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NCIS: Los Angeles Season Ten Rewatch: "Joyride"

The basics: After two Marines take out a Christmas Tree lot in LA, one with some past issues is missing with a weapon. The team wants to find him before he hurts himself or someone else. In prison, Anna is beaten in a fight.

Written by: Erin Broadhurst wrote or co-wrote “Praesidium”, “Unspoken”, “Come Back”, “Sirens”, “Getaway”, “Forasteira” and “Venganza”.

Directed by: Tawnia McKiernan directed “Exchange Rate", “High Value Target”, “Kulinda” and “Assets”.

Guest stars of note: Vyto Ruginis as Arkady Kolcheck and Bar Paly as ATF Agent Anastasia “Anna” Kolcheck return from "One of Us". Marsha Thomason as NCIS Special Agent Nicole DeChamps is back from "Superhuman". Back to back episode for Peter Jacobson as Special Prosecutor John Rogers. Reiley McClendon as Marine Staff Sergeant Brad Hawkins, Michael Galante as Marine Reserve Staff Sergeant Ernie Garza, Sarah-Nicole Robles as Maia, Rich Hutchman as Alvin, Hira Ambrosino as Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Evans, Albert Kong as Maze Cooper, Kate Mines as Vicki, Nazo Bravo as Joe Jirani, Janora McDuffie as Nurse Natasha, Dustin Green as Wasted Guy and Skyler Davenport as Mellow Woman.

Our heroes: Do the annual holiday hour.

What important things did we learn about:

Callen: Cares "deeply" for Anna. Sam: Spending the holidays with Kam in DC. Kensi: Pulls the friend card to get the holiday party decorations done. Deeks: Pulls a stolen bottle of tequila from Nora in accounting. Eric: Gives Nell the gift of a 17th Century English Christmas Feast in Yosemite. Nell: Give Eric the gift of a rock climbing gym membership. Hetty: Loved and remembered.

What not so important things did we learn about:

Callen: Skipping the holiday party to sit with Anna. Sam: Letting Aiden spend the holidays with his girlfriend in Brooklyn. Kensi: Agrees Eric and Nell are cute. Deeks: Thinks Eric and Nell are the cutest. Eric: Rightly considers "Die Hard" a holiday movie. Nell: Prefers "Three Days of the Condor" Hetty: Hopefully returning with great stories and great scotch.

Who's down with OTP: Kensi and Deeks are the host and hostess with the most-ess, Eric and Nell are cute and cuter. Callen and Anna seem to be in a better place. Even Aiden Hanna has a nice girlfriend who can't cook but otherwise passes the Sam Hanna muster. It's a holiday episode love miracle.

Who's down with BrOTP: Not a lot of Callen-Sam time today. The Callen-Arkady rift is healing, however.

Any pressing need for Harm and Mac: Since there will be no charges against the young Marines, no.

Who is running the team this week? Rogers is the Grinch who moved the holiday party from the office to Kensi and Deeks's bar.

Mosley watch: The toast to Hidoko is lovely at the end – finally getting a little of the recognition the character deserved after dying in Mexico. No Mosley mentions.

Fashion review: Blue plaid long sleeve button-down shirt for Callen. Black jacket and henley for Sam. Kensi starts the episode in her dark blue/black/grey striped tee. Deeks begins the episode in a long-sleeve dark blue tee. At the holiday party, the two are dressed for the event. Kensi is in a dark plaid dress. Deeks is in a grey dress shirt. Eric starts the episode in the gym wearing a black tee-shirt and charcoal grey gym shorts. Dark blue large paisley print shirt and long pants for Eric while at work. Blue dress shirt, red plaid bow tie at the holiday party. Great dark red dress for Nell with a Hetty-like Christmas tree holiday pin. At the party, Nell is in a red plaid dress with a bow (feh) and a black velvet jacket with a different holiday pin - Santa. Hetty would approve.

Music: As always, the holiday episode is filled with holiday tunes. The Brian Setzer Orchestra's rendition of "Jingle Bell Rock" opens the episode. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" remix by Figure and Groove is playing at the party. "Christmas Memories" by She & Him is playing when Garza and Hawkins are fixing up the Christmas tree lot. "Hey Skinny Santa" by JD McPherson is playing in the bar during the party.

Any notable cut scene: No gifts under the DVD disc tree this year.

Quote: Callen: "Nurse said Anna's gonna need a few more days to recover before they take her back to Alton." Arkady: "That place. Lately, I have an idea. And after today, idea is clear." Callen: "Keep talking." Arkady: "This business with Anna. She was sentenced many years in federal prison, then moved suddenly to state prison. And then she has a horrible injury. You get feeling somehow none of this makes sense?" Callen: "Yeah, Arkady. I do."

Anything else: Happy holidays from Los Angeles where, to the grooving "Jingle Bells Rock" holiday classic, two young men are just trashing a Christmas tree lot – driving their jeep around, knocking down trees, shooting up the decorations and lights. When the jeep crashes into some decorations, one of the men – Garza – takes off. The driver can hear sirens. LAPD ends the naughty and not so nice fun.

Eric is climbing the rock wall in the gym. This is the third time Nell found her "mountain goat" on his way up Not really up, more bouldering. It is about strength and strategy as you climb. It is chess but for the whole body. Nell sees bouldering as mountain Twister except nobody plummeted to their death playing Twister. Or chess for that matter. Eric brings up a family member who wound up in a coma after an aggressive game of KerPlunk.

Nell gets a text message – Sydney just sent a photo of a French bulldog wearing a Santa hat (I believe Renee Felice Smith has a French bulldog). Jumping from the wall, Eric warns Nell to put the photo away. Rogers has banned the office holiday party, walked away with a mysterious phone call when Eric wanted to speak to him about holiday decorations.

Nell asks Eric why is he avoiding their annual holiday tradition – cookie baking. He's climbing the wall when he could be baking cookies. Knowing the wall is not going anywhere, Eric wants to start their Christmas-adjacent holiday movie night. Nell is in for tomorrow. Seeing the coast is clear, Eric wants to see the photo of the bulldog.

At the bar, Kensi and Deeks are decorating. Bertie is in Miami. Deeks is stressing out – the office is having their holiday party at the bar because Rogers would not let them have it at the office because of a federal regulation about liquor and firearms. A teetotalling party would be no fun. The FBI's party at the backroom of a Sizzler sounded equally sad.

Kensi isn't sure why Deeks is worried about having the party at the bar. "Because it is brand new and I've got a gold freaking shark, right? And they're all going to come here and just mess it up." They discuss Nora from accounting breaking the stemware because she has to get her drink on. Deeks makes a fake call to the Sizzler. Kensi wants a theme holiday party – "Deeks the Halls". Chuckling, Deeks asks her if she's having a stroke.

