Premiering at FrightFest in London on the 28th August, Teddy Bears Picnic is a proof of concept horror short from Tom Hodge – aka The Dude Designs – the poster artist behind artwork for films such Hobo with A Shotgun (2011), The Innkeepers (2011), The Heat (2013), WolfCop (2014), The Other Side of The Door (2016), and They Live.
Written, produced, directed and financed by Hodge, the short film stars Abby Miller (Justified, Aquarius & The Sinner TV series), Laurence R Harvey (Human Centipede 2+3, ABCs of Death 2 & The Editor) and Lorelei Winterfrost; and is inspired by the classic 1907 melody of the same name… only this time re-envisioned as a nightmarish fable that twists the concept of childhood innocence!
Says Hodge:
I love horror as a genre for its pure unabashed creativity. It gives you a wider scope to create unique characters and settings. What are nightmares if not essentially creative? I particularly loved the creativity of high...
Written, produced, directed and financed by Hodge, the short film stars Abby Miller (Justified, Aquarius & The Sinner TV series), Laurence R Harvey (Human Centipede 2+3, ABCs of Death 2 & The Editor) and Lorelei Winterfrost; and is inspired by the classic 1907 melody of the same name… only this time re-envisioned as a nightmarish fable that twists the concept of childhood innocence!
Says Hodge:
I love horror as a genre for its pure unabashed creativity. It gives you a wider scope to create unique characters and settings. What are nightmares if not essentially creative? I particularly loved the creativity of high...
- 8/9/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Megyn Kelly was on the set of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" Thursday ... and it's not hard to connect the dots to figure out what's up. Megyn's jumped from Fnc to NBC, where she'll anchor a Sunday night magazine show premiering in June. We're guessing she wasn't doing a cameo on 'Kuwtk,' so by the powers of deduction it seems she's interviewing the klan for her new show. If she interviewed Kim about the robbery,...
- 4/28/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Louisa Mellor Mar 8, 2017
Who is really the villain in this story? The plot thickens in part two of BBC One psychological thriller The Replacement…
This review contains spoilers.
See related Power Rangers, boob armour, and impractical costumes
Hoo boy. You could cut the tension in that sandstone Victorian villa with a chic, designer knife. After Paula’s resigned “Fine, you win”, it wouldn’t have felt out of place for her to draw a sword, toss one to Ellen and leap onto the coffee table to have this out once and for all by clashing steel over the tasteful soft furnishings. That’s how powerful the animus is between these two.
They don’t need swords, of course. The laser beams shooting out from Vicky McClure’s limpid baby blues are weapon enough. The same goes for Morven Christie’s bright, false smile. Every flash of either this week took...
Who is really the villain in this story? The plot thickens in part two of BBC One psychological thriller The Replacement…
This review contains spoilers.
See related Power Rangers, boob armour, and impractical costumes
Hoo boy. You could cut the tension in that sandstone Victorian villa with a chic, designer knife. After Paula’s resigned “Fine, you win”, it wouldn’t have felt out of place for her to draw a sword, toss one to Ellen and leap onto the coffee table to have this out once and for all by clashing steel over the tasteful soft furnishings. That’s how powerful the animus is between these two.
They don’t need swords, of course. The laser beams shooting out from Vicky McClure’s limpid baby blues are weapon enough. The same goes for Morven Christie’s bright, false smile. Every flash of either this week took...
- 3/8/2017
- Den of Geek
Justified, Season 6, Episode 13: “The Promise”
Written by Graham Yost, Fred Golan, Dave Andron and Benjamin Cavell
Directed by Adam Arkin
Aired Tuesdays at 10pm Et on FX
Midway through “The Promise,” the final episode of Justified, a dog-eared copy of George V. Higgins’ The Friends of Eddie Coyle is passed between Marshals Raylan Givens and Tim Gutterson. While there are stricter parallels to be drawn between the novel, which tells the story of the dwindling fortunes of an aging, low-level hood trying to turn informant (or with the excellent film of the same name, featuring a stellar performance from the legendary Robert Mitchum), the prominent placement of the novel is a nod – one of many in this episode – to a mostly bygone era of genre storytelling, one which placed a premium on character, wit and dialogue above flowery prose or postmodern structural games. “The Promise” shows us the Higgins...
Written by Graham Yost, Fred Golan, Dave Andron and Benjamin Cavell
Directed by Adam Arkin
Aired Tuesdays at 10pm Et on FX
Midway through “The Promise,” the final episode of Justified, a dog-eared copy of George V. Higgins’ The Friends of Eddie Coyle is passed between Marshals Raylan Givens and Tim Gutterson. While there are stricter parallels to be drawn between the novel, which tells the story of the dwindling fortunes of an aging, low-level hood trying to turn informant (or with the excellent film of the same name, featuring a stellar performance from the legendary Robert Mitchum), the prominent placement of the novel is a nod – one of many in this episode – to a mostly bygone era of genre storytelling, one which placed a premium on character, wit and dialogue above flowery prose or postmodern structural games. “The Promise” shows us the Higgins...
- 4/15/2015
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
With "Justified" over (here's my series finale review), I got on the phone with showrunner Graham Yost to discuss why certain characters lived, others died, and which characters (Mags? Quarles?) he might have brought back under different circumstances, all coming up just as soon as I come back here with a jackhammer... I want to start with the hat, because I know it was one of the few significant creative disagreements you ever had with Elmore (Leonard). At what point did you decide you wanted Raylan to end the series wearing the smaller Stetson that met with his approval? Graham Yost: Pretty early on in the season, we knew we wanted to create a character who really modeled himself after Raylan to one degree or another, and he would get a hat, and Raylan would end up with the bad guy's hat. It's still not a perfect match for what Elmore wanted,...
- 4/15/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
"Justified" has come to an end. Yesterday, I published some overall thoughts on the series. Tonight, I have an interview with Graham Yost about who lived, who died, and why, and I have a review of the series finale coming up just as soon as we identify the worst possible ice cream flavor... "We dug coal together." -Boyd Given all the plates left spinning at the end of "Collateral," Yost — who wrote the finale with longtime "Justified" writers Fred Golan, Dave Andron and Benjamin Cavell — could have very easily gone to FX and requested 90 minutes or more in order to properly wrap things up. Instead, "The Promise" clocks in at only a few minutes longer than average (there was at least one episode last season that was longer than this), and it all but concludes the season's many intersecting plotlines by the halfway point, even putting on "You'll Never Leave...
- 4/15/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
In the beginning, and to the very end, Justified was about two guys who once dug coal together.
The FX drama on Tuesday night wrapped its six-season run with, of course, much gunplay, a couple more deaths, a few happy (or happy-ish) endings, a significant time jump and a wee surprise.
RelatedFX Sets Dates for Married and Tyrant Returns, Denis Leary’s Sex&Drugs
In summary: Desperate to get his dollars back, Markham took Ava hostage, until Boyd came in guns a-blazing, felling the venerable player. That set the stage for a Boyd/Raylan face-off, but the former knew better than to draw a (lent!
