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HPHL Profile

Name: Maran Magdalene O’Malley.

Gender: Female

Age: 17

Birth Date: July 22.

Species: (Human, Lycanthrope, Metamorphmagus, Vampire, ect):Human

Blood Status: (Pureblood, Half-Blood, Muggleborn): pureblood

Sexuality: Straight

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Ethnicity: Irish

Nationality: Irish

Residence: Hogwarts/Hogsmeade with her Aunt Irene during breaks.  Previously lived on a homestead in Oregon. 

Myer Briggs Personality Type: ISFJ- The Protector

THE MAGE

Wand: English Oak

A wand for good times and bad, this is a friend as loyal as the wizard who deserves it. Wands of English oak demand partners of strength, courage and fidelity. Less well-known is the propensity for owners of English oak wands to have powerful intuition, and, often, an affinity with the magic of the natural world, with the creatures and plants that are necessary to wizardkind for both magic and pleasure. The oak tree is called King of the Forest from the winter solstice up until the summer solstice, and its wood should only be collected during that time (holly becomes King as the days begin to shorten again, and so holly should only be gathered as the year wanes. This divide is believed to be the origin of the old superstition, ‘When his wand’s oak and hers is holly, then to marry would be folly,’ a superstition that I have found baseless). It is said that Merlin’s wand was of English oak (though his grave has never been found, so this cannot be proven).

Thestral Core.

Animagus: A black cat.

Misc Magical Abilities: (Legilimen, Seer, Parselmouth, Obscurial, ect): None.

Boggart Form: Her  stepfather, Alive.

Riddikulus Form: Her stepfather, Dead.

Amortentia: (What do they smell like?): forests, woodsmoke

Amortentia: (What do they smell?): Whatever their love interest smell like

Patronus: An American Jackrabbit.

Patronus Memory: The first time she held Robyn.

Mirror of Erised: Her whole family alive,

Specialized/Favourite Spells:

APPEARANCE

Faceclaim:

Voiceclaim: Saoirse Ronan

Height: 5 ft tall

Weight: 99 pounds.

Physique: thin

Eye Colour: Blue

Hair Colour: Blonde

Skin Tone: Pale

Body Modifications: None.

Scarring: Several on her back, incurred from beating from her stepfather.

Inventory: (what do they carry on them?):

Wand.

A Grimoire.

An Adder Stone.

Her MAUSCA Wanted Poster.

Fashion: Wears a pinstripe dress with plain black shoes and a white apron over that, when not in uniform. Also has several blue and pink dresses she handmade.

ALLEGIANCES

Hogwarts House: Gryffindor.

Ilvermorny House: Wampus

Affiliations/Organizations: Hogwarts and her Aunt Irene.

Professions: 

HOGWARTS INFORMATION

Class Proficiencies: DADA, Charms, 

Astronomy: E

Charms: O

DADA: O

Flying: P

Herbology: E

History of Magic: A

Potions: O

Transfiguration: A

Electives:

Ancient Runes: E

COMC: A

Divination: O

Quidditch: No.

Extra Curricular: Potions Club

Favourite Professors: TBA

Least Favourite Professors: TBA

RELATIONSHIPS

Misc Siblings:

Robyn Ann O’Toole

Robyn was born to Mary and Jonathan O’Toole on Christmas Day and is Maran’s only other living sibling besides Michael, half or otherwise. Her mother died in childbirth and Jonathan did not believe Robyn was his because she had blond hair (never mind the fact Maran and her own mother have blond hair) . Her often abused and mistreated Robyn, which nearly rendered her a Squib. This worsened the abuse. After escaping, it turned out she was not, in fact, a squib and was sorted into Gryffindor at 11 years old. 

She is constantly afraid Maran will be taken away and hung and is a gentle, slightly nervous little girl. Brave in spite of it all and more daring than other little girls her age.

David John  O’Malley: 

Maran’s older brother, he died of Cholera on the Oregon Trail. He was only 15 at the time and was very close to Maran. He wanted to be a Potioneer.