Handing Kensi what looks like the clump of tangled Christmas tree lights from season eight's holiday party, Deeks wants Kensi to think about what she just did. Kensi is proud of herself – she made him laugh.

Agent DeChamps walks into Ops. Callen, Sam, Eric and Nell are there. She drove up from Oceanside at 5AM. The security footage from the Christmas tree lot is on the big screen. The jeep driver is one of her guys from Camp Pendleton. Callen wonders why they're looking into a pair of drunk Marines. Saying this isn't her type of case either, the guy who ran – Ernie Garza, is more of a concern.

Garza is in the reserves after two tours in Afghanistan as a sniper. He as has not had an easy time returning to civilian life. He is currently working at a waste management site. In 2017, he did some time in rehab and is under treatment for PTSD. Everyone is worried about a Marine sniper with drug and PTSD issues running around LA with a gun. The holidays are always hard on members of the military – many stationed away from their family. It is equally hard for someone like Garza with his issues. Garza is from San Antonio. His only "family" in the area is a girlfriend named Maia.

The driver, Marine Staff Sergeant Brad Hawkins, has a clean record prior to this. LAPD turned him over to NCIS. After being given a blood-alcohol test and being treated for his injuries, Hawkins is in the boat shed. Kensi and Deeks are off to see Maia. Callen, Sam and DeChamps are on their way to see Hawkins when Rogers pops up on the big screen. He needs to see Callen in his office immediately. His office being Mosley's old office.

Looking at his Microsoft Surface, Rogers asks Callen if he knows a former ATF Agent Anastasia Kolcheck prior to her arrest and confinement for shooting an unarmed suspect. Callen confirms that Agent Kolcheck worked with the office in the past. Agent Kolcheck was injured in an altercation (lots of vowels in that phrase) at Alton State Prison. Callen isn't sure why Anna would be at a state lock-up. Rogers isn't sure why there are marijuana dispensaries on every corner and what's going on in the traffic set-up on Wilshire and Santa Monica (which I checked out online – wow, that's horrendous). Callen asks Anna's status. She is at St. Anne's. Rogers wasn't sure what the team's status was with Agent Kolcheck but thought he should pass it on. Callen is grateful.

Hawkins stands when Sam and DeChamps enter interrogation – shakes their hands. He was proud he made it to Staff Sergeant without ever speaking to NCIS. Sam is sorry about the lost streak. All NCIS wants to do now is find Garza. Hawkins wants to as well. The two went to a bar and had a couple of beers. The next thing Hawkins knows he's driving his jeep in the Christmas tree lot and Garza is firing a gun.

DeChamps tries to walk Hawkins through the prior night. They got to the bar at nine, they don't drink much together – beers when playing Madden – "nothing crazy." The reason for going out was that Garza was acting a little strange – not a conversation you'd have playing video games. DeChamps asks if Hawkins thought Garza was using drugs again. Hawkins is surprised NCIS knows about Garza's problems. Hawkins was worried that if Garza was back using, he'd lose his job and get kicked out of the reserves.

Sam thinks something is not adding up. Asked if they were do drugs, Hawkins makes it clear, "No. No sir. Not my thing." Asked if Garza would slip him something, Hawkins is just as sure Garza would not do that. Sam gets a text. Hawkins's blood-alcohol was 0.03 – well below what would cause Hawkins to black out. He didn't have a concussion after the crash. Sam asks if it is possible Garza isn't the man Hawkins thought he was.

Callen arrives at the hospital just as Arkady shows up. Arkady makes it clear Callen is not family. Anna is in surgery for a forearm fracture. She also has broken ribs. Arkady gives Callen a dirty look.

Kensi and Deeks show up at Maia's house. The place is filled with holiday treats, Maia is baking away. She last saw Ernie was at a holiday craft fair – a friend was selling some jewelry. Maia found some hydrocodone in Ernie's car. He was doing so well with his recovery but a shoulder injury after a kayaking trip had him sliding back into old habits. After Maia confronted him, Ernie was mad, made excuses. Kensi is supportive. So was Ernie – that was Maia's point. Ernie helped everyone – he made scones with her for her baking blog. She wants him to be well. Kensi and Deeks do too. Maia offers Kensi and Deeks some gingerbread – she made way too much. Deeks happily takes it.

Nell is tracing Garza's phone while Eric is looking into his finances. He finds nothing unusual though Garza does like to do things on or near the water. Wisely, Eric suggests "Die Hard" as their holiday movie for the night (because it is a holiday movie – don't fight me on this!). Nell recommends "Three Days of the Condor" – a film Eric says he's always seen but he actually hasn't.

Rogers suddenly appears. As smart as Eric and Nell are, he says, he can't believe they are tracking Garza's phone and finances without a warrant. He orders those investigations shut down – which surprises Nell, they can find him using the phone. No, Rogers thinks the office looks far too deeply into suspects' lives. Eric asks if he can speak freely. Since it is a free country and Rogers is actually fighting them to keep it that way, Eric is allowed. Eric argues that they aren't looking for evidence against Garza, they are looking for Garza before he is hurt or some innocent bystander is hurt. Rogers has to take a call – the financial records are off limits. He says nothing about the phone. They are going to search before he returns.

Sam doesn't like the look of the tree lot. DeChamps asks about Sam's holiday plans with the kids. He doesn't have any big plans. Aiden is going to Brooklyn to share the holidays with his girlfriend and her family. Sam and Kam are going to DC to visit the Navy Museum, see some cool historical sites. DeChamps is going to Louisiana for some great food, great family and LSU football. Nell calls – Garza's phone is at a marina in San Pedro. Sam and DeChamps are on their way.

At the marina, Sam sees a boat called "Diddy Bop" – Marine Corps slang for sloppy marching. The boat belongs to a Reggie Hyland, a Marine Garza served with who is currently deployed. Garza comes out of the boat and tries to run. Sam stops that quickly.

In the upstairs interrogation room, Sam and DeChamps question Garza. He doesn't know what happened between meeting Hawkins for a beer and the accident at the tree lot. He didn't know the last time they asked and he won't know the next time. Sam is not thrilled with the attitude. DeChamps tells Garza he is safe with NCIS. Admitting he's had blackouts before, Garza tells them this blackout was different. Sam mentions the hydrocodone but Garza claims he only used them for his injured rotator cuff. He stopped using them. He's clean. And he didn't give any to Hawkins either.