The FX drama on Tuesday night wrapped its six-season run with, of course, much gunplay, a couple more deaths, a few happy (or happy-ish) endings, a significant time jump and a wee surprise.
RelatedFX Sets Dates for Married and Tyrant Returns, Denis Leary’s Sex&Drugs
In summary: Desperate to get his dollars back, Markham took Ava hostage, until Boyd came in guns a-blazing, felling the venerable player. That set the stage for a Boyd/Raylan face-off, but the former knew better than to draw a (lent!
- 4/15/2015
- TVLine.com
Ellen DeGeneres is used to asking questions about celebrity babies, but this time, the tables were turned.
The 57-year-old talk show host sat down with the Today Show's Matt Lauer and answered questions about her personal life.
Ellen and her wife of six years, Portia de Rossi, have always been pretty adamant they will not have kids. "You have to really want to have kids, and neither of us did," Portia told Out magazine in 2013. However, Ellen may be changing her tune a bit.
"I think I would. But that's not enough to have kids," she told Lauer when he asked. "I love kids. But that's such a big commitment. And it seems long-term. And I just don't know if I can — it's too risky."
Photos: Ellen DeGeneres Has Sweet Messages in the Sky for Wife Portia
She then joked about The Ellen DeGeneres Show and how it will influence her thoughts about her own kid, "I'm...
The 57-year-old talk show host sat down with the Today Show's Matt Lauer and answered questions about her personal life.
Ellen and her wife of six years, Portia de Rossi, have always been pretty adamant they will not have kids. "You have to really want to have kids, and neither of us did," Portia told Out magazine in 2013. However, Ellen may be changing her tune a bit.
"I think I would. But that's not enough to have kids," she told Lauer when he asked. "I love kids. But that's such a big commitment. And it seems long-term. And I just don't know if I can — it's too risky."
Photos: Ellen DeGeneres Has Sweet Messages in the Sky for Wife Portia
She then joked about The Ellen DeGeneres Show and how it will influence her thoughts about her own kid, "I'm...
- 3/17/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
The explosives have begun to go off in the “Year of the Crowes” FX’s Justified with just two episodes left. Art Mullen’s (Nick Searcy) been shot and his deputies need to step up while he lies on a hospital bed in critical condition. Raylan Given’s (Timothy Olyphant) struggle with the Crowe family reached the point of no return, as has the partnership between Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) and Wynn Duffy (Jere Burns). Oh and Ava (Joelle Carter) has just asserted herself as an alpha in the prison system and builds her own criminal rep. Five years in, Justified continues to help lead the pack of superb television and as always there are plenty of cogs in motion, and we’ve got Executive Producer/Showrunner Graham Yost on board to talk about this current and next year’s final season, how their writer’s room is unique, and...
- 3/27/2014
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
Goodbye Seth MacFarlane, hello Ellen! Many folks hated MacFarlane's hosting abilities last year and now, I think, the Academy is making the right decisions to replace him with Ellen DeGeneres.
Just like Dory, Ellen's character in "Finding Nemo" and its upcoming sequel "Finding Dory," Ellen is charming, cheerful, and full of wit! And they get plus points for using Fitz & The Tantrums' "The Walker."
So Ellen may be perfect, but we'll find out for sure on March 2nd for the 86th Academy Awards aka The Oscars aka My Super Bowl!
(Pssst, click here to get ready for the Oscars!)
For now, be charmed by Ellen with this new spot:...
Just like Dory, Ellen's character in "Finding Nemo" and its upcoming sequel "Finding Dory," Ellen is charming, cheerful, and full of wit! And they get plus points for using Fitz & The Tantrums' "The Walker."
So Ellen may be perfect, but we'll find out for sure on March 2nd for the 86th Academy Awards aka The Oscars aka My Super Bowl!
(Pssst, click here to get ready for the Oscars!)
For now, be charmed by Ellen with this new spot:...
- 12/20/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Ellen DeGeneres has a pretty good sense of humor ... even when it comes to herself!The talk show host opens up about her minor medical problem on Tuesday's "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and wears one interesting patch to conceal it. Check out the video above to find out why Ellen needs an eye patch ... and why she only wore makeup on half of her face!"At first I didn't know what it was. I woke up and it was just a little bump, and then it felt like it was getting bigger and bigger and I put all my symptoms into Web MD and it told me I’m pregnant. That’s what it said I was," she explains. Lo and behold, the comedienne is not pregnant -- she just has a common stye infection. "I don’t know how it happened ... I fell asleep on a pile of wet...
- 12/10/2013
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Chicago – CBS’s “Hostages” is the first interesting new drama of 2013 (well, tied with NBC’s “The Blacklist,” which airs at the same time tonight, Monday, September 23, 2013). It’s not an instant hit creatively but there’s a lot to like here, particularly in its great cast and clever concept, one that engages the viewer enough with the promise of excitement for all fifteen weeks of this shortened season.
It’s got the feel of a great action movie, a piece of escapism that doesn’t necessarily challenge you mentally but offers a nice break from reality after a long Monday.
Television Rating: 3.5/5.0
TV veterans Toni Collette (Emmy winner for “The United States of Tara”), Dylan McDermott (Golden Globe winner for “The Practice”), Tate Donovan (“Damages”) bring their notable ability to create engaging, believable characters in not-necessarily-believable situations to “Hostages.” That’s a warning. The plot is ridiculous. But it...
It’s got the feel of a great action movie, a piece of escapism that doesn’t necessarily challenge you mentally but offers a nice break from reality after a long Monday.
Television Rating: 3.5/5.0
TV veterans Toni Collette (Emmy winner for “The United States of Tara”), Dylan McDermott (Golden Globe winner for “The Practice”), Tate Donovan (“Damages”) bring their notable ability to create engaging, believable characters in not-necessarily-believable situations to “Hostages.” That’s a warning. The plot is ridiculous. But it...
- 9/23/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Justified, Season 4, Episode 13: “Ghosts”
Written by Fred Golan and Benjamin Cavell
Directed by Bill Johnson
Airs Tuesdays at 10pm Et on FX
If you were hoping that “Ghosts” might hearken back to the very first Justified season finale, “Bulletville,” just because a gangster threatened to kill Raylan’s wife and unborn child last week, then it may very well have left you wanting. If, on the other hand, you value the thing Justified can dole out even better than gun battles – that is to say, potent character beats – “Ghosts” is more than happy to oblige. Easily the most low-key finale the series has pulled off to date, the episode caps off a season in which Justified proved it still has a few more tricks up its considerable sleeve.
It’s difficult to think of another series that could pull off an episode as (relatively) action-packed and viscerally satisfying as “Decoy,...