Michael Devin O’Malley:

Maran’s brother, younger than her by a year and born on June 1st. Michael is very fond of Robyn and Maran but is a little afraid of the latter. He is kind and gentle and was no match for his often brutal stepfather. Not at all sad the man died. Sorted into Hufflepuff and was in Pukwudgie before the escape. 

The Littles: A collective term for the three babies that died before and after Robyn. Aideen (aged 3 years, died of the Cholera with David), Joshua (one week, SIDS), and John ( contracted Scarlet Fever on the homestead, age two)

Father (s):

Sean O’Malley

He was a good man from a moderately wealthy pureblood family that loved his children dearly and was especially close with David and Maran. Died from Typhus. Irene is his sister. Former Hufflepuff.

Peter ‘Pete’ O’Toole

A pureblood wizard with Purist beliefs, extreme even by the standards of the day, and the black sheep of the family. He was disowned by his family as he was suspected in the death of his muggleborn sister in law Ellen and was generally an asshole. He met the recently widowed Mary, married her, then took her and her children and their late father’s house elf Ichabod  across the ocean to America to make his own fortune on the Oregon Trail. While using most of hers. 

Mother: Mary O’Malley/O’Toole (Maiden name: McCarthy)

A kind woman that loved all her children. She was wrecked by her first husbands and Children’s deaths and died not long after having Joshua. Former Hufflepuff.

Love Interest: None Yet

Best Friends: Michael.

Rival: None

Enemy: Maran’s stepfather, who is dead.

Dormmates: (Who’s in your MC’s dorm with them?): TBA

Pets: Her Owl, Minerva. Ichabod Technically but he’s not a pet and is more like a parental figure, especially to Robyn.

Closest Canon Friends: TBA

Closest MC Friends: TBA

BACKGROUND/HISTORY

One day he decided he was going to kill Robyn and tried to strangle her with a Garrote after sending Maran and Michael on an errand. Michael came back early and managed to get Peter off his sister and ran into Ichabod’s quarters.  Because Mary had, wisely, never transferred authority to Peter for Ichabod, the house elf refused to let him in. At this point Maran came home. She often carried a rifle when going to the neighbors and there was an argument, during which Peter revealed what he had tried to do. 

Pre Hogwarts:

 After a series of tragedies, including the deaths of his stepson and stepdaughter and two sons, Peter made it to Oregon with his family. Peter O’Toole then proceeded to isolate his family from others and was often physically and verbally abusive. He favored Michael (who did not reciprocate) and sent him to Ilvermorny but kept Maran and later Robyn at home. Mostly because he was sexist but  also because Maran...unnerved him. She seemed to know some wandless magic, having learned it from a witch from their wagon train, and was practicing it when he wasn’t in the house. She would occasionally use it to indirectly threaten him and he sensed the events were somehow connected to her.

- Not afraid to stand up for herself or her siblings and often takes on a protective/maternal role with Robyn.

So Maran shot him and made it look like a muggle robbery. When the truth finally came out, they were already in England and living with Aunt Irene.

1st Year: TBA

2nd Year:TBA

3rd Year:TBA

4th Year:TBA

5th Year: TBA

6th Year: TBA

7th Year: TBA

Post Graduation: She became a Potioneer in Honor of her brother David  and had one son, Aiden, with an unknown man. Robyn lived with her until her death from Typhus at 32 and Michael lived next door with his wife Niamah until his death at age 75 and her death at age 98. 

Old Age & Death: Maran lived to be 101 years old and died surrounded by her grandchildren and Great Grandchildren. Was pardoned for the murder of her stepfather after she died.

PERSONALITY

- Can be absolutely ruthless when she needs to be.

- Doesn’t understand the difference between Light and Dark magic (This distinction didn’t exist out west until the early 1900s) and she often experiments with Dark Magic as a result.

- Genius at potion making and is very intelligent.

- A tad paranoid, she did murder her stepfather. Looks over her shoulder a lot and is distrustful of people at first.

