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Hell on Wheels Season 3 Preview: A New War to Wage

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Following the murder of Lily Bell in the season finale of Hell on Wheels, it's a safe bet that Cullen Bohannon will be all about revenge and/or spiraling out of control when we see him again on tonight's Hell on Wheels Season 3 premiere, right?

Not exactly.

While Cullen is deeply affected by the death of his love, star Anson Mount and new showrunner John Wirth sat down with me recently to for a preview of what to expect when the new season kicks off and, for Wirth, how he's handled taking over the job of after John Shiban departed the series at the end of last year...

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TV Fanatic: John, with you coming to take the reins, will we see a difference in season three?
John Wirth: I think we're taking the show in a slightly different direction, starting with putting Cullen Bohannon at the helm of the railroad. And then the season is sort of framed by the war between Bohannon and Durant for control of Union Pacific.

TVF: And now that you've kind of fallen into this world and taken it over, was there one big challenge for you?
JW: When you lose your creators and your showrunner two seasons in, for whatever reason, it's a destabilizing event, both for the company, for the studio, and certainly for the actors. And I think there was a lot of angst over what's going to happen, who's going to come in, is this person going to know about anything we've been doing for two years.

So what I really wanted to do was come in and honor the work that came before me, pick up on it, and continue it, and try to improve it to the degree that I can. And I was embraced with open arms, starting with Anson, and he's our literal and spiritual leader in Calgary and so everybody else kind of followed suit, and it's been great. It's a wonderful company, a very talented group of artists up there from the ground up. So it's a joy to be part of it.

Anson Mount and Common

TVF: Anson, what were some of those first conversations you had with John about season three?
Anson Mount: I think the initial conversations were just sort of like him reassuring me that my opinion mattered to him and me reassuring him that everybody was happy that he was there and to sort of educate him about where everybody was morale-wise and head-wise. I think John wanted to hear, and I wanted to be heard, on what I felt like we hadn't attacked and there were a couple of big things I felt like we hadn't gotten enough out of.

For instance, the sense of this being a mobile enterprise, we kind of lost the sense of that, and John was on board with that. And then John really came to the table with the season three arc idea, which I think is very, very exciting. And I know generally what it is...at first I wanted to be clued in very much as to where they were going and now I feel safe and I'm like I kind of don't want to know, but I do know the general idea and it's very exciting.

TVF: Where do we start season three?
JW: We start about five or six months after that attack. We pick up Cullen Bohannon in Hell on Wheels, the only living soul in Hell on Wheels. And so our introduction to him and that place is what kicks off the first episode.

TVF: Is it safe to say that Cullen is spiraling from losing Lily?
AM: I think it's interesting to see...because you start with somebody who the trapdoor of their heart is closed, I think what's interesting is to see that trapdoor open, but what's even more interesting than that is to get to see how that trapdoor slams shut again, because we never saw it initially. And you learn more about a character like that. So you have a man who's very practiced in compartmentalizing emotions. I don’t think it quite matters so much why he does it or how he does it, but that he does it and how that affects his relationship with the world around him.

TVF: What is he fighting against? Or is it all about revenge?
AM: For all intents and purposes, [Cullen] has PTSD before we know what that is and his way of dealing with that is he finds a new war to wage by accident, totally by accident. He finds the railroad construction as his war and he thinks he's going to wage it the same way he waged battle, and he finds out at the end of season two battle is not anyway to build a railroad. It's actually the inverse of building a railroad. But if he wants to continue with this one addiction he has that allows him to live and survive, then he has to refigure out how he's going to go forward with this fight and how does he transform a battle-hardened mind into a business mind.