Written by Fred Golan and Benjamin Cavell
Directed by Bill Johnson
Airs Tuesdays at 10pm Et on FX
If you were hoping that “Ghosts” might hearken back to the very first Justified season finale, “Bulletville,” just because a gangster threatened to kill Raylan’s wife and unborn child last week, then it may very well have left you wanting. If, on the other hand, you value the thing Justified can dole out even better than gun battles – that is to say, potent character beats – “Ghosts” is more than happy to oblige. Easily the most low-key finale the series has pulled off to date, the episode caps off a season in which Justified proved it still has a few more tricks up its considerable sleeve.
It’s difficult to think of another series that could pull off an episode as (relatively) action-packed and viscerally satisfying as “Decoy,...
- 4/4/2013
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
On the whole, season four of Justified was pretty spectacular. With a few exceptions, almost every episode was filled with perfect writing, skillful, action-packed direction, some of the greatest acting performances on television, and really interesting character arcs. We also said goodbye to one of the show’s greatest assets, Raymond J. Barry as Arlo Givens in one of Justified’s greatest show openers ever, a vicious prison shanking. While Arlo’s passing was a loss to the show, we all made it through, and have one helluva episode to remember him by. Though most of this season did involve the marshallin’ stiffy-inducing search for fugitive Drew Thompson, who was Arlo’s buddy in Vietnam, and who brought cocaine to Harlan County. Drew, of course, turned out to be the kindly old Sheriff Shelby (Jim Beaver), who rescued dumb-but-sweet prostitute Ellen May (Abby Miller) from the clutches of Boyd and Ava, since...
- 4/3/2013
- by Caitlin Hughes
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Patton Oswalt | Created by Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost
Last week’s penultimate episode of Justified seemingly tied everything in a nice little bow, for the most part. Everything was swiftly and cleanly dealt with. Drew Thompson was in police custody and Ellen May was rescued from a death at the hands of Boyd and Ava and the Detroit mob lost out to the wit and brain power of our gunslinger. But, because all of season four has been chess pieces moving up and down the board in the background of the Shelby/Drew mystery, it all had to come to a head. And it blew over big time because ‘Ghosts’ is one of the most intense hours of Justified in a long line of intense hours that the show has logged under it’s belt.
The great thing is,...
Last week’s penultimate episode of Justified seemingly tied everything in a nice little bow, for the most part. Everything was swiftly and cleanly dealt with. Drew Thompson was in police custody and Ellen May was rescued from a death at the hands of Boyd and Ava and the Detroit mob lost out to the wit and brain power of our gunslinger. But, because all of season four has been chess pieces moving up and down the board in the background of the Shelby/Drew mystery, it all had to come to a head. And it blew over big time because ‘Ghosts’ is one of the most intense hours of Justified in a long line of intense hours that the show has logged under it’s belt.
The great thing is,...
- 4/3/2013
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
Early in the fourth-season finale of "Justified," one of the Detroit thugs holding Winona and Raylan at gunpoint references "The Friends of Eddie Coyle," a fantastic but supremely downbeat crime movie from the early '70s about a small-time mobster who can't escape the life he leads.
That pretty well sums up the events in the finale, "Ghosts," as well. The show's two central characters, Raylan Givens and Boyd Crowder, end a season that dredged up a whole bunch of unpleasant memories unable to purge those memories completely. Raylan ensures that Winona and his baby are safe, and Boyd adds a big chunk of new business, but neither one of them is walking away happy.
Raylan, at least, can start his suspension from the marshal's service knowing that his ex-wife and child are Ok -- Winona even helps Raylan eliminate Nicky Augustine's cinephile muscleman and two other guys who want...
That pretty well sums up the events in the finale, "Ghosts," as well. The show's two central characters, Raylan Givens and Boyd Crowder, end a season that dredged up a whole bunch of unpleasant memories unable to purge those memories completely. Raylan ensures that Winona and his baby are safe, and Boyd adds a big chunk of new business, but neither one of them is walking away happy.
Raylan, at least, can start his suspension from the marshal's service knowing that his ex-wife and child are Ok -- Winona even helps Raylan eliminate Nicky Augustine's cinephile muscleman and two other guys who want...
- 4/3/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
What do you tell yourself at night, when you lay your head down, that allows you to wake up in the morning pretending that you're not the bad guy?
Not only was Walton Goggins' delivery of the quote above utterly perfect as always, but the content of it was also such a great example of why Raylan Givens is such an interesting hero to follow that it had to lead off this review of the Justified Season 4 finale.
It hasn't just been Raylan; Tony Soprano and Walter White, among others, are also fascinating television protagonists of the last decade who fall somewhere different along the sliding scale of good and bad. Yet Raylan is one that always finds himself on the right side of the law no matter which of his actions make you question his motives.
In "Ghosts" Boyd asked him this question in reference to his assumption...
Not only was Walton Goggins' delivery of the quote above utterly perfect as always, but the content of it was also such a great example of why Raylan Givens is such an interesting hero to follow that it had to lead off this review of the Justified Season 4 finale.
It hasn't just been Raylan; Tony Soprano and Walter White, among others, are also fascinating television protagonists of the last decade who fall somewhere different along the sliding scale of good and bad. Yet Raylan is one that always finds himself on the right side of the law no matter which of his actions make you question his motives.
In "Ghosts" Boyd asked him this question in reference to his assumption...
- 4/3/2013
- by d4cella@gmail.com (Dan Forcella)
- TVfanatic
Warning: If you’ve yet to watch Tuesday’s Justified finale, avert your eyes now. Everyone else, read on…
Well, at least no one (we care about) died…
Season 4 of Justified came to a game-changing conclusion Tuesday night, and while our Harlan faves survived to see another dangerous day, their lives were forever altered — and not for the better.
Case in point: Boyd’s badass better half Ava was finally forced to answer for a murder she’d committed — and successfully hid — some time ago. As a result, Boyd was left reeling and in a place darker than we’ve ever seen him.
Well, at least no one (we care about) died…
Season 4 of Justified came to a game-changing conclusion Tuesday night, and while our Harlan faves survived to see another dangerous day, their lives were forever altered — and not for the better.
Case in point: Boyd’s badass better half Ava was finally forced to answer for a murder she’d committed — and successfully hid — some time ago. As a result, Boyd was left reeling and in a place darker than we’ve ever seen him.
- 4/3/2013
- by Megan Masters
- TVLine.com
The next-to-last episode of "Justified" seemed to wrap up the big story points of Season 4 -- Drew Thompson got his deal, Ellen May was safe, Raylan was about to start serving his suspension.
And then Winona got a rocking chair for the baby's room delivered by Nicky Augustine's man Picker, closing out "Peace of Mind" on a chilling note.
Nicky's (Mike O'Malley) decision to go after Raylan's (Timothy Olyphant) ex and the mother of his child is a big driver of the action in Tuesday's (April 2) season finale, "Ghosts." It's the last loose end for both Raylan and the Detroit crew in the wake of the Thompson case, and it brings a lot of the issues Raylan has dealt with over the course of the season to a head?
It's tough to say just how that happens without venturing too deep into spoiler territory. One thing that's clear, though, is...