MISC

- Hecate and Sean are partially named after Maran and Michael.

- Maran tries to introduce her English classmates to the newly invented game of Quodpot  and it often ends badly.

- Has a negative view of marriage, which is why she never marries (that anyone can tell).

- Wrote a book about her life as an old woman and it caused a stir in the pureblood community due to the many negative things she says about pureblood culture and purist beliefs in the book. 

- Maran loves sketching ad painting.

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I come bearing more gifts for @meggiry-khaleesi, this time based on her headcanons for the Raoulstine/Merik families!

From left to right going proceeding down...

Gustav de Chagny: Based on Benoit Magimel, Micheal York, Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Jim Weitzer, Montgomery Clift, Rupert Friend, Tom Hiddleston, Terence Hill,  Nicky Wuchinger, and Cary Elwes

Philippe de Chagny: Based on Hadley Fraser, Edgar Barrier, Peter O'Toole, Edward de Souza, Simon Gleeson, Steve Barton, Robert Redford, and Fred Silveira

Ubaldo de Chagny: Based on Alex Hyde-White, Adam Storke, Andrea di Stefano, Anton Zetterholm, Killian Donnelly, Armie Hammer, Cary Grant, Mads Mikkelson, Michael York

Charlotte de Chagny: Based on Rose Byrne, Suzannah Lipscomb, Katy Treharne, Bridget Costello, Anna O'Byrne, Vittoria Puccini, Romy Schneider, Carey Mulligan, Robyn North, Amy Irving, Trista Moldovan, Veronica Lake, Jayne Wisener, Natalie Dormer, Amy Yasbeck, Mia Wasikowska, and Alicia Vikander

Etienne de Chagny: Based on Benoit Magimel, James Marsden, Patrick Wilson, Christopher Carl, Michael Shawn Lewis, Jeremy Brett, and Leonardo DiCaprio

Julie Antoinette de Barbazac: Based on Cleo de Merode, Brianne Kelly Morgan, Kate Wray, Naz Elmas, Jessica Chastain, Leslie Caron, Grace Horne, Georgia Ware, Daisy Alice Hulbert, Victoria Paine, Kara Klein, Janet Devenish, Lily Howes, Jennifer Ellison, Emilie de Ravin, Valeria Migalina, Heather McFadden, Veronica Lake, Alessandra Ferri, Emilia Clarke, Sarah Gadon, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Elodie Bouchez, Rose McIver, Nikkita Chadha, Hoyeon Jung, Jenny Hanley, Aya Jones, Jasmine Hussain, Shelley Fabares, Lysette Anthony, and Theda Bara

Emilie Delphine de Barbazac: Based on Anita Page, Joan Crawford, Carla Laemlle, Tilda Swinton, Irene de Trebert, Eartha Kitt, Dorothea Dandridge, Simone Sault, Layla Harrison, Emilia Clarke, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mary Carlisle, Lizzie Brocheré, Marlene Jobert, Nelly Karim, Tuesday Weld, Aya Jones, Felicity Jones, Eva Green, Jean Harlow, and Isla Fisher