In the boat shed's main room, Kensi and Deeks are watching Sam, DeChamps and Garza. Eric and Nell pop up on the TV screen. Hawkins tox-screen is in. There was a high concentration of scopolamine in Hawkins's system. It is an anti-nausea med used by scuba divers and pilots (and chronically car sick women named Tess) but not in that high concentration. Someone drugged Garza and Hawkins. There were thieves in South America drug victims with scopolamine to empty their bank accounts and hand over jewelry willingly. The drug allows you to function just a little impaired. In high concentrations, the person looks fine but isn't. Kensi and Deeks realize the Marines were drugged at the bar.

An agitated Arkady is getting a rundown on Anna's condition from her doctor. She fractured her forearm and ruptured some tendons, likely from a direct blow from a hard object. During surgery, he arm was re-set using pins and wires. Anna can be seen resting in her room with a prison guard standing over her bed. Callen asks if Anna is in pain – she isn't now but she's in for a long recovery.

Towering over the doctor – a smallish woman - Arkady leans in and asks if she did the surgery. Taking a step back, the doctor says she did the bulk of the surgery with some help from her team. Arkady sniffs the doctor. "I smell vodka." Callen pushes Arkady away and instructs the doctor to ignore him. Asking when can they see Anna, Callen is told she needs to be settled in and seen by the nurse.

As the doctor walks away, Callen wants to know what is wrong with Arkady. Arkady did not like the doctor. He believes she saw Anna was in handcuffs and phoned in the surgery. Callen mentions the Hippocratic oath. Arkady remembers an oath he took to Mother Russia and look where he is now. The man is an international treasure, a gift to two countries.

Arkady asks if Callen believes Anna will be alright. He does. Arkady figures that is the only way Callen can sleep at night. Callen makes it clear – he told the truth at Anna's request. Arkady makes it clear – he believes all this is Callen's fault. Callen can't believe Arkady thinks he'd want to see Anna hurt. "Hurt people hurt people," Arkady explains (Vyto Ruginis is killing it here going from comedy to drama sometimes in the same sentence). He believes Callen told the truth in court, he does not believe him now. Arkady walks away.

Sam and DeChamps enter the bar where Hawkins and Garza met. It isn't the fanciest place. Sam flashes his badge to the bartender. She swears she warned Jim not to sell his power tools in the parking lot. DeChamps has photos of Hawkins and Garza on her phone. The bartender recognizes Garza immediate – he's a regular. DeChamps asks about the prior night but she wasn't working. The bar has a new security system, however, and she's happy to show them what they need. Using a tablet to show the bar, it is obvious to Sam that Hawkins and Garza – who played pool – were being watched.

A terrified Eric runs into Ops. Rogers saw him near the copier and wants to talk about something personal. There are concerns Rogers heard Eric call him a Grinch. Nobody ever called someone a Grinch in a positive way, Eric tells Nell as he hides behind one of the screens in the back of Ops. Rogers arrives with a personal question he has for Eric and Nell. Where's Eric? "Around" is the best Nell can do.

Rogers soldiers on – he has company in town and is looking for a "season activity" that has nothing to do with watching movies or talking about movies. Eric jumps into the conversation from his hiding place. Eric and Nell are full of suggestions for Christmas, Hanaukkah, Boxing Day but everything really depends on Rogers's guests. Rogers decides Trip Advisor is more his style.

Kensi and Deeks meet with both Hawkins and Garza in the downstairs interrogation room. They have video of the guys following them in the bar. Hawkins remembers talking to one of the men. Garza says he talks to people in that bar all the time – everyone's friendly. Hawkins remembers talking sports with the guy and about Garza's job. Garza is suspicious – most people don't care about waste management.

There is footage of the scopolamine being slipped into the Marines's drinks. Scopolamine makes you chatty but to an outsider, it would look like a couple of guys having a beer and a talk. DeChamps volunteers herself and Sam for a trip to the waste management plant. Deeks thought they'd have to draw straws since the place probably smells like pine cones and cinnamon. Kensi and Deeks are going to see if the men remember what they talked about at the bar.

Anna wakes up with a tiny Christmas tree on her hospital table and Callen by her side. She reminds Callen she wanted him to stay away. She ever told him about the hospital, Callen answers. Anna promises she took care of the people who put her in the hospital. Callen pours her some water and promises not to make a bionic woman joke about Anna's arm. The nurses have that covered. Callen tells Anna to rest. She can do that. Callen will enjoy the rest. Arkady has been talking in another Russian couple in the waiting room and now has New Year's Eve plans.

Arkady watches as Callen kisses Anna on the forehead and sits with her as she dozes off.

At the waste management facility, the foreman explains to Sam and DeChamps that business is great. They are so busy that every job is scheduled to the minute. DeChamps asks about Garza, who is well-liked even if he talks about playing Madden too much. The foreman wants to know if Garza is OK. Sam asks if the facility processes hazardous waste. They do no, according to the foreman – regular household items – used paints, cooking oil, expired medicines.

The expired medicines catch Sam's attention. The facility processes about three loads a week of unused pills, expired meds, overstocks at the hospitals. Deeks sends a text message to Sam – Garza mentioned one of the cameras is faulty at the facility. According to the foreman, the drug shipment arrived at 10AM and was going to be burned in an hour. The foreman walks Sam and DeChamps to the loading dock where the meds are parked. The foreman opens the back of the truck only to find it is empty.

In the gadget area, Eric shows Nell the flaw in the waste management plant's security. The company won't hand over any security footage without a warrant. They thinks this will make Rogers happy. He likes asking for warrants.

Facial rec ID's the guy in the bar with the Marines. Maze Cooper has some low level misdemeanor arrests in his background. He is on a DEA watchlist for doctor shopping. He is also on Joe Jirani's social media feed. Jirani is a real estate developer with a high social media profile due to big parties and a festive holiday cat. The DEA believes Jirani is a drug dealer. His ranch in Agua Dulce could easily hide a truck full of drugs.

Sam and DeChamps arrive at Jirani's ranch. There is a party going on. Kensi and Deeks are right behind them. Deeks sends up a mini-drone from "Asesinos". Eric is flying. Eric and Nell find the truck while Kensi and Deeks notice the drugs being used at the party.

Without much resistance, Sam and DeChamps just walk into the party. They are looking for Cooper and Jirani. Kensi and Deeks are out back looking for the truck. They have instant success as the truck has two guys inside who are fighting. One is knocked out by the other. The man standing takes a swing and Deeks and misses, collapsing to the ground.

With the drugs in custody and SWAT 15-minutes out, Sam and DeChamps are going to quietly take down Cooper and Jirani. There is no heavy security at the party. Splitting up, Sam asks a young woman if she's seen Maze. The woman wants to run in a maze – it would be a-maze-ing. She can't stop laughing.