And then Winona got a rocking chair for the baby's room delivered by Nicky Augustine's man Picker, closing out "Peace of Mind" on a chilling note.
Nicky's (Mike O'Malley) decision to go after Raylan's (Timothy Olyphant) ex and the mother of his child is a big driver of the action in Tuesday's (April 2) season finale, "Ghosts." It's the last loose end for both Raylan and the Detroit crew in the wake of the Thompson case, and it brings a lot of the issues Raylan has dealt with over the course of the season to a head?
It's tough to say just how that happens without venturing too deep into spoiler territory. One thing that's clear, though, is...
- 4/2/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
It's been an up-and-down season for Justified's Boyd and Ava Crowder.
Although the pair got engaged and made strides toward becoming the king and queen of Harlan County, Boyd (Walton Goggins) and Ava (Joelle Carter) were constantly hounded by the ghost of Delroy, the owner of the whorehouse whom Ava shot in self-defense in Season 3. In fact, Boyd and Ava's season-long quest to silence Ellen May (Abby Miller), the hooker with a heart of gold who witnessed Ava shooting Delroy, climaxed in the penultimate episode when Ava had a chance to off Ellen May once and for all...
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Although the pair got engaged and made strides toward becoming the king and queen of Harlan County, Boyd (Walton Goggins) and Ava (Joelle Carter) were constantly hounded by the ghost of Delroy, the owner of the whorehouse whom Ava shot in self-defense in Season 3. In fact, Boyd and Ava's season-long quest to silence Ellen May (Abby Miller), the hooker with a heart of gold who witnessed Ava shooting Delroy, climaxed in the penultimate episode when Ava had a chance to off Ellen May once and for all...
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- 4/2/2013
- by Adam Bryant
- TVGuide.com - Features
It's been an up-and-down season for Justified's Boyd and Ava Crowder.
Although the pair got engaged and made strides toward becoming the king and queen of Harlan County, Boyd (Walton Goggins) and Ava (Joelle Carter) were constantly hounded by the ghost of Delroy, the owner of the whorehouse whom Ava shot in self-defense in Season 3. In fact, Boyd and Ava's season-long quest to silence Ellen May (Abby Miller), the hooker with a heart of gold who witnessed Ava shooting Delroy, climaxed in the penultimate episode when Ava had a chance to off Ellen May once and for all...
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Although the pair got engaged and made strides toward becoming the king and queen of Harlan County, Boyd (Walton Goggins) and Ava (Joelle Carter) were constantly hounded by the ghost of Delroy, the owner of the whorehouse whom Ava shot in self-defense in Season 3. In fact, Boyd and Ava's season-long quest to silence Ellen May (Abby Miller), the hooker with a heart of gold who witnessed Ava shooting Delroy, climaxed in the penultimate episode when Ava had a chance to off Ellen May once and for all...
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- 4/2/2013
- by Adam Bryant
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Season 4 of Justified wraps up tonight (FX, 10 p.m. Et) with another tense hour. Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) and Boyd (Walton Goggins) make their final plays to keep pregnant Winona (Natalie Zea) safe from Nicky Augustine (Mike O’Malley), and prevent Ava (Joelle Carter) from going to jail for Delroy’s murder. “I think she really feels responsibility for this situation because she’s the one who pulled the trigger and then didn’t potentially get rid of the body in the right way,” Carter says of Ava’s mindset. “She’s had help from other people, and it’s come...
- 4/2/2013
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including How I Met Your Mother, Revolution, The Voice and New Girl!
1 | Which Grimm visual made you gag harder: The Sandman’s incredibly gross tongue or his spooned-out fly eyeball?
2 | Who did “Zou Bisou Bisou” better: Mad Men‘s Megan or Degrassi‘s Zig?
3 | Do any Revenge viewers actually care what happens to Padma? (Bueller…?) And were we alone in thinking Jack hadn’t bought the story about Kenny Ryan’s boat?
Photos | The Walking Dead...
1 | Which Grimm visual made you gag harder: The Sandman’s incredibly gross tongue or his spooned-out fly eyeball?
2 | Who did “Zou Bisou Bisou” better: Mad Men‘s Megan or Degrassi‘s Zig?
3 | Do any Revenge viewers actually care what happens to Padma? (Bueller…?) And were we alone in thinking Jack hadn’t bought the story about Kenny Ryan’s boat?
Photos | The Walking Dead...
- 3/29/2013
- by Team TVLine
- TVLine.com
Justified, Season 4, Episode 12: “Peace of Mind”
Written by Taylor Elmore and Leonard Chang
Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Airs Tuesdays at 10pm Et on FX
Boyd Crowder is not a good person. Yes, he’s capable of deep, abiding love, as demonstrated by his many earnest scenes of devotion with Ava. Yes, he’s remarkably witty, to the point of citing his own words as timeless folk wisdom without a trace of irony. But let’s not forget that this is the same man who spent the Justified pilot as an apparently earnest white supremacist with a penchant for blowing up churches with rocket launchers. (Admittedly, he only did it once, but in this case we can probably accept a single instance as a “penchant.”) The difficulty of playing Boyd Crowder is that he’s undergone more dramatic transformations than anyone else in the world of Justified - at the end of the day,...
Written by Taylor Elmore and Leonard Chang
Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Airs Tuesdays at 10pm Et on FX
Boyd Crowder is not a good person. Yes, he’s capable of deep, abiding love, as demonstrated by his many earnest scenes of devotion with Ava. Yes, he’s remarkably witty, to the point of citing his own words as timeless folk wisdom without a trace of irony. But let’s not forget that this is the same man who spent the Justified pilot as an apparently earnest white supremacist with a penchant for blowing up churches with rocket launchers. (Admittedly, he only did it once, but in this case we can probably accept a single instance as a “penchant.”) The difficulty of playing Boyd Crowder is that he’s undergone more dramatic transformations than anyone else in the world of Justified - at the end of the day,...
- 3/28/2013
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
Spoiler alert! Before you read our exclusive interview with Joelle Carter, Justified’s Ava Crowder, make sure you’ve watched this week’s episode, “Peace of Mind,” written by Taylor Elmore and Leonard Chang and directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton. With Drew Thompson now in custody, the mad scramble continues as Ellen May (Abby Miller) is on the run with Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) Nicky Augustine (Mike O’Malley) and Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) giving chase. Carter spoke with us about “Peace of Mind” as well as many memorable scenes throughout the season.
BuzzFocus: Let’s jump right in and talk about last night’s episode, “Peace of Mind,” an outstanding episode for Ava Crowder, who returned to the Noble’s Holler with $500,000 of Theo Tonin’s money to get Ellen May and it ends up in another friendship destruction for Ava.
Joelle Carter: What’s so beautiful about Boyd and...
BuzzFocus: Let’s jump right in and talk about last night’s episode, “Peace of Mind,” an outstanding episode for Ava Crowder, who returned to the Noble’s Holler with $500,000 of Theo Tonin’s money to get Ellen May and it ends up in another friendship destruction for Ava.
