A new poster and a premiere date have been revealed for Michael B. Jordan’s upcoming movie Without Remorse.
Without Remorse is adapted from Tom Clancy’s 1993 novel. Jordan plays John Kelly, a Navy Seal who seeks justice for the death of his pregnant wife. The movie will be released on April 30 on Amazon Prime Video. The new poster shows Michael B. Jordan holding a gun and seemingly hiding from someone.
More information about the plot has also been revealed:
An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife in Tom Clancy’s ‘Without Remorse,’ the explosive origin story of action hero John Clark – one of the most popular characters in author Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan universe. When a squad of Russian soldiers kills his family in retaliation for his role in a top-secret op, Sr. Chief John Kelly (Michael B. Jordan) pursues the assassins at all costs. Joining forces with a fellow SEAL (Jodie Turner-Smith) and a shadowy CIA agent (Jamie Bell), Kelly’s mission unwittingly exposes a covert plot that threatens to engulf the U.S. and Russia in an all-out war. Torn between personal honor and loyalty to his country, Kelly must fight his enemies without remorse if he hopes to avert disaster and reveal the powerful figures behind the conspiracy.
The movie is directed by Stefano Sollima and written by Taylor Sheridan and Will Staples. Michael B. Jordan is joined by Jodie Turner-Smith, Jamie Bell, Guy Pearce, Cam Gigandet, and Lauren London.
Without Remorse will be released on Amazon Prime Video on April 30, 2021.
After Jessica’s discovery of her children’s heinous actions last week, along with the thrilling drama at Claremont, Prodigies everywhere have been eager to know: what comes next now that the secret is out? Let’s jump right into what happened on this week’s episode of Prodigal Son!
The show opens with a flashback to 1998, where Martin and Jessica are frantically searching for a missing Ainsley. The two find her in the grandfather clock, oblivious of the worry she’s caused her parents, excited that she won the game of hide and seek that she and Malcolm were playing. Jessica wakes from her dream.
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Malcolm shoots his coffee cup into a trashcan, expressing his excitement at getting to solve another murder (to the chagrin of Gil). News reporters, including Ainsley, try and get the scoop on “the Bridal Butcher” but get sent away. As Gil and Malcolm approach the slain bride, Gil informs Malcolm that JT is meeting with his union rep and Dani is with vice; it’s just the two of them — and Edrisa.
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The victim was carefully and gently staged, leading Malcolm to believe that the killer, harboring some “serious psychosexual issues,” is a middle-aged serial killer.
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Ainsley asks why Malcolm has been avoiding her. He denies the accusation and gives her information on the case to redirect the conversation. After learning the victims were wearing elbow-length gloves, Ainsley tells Malcolm that the victims aren’t brides; they’re debutantes.
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Jessica visits Martin at Claremont, needing to speak to him alone. Mr. David reluctantly leaves the two alone after Jessica promises not to stab him.
oh, please, I promise. no stabbies.
Jessica confronts Martin, saying he knew about Endicott’s murder all along. He taunts her about the fact that Malcolm told him and not her. Jess accuses Martin of being responsible for the whole mess. He counters that she was the one to bring Endicott back into their lives. Jessica calls Martin a cancer, stating that she’s taking Ainsley away; he’ll never see her again.
Back at the morgue, a jumpy Edria informs Malcolm and Gil that though there was Rohypnol in the victims’ systems, they died of asphyxiation, something that Edrisa thinks is due to a debreather (a common tool used in assisted suicide).
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After a closer look at the victim’s file, the team discovers that Allison had heterochromia iridum (different colored eyes). Edrisa discovers the killer replaced her brown eye with a fake blue one. The killer isn’t operating from a place of rejection, but idealization according to Malcolm.
Malcolm asks about JT’s meeting with the union rep. JT tells him he and O’Malley will get suspended if he decides to make his complaint official. JT brushes off Malcolm’s concern and tells him that the victim’s fake eye was a doll eye, leading Malcolm to profile that the perp is in some sort of arrested development and probably has deep childhood trauma.
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Gil tells the pair that both victims were debutantes and attended Windsor School of Etiquette — somewhere Ainsely happened to attend. Just before Malcolm takes off to investigate, Martin calls to inform of Jessica’s plan to whisk Ainsley away. Malcolm reassures him that she isn’t going anywhere with a story on the horizon. They discuss the case, devolving into talk of how Ainley could’ve been negatively affected by debutant culture as a youth.
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Gil and JT enter a creepy doll shop to try and find out the doll eye’s origin. The two speak to the shady owner, Trevor Falve, who, after some convincing, agrees to tell them who the eye was made for.
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Malcolm enters Windsor only to find Ainsley already there. Malcolm, peeved than Ainsley seems to be treating solving the case like a sibling competition, asks how she feels about the two women getting murdered — to which she gives a nonchalant answer that it’s terrible, wondering why Malcolm would ask that. Malcolm deflects, saying that places like Windsor remind him of a time when their social circle cut them off after Martin’s arrest.
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While he’s badmouthing etiquette, Sarah Windsor, the owner, enters and lectures him on the importance of manners. Malcolm questions her, asking if anyone had a motive to kill the two former debutantes. She hints that the two were involved in some untoward activities. As she leaves Malcolm to go get him some files, Bright notices a doll on the floor.
Rachel, Ms. Windsor’s assistant, brings him the files and apologizes for leaving the doll in the hall. She tells him that all of the students get one; the dolls model ideal behavior, being “silent and perfect.” Rachel informs him that Falve made the dolls, a fact that Bright relays to Gil.