TVF: Tell me about that first scene between Cullen and the bankers. Talk about a different world for Cullen to be a part of!
JW: Mark Richard wrote it and that sequence is really spectacular. And, as I said, that aspect of Cullen Bohannon's character we haven't seen. And you know, with regard to the Lily Bell question, I mean, because we're picking the story up six months after her murder, that's a lot of time to come to a place of equanimity about what happened. And what was fascinating to me, just as a viewer of the show, was that she kind of opened him up...and it's going to be an interesting journey because there's a couple instances where he thinks he's closed the door on that revenge-seeking man, and then that door pops open, and some crazy shit happens, and then it closes again.

TVF: Is it safe to say The Swede is the biggest foe or are there other foes that you'll be dealing with? Maybe Durant or some new characters.
AM: Yeah, we've got some great new characters coming in this season, but we've also got some development of current characters that are going to go some interesting places. [Looking to Wirth] He knows more than I do.

TVF: Where do we find Durant in the first episode back?
JW: Durant went to prison. When we meet him in episode one, he's in prison and his wife has left him. So we introduce some other females in the show this season, some of whom interact with him in kind of fun ways. And it's very interesting to see Durant, who's accustomed to being in control and being the puppet master, suddenly being cast out, and having to worm his way back in, and figure out a Machiavellian way to get control of his railroad back. He considers it his baby.

The historical Durant was hellbent on becoming famous for building the Transcontinental Railroad as well as rich. And it's interesting to note that the historical character died poor and virtually nobody knows his name unlike Huntington and Crocker and Stanford. If you live in California, you know those names.

TVF:  With Cullen now in charge, will her have to rely on Durant at all?
AM: It's going to come head to head between me and Durant, I think, is where we're going. At least that's been the energy so far.

TVF: Anything else we should know about the new season?
AM: I can honestly say in terms of the quality and the consistency of the storytelling and the performances that I've seen, although I can't speak for myself, I think it's going to be, by far, our best season.

TVF: Anson, I hear you get to talk more this season more than just the brooding looks, which are always great.
AM: [Smiles] Yeah. I keep trying to cut lines.

AMC has also provided TV Fanatic with three EXCLUSIVE premiere photos. Check them out here:

Cullen Bohannon on Season 3Taking Important AimLouise and Cullen

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The White Queen Preview: A Crowning Achievement

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Fans who may be lamenting the demise of historical dramas such as The Borgias will be happy to know that this Starz launches The White Queen tonight.

Based on The Cousins’ War book series by best-selling author Philippa Gregory, the new entry follows the journey three women of the War of the Roses period - Elizabeth Woodville (played by Rebecca Ferguson), Margaret Beaufort (Amanda Hale) and Anne Neville (Faye Marsay), chronicling their respective parts in the long conflict in England’s throne.

Series lead writer Emma Frost sat down with me at the recent Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour to talk about adapting Gregory’s books and how to make sure modern audiences will find plenty to connect with in the ambitious series...

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TV Fanatic: What did you connect with as a writer with the project?
Emma Frost: I read The White Queen first and what immediately struck me was that it was this very modern story and it’s a real page-turner with huge stakes. I mean, it’s life, death, birth, survival, betrayal, murder. And then, of course, I read the next two books because the three books are combined in one series.

They’ve got three very different women and, actually, there are a lot of modern references. Margaret, she’s a fanatic religious zealot, really, and she fasts and she has this very dysfunctional relationship with her mother, and just the modern psychology of having an eating disorder.

I think also each of these women are using a different arsenal of weapons than the men use and I think that’s very relatable to the modern woman because, you know, I work in TV and film and . it can be a man’s world but women do think slightly differently and there’s something quite exciting about writing a show in this very high stakes world where these women pull strings and they weave their power plays very differently to the way the men do. The men go out and whack swords at each other and the women pull strings and do it in a different way and that felt both very modern and very exciting to write about.

White Queen Premiere Photo

TVF: What was it about Rebecca Ferguson brought into the role of Elizabeth, which we see a lot of in the first episodes.
EF: Elizabeth Woodville was very famously the most beautiful woman in England and when you think about what actually happened was the Earl of Warwick (James Frain)…[he and Edward] spent two years negotiating and had fought so hard to be King. His father had been murdered by the Lancastrians so he hates the Lancastrians.