Joelle Carter: What’s so beautiful about Boyd and...
- 3/27/2013
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
My affection for Ava Crowder has not been kept much of a secret in these recaps. As such, I've been tracking her season-long arc more closely than most. I've seen this coming, this moment of truth, when Ava's soul would be at stake and the decision to willfully take Ellen May's life would be the choice in front of her. I'm glad the show played it straight with Ava, didn't swerve away from that choice just because we could all see it coming. There's a degree to which the show allowed itself to have its cake and eat it too, with Ava making the decision to spare Ellen May (or herself, more accurately), only to have first Colt and then Tim step in to take over the gunplay. But Ava made her choice clearly, and even moved to stop Colt from making that choice for her — though just to...
- 3/27/2013
- by Joe Reid
- Vulture
While Justified never ceased being one of the best shows on television, it entered into a third season slump. After a near-perfect second season, featuring one of the greatest TV villains, Mags Bennett (Margo Martindale), it couldn’t help but underwhelm in its junior year, replacing her with a slew of uninteresting baddies. Season four, however, is proof positive that a show can redeem itself. It has remained Harlan-centric villain-wise, with the exception of Mike O’Malley’s Detroit mobster Nicky Augustine, who is a vast improvement over who he replaced, Adam Arkin. No offense, Arkin… but O’Malley is killing it. Villains aside, the reasons why Justified continues to triumph this season is because of the consistently amazing writing and direction. The dialogue is nearly poetry, with Boyd turning phrases that sound as if they come out of Shakespeare’s notebook – Nicky even tells him this week, “I’m going to need Google Translate on my...
- 3/27/2013
- by Caitlin Hughes
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Patton Oswalt | Created by Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost
The main thrust of this season has been all about finding Drew Thompson before the Detroit mob does, and while it took up almost all of the screen time thus far, they’ve still left room for littler plots to flutter about in the background allowing the story to take on a richer tone, and liven Harlan County up. And now here in this penultimate episode, they’re taking this moment to tie up the little strands for a neat little package as everything winds on down.
Everything is all about Ellen May. All the points align there.
First, the Marshals get a much different target to track down. They need Ellen because Shelby’s using her to gum up his testimony about his Drew Thompson past. It’s...
The main thrust of this season has been all about finding Drew Thompson before the Detroit mob does, and while it took up almost all of the screen time thus far, they’ve still left room for littler plots to flutter about in the background allowing the story to take on a richer tone, and liven Harlan County up. And now here in this penultimate episode, they’re taking this moment to tie up the little strands for a neat little package as everything winds on down.
Everything is all about Ellen May. All the points align there.
First, the Marshals get a much different target to track down. They need Ellen because Shelby’s using her to gum up his testimony about his Drew Thompson past. It’s...
- 3/27/2013
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
After the thrilling events of last week's "Decoy," Justified took its foot off the pedal just a bit to showcase the more subtle brilliance of this show in what has turned out to be another fantastic season.
Six weeks ago I posited that Colton's entire arc might have been out of place.
"Peace of Mind," and the past few episodes overall, proved me wrong.
The way that his path kept crossing with Deputy Marshal Tim Gutterson's not only gave Colt a rightful place in this season's story, but it helped evolve Tim into something more than a rarely-there sidekick.
Sure there were the comedic moments - like last week's conversation about Lt. Dan and Gerard Depardieu - but when Tim came into that former snake-filled church, their interactions became some of the most intense and complex that you will see on television.
They have things in common, and that's why...
Six weeks ago I posited that Colton's entire arc might have been out of place.
"Peace of Mind," and the past few episodes overall, proved me wrong.
The way that his path kept crossing with Deputy Marshal Tim Gutterson's not only gave Colt a rightful place in this season's story, but it helped evolve Tim into something more than a rarely-there sidekick.
Sure there were the comedic moments - like last week's conversation about Lt. Dan and Gerard Depardieu - but when Tim came into that former snake-filled church, their interactions became some of the most intense and complex that you will see on television.
They have things in common, and that's why...
- 3/27/2013
- by d4cella@gmail.com (Dan Forcella)
- TVfanatic
Spoiler alert! If you haven’t watched this week’s episode of Justified, “Peace of Mind” written by Taylor Elmore and Leonard Chang and directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton, stop reading now. Season 4′s penultimate episode was a hunt for Ellen May (Abby Miller), and though Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) won, Nicky Augustine (Mike O’Malley) has one final play — and it involves Winona (Natalie Zea). As he’ll do throughout the season, showrunner Graham Yost takes us inside the writers’ room.
Entertainment Weekly: Did you always know Winona would be having a girl, or was it a debate in the room?...
Entertainment Weekly: Did you always know Winona would be having a girl, or was it a debate in the room?...
- 3/27/2013
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com
Question: Is Puck ever going to get a real storyline again on Glee? It feels almost like he’s been completely written off the show and he’s my favorite. —Sarah
Ausiello: Funny you should ask. Word on the street is he plays a significant part in the episode that is currently shooting. (Hint: We’ll get answers to the questions, “Where is he living?” and “What’s the deal with him and Kitty?”)
Related | Glee Scoop: Jessica Sanchez’s Top-Secret Role Revealed!
Question: Is Puck ever going to get a real storyline again on Glee? It feels almost like he’s been completely written off the show and he’s my favorite. —Sarah
Ausiello: Funny you should ask. Word on the street is he plays a significant part in the episode that is currently shooting. (Hint: We’ll get answers to the questions, “Where is he living?” and “What’s the deal with him and Kitty?”)
Related | Glee Scoop: Jessica Sanchez’s Top-Secret Role Revealed!
- 3/26/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Justified Season 4 has centered on Raylan's quest for a promotion, the hunt for Drew Thompson and, as Joelle Carter explained in our exclusive interview yesterday, a trio of unusual love stories.
"There's been Colt and Boyd, Raylan and Constable Bob and Ava and Ellen May," the actress said, turning her focus to the latter pairing and how it has impacted her character on this terrific FX drama.
"Ava stood up for Ellen May because she related to that kind of abuse. That's how she justified killing Delroy… and then she took Ellen May under her wing and wanted so desperately to believe that she could just trust her to keep it secret."
So… can she?
Ellen May hasn't said a word about the incident yet. But previews for tonight's "Peace of Mind" make it look like a possibly fatal confrontation is on the way. If Ava can pull the trigger,...
"There's been Colt and Boyd, Raylan and Constable Bob and Ava and Ellen May," the actress said, turning her focus to the latter pairing and how it has impacted her character on this terrific FX drama.
"Ava stood up for Ellen May because she related to that kind of abuse. That's how she justified killing Delroy… and then she took Ellen May under her wing and wanted so desperately to believe that she could just trust her to keep it secret."
So… can she?
Ellen May hasn't said a word about the incident yet. But previews for tonight's "Peace of Mind" make it look like a possibly fatal confrontation is on the way. If Ava can pull the trigger,...
- 3/26/2013
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
Go On books a table for a Friends reunion.
