally be able to live together as a family, if Charlie (Evan Handler) and Marcy’s (Pamela Adlon) new baby will help reunite the now-divorced couple and, especially, to where, exactly, Hank was driving off into the sunset. Music icon, producer, actor and director RZA (American Gangster, Derailed) will guest star in multiple episodes as Samurai Apocalypse, an extreme-living, mega-rich hip-hop mogul who hires Hank to write a screenplay for his hot new film property. Sultry film and television siren Meagan Good (“The Game,” Jumping the Broom) guest stars as Kali, a smoking hot singer who is Samurai Apocalypse’s protégé, but who also sparks a flame in Hank. Californication is created by Tom Kapinos with Kapinos and Duchovny serving as executive producers.

Source: Showtime

 

And CALIFORNICATION's latest behind-the-scenes video provides an in-depth look at the upcoming season as well as input from the cast: http://youtu.be/Bb4xaL6LsbA

 

   

Official SHAMELESS Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/SHO_Shameless

 

Official SHAMELESS Series Site: http://www.sho.com/site/shameless/home.do

 

AFTER the jump: MORE Californicaton season 5 Sneak Peek VIDEOS!: 

SHAMELESS - Christmas Carol VIDEO! Lyrics - Lip's Truth or Dare Fight Chuck Norris - Synopses thru Episode 2.04 @SHO_Shameless @SHO_Shameless

Here are the latest videos from the SHAMELESS family on Showtime: The Gallaghers!:

'Christmas Carol' from SHAMELESS http://youtu.be/dcK4OJmIo7c

Happy Holidays from the Gallagher family. Mark your callendars! The new season of SHAMELESS begins January 8th at 9PM ET/PT!

Despite the new season of SHAMELESS taking place during one of our lovely Chicago summers, the Gallaghers have put on their best monogrammed Santa hats and enlisted everyone's help in wishing us a Merry Christmas!

My favourite line?: "Des-ig-nate! Give your keys to someone boring!"

Haha! Many good times are indeed in store.

Lip's Truth or Dare videos!

'Favorite Sister' – Lip's Truth or Dare: http://youtu.be/S2l9OpPwPTU

 

'How Many Girls' – Lip's Truth or Dare http://youtu.be/eQF87X9DiQo

NEW! Amy Smart on Shameless http://youtu.be/_cXe_0RuUMM

 

Shameless - Season 2 - Short Synopses for the First 4 Episodes:

2.01 - 'Summertime' -  Fiona enjoys her youth by bartending and hanging out with a young exec; Debbie runs a daycare.

2.02 - 'Summer Loving' - Frank finds a new financial plan with Dottie; Fiona juggles her job, kids and love life.

2.03 - 'I'll Light a Candle for You Every Day'

Fiona reconnects with her married high school crush; Frank wants to stay in Dottie's good graces.

2.04 - 'A Beautiful Mess'

Fiona deals with the consequences of sleeping with Craig Heisner; Debbie develops a stress-rash.

 Source: Zap2it

 SHAMELESS Season 2 Spoilers:

Q: What's in store for the Shameless Showtime  premiere?  

A: This scoop will be as shameless as the series itself. James Wolk and Emmy Rossum. Naked. In public. Not enough? OK, how about this? William H.Macy. Half-naked. In the restroom of a gay bar.

SOURCE: Mega Buzz

(12.20.11)

Q: Do you have any spoilers about Shameless — particularly about Steve/Fiona?

Ausiello: Sorry, Fiona/Steve lovers, but Justin Chatwin is mostly M.I.A. when Season 2 resumes on Jan. 8. Fiona’s rebound dance card, meanwhile, remains full, first with Lone Star‘s James Wolk, and next with Vampire Diaries‘ Taylor Kinney. The latter plays an old and now-married crush of Fiona’s from high school with whom she reconnects with. Look out for a ROTFLOL-worthy scene set inside a car that will have you looking at Kinney in a whole new light.

SOURCE: Ask Ausiello

(12.20.11)

It's Frank Week! The new videos may not make you love him, but they're good for a laugh…

The Honey Badger is SHAMELESS: http://youtu.be/JvCjRkfQ1Bs

 

 

("Nothing says 'I forgive you' more than a nice golden shower.")

Frank Gallagher is Shameless: http://youtu.be/hqRRmldRK34

 

Head over to the SHAMELESS series page to check out all the Frank Fun this week: http://www.sho.com/site/shameless/home.sho

Lip's Truth or Dare: Fight Chuck Norris:

Official SHAMELESS Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/ShamelessOnShowtime

 

Official SHAMELESS Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/SHO_Shameless

 

Official SHAMELESS Series Site: http://www.sho.com/site/shameless/home.do

 

SHAMELESS - SEASON 2 Official Synopsis (SHO):

Premiere: Sunday, January 8th at 9:00 PM ET/PT

Season 2 of SHAMELESS finds our favorite dysfunctional family braving the summertime Chicago heat trying to keep cool…and Frank (William H. Macy) out of trouble. Bearing the de facto parent badge, Fiona (Emmy Rossum) spends her nights working at a happening nightclub and her days keeping an eye on Debbie (Emma Kenny) and Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) as they run a makeshift daycare center at the house. Meanwhile, brothers Lip (Jeremy Allen White) and Ian (Cameron Monaghan) are toying with the idea of college, while Sheila (Joan Cusack, in her Emmy® Award-nominated role) is still housing Frank and making progress with her agoraphobia. As usual, the motley brood somehow manages to hold down the fort and make sure the bills are paid, the lights are on and there is food on the table. Developed for American Television by John Wells and Created by Paul Abbott, SHAMELESS is based on the long-running hit UK series. SHAMELESS is executive produced by acclaimed Emmy® Award-winning television and film producer John Wells, Paul Abbott and Andrew Stearn.


Source: Showtime

DEXTER Season 6 Finale SPOILERS & SPECULATION @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Dexter

Next on DEXTER Episode 12: 'This Is The Way The World Ends' SYNOPSIS:

In the Season 6 finale, Dexter and Homicide race against a lunar eclipse to catch the Doomsday Killers before their final gruesome act; Debra struggles with a new emotional reality.

 Update/

Season 6, Episode 12

Episode Synopsis: In the sixth-season finale, Dexter and Homicide try to stop the Doomsday Killers from committing one final murder, while Debra deals with a new emotional situation. Original Air Date: Dec 18, 2011

Guest Cast: Mos as 'Brother Sam'

DEXTER SNEAK PEEK: 'He Just Left'

Travis kidnaps Harrison.

DEXTER Season 6 Finale SPOILERS and SPECULATION:

When we first see Dexter, he’s floating in the middle of the ocean, desperately clinging to the debris of the rowboat. Although we know that Dexter will survive, there’s a helpless desperation that we haven’t seen in him for some time. He’s resigned himself to the fact that he’s going to die and finds it ironically fitting that his body will vanish into the sea without a trace. His deepest fear and regret isn’t death itself, but that he will never see Harrison grow up and become a man. It’s a great start to the episode.

 

If there’s any doubt that Jennifer Carpenter is this season’s MVP, then just check out the excellent performance on display here. If she gets any kind of award consideration this year, guaranteed her highlight clip will be pulled from this episode.

 

Colin Hanks goes out on a fairly strong note. If you’re a Hanks hater, nothing will change your mind here, but he looks worn down and weathered in a few scenes achieving the right amount of menace. It’s hard to remember him as the somewhat sympathetic man-child killer (and that’s a compliment). If you’ve enjoyed Season 6 so far, then Episode 12 is a nice capper on the continuing adventures of Dexter Morgan.

 

On the other hand…

If you’re looking for a “ties up all the loose ends/ advances the plot” finale, then Episode 12 might disappoint. Almost... Some plot details remain a mystery, some end with a general shrug, and others with a convenient “resolution”. If you’ve had issues over Dexter’s easy escapes and convenient logic, then there’s more ammo to fuel the fire here.

Here’s your final hints n’ teases:



Good impressionist, Masuka, he is.

Travis checks the mail

“Oh God”

But here’s one more important teaser…

...the sound of a major bombshell going off in the final minute of the episode.

Everything I’ve written above won’t matter come Monday morning, because THIS is the final impression that will be burned into your brain over the next 9 months. Bring on Season 7!

Source: jkrishan

 

 Michael C. Hall interview on AolTV:

We've come to expect penultimate episodes of 'Dexter' seasons to be heart-pounding and intense, but the second-to-last episode of Season 6 raised the stakes of serial-killing suspense.

In 'Talk to the Hand,' Dexter thwarted a poison gas attack aimed at Miami Metro and lost a showdown with Travis that ended with him set out to sea, surrounded by a ring of fire. It also opened a Pandora's box of step-sibling sexual tension when Deb's therapist suggested that Deb might be in love with Dexter.

To help bring some perspective to such a dizzying episode, AOL TV has an interview-cap with Dexter Morgan himself, Michael C. Hall. We discussed tonight's episode, the developments of Season 6 and where 'Dexter' may be headed in its final two seasons. Hall offered his thoughts on the Wormwood attack, the Gellar twist, and the new, strange wrinkle in his complex relationship with Jennifer Carpenter. Read on for the interview.

A lot of wild things happened in this episode, but the most interesting was the introduction of some weird, incestuous sexual tension between Deb and Dexter. So your TV step-sister who may have feelings for your character also happens to be your real-life ex-wife. Are the writers just trying to mess with you at this point?
 