A man approaches DeChamps on his motorcycle. She blows him off but sees Cooper nearby. Calling her Leila ("It's Nicole.") and remember her from a past event ("It's my first time here."), Cooper introduces DeChamps to "JJ". "JJ" is a bit surprised to see Sam join them. DeChamps wants to make a better deal – Sam offers more money for the drugs. Jirani snaps his fingers and a member of the security team is foolish enough to think he can take down Sam. That goes poorly for the guy. Also not going well for a different man on the security team who tries to drop DeChamps. She makes quick work of him. While the fighting was going on, Cooper and Jirani run right into stiff-arms from Kensi and Deeks.

At the hospital, Arkady is eating kutia (a holiday pudding) made by the Russian lady he was talking to in the waiting room. She made it for Anna but Anna doesn't like kutia. Callen is drinking vending machine coffee. Arkady does not like to waste food. Callen offers to stay – the staff will understand him skipping out on the holiday party. Callen and Arkady and split time over the next few days keeping Anna company before she has to return Alton.

Arkady is unhappy about Alton. He is also suspicious – Anna is given a really long sentence to a federal prison, is moved to a state prison and now is in the hospital. None of this makes sense.

Garza and Hawkins are back at the Christmas tree lot. They are repairing the damage they've done. Maia arrives with Sam, DeChamps and gingerbread for Garza. Sam tells both men their CO's have been briefed on what happened. There will not be any punishment. Hawkins is relieved but Garza is grateful they trusted him. Sam tells Garza to get himself right. "I will sir."

At the holiday party, Deeks thinks elves are real – the place is totally set up. Kensi called in the friend card. Tiffany, Kat and Mandy set up the bar. Deeks loves Kensi's elves. Kensi loves the barkeep. Eric and Nell arrive. Kensi is a fan of their outfits, Eric and Nell love the festive look to the bar. Rogers is not coming, making everyone's day festive and bright. Eric and Nell are going to make the rounds. As they leave, Kensi thinks Neric are cute. Deeks thinks the cutest.

Eric is given a gift membership to a rock climbing place called "This Place Rocks" from Jingle-Nell Rock. Eric is taking Nell to Yosemite for a 17 Century-style Christmas feast at a hotel inside the park. The two kiss – they are the cutest.

Sam is talking to Kensi and Deeks about Aiden and his girlfriend. Kensi remembers Aiden starting middle school (really? Because in season two, they didn't know Sam had kids and in season four, they didn't know Sam was married). Sam likes Aiden's girlfriend – she's good for him. He hopes to see Aiden in the spring. A staffer approaches Deeks. Nora from accounting stole a bottle of tequila. He's going to wrestle it back.

DeChamps is at the party. Her flight was moved until the next morning. She's partying with the group.

Deeks gets everyone's attention with a lovely toast. They remember those no longer with the team – Harley Hidoko and Owen Granger. Deeks wants them to know the group loves and misses them. Also loved and missed is Hetty, who is hopefully home soon with great stories and scotch.

At the hospital, Anna is having a nightmare but doesn’t wake. Callen calms her shaking hands.

What head canon can be formed from here: The is a mid-level holiday episode. Early in the show's run the holiday episodes were always good with "Merry Evasion" being probably the best of the bunch. This was fine, nothing great. It sets up whatever Anna was doing later in the season. Rogers becomes a less "screaming boss" and more just a guy doing everything by the book. Hidoko and Granger getting some love at the end was nice.

Episode number: The tenth season's 11th episode, overall it is episode 227 in the show's run.

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wub-fur-radio · 6 years ago

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Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want The Truth?

A word war will set off the keg. My words are war Should a word have two meanings? What the fuck for? Should words serve the truth? I stand for language. I speak for truth. I shout for history I am a cesspool for all the shit to run down in…

–Mike Watt

If you can’t handle the truth please take cover, ’cause we’re detonating these twenty-three 21st century lo-fi punk rock, post-punk, garage punk, and indie rock truth bombs right here, right now. Featuring true, true-ish, and/or truth adjacent words and several enjoyably eclectic varieties of loud (and loud-ish) rock music from DUMB, Hookworms, Wax Idols, Wolf Mountain, Lithics, The Space Merchants, and 17 more bands who hope you people can pick up on what they’re putting down.

Dedicated to D. Boon—“Part of what he was is a part of all of us now.”

Apologies to Watt (and Hurley, and, I suppose, Tweedy). No Minutemen were harmed in the making of this mix.

Play on Mixcloud (or scroll down to use one of the embedded players below)

Running Time: 1 hour, 5 seconds

Tracklist

Power Trip (1:36) — DUMB | Vancouver

Psychic Vampires on the Loose (1:49) — Brad Thomason | Salt Lake City †

New Day (2:31) — The Surfing Magazines | London †

Left Me Waiting (1:19) — Marriage Material | Los Angeles

Boiler Pit (1:33) — Bummerville | Chicago †

Same for Me (4:38) — Cable Ties | Melbourne †

I've Had It (2:47) — Kid Chrome | Seattle

Don't Screw Up (1:48) — Wolf Mountains | Stuttgart †

Topanga Keepsake (2:29) — Behavior | Los Angeles †

Strength Water (2:09) — Brutalism | Austin †

American Dream (4:22) — Lucid Nation | Los Angeles

Coup d'épée (2:08) — Corridor | Montreal †

Indigo (2:51) — Daysee | Chicago

Word (3:33) — The Lamps | San Francisco

Boxing Day (2:24) — Hookworms | Leeds

I Am The Meat (3:01) — Ill | Manchester

Chemical Shift (2:12) — Freak Genes | Manchester

To the Edge of the World (3:26) — The Space Merchants | Brooklyn

The City Against Itself (2:02) — Bad Meds | Liverpool #

Heaven Knows (3:56) — Wax Idols | California

Glass of Water (1:20) — Lithics | Portland

Astrophysical Graffiti (3:57) — Anywhere | Los Angeles

Far Away from You (2:13) — Shark Toys | Los Angeles

All tracks released 2018, except † released 2017 and # released 2015.