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Buongiorno amici del web e cari, carissimi lettori! Oggi è il momento della rubrica che riguarda le mie serie tv preferite. Terminata da poco e in attesa che esca la prossima stagione, ho apprezzato molto Virgin River tratta dall'omonimo romanzo (in realtà, si tratta di una serie di libri) di Robyn Carr autrice statunitense che ha vis to ben undici suoi romanzi in vetta alle classifiche. Ex infermiera e appassionata di paesaggi, con questo romanzo ha trasmesso queste due passioni alla perfezione. Sia nel romanzo che nella trasposizione cinematografica, infatti, troveremo descrizioni e paesaggi mozzafiato oltre che imbatterci nella protagonista, un'infermiera alle prese con l'elaborazione del lutto e in cerca di una via d'uscita dal suo peggior incubo. Questa serie mi è piaciuta molto perché spiega molto bene l'elaborazione del lutto ma non solo. Difatti è anche ricca d'azione, introspezione e tematiche importanti come la delinquenza, l'alcolismo, i rapporti coniugali e familiari. La trovo ben sviluppata. Quindi faccio i complimenti all'autore Sue Tenney. Nel cast troviamo: Alexandra Hetherington Breckenridge (incontrata già in Dark), Martin Henderson (The ring, Grey's Anatomy) , Tim Matheson (attore di noti film e serie tv) e Annette O'Toole ( a molti nota come la "mamma" di C. Kent in Smalville) Una rosa di attori bravissimi che speriamo di incontrare ancora nella terza stagione. Voi l'avete vista? Avete letto i libri? Che ne pensate? #veronicacaguilar #scrittrice #italianwriter #SerieTV #virginriver #lastradapervirginriver #robyncarr #netflixitalia #netflix #bookstagram #bibliophile #bookshelf #bookworm #bookblog #books #tbrlist #bookcommunity #booklover #bookstagrammers https://www.instagram.com/p/CJIorGPnX7u/?igshid=1n4v4f3aoezxs

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Guía de series: Estrenos y regresos de diciembre 2019

Acaba el año y no puedes perderte las últimas novedades. ¿Ya has hecho balance? ¿Cambiará algo con estas nuevas propuestas?

¡Feliz diciembre!

Leyenda:

Verde: series nuevas.

Rojo: series de las que haremos reviews semanales.

Negro: regresos de otras series.

Naranja: miniseries o series documentales.

Amarillo: tv movies, documentales, especiales o pilotos.

Morado: season finales.

Púrpura: midseason finales.

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Calendario de series

1 de diciembre: 

Eastsiders (4T y última completa) y Dead Kids en Netflix

The War of the Worlds en BBC One

Godfather of Harlem (1T finale) en Epix

4 de diciembre:

Vikings (6T y última) en History

Foodie Love (1T completa) en HBO

The Moodys (1T) en FOX

5 de diciembre: 

Tell Me a Story (2T) en CBS All Access

Merlí: Sapere Aude (1T completa) en Movistar+

V Wars (1T completa), Home for Christmas y A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby en Netlix

Same Time, Next Christmas en ABC

6 de diciembre: 

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (3T completa) y Inside Edge (2T completa) en Amazon

Reprisal (1T completa) en Hulu

Días de Navidad, Fuller House (5aT completa), Triad Princess (1T completa), Virgin River (1T completa), The Confession Killer y Marriage Story en Netflix

Truth Be Told (1T) en Apple TV+

The Pack (3T) en HBO

See (1T finale) en Apple TV+

7 de diciembre: Steven Universe Future en Cartoon Network

8 de diciembre: 

The L Word: Generation Q (1T) y Work in Progress (1T) en Showtime

Mrs. Fletcher (1T finale) y Silicon Valley (series finale) en HBO

Madam Secretary (series finale) en CBS

9 de diciembre: 

Family Reunion (especial Navidad) en Netflix

Traces (1T) en Alibi

10 de diciembre: The Moodys (1T finale) en FOX

11 de diciembre: 

Castle Rock (2T finale) en Hulu

South Park (23T finale) en Comedy Central

13 de diciembre: 

The Expanse (4T completa) en Amazon

Runaways (3T y última completa) en Hulu

6 Underground en Netflix

14 de diciembre: Dial M For Middlesbrough en Gold

15 de diciembre: Watchmen (1T finale) en HBO

16 de diciembre: 

Sticks and Stones (1T) en ITV

Good Trouble (especial Navidad) en Freeform

17 de diciembre: The Purge (2T finale) y Treadstone (1T finale) en USA Network

18 de diciembre: 

Soundtrack (1T completa) en Netflix

Sticks and Stones (1T finale) en ITV

The Moodys (1T finale) en FOX

19 de diciembre: 

A Christmas Carol en FX

Sacrifice en BET+

20 de diciembre: 