What did it take for that man to go, ‘Oh, do you know what? I’m going to mess it all up by marrying from the wrong house, and a commoner.’ I mean, it was love at first sight and six weeks later they were married so she was not enjoying the courtship. He was obviously quite possessed with her.

TVF: For fans of the books, how much of a challenge was it for you to not have everything in the book from the series?
EF: I think what’s really interesting to me is what the response in England would be. [The series aired in the UK in June] As far as I can see from Facebook and Twitter, they’ve all gone, ‘Oh my God, it is the book!’ And that’s really exciting because usually of course people go, ‘It’s not as good as the book, films never as good as the book’ and all that stuff. They seem really to recognize it, which is really interesting because the books are single point of view narratives, and I combine them together.

So, actually, in one respect, the show is completely different to the book, but people feel that they are finding the book on screen…we had to do some [cuts], it was quite hard to wrestle the material into shape where their stories connected more at the beginning and at least gave the promise that this battle is coming between them, so that was quite hard.

TVF: How did you navigate how to incorporate the supernatural into the series so it doesn’t become more about that than the story itself?
EF: It’s an interesting one. It’s an area where the books and the show do differ. And you know, at the time, people did believe in magic. They were very, very superstitious and they believed in magic as much as they believed in God. One could easily argue that they’re both as real and fantastic as each other.

In the book, I think it would be true to say that they commit more to magic than real. I think in the books you feel that there is a direct cause and effect of what they do. We had discussions about it and I felt the two problems of doing that on the screen is when you see it visually it plays much more loudly than when you read it in the book.

So, my fear was tonal to the love story and my fear was that if magic comes right at the beginning of The White Queen and if you’re not careful it appears that Edward only falls in love with Elizabeth through magic. If you make your audience think that, you’ve undermined the entire 10 hours, because you just go, ‘Well he doesn’t love her, it’s witchcraft’ and then, every time they get in a tight spot you go, ‘Well, why they don’t just wave their magic wand?’

I felt we had to see a disconnect with cause and effect and what we tried to do…Elizabeth sees something in that mirror that the audience does not. What we know is she believes she saw it, but we didn’t see anything and what we know is she believes it. So, it’s about her and her mother believing in magic, and us you know going, ‘Well, I don’t really know’ much like Margaret and God. We don’t hear God, but she hears God. So it’s exactly the same. It’s what is real for them because also tonally, this isn’t Merlin.

The White Queen Trailer

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http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/08/the-white-queen-preview-a-crowning-achievement/

Hell on Wheels Season Premiere Review: It’s All About the Railroad

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After a climactic raid by the Sioux that destroyed the town, found Lily Bell murdered and the Swede miraculously escaping, Hell on Wheels Season 3 had a big task of following up "Blood Moon/Blood Moon Rising" on its return trip.

The exiting of series' creators Joe and Tony Gayton as showrunners made matters difficult for the series, and the possibility of a third season was up in the air.

Luckily, John Wirth, a writer with credits on Falling Skies and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, came aboard the railroad building saga and the promise of new season with a new direction was born from the ashes of a structure that was falling apart.

The Hard Winter

In some ways the premiere felt similar in its focus of a rebirth, rebuilding and moving forward again on a story that began two years ago when Cullen Bohannon started his tale of revenge that inexplicably intertwined with the building of the transcontinental railroad as the backdrop.

Except the path of Bohannon is no longer about killing off the soldiers who murdered his family, and it's not about taking any dark path based off his pain for losing Lily -- a love interest that had been teased before getting yanked out from under viewers right away.

Rather, the railroad race is front and center of a premiere that has its moments, but felt like it was missing some of that initial swagger that came walking out with Bohannon as a gunslinger. At the same time, the dual episodes were long, two hours dragging more so in the first half meant to set everything back up and illustrate where the characters are at since the finale.