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#punk rock #post punk #garage punk #indie rock #lo-fi #music mixes

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sunnydaleherald · 7 years ago

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday-Wednesday, February 27-28, 2018

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Forget (Dawn/Faith, Teen) by cmk418

Right Words, Right Actions (Buffy/Spike, R) by katleept

Heart Reborn (Buffy/Spike, Gen) by vogue91

And when I see her move I see the Hell to pay (Buffy/Spike, Gen) by vogue91

It's Far Better to Learn (Faith/Tara, Gen) by slutorama

Resurrected (Spike/Reader, Not rated) by mrs-john-winchester

[Re: Prompt: Tara and Faith being on a date but neither of them being aware that it's a date] (Tara/Faith, Not rated) by lesbidar

[Chaptered Fiction]

The Vampire and The Lost Boy (CHAPTER 1) (Angel/Gwen Raiden, Winifred "Fred" Burkle/Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, M) by QueenOfDestielLand

Go West, Paradise is There (CHAPTER 1) (Buffy/Giles, Teen) by Figure_of_Dismay

Takes A Hit (CHAPTER 1) (Faith, Dawn, Buffy, crossover with Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Supernatural, Explicit) by MillieMae

You See Me (CHAPTER 1) (Tara/Faith, Teen) by anyasbunny

Brooklyn's Calling (CHAPTER 1) (Angel, Cordelia, T) by CyberChick135

Something to Talk About (CHAPTER 4) (Xander/Buffy, M) by Janis-70

The Bargaining (CHAPTER 16) (Buffy, Angel, M) by evilbuffyfan4eva

[Images, Audio & Video]

Tattoo: My new #BuffyTheVampireSlayer tattoo by Krissy Bergquist at Electric Tattoo linked by taxidermyworms

Artwork: He’s so damn pretty (Spike) by infinityoftwo

Artwork: [Illustration for we’ll be demon hunters by @neonbars (tara/faith)] by lesbidar

Artwork: faith and tara are dating! by lesbidar

Fanmix: a(n emo) tara/faith fanmix by neonbars

[Reviews & Recaps]

Buffy Reviewed, Season 11, Issue 11 by harsens-rob

BTVS Rewatch Season 1 Episode 7: Angel by thedoctorsprincess

BTVS Rewatch Season 1 Episode 6: The Pack by thedoctorsprincess

Ep 50: Giles' Demon Drag Race by ianxcarlos

Giles Mini - Issue 1 - Thoughts/Review by lilyginnyblackv2

BTVS Rewatch Season 1 Episode 8: I Robot, You Jane by thedoctorsprincess

BTVS Rewatch Season 1 Episode 10: Nightmares by thedoctorsprincess

BTVS Rewatch Season 1 Episode 9: The Puppet Show by thedoctorsprincess

PODCAST: 719: Empty Places by tinyfences

PODCAST: 3.19: Choices by bufferingthevampireslayer

PODCAST: S04E04 - Thomason's Pinterest Account - Fear, Itself by popculturerolecall

[Recs]

More Links Than A Bag Of Sausages - 2/27 by petzipellepingo

More Links Than A Bag Of Sausages - 2/28 by petzipellepingo

[Community Announcements]

Submit to our March Fanfic Contest! by thesunnydalefanficclub

[Fandom Discussions]

[Re: Is Buffy more or less compatible with Angel at the end of the show?] by we-pay-for-everything

[Re: "Restless"] by whataseamus and quasi-normalcy

[Re: Who would Jenny and Giles ask to be bridesmaids/best men and how?] by jenny-calendar

[Re: What do Jenny and Giles look for in their first house together?] by jenny-calendar

Giles #01 updated covers by buffythecomicslayer

[Re: Relationship drama] by we-pay-for-everything

[Send me ideas for official Buffy merch you’d like to own] by kathubs

[Re: BtVS meme] by bangelicchocoholic

[Re: Buffy/Angel] by we-pay-for-everything

[Re: BtVS meme] by willowrosenboob

How to Slay the Buffy Way: Badass Buffy Attitude and Killer Life Advice linked by buffythecomicslayer

[Re: Bangel or spuffy?] by quickhidetherum

[Charisma Carpenter as Buffy] by daneofelysium, et al.

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

TWITTER: [Buffy the Vampire Slyer Season 12 is the Final Season] by Dark Horse Comics

#buffy the vampire slayer #angel the series #fanfiction #fan art #meta #comics

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equalityforflatbush · 8 years ago

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New “This Is Flatbush” Documentary Fights Back Against the Corporate Rebranding of Flatbush, Brooklyn

#ThisIsFlatbush #FlatbushForever #LittleCaribbean #Beforeitsgone #TakeItBack #BrooklynisNotforSale

Brooklyn, New York - May 23, 2016 - This Is Flatbush is a new documentary short taking aim at the corporate rebranding of Flatbush, Brooklyn through a compilation of interviews with longtime residents, transplants, activists and a professor of urban planning.

In This Is Flatbush, residents and activists talk about parts of the neighborhood they've long known as Flatbush and the very recent appearance of "Prospect Lefferts Gardens" and "Ditmas Park" on maps. Residents also discuss their fears of losing their homes due to skyrocketing rents as well as how gentrification threatens to destroy the very identity of this largely low-to-middle income migrant community of color.

"Traditionally, the ‘re-branding’ of a neighborhood is done , in order to distance it from whatever the real estate industry feels is ‘problematic’ about the existing neighborhood in order to re-package it to newcomers", said Victor Moses, a life-long East Flatbush resident and activist with E4F. "The re-branding of Flatbush, it is about the erasure of Caribbean and other migrant families of color who have built this community, who struggle to continue to live here and make this place somewhere to be proud of."

Most importantly, This Is Flatbush focuses on the causes of the neighborhood's gentrification, namely the collusion between the city government, real estate developers, landlords to profit by evicting longtime tenants and rebranding Flatbush with other names in order to attract wealthier, largely white residents from whom larger sums of rent can be charged as new luxury high-rises are constructed.

The documentary was produced as a collaboration between Equality for Flatbush and New York University graduate film students Blair McClendon and Harry Cepka. Imani Henry of Equality for Flatbush (E4F) provided the direction and conducted the interviews. Anna Simmons of E4F arranged many of the interviews and assisted with the general production.

This Is Flatbush features Joyce Stewart, President of 320 Sterling Pl Tenants Association; Ninaj Raoul, Executive Director of Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees; Bob Thomason, Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association (PLGNA) Founder; Steven Rice, PLGNA Secretary; Tom Angotti, Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at Hunter College; and Flatbush residents Simone, Ashley, Angel, Stephen and Eileen, among others.