The Witcher (1T completa) y The Two Popes en Netflix

The Aeronauts en Amazon

In The Long Run (especial Navidad) en Sky One

The Morning Show (1T finale) y For All Mankind (1T finale) en Apple TV+

Velvet Colección (series finale) en Movistar+

Van Helsing (4T finale) en Syfy

22 de diciembre: His Dark Materials (1T finale) en BBC One

24 de diciembre: Lost in Space (2T completa) en Netflix

26 de diciembre: You (2T completa) en Netflix

27 de diciembre: 

The Gift (1T completa) en Netflix

The Mandalorian (1T finale) en Disney+

29 de diciembre: 

Dare Me (1T) en USA Network

Mr. Robot (series finale) en USA Network

30 de diciembre: Alexa & Katie (3T completa) en Netflix

31 de diciembre: El vecino (1T completa) en Netflix

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Estrenos de series

Foodie Love (HBO)

Laia Costa (Polseres vermelles, Cites) y Guillermo Pfening (Supermax, Nadie nos mira) interpretan a dos jóvenes que se conocen a través de una app de citas para amantes de la comida. Podremos ver también a Greta Fernández (La hija de un ladrón, Elisa y Marcela), Natalia de Molina (Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados, Quién te cantará), Yolanda Ramos (Paquita Salas, Benvinguts a la família), Nausicaa Bonnín (Sé quién eres, Servir y proteger), Eloi Costa (Pieles) o el chef Ferran Adrià.

Escrita y dirigida por Isabel Coixet (Mi vida sin mí, La librería). Ocho episodios.

Estreno: 4 de diciembre

The Moodys (FOX)

Adaptación de la comedia australiana que nos mostrará las distintas reuniones de la familia Moody a lo largo del año, esta vez en Navidad. Protagonizada por Denis Leary (Rescue Me, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll), Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds, Sharp Objects), Jay Baruchel (Man Seeking Woman, This Is The End), Chelsea Frei (Sideswiped, Victoria Gotti: My Father's Daughter) y François Arnaud (UnREAL; Midnight, Texas). Escrita y producida por Rob Greenberg (Frasier, We Are Men), Bob Fisher (Sirens, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll) y Tad Quill (Scrubs, Angel from Hell). Seis episodios. Estreno: 4 de diciembre

V Wars (Netflix)

Adaptación de la saga de novelas de Jonathan Maberry en la que una epidemia mortal que convierte a la gente en depredadores enfrenta a la sociedad y también a un científico (Ian Somerhalder; The Vampire Diaries, Lost) y a su mejor amigo (Adrian Holmes; Arrow, Continuum), ahora líder de los vampiros, mientras se forja una guerra entre los dos bandos. Completan el cast Jacky Lai (Beyond), Peter Outerbridge (Orphan Black, Nikita), Laura Vandervoort (Smallville, Bitten), Kyle Breitkopf (Being Human, Rusty Rivets) y Kimberly-Sue Murray (Killjoys). Escrita por William Laurin y Glenn Davis, creadores de Missing y Aftermath. Diez episodios. Estreno: 5 de diciembre

Reprisal (Hulu)

Tras haber sido dada por muerta, una implacable femme fatale (Abigail Spencer; Timeless, Rectify) planea su venganza contra una banda de fanáticos de los coches. Con Rodrigo Santoro (Westworld, Lost), Mena Massoud (Jack Ryan, Aladdin), Madison Davenport (Sharp Objects, From Dusk Till Dawn), Rhys Wakefield (True Detective, Home and Away), David Dastmalchian (MacGyver, Twin Peaks), W. Earl Brown (True Detective, I'm Dying Up Here), Gilbert Owuor (Goliath, Mute), Rory Cochrane (CSI Miami, Argo), Craig Tate (Snowfall, Aquarius), Wavyy Jonez (Unsolved, See You Yesterday), Shane Callahan (Outsiders, Under the Dome) y Lea DeLaria (Orange Is the New Black). Creada, escrita y producida por Josh Corbin (StartUp). Diez episodios.