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Gil and JT catch Falve dragging away a body and attempting escape. JT stops him, and they discover the “body” was just a doll.
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Meanwhile, Ainsley is trying to get leads for her story from some of her old debutante classmates. Jessica tries to convince Ainsley to go on vacation with her, citing that she’s acting like Malcolm throwing herself into this case. Unsurprisingly, Ainsley says she has to see it through.
Back in interrogation, Gil asks why Falve has pictures of Windsor’s students. Falve claims that Ms. Windsor had him make the dolls to look like the students. Not convinced that he’s not shady, Gil asks about the sex dolls he makes before Bright bursts in and pulls out … a life-sized doll head? He asks Trevor why he tried to steal it, which riles the artisan up; the doll, Delores, was the first one he ever made.
Gil pulls Malcolm aside to let Trevor stew. Malcolm informs Gil that Falve is an agalmatophile — he forms romantic attachments to inanimate human forms; he isn’t their guy.
Malcolm visits Dr. Whitly, telling him that Ainsley is treating the case like a game. Simultaneously, we see Ainsley meeting Violet, an old debutante contact. Martin tells Malcolm to lighten up, saying that they’re getting away with the murder, “the fun part” — Malcolm disagrees with his definition of fun. Martin thinks that if Ainsley knew she murdered Endicott, she’d be proud of herself like Martin is proud of Malcolm.
Ainsley finds Violet murdered, staged like the others but without eyes. Of course, her next thought is to start a live stream on the news, giving the world an exclusive look at the latest development in the case (Ainsley girl, read the room). Suffice to say, Gil and Malcolm are not happy. While the two lecture her, Ainsley displays a startling lack of empathy or remorse for her actions, stating that “someone needs to catch this killer; it might as well be me.”
Jessica arrives at the station, asking Gil if Ainsley’s ok and if she was involved (letting a little too much slip there, methinks). Gil asks why the whole family’s been on edge. When he learns Jessica visited Martin, he tells her that she doesn’t need to go to him for anything because he’s there — is the ice thawing? Is that a spark of #Gilica we see shining through?
A caffeine-high Edrisa helps Malcolm, who’s hit a wall with the case, discover a phone number on Violet’s cell that leads back to Ms. Windsor. Malcolm exclaims that she fits the profile; her drive to cultivate “perfect women” was rejected by society. By killing the victims and staging them, she was making them perfect again.
Ainsley, a rejector of debutante culture, is now in danger, having gone to visit Ms. Windsor to run down the lead from Violet’s phone. A hand ominously pours something in Ainsley’s tea, unbeknownst to Ainsley, who takes a small sip as she questions her about the phone call.
Rachel interrupts the two, saying that the police have arrived. She and Ainsley begin to chat while Ms. Windsor leaves.
In a meeting, JT is told that no one wants his situation “getting political or, god forbid, in the papers.” O’Malley claims he’s not a racist, citing it was dark that night; JT was rushing into an active crime scene, and “it could’ve been anyone.” Malcolm calls for backup (what?!?), and Gil and JT leave the meeting; JT has decided he’s not going to file a complaint.
“You’re scared, and that’s why you’re such a miserable cop. ‘Cause that hatred you feel? It’s poison. And I’m not gonna let it poison my life too.”
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Malcolm shows up at Windsor to ask if Ainsley is there. Sarah lies and says no, turning her back on him — this break in decorum tips Malcolm off that she’s covering something up. After interrogating her further, Ms. Windsor realizes Rachel is the real culprit and sends Malcolm after his sister.
When he arrives in the tea room, Ainsley is gone. She and Rachel have gone to Rachel’s room, where Ainsley begins to pass out due to the powder that was added to her tea. Malcolm hides behind a wall, seeing Rachel pull out the debreather before his buzzing phone gives his position away. Malcolm enters the room.
Sarah is seen addressing pictures of … her former students? Whatever the case, the room is empty; it’s obvious something isn’t quite right.
As Malcolm enters Rachel’s room to fetch Ainsley, he notices that she has crossed the names of the victims off of an old debutante program. Rachel says that the victims betrayed everything the school stood for. Asking whose room they’re standing in, Malcolm correctly determines that Rachel is Ms. Windsor’s daughter. Ms. Windsor is seen twisting a knob on a light fixture; a hissing sound begins to fill the room — is she … is she about to gas everyone?
Malcolm continues to flesh out Rachel’s story, determining that Sarah never loved her like she loved the debutantes. This caused her to direct her rage towards them for rejecting the love that she craved.
As Rachel holds Malcolm at gunpoint, Ainsley gets up, sneaking up on Sarah while Malcolm holds her attention. She’s holding a knife … does this seem ominously reminiscent for anyone else? Malcolm pleads, “wait, don’t do this. There has to be another way.” He doesn’t seem to be pleading with Rachel for his life, but with Ainsley to not do something she regrets — again.
Rachel glimpses Ainsley in the mirror and pistol whips her, sending the younger Whitly to the ground. As Rachel takes aim at her, Malcolm tackles her to the ground right as she pulls the trigger, redirecting the bullet’s trajectory.
Sarah is seen turning more knobs, saying, “I’m sorry, Rachel, but they can never know.” Luckily, Malcolm smells the gas, and he carries Rachel out as he and Ainsley run to safety right as Sarah strikes and drops a match, causing her to be engulfed in a fiery inferno and the upper level of the house to explode.
Afterward, Malcolm asks Ainsley how she wasn’t drugged. She cites her new nail polish that changes color when it comes into contact with a roofied drink; she was just pretending so she wouldn’t arouse suspicion. She goes on to tout the fact that she “won” by solving the case first — to Malcolm’s chagrin. It wasn’t just important to her to find out who the killer was but why the killer did it.