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#‎ThisIsFlatbush‬#FlatbushForever #littlecaribbean #beforeitsgone #take it back #BrooklynisNotforSALE

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title: fool me once. characters: mentions of wren and drew’s parents. summary: drew finds himself in a sticky situation with the diamonds. trigger warning: gun violence

He waits for his parents to fall asleep, his mother always the first to drift off into a heavy slumber, followed shortly after by his father. He doesn’t worry about waking either of them as he slips past their bedroom, the door ajar and the warm, yellow light spilling out into the hallway from his father’s bedside lamp. Drew learned long ago that his parents were heavy sleepers, when he was seven years old he sneaked out of his bedroom every weekend to watch horror movies in his fathers office. When he was sixteen years old he swapped sneaking out of his bedroom for horror movies for climbing out of his bedroom window to go to parties with his friends and practice his lock picking skills on the other apartments in his building. Drew didn’t see it as too much of a risk for getting caught, if anybody did catch him lingering around outside of their house in their neighbourhood he knew they wouldn’t think too much about it — nobody would suspect Drew Thomason, the son of two criminal lawyers being a criminal.

He moves through the rest of the house like a ghost, silent footsteps hurrying down the spiral staircase and the sleeping tabby cat on the back of the leather chesterfield sofa, scratching the sleeping feline softly behind his ear on his way out. The young thief feels a rush of adrenaline through his body as his feet pound the sidewalks of Manhattan, searching for a car or building for him to pick the locks of. It’s not for want or needing that’s compelled him to leave the comforts of his bed tonight, but the itch and desire that was burning inside of himself to prove that he was good, no incredible at what he did. His graduation from high school was looming over his head, his parents pushing him to decide on which of the major universities he would be attending in the country, but Drew had another path set out for himself. He was going to meet with Wren Diamond, leader of The Diamonds and earn himself a spot on the man’s payroll. It was the most effort and energy Drew had put into anything in his entire life, he wanted to make sure he was perfect and that his skills were as refined as they could be.

When Drew found the apartment building that he was going to test his skills out on, he wasted no time in finding his way into the building. He made his way quickly through the buildings foyer and found an elevator to ride to the top floor. Drew was born and raised in Manhattan, he knew the best apartments to steal from were always on the top floor. He rode the elevator to the top, his heart beating with the same excitement he always got before pulling a job. When the elevator doors opened, he peered his head around the corner to make sure the coast was clear before stepping out and into the penthouse apartment. Drew retrieved his phone from his back pocket, snapping a quick picture of himself in the penthouse and sending it to Kieran with the following message… LOOKS LIKE I’VE HIT THE JACKPOT !! 😏👏 💵

It took Drew longer than he would have liked to admit to find anything worth stealing, and even longer to find anything he actually wanted to steal. He wanted something with value, but something he wouldn’t have to put a lot of time and energy into fleecing. It took the thief even longer to find any cash lying around the apartment. Drew figured that if whoever lived here could afford the rent, they’d have a safe of some kind lying around somewhere or at least have an envelope of money hidden beneath their mattress. Drew had searched the bedroom first, knowing everybody hid their most valuable items in their bedroom, followed by the kitchen and finally the bathroom. He lifted the lid on the tank of the toilet, frowning some when he wasn’t greeted by drugs or money. Instead he had found a gun taped to the inside of the tank and while he couldn’t fence the weapon for much, he did begin to wonder what type of person lived in the penthouse. He continued searching the rest of the bathroom, reaching up high and down low until he opened the bathroom sink cupboard doors and began rooting through the aftershaves, cleaning products and the folded up towels. He searched the back of the inside of the cupboard with his fingertips, a smirk crossing his lips when he found a loose corner and pulled it open. “So, that’s where you’ve been hiding.” He said in a sing-song voice, staring into a hidden hole in the wall behind the cupboard filled with rolled up stacks of money, several bags of what he guessed to be cocaine and another gun that was similar to the one hidden in the tank behind the toilet.

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As he stares down the barrel of Wren Diamond’s gun, a bead of sweat trickling down the side of his face, Drew can’t help but wonder how he could have been so stupid - so reckless. He should have known that the penthouse apartment he had broken into a few days ago belonged to Wren, or at least one of his diamonds. Nobody in Manhattan would have that much cash, drugs and weapons lying around if they weren’t involved in New York’s criminal underground. Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid… Drew’s pale, blue eyes search the subway cart frantically, pleading for help from somebody, anybody. Beneath his panicked, rapid breathing though he knows his attempts to look for help are pointless. Wren Diamond is a powerful man, powerful enough to have arranged for this train to only allow access to Drew. It sparks a tiny, flickering flame of excitement burning underneath the fear in his chest. How does he do it? How many people does he have on his payroll? How far does his influence stretch?

“You’re about to learn.” The leader of the Diamond says, as if he was able to read Drew’s thoughts. The young thief frowned some, annoyed with himself for being easier to read than a children’s book. Wren Diamond is a powerful man, but he isn’t powerful enough to trick Drew into believing he can read his mind. Perhaps it’s a look he’s grown used to over the years, the slow realisation on the face of his victims that they really did choose the wrong guy to screw over. “Wait,” Drew demands, having no interest in finding out just how far his influence does stretch. “I can’t give you back what I stole, I don’t have it anymore. I sold the drugs, I spent the earnings even quicker. You don’t need to kill me. Nobody wants to clean up a body on the j-train tonight, yeah?” He half chuckles, flashing the man with the gun pointed at him an almost sincere charming grin. The air shifts around them, crackling like lightning as Drew hears the sound of the safety trigger being flicked off. Drew’s a dead man, he knows it. His parents will mourn him, his mother for longer than his father though he doesn’t doubt that she grieves for the loss of his potential more than for the loss of her own son. For a fleeting moment he considers using his parents as a threat, warning the leader of the Diamonds that both of his parents are criminal lawyers and could ruin him. You might as well put a bullet in their heads yourself. The voice inside of his head is right, he’d be signing their death sentence if he tried to threaten Wren with them, it wasn’t the smart play, it was reckless and a long shot. If Wren had people who could clear a train travelling through Brooklyn, then he knew he’d surely have people whose strings he could pull in a court room.

“Okay.” Wren lowered his gun, much to the surprise of the other Diamond members who stood by either door on the cart. “Nobody dies.” Drew let out a sigh of relief, his shoulders dropping in turn. “Tonight. Nobody dies tonight.“ Wren added as a warning. “You’re in luck, Mr Thomason. It just so happens you’ve caught me in a bind. You see, as luck would have it I’m in need of a thief and she’s dropped you right in my lap — Or should I say my penthouse?” He smirked, which made Drew slightly more uncomfortable than when he had been pointing a gun at him. At least then he knew what the man was thinking. “You’re going to pull some jobs for me where and when I tell you to until you’ve paid off your debt to me and after that if you ever try and steal from me again, we won’t be meeting in such a friendly environment again. Understood?”

Drew nodded, his head was racing with a mixture of sensations — relief, exhilaration, trepidation. Wren had given him a second chance, and a foot in the door into the Diamond’s world. It may not have been the meeting with the leader of the Diamonds that Drew had envisioned, but he was one step closer to becoming a Diamond now.

