Showrunner Dennis Heaton Talks The Order’s Creative Team and Casting
After this past week, I’d recommend a healthy dose of escapism TV and luckily Netflix is obliging with the new supernatural-themed, secret-society-in-college series The Order. You can catch my interview with executive producer Rachel Langer and part one of my interview with showrunner Dennis Heaton here. In the second part…
Showrunner Dennis Heaton Talks Netflix’s The Order
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] My Canadian TV affection is pretty well-documented, and this morning, Netflix dropped The Order, a fun supernatural-themed series that’s wall-to-wall with some of my favorite #cdntv people and a host of familiar faces. The ten-episode first season centers around Jack (iZombie‘s Jake Manley), an incoming freshman…
Top 5 Reasons to Binge Altered Carbon
[Warning: General spoilers ahead] Hey, so a long weekend is upon us and perhaps you’re looking to binge something at home or while traveling this weekend? I wrote earlier this year about Altered Carbon, and while I intentionally took it one episode at a time, its 10-episode first season is…
Altered Carbon Preview: “The Killers”
[Warning: general spoilers ahead.] Reminder: I’m previewing the episodes one at a time. You can catch my previous previews here. After nine intense, mind-bending, emotional episodes, Altered Carbon ends its first season with a showdown aboard Head in the Clouds, a little bit of closure, and a few possible paths…
Altered Carbon Preview: “Rage in Heaven”
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Reminder: I’m previewing the episodes one at a time. You can catch my previews for Episodes 1-8 here. If you were still hanging onto any possible notion that Rei was redeemable, well, as the kids like to say, “Bye, Felicia.” There is all manner of WTFery…
Altered Carbon Preview: “Clash By Night”
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Reminder: I’m previewing the episodes one at a time since (for now) we only have the one season and we’ve already waited a while for it. You can catch my previews for Episodes 1-7 here. After a detour into the land of what was in “Nora…
Altered Carbon Preview: “The Man With My Face”
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] If you’re just joining us, I’m watching Altered Carbon one episode at a time. You can catch my previews for Episodes 1-5 here. In Episode 6, “The Man With My Face,” Kovacs’s swagger speech that he doesn’t care about anyone comes back to bite him in…
Altered Carbon Preview: “Fallen Angel”
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] After the initial framing setup of the series premiere, Altered Carbon‘s second episode lays the groundwork for us to get a better bead on who Kovacs and Ortega really are, beyond the trappings of Envoy and Detective.
Altered Carbon Series Premiere Preview: “Out of the Past”
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] If y’all have been here a while, y’all know I was all-in on Joel Kinnaman and Mirelle Enos in The Killing. Enos was back on TV for two seasons in ABC’s The Catch, which wasn’t at all my jam, but Tina and Cortney loved it. Kinnaman…
Kristin Lehman Talks Ghost Wars and Creating Collaborative, Safe Spaces [Exclusive]
One of the nice surprises of the fall season has been Syfy’s Ghost Wars, which is a supernatural series grounded in humanity and populated in front of and behind the camera with an impressive roster of women. That includes one of my absolute favorites, Motive‘s Kristin Lehman. Lehman started directing…
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Alison Sweeney Talks About What’s Next for Hannah and Mike After Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
[Warning: Spoilers for Carrot Cake Murder.] Everybody OK after that Hannah Swensen Mystery twist? Thankfully, our favorite crime-solving couple is still on speaking term, even if they’re on a break (hopefully not that kind of break). Most importantly, we already know this isn’t the last film in the series. No…
Counting Down to From Season 2
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] We’re just shy of two weeks away from Season 2 of last spring’s obsession, From, which premieres at 9 pm/8c, Sunday, April 23rd, on MGM+ (formerly EPIX). If you never picked it up last year, now’s your chance, and you can do it for free, catching…
Thank Me Later: Will Trent
[Warning: spoilers ahead.] I’m on record as loving and losing shows over at ABC so I’m usually very reticent to pick something up on the network until it’s been renewed, and I seriously hope I’m not jinxing it, but I took a chance on the deeply odd and very sweet…
Dennis Heaton Talks The Imperfects
Longtime readers at TV Goodness will know that Motive is one of my ride-or-die series, and as such, I am fiercely loyal to its creator, Dennis Heaton. He followed up that fantastic reverse procedural with Netflix’s The Order and is back on our streaming screens with The Imperfects, which dropped…
Kelly McCormack Talks Favorite Moments in A League of Their Own
[Warning: Mild spoilers for season 1.] Now that you’ve had a chance to watch A League of Their Own, here’s the rest of my chat with Kelly McCormack about her favorite moments of the season. Seeing the iconic Peaches uniforms for the first time wasn’t just a goosebump moment for…