“My father was a serial killer also, Malcolm. I was young, but I have a right to be messed up too.”
Back at Claremont, Martin tells Jess how proud he is of his kids for solving the case. Jessica, on the other hand, is not pleased, realizing that she can’t take Ainsley away; she’s too unstable. Martin continues ribbing her until Jessica goes off on him, making him think about what could happen if the kids are found out. Martin asks what she needs from him. She responds with, “A partner. Help me save them.” Martin readily agrees, ending the episode with an ominous promise.
“Of course. And we will. Even these chains can’t stop me. Nope. There is nothing I won’t do to save my family.”
Malcolm Danger Count: 2
That’s got to be an all-time low—a round of applause for Mr. Bright.
What will happen as the drama continues to unfold? We’ll have to tune in to find out. To get a sneak peek of what’s coming next, be sure to check out the synopsis and photos for episode 6. If you want to delve deeper into what’s been happening this season, make sure to check out our podcast as well! Prodigal Son airs on Tuesday nights at 9/8 CT on FOX.
While season 2 has felt a little unmoored since the loss of Zoey’s father, the show has found its heart again in this episode: addressing difficult topics by taking a hard look at them and not shying away from any of the difficult emotions. “Zoey’s Extraordinary Reckoning” shifts its focus from grief to the very real problem of racism within the fictional company SPRQ Point and throughout the world. Simon, Mo, and Tobin step into a spotlight that I sincerely hope they never leave. The raw emotion and topical discussion this episode addresses is important and will hopefully reoccur in future episodes.
The episode begins with Simon worried about the fallout from his press conference where he very publicly highlighted that SPRQ Point is disproportionately white, especially the higher positions and the board members. Zoey follows him to the elevator asking why he didn’t tell her, but Simon did try. He points out she should have put it together when a Black employee told her SPRQ Point devices weren’t recognizing Black and Brown faces. She apologizes and agrees that she needs to do better, but he asks for some time alone and heads to his office.
Later at Mo’s, Zoey tells Mo and Max what happened at the press conference. They are all proud of Simon for speaking out, and as Mo fetches tea, Zoey spills some to Max about her doing drugs with Danny Michael Davis. As a result, he now texts her all the time, cueing a text that says he’s spiraling with guilt over Simon’s press conference and bought a private jet for the African Children’s Choir. Mo suggests they ask him to invest in MaxiMo, and though Max is worried about using “guilt money,” Mo is all in and Zoey quickly gets them a pitch appointment for tomorrow. Mo says they need to get him to listen, and that gives Zoey an idea.
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The next day she calls a town hall with the fourth floor hoping to spark safe and honest discussion about race in the work place. However, this backfires and results in only white employees speaking with “I took a knee at the company softball game,” “my stepdad’s Black,” and one even manages to make it about her own engagement. This is highly unhelpful and the Black and POC employees, including Simon and Tobin, are clearly uncomfortable and say nothing. It creates such frustration that Zoey hears a heart song of “Black Man in a White World” by Michael Kiwanuka sung by Simon, but with every Black employee as back up. No one feels heard or supported and the number is paired with incredibly moving choreography. She asks Simon to weigh in, but he says “I’d rather not,” and excuses himself. Realizing this was all a failure, Zoey ends the town hall with a “Wow, I really don’t know sh*t,” with a white title card running across the curse word. She follows Simon to the elevator and he tells her he’s concerned with the fallout from the conference; he’s heard nothing from Danny and just needs to get out of the office for a bit. He leaves to grab lunch with Tatiana. Zoey paces in her office as she voice to texts a message to Simon each draft more wordy, confusing, and worse than the last as she tries to apologize and express her desire to help.
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Mo and Max meet with Danny to pitch their idea for MaxiMo. Danny is all for it, he loves the concept but a glitch occurs when Max attempts to show him the ordering process that allows all orders to arrive at the same time for one table. Danny suggests he ask some of the coders to help fix the coding error, and then asks how much money they need. He pitches $2 million which Mo is happy to accept, but Max quickly tells him $150,000 is plenty and Danny agrees.
Danny finds Zoey in her office (head down in frustration) to tell her the board wants Simon to retract his statement to clarify it was only his opinion and not the general outlook of employees at SPRQ Point. Zoey tries to explain why this is a bad idea but he brushes her off and delegates that tough conversation with Simon to Zoey. Zoey is more than a little uneasy at this decision, but Danny insists.
Max visits the fourth floor team looking for Gabe and Jared to help with the coding problem, but they were transferred. McKenzie is more than willing to help the “thirst trap,” aka Max, and though he, Tobin, and Leif never really got along, Max accepts the trio’s help. All three really love the concept and dive right in to brainstorming the issue with Max at the helm once again.
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Anxious about her conversation with Simon, Zoey visits Mo at MaxiMo to ask advice on how to talk to him. However, Mo highlights the very real issue of Zoey asking her Black friend how to talk to her other Black friend. Mo, who is in the middle of overseeing a mural painting with two Black artists, performs a heart song with her friends, “No More Drama” by Mary J. Blige, which fully encompasses how exhausted Mo is with Zoey’s… well, drama. Zoey realizes her misstep and leaves but makes sure to compliment the gorgeous mural, (one I’d love to have on my own wall).
“It’s hard enough for me to walk around this world as I am, and no, I’m not about to tell you how to talk to your Black friend at work. So go figure that out on your own.”