“When do we get started?”

#— ▌♦「 ᴅʀᴀʙʙʟᴇ; 」#— ▌♦「 ꜰᴏᴏʟ ᴍᴇ ᴏɴᴄᴇ; 」

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iwaseasymeat · 7 years ago

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Wooing - Rats [4K] (live @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn 4/15/18)

#wooing #rats #rachel trachtenburg #rosie slater #jr thomason #knitting factory brooklyn #gh5 #4k

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shaizstern · 5 years ago

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Article from WSJ: Guilt Is Powerful for Those Doing Fine in the Lockdown

People who can work from home feel conflicted about being so fortunate

Being happy and fortunate in a time of widespread suffering can be a burden of its own. JON KRAUSE

By Nancy Keates

When people ask how she’s doing, Kathren Cavanaugh tries hard not to sound too cheerful.

She can’t deny she is extremely happy with her life amid the global coronavirus pandemic. Her husband’s general-contracting work has evaporated—but that’s given him time to focus on renovating their own house, and they are cooking and working out together more.

But she also feels a sense of unease that things are good for her while they are so bad for others. That guilt spurred her to start volunteering last month for Meals on Wheels, delivering lunches to seniors.

“The hardest thing has been realizing what a bubble I live in. I don’t know anybody who knows anybody who has the virus,” says the 62-year-old strategic-planning consultant from Lake Oswego, Ore.

Guilt is a subject that is coming up a lot in therapists’ offices around the country right now. Counselors say clients who can work from home are expressing discomfort with the dichotomy between the improvement in their lives during lockdown and the devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. They are asking themselves whether it is fair that they are not experiencing the same pain they are seeing in the news.

Of course, feeling guilty is a good position to be in. Few if any of the people feeling guilty would want to change places with those who are sick or have lost their jobs. Yet the pain of guilt is also real, and it is important that people acknowledge it. For one thing, to ignore it carries more-serious psychological consequences. And to accept it has broader societal benefits as people channel their guilt into volunteering and other positive endeavors.

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FOUR WAYS TO PROCESS GUILT

Shift your guilt into gratitude, suggests Hilary Jacobs Hendel, a psychotherapist in New York and author of “It’s Not Always Depression.” Instead of feeling guilty for not being affected by the crisis, feel grateful not to be affected.

Give yourself permission to express feelings, says therapist and coach Christine Forte in Brooklyn, N.Y. She likens reaction to the coronavirus crisis to survivor’s guilt, when people think they don’t have a right to be fine because others have suffered. “Being able to enjoy your life isn’t wrong,” she says.

Don’t compare yourself to other people, says Carla Marie Manly, a clinical psychologist in Santa Rosa, Calif. “Stay in your own lane,” she says. There is no benefit to feeling shame because others are feeling pain. Instead, focus on how you can bring joy to other people.

Allow yourself to hold two opposing feelings at the same time, says Alisa Kamis-Brinda of Philadelphia based Serenity Solutions. Instead of saying “This stinks but I am grateful for what I have,” say, “This stinks and I am grateful for what I have.”

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Managing the negatives

“Ninety percent of my clients who are doing well feel an edge of guilt,” says Carla Marie Manly, a clinical psychologist in Santa Rosa, Calif. She warns patients of the toxicity of comparing themselves to other people: There is no benefit to feeling bad because others are feeling pain, and such guilt only leads to anger, sadness and depression.

One way to stop the progression to anger is to process that feeling, says Alisa Kamis-Brinda, owner of Philadelphia-based therapy practice Serenity Solutions, who is also seeing many people racked with guilt right now. She advises that the way for people to cope with guilt is to accept that they are feeling great even though the current crisis is terrible.

“You can’t push away the emotion. You have to validate it,” she says. Then, she says, recognize that you can feel bad about doing well in this crisis at the same time that you feel grateful you’re doing well.

“People are feeling really conflicted right now,” says Jennie Steinberg, founder of Through the Woods Therapy Center in Los Angeles. She likens the feeling to survivor’s guilt, when there is a sense of injustice. She recommends a positive action to correct that feeling and to express gratitude.

Gratitude is what has worked for Jennifer O’Donnell, a 49-year-old stay-at-home mom in Houston. She and her husband, an investor, have friends in the oil business who are suffering from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “We are really aware of how blessed we are and how easily it could not be like this for us,” she says.

Ms. O’Donnell is cherishing the time she is spending during the lockdown with her husband and three daughters. She is also reaching out, making an effort to connect to her community by getting to know the farmers she buys vegetables from at the market every week. And the family is giving money to their church’s community projects.

Indeed, guilt doesn’t have to be destructive, some philosophers argue—in fact, properly understood, it can motivate people to address some of the inequities that the virus is revealing.

“If you haven’t done anything wrong, there’s no reason to feel guilty,” says Susan Wolf, a professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of “Meaning in Life and Why It Matters.” Everybody’s life has been changed by the current crisis; even if a person is fine overall, they are still likely feeling the frustrations. “You’re allowed to feel frustration,” she says.

She adds that although there’s no reason to feel guilty, there is reason to feel sympathy, compassion, and a desire to help those in one’s community who are seriously harmed and suffering as a result of the pandemic.

Many people are feeling guilt that goes beyond the personal level. Guilt is pervasive now because the coronavirus crisis has opened up a very real class division in the country between those whose jobs allow them to stay home and those whose lives and livelihoods are in the process of being destroyed, says Wilfred McClay, a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma.

Make it better

Krista Thomason, associate professor of philosophy at Swarthmore College, sees it as valuable for a person to worry about being good, as long as it makes them think about what they can do to change a situation instead of blaming themselves, since an appreciation of happiness during quarantine isn’t tied to other people’s suffering.

Guilt tends to promote reparative action, such as helping those in need, says Patricia Greenspan, a professor of philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, and author of “Practical Guilt.” She says those benefiting from the crisis have an ethical responsibility to contribute to efforts to alleviate others’ suffering.

Catherine Wilson, author of “Moral Animals: Ideals and Constraints in Moral Theory,” thinks that someone who feels guilty should think instead about what kind of world would be an improvement on the one we are living in now. If people don’t feel bad about enjoying themselves but see that they can make life better for others, they can use their energy and talent to activate moral leadership, sparking innovations to make society more just and fair, she says.

Ben West, a 39-year-old Boulder, Colo., entrepreneur, feels guilty that he had to let two of his 26 employees go as a result of the crisis. To alleviate that emotion, Mr. West, who is in the middle of launching a grill company, is working to keep his startup going and the rest of his staff in their jobs.

