Legends‘ Jes Macallan Bumped Up to Series Regular
Send in the clones!
Legends of Tomorrow has promoted Jes Macallan, who recurs as Ava Sharpe, to series regular for Season 4.
Macallan joined the superhero series in Season 3 as a Time Bureau agent who eventually went on to lead the organization and become romantically involved with Waverider captain Sara. During last week’s episode, Ava learned that she was a clone from the future.
Last month, it was announced that Matt Ryan (aka John Constantine) would be a series regular in Season 4 — if the show got renewed, which it did (just yesterday)!
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow airs its season 3 finale on Monday @ 8pm ET on The CW.
H/T: EW
The CW Renews Arrowverse Shows (and 5 More!)
The CW renewed 10 series on Monday, including all of your fan favorite superhero dramas.
The network renewed all of the Berlanti-verse shows: Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl and Black Lightning all got picked up (for Seasons 7, 5, 4, 4 and 2).
Critically acclaimed dramas Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (entering Season 4) and Jane the Virgin (renewed for Season 5) were also renewed.
Fan favorites Riverdale (renewed for Season 3) and Supernatural (entering Season 14) will be back, including the ratings-challenged cult fave Dynasty (returning for Season 2).
H/T: TVLine
FOX’s The Gifted Renewed for a Second Season
Good news for fans of The Gifted. In anticipation of the show’s two-hour long season finale, FOX has announced that the series is getting a second season!
The Gifted has been incredibly successful for FOX, reaching average 8.3 million people per episode. The show also ranks #3 new drama of the 2017-2018 season.
The current season of the show will have its season finale on Monday, Jan. 15 and it’s set to run for two hours.
Here’s a synopsis:
Dr. Campbell (guest star Garret Dillahunt) attends the Humanity Today summit, attempting to take the Hound program national, while some of the team at Mutant HQ go on a dangerous mission to stop his efforts. Then, the Mutant HQ comes under attack. With everything to lose, alliances shift and relationships are put to the test.
Identity of Alleged HBO Hacker Revealed
Federal authorities have revealed the identity of the hacker who extorted HBO this summer.
The alleged hacker, who has been identified as Iranian Behzad Mesri, has been terrorizing and extorting HBO for several months. Mesri allegedly leaked several episodes of Ballers, Room 104 and Curb Your Enthusiasm, as well as the script for HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones.
Mesri is officially wanted for “stealing proprietary data, including information about then-unreleased episodes of the popular television series, Game of Thrones, and then allegedly seeking to extort HBO.”
According to Entertainment Weekly, he’s also specifically wanted for allegedly being involved “in criminal activities to include unauthorized access to computer systems, stealing proprietary data from those systems, and attempted extortion for approximately $6 million in Bitcoin.”
According to the article, Mesri is a member of the Turk Black Hat Security hacking team.
An image of Mesri was released by the FBI.
Promo for Episode 1.08 of The Gifted Reveals Origin of the Strucker Siblings’ Powers
If there’s anything we’ve learned so far about Lauren and Andy Strucker is that they are powerful.
In the latest promo for of The Gifted, we will learn more about the Strucker family and the importance of keeping Lauren and Andy away from Sentinel Services.
We’ve learned in the past couple of episodes that Sentinel Services is recruiting mutants and using them as weapons. Needless to say, there would be a lot of trouble for the mutant underground if Lauren and Andy were turned against them.
In the upcoming episode, Reed will go visit his father and learn that Lauren and Andy’s abilities are a family trait.
Check it out:
https://youtu.be/DVzrRx1U6_w
Reed and Lauren Clash in Newest Promo for The Gifted
With every new episode of The Gifted, the stakes get higher and higher, and there’s nothing saying they’re slowing down.
During next week’s episode of The Gifted, the Strucker family will see some trouble as Reed finds some dangerous information about Lauren’s new friend, Wes. This information sets Lauren against her father.
Meanwhile, Thunderbird helps Blink open up about her past, and Eclipse receives a call from Carmen who puts him on a dangerous mission.
Check out the promo for episode 1.07, “eXtreme measures”
https://youtu.be/0GLFsCn5OeU
REVIEW: Once Upon A Time, Episode 705
Once Upon A Time returns once again, this week with episode 5 of this seventh season, entitled “Greenbacks”, and, as promised, this was totally a Tiana centric episode.