At work, Tobin tells Simon that he was inspired by Simon speaking up but Simon points out how he joked about it at the town hall. Tobin says he’s more low key, but Simon’s not impressed. Zoey meets with Simon, explaining that the board wants him to walk back what he said. This is Simon’s fear realized and he chooses to have the hard conversation with Zoey. He tells her he feels alone in this battle and that she can’t rewrite an experience she knows nothing about. She tries to say she understands a little, she’s a woman in the tech world. He explains that’s not the same experience that he faces as a Black man within the company or in the world. He’s been asked, “Nice office, how’d you swing that?” and constantly has to prove he deserves to be present. Zoey agrees it’s awful but Simon continues,
“It’s the truth. I have to constantly amputate parts of who I am to make other people feel comfortable in my presence. So they feel safe, so when I walk on the elevator they aren’t startled when they see me.”
Zoey tries again, she just sees Simon when she looks at him, and Simon perfectly voices why that’s not helpful, “Simon is a black man. You seeing me as only Simon denies a fundamental part of who I am.” Her telling him to walk back his statement is asking him to deny that part of himself, asking him this makes her part of the problem. He refuses to clarify the statement. As he walks away a small piece seems to fall into place for Zoey.
Zoey seeks out Danny to have a hard talk about what Simon said. Danny gets defensive; he didn’t invent racism and he has a foundation! But Zoey reminds him there is a real problem within the company and she thinks they should listen instead of asking Simon to retract his statement. She leaves him with that thought.
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Max and the team brainstorm what they could be missing in the coding on the MaxiMo app, tossing out “funny” nicknames in the process. Zoey check in and congratulates Max on Danny’s investment when Tobin has a breakthrough in the error. Everyone is excited and one coder jokes, “it’s a good thing we outsourced it to Slumdog,” a dig at Tobin’s Indian heritage. He laughs it off by making an additional joke, but he is deeply affected and sings a heart song “The Tracks of My Tears” by The Miracles (Kapil Talwalkar gives a brilliant performance). It’s rare that Tobin lets his guard down, but when Zoey asks him to her office following the song, that’s exactly what happens. Tobin explains he jokes because he’s first generation and so he never feels like he fits in.
“Do you know how shocked people in other departments are when they meet me and I don’t have an accent or I’m not the guy delivering their shawarma? Happens all the time.”
Zoey encourages him to speak out but he counters, “To who? HR? Danny Michael Davis? What am I going to say? ‘People are treating me like an Indian guy’? Guess what Zoey, I’m an Indian guy.” She encourages him to have Simon’s back because clearly he feels the same way that Simon does, but the same fear that kept Simon silent for so long also lives in Tobin and he rejects her idea.
Simon talks to Mo as he fixes lights in the building stairway. Simon says he knows if he doesn’t retract his statement he’ll be slowly iced out and given no opportunities to rise within the company. Simon begins to cave, but Mo tells him,
“You are a gorgeous Black man with a big heart and you shouldn’t have to put your head down anywhere. And if you can’t be your whole self then they don’t deserve you.”
It seems to give Simon strength and he decides he’s going to quit. Just then, Zoey arrives home and apologizes to them both. Simon tells her his plan to quit, and she doesn’t argue, saying she supports whatever choice he makes.
The next morning, Zoey arrives to find McKenzie staring in amazement at her phone. She shows Zoey that Tobin posted on social media about his experiences within SPRQ Point. The post blew up overnight and received hundreds of similar comments from SPRQ Point employees all over the world. She finds Tobin and congratulates him on posting, and he says he never expected the outpouring. Moved and excited by the volume of posts, Zoey and Tobin races into Danny’s office to stop Simon from quitting. Inside she finds that Danny and Simon are already aware of the post and having a hard conversation about the issues in SPRQ Point. Danny plans to officially change the board meeting topic to address the racial equality issues, “because that’s what heroes do.” Everyone shuts that statement down real fast.
At the meeting, Danny steps aside to let Simon, with Tobin and Zoey’s support, lead the discussion with the all white board. Simon shares a few of the stories and says diversity committees and workshops aren’t going to create the kind of change that needs to happen within company culture.
“It’s about being inclusive in the rooms where decisions are made.”
As they pack up to leave, Leif awkwardly apologizes to Tobin for benefiting from the system but Tobin assures him they are good. Leif is relieved and they head off to grab a beer together.
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Mo hosts a party at MaxiMo where Tatiana is reading off the SPRQ Point commitments thanks to Simon speaking up. In fact, this whole party is to celebrate Simon speaking up and affecting change. He thanks them all for their support and Mo proposes a toast. There is such joy that Zoey hears a heart song, “Tightrope” by Janelle Monáe, from Simon, Mo, and Tatiana. (It’s paired with more brilliant choreography, making it a great closing number on this episode!) Zoey asks Simon how he’s feeling after everything that’s happened in the last few days, and he simply answers, “Relief.”
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist will go on a short hiatus but will return Sunday, March 28 at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT and remain in its former Sunday time slot going forward.
The Bubble is coming, and it’s pulling all the punches with a killer cast lineup.
Judd Apatow’s Netflix comedy, which comes from a script that he co-wrote with Pam Brady (South Park), tackles the coronavirus pandemic from an interesting new angle. Sure, many of our favorite television shows are now sprinkled with on-camera masks and COVID-19 plotlines, but what about what goes on behind the scenes? The Bubble is a meta comedy, which will focus on a group of actors and their “pandemic bubble” at a hotel while they’re filming a movie.