Estreno: 6 de diciembre

Días de Navidad (Netflix)

Miniserie que seguirá a Sofía, Esther, María y Valentina, cuatro hermanas unidas por un secreto, en tres etapas distintas de la vida pero siempre durante el día de Navidad en la casa familiar en la montaña. Protagonizada por Victoria Abril (Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto, Kika), Verónica Forqué (Kika, Bajarse al moro), Ángela Molina (Carne trémula, Las cosas del querer), Elena Anaya (La piel que habito, Habitación en Roma), Verónica Echegui (Fortitude, Yo soy la Juani), Nerea Barros (La isla mínima, El Príncipe), Charo López (Secretos del corazón, Lo más natural), Susi Sánchez (La enfermedad del domingo, La piel que habito), Alicia Borrachero (Crematorio, Hospital central), Francesc Garrido (Sé quién eres, Gran reserva), Carla Tous, Anna Moliner (Cites, Tiempos de guerra), Miquel Fernández (Cites, Fariña), David Solans (Merlí, Bajo sospecha), Antonio Dechent (Sé quién eres, La peste), Gonzalo Cunill (La señora, Bandolera), Nausicaa Bonnín (Sé quién eres, Servir y proteger), Iván Morales (Gran hotel, El cor de la ciutat), Manel Barceló (Com si fos ahir, El cor de la ciutat), Carles Arquimbau (Com si fos ahir, Cuéntame cómo pasó), Julio Manrique (Isabel, Porca misèria), Sarah Perriez, Andreu Benito (Sé quién eres, Polseres vermelles), Carme Sansa (Nit i dia, Joc de dos), Berta Castañé (Com si fos ahir, Bajo sospecha), Mar Ayala (Com si fos ahir) y Mariona Pagés. Creada y dirigida por Pau Freixas (Polseres vermelles, Sé quién eres). Tres episodios. Estreno: 6 de diciembre

Triad Princess (Netflix)

Angie (Eugenie Liu; The 9th Precinct, Behind Your Smile) ha crecido a la sobra de su padre, miembro de una tríada, pero decide desafiar sus deseos y empezar su propia vida trabajando como guardaespaldas encubierta de un actor famoso (Jasper Liu; Plant Goddess, When I See You Again). Escrita y dirigida por Neal Wu (At Cafe 6). Seis episodios.

Estreno: 6 de diciembre

Virgin River (Netflix)

Adaptación de la serie de novelas románticas de Robyn Carr centrada en Melinda Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge; This Is Us, The Walking Dead), una mujer que contesta a un anuncio para trabajar como enfermera practicante en un remoto pueblo de California y así dejar atrás sus dolorosos recuerdos. Con Martin Henderson (Grey's Anatomy, The Ring), Tim Matheson (Hart of Dixie, The Good Fight), Annette O'Toole (Smallville, It), Jenny Cooper (Law & Order: True Crime, Open Heart), David Cubitt (Medium, Van Helsing), Lexa Doig (Continuum, Arrow), Daniel Gillies (The Originals, Saving Hope), Lauren Hammersley (Orphan Black, Mr. D), Benjamin Hollingsworth (Code Black, Cult), Ian Tracey (Continuum, Travelers) y Colin Lawrence (The Killing, Riverdale). Escrita y producida por Sue Tenney (7th Heaven, Good Witch). Diez episodios. Estreno: 6 de diciembre

Truth Be Told (Apple TV+)