In flashbacks, Tiana and her mother saw themselves forced to sell most of their property, because the kingdom is getting more and more poor. Trying to make a merge and find a love at the same time, the princess from The Princess and the Frog went to see the invidious Dr. Facilier, who continued to sell his lies and play his tricks to get what he wanted, kind of like Rumple’s style. I don’t think it was very hard to guess that “prince” was not going to be the answer to Tiana’s problem. First: because it seemed like a very simple solution; second: the prince seemed too charming; third: Once Upon A Time doesn’t really do love at first sight, and that is kind of what happened, if it wasn’t all a lie of course. Turns out Facilier simply wanted the ruby from Tiana’s neckless and, lucky for him, he got it closer to the episode. It was when Tiana was returning the frog to the so-called Prince Marias, that she realized she doesn’t need a prince nor another hero to go and save her and her kingdom. She can very well do that herself. And so she will.
In present day, after Victoria raised their rent, Sabine decided it was time to make more money, so she came up with the idea to sell her beignet. With Jacinda’s boss out of town, and with no other place to sell, Sabine decided it was a good idea to sell them at Jacinda’s work. The business was really starting to be successful, until Victoria ordered that little shop wrecked, making Jacinda be out of a job. It really was not fair seeing Jacinda storm Sabine with complaints and insults, at least she tried to do something, unlike Jacinda who simply hopes everyday she won’t get fired. Besides, I think everyone knew that was totally not Sabine’s fault, but rather Belfrey’s. I was glad Lucy made her come to her senses, and apologize. Now the two have a new business in a truck, so let’s see how that turns out.
Meanwhile, Rodgers continued the search for his missing girl, and in this episode, we found out her name: Eloise Gardener. During this investigation, he came across a tough guy who wasn’t very helpful, expect for telling him that, if the girl drew that symbol, she must be in danger. Later, we found out the guy, not surprisingly I guess, is working for Victoria Belfrey, and Victoria probably knows who this Eloise is. Maybe it could be woman she has trapped in her tower. I am sure we will find out soon enough, because “Eloise Gardener” is the name of episode 7, so we will probably have some answers by then.
While all this was happening, Roni told Henry it really wasn’t a good idea to trust Ivy, because she usually is bad news. Doing what any mother would to protect her child, she decided to meet with Victoria’s daughter to the place she says her mother is spending a of time: the top of the tower. They obviously didn’t find the kidnapped lady (I guess that would be too simple to take down Victoria), but Roni found something just as curious: a photo of her and Henry, back when her name was Regina Mills, in the fantastic little town of Storybrooke. Roni of course, only recognized herself, but later she discovered the little beside her is Henry. I am really looking forward to seeing this storyline unfold, because I really hope it will end with Roni remembering everything, especially knowing that next week’s episode is her centric.
If you were wondering if Ivy was really trying to help Henry take down her mother, or if she was a double agent figuring out what they are up to, the answer is neither. Ivy seems to be working for herself alongside Victoria’s prisoner. In what I thought was a great twist, we found out that Ivy also remembers everything. I really think she is doing all this to impress her mother. In the end of the day, no matter what she says or what she says, she just wants Tremaine’s approval, and maybe getting close to Henry is a part of her plan.
Overall, this was a good episode with some good twists. It was just a shame we didn’t get to see Weaver, because now that he probably remembers, it would be great seeing him interact with the other characters. But I do understand that there is never enough time to do everything in the same episode, so I really hope we will see him next week. I am giving this episode an 8.4/10.
Next episode will air next week, and it is entitled “Wake Up Call”. Like I already said, it will be a Regina centric episode, and hopefully it really will be her wakeup call for everything that is going on.
REVIEW: How to Get Away with Murder, Episode 406
How to Get Away with Murder is once again back, this time with episode 6 of season 4 entitled “Stay Strong Mama”. In it, we finally found out why Jorge Castillo killed Wes.
In a surprising turn, Laurel’s father showed up at Michaela’s new company, and organized a surprise meeting with the main attorneys, Tegan included. The writers decided to keep us in the dark for a little while longer, and we only found out what he was up to when he and Laurel gathered to have lunch. Jorge is preparing everything to make Antares Technologies go public. When this happens, he will make an amount of money which will be so big that the word “huge” does not begin to cover. When Wes threatened to reveal everything about Annalise, D.A. Denver and Jorge Castillo teamed up to shut him up, and maintain their public imagine, since Laurel would go down with everyone. But of course that knowing it and proving it are two very different things, and Michaela doesn’t seem to be very eager to put Tegan’s job on the line to help her friend.