Don't get me wrong: the beginning with Bohannon buried underneath furs, a lion's mane of a beard and hair, and the bitter cold of a hard winter was a great transition from the muck and grime of what we've been used to. It was easy to see a long period of time had passed, although Bohannon still can fight a wolf in the snow like a pro.

But his ultimate goal is all about leading the railroad, meeting with pompously powerful men with the money backing the project and pushing Durant out of the way.

Of course, that required looking the part, and the scene of Bohannon and Elam Ferguson (who now has a baby girl) getting tailored suits was humorous from the gentleman's gentleman to "think I dress to the right."

But I couldn't help feel like some of the "Western" themed bravado of raw men out in the wilderness was gone. Sure, Bohannon still carries a gun, and he eventually gets rid of that goofy new hat, but this Bohannon felt vastly different from the one that blew away his enemy in the opening moments of the pilot.

And maybe that's the point, he's moving on, trying to finish what Lily Bell had begun rather than stewing in hate, anger and revenge, something the show has already been so keen to illustrate.

However, isn't that what made his character kind of exciting? You never knew when he was going to throw down with any opponent standing in his way with that southern drawl and attitude that Anson Mount delivers with perfection as the series' star.

That's not to say that isn't still beneath the surface of perhaps a more refined Bohannon, but there's definite changes in relation to his character.

The real benchmark of the premiere revolved less around the reunion of workers and "back in the action" mode, and more about the Mormon family that refuses to move out of the way of the building of the railroad.

It sets a great predicament for Bohannon, who despite his efforts to build around, simply realizes the lack of feasibility for it.

The fact that the new sheriff is blown away by someone in the Mormon family as retaliation for trespassing on the land (something apparently the U.S. government owns) leads to a tragic confrontation in which Bohannon must sentence a boy to be hanged.

And you want Bohannon to make an exception, and you want the cowardly father who said his boy committed the murderous act to step up and say he did it (I mean, c'mon, he had to be the one, right?). Alas, neither the boy nor the father speaks up; one too proud, the other... well, I just don't like him for his choice.

It's a tragic hanging and consequence of Bohannon stepping in line with the rules of his new leadership. That final shot of him staking a spot while on his horse is definitely memorable of him moving forward on a streamlined path of building that railroad.

While it's fine that new character journalist, Louise Ellison, is there to experience the process, her role feels like she's meant as a replacement for Lily. And unfortunately she spends more time being an unnecessary addition with voice over that simply narrates what the viewer already can discern.

It's good to see both the McGinnes brothers back, but they really didn't have much to do besides set up some potential problems for Bohannon after secretly paying off Durant.

And while Durant is fine in his own right as the manipulative man behind the scenes, not having an antagonist like the Swede (love to hate that guy) for Bohannon makes the stakes feel a lot less dramatic. Even someone like the crazy reverend brought a certain intensity and unpredictability for our lead hero to face.

I was disappointed the new sheriff was killed simply as a plot point to put the hanging predicament for Bohannon and also allowing Ferguson to become the new new sheriff. I liked the great mustached sheriff and was bummed that he got stuck with being the killed off character for the episode rather than turning into a real character.

And while I was okay with Lily being killed off in the Hell on Wheels Season 2 finale, I was hoping that her death would be an important catalyst for Bohannon and the story itself when the show returned. Except, there was such a lack of discussion about her (mentioned in passing by the railroad guys and a probing question for Bohannon by Louise) that it felt like an issue completely ignored. You can't simply kill off a main character like that and not deal with the consequences.

I know a lengthy period of time has past on the show. But still. Maybe she will be brought up more in the future.

Overall, "Big Bad Wolf; Eminent Domain" wasn't the blast out of the gates premiere for Hell on Wheels that I was hoping for and while it had its moments, I still am a huge fan of Anson Mount as Bohannon, there was plenty of times where the episode trudged along like it was stuck in the mud that normally encompasses this show. And while it sets up a goal for Bohannon, I'm not too sure about if that change will be the positive transition the show needed.