Hall: Absolutely. [Laughs] But not without our blessing. Jennifer and I were aware that the story was moving in this direction. We laugh about it, we shake our heads ... but you know, in as much as there are inevitable parallels, we're both very professional and committed to telling this story.

(Hall, cont.) And frankly, whatever's happened with Jennifer and me and our relationship's evolution notwithstanding, Dexter in the first episode says, "If I could ever have feelings for anyone, I'd have them for Deb." I think those two characters have been on some kind of collision course from the get-go.

Dexter seemed almost like a super-hero in this episode, thwarting the Wormwood attack and then miraculously surviving the ring of fire at the end. He often seems indestructible. Do you ever worry that the lack of realism can hurt the storytelling?

I honestly feel that from the beginning, there is undeniably, just if you look at the logistics, there is a fantastical element to the world of the show and this guy's abilities. It's not a show that's based on a graphic novel or a comic book, but it feels like it is.

Ya know, on set, we are very much aware of the logistical or literal implausibility of so many of the things that happen on the show, but I think there is a suspension of disbelief that is required of our audience.

You look at the end of the first season ... he subdues the Ice Truck Killer, and gets him back into the Ice Truck Killer's room that's like, part of an active crime scene, and slashes his throat? It's all absurd really, but there's some sort of serendipitousness or fantastical coincidence ... I've suggested in other interviews that while we don't see it, Dexter definitely has the power of flight and can turn himself into smoke.
...

Is Dexter a strong swimmer?

Hall: I mean, come on. Yeah. He better be. Or he better luck into something. I'll tell you this much ... that San Pedro water is not warm. It was pretty cold. It was hard to pretend I was in Miami. My teeth might have been chattering a take or two. Hopefully they can cut around it.

After the Gellar twist, fans have now moved on to wondering about Louis Greene. People are wondering if he's connected to the Ice Truck Killer. My own theory is that he's used his own algorithmic powers to isolate Dexter as the Bay Harbor butcher.

Hall: That's indeed a possibility. He's a formidable guy given his access and expertise. It seems pretty clear that he's somewhat obsessed with Dexter in a way that is ... potentially problematic.
...

That gets you wondering about how messed up psychologically Dexter actually is. You know, in addition to being a sociopath.

Hall: Yeah. That was kind of a magical moment when we get to see Dexter in that basement watching Travis talk to the imaginary Gellar while having a conversation over his shoulder with his imaginary father. He's nuts, man.

SOURCE: Michael C. Hall: "Jennifer and I Were Aware That the Story Was Moving In This Direction"

Official DEXTER Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/dexter

 

Official DEXTER Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/sho_dexter

 

Official DEXTER Series Site: http://www.sho.com/site/dexter/home.sho

 

SHAMELESS - FIONA is FOXY VIDEO - Lip's Truth or Dare - 'Big Girls' VIDEO @SHO_Shameless @SHO_Kareem #Shameless

 
Two of the best surprises  about season 1 SHAMELESS on Showtime were Emmy Rossum as Fiona, in her early 20's the eldest sibling in the Gallagher family, and Lip (Jeremy White) at age 17-18, the next sib chronologically. Though Lip  is indeed good at defending his family he is less shall we say, responsible than Fiona in that she usually is doing last-minute crisis-solving whilst 'Philip' can be found causing quite a few crises of his own.

Both actors--Rossum as 'Fiona' and White as "Lip' are extremely engaging, a hoot to watch. Previously, Rossum had shone brightly in much more girly show-biz situations, many of them musically-based (she describes her voice as that of a 'lyric soprano') and in which she is quite accomplished. She has however taken to this premium cable dramatic comedy like the proverbial fish to water, mirroring her place as Fiona as the anchor of her family by being the anchor of  'Shameless' itself.

Shameless: Fiona is Foxy (Shameless Spot)

She works hard and plays harder. Watch Emmy Rossum as Fiona in Shameless.

"Lip" as play by Jeremy White, is extremely bright in some ways like scamming money on the side, helping to support everyone. He's tough as nails, a scrappy survivor and like the rest of the Gallagher kids, extremely loyal to his family. However, in the ways of the heart he hasn't quite gotten it yet. The actor nails the part and as much asI'm excited to see Emmy Rossum again grace our screens I'm looking forward to what Jeremy White brings as well.

SHAMELESS returns Sunday January8, 2012 at 9PM ET/PT on Showtime, ensuring a hilarious start to the new year.

Get a taste of Lip's philosophy on parenting, standardized testing, entrepreneurship, relationships and family.

 

Are you ready for SHAMELESS' return yet? Well, to get you through your rabid excitement, we're featuring your favorite characters for a week on Sho.com. This week, it's Lip Week. Check him out: http://www.sho.com/site/shameless/home.sho

 

Speaking of Lip, we have a behind-the-scenes interview with the older Gallagher son: Lip Gallagher Is Shameless: http://youtu.be/dCUjjnWQt7E

 

And, of course, there's a new Truth or Dare. This week, fans want to know if he'd ever "do a big girl": http://youtu.be/CwwwKUDa4b8

 Not to be outdone, Fiona has a new spot. Fiona Week starts Monday. http://youtu.be/gu6hsKt_k24

William H. Macy as 'Frank Gallagher' on SHO.  "Shameless' returns on Jan 8, 2012.

 

The smashed hit returns. It's summertime and the Gallaghers of Chicago are cooking up fresh ways to bring home the bacon. Their ventures may not be moral — or even legal — but they certainly are outrageous. Between beating the heat and keeping their cool, the Gallaghers are in for one crazy summer. William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum star in the hilarious and heartfelt Showtime Original Series, SHAMELESS.

Official SHAMELESS Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/ShamelessOnShowtime

Official SHAMELESS Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/SHO_Shameless

Official SHAMELESS Series Site: http://www.sho.com/site/shameless/home.do

 

SHAMELESS - Sneak Peek 'Shamelessly Sexy' - 'Lip's Single Ladies Dance VIDEO - Screencaps PROMO PHOTOS @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Shameless

Cameron Monaghan as Ian Gallagher, Emma Kenney as Debbie Gallagher, Jeremy Allen White as Lip Gallagher, Ethan Cutkosky as Carl Gallagher, Laura Slade Wiggins as Karen, and William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher in Shameless (Season 2, episode 1) - Photo: Cliff Lipson/SHOWTIME

Showrime's Shameless returns Sunday January 6 at 9ET/PT with Episode 2.01 - 'Summertime':

I think we have finally hit a good countdown point for Shameless. Just a month and a day and we'll be both past the holidays and ready to party with the Gallaghers.

If you watched last season you may recall there were a number of'cicumstances' that arouse  in the course of the episode leading to a tense last few minutes for several characters.

Fiona (EMMY ROSSUM) in particular has (for the immediate future) lost Steve (JUSTIN CHATWIN) with whom things had been sailing along fine as far as she knew tho' kid sister Deb, (EMMA KENNEY) was on to him. "Jimmy',' it turns out hails from the North Shore (lakefront) area of of Chicago and comes from a wealthy family who is as unaware of Fiona as she is of them. Jimmy's car thieving has caught up with him and he's fled the country.

Much more, obviously, is happening character by character, so in the run-up I should be able to skip back an get freshly up-to-date with where we left off last March(!). I'm thinking a Shameless marathon on Showtime would really suit me.

This season promises Fiona and Vi (SHANOLA HANPTON) working as cocktail waitresses and Fiona's newish bi-leaning gf, Jasmine (AMY SMART)getting very physical in the  rather 'stirring' new advert for SHAMELESS,  'Shamelessly Sexy.'

Shameless: Single Ladies Dance - Lip's Truth or Dare

Lip accepts the dare to learn the Single Ladies dance

SHAMELESS Season 2 SPOILERS:

Q:  Shameless scoop, please!

A: At least two of these will happen in the next season. (The other is something I totally made up.) Someone will spend some time in the psych ward, one of the kids will ride an alpaca, and one of the boys gets kicked out of the house. Guess away!

SOURCE: INSIDE TV EW

 

Official SHAMELESS Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ShamelessOnShowtime

Official SHAMELESS Twtter: http://www.twitter.com/sho_shameless

 

Official SHAMELESS Series Site: http://www.sho.com/shameless

After the jump: Lip's Truth or Dare: 'Cross Dress' VIDEO & 'Boxers Or Briefs'' VIDEO: 

 

TONITE! DEXTER & HOMELAND Episode 10! on SHO - Sneak Peeks SPOILERS VIDEO @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Dexter @SHO_Homeland

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.”

MORE: Read more at ew.com!

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?

Source: TVLINE

Official DEXTER Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/dexter

 

Official DEXTER Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/sho_dexter

 

Official DEXTER Series Site: http://www.sho.com/site/dexter/home.sho

 

Official HOMELAND Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/HomelandOnShowtime

 

Official HOMELAND Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/SHO_Homeland

 

Official HOMELAND Series Site: http://www.sho.com/site/homeland/home.sho

 

 

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.

 

CREDIT: EW INSIDER

Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson in Homeland on Showtime CREDIT: Showtime

After the jump: HOMELAND Sneak Peeks and Preview:

DEXTER Episode 6.09: 'Get Gellar' VIDEO Promo PHOTOS @SHO_Dexter @SHO_Kareem

Michael C. Hall as 'DEXTER' on Showtime - Episode 6.09 - 'Get Gellar' Credit: Showtime

Michael C. Hall (above) looks great as hungry-again, season 6 Dexter. Both season 4, which featured the Trinity Killer (John Lithgow) and Rita's (Julie Benz) murder by Trinity and season 5, with the physically and emotionally damaged, 'Lumen' played by Julia Stiles, who Dexter helps get justice and by doing so gets past his 'kill slump,' helped make Dexter 6.0 who he is.