The all-star cast list has just been revealed, and it includes the likes of Karen Gillan, Keegan-Michael Key, Pedro Pascal, Iris Apatow, Fred Armisen, Maria Bakalova, David Duchovny, Leslie Mann, and Peter Serafinowicz.
A release date has not yet been announced. Stay tuned for more news on The Bubble.
Buckle in, because things get EXPLOSIVE in the newest episode of 9-1-1! As the 118 deal with a bomb threat, Maddie and Buck are dealing with their parents, played by guest stars Dee Wallace and Gregory Harrison, who have been keeping a secret from Buck his entire life. And now Chimney is left with keeping that secret from him, too, no matter how hard it is. But what is that secret?
Keep reading for a recap of the 50th episode of 9-1-1, “9-1-1, What’s Your Grievance?”
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Maddie is at Buck’s and she tells him about their parents coming and Buck doesn’t understand how she’s just now telling him. Buck was in Texas and Maddie wasn’t completely sure they were coming. She’s just telling him now that they have crossed the California state line, and it’s too late for him to talk her out of it. Though, Buck’s still not sure who talked her into it. Maddie says no one, she guesses she just wants her little girl to have a normal family. Uncles and grandparents that she might actually know. Maybe this will be a good thing. Maddie suggests Buck could talk to their mom and dad, tell them how he’s been feeling. Could be good for his therapy. “Or cause me to need more of it.” Maddie thinks she’s willing to try, maybe their parents are too. Buck gives in, telling Maddie they’re a team. A united front. She is not allowed to leave him alone with them. She won’t, she promises, Chimney will be there too. And Albert.
Buck, Chimney, and Albert get the place ready for the parents to come and soon it’s time. Maddie answers the door as Buck gets ready and they come in, bearing gifts for their new granddaughter. Chimney introduces himself, saying it’s nice to finally meet them. He and Albert lead Margaret and Phillip to the couch, as Maddie and Buck stand next to each other in agony. “We got this.” “United front.”
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Phillip tells Buck that Maddie told them he’s been seeing a therapist. Buck tells them there’s nothing to be worried about, it’s that the job can be stressful. It’s good to try to get a clear head. Margaret admits that she and Phillip went to see a therapist. After all this business with Maddie and “the husband who shall not be named,” they felt like there were some things they needed to work through. Maddie’s shocked that her parents went and talked to a therapist about her problems and Phillip says it wasn’t as if she wanted to talk to them about it. Buck had to call to tell them that Doug was dead. “Well, I didn’t want you to find out on Dateline.” Chimney is going to start bringing the food and rinks into the kitchen and Albert helps so they can leave the Buckleys alone. But Buck decides to help to get away. Margaret tells Maddie that Buck looks good. After her call she didn’t know what to expect. He seems fine. Maddie thinks he’s better at that than they think. Seeming fine.
May comes into the Call Center and Josh tells her it’s a big day. He walks her over to a desk and May realizes it’s not the training desk. “Congratulations, graduate.” Today, May flies solo. He tells her to trust her instincts, trust herself. Josh leaves and May gets started. Most calls are fairly simple, non-emergency. Until May gets a call from a guy named Stan, telling her she sounds nice. Maybe she can help him. He asks if she knows why people lie. “Like, they say they care, but they don’t.” May says she doesn’t and Stan tells her someone needs to teach them a lesson. He’s going to teach them a lesson. May motions Josh over so he can listen in, Stan saying he’s going to blow their lying heads right off. May tells Stan he sounds upset, maybe she can help. Stan says she can’t help, he just wanted to make sure everybody understood. This wasn’t an accident, he knew what he was doing. “And they all deserved it.” Deserved what? Stan’s sorry he buried the lead, telling her his name is Stanley Whitworth, “and I just planted a bomb.”
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The 118 pull up to a building after May and Josh dig around on Stan’s social media and find out where his first job was. They’re being told they’ve already started evacuating but they need to shut off gas and power as a precaution. Bobby tells Eddie he’s on electrical and Buck to go up the street to shut the gas off at the main.
Eddie tells Bobby that the power’s out but he just got word that a janitor might have had an asthma attack and collapsed in one of the stairwells. Bobby sends Chimney his way and Chimney heads in. The bomb squad arrive on the scene and Bobby tells them the building is almost clear, no sign of any explosives yet. Chimney gets to the stairwell, passing Eddie on the way, and asks him if he found the asthma guy. He checked the main stairwell, no signs of anyone. Chimney suggests the garage underneath and tells Eddie he’ll check it out. Eddie will clear the rest of the lobby and make sure nobody’s in the elevators. Chimney finds a guy, telling him he needs to get out of there and somebody said he was having trouble with his asthma. He’s a paramedic, has some basics. If not, he can get him to the ambulance where he can help him. Chimney is cut off by the sight of the bomb, and the guy holding a trigger. “No one can help me now.”
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Over radio, Bobby tells Chimney he has the bomb squad and asks if they’re clear. Chimney doesn’t respond and Bobby keeps telling him to come in. Stan tells Chimney if he blows this, the. mezzanine goes. Then the whole building. Chimney’s going to take his word for it. Bobby keeps trying to get him to respond, as Chimney continues talking to Stan. He understands he’s an expert on this kind of thing. Stan had to disguise himself as the help just to get in there. After he gave them two decades of his life, they kicked him to the curb. And now he’s going to make them a pile of rubble on that same curb. Eddie comes down, telling Chimney the squad’s moving in. Chimney says they’ll be out in a minute, indicating Eddie to not come any closer. He tells him to make sure everyone clears out, and Eddie notices the trigger. Eddie leaves, saying he’ll let the Cap know. He runs out the building, telling everyone Chimney is in there with the bomber.