Of course, it's early enough, and certainly a set up of what's to come, so I'm hoping things pick up steam and chug right along to Hell on Wheels Season 3 glory. Otherwise, viewers might just decide to get off the saddle and find something else.

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http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/08/hell-on-wheels-season-premiere-review-its-all-about-the-railroad/

Jim’s Notebook: Breaking Bad, Hell on Wheels and More!

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This edition of my Notebook is open wide to a pair of returning shows, one show on hiatus until next summer and one show that is bringing The Hunger Games into your living room.

Indeed, scroll down now for some scoop on Breaking Bad, Falling Skies and more...

Jim's Notebook

BREAKING BAD Yep, the final eight episodes start airing this Sunday – I’ve seen Sunday’s episode and it does NOT disappoint – but in talking to star Betsy Brandt about her new gig on The Michael J Fox Show, I couldn’t help but ask her if she would miss her  AMC character, Marie. As her eyes welled up with tears, she told me:

“I miss her…I don’t want to be sappy Suzie. I shouldn’t call it a once in a lifetime experience because most actors are never going to be on TV on a show like that and I’m so grateful, and I’m aware. So it’s not like, ‘Oh I thought they were all like this.’ Like, I’m aware. I’m very aware how lucky I am. Not only that, I get to work with some of the most wonderful people in the business on that show, when I thought, ‘Okay. Well, that’s not going to happen next time either,’ and then it did.”

I then asked if she believed in karma and she nodded and said: “Yes, I do.”  (I do, too!) Breaking Bad Season 5 returns this Sunday at 9 p.m. on AMC.

Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul

HELL ON WHEELS The AMC Western kicks off Season 3 with a two-hour premiere on Saturday night. I’ve always loved how the show has incorporated women with strength at a time when women didn’t necessarily have much power. New showrunner John Wirth told me when we sat down recently that all the women would be evolving . He also teased what viewers can expect with one of the new women joining in season three.

“We're introducing this new character, Louise Ellison, played by Jennifer Ferrin. She's a newspaper reporter for The New York Tribune, which was Horace Greeley's newspaper. So she's been dispatched to Hell on Wheels to write the story of the railroad and she engages very early on in the second episode with Cullen. And she's got a very interesting arc. And she's very much of a modern woman in the West, so she ruffles feathers.”

Could we see romance with the broken-hearted (and emotionally closed off) Cullen? Wirth hinted: “I think any time you have a beautiful man and a beautiful woman on a TV show, there's always a potential for romance.”

CAPTURE If you’ve checked out the new CW reality competition series, you probably noticed hunky Luke Tipple as the host - but you may have also noticed that there is the chance for danger with the teams battling for survival as well as a $250,000 prize. I asked Tipple during TCAs just how dangerous things might get.

“Anything outdoors, when you’re dealing with possible dehydration, definite starvation, physical exertion, anything like that in a high-stress environment is going to be prone to injury and danger. We’re not making them rappel down cliffs or anything like that, because it’s not even the nature of the show. They’re literally animals, hunting for survival out there, and that’s really what we wanted them to feel. So, there’s very definite physical danger from them misstepping or doing something wrong out there. They could hurt themselves pretty badly…we do see a few injuries, regrettably, throughout the show, but that’s in the nature of being outdoors.”

He added that it’s not all about the physical side of things are matched only by the emotional side: “What we also see is a real mental breakdown with these people, as well. As the gravity of the situation hits them, they realize there’s no way out, and the only way out is to fail or admit defeat. It really hits them. We start seeing them either completely fall apart, or start to build themselves back up. What I was glad enough to see was people getting up. I was able to find different ways to keep them going.” (Capture airs Tuesdays at 9pm on The CW.)