It was very hard to guess what we were in store for on season 6 Dexter with  the lead, Michael C. Hall and his leading lady offscreen and co-star on Dexter, Jennifer Carpenter's divorce from one another.

It wasn't uncalled for to speculate whether 'Deb', a critical player as Dexter's younger sister in Dexter, would be killed off due to possible tensions with exes working long hours together on the set of the hit Showtime series.

Their scenes together this season seem OK--they are after all actors, but the tone and pace to season 6 is off. It seems to go in fits and starts maybe because some things seem too arbitrary like the hiring of 'Mike, the Chicago cop' and the near complete abandonment of the character. I mean, what is he there for? He does look pretty, eye candy for the ladies, I won't disagree with that.

I thought I would have loved the Gellar (Edward James Olmos) and Travis Mitchell (Colin Hanks) storyline. I don't. The whole 'DDK' thing is just not doing it for me (and every time Deb says "DDK" referring to the Doomsday Killer, it sounds like she's yakking about what she had for lunch--BLT, DDK, BK sandwich...

That the women victims are outnumbering the men is troubling but I see from the promo that there's at least another DDK victim in episode 9--and from the screen caps you can see he's male.

Not sure how I feel about Deb willingly seeing a shrink. I see that she sees that her personal life is a mess and I get why maybe she's tired of it being so. But this road to ' insights' can only lead to a dark passenger and I don't mean Debra's.

Jennifer Carpenter as Lt. Debra Morgan in Dexter Episode 6.09 "Get Gellar'

 

DEXTER Episode 6.09: 'Get Gellar' VIDEO Promo - Sneak Peek Screencaps:

DEXTER Episode 6.09: 'Get Gellar' Synopsis:

Dexter receives help from an unexpected source while hunting the Doomsday Killers and staying one step ahead of Homicide; Debra discovers something new about herself in therapy.

 
Edward James Olmos as Prof. Gellar in Dexter Episode 6.09 "Get Gellar'

 Dexter: Travis's Dark Passenger

Dexter prepares a kill room for Gellar.

 

David Zayas as "Angel Batista' in Dexter Episode 6.09 "Get Gellar'

 Dexter: Bowls of Wrath

Miami Metro tries to figure out DDK's next tableau.

 

Colin Hanks as "Travis Mitchell'  in Dexter Episode 6.09 "Get Gellar'

Michael C. Hall as 'DEXTER' on Showtime - Episode 6.09 - 'Get Gellar' Credit: Showtime

Jennifer Carpenter as Lt. Debra Morgan in Dexter Episode 6.09 "Get Gellar'

Molly Parker as 'The Whore Of  Babalon'/Cindy, Travis's sister

Michael C. Hall as 'DEXTER' on Showtime - Episode 6.09 - 'Get Gellar' Credit: Showtime

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DEXTER Sneak Peeks VIDEO 6.08 - Dex Renewed Thru Season 8! Synopses thru Episode 6x12 [SPOILERS] @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Dexter

Michael C. Hall as 'Dexter' in Dexter - Episode 6.08: 'Sin Of Omission' (SHO)

Dexter Episode 6.08: 'Sin Of Omission' Preview (SHO)

Dexter uses lessons he learned from Brother Sam to follow up on some new leads in the Doomsday investigation; Debra butts heads with Captain LaGuerta over the case of a dead call girl.

   

Dexter 6.08 Sneak Peek: Funerals and Doughnuts

Dexter learns that Miami Metro knows about Travis Marshall.

 

Dexter 6.08 Sneak Peek: Pathetically Mundane

Gellar tries to convince Travis to return to him.

Dexter Season 6 Upcoming Episodes Synopsis [SPOILERS]:

S06, E08 Sin of Omission

Dexter uses lessons from Brother Sam (Mos) to follow up on leads; Deb and LaGuerta butt heads.

S06, E09 Get Gellar
Dexter gets help from an unexpected source; Debra learns something about herself in therapy.

S06, E10 Ricochet Rabbit
Dexter tries to find the Doomsday Killers' next victim; Debra reacts strongly to a crime scene.

S06, E11 Talk to the Hand
Dexter works to catch the Doomsday Killers; Debra's battle with LaGuerta boils over.

S06, E12 This Is the Way the World Ends
Dexter and the Homicide team race to catch the Doomsday Killers before their final act; Deb copes with a new emotional reality.

'This: Am I reading too much into this or is Episode 12 eluding to the fact that Deb finds out about Dexter?'

 And this...

Q: Will Travis help Dexter take down Gellar on Dexter ? 

A: Travis will stop playing follow the leader when he pays the ultimate price for abandoning Gellar. The latest DDK victim will, in a bizarre way, become a catalyst for Deb to reevaluate her own relationship with Dexter.

...together, are the start of the beginning of the end of Dexter's sister Deb's big blind spot in regard to the very odd hours that her brother has kept since adolescence as well as a few other 'odd' things  he's said and done throughout the same time period. 

Finally, huh?

Source 1: SpoilerTV

Source 2: TVGuide

 DEXTER gets tense as both Dexter and Miami Metro start to close in on Gellar. And you'll never guess who ends up helping Dexter (or why).  - (11.17.11 SHOWTIME)

 

Q: Does the Jonah storyline in episode 6.07 have Any fallout in DEXTER episode 6.08 (this Sunday)?

 Episode 6.08, Dexter is back in Miami and the focus returns on The Doomsday Killer. However, he will have to deal with Debra, who is pissed off. Not only he disappeared for a week, but she doesn’t know where he went. That’s pretty much the fallout: angry Debra.

 

Q: Will Travis help Dexter take down Gellar on Dexter ?
A: Travis will stop playing follow the leader when he pays the ultimate price for abandoning Gellar. The latest DDK victim will, in a bizarre way, become a catalyst for Deb to reevaluate her own relationship with Dexter.

Source: TVGuide

 

This week on HOMELAND, Brody gets a major proposal from a very powerful woman, and Carrie finds Tom Walker's contact. Too bad he's got diplomatic immunity. (11.17.11 SHOWTIME)

After the jump - A love letter from Showtime: DEXTER RENEWED x2!:

HOMELAND Episode 1.07 - 'The Weekend' Promo VIDEO - Sneak Peek Screencaps @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Homeland

HOMELAND Episode 1.07 - 'The Weekend' - Damian Lewis as Sgt. Brody and Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in HOMELAND on SHO right after DEXTER on Sundays:

Homeland 1.07 - "The Weekend" Promo (HD) The relationship between Carrie and Brody becomes complicated.

Also, Brody's  his best friend, 'Mike', (the guy who took super-good care of Brody's wife) is 'NOT (his) friend <facepunch>, not (his) friend <facepunch>.'

Looks like more hanky-panky goin' on between Carrie and Brody for sure and possibly Jess (Morena Baccarin) and Mike (Diego Klattenhof) will give into their carnal desires, too. What a mess. A hot mess.

Homeland Sneak Peeks:

 

A Good Dive

 

Brody tells Carrie about Jess's affair.

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After the jump: Jess vents to Mike, 'I Miss You' [VIDEO] Sneak Peek:

HOMELAND Episode 1.06 - 'The Good Soldier' Promo Screencaps VIDEO (HD) @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Homeland

How much longer until Carrie and Brody either come to blows or wind up in the sack together having angry sex?:

 
Next on HOMELAND, Episode 6 'The Good Soldier' :

Carrie (Claire Danes) wants Brody (Damian Lewis) to take a polygraph test and reveal the truth about who helped his former captor commit suicide.

 

Homeland Sneak Peeks  & PHOTOS (SHO):

Resignation

 

Say Goodbye

 

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?

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SCREENCAPS - HOMELAND Episode 1.06 - 'The Good Soldier' Promo

DEXTER - Episode 6.07 - 'Nebraska' Synopsis *SPOILER* - Promo 4.06 VIDEO PHOTOS @SHO_Kareem

Mos as 'Brother Sam' in DEXTER - Episode 6.06 - "Just Let Go' (Photo credit: Showtime)

The Internet is abuzz not only with the synopsis of the just-released DEXTER Episode 6.07 - 'Nebraska' but a previous unconfirmed spoiler posed as a riddle. I don't recall a spoiler like this one before (scroll down to SPOILER):

Dexter - Episode 6.06 - 'Just Let Go' :

Dexter 6.06 - 'Just Let Go' Promo (HD):

Synopsis: Dexter is caught up in a very personal case that awakens the needs of his Dark Passenger; Debra feels overwhelmed by her new Lieutenant duties, made all the more complicated when she finds out Quinn slept with a witness in the Doomsday case.

Dexter 6.06 - 'Just Let Go' SCREENCAPS:

 SPOILER (Possible speculation):

In the final scene of Episode 6, Season 6, we have a shocking return. This return is a familiar face from the past. The return is also significant because it could change the whole dynamic of Dexter. Not just Dexter Morgan, but DEXTER, the series.