Like I predicted in my last review, Asher is fully back, and demanding explanations. Unfortunately, Michaela continued lying to him, which led to Asher take matters into his own hands and plant a camera in Laurel’s apartment. By the end of the episode, Asher left Michaela in what was definitely a hard scene to watch. Of course, this is pretty much what Michaela was asking for when she started lying to her boyfriend. Sure they wanted to protect him, but they just made it worse. Also, Asher can totally look after himself, and I am sure he would be more than happy to help them, since this is about Wes.
In the meantime, and like we saw in the end of last episode, Annalise and Connor started a partnership, and a great one as it was expected. Once again, the D.A.’s office went a little bit over the edge, trying to take the home of Claudia’s mother and children, only because she signed the class action lawsuit. The two new partners spent the episode finding a way to force a judge to make the D.A.’s office back up, and fortunately, they succeeded, by making Claudia’s son go on TV and tell everyone what was happening. That was such a great scene: the speech the kid gave was really beautiful, and we even got to see everyone’s reaction while they were watching it. Hopefully this win will make more people want to sign Annalise’s petition, giving her again the number she needs to start actually doing something. Yes, that’s right, because unlike some people said during the episode, Annalise is the perfect person to do this.
While all this is going on, Isaac starts to question his ability to be impartial around Annalise, adding to the fact that, like he said in a previous episode, she might be triggering some dark demons inside him. Like Annalise, Isaac too lost his child. Even though he had the chance to be around her a lot more than Annalise was able to be around her child, that doesn’t make it hurt any less. Hearing Annalise talk about it seems to be awakening his wishes to hurt himself, and his ex-wife says he needs to step out of it. Nevertheless, Isaac continued to be her therapist for the episode, and this is really starting to make more and more progress. I loved that scene in which Annalise says that everyone counts on her, but she can’t please anyone, because she can’t be strong all the time. Of course, she always tries her best, but even the court badass needs to feel vulnerable and weak sometimes, so she can thrive and win on all the other occasions.
In flash forwards, we managed to see a glimpse of Annalise in the shower, washing up blood, which means that, as usual, she is somehow involved in all this craziness that is going be happening. These events are starting to be closer and closer, so eventually all this will make sense.
Overall, and as usual, this was a great episode. I loved most of Annalise’s scenes, and now we finally know the reason why Wes was murdered, putting everyone one step closer to exposing Jorge. I am giving this one an 8.8/10.
Next episode is entitled “Nobody Roots for Goliath” and in it Annalise will gain an unlikely ally for her class action law suit. Keep in mind that this next episode is the last one before the winter finale, so things promise to get heated.
REVIEW: The Flash Episode 404
The Flash continues its season with this fourth episode of this fourth season, entitled “Elongated Journey into Night”, and in it we met another one of the 12 new metahumans who found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
After finding out the two metahumans they have faced so far weren’t the only ones, and that there are still ten more out there, team Flash started trying to find out the identities of these people, which lead them to Ralph Dibny, an ex-police officer who definitely did not have Barry Allen has a personal fan. It was discovered that he was the lead detective in one of Barry’s first cases, and he planted evidence which lead to a suspect’s arrest. Barry was the one who found out about this, which made Dibny get fired. I thought it was interesting that Barry kind of started to identify himself in Dibny, later in the episode. Lately, Barry has also just arrested criminals basing only pretty much on his own morals. I thought it was also interesting they didn’t reveal if the husband was the actual killer or not, leaving what the ex-detective did as still a good or a bad thing.
It didn’t take long for Barry and Joe to find out Dibny actually was on the bus that day, and after that be became the Elongated Man. It was great seeing that Caitlin took a special interest in this guy, because she kind of identified herself in him, with just one difference: no one believed in him, like they used to believe in her. And this was what made her help him.
Dibny continued to be a little bit of a jerk after he got control over his powers, but it was good to see that in the end he turned to the good side of things. Unlike most of the episodes of this show, this time the real villain wasn’t the newly discovered metahuman, but someone who should have as their duty to always protect people: the Mayor. Dibny had a few incriminating pictures of him with another woman, and let’s just say he didn’t like that very much, to the point he wanted to kill, not only Dibny, but also Barry and Joe. In end of the episode, Dibny helped Barry save Joe, and that seems to be the beginning of a partnership, because these two are now friends, and maybe even teacher and student. I hope we get to see Dibny again.