Adaptación de la novela 'Are You Sleeping' de Kathleen Barber (2017), en la que una podcaster de true crimes (Octavia Spencer; The Help, Hidden Figures) investigará de nuevo el caso de un asesino en serie (Aaron Paul; Breaking Bad, The Path), incriminado por ella por matar al padre de dos gemelas idénticas (Lizzy Caplan; Masters of Sex, Castle Rock), quien ahora dice haber sido inculpado por un crimen que no cometió. Con Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds, Sharp Objects), Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us, Luke Cage), Mekhi Phifer (ER, Frequency), Michael Beach (The 100, Third Watch), Tracie Thoms (Love, UnREAL), Haneefah Wood (One Day at a Time, Zoe Ever After), Tami Roman (Moonlight), Annabella Sciorra (The Sopranos, The Hand That Rocks the Craddle), Nic Bishop (Body of Proof, Snowfall), Molly Hagan (Jane the Virgin, iZombie), Rico E. Anderson (Hit the Floor), Everleigh McDonell (Good Girls), Billy Miller (Ringer, Ray Donovan), Brett Cullen (Devious Maids, Narcos), Hunter Doohan, Lyndon Smith (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Parenthood) y Katherine LaNasa (Imposters, Satisfaction).

Escrita por Nichelle Tramble Spellman (The Good Wife, Justified) y producida por Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies, The Morning Show). Diez episodios.

Estreno: 6 de diciembre

The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime)

Continuación de la serie The L Word (2004-2009), que seguía las vidas personales y profesionales de un grupo de amigas lesbianas de Los Ángeles. Ahora, diez años después, conoceremos a un nuevo grupo de personajes LGBT que se suman a Bette (Jennifer Beals), Alice (Leisha Hailey) y Shane (Katherine Moennig). Con Arienne Mandi (In the Vault), Leo Sheng (Adam), Jacqueline Toboni (Grimm, Easy), Rosanny Zayas (Otherhood), Sepideh Moafi (The Deuce, Falling Water), Stephanie Allynne (One Mississippi), Brian Michael Smith (After, Queen Sugar) y Freddy Miyares (When They See Us). Escrita, dirigida y producida por Marja-Lewis Ryan. Ocho episodios. Estreno: 8 de diciembre

Work in Progress (Showtime)

Comedia sobre una lesbiana gorda de cuarenta y cinco años de Chicago (Abby McEnany) cuya desgracia y desesperación la llevan a una relación amorosa intensamente transformadora. Completan el reparto Theo Germaine (The Politician), Karin Anglin, Celeste Pechous y Julia Sweeney (Saturday Night Live), que se interpretará a sí misma. Creada por McEnany junto a Tim Mason y escrita y producida por Lilly Wachowski (Sense8, The Matrix). Ocho episodios

Estreno: 8 de diciembre

Traces (Alibi)

Una joven que aspira a ser ayudante de laboratorio (Molly Windsor; Three Girls, Cheat) descubre que el caso ficticio que está estudiando es muy parecido a uno de su pasado y tratará de llevar a un asesino frente a la justicia con la ayuda de dos investigadoras del SIFA -Scotish Institute of Forensic Science. Completan el reparto Laura Fraser (The Missing, Breaking Bad), Jennifer Spence (You Me Her, Travelers), Martin Compston (Line of Duty), Laurie Brett (EastEnders), Vincent Reagan (Delicious, The White Princess), Michael Nardone (Shetland, Silent Witness) y John Gordan Sinclair (Marple, Ill Behaviour). Basada en la idea del novelista Val McDermid y escrita por Amelia Bullmore (Scott & Bailey, This Life). Seis episodios. Estreno: 9 de diciembre

Sticks and Stones (ITV)

Thomas Benson (Ken Nwosu, Killing Eve) es un padre y marido trabajador que suele liderar los equipos con los que debe conseguir nuevos clientes. Cuando se queda en blanco durante una presentación y pierde el nuevo acuerdo, aunque hace todo lo posible para recuperar al cliente, comienza a sentirse atacado y menospreciado. ¿Ha perdido su confianza y está paranoico o realmente su equipo y el mundo entero se han vuelto en su contra? Completan el reparto Ben Miller (Johnny English, Death in Paradise), Alexandra Roach (Utopia, No Offence), Sean Sagar (Top Boy, Our Girl), Susannah Fielding (Black Mirror, The Great Indoors), Gwilym Lee (Jamestown, Bohemian Rhapsody), Phoebe Nicholls (Fortitude, The Elephant Man), Ritu Arya (Humans, Doctors), Michael Cochrane (Downton Abbey, The Iron Lady) y Debbie Chazen (Holby City).