Every week until Episode 6 airs, I will post a clue

CLUE #1 (Oct- 21st): She hasn’t been gone for long, so don’t expect a pretty blonde. (Update: Completely fabricated)
Clue #2 (Oct – 23rd): Dexter has secrets, he’s like an unsolved quiz. But only a select few know who he really is.
CLUE #3 (Oct – 30th): Shock, confusion, happy, angry…the reactions will no doubt vary. One thing is for sure, this twist will bring controversy. (irrelevant)

Source: tvdonewright (10-14-11)

I just visited the site above and be warned it one of those crap flashing, auto-video playing sites which leads me to be highly suspicious of anything the writer has to say. If however there are any shards of truth to the piece perhaps they best be matched up with a source that tends to be highly reliable:

Episode 6.07 - 'Nebraska' Synopsis

Dexter is accompanied by a fellow Dark Passenger on a trip to Nebraska to tie up past loose ends. Meanwhile, Debra's investigation into the Doomsday Murders is complicated by her lieutenant rank.

Source: TV Guide

Why do I get  the feeling that  by episode 6.07 Dexter has gotten a leg up on the Doomsday murder investigation? That by then Prof. Gellar will be gone?

After the jump - Sneak Peeks!: Dexter tries to track down a suspect who might have shot Brother Sam. [VIDEO] Batista and Quinn interrogate Gellar's old teacher's assistant.[VIDEO]

DEXTER & Homeland TONITE! Death SPOILERS Promos - 'Homeland' Extras VIDEO PHOTOS @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Dexter @SHO_Homeland

 
With the spoiler-questions below answered we know that contrary to speculation, Professor Gellar (Edward James Olmos) is indeed quite real--human (unlike the character he was being compared to, Dexter's ghostly dad).  He is therefore susceptible to death--perhaps taking Quinn's bullet after "Quinn (Desmond Harrington) gets a little too close' in this episode.

Dexter Epsode 5 'The Angel Of Death'  SPOILER:

From this week's DEXTER buzz we learn that a season 6 new-cast member is being offed!

The reason I have no trouble believing this is that when EJO was cast it was NOT for the entire season and since he's been in every episode of season 6 and we are going into episode # five...

 

SYNOPSIS: Dexter Season 6 Episode 5 - The Angel Of Death:

With the help of his new-found friend Brother Sam, Dexter wonders if there is light within him to counter the darkness, while the search for the Doomsday Killers takes him in a new direction; Batista and Quinn pay a visit to the university where Professor Gellar taught; due to departmental regulations following the shooting, Debra is forced to begin therapy.

Q: Is Edward James Olmos' Professor Gellar on Dexter real?

A: He's real, all right—just ask that guy whose body parts took a pony ride through Miami traffic.

Never fear: Lt. Morgan (Jennifer Carpenter) and her team are closing in on the Doomsday Killer—and while Quinn (Desmond Harrington) gets a little too close to the naughty professor, Dexter (Michael C. Hall)  targets his creepy protégé, Travis (Colin Hanks).

Read more: E!Online

Q: Is Dexter moving kind of slowly this season?  
A: (Maybe but) things start cooking in a big way over the next two episodes.

"You know how the show usually kills off the guest stars at the end of the season? Well, one of this season's new characters will meet his or her maker much sooner than that."

Read more: MegaBuzz

Q: Who’s getting the ax on this week’s Dexter? '

A: I can tell you it’s someone who was new to the cast this season — and it’s not under the blade of an ax. Not enough? Let me narrow it down a bit more. For now, I can tell you Harrison’s new babysitter stays out of death’s crosshairs, but too bad she finds herself on the receiving end of Deb’s wrath during a screaming match! Personally, I’d rather tango with death than Deb’s temper.

 Next on Episode 5 'Blide Spot' of Homeland, Brody confronts his sole surviving captor and torturer:

Should be interesting to see what reaction the 'reunion' of Brody (Damian Lewis - above in a sneak peek still) and his former captor elicits for Brody. The guy is still very much an enigma, IMO.

Claire Danes as "Carrie Mathison'  in "Homeland' on SHO Sunday nights after Dexter (10E/9C).

Carrie meets with Brody so he can identify one of his captors.

Q: Homeland?

Sunday’s uber-intense new episode, which centers around Brody (Damian Lewis) confronting the lone surviving insurgent that held him, will lead to a blow-up between Saul (MandyPatinkin) and Carrie (Claire Danes). And on a less crucial note, Morena Baccarin’s Jessica will also debut a new, shorter ‘do.

 SOURCE: InsideTV

DEXTER and HOMELAND Sneak Peeks LINKS and Screencaps!: After the jump:

 

DEXTER & HOMELAND - Dexter Look Ahead - Meet the Characters of Homeland [VIDEO] @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Dexter @SHO_Homeland

 

Showtime has just released an intriguing Dexter 'look ahead' video which I've screencapped so you can better enjoy all the gory details:

...and there are quite a few of them. 

Though not all the scenes are 'looking ahead,' as hopefully you've now been able to enjoy episodes 1 & 2,  the video contains scenes through at least episode 4 which makes them all the more worthy of perusal.

I admit, the religious-based storyline with the iconic Edward James Olmos in the lead and Colin Hanks as his partner-in-crime has already gotten under my skin partly because I suspect that their 'sacrificial' acts will only grow more grandiose. Also, I feel pretty awful about what they are doing to poor, innocent folks randomly selected for sacrifice. Scary stuff.

Meanwhile, Dexter is mulling over whether "Brother Sam,' played by the surprisingly great Mos (I'd not seen his acting work before), is 'worthy' of going on Dexter's table. Is Brother Sam truly repentant for his murderous ways or as Dexter has reasoned, has he only gotten better at not getting caught? Seems like the conclusion that Dexter draws will quite literally be a matter of life or death (Brother Sam's).

Sneak Peeks for DEXTER & HOMELAND Episode 3! (Below) :

Dexter 

Tooth Fairy

 

Believe What You're Saying

 

Homeland

Scars

 

Welcoming Gift

 

I've also got  some links to some great new interviews with the Homeland cast [VIDEO]:

You simply must view each of these videos as the actors fill in some very interesting back-story on their characters that may--or may not be revealed in the show (they have not yet done so through episode 3).

One revelation in particular is going to have me watching two characters on Homeland with a completely different mindset and it has nothing to do with whether or not the character of ex-POW 'Brody' (Damian Lewis) has been turned(!)

Meet the Characters: David Estes

Meet the Characters: Saul Berenson

Meet the Characters: Carrie Mathison

Meet the Characters: Nicholas Brody

 

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Weeds - Season 7 Finale Fades To Black (but) Who is Out To Kill Nancy? [VIDEO] Answers in Season 8? @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Weeds

Saw an interesting opinion the other day about "Who shot Nancy Botwin?' (on Showtime's "WEEDS") if indeed she was shot.

Also, just read a really facinating interview with Showtime president David Nevins about Weeds and some other signature Showtime shows too, as well as a couple getting ready to debut like Homeland. I excerpted a couple Q's below but be sure to click through because the article is worth a read. (Scroll down below the possible SPOILER coming up...)

 

"Nancy Botwin" with son 'Silas', ' Guillermo,' and in back, husband 'Esteban'

For Weed's fans hoping for a season 8 in 2012:

Latest from MegaBuzz:

Q: So was that a season or series finale of Weeds?
A: Though Showtime has yet to renew the series, we hear that this isn't the last we've seen of the Botwin clan. So what does that mean for Nancy? Did 'Guillermo' finally exact revenge after all these years of abuse? Possibly! We ran into Guillermo Diaz on the Scandal set, and he revealed that:

SPOILER.

'Guillermo actually appeared in the penultimate episode (of Weeds!):

He also mentioned that the cast, including him, are expecting to be back for another season. (Time to re-watch that episode again, stat!)'

It's not often that a network executive gets to take over in a period of prosperity. Usually, the previous guy was fired, and usually because things haven't been going well. But Showtime entertainment president David Nevins took over the pay cable channel last summer not because there was a crisis, but because predecessor Robert Greenblatt was looking for new challenges (in this case, trying to resurrect NBC) after seven successful years.

Under Greenblatt's watch, Showtime went from HBO afterthought to a channel with its own clear identity, with a roster of shows that became Emmy contenders from the moment they were announced, and in the case of "Dexter," a very clear hit...

Well, speaking of that, "Dexter" is your biggest hit. It's done very, very well for you. But that is a show where it seems, no matter who is behind the wheel, it has certain things it does each and every year. Last year, we were told, "This will not be like any other year. We're not going to have a big bad who winds up strapped to Dexter's table," and that's pretty much what happened with Jonny Lee Miller's character. You said in the executive session that that's a show you'd like to see go on for many more years to come.

As a programmer, I believe in change. I'm not scared of change. I know where they're going this season and have some sense of where they could go in subsequent seasons. Just as you have to keep seeding your network with the next new thing, in long-running shows you have to make changes, and I think sometimes people get very conservative about, "Don't mess with the formula. It works." In the same way I think it's good to mess with your programming formula, I think long-running shows mess with the formula. The difference between "ER" and "Ally McBeal" is that "ER" changed a lot over the years and ran for 14 years, versus "Ally McBeal," which burned bright, didn't change and went away. I think "Jackie" and "Dexter" both are into that moment where they need to mess with what they're doing. There's going to be some things that happen over this season of "Dexter" that can change some of the DNA in the show.

...I wrote a story that mentioned in passing that "Weeds" is the one Showtime comedy that significantly evolves as it goes along...

'(And) when I actually looked at the (Weed's viewership) numbers, they've been very strong over time.'

'The numbers really hold up. I think it's (Weeds is) ballsy....a...great advantage... every year: you wipe the slate clean, start with a new story, and you can pull things forward that you want to pull forward, you can change things) or not, if you get sick of someone you can kill them, etc...'