FALLING SKIES Following the tremendous Falling Skies Season 3 finale, you probably know that Executive Producer Remi Aubuchon is moving on. So I asked him if he approached last weekend’s episode differently knowing he wouldn’t be back for Season 4.

“Yes and no, in the sense that I made my decision right around that time that I was writing it actually and if there’s any influence about that is just, if I’m going to go out, I’m going to go big. I really felt, and this was decided prior to any personal decisions I made, you know. We really wanted to make sure that we wrapped up some of the big story that we started in a way toward the end of season two, we wanted to make sure we wrapped them up but also, at the same time, started the ball rolling on a future and what kind of stories we might want to focus on coming into the fourth season.” (Falling Skies returns for Season 4 in 2014.)

That’s a wrap for this week! Anything else you’re dying to know about your favorite show or one of the new fall offerings? Leave a comment here or you email me directly at jim@jimhalterman.com. And remember: follow @TVFanatic for all your TV scoop!

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Homeland Season 3 Trailer: I Am So Sorry…

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Showtime has released the first official trailer for Homeland Season 3 - and, as you might expect from this terrific drama, it packs quite the emotional punch.

Set to somber music, we see Carrie crying... and possibly under arrest; we witness Saul testifying in from of the Senate in relation to the terrorist bombing that closed out Season 2; we watch Dana looking through family photos... and taking naked photos... and conducting a Muslim prayer; and we get a glimpse at Brody with a shaved head, lying in bed alone... someplace.

There is plenty of footage from upcoming episodes, but only four audible words, from Saul to Carrie: I am so sorry.

Homeland Season 3 premieres on Sunday, September 29.

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http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/08/homeland-season-3-trailer-i-am-so-sorry/

Revenge Spoilers: Flash Forwards, Ticking Clocks and More!

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Pardon the obvious pun, but: Revenge will be back with a vengeance next month.

While some fans may have felt the show took more than a few missteps in Season 2, production is underway on new episodes and, from what cast member Gabriel Mann and various writers told me at the Television Critics Association press tour party, Revenge Season 3 will be one heck of a ride.

Here’s a breakdown of what we learned:

Nolan and Victoria

  • “Season 2 was really about destiny, which requires things to get big,” said Sunil Nayar, who took over the showrunning reigns from creator Mike Kelley at the end of last season. “Our approach this year is to take all these 44 hours that we’ve seen up until this season and essentially have the characters ingest them again to see where they started, where they are now and where we really want to take them. When we analyze that journey, it’s really rich, it’s really delicious and I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.”
  • There will be a 5-6 month time jump at the start of the new season, explained Executive Producer Gretchen J. Berg: “This is the way to come back refreshed and ready to go. Everybody is going to be going through a lot of changes this year and so they’re starting their journey in episode 301.”
  • Executive Producer Aaron Harberts added: “Kicking off the first episode [we’re] flashing forward with some of a big, shocking moment which involves Emily Thorne, of course. Then the next 10 episodes build its way back to that moment, which is going to be a lot of fun but we also have to figure out some screenwriting gymnastics to get back to that little corner we’ve painted ourselves into... but it’s a good corner!”
  • Watch for Emily and Victoria to each go through big changes and maybe a bit of soul searching along the way. Nayar explained in the new season we’ll see the ladies attempt to “identify what is it that they’re scared of and what is it that makes them happy…”
  • How is Jack dealing with knowing that Emily is really his first true love, Amanda Clarke? “Emily is going to find that Jack, who she shared her secret with, isn’t super pleased and isn’t exactly waiting with open arms,” Harberts said. In Jack’s defense, Berg added: “It’s a lot to digest if you really start thinking about what Jack has to process; it’s a lot!”
  • Mann teased that Emily is going to be up against a "ticking clock" that’s going to make her life anything but easy. “There’s sort of a really interesting device that’s thrown down between the characters of Emily and someone else that puts a ticking bomb on the season, or a ticking clock, certainly.” While the actor couldn’t reveal more, he did say that season is going to "blast out of the gate.’"
  • And who is that handsome stud alongside the Grayson matriarch? “When [Aiden] appears on Victoria Grayson’s arm early in the season,” Harberts leaked, “we’re going to be wondering who he is allied with, which is really fun.”
  • Are “Ems” and Nolan on the same page at the start of the new season? “Absolutely! I think they’ve come to a place of a really beautiful mutual understanding. They’ve even tossed the love word around with each other in whatever form you want that to take…they’re in that place to begin with," said Mann.
  • Lest we forget that we last saw Nolan being arrested and heading to jail, Mann wouldn’t reveal how long he’d be in the big house and - while he teased we will see Nolan in orange - he also said that Nolan’s “absolutely going to be out and with a mission. He’s now got his own reason beyond just his dedication to Emily to absolutely want to make Victoria Grayson’s life an utter hell.”
  • How is Justin Hartley fitting into the Revenge family? “He is so fantastic,” Nayar gushed. “He’s a dream. We added him and Karine Vanasse, who’s playing this character named Margaux, and they’re extraordinary actors and they also are just the same spirit as the rest of our cast. It’s such a family…so I get to come enjoy this family and kind of be the leader of the family. We have a really great spirit going into the new season.”
  • Charlotte grows up! “Emily is clearly very, very, very fond of Charlotte and wants to take care of her,” said Berg. "But Charlotte is really coming into her own this year. She’s no longer the young, little girl running around in her party dresses. She had a very traumatic end of last season and needed to grow up. So she’s coming back with a fresh point of view in terms of checking out the people in her life.” 
  • Are Conrad and Victoria on or off? While they may be sleeping in different rooms in the Grayson mansion, “it’s fun figuring out ways to keep them together,” explained Berg. One thing that will never change is that whether or not is there is love or hate in their hearts for one another, “they’ll work against each other but they’ll have to work together, too.”

Revenge Season 3 kicks off Sunday, September 29 on ABC. 

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http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/08/revenge-spoilers-flash-forwards-ticking-clocks-and-more/

Grey’s Anatomy Season 10 Spoilers: Taking Ownership, Striking a Balance

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Don't look now, but Grey's Anatomy returns with new episodes next month.

And, as fans have come to expect, the premiere will be a doozy: two hours filled with laughter, tears and the reveal we've all been waiting for... Is Chief Webber alive and well?

In an interview with TV Guide, creator Shonda Rhimes gave viewers an idea of what they can expect from Season 10, which may feature the exit of cast anchors Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey. Scroll down for excerpts from the Q&A...

Up Top With Derek!

Is there a Season 10 theme? "They've gone from embracing being attendings to having ownership of the hospital… we have the struggle of, they are now the board of directors at the hospital. It's ownership of the hospital on top of everything else."

How will MerDer's life be complicated by their kids? "Meredith is juggling an incredible amount of things… There's a lot to balance. It's something they're going to try to figure out. Meredith and Derek are trying to figure out what this is going to mean for both of them. It's never going to be a simple thing."

How might she wrote out various series regulars? "I've asked very clearly that I'd like to know things sooner rather than later so that I can plan. Every last one of the originals that we have left is very special to me, and if we're going to have anybody exit, I really wanted the time to plan and write and execute really fitting and beautiful ends for those characters."

Can Arizona and Callie bounce back from infidelity? "That's going to be a journey for them. Whether or not that journey brings them back together or makes them realize that they should be a part, no matter what they're joined by a child. They're joined by a shared history, and they're joined by a hospital that they're both board members and part-owners of. So, it's not going to be that easy."

Rhimes also made it clear that she has no plans for Grey's Anatomy Season 10 to be the end of the series.

Tune in for the two-hour season premiere on Thursday, September 26 at 9/8c.