In the meantime, while Barry was busy with all of this, Cisco had some bigger issues to worry about: Gypsy’s father came to our Earth for another chapter of what could definitely be a book he had written, “How to be Super Overprotective When It Comes to Your Daughter”. Apparently, he doesn’t really like the idea of his daughter dating, and he even killed a previous boyfriend of hers. Entering the family tradition, Cisco had to run from Gypsy’s father for 24 hours, in what definitely was a very cat and mouse game, with several ups and downs. In the end, Breacher realized Cisco might just be good enough for his daughter. Glad he caught up with the rest of us. In this episode, we even found out Gypsy’s real name: Cynthia.
What I liked least about this episode was the fact that Cecile is pregnant was pretty much ignored. We didn’t even got to see her in any part of the episode, and this was only mentioned once, and also in a very weird way, in my opinion. I really didn’t like how they handled the pregnancy in this episode, and I am hoping they start to make it matter more in upcoming episodes. After all, this is a big deal, because the family is growing more and more.
Overall, this was a good episode. The Cisco storyline was really funny, and I also liked Dibny’s character, and, as I said, I hope we see him again, because after all that was what we were promised. I am giving this episode an 8.7/10.
The fifth episode of the season is entitled “Girls Night Out”, and in it the Killer Frost storyline will finally be resumed. Not to mention that Felicity is going to pay Iris a visit, so don’t miss it.
REVIEW: American Horror Story Episode 709
American Horror Story returns once again this week, with this episode entitled “Drink the Kool-Aid”, which is the ninth episode of season 7, and in it Ally started doing what she should have done episodes ago, and stood up to herself and to her son.
The episode started with what was probably Kai’s version of a bed time story. He told his cult about the true events of another cult, the “Heaven’s Gate”, and how their leader made all of the members drink poison believing they would all transcend into something much greater. Because he really needed to make a point, he also told them about another cult, the “People’s Temple”, and how they all also killed themselves because their leader, Jim Jones, told them too. Kai told them all this in preparation to what came next: he made them believe he was giving all of them poison, in order to find out how loyal everyone was. When everyone started drinking it, it wasn’t very hard to realize there was no poison in the drinks, but also I don’t think Kai would ever do that at that stage of the game. Maybe he would do it if he was truly desperate and the police were at his tale, but not when he was winning. Unlike the two cult leaders he talked about, Kai doesn’t seem to believe in any spiritual higher power.
In the City Council, Kai continued to talk crazy, and this time proposed a motion that suggested certain websites/apps couldn’t be used by the people of that community. Obviously, he didn’t call it censorship, but that was exactly what it was. This season, for me, is really getting more and more real, because this seemed like something that could totally happen. Of course that when someone wants to kill a democracy, they don’t do instantly, they do it slowly. One day they forbid the citizens of doing one thing, the next week they come up with something else… and people just settle with it, telling themselves there is nothing they can do to stop it, that there is no way they can fight the power, when that is totally not true.
All of this is left uncheck, and the reason for it is because people like Ivy exist. In this episode she told Ally she joined Kai’s cult because she was tired of never knowing what to do, so it was great to have someone tell her what to do, where to go, what to believe in… She may say she sees Kai for what he is now, but it is too late already.
Like I mentioned before, in this episode Ally finally stopped feeling sorry for herself and decided to stand up, for her and for her loved ones (which is only Ozzy now). After being gone for a while, Oz was a significant part of this episode, because Kai took a special interest in him, and even wrongly revealed he was his biological father. When Kai started telling the same bed time story, and after Ozzy denied what he was saying, Kai made sure Oz was punished, right after calling Wikipedia “fake news”. I thought that part was funny, because it really is in Kai’s personality to call everything which contradicts him “fake news”, when it’s his news which are fake.
Moving on, Ally was really pushed to the edge, and started telling the story of how she really fought all her phobias: she traded them for revenge on her wife. Throughout the episode I actually did think that she was being too nice to Ivy, considering she ruined her life. Because she has been a lot tougher recently, I thought she had some kind of plan, and turned out she really did. Close to the end of the episode, Ally poisoned her wife and watched her as she died. For someone who hates Kai because he is a “psychopath”, Ally really didn’t stay much behind. Later, she bribed an employee at the clinic and found out Kai isn’t Ozzy’s father. However, this is definitely what she told him, which to me was a great idea. As long as Kai thinks Oz is his son, he won’t hurt very badly. If Ally had told him the truth, he would probably have gladly killed the boy.
Overall, this was definitely a great episode, the best one so far. It was definitely shocking and with some really amazing scenes of all kinds. I am giving it a 9.5/10.
The tenth episode is entitled “Charles (Manson) in Charge” and it is the last episode before the season finale. As previously promised, and as the tittle reveals, we will see Evan Peters play Charles Manson, so you really can’t miss it.