SOURCE Article: What's Alan Watching?: Interview: Showtime president David Nevins on 'Homeland,' 'Dexter,' 'Weeds' & more

After the jump:  Is this who shot Nancy?

After the jump: Showrunners VIDEO

DEXTER Season 6 Spoilers, 'Why NO 'Rita'?' Preview The 1st Episode & Watch It FREE! @SHO_Kareem #dexter #giveaway

Mos as 'Brother Sam' - Dexter Season 6 - 10.02.11 - Showtime premiere.

This is about as close to an Advance Review as I'm going to get before the audience at large--the Showtime audience watches Dexter in real time. I'll post more then as I plan on watching the entire season of Dexter season 6 in real time. Heck, it's on Sunday nights--no need to DVR it!

I've watched the first two episodes of Dexter Season 6--I'm saving episode three for tomorrow due life constraints. Also, I can't emphasize enough how I wish to watch Dexter in real time with everyone else. It's just more fun that way (though I do want to continue watch it in advance. It's awesome with it being my very favourite premium cable show and all!). Dexter is also best appreciated bywatching it multiple times--so you can do things any which way you please. Lots of choices in getting your Season 7 Dexter mojo working!

'Deb' (Jennifer Carpenter) is promoted!

Having just viewed Episode 2 of Dexter last night, I have to say I'm really excited about this season after having some minor nitpicks about a few things from the first episode. They were nothing 'big'  and I'll skip back to them after they are no longer spoilers in a near-future post.

After the jump:

For now here's some fresh Dexter content:

Weeds Season 7 Episode 13 Finale - Screencaps - Synopsis - Series Overview [VIDEO] @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Weeds

 

WEEDS:  Episode 7.13: 'Do Her / Don't Do Her' Synopsis:

Silas betrays Nancy while Shane attempts to protect her.In the Season 7 finale, Silas betrays Nancy, even as Shane makes one last attempt to protect her from Detective Ouellette; back on Wall Street, Doug and Whit hatch a plan to keep the hedge fund alive.

 

I have not watched the WEEDS: Episode 13, season 7 finale but I have watched all of season 7 so far and the entire series, for that matter (backtracking at one point about 1.5 years into Weeds' run on Showtime--to get caught up on the first season and a half that I'd missed initially--didn't have Showtime).

I find it a fun show to watch. It's got sharp writing--a good, solid ensemble cast (to which Heylia returned this year--woo-hoo!) and it is not anti-or particularly, pro-pot use. Only someone who hasn't listened to the explanation of what the show is about would not get that Weeds has years where 'weed' is featured almost like a featured cast member and other times sort of relegated to distant co-star (though the "weeds" of the title remain integral to every season). It really all depends on what the Botwin family lead by Nancy (Mary-Louise-Parker), is struggling through at any particular time. Sometimes imminent death is an 'issue,' other times ' just' going back to prison. Another bump in the road was helping Shane (Alexander Gould) (so far) get away with murder (Pilar with the croquet mallet by the pool--in pseudo-self-defense, some would argue justifiable homicide). When the Botwins have problems they are outsize problems. Thank dog they have "Uncle Andy' ( Justin Kirk) to help them through troubled times.

The the set-up of Silas (Hunter Parrish) getting revenge on Nancy for well in truth, years of lousy (but well-intentioned!) parenting is not too daunting to contemplate when all that the Botwins have survived is tallied up.

The weed-jacked Heylia could be scary but Nancy had been able to sweet-talk her way out of ever dire situation save one--last year's federal arrest subsequent three-year incarceration--so I don't think truly anything awful shall befall our favourite weed distributor in the season-ender.

It's hard to know where Weeds will go from here. There's been no formal announcement by the network about renewal for a season 8 Weeds. Would you want that if it were to be an option? Especially when I compare it to some of the network shows that go on FOREVER  plus the fact that one season of Weeds comprises 13, 30-minute shows--Weeds could easily go on--I'm good with that.

Weeds: 'Deep Breaths' Silas admits his wrong doing to Andy.

Weeds: 'Fire Sale' Doug walks into a problem at Vehement Capital.

Dexter - Episode 6.01 - 'Those Kinds of Things' - 2 Sneak Peeks [VIDEO] @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Dexter

Michael C. Hall as 'Dexter' and Jennifer Carpenter as 'Deb' in Dexter Season 6, Episode 1, 'Those Kind Of Things.':

Screencaps! - Dexter Episode 6.01 'Those Kinds of Things' - 2 Sneak Peeks VIDEO SCREENCAPS:

Promo 1 and Promo 2 Episode 6.01 - Dexter: 'Tragedy Strikes' - 'An injured Dexter calls for help.' and Dexter: 'Alpha Omega' - Miami Metro investigates a washed up body.

Dexter: 'Alpha Omega'

Published on Sep 23, 2011 by SHOWTIME

Miami Metro investigates a washed up body.

This is a toe-curling scenen that is SPOILERish--at least if you have an aversion to seeing _______ slithering out of a dead guy's abdominal cavity. In this sense the premiere of Dexter season 6, Episode 1 - 'Those Kind Of Things,' is classic Dexter (remember when Dexter had to fish body parts out of a 'gator he'd slit open)?

Check back soon for my advance review of Dexter season 5.

Season 6 Synopsis -

From: 'About Dexter' (Showtime)

'The explosively popular DEXTER® is back with a vengeance for a sixth season of startling suspense and unexpected twists. It's been a year since last season's shocking and heartbreaking conclusion, and mild mannered criminologist-cum-grisly serial killer Dexter Morgan has come to terms with who he is. But his existence is shattered when he crosses paths with an enemy unlike any he's faced before. A delusional religious zealot with unflinching convictions, this new adversary soon draws Dexter into a dangerous game that could well end in disaster."

Official DEXTER Twitter: http://twitter.com/SHO_dexter 
Official DEXTER Series Site: http://www.sho.com/dexter

'Tragedy Strikes'

An injured Dexter Calls for help.

In which Dexter plays the part of "Tragedy.' LOL.

Good one, Dexter!

Watch Homeland: Series Premiere Full Episode - 'Dexter' SPOILER [VIDEO] @SHO_Dexter @SHO_Homeland #giveaway

Morena Baccarin in 'Homeland'

SHOWTIME - Sep 12, 2011

Claire Danes and Damian Lewis star in the suspenseful new SHOWTIME Original Series HOMELAND. New episodes Sundays at 10pm ET/PT beginning October 2nd, only on SHOWTIME.

 

Dexter Poster - Key Art Giveaway!:

Leave a comment saying you'd like a full size copy of the awesome season 6 key art poster featuring Michael C. Hall as Dexter. I'll announce the winner Thanksgiving week. More deets later!

Dexter - Season 6: Episode 1 - 2 Small Spoilers:

Q: Please give us scoop on the new season of Dexter!

A: The season premiere opens on a bleeding Dexter calling 911 to report that he has been stabbed.

 Has someone finally discovered his secret and exacted a poetic revenge? Did he slip in a pool of someone else's blood and fall on his own knife? Will he analyze his own spatter pattern while he waits for the ambulance to arrive? Nope, nope and nope.

 SOURCE:TVGUIDE (make sure you have you pop-up blocker actived!)

Dexter - Episode 6.01 - Those Kinds of Things - Short Synopsis:

Dexter Morgan attends his 20th high school reunion; Dexter considers his son's legacy; Debra becomes an unexpected hero.

Source: SpoilerTV

Homeland 

"Debriefed" http://youtu.be/jqmc44tI9uc

"Presumed Dead" http://youtu.be/_Yq2nncjqh0

Official DEXTER Twitter: http://twitter.com/SHO_dexter 
Official DEXTER Series Site: http://www.sho.com/dexter 

Official HOMELAND Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HomelandOnShowtime

Check out these behind-the-scenes videos for HOMELAND:

Meet the Characters: Homeland http://youtu.be/tvrWr4xbi7I

Hanging with Claire Danes http://youtu.be/Rje3xNCVDYE

On the subject of HOMELAND, Showtime is teaming up with GameSpot to give away 5000 beta keys to preview the newest version of the first-person shooter game Ghost Recon: http://www.gamespot.com/event/codes/ghostrecon/ Beta keys will be given out at random times over the coming weeks, so keep an eye out on Homeland's Facebook and Twitter pages to claim yours!

Also, all of the games at http://watchcareful.ly are live, and starting today, you can unlock the first episode of HOMELAND. Watchcareful.ly is the only place where HOMELAND will be shown unedited online. 

Published on Sep 7, 2011 by SHOWTIME

The CIA debriefs Sergeant Brody.

After the jump - Homeland - 'Presumed Dead' Sneak Peek (VIDEO)

Update! True Blood Season 4 Finale (#48) Sneak Peeks (9.8.11) Promo: Alcide Hits On Sookie - Tommy's Funeral Guest - SCREENCAPS [VIDEO] #trueblood

True Blood Season 4 - 'Alcide Makes His Pitch to Sookie' (VIDEO):

Uploaded by trueblood on Sep 8, 2011

For The Love Of Sookie:

'Watch a clip (above) from the season finale of True Blood which premieres on Sunday, September 11th at 9:00 pm.'

Poor Alcide! (Joe Manganiello) Gorgeous, sweet hunk of a guy just can't seem to get any good lovin'!:

Now that he has divorced demented Debbie--wolf-style ("I abjure you!') after finding her in their home in her underwear with now-dead Shreveport packmaster Marcus, Alcide finally turns to Sookie (Anna Paquin) urging them both to not follow their hearts but instead--their brains! It is a highly unlikely prospect for either one of the notorious 'fools for love,' but still, hafta give Mr. Herveaux props for trying. Sookie could do a lot worse  than Alcide Herveaux but if  her TV counterpart !!!BOOK series SPOILER!!! follows her Sookie Stackhouse series self, Alcide shall only have a brief interlude of happiness with our fair Sook.