After having it bottled up inside him, Chimney tells Stan the Buckley family secret. He tries talking him down and Stan starts coughing. Chimney gives him an inhaler, but hitting him with a pipe before doing so, knocking him out. “We all got problems, Stan.” His doesn’t give him the right to blow up innocent people, or him. Chimney gives the all clear, thanking Stan for listening to him.
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Margaret is glad everybody’s okay and Phillip mentions it seems they all have very dangerous jobs. Maddie tells them not really, most of the time it’s just run of the mill. And Chimney says that Stan wasn’t a bad guy, he just needed someone to see him. “To understand how much pain he was in.” It still seems very risky, from what Phillip hears, Buck spends quite a lot of time in hospitals. “From what you hear?” They could’ve come, seen for themselves. They’re not good with hospitals, he gets it. Margaret says she’s not good at seeing her children in them, he doesn’t know. Phillip asks Chimney where he put the box they brought and he grabs it. Chimney brings over Maddie’s baby box. Margaret thought Maddie might want some of these things for her little girl someday. Buck didn’t know they had these and asks when he gets his. Chimney sees the tension and tells Buck he’s not even grown up yet. They’re probably still adding stuff to it. Maddie looks through the box, surprised her parents kept all of it. They never gave up hope that she would come to her senses.
They never gave up hope? Maddie tells her brother to not do this, but united front. Their parents didn’t even go to her wedding. Margaret says Maddie was making a terrible mistake, they told her that. People make mistakes. “Doesn’t mean you give up on them. But you did.” Maddie married Doug and they cut her off. At the time, Phillip says they thought it was for the best. They swear they didn’t know what was going on. They didn’t know he was hurting her. Buck tells his parents they should have known. They were right there in the same town. How could they not know? Buck says it does track because they barely knew what was going on with their own kids when they were under the same roof. Maybe they never gave up. “You sure as hell gave up on her. You gave up on both of us.”
Buck gets up to leave, but not before telling his parents that the reason he’s in therapy is because he’s spent his entire life feeling a constant disappointment. And they want to talk about their jobs? They think his job is dangerous? “I have walked through fire every single day of my life because of you. That is why I am in therapy. Because nothing I ever did was good enough.” They tried but Buck never made it easy on them. Were Buck and Maddie supposed to? They were kids. Margaret tells Buck she doesn’t know what he expected them to do. “Love me anyway.” After Buck leaves, Maddie goes to her room in tears.
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At the firehouse, Buck is angrily punching a punching bag as Eddie just watches. Two dinners is all it took and he is 12-years-old again, trapped between his sister and his parents. And now he’s planning his awkward apology. What does Buck have to be sorry for? Did he say anything that wasn’t true? Buck says no, and Eddie tells him maybe he could’ve come at it a little differently but if that’s how he feels, how they made him feel, he has every right to say so. Buck tells Eddie he doesn’t need any more therapy. “I just wanna hit things.” Eddie’s been down that road, he doesn’t recommend it. Buck’s phone rings, Maddie calling him again. She’s worried about him.
Maddie asks Buck if he’s okay and he says he’s embarrassed about the way he went off on their parents. He doesn’t have to defend her, she can take care of herself. Buck tells Maddie she shouldn’t have to, not from their own parents. But he’s sorry. He knows she’s trying to fix things with them, not just for her, for him too. He shouldn’t have to carry the weight of their mistakes. He deserves better than that. Maddie tells her brother he has never been a disappointment.
Buck brings out Maddie’s baby box, saying this was a surprise. He never knew their mom and dad were so sentimental. Maddie says they used to be different, happier. She stops herself, saying maybe they weren’t. Your age takes things on differently as a kid. As Buck is looking through the box, he spots a picture of a little boy, assuming it to be him. Maddie tells him that’s not supposed to be in there and Buck tells her it’s selfish that no baby pictures of him are allowed in her baby box. Buck notices the house in the picture does not look like their house and looks at the back to see when it was taken. July 4, 1988. “This can’t be right. I wasn’t even born yet.” Buck sees his sister’s expression and asks her who the kid is. “That’s Daniel. He died. He was our brother.”
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Honorable Mention:
Not everything can be recapped but we just had to mention one of our favorite moments of the episode! During a call, Eddie and Buck go back and forth with theories after a woman was fatally shot and fell into her pool, and Athena asks if they’re making a True Crime Podcast. If only!
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With the secret finally out in the open, what more will happen? Catch “Buck Begins” this Monday, February 15 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on FOX! Check out the official synopsis here and photos here.
9-1-1 Lone Star put relationships front and center this week in “Friends With Benefits.” From Marjan’s fiancé (yes, you read that right) to a TK and Carlos fight to Owen and Gwyneth, it’s an episode to remember. Let’s jump right in!
The episode opens with a rousing couples’ game night with Grace and Judd, Gwyneth and Owen, and Tommy and Charles battling it out to Heads Up. Gwyneth and Owen rack up point after point and eventually dethrone Grace and Judd with a new high score. Judd argues it’s unfair because they were married so long, but Owen says it’s because of their divorce they really know each other. Owen doesn’t read the room and goes on about how there should be a term for people who are better together, but not together. Gwyneth helpfully supplies that term: friends with benefits. Tommy quickly suggests a new game to ease the tension.