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In talking with The Hollywood Reporter Kristin Chenoweth discusses the injury she suffered while working on The Good Wife, expressing frustration that the injury stopped her from completing her story arc and saying she'd return to the show if given the chance.
The storytelling on The Walking Dead has more than its share of problems, but the Av Club says the zombie drama succeeds by being one of the few shows that's a memento mori, a drama that functions as a stark reminder of the inevitability of death.
TVLine reports that Marina Sirtis, the former Councilor Troi, has joined NCIS as the new director of the Mossad (the last one died a few months back).
I was getting a bit worried about the future of Cougar Town since ratings have been good but not spectacular, but TBS has ordered a...
News
In talking with The Hollywood Reporter Kristin Chenoweth discusses the injury she suffered while working on The Good Wife, expressing frustration that the injury stopped her from completing her story arc and saying she'd return to the show if given the chance.
The storytelling on The Walking Dead has more than its share of problems, but the Av Club says the zombie drama succeeds by being one of the few shows that's a memento mori, a drama that functions as a stark reminder of the inevitability of death.
TVLine reports that Marina Sirtis, the former Councilor Troi, has joined NCIS as the new director of the Mossad (the last one died a few months back).
I was getting a bit worried about the future of Cougar Town since ratings have been good but not spectacular, but TBS has ordered a...
- 3/26/2013
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
Since Mondays are just the worst, we here at Zap2it have decided to give your week a much-needed wake-up call with 10 TV teasers -- just to remind you that when the work day is over, your DVR waits to welcome you home.
This week, our Monday Kickstart includes a Stark family reunion on "Game of Thrones," a shocker ending on "Justified" and a warning about "Revolution."
"Game of Thrones": When everyone's favorite fantasy drama returns for its third season, there are some Stark family reunions in store. In fact, even fans of the books may be surprised by seeing certain members of the Stark family on screen together, despite the fact that our wolves are scattered across the landscape of Westeros.
"Raising Hope": In the first half of the one-hour season finale, Burt's parents come to town and drop a bomb that Burt is Jewish -- cue the musical numbers!
This week, our Monday Kickstart includes a Stark family reunion on "Game of Thrones," a shocker ending on "Justified" and a warning about "Revolution."
"Game of Thrones": When everyone's favorite fantasy drama returns for its third season, there are some Stark family reunions in store. In fact, even fans of the books may be surprised by seeing certain members of the Stark family on screen together, despite the fact that our wolves are scattered across the landscape of Westeros.
"Raising Hope": In the first half of the one-hour season finale, Burt's parents come to town and drop a bomb that Burt is Jewish -- cue the musical numbers!
- 3/25/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Drew Thompson may have been in Us Marshal custody, but the Detroit mob wasn't ready to give up the chase. "Decoy" was an epic showdown between those protecting Drew and those that wanted him dead.
In this edition of the TV Fanatic Round Table, staff members Dan Forcella, Christine Orlando, Jim Garner, and Carla Day discuss the magnificient bantering, showdowns, and Bob's unexpected strength.
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What will happen to Johnny now that his secret allegiance is out?
Dan: He will be forgiven by Boyd, feel a bit too comfortable, and then meet his maker at the most unlikely moment.
Jim: He may be joining Devil, we saw how it worked out for Devil to try and double cross Boyd.
Christine: I'm with Dan on this one. Boyd will make him feel safe before taking him out ... or if he's smart he'll run, so to speak.
Carla: Boyd's got trouble all...
In this edition of the TV Fanatic Round Table, staff members Dan Forcella, Christine Orlando, Jim Garner, and Carla Day discuss the magnificient bantering, showdowns, and Bob's unexpected strength.
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What will happen to Johnny now that his secret allegiance is out?
Dan: He will be forgiven by Boyd, feel a bit too comfortable, and then meet his maker at the most unlikely moment.
Jim: He may be joining Devil, we saw how it worked out for Devil to try and double cross Boyd.
Christine: I'm with Dan on this one. Boyd will make him feel safe before taking him out ... or if he's smart he'll run, so to speak.
Carla: Boyd's got trouble all...
- 3/22/2013
- by carla@tvfanatic.com (Carla Day)
- TVfanatic
Something is different about the fourth season of Justified that makes a strong case for being the best season yet. Yes, I realize I said this a year ago about Season 3 too, but for the first time, Justified feels like its traveling to a destination, rather than just giving Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) another big bad guy to kill or run out of Kentucky. Raylan’s buxom barkeep (Jenn Lyon) was the next disappointment in his life we suspected but she was just a distraction so a bigger plot could be laid down. As was the snake charming Billy St. Cyr (Joseph Mazzello), who became putty in Boyd’s (Walton Goggins) hand. A cold case that was hidden in the walls of Arlo’s home became priority #1, but not just at the U.S. Marshal office, but for every major character.
Editor’S Pick: Vote Justified Through the Spring Madness Tourney!
Editor’S Pick: Vote Justified Through the Spring Madness Tourney!
- 3/22/2013
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
Well, Drew Thompson has been apprehended by the federal marshals, having foiled both the Tonins and the Cowders, and there are still three episodes left in the season. At least one of which will involve a harrowing and likely violent escape from Witch Mountain as Raylan and company try to get Drew out of Harlan and back to Lexington. But that's for next week. This week, a whoooole lotta stuff went down to get us to that point.Drew ... Shelby ... I'm just going to call him Shelby because that's the guy we've come to know and (hopefully, if you're like me) love — anyway, Shelby gets out ahead of his pursuers, and while Raylan and Boyd are back at his house, jawing at each other as the Feds look for clues, Shelby is packing to skip town for Mexico. He's also giving Ellen May instructions so she can get...
- 3/13/2013
- by Joe Reid
- Vulture
Justified
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Patton Oswalt | Created by Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost
‘Get Drew’ effectively continued propelling the plot and the revelations that were brought forth in ‘The Hatchet Tour.’ If anything, it’s starting to feel like a movie in the way that the story is beginning to feel like it’s in its own continuum, rather than an episode ending in one spot and then picking up days later. No, they leave you in the immediacy of the reveal and the immediacy of the search beginning, and giving you a sense of how the show has moved from the who of Drew Thompson is and now the how to find him before he gets dead. It’s actually balanced quite well throughout, going between Drew/Shelby, Raylan and the Marshals and finally Boyd and the Dixie Mafia, and most of all of it,...
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Patton Oswalt | Created by Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost
‘Get Drew’ effectively continued propelling the plot and the revelations that were brought forth in ‘The Hatchet Tour.’ If anything, it’s starting to feel like a movie in the way that the story is beginning to feel like it’s in its own continuum, rather than an episode ending in one spot and then picking up days later. No, they leave you in the immediacy of the reveal and the immediacy of the search beginning, and giving you a sense of how the show has moved from the who of Drew Thompson is and now the how to find him before he gets dead. It’s actually balanced quite well throughout, going between Drew/Shelby, Raylan and the Marshals and finally Boyd and the Dixie Mafia, and most of all of it,...