Let's face it, Sookie is on team fangbanger all the way. It's either Eric Northman (played by Alexander Skarsgård) or Bill Compton (Paquin 's real-life spouse, Stephen Moyer). No other human, faery, shifter, shifter-werewolf or wereother, truly has a chance for the love of Sookie.

Joe Manganiello is a very likable Alcide whose physical attributes need no touting. Clearly, Sookie could make a go of it with this hot-blooded man-creature. But <sigh> Sookie still has much to learn and the kids question has not been addressed between these two yet, (mostly 'cause Sookie keeps shutting him down).

Episode #48: “And When I Die” (season finale)
Debut: SUNDAY, SEPT. 11 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)

It’s Samhain, Wicca’s greatest holy day, and spirits of the dead surface in Bon Temps, giving Sookie (Anna Paquin) valuable allies to combat Marnie’s (Fiona Shaw) newest incarnation. Lafayette’s (Nelsan Ellis) latest medium encounter imperils his relationship with Jesus (Kevin Alejandro); Jason (Ryan Kwanten) finds confession good for the soul, but not the body; Alcide (Joe Manganiello) makes a heartfelt appeal to the woman he loves; Terry (Todd Lowe) receives an unexpected visitor at Merlotte’s; Sam and Luna (Janina Gavankar) envision a storybook ending, for once; Nan (Jessica Tuck) wears out her welcome with Bill and Eric. Debbie confronts Sookie and Tara (Rutina Wesley) with deadly consequences, and the denizens of Bon Temps brace for a new crisis with a familiar face.

Written by Raelle Tucker; directed by Scott Winant.

Source: HBO

True Blood Season 4 - 'Tommy Is Laid To Rest' VIDEO:

..and Maxine Foretenberry shows up to pay her respects and then some...

'He was a devious little son-ofa-bitch... but he had a good heart.' - Maxine to Sam about Tommy

 

 

True Blood - Season 4 Episode 11 (4.11) NEW Sneak Peeks (9.2.11) Promos Screencaps #trueblood

'How many times has Sookie saved your life, letting you drink from her like your own private soda fountain?' - Jason to Bill:

True Blood Season 4: Eric, Bill, Pam, Jessica, and Jason Clip (Effing Sookie Clip):

Bill (Stephen Moyer), Eric (Alexander Skarsgard), Pam (Kristen Bauer van Straten) and Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) are about to blow up the Moon Goddess Emporium when Jason (Ryan Kwanten) intercedes, informing them that (in addition to Tara) Sookie is now held hostage inside as well. So commences a chorus of exclamations from the vampires beginning with Eric, of 'Effing Sookie.' Jason takes great umbrage at this display of disrespect and ungratefulness and proceeds to stand up to them, ticking off a list of the many ways that Sookie has pulled the vampires' collectives butts out of the fire on multiple occasions.

'Fuck you chump, it's her home!' - Jason  to Eric

True Blood Season 4 - Sookie, Marnie, Lafayette, Jesus, and Tara Clip:

'Marnie just puked the bitch out.' Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) the medium, after witnessing Antonia leaving Marnie's (Fiona Shaw) body.

True Blood Season 4 Episode 11 (4x11) Promo - 'Soul of Fire' (HD)

True Blood - Season 4 - September 2011 - Episode #47 Synopsis:

Episode #47: “Soul of Fire”
Debut: SUNDAY, SEPT. 4 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

As the Wiccan-vampire standoff reaches a critical juncture, Sookie (Anna Paquin) summons her faerie powers to prevent Marnie (Fiona Shaw) from bewitching Bill (Stephen Moyer), Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) and Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) into a suicide march, while Jesus (Kevin Alejandro) casts a secret spell designed to un-bind Marnie/Antonia and break the witch’s deadly defenses. Sam (Sam Trammell) settles a score with Marcus (Dan Buran); Alcide (Joe Manganiello) confronts Debbie (Brit Morgan) about her allegiances; Andy (Chris Bauer) finds unexpected passion in the forest; Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) is consumed by the past.
Written by Mark Hudis; directed by Michael Lehmann.

True Blood Season 4 - Sam and Alcide Clip:

After the jump: 'Blood Will Spill' Promo:

UPDATE! Recap True Blood Episode 4.09 - Three NEW Sneak Peeks! 'Let's Get Out Of Here!' [VIDEO] SCREENCAPS #trueblood

 

 

"There have been times for me when it has occurred to me that I could put my career on hold and become a maker but these last several hours with you have erased those thoughts forever." - 'Nan Flanagan' to a bloody-tears-streaked, broken-hearted-in-love 'baby vamp' Jessica - True Blood Episode 4.09 - 'Let's Get Out Of Here!'

Nan and Jessica play so well off one another! Kudos to actresses Deborah Ann Woll (Jessica Hamby) and Jessica Tuck (Nan Flanagan).

True Blood Season 4 - Jessica and Nan Clip - [VIDEO] [SCREENCAPS]:

True Blood Season 4: Hoyt and Lafayette Clip [VIDEO] [SCREENCAPS]:

True Blood Episode #45 - 'Let's Get Out Of Here'

After the jump: True Blood Season 4: Let's Get Out of Here PROMO:

True Blood Season 4: Marcus and Tommy Clip

[VIDEO]

 

True Blood Season 4: 'Let's Get Out of Here Promo.'*

*Reflects episode title change

 

Promo and Recap Screencaps

True Blood s04e09 - Recap.

 

UPDATE! (8.15) True Blood Teaser - 4.09 'Run' - Long Synopsis #Recap 4.08 - 'Inside Episode' [VIDEO] #trueblood #promo #screencaps

Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) has a "Russell Edgington' moment after he rips out the throat of a Wiccan (HBO credit).

 

HBO True Blood Season 4, Official Episode 4.09 Promo: 'Run':

UPDATE! Episode 4.08 VIDEO Recap with Screencaps:

Joe Manganiello as True Blood werewolf Alcide Herveaux, carries a limp, gutshot Sookie (Anna Paquin) to safety.

This is NOT a promo--it's only a tease. My bet is there will be more coming up this week--longer, better (maybe) but still I agree with other disappointed #trueblood fans, we absolutely got shorted on the promo for next week's True Blood episode "Run" (4.09).

Season 4, Episode 9: 'Run'

Original Air Date—21 August 2011 Convalescing after her latest near-death trauma, Sookie envisions a world where there's room for both Bill and Eric. Jesus tries to purge the restless spirit out of Lafayette; Marcus enlists Alcide to help him deal with the Sam situation; Bill and Nan Flanagan clash over their agendas; Hoyt asks Jason to make a delivery to Jessica; despite Tara and Holly's misgivings, Marnie plots her next move against the vampires, during a "Festival of Tolerance" event at Shreveport. Next US airings: Sun. Aug. 21 9:00 PM HBO Sun. Aug. 21 11:05 PM HBO

True Blood Season 4 -: Episode 8 "Inside The Episode" with Screencaps:

Inside the Episode #44: Writer Alan Ball and director David Minahan offer their insights:

 After the Jump - Recap True Blood Episode #44 'Spellbound' [VIDEO]:

True Blood Season 4: 'Bill Issues A Statement' 'Antonia Rants' 'Stupid Effin' Witches' - VIDEO - SCREENCAPS #trueblood

Vampire Bill glamours his way onto the evening news:

Best clip of the three.

In the aftermath of the vampire suicides (under the spell of the witches) 'Vampire Bill' Compton a/k/a the 'Vampire King of Louisiana', (Stephen Moyer) glamours his way onto the TV news after the reporter's initial refusal to allow him to make a statement.

 

True Blood Season 4 - Marcus, Alcide, and Debbie Clip:

Marcus (Dan Buran), the packmaster of Shreveport, says the word 'f*ck' or a variation of it about 15 time in 60 seconds whilst discussing the witches vs. vampire situation with his pack.

True Blood Season 4 - Antonia and Tara Clip:

Tara (Rutina Wesley) listens intently to Marnie/Antonia (Fiona Shaw) ranting that their efforts to kill 'all vampires' were almost for naught as just 'a single vampire (Maxine Fortenberry's neighbour) burned.' She insists that the vampires must be 'snuffed out, once and for all.'

After the jump: HBO RENEWS HIT SERIES TRUE BLOOD FOR FIFTH SEASON:

True Blood Season 4 Eric & Sookie 'Best Of' Scenes Episode 4.07 - Recap 4.07 - 'Inside Episode No. 43' #trueblood #behindthescenes

Eric and Sookie bask in the afterglow:

True Blood (HBO) Season 4 Eric & Sookie 'Best Of' Scenes Episode 4.07 "Cold Gray Light Of Dawn':

This compilation video is a really nice effort to bring all things Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) & Sookie (Anna Paquin) together from episode 4.07 in which Eric and Sookie make love for the first time (versus the previous 'blood fantasies' with strong sexual overtones which Sookie experienced from ingesting Eric's blood).

In addition, the possessed Wiccan palm reader Marnie, casts a spell on all vampires which compels them to 'walk in the daylight.' Vampire Bill (Stephen Moyer), now 'Vampire King Bill of Louisiana,' has ordered the extremely harsh measure of 'silvering' all vampires to prevent them from going up in flames to their 'true death.' Sookie stays with the bound and heavily silvered Eric while they wait for the call of the witches. (If video is unavailable please see this post which has overlapping content and should remain available.)

Eric reacts to the witches' call to walk in the sunlight:

True Blood Season 4 - Inside The Episode: Episode #43 (HBO):

Go inside the episode with Writer Alexander Woo and Director Michael Ruscio.

Update! TRUE BLOOD Episode 4.06 'Cold Grey Light of Dawn' Sneak Peeks (8.04.11) - NEW SDCC 2011 Comic Con - Screencaps SPOILERS #trueblood #sneakpeek

Brit Morgan as were 'Debbie Pelt'. I'm really surprised she is not shifting and showing big fangs at this moment as the subject is her husband, 'Alcide's' obsession with "Sookie."

True Blood Season 4, Episode 7 - 'Cold Gray light Of Dawn':

Original Air Date—7 August 2011
With Marnie empowered by spirits of the dead, Bill issues an unpopular order to save vampires from the light. Eric embraces his amnesia; Luna discovers Sam is not the man she thought he was; Lafayette expands his consciousness; Pam gets a body peel; Andy's date with Holly doesn't go as planned; Jessica has doubts about her future with Hoyt; Alcide and Debbie join a new pack.

 

From the looks of the promo for True Blood Episode 4.06 "Cold Gray Light Of Dawn,' the vampires are going to take a real beating--and that is if they are lucky!

Throughout the clip we see vamps in silver, vampires with the bleeds (due to extended periods of awake-ness) and vampires either attempting to go into the full sun or actually blazing away in it.

The  burned-at-the- stake-witch, 'Antonia' has taken possession of Marnie's (Fiona Shaw) body and she, in her words, is seeking 'vengeance.'

It's pretty clear that vampire King Bill of Louisiana's (Stephen Moyer) solution to stopping the vampires from being compelled by the witches to walk in the "light of dawn' is to order them to SPOILER/speculation chain themselves in silver. Pretty harsh but Bill is obviously out of other options--and things only look to get worse in the coming weeks. Can't wait-- because it looks fangtastic!

SNEAK PEEK VIDEO UPDATE 8.04.11 - Alcide and Debbie Get Initiated - Jason and Hoyt Talk Jessica:

True Blood Season 4: Debbie and Alcide Get Initiated (HBO)

Alcide is stoking the flames of jealousy in Debbie with his obsessing over Sookie. Even off 'V' (vampire juice to which she was addicted), Debbie is a loose cannon and he knows that. He needs to 'wolf up' and either follow his heart or put thoughts of Sookie on the shelf...because there's a bad moon rising if he does not.

True Blood Season 4: Jason Counsels Hoyt (HBO)

Hoyt has been Jason's best friend forever. Arguably, he is smarter that 'Jay' (isn't most of Bon Temps?) so how is he NOT going to see that Jason's innocent act is just that? (SPOILER) The promo shows a shirtless Jason being knocked around. I think buddy Hoyt has had just above enough--of everything-- and Jason's prevarication regarding Jessica is the last straw.

 

After the jump: The Buzz: True Blood Season 4 - Comic Con VIDEO & SCREENCAPS (SPOILERS)

True Blood Season 4 - Inside The Episode: #42 (HBO) Screencaps VIDEO #trueblood

Though most all of the True Blood behind-the-scenes interviews are well worth watching, this video clip of episode #41 'I Wish I Was The Moon,' is not to be missed:

In this season 4.05 Inside The Episode segment, writer Raelle Tucker makes mention of what I thought was the show's most outstanding acting sequence(s)--all  done by Sam Trammell as 'Sam Merlotte,' personifying the character of his brother, 'Tommy' (Marshall Allman).

Tommy, who was attacked the prior night by both his shifter parents, kills them in self defense and the next morning inadvertently shapeshifts into his older brother. Trammell nails everything from Tommy's swagger/limp to his voice inflections-- as well as his overall mannerisms. It's really hugely impressive, so much so that I immediately watched the "Tommy as Sam" scenes before I re-watched the whole episode the next night. Trammell set a high bar for the rest of the cast and they really stepped up.

"I Wish I Was The Moon," was easily the best episode of season 4 (I may have chosen another 'best so far in S4' but that was then--and it doesn't diminish either eppy). If season 4 continues offering the caliber of this episode's writing, acting & direction it is on track to being the best season since True Blood's very first. It is fan-bloody-tastic to be truly pumped for the next episode and beyond and we haven't even yet gotten to the Sookie - Eric shower scene!* (From book 4 of the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris, which this season of True Blood is loosely based on. We don't know yet if the show will actually feature it but Eric and Sookie fans have been clamoring for it for years. Fingers crossed for them that their wait is rewarded!)

Weeds - Season 7.06 Sneak Peeks - Promo - Screencaps - Guess Who Is Back! [VIDEO] @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Weeds

After 5 years, Heylia (Tonye Patano) returns!

Weeds: Season 7 Episode 6  - 'That's not true! I'm obsessed with your black ass!':

'I Missed You'

Nancy (Mary Louise Parker) tries to reconnect with Heylia (Tonye Patano)

This is the funniest--and most fun scene of Season 7 thus far. Finally, the character that Weeds fans have been clamoring to see again--has returned--and she is very much the straight talkin' not to mention straight-shootin', lady we loved.

Dig it!

Sample dialogue:

Nancy: 'Don't you even want to know why I went to jail for three years?'

Heylia: "Involuntary dumbassery? First degree steppin' in shit you can't handle?'

Heylia: 'I'll bet you haven't even thought twice about my black ass in the past 5 years.'

Nancy (flummoxed): 'That's not true! I'm obsessed with your black ass!"

Weeds Season 7 Episode 6: Object Impermanence:

Nancy confronts an old friend, leaving Silas caught in the crossfire; back at the loft, Andy comes up with a new business venture, and turns to Shane and Doug for help.

Season 7 Episode 6 Sneak Peeks Promo Screencaps: 

After the jump: Uncle Andy, Doug & Shane Discuss Andy's New Invention [VIDEO]:

True Blood TCA Panel Bombshell! - VIDEO Screencaps - SPOILERS Seasons 4 and 5 - NEW! Andy & Holly Sneak Peek #trueblood

True Blood Season 4 - Fiona Shaws looks suitably witchy as possessed fortune teller, Marnie  Stonebrook.

Update! July 29, 2011 - HBO renews True Blood, Show creator Alan Ball signs on for Season 5:

Big news at the opening of the True Blood panel at TCA: Series creator/executive producer Alan Ball said he has just closed a deal to do another season of the HBO series(!), effectively sealing the fifth-season renewal of the hit vampire drama. Ball disclosed the fact that he has re-signed in response to a request to address speculation that Season 4 could be his last. "I have no desire to leave," he said. "Doing the show, I'm having more fun than I have ever had in my life." He later said that he and the show's writers are already breaking stories for Season 5 and one of them is about "how one of the vampires was made."

Source 1: Deadline

Source 2: TVLine

Ep. 42 Clip - Andy Lends Holly a Hand

 

Jul 29, 2011 - This trailer is comprehensive through the first 9 episodes of Season 4 of HBO's  True Blood.

Other highlights from the True Blood presentation at TCA [SPOILERS]:

* They will be going back to see how one of the vampires was made in season five. Kristin Bauer van Straten said at Comic-Con that she really hopes we get to see how Eric made Pam*, so it looks like she'll get that plot wish granted.

<raises hand>

Me, too!

Wouldn't you love to see Pam get made!?

On HBO series True Blood she is known as Pam de Beaufort. On the show except for the fact  that Pam is cryptically funny, beautiful, ruthless, lesbian/maybe bi and most importantly, Eric Northman's sire, we know little of her backstory.

In in the Charlaine Harris-penned Sookie Stackhouse book series (where she originated) Pam Ravenscroft was a young, aristocratic but unconventional woman who did not want to be penned in by her circumstances.

Unlike many made vampire, Pam voluntarily surrendered herself to Eric Northman and, she is very happy being vampire. She expresses this sentiment very succinctly to Bill Compton at the end of True Blood - Season 1, when he is being made to 'make' Jessica as punishment for killing another vampire (to save Sookie, which 'The Magister' found completely irrelevant to the charge). Pam considers 'makers' god-like and admonishes Bill with disgust that he needs to fly his maker-grade colours proudly.

*Alan Ball says the biggest challenge in shooting the show is getting everything done on time. In the end, they have to scale back on or drop certain scenes altogether. "The key to it is everyone really loves working on this show," Ball insists.

* Ball admitted that Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer were able to keep their offscreen relationship a secret for a while, but then he turned to them and said: "Not as long as you thought."

* "It's not a show where you think there's a lack of imagination," Paquin tells the crowd of reporters. Both actors insist they are encouraged to pitch their own ideas for their character. "When we were down at Comic-Con, we were pitching ideas. (Vampire King of  Louisiana)  Bill Compton taking over the world. That sort of thing," Moyer said (maybe?) jokingly. He also wishes for Bill to visit Merlotte's more often.

* Prepare to be quoting Pam yet again on Monday morning. "Kristin's got [a line] coming up that is possibly the greatest line of all time," Moyer reveals. * Paquin is comfortable with the fact that Bill and Sookie will remain apart. "Our love in real life is fine, so I'm fine with our characters being distraught and sad," she says. "It's not interesting television if everything works out for Bill and Sookie and they adopt five babies and live happily ever after."