Marjan and her roller derby team are cheered on at the rink by TK, Carlos, Paul, and Mateo. Paul and Mateo notice another guy also cheering on Marjan, by name and Instagram handle, and get suspicious. TK leaves to get drinks for everyone and the bartender asks if he’s seen TK before. They chat for a second (the bartender clearly flirting), until Carlos steps up protectively adding to their discussion, “and his boyfriend is a cop.” It effectively ends the conversation. TK tells Carlos it was a little aggressive (only a little?) and they grab the drinks. Paul and Mateo wait for Marjan to exit the locker room when they see the same man lurking outside. Paul comments he wishes she’d make her social media private, thinking this guy is a creepy fan. Marjan emerges and they only exchange a few words before Paul and Mateo move in to check on her. Mateo asks if this is her brother, and Marjan introduces them to Salim, her fiancé. They are both shocked as TK and Carlos arrive and are also surprised by this news. Carlos tries to smooth it over with a questionable, “congratulations?” She clarifies that they’ve been “engaged” since they were 12, which only seems to confuse the guys further.
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At an outdoor wedding under a large tent, a best man gives his speech during which he gets emotional that the bride and his best friend are now husband and wife. It’s moving, at least until he vomits all over the bride followed by various attendees also vomiting throughout the tent. People panic and flee causing the tent to come crashing down, and someone calls 9-1-1, “It’s worse than the red wedding!” On scene, Marjan clarifies her engagement to a very confused Mateo. Theirs is an arranged marriage, she helpfully supplies that half the marriages in the world are still arranged. Their families have known each other a long time, and they have similar values making them a good match. Owen and Tommy gather information on the sick wedding goers and suspect poisoning from the seafood. Tommy and her team start treating the patients while Owen, TK, and Judd work on saving the groom who is trapped under the 900 pounds of trusses and lighting. Paul and Marjan discuss her fiancé while prepping water and barf bags (great time for a conversation) and she tells him Salim’s been meaning to visit once she settled. Paul asks about a special occasion to which Marjan masterfully replies, “I’m always the occasion.” She does elaborate, “We believe that love is something you grow into,” and Mateo realizes this means she will eventually move back to Miami to be with Salim once he finishes dental school and they are not happy about losing her (nor are we!). As the groom is placed on a gurney, the bride vomits but assures them she’s fine. She didn’t have the fish and she wasn’t hit on the head. Mateo helpfully supplies that maybe she’s pregnant, unknowingly sparking some post wedding drama. The bride and groom were waiting to have sex, however the bride slept with the best man and is now pregnant. They quickly wheel the groom away as he shouts threats at the best man.
Back at the station they find Gwyneth waiting for Owen. In the kitchen, she asks him for some clarity on their relationship. He’s reluctant to put a label on what they have and agrees to think on it for her. In the bunk room, Marjan tells Paul and Mateo that Salim asked her to dinner at a very nice restaurant which is a big deal because unmarried couples aren’t supposed to date without a chaperone. This will be their first one and she thinks he wants to speed up their timeline and get married rather than wait. It will be a serious conversation and Mateo is reluctant to accept that she might be leaving so soon.
Carlos and TK shop at a local farmers market where TK fills him in on Marjan’s situation. As they talk about parents, Carlos spots his at the market and tries to avoid them but to no avail. His mother sees him and comes right over with his father. Carlos introduces TK as his friend from work, and TK rolls with it in the moment. Carlos’ father is a Texas Ranger and teases TK about being a firefighter. As they leave his mother yells back, “Nice to meet you TJ.”
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At dinner, Marjan and Salim discuss their relationship. She apologizes for leaving him to deal with their parents alone, and he confirms he doesn’t want to wait to marry but he would also never ask her to give up what she has in Austin. He’s ready to get married, just not to Marjan, because he met someone else, Madison the periodontist. He asks Marjan if she’s even in love with him and when she can’t answer yes it only confirms to Salim that they should break off their engagement.
Back at Carlos’, TK furiously packs a bag (grabbing vitamins and tennis shoes?) as Carlos tries to get him to talk about why he’s angry. TK brings up that Carlos didn’t correct his mother getting his name wrong or tell them he’s his boyfriend because Carlos doesn’t think there will be another meeting or need to clarify. Carlos defends that he didn’t want to rub their nose in it, but TK is too hurt and leaves.
The next morning in Owen’s kitchen, he awkwardly asks about how Gwyneth slept pressing the fact that she seemed restless. She asks if they are going to be awkward now every time she tries to talk to him, and as they start to argue TK walks in. He tells them about his and Carlos’ fight, and while trying to give advice, Owen and Gwyneth manage to make it about their own fight. Owen says it shouldn’t matter what label “Carlos” wants to put on something and Gwyneth argues that it matters because the real issues is whether TK (also meaning herself) feels safe in the relationship.
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Paul and Mateo interrupt Marjan’s axe sharpening at the firehouse to ask about her date. She fills them in that she and Salim broke it off, saying she must actually be in love with Salim because it feels like her heart’s been ripped from her chest. Paul tells her that she can’t let Salim leave without knowing her true feelings for him. She needs to see him before he leaves and tell him, even if it is painful. As the old adage goes, love hurts.
In dispatch, Grace takes a call from a submissive who is currently bound but his dominatrix, Mistress, has been stung by bees and is allergic. Always cool under pressure, Grace rolls with the situation as Imp explains his bound position and she is able to quickly research it. In order for him to free himself and use Mistress’ EpiPen, Grace tells him he’ll need to dislocate his shoulder. Imp is, understandably, terrified at that idea, “I don’t come here to be frightened, I come here to be humiliated.” Sensing a chance to motivate Imp, Grace goes into dominatrix mode, telling him he’s not worthy of making this call or of Mistress. She denies him permission to speak, catching the attention of her nearby coworkers as she tells him several degrading things. Her tactic works and Imp is able to dislocate his shoulder, free himself, and inject Mistress with an EpiPen. Grace’s coworker shakes his head and mutters, “50 Shades of Grace.” Just another day in dispatch with Grace!