- 3/13/2013
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
Everyone on "Justified" knows who Drew Thompson is now. Solving that mystery, though, has not even remotely tied things up for this season. If anything, knowing Drew's identity has made the situation even messier.
That's a particularly Elmore Leonard-esque twist for Tuesday's (March 12) episode, "Get Drew," which echoes the titles of one of Leonard's best-known novels. Drew does indeed get got (though not in "The Wire" sense), but even Raylan and Co., who now have their man in custody, don't seem too thrilled about it. Raylan neatly sums up the situation after Art notes it's a big accomplishment for Raylan and the marshals: "We're standing in a field. We haven't done s***."
Everyone in the hunt for Drew comes away wanting by episode's end. Theo Tonin still doesn't have his man. Boyd, having given up his and Ava's nest egg to Limehouse(!) in exchange for Drew, is $300,000 poorer and...
That's a particularly Elmore Leonard-esque twist for Tuesday's (March 12) episode, "Get Drew," which echoes the titles of one of Leonard's best-known novels. Drew does indeed get got (though not in "The Wire" sense), but even Raylan and Co., who now have their man in custody, don't seem too thrilled about it. Raylan neatly sums up the situation after Art notes it's a big accomplishment for Raylan and the marshals: "We're standing in a field. We haven't done s***."
Everyone in the hunt for Drew comes away wanting by episode's end. Theo Tonin still doesn't have his man. Boyd, having given up his and Ava's nest egg to Limehouse(!) in exchange for Drew, is $300,000 poorer and...
- 3/13/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
This fourth season of Justified hasn't felt like the three the preceded it. The search for Drew Thompson - in one way or another - has really seemed to drive the whole thing. Each and every episode, including "Get Drew," has had its own identity, but it still has felt more and more serialized than anything the series had done before.
I'm not saying that strategy is necessarily a bad thing in general. Everyone knows that I will all but rule out watching a show that does things strictly episodically, but during seasons two and three of Justified, they had a nearly perfect balance of small and big picture.
The chase for Drew Thompson has been a bit too big picture. Even after finally finding out who he was posing as last week and catching the sneaky old man this week, there is still more to do regarding Drew for...
I'm not saying that strategy is necessarily a bad thing in general. Everyone knows that I will all but rule out watching a show that does things strictly episodically, but during seasons two and three of Justified, they had a nearly perfect balance of small and big picture.
The chase for Drew Thompson has been a bit too big picture. Even after finally finding out who he was posing as last week and catching the sneaky old man this week, there is still more to do regarding Drew for...
- 3/13/2013
- by d4cella@gmail.com (Dan Forcella)
- TVfanatic
Spoiler alert! If you haven’t watched this week’s episode of Justified, “Get Drew,” written by Dave Andron and VJ Boyd and directed by Billy Gierhart, stop reading now. A familiar face returned and forced Boyd (Walton Goggins) and Ava (Joelle Carter) to make a decision they may regret after Shelby/Drew Thompson (Jim Beaver) went on the run with Ellen May (Abby Miller). They fell into the wrong hands, but Drew finally ended up with Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) — who now has to get him out of Harlan alive. As he’ll do throughout the season, showrunner Graham Yost...
- 3/13/2013
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
A review of tonight's "Justified" coming up just as soon as I threaten to sing showtunes... "I know we're on the run and all, but I ain't never felt so free." -Ellen May The mystery phase of "Justified" season 4 is over, which is probably for the best. The show never really gave us a compelling alternative to Shelby(*) as Drew Thompson, and in fact had done such an iffy job of explaining why Drew mattered to so many people that I've been repeatedly asked about it each week in the comments, via email, on Twitter, by smoke signals, etc. (*)...
- 3/13/2013
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
I love Justified. I love Justified so hard. Yes, there is the odd placeholder episode. Yes, there are smatterings of cheesy “reveals.” But when you get down to it, there is nary another show on television that is consistently exciting to watch, or that strikes the perfect, watchable balance between action and character development. That actually gets the plot moving week by week. That rewards fans of the show with little nuggets from seasons past, making the Harlan County crime universe a fully realized place where characters aren’t simply written off but are always lurking somewhere, acting behind the scenes. Oh yeah, and it has probably the most cleverly written dialogue on television, too. This week’s episode, “Get Drew,” (which Art delicately rephrases during the episode as “Let’s find the whore!”) is no exception to Justified’s standard of excellence. Pardon my language, but a lot of shit went down, and...
- 3/13/2013
- by Caitlin Hughes
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The Lying Game wraps up its spring season with plenty of pretty people, liars but nothing little.
News
Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones joined a comedy pilot according to Deadline. Divorce: A Love Story follows a divorced couple (played by Jones and Andrea Anders) who find out they're even worse when they're apart.
Matt Groening says that making The Simpsons into a movie was so difficult we shouldn't expect them to try again for "another 10, 15 years."
John Malkovich will be taking over the role of Blackbeard in the NBC pirate drama Crossbones. Hugh Laurie was originally pursued for the role but he couldn't fit it in his schedule. It's Malkovich's first role in a TV series.
Lucasfilm has confirmed that Star Wars: The Clone Wars has ended its run, but Lucas may make some additional content. Meanwhile, the animated Star Wars comedy Detours has been postponed. Ziro the Hutt killed...
News
Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones joined a comedy pilot according to Deadline. Divorce: A Love Story follows a divorced couple (played by Jones and Andrea Anders) who find out they're even worse when they're apart.
Matt Groening says that making The Simpsons into a movie was so difficult we shouldn't expect them to try again for "another 10, 15 years."
John Malkovich will be taking over the role of Blackbeard in the NBC pirate drama Crossbones. Hugh Laurie was originally pursued for the role but he couldn't fit it in his schedule. It's Malkovich's first role in a TV series.
Lucasfilm has confirmed that Star Wars: The Clone Wars has ended its run, but Lucas may make some additional content. Meanwhile, the animated Star Wars comedy Detours has been postponed. Ziro the Hutt killed...
- 3/12/2013
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
Justified, Season 4, Episode 9: “The Hatchet Tour”
Written by Taylor Elmore and Leonard Chang
Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter
Airs Tuesdays at 10pm Et on FX
First things first: if, like me, the title of this episode conjured visions of a hatchet-wielding baddie (perhaps in Detroit’s employ) making Raylan or Boyd’s life difficult, shutter those expectations. As it turns out, the title has a much more sentimental meaning for Raylan: it refers to his sainted mother Frances’s habit of “cutting through the muck” with a plain old meeting of adults in level-headed conference. The differences between Arlo and Frances Givens, and where Raylan might stand within that divide, keeps popping up over the course of the episode, informing Raylan’s mindset as we enter the season’s endgame.
As virtually everyone has speculated, yes, Shelby is Drew Thompson. It’s a little early to weigh in on...
Written by Taylor Elmore and Leonard Chang
Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter
Airs Tuesdays at 10pm Et on FX
First things first: if, like me, the title of this episode conjured visions of a hatchet-wielding baddie (perhaps in Detroit’s employ) making Raylan or Boyd’s life difficult, shutter those expectations. As it turns out, the title has a much more sentimental meaning for Raylan: it refers to his sainted mother Frances’s habit of “cutting through the muck” with a plain old meeting of adults in level-headed conference. The differences between Arlo and Frances Givens, and where Raylan might stand within that divide, keeps popping up over the course of the episode, informing Raylan’s mindset as we enter the season’s endgame.
As virtually everyone has speculated, yes, Shelby is Drew Thompson. It’s a little early to weigh in on...
- 3/7/2013
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
The "Justified" writers played it straight with the audience regarding the identity of the mysterious Drew Thompson, which is good. And the stories it can set up after revealing his identity in Tuesday's (March 5) show are potentially very good. But it may mean the actor's time on the show is limited, and that's kind of a bummer.
Spoilers for "The Hatchet Tour," obviously, coming right up.
The audience has been ahead of Raylan, Art, Boyd and everyone else looking for Drew, because none of them were in Shelby's office when he was searching the database for Drew, or at his house when he told Ellen May about believing a lie long enough until it becomes true. So when Hunter says "What now, Drew?" to Shelby while Raylan is mediating between Constable Bob and the two drunk Clover Hill guys, it's not the biggest surprise for us. But it's also episode 9 of 13 this season,...
Spoilers for "The Hatchet Tour," obviously, coming right up.
The audience has been ahead of Raylan, Art, Boyd and everyone else looking for Drew, because none of them were in Shelby's office when he was searching the database for Drew, or at his house when he told Ellen May about believing a lie long enough until it becomes true. So when Hunter says "What now, Drew?" to Shelby while Raylan is mediating between Constable Bob and the two drunk Clover Hill guys, it's not the biggest surprise for us. But it's also episode 9 of 13 this season,...
- 3/6/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Justified
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Patton Oswalt | Created by Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost
“In the words of Arlo Givens, ‘I’m trying to knock some goddamn sense into you.’”
Those words spoken by Raylan quoting his recently, but not so dearly departed father speaks loudly about what tack Raylan Givens uses in his course as a Us Marshal. It’s evident in Raylan’s youth that he clearly had two dividing lines in his parental guidance, his mother who we’ve never seen; was more of a high road mentality and Arlo was the kind of person who’d just as soon give someone a shit sandwich to right the wrongs against his wife. And that makes sense from what we know about Arlo, and the fact that no one even attempts to sugarcoat Arlo even after his death. Even Hunter Mosely,...
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Patton Oswalt | Created by Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost
“In the words of Arlo Givens, ‘I’m trying to knock some goddamn sense into you.’”
Those words spoken by Raylan quoting his recently, but not so dearly departed father speaks loudly about what tack Raylan Givens uses in his course as a Us Marshal. It’s evident in Raylan’s youth that he clearly had two dividing lines in his parental guidance, his mother who we’ve never seen; was more of a high road mentality and Arlo was the kind of person who’d just as soon give someone a shit sandwich to right the wrongs against his wife. And that makes sense from what we know about Arlo, and the fact that no one even attempts to sugarcoat Arlo even after his death. Even Hunter Mosely,...
- 3/6/2013
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
A lot of things came out in the open during "The Hatchet Tour," but only in a way that could happen in Harlan. Here's a rundown of the key takeaways from this evening's Justified:
Drew Thompson Revealed: The biggest reveal of the night was that Sheriff Shelby Parlow is really Drew Thompson. Many of us suspected it during last week's Round Table, so I wasn't really surprised when Shelby sat down with Hunter in the car.
What did surprise me is the loyalty that Shelby/Drew inspired in so many people. Arlo went to his grave having killed someone to protect him. Hunter killed Arlo and tried to kill himself to protect him.
Hell, even his ex-wife seem to avoid picking him out of all the men in Harlan when she was asked too. Few men command that type of loyalty and respect. Kudos to you Shelby/Drew, I will miss ya.
Drew Thompson Revealed: The biggest reveal of the night was that Sheriff Shelby Parlow is really Drew Thompson. Many of us suspected it during last week's Round Table, so I wasn't really surprised when Shelby sat down with Hunter in the car.
What did surprise me is the loyalty that Shelby/Drew inspired in so many people. Arlo went to his grave having killed someone to protect him. Hunter killed Arlo and tried to kill himself to protect him.
Hell, even his ex-wife seem to avoid picking him out of all the men in Harlan when she was asked too. Few men command that type of loyalty and respect. Kudos to you Shelby/Drew, I will miss ya.
- 3/6/2013
- by jim@tvfanatic.com (Jim Garner)
- TVfanatic
Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t watched this week’s Justified episode “The Hatchet Tour,” written by Taylor Elmore and Leonard Chang and directed by Lesli Glatter, stop reading now. We learned Drew Thompson’s new identity as Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) took the long way around transporting Hunter (Brent Sexton), and Boyd (Walton Goggins) and Ava (Joelle Carter) discovered the truth about Ellen May. As he’ll do throughout the season, showrunner Graham Yost takes us inside the writers room.
Entertainment Weekly: When did you decide that Shelby (Jim Beaver) would be Drew Thompson?
Graham Yost: We didn’t...
Entertainment Weekly: When did you decide that Shelby (Jim Beaver) would be Drew Thompson?
Graham Yost: We didn’t...
- 3/6/2013
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
Even more than in past years, Season 4 of "Justified" has been about family.
Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) has of course been caught up in a cold case that involved his father, and Boyd (Walton Goggins) and Ava (Joelle Carter) have gotten engaged. There's another family angle at play as well, though -- Johnny Crowder's (David Meunier) resentment of Boyd for bringing in an outsider, Colton Rhodes (Ron Eldard), to help run his criminal enterprises.
Johnny has made no secret of his dislike for Colt, and in last week's episode he carried out a plan to prove Colt had been lying about killing Ellen May (Abby Miller), who had in fact escaped from him and, as the audience knows, is hiding out with Sheriff Shelby Parlow (Jim Beaver).
"The driving force behind the animosity in that relationship in the first place was that Boyd brings in this outsider who Johnny doesn't know,...
Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) has of course been caught up in a cold case that involved his father, and Boyd (Walton Goggins) and Ava (Joelle Carter) have gotten engaged. There's another family angle at play as well, though -- Johnny Crowder's (David Meunier) resentment of Boyd for bringing in an outsider, Colton Rhodes (Ron Eldard), to help run his criminal enterprises.
Johnny has made no secret of his dislike for Colt, and in last week's episode he carried out a plan to prove Colt had been lying about killing Ellen May (Abby Miller), who had in fact escaped from him and, as the audience knows, is hiding out with Sheriff Shelby Parlow (Jim Beaver).
"The driving force behind the animosity in that relationship in the first place was that Boyd brings in this outsider who Johnny doesn't know,...
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