However, Mr. West is not conflicted about how some aspects of his life during quarantine are better. He now gets to see his 6-month-old daughter before bed every night. He saw her eat her first solid food, and he caught her first laugh.

“It has let me fall in love with my daughter a lot faster,” says Mr. West.

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tuseriesdetv · 6 years ago

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Noticias de series de la semana: Netflix cancela 'One Day at a Time'

Renovaciones

ITV ha renovado Manhunt por una segunda temporada

NBC ha renovado The Blacklist por una séptima temporada

Starz ha renovado Now Apocalypse por una segunda temporada

Starz ha renovado American Gods por una tercera temporada

Cancelaciones

Netflix ha cancelado One Day at a Time tras su tercera temporada

La segunda temporada de Gigantes (Movistar+) será la última

Netflix ha cancelado The Innocents tras su primera temporada

Noticias cortas

Hallmark Channel ha cortado lazos con Lori Loughlin tras su arresto por la estafa universitaria y ha retirado el episodio de este domingo de When Calls the Heart mientras valora todas las opciones creativas. Tampoco cuentan con ella para la quinta y última temporada de Fuller House en Netflix.

Azie Tesfai (Kelly Olsen) será regular en la quinta temporada de Supergirl.

Incorporaciones y fichajes

Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Killing Eve, Barry) será Taylor, una abogada bisexual, feminista, apasionada y admirada por su marido (Reid Scott), con el que mantiene una relación abierta, en Why Women Kill.

Kathleen Turner (The War of the Roses, Peggy Sue Got Married) será la exmujer de Sandy (Michael Douglas) en la segunda temporada de The Kominsky Method. Sustituye a Jacqueline Bisset, que fue anunciada anteriormente.

David Morrissey (The Walking Dead, The Missing), Luke Treadaway (Fortitude, Traitors), Charles Dance (Game of Thrones, And Then There Were None), Jane Horrocks (Trollied, Absolutely Fabulous), Colm Meaney (Hell on Wheels, Will), Elizabeth Tan (Coronation Street) y Georgia Blizzard (Emu Runner) protagonizarán The Singapore Grip, la adaptación de la novela de J.G. Farrell (1978) para ITV escrita por Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement) y dirigida por Tom Vaughan (Doctor Foster).

Esai Morales (Ozark, How to Get Away with Murder) será Deathstroke en la segunda temporada de Titans.

Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness, Black Mirror), Tamsin Greig (Episodes, Friday Night Dinner), Philip Glenister (Outcast, Life on Mars) y Harriet Walter (The Crown, Flowers) protagonizarán Belgravia.

Frank Whaley (Luke Cage, Ray Donovan) será recurrente en Interrogation como el segundo detective del caso.

John Magaro (The Umbrella Academy, Orange Is the New Black) se une a Newark -antes conocida como The Many Saints of Newark- la película precuela de The Sopranos, que se estrenará en cines el 25 de septiembre de 2020.

Brooklyn McLinn (Parenthood, Happily Never After), Dilshad Vadsaria (Greek, Revenge) y Cecilia Leal (Five Feet Apart) estarán en la segunda temporada de Cloak and Dagger.

Asha Kamali será recurrente en la tercera temporada de Star como Missy, tía de GiGi (Keke Palmer).

David DeSantos (The Rookie) será recurrente en la cuarta temporada de Animal Kingdom como Dennis Livengood, agente de la DEA.

Bailey Chase (Longmire, Saving Grace) y David Andrews (Justified, Shooter) se unen a la cuarta temporada de Queen of the South. Serán Eddie Brucks, un músico que intenta superar su vida personal; y Cecil Lafayette, un juez de buena familia de Louisiana.

Rufus Jones (The Casual Vacancy, W1A), Stephanie Hyam (Bodyguard, Peaky Blinders), Leanne Best (Fortitude, Cold Feet), Samuel Barnett (Dirk Gently, Penny Dreadful) y Robert Emms (Atlantis, Happy Valley) se unen a The Barking Murders.

Evan Evagora se une como regular a la serie de Star Trek protagonizada por Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart).

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Nuevas series

Sky encarga seis episodios de Cobra, que cuenta qué pasa en los pasillos de las sedes de poder durante tiempos de emergencia nacional. Protagonizada por Robert Carlyle (Once Upon a Time, Trainspotting), Victoria Hamilton (The Crown, Doctor Foster), Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones, Fortitude), David Haig (Killing Eve, Penny Dreadful), Marsha Thomason (White Collar, Better Things) y Lucy Cohu (Broadchurch, Ripper Street). Escrita por Ben Richards (Strike, The Tunnel).

Showtime ha encargado ocho episodios de la limited series Good Lord Bird, basada en la novela de James McBride (2013), sobre un esclavo adolescente que se convierte en miembro de la variopinta familia del abolicionista John Brown. Ethan Hawke (Before Sunrise, Gattaca) interpretará a Brown y escribirá y producirá la serie junto a Mark Richard (Hell on Wheels). Dirigida por Anthony Hemingway (American Crime Story).

Netflix desarrolla All The Light We Cannot See, adaptación de la novela de Anthony Doerr (2014) sobre una adolescente ciega francesa y un soldado alemán cuyos caminos se cruzan en la Francia ocupada durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Thor: Ragnarok) escribirá y dirigirá el piloto de Time Bandits, adaptación para Apple de la película de Terry Gilliam (1981) sobre un niño que descubre un agujero temporal en su armario y vive aventuras recorriendo la Historia junto a seis enanos.

Amazon desarrolla Port of Earth, adaptación del cómic de Zack Kaplan y Andrea Mutti sobre la conversión de nuestro planeta en un puerto alienígena.

Amy Adams producirá para HBO la limited series Poisonwood Bible, adaptación de la novela de Barbara Kingsolver (1998) sobre un misionero evangélico, su esposa y sus cuatro hijas en el Congo belga en 1959. Escrita por Kingsolver y Anya Epstein (The Affair, In Treatment).

Apple encarga ocho episodios de Pachinko, adaptación de la novela de Min Jin Lee (2017) sobre las esperanzas y sueños de cuatro generaciones de una familia de inmigrantes coreanos. Escrita por Soo Hugh (The Terror, The Whispers), será contada en coreano, japonés e inglés.

Fechas

Dead Pixels se estrena en E4 el 28 de marzo

La segunda temporada de Samantha! llega a Netflix el 19 de abril

La tercera y última temporada de Jamestown se estrena en Sky One el 26 de abril

Chernobyl se estrena en Sky Atlantic el 7 de mayo

La cuarta temporada de Queen Sugar se estrena en OWN el 12 de junio

Tráilers y promos

She's Gotta Have It - Temporada 2