Meanwhile at the firehouse, Owen talks to Judd about his and Gwyneth’s ongoing issue around defining their relationship. Owen things Gwyneth should know that he still loves her and that their “good thing” isn’t going anywhere but Judd challenges that she’s the one who left everything back in New York for this relationship. Judd also points out that Owen went on and on about how great it is to be divorced at game night and Owen finally sees it. Judd leaves him with a “you know what to do, Cap.”
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Calmer now, TK returns to Carlos’ where they talk out what happened. TK tells Carlos that his decision to keep their relationship from his parents made TK feel insecure. Carlos tells him that’s exactly why he didn’t want to introduce them; he was afraid TK might feel this way. Carlos opens up about his coming out to them, he told his parents when he was 17, they said they loved him, but it was never spoken of again. TK shares Gwyneth’s comment about feeling unsafe and highlights how he didn’t consider Carlos’ feeling unsafe for so long. TK wants to support him, so he promises he can be his friend from work or his personal shopper for all he cares. TK is happy to be what Carlos needs to feels safe when it comes to his parents for as long as he needs it. (Score one for open communication!)
Marjan goes to Salim’s hotel room where she tells him that she does love him. He kisses her, glad of the confession, but Marjan backs away when she realizes he’s expecting more than she’s willing to give. She tells him she’s starting to feel like the other woman, and he quickly says he can break up with Madison tonight if that’s what Marjan wants. His blasé attitude concerns her, “I can’t be with someone who doesn’t honor their commitments to their family, to their values, to their periodontists on the side.” Their break up is final.
Gwyneth gets home after a run to find rose petals on the floor, dimmed lights, and a fancy bottle of wine waiting for her. Owen tells her that he still loves her and drops to one knee, asking for her to marry him again. She tells him to get up. “I wanted clarity, not a wedding ring!” Confused, Owen asks why she was so intense suddenly and she drops some serious news: Gwyneth is pregnant.
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9-1-1 Lone Star airs Mondays on FOX at 9 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. CT.
Disney has announced the latest lineup of shows that will be heading to their international streaming channel Star, and among the upcoming shows is Love, Victor. The show will begin airing on the Star channel on February 23, with episodes releasing weekly as a “Star Original.” It will be available on Star in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and across Europe. However, it will not be available in Singapore at the time of release.
Love, Victor follows high schooler Victor Salazar, whose life is uprooted after he and his family move from Texas to Georgia. Season 1 follows Victor as he adjusts to a new setting, new school, deals with his parents’ rocky marriage, and faces his sexuality. The show is set in the same universe as the 2018 film Love, Simon (based on Becky Albertalli’s bestselling novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda). It is available to stream in the US on Hulu. The show was also renewed for season 2, which is currently in production.
Along with the announcement, Star released a new trailer in conjunction with the upcoming release, which you can find below. Love, Victor season 1 will begin streaming on Star on February 23, releasing episodes weekly. Find more of our Love, Victor coverage, including our recaps, here.
Production on the 11th and final season of The Walking Dead has officially begun. The official Walking Dead Twitter account confirmed the news with a photo of an extremely charred Alexandria including the iconic windmill landmark which was likely a remnant from The Whisperer War. Production on the season was supposed to begin in the spring of last year but due to Covid-19 causing an industry-wide shutdown, it was put on pause.
The final season will feature 24 episodes, aiming to wrap up sometime next year. At this time there is no premiere date set. You don’t have to wait for a new season to catch new episodes, though, because in just a few short weeks on February 28 AMC will begin airing 10C, which consists of six bonus episodes that will follow some of the most beloved TWD characters on individual journeys.
A new rom-com titled Book of Love, starring Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games, Enola Holmes) and Veronica Echegui (Fortitude) has begun production.
The movie tells the story of Henry (Claflin), an author whose novel unexpectedly becomes a hit in Mexico despite failing everywhere else. When he travels to Mexico for his book tour, he discovers the translator of his book, Maria (Echegui), has transformed it into an erotic novel leaving him furious. Sparks fly when they are forced to embark on the book tour together.
The movie will be directed by Analeine Cal Y Mayor (The Boy Who Smells Like Fish) and is written by BAFTA and Emmy award-winning writer David Quantick (Veep). It is being produced by Sky and XYZ Films in association with Buzzfeed Studios.
The movie will be available exclusively on Sky Cinema (UK, Ireland, Germany, and Italy) from the end of 2021. International release will be handled by XYZ Films.
Inspired by the hit video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Dark Horse Deluxe, in partnership with CD PROJEKT RED, have revealed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt bookends arriving this summer.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Bookends are inspired by the architecture of Kaer Morhen, the ruined keep where witchers of the School of the Wolf were trained in the hit video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt from CD PROJEKT RED.
Each bookend in this set stands at 8 inches tall, 7 inches wide, and 5.25 inches deep.
Are you interested in putting these bookends to use? Check out Dark Horse Comics’ line of graphic novels based on The Witcher 3, featuring three new graphic novels.
The Witcher Omnibus TPB
The Witcher: Of Flesh and Flame TPB
The Witcher Volume 5: Fading Memories TPB, arriving July 7, 2021.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt bookends will be available for purchase on August 8, 2021, but are available for pre-order through your local comic book shop for $139.99.
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