Drama psicológico escrito por Mike Bartlett (Doctor Foster, Trauma) y dirigido por Julia Ford (Safe). Tres episodios.

Estreno: 16 de diciembre

Soundtrack (Netflix)

Drama musical sobre las historias de amor que unen a varios personajes de Los Ángeles vistas a través de la música que les define. Con Jenna Dewan (Supergirl, Witches of East End), Madeleine Stowe (Revenge, Twelve Monkeys), Callie Hernandez (Graves, Too Old To Die Young), Paul James (Greek, The Path), Christina Milian (The Oath, Grandfathered), Jahmil French (Degrassi: The Next Generation, Let's Get Physical), Campbell Scott (Royal Pains, House of Cards), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Broadchurch, Blindspot), Megan Ferguson (Grace and Frankie, Hart of Dixie) y Evan Whitten (The Resident, Mr. Robot).

Creada por Joshua Safran (Quantico) y escrita por Safran (Gossip Girl, Smash) y Korde Arrington Tuttle (Them: Covenant). Diez episodios.

Estreno: 18 de diciembre

A Christmas Carol (FX)

Miniserie basada en la novela de Charles Dickens (1843) en la que Ebenezer Scrooge (Guy Pearce; Memento, Mildred Pierce), un hombre viejo y amargado que odia la Navidad, recibe la visita de tres fantasmas que le muestran su pasado (Charlotte Riley; Peaky Blinders, Trust), su presente (Andy Serkis; The Lord of the Rings) y su futuro (Jason Flemyng; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). Con Tom Hardy (Taboo, Peaky Blinders), Stephen Graham (Taboo, This Is England), Joe Alwyn (Boy Erased, The Favourite), Vinette Robinson (Sherlock, The A Word), Kayvan Novak (What We Do in the Shadows), Lenny Rush (Apple Tree House) y Johnny Harris (Fortitude, This Is England).

Escrita por Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Taboo), dirigida por Nick Murphy (Save Me, Prey) y producida por Ridley Scott (The Good Wife, The Terror) y Tom Hardy (Taboo, Venom). Tres episodios.

Estreno: 19 de diciembre

The Witcher (Netflix)

Adaptación de la serie de novelas de Andrzej Sapkowski en las que se basan los videojuegos del mismo nombre. En ella, el brujo Geralt de Rivia (Henry Cavill; Man of Steel, Justice League), un cazador de monstruos modificado genéticamente, busca su lugar en un mundo violento en el que los humanos le temen o le desprecian. Con Freya Allan (War of the Worlds, Into the Badlands), Anya Chalotra (Wanderlust, The ABC Murders), Jodhi May (Game of Thrones, Genius), Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (Fortitude), Adam Levy (Knightfall, Snatch), MyAnna Buring (Ripper Street, Kill List), Mimi Ndiweni (Black Earth Rising), Therica Wilson-Read (Profile), Millie Brady (The Last Kingdom, Teen Spirit), Eamon Farren (Twin Peaks), Joey Batey (Knightfall, The White Queen), Lars Mikkelsen (House of Cards, Borgen), Royce Pierreson (Line of Duty, Murdered by My Boyfriend), Maciej Musial (1983), Wilson Radjou-Pujalte (Hunter Street), Anna Shaffer (Harry Potter, Hollyoaks), Rebecca Benson (The White Princess), Shane Attwooll (The Bastard Executioner), Luke Neal (Gunpowder), Matthew Neal (Gunpowder), Tobi Bamtefa (Tin Star), Sonny Serkis (The White Queen, The Casual Vacancy), Roderick Hill (Longmire, The Newsroom), Inge Beckmann (Troy: Fall of a City), Charlotte O'Leary, Natasha Culzac, Amit Shah (Jekyll & Hyde, The Hundred Foot Journey), Tom Canton (Death Comes to Pemberley) y Colette Tchantcho (The Witcