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The Cast of ASCENSION Convinces Me to Tune Into Tonight’s Premiere
By: Rae Hanson, Special to theTVaddict.com
ASCENSION premiere’s tonight at 9/8c on Syfy and, back in October, I met the cast. Let’s just get that humble brag out of the way first thing. I kid, I kid. Also, I didn’t so much meet the cast as I was in their vicinity for two days. Well, I did share a bowling lane with Andrea Roth and she did call me her bowling guru on Twitter. And she’s sweet and kind of great so I’m good with bragging about that part. But, now that the legitimate humble brag is out of the way, let’s get to my point.
Before listening to the cast talk about it in person, I had no interest in ASCENSION. Not even an inkling. Odd, since I’m addicted to THE 100 and I’d be all over a show about life on the Ark. Which is basically what ASCENSION sounds like, no? Sure their reasons for leaving Earth are different and more historically based but the premise is practically identical. And, frankly, that thought is one of the reasons I will be tuning into the three night event. [Read more…]
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BONES Redux: Our Top 5 Moments From the 200th Episode “The 200th in the 10th”
Bones goes meta! This week for the 200th episode, we travel back to 1954. The beautiful and talented Emily Deschanel, and the leading man’s leading man, David Boreanaz, have completed their tenth film in ten years, so of course they’re being immortalized in cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater. It’s showtime. Here are your top five BONES moments!
Booth, Jewel Thief!
Yes, our favorite FBI agent is a jewel thief. But if he plans on stealing from Eva Braga, he’s out of luck, since the only thing in Ms. Braga’s safe is her smoking corpse. Temperance Brennan, LAPD, is too late to capture him, but she went rogue and disobeyed… Daddy Brennan, the Chief of Police. So Aldo Clemens from Interpol will be handling the case from now on, while Brennan gets the stenographer’s desk next to Angela. But Angela tells Brennan to show them she’s as good as any guy in there. Time for Brennan to prove Booth didn’t kill Ms. Braga. She starts by breaking into Booth’s hotel room and making a deal with him to help her find the person who did kill Braga.
It’s not Eva Braga!
Booth lives up to his reputation by stealing an entire corpse and getting it to Hodgins and his faithful sidekick, Clark Edison, to figure out cause of death. But it’s not Eva, since the clothes don’t fit. Then who is it? But oh no! Just when Booth shows a sketch of the victim to Aubrey, Braga’s former boytoy, in order for him to identify her, Aubrey gets stabbed in the back. Booth pulls the knife from Aubrey’s back and looks at it, just in time for a little brat with a camera to get a nice picture of him. It’s just like modern times. Those meddling kids!
Booth, Modern-day Robin Hood.
Yep, it seems even in this incarnation, Booth is on the side of justice. He saw all of those people making money from the war, so he stole from them and gave the money to his buddies who were having a rough time.
The maid did it!
Well, this is awkward. It was Eva Braga who died. The maid (Cam) stole the jewels and went on a cruise posing as Braga. Aubrey was killed, because he knew the real Eva Braga. Cam knew she could frame Booth, since Braga made money off the war, and he’d be coming for the jewels. She puts Booth and Brennan in the closet, but just as they’re about to give in to all of that sexual tension, Cam takes Brennan.
Booth to the rescue!
Cam has Brennan’s unconscious body with her in a duffle bag and asks the pilot to help get her on a plane as Booth shows up. Our dashing hero chases down a plane. On foot! Yes, we’ve got a ourselves a Cary Grant situation. He manages to catch up with it and is hanging half out as the plane gets liftoff. He gets on board to fight Cam and the pilot, with the help of Brennan, still locked in a duffle. The plane swerves and banks, what with the pilot knocked out by Booth, and Cam loses her life going after her precious jewels. Our hero then manages to land the plane, as all good heroes do, and Brennan makes detective with a medal of honor. She’s also head of the new office of forensic anthropology.
All’s well that ends well. Booth and Brennan finally get that kiss. And Angela’s dad, who fought with Booth at Omaha Beach and wound up kind of being Booth’s fairy godfather, gets Braga’s jewels from Brennan.
The whole gang showed up for this one! Wendell was a cub reporter, Jessica was a singer at the Velvet Fox, while Adolfo played Ricky to her Lucy. It took going back to 1954 to have Caroline finally show up as the owner of the establishment. Arastoo played a fence, and in an awesome cameo and the only way I want to see him alive again, Pelant played a waiter.
All in all, a fun and enjoyable episode directed by Boreanaz. Let me know what you thought about the switch-up in the comments below.
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The Showrunner Chronicles: Jennie Snyder Urman Talks JANE THE VIRGIN, Previews Tonight’s “Chapter Eight”
JANE THE VIRGIN follows the story of Jane Villanueva, (Gina Rodriguez) a strong yet vulnerable, twenty three year old virgin who is accidentally artificially inseminated, though it might be hard to believe, the craziness doesn’t stop there. Add in a telenovela star, religious grandmother, aspiring singer, cheating wife, the most innocent detective you’ll ever meet, another cheating wife, and a playboy turned good-guy and you’ve got the most delightful show on television.
From the Pilot it was evident how charming and truly magical this show was going to be. Since it’s premiere it’s evolved into a transcendent masterpiece that’s constantly growing, all while staying true to its original tone. JANE THE VIRGIN is a tremendous leap in the right direction for The CW and is a show the network should be especially proud of.
Trying to find a few words to describe Jane would be like Petra (Yael Grobglas) not doing anything illegal or inappropriate, it’s nearly impossible. Jane is innocent and naïve while at the same time is making life-altering decisions. She is by no means one sided. Jane is a character that was missing from primetime television for quite sometime and was desperately needed to bridge the gap between a handful of different genres of television. Rodriguez shines as the shows protagonist, her performance is strong and something that hasn’t gone unnoticed.
While Jane is the shows most powerful force that doesn’t discount from the fact that each member of Jane’s family could have their own spinoff, and every one of them would be successful. I would watch a whole show on Xiomara (Andrea Navedo) trying to pursue her singing career all while trying not to let herself fall for Jane’s father, Rogelio. (Jaime Camil) I would most definitely tune in every week to watch her grandmother (Ivonne Coll) go through her daily routine while meddling into everyone’s business. And I would without a doubt watch a show set around Rogelio’s career as a telenovela star. Not to forget the two extremely memorable men in Jane’s life, Michael (Brett Dier) and Rafael (Justin Baldoni). We’ve witnessed suspenseful love triangles before on television but not to the extreme where we ourselves don’t even know who we like more. Each week we fall more in love with Rafael, trying to justify his “bad boy” behavior and troubling past to make himself worthy of Jane’s love. But while we’re fighting for Rafael a part of us still adores Michael and his boyish charm, and how he will do just about anything for Jane, even if it means losing her in the process. Each character has their own strengths and weaknesses; the personalities are so powerful it’s hard to compare them to any other cast.
This wonderful little show somehow manages to encompass all that is right and beautiful about TV. It feels like old television in the sense that it’s a show family’s gather around their TV’s to watch week after week. Though while it has a homey and cozy feel to it, it still feels incredibly fresh and intoxicating. The woman responsible for all of these deliciously juicy scenes, hilarious performances, and perfectly written monologues is the shows phenomenal creator and showrunner, Jennie Snyder Urman. The sensational producer has been producing brilliant and enjoyable content for many years now; it was no surprise at all that she would wow us with JANE. Urman’s shows tend to always have one steady trait; her characters are remarkable and relatable, complex people. On EMILY OWENS M.D. we met Emily, an innocent, timid, and immensely bright young doctor. We instantly fell for her, from her soft-spoken manner to her self-conscious sweating; we were immediately drawn to this enormously relatable human being. Another attribute all of her shows have is an ample amount of heart. Whether it’s delivered by the characters or the plot line, there is no absence of meaning and compassion.
I had the privilege of speaking with the passionate producer about finding the perfect Jane, which scenes she is most excited for the fans to see, and what we can look forward to in “Chapter Eight.” [Read more…]
LOST GIRL Season 5: Anna Silk Reflects on a Remarkable Run, Previews Tonight’s Premiere
Tonight marks the beginning of the end of LOST GIRL. Premering four seasons ago, this Canadian, nay, international success story helped define its network (Showcase) as the place to go for butt-kicking protagonists and genre television (RIP CONTINUUM). In anticipation of tonight’s fifth season premiere (9PM, Showcase), the TV Addict was afforded the opportunity to talk one-on-one with titular star Anna Silk. See what she had to say about her amazing journey, what’s in store for Bo and what momento she kept as a memento, after the jump. [Read more…]
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