John Griffin and Harold Perrineau Talk From Season 1 Finale
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] How are we doing, #FROMily? In case you missed it this morning, the very good news is that that cliffhanger will be followed by a second season, which was gifted this morning ahead of the linear broadcast of the finale. I always legitimately appreciate when we…
Elizabeth Saunders Talks From
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] One of the things that makes EPIX’s From such a fun ride is the abundance of Canadian cast members. Elizabeth Saunders, who plays Donna, is a favorite from her turn on the third season of Mary Kills People [streaming on Global TV in Canada and Roku…
Corteon Moore Talks From “Broken Windows, Open Doors”
[Warning: Spoilers for tonight’s episode.] Tonight’s episode of From had us all in our feels as we learned through flashbacks about the Sophie’s Choice Boyd had to make to save his son, and back in the present as Boyd said his piece with Ellis before heading into the woods with…
Pegah Ghafoori Talks From “All Good Things…”
[Warning: Spoilers for tonight’s episode] Tonight on From, Fatima’s anniversary celebration turned into a Colony House of horrors when a misguided Kevin let his monster bae in and she promptly killed him and left the window open for her crew. While the party devolved into terror and sent everyone running,…
Shaun Majumder Talks From “Book 74”
[Warning: Spoilers for tonight’s episode.] Tonight on EPIX’s From, Father Khatri made a bold move, kidnapping Sara instead of turning her in, and then recognizing her as a vessel for some big messages. That startling realization speaks to him on multiple levels–as a man of faith, a man trapped in…
What They Said: Three Revealing Conversations from Survivor’s Remorse “Closure”
WARNING: Spoilers for Survivor’s Remorse “Closure” The latest episode of Starz’s Survivor’s Remorse featured conversations that showed characters really digging deep into their thoughts, emotions and motivations.
Two Takes: The Catch “The Knock-Off”
Who can you trust? If this episode of The Catch was any indication, the answer is just about nobody. Betrayal was running rampant as Felicity (Shivani Ghai) arose from the dead to seduce-con Margot, Gretchen (Maria Thayer, Gotham, The Mindy Project) played gold-hearted Alice 2.0 before swindling Ethan, Tessa jumped…
What They Said: Top 3 Quotable Moments from Preacher “El Valero”
Both Quincannon and Jesse refuse to give up on what they each think is rightfully theirs. While Jesse is struggling to face the consequences of his actions, Quincannon has laid his past demons to rest and is hellbent on moving forward and putting Annville on the map again. Despite a…
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from Supergirl “Worlds Finest”
Oh, Supergirl. That ending was cold. But I can’t hate on you because the latest episode has quickly become one of my favorites.
What They Said: Top 4 Quotable Moments from Black Sails “XXIII”
The dialogue in “XXIII” is phenomenal. It’s always a fun ride when Black Sails carries its viewers along without giving them the chance to catch their breath. When an episode moves at this unforgiving pace, there is no chance for a breather nor is there a respite from the information…
What Lucifer Said: Favorite quotes from Supernatural “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
Supernatural episodes are almost always funny but thanks to the dialogue and a certain man speaking said dialogue, I laughed a lot during “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” You know, when I wasn’t busy fearing for Sam’s life or wondering what in the world was going on with Dean and…
What They Said: The Flash, “Legends Of Today” and Arrow, “Legends Of Yesterday”
Two nights of Arrow + The Flash = what more could we ask for?! I don’t know what it is about blending these shows, but I can’t help but feel that every time they come together, they somehow become greater than the sum of their parts. And that’s saying a lot…
What they Said: Top 4 Quotable Moments from Graceland “Little Bo Bleep”
Shoot outs. Fake outs. And long-awaited revelations. “Little Bo Bleep” was a jam-packed episode that wrapped up some loose ends and totally frayed others. Â It finally gave us one Sarkissian in jail and pulled back the curtain on Briggs’ master plan, but it also set up Jakes for a world…
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from Poldark “Part 4”
“What have I told you, I don’t require my wife to crochet and sip tea, but I do require her to remember she’s not a beast of burden.†No, I’m not talking about The Rolling Stones! I have to admit though, just for a second, the lyrics popped into my…
3 Moments of Goodness from Brooklyn Nine-Nine “Johnny and Dora”
The most satisfying part of this season’s finale has to the Jake and Amy kiss. Well, they kiss three times but the last one is the best one — and it means something. The Charles and Rosa dynamic was also great. I love how she’s convinced he doesn’t know anything…
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