Source:
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/08/greys-anatomy-season-10-spoilers-taking-ownership-striking-a-bal/

Pretty Little Liars Round Table: "Into the Deep"

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On "Into the Deep," Hanna got a bit of a break when Ashley made bail.

Below, our Pretty Little Liars Round Table panelists discuss whether Ted is the good guy we hope he is; whether Mona checked herself into Radley; and why Jenna is afraid of CeCe and more. Join in the Q&A by pulling up a virtual chair along side staffers Teresa Lopez, Leigh Raines and Carissa Pavlica now...

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Is Ted too good to be true?

Teresa: I was sure it was going to be Ted after Hanna confided in him. But then I was thinking, how could he afford it? Maybe he's got some help from the A-team or Red Coat. Remember, we're not supposed to trust anyone.

Leigh: I think Ted might be one of the few genuinely good dudes in Rosewood. I think the Marin women deserve nice guys. But did Mona pay maybe? So confused.

Carissa: I was all into believing he was a great guy, but now I’m concerned. Someone was killed in the church bell tower, he seems to have gotten the money together for Ashley, or at least told her he did…it’s getting sketchy.

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Did Mona check herself into Radley? And for what purpose if so?

Teresa: I think she probably volunteered to check herself in after her confession. She does have a history of being mentally unstable. I wonder though if her time in Radley will make the police doubt her confession. Either way, it seems like the confession was not just for Hanna's benefit. She needs something at Radley.

Leigh: Mona probably pleaded insanity to get back into Radley. She has some sort of crazy access there. She can run shit from Radley.

Carissa: The way she traced the words in the desk at Radley made me wonder if she doesn’t feel safer and more secure at Radley than she does anywhere else. I’m certain there are still secrets for her to discover there, but I think she did it because it’s the best place for her to be.

Do you think the hole drilled last week was into Jenna's floor and CeCe is spying on her?

Teresa: Maybe. I'm still trying to figure out whose house Red Coat went under.

Leigh: It's possible. I thought maybe it was in the DeLaurentis house.

Carissa: I never realized how similar all the houses looked until I lost track of where in the hell Red Coat was going. It looked like the DeLaurentis house, but then I realized it looked a lot like where Toby and Jenna lived, too. Maybe it’s like a cutout neighborhood where every other house is the same.

Do you buy the bit about Jenna being afraid of CeCe and, more importantly, ONLY CeCe?

Teresa: I'm sure Jenna is scared of more people. Why wouldn't she be scared of Melissa? It seemed like Melissa was pulling the strings in last season's finale. Plus, I think she's a little scared of the Liars. Trouble does seem to follow them.

Leigh: Since when is CeCe so dangerous? Is Jenna scared of her because she blamed the plane ride and fire on her?

Carissa: Maybe Jenna is scared of everyone because she realizes that they all know she was watching them with her “blind” eyes and knows a lot more of their secrets than she lets on. She better lay low, a lot of people might think she knows things, even if she doesn’t.

Do you care at all about Emily's swim career?

Teresa: Not really. Swimming at Stanford was never going to happen if the show was going to continue for another year. But I am sorry that she and Paige are going to be separated, which will inevitably lead to their breakup. Only question is: do they break up now or later?

Leigh: Like literally less than the root canal I had this week. I love Em and I think she has other qualities that will get her into college. That was kind of a dick move of Paige. Also Public Service Announcement: staying long distance in college SUCKS.

Carissa: Nope. It was fun when it meant people got trapped in the pool and it was all dark and mysterious. But as a way to keep Emily and Paige together or to get Emily to school? Boring.

Source:
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/08/pretty-little-liars-round-table-into-the-deep/

The Great Arms of Frida Kahlo

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Who knew Frida Kahlo has such great arm definition? In this latest illustration by the lovely Barcelona based medical artist, Giselle Vitali, she looks beneath the surface of famous Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo. It’s a great tribute to an artist who used anatomical themes in her work.

 

 

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