 

 

Source: Watch With Kristen

 

True Blood Season 4.06 Preview & Screencaps - Jessica's Vlog - Mythological Creatures [VIDEO] #trueblood

True Blood Season 4 Episode 6 'I Wish I Was The Moon' Preview:

TRUE BLOOD, Episode 4.06, 'I Wish I Was the Moon' Sneak Peek Screencaps - Synopsis

 

Director: Jeremy Podeswa
Writer: Raelle Tucker

Synopsis - True Blood - Episode 4.06 (#42) : Sookie searches for Jason under a full moon; Marnie connects with spirits of the past; Arlene and Terry cope with a suspicious inferno; Debbie urges Alcide to join a new werewolf community; Tommy trades places with Sam; Lafayette feels the spirit in Mexico; Eric surrenders to his rival,  the vampire king of Louisiana's will.

(Written by Raelle Tucker; directed by Jeremy Podeswa.)

Airs: July 31

 

Catching up with The  True Blood season four, witch-infused storyline and  accompaniing images via HBO, Inc.

True Blood Season 4: Jessica's Vlog - The Worst Spa Night Ever:

True Blood Season 4: Mythological Creatures - Were-Panthers:

Update! True Blood Season 4 Episode 5 (4.05) 'Pam Takes the Veil' Jessica, Hoyt & Jason [VIDEO] #trueblood

 

'...you f*ck with mah face...it's time to die' - Vampire Pam to vampire King Bill

King of Louisiana William 'Vampire Bill' Compton and Pam Meeting Clip - True Blood episode 4.05:

My favorite way to not miss True Blood season 4 on Sunday nights @ 9 pm Eastern on HBO is via HBOGo (online free if you have HBO at home)!

<Pam bursts into Bill's office, encased in black veil>

Bill: The world needs more beekeepers.

<Pam removes her veil>

Pam: We have a goddamn problem...

<Bill observes Pam's 'corpse' spell-induced appearance.

 Bill: You went to see the witch... you were told not to...

Pam: Yes. And I'm sorry. I can put up with a lot but you fuck with my face, and it's time to die.

And, I'd like permission to torture and kill the mousy little bitch who cast the spell.

Bill: I'm afraid not, Pam. The Authority has forbidden all vampire-on-human violence. The punishment is the true death.

And I don't wish that for you.

<Pam vamp speeds with her super-creepy face to be extra close to Bill's face>

Pam: Look at my fucking face!

 

I'm getting sort of a zombie vibe from Pam's appearance. Guessing it will be as close to 'zombies' as True Blood will get--or maybe not?

Update! True Blood Season 4 Episode 5 (4.05) Sneak Peek Promo Screencaps:

 
Jessica's (Deborah Ann Woll) body language is screaming, "We are over, Hoyt.'

It seems she cannot bear to be with him now that she's 'kissed' another man. When she confessed her singular transgression, Hoyt (played by Jim Parrack) had complained that he would 'taste' the Fangtasia fangbanger-blood donor when he kissed her.

True Blood Season 4: Jessica, Jason, and Hoyt Clip:

True Blood Season 4 Episode 5 'Eric & Godric' - DRINK! [VIDEO] Screencaps #trueblood

 Stop fighting your nature. DRINK!:

Oh, now this is what were are talking 'bout when we Truebies talk about how awesomely fun True Blood is. Here, we have 'Eric Northman's' (Alexander Skarsgård) ancient, now dead maker 'Godric' (Allan Hyde) back to re-teach Eric the ways of a 'creature of death.'

 

Godric: <grabs Eric by throat> You. You are incapable of love. You are damned.<forces Eric to his knees>

Eric: She can redeem me!

Godric: You cannot be saved. You are a creature of Death and the living are only good for one thing...and it is not love.

Godric: <forces Eric towards a peacefully sleeping Sookie>

Drink now.

Stop fighting your nature.

DRINK!

 

Screencaps for True Blood 4.05, 'Me & the Devil'

True Blood Synopsis Episode #41 (4x05): “Me and the Devil”:

Sookie nurtures Eric; Bill gets involved personally in the necromancy crisis; Pam takes the veil; Sam becomes Tommy’s accomplice; Arlene and Terry look to religion to solve their problem; Jesus and Lafayette head to Mexico to harness a shaman’s power; Jason convalesces. (Written by Mark Hudis; directed by Daniel Minahan.) July 24, 26, 27 and 30 (Credit: HBO, Inc.)

 

The Big C - Episode 5 Sneak Peeks - VIDEO - Screencaps - Synopsis @SHO_Kareem @SHO_TheBigC

I found Episode 4 of Showtime's The Big C really quite appealing, especially the introduction of the Hugh Dancy character, 'Lee'.

Lee is a fellow Stage 4 cancer patient with whom Cathy (Laura Linney) winds up in a clinical trial.  Despite their gaping differences or perhaps because of them, the two begin a bonding process that from what I've read (SPOILERS) will culminate in an emotional affair. (Scroll down past the jump for more insight from Executive Producer Jenny Bicks into the creation of the Lee character as well as a rather large hint as to where Lee's path will take him before Season two's culmination.)

I've not seen Hugh Dancy before though certainly I've heard of him as he is quite acclaimed (plus married to the gorgeous, talented Claire Danes). I'm looking forward to seeing how Cathy navigates the uncharted waters of the fast & close connections that can and are made with folks with serious illness. I have no doubt that The Big C will 'keep it real,' which POSSIBLE SPOILER means that we should enjoy Lee's 'possibly' brief interlude in Cathy's life. I have a feeling she is going to be a complete mess when he finallly succumbs. :/

(Image credit: SHOWTIME)

The Big C  - Next on Episode 5, 'Cats and Dogs,' Cathy runs into Lee and has a surprising day with him

Worried about finances after Paul's layoff, Cathy decides to pawn her jewelry but runs into Lee and has a surprising day with him; Adam gets himself into a compromising situation he can't escape on his own; Sean is ostracized by moms at a local park when he field tests his eco-friendly homemade sling.

The Big C: Hold-Up

Cathy and Lee turn a frightening situation into a comedy.

The Big C: Materialistic Moms

Sean gives a consumerism lecture to a group of unsuspecting moms.

 

Screencaps: 

 

After the jump:

Executive Producer Jenny Bicks discusses Cathy's relationship with Lee (Hugh Dancy).

WEEDS - Episode 5 Sneak Peeks - Promo - Screencaps - Synopsis @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Weeds

Weeds Episode 5 - Is Nancy Capable of Going Straight?:

A surprise awaits Nancy and Silas in the new episode of Weeds.

Weeds fans are speculating that in this episode, Nancy & Silas seek out Heylia who with Conrad, taught Nancy the ropes when Nancy first started dealing 'weed' back in her bucolic-seeming Agrestic days. Things literally went up in flames and Nancy beat a hasty retreat from what was left of Agrestic so it's quite a mystery as to how,  if she indeed is seeking Heylia out, Heylia will react to Nancy showing up on her doorstep.

Weeds: 'Character Witness'

Nancy asks Silas to be her character witness in the custody hearing.

A couple of observations about Weeds: Season 6 thus far. The show has again radically changed it's tone and along with it Nancy's sons Silas and Shane, from whom she been seperated by both an ocean and 3 years behind bars.

Shane initially presented as the Shane of old but he's catching on quickly that his mom has not been 'reformed' as he previously optimistically/naively put it, by her three-year stint in the pokey and further, she is rebuffing every loving gesture he puts forth.

Just prior to Nancy's arrest, elder brother Silas found out that his mother had deceived him about his parentage--Juda Botwin was NOT his real dad. Silas, who was able to support himself quite nicely as a model while in exile seems to relish seeing his mother at the mercy of the prison system, which has seen fit to transfer Nancy to a halfway house to serve out the rest of her sentence. Since everyone's face time with Nancy is quite constrained by her circumstances, most of the family interactions are fraught with tension. True, this is nothing new for Weeds but there's been a significant shift in the family dynamic from Nancy's bumbling through and the family following almost lock-step, to a splintering among them which seems to get more painful with each interaction with the utterly unreformed Nancy.

Next on Episode 5: Nancy travels to California for a court hearing.

Weeds Season 6 Episode 5 : 'Fingers Only Meat Banquet':

With help from her lawyer and Silas, Nancy returns to California to continue her custody battle against Jill; Andy's relationship takes a bizarre turn; Shane gives college a try by enrolling in classes; back on Wall Street, Doug makes do without Nancy.

Screencaps: Weeds Season 6 Episode 5 : 'Fingers Only Meat Banquet'

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Dexter 'Thank God' Season 6 Promo VIDEO & Screencaps @SHO_Dexter #dexter #screencaps

First promo for Dexter Season 6 - Returning to Showtime in September 2011:

Dexter (Michael C. Hall) Promo Narrative Dialog:

'I always thought that my Dark Passenger was a need I had--but what if I was wrong? Maybe it's not a need; it's a calling. After all, I rid the world of evil people--and if they didn't exist, I wouldn't exist. Is it possible? I serve a ...higher purpose?'

 

Screencaps! Dexter 'Thank God' Season 6 Promo VIDEO:

 

 Dexter Spoilers via TVGuide MegaBuzz:

  Dexter and his ghost daddy (not the True Blood kind) will finally be on level ground this season. "He's going to be much more of a support for Dexter than someone who's always saying, 'Oh, you're making a mistake. Don't do this,'" executive producer Sara Colleton says. Now that they are both fathers, Dexter will "fully realize what [his] father gave up and went through. It makes for a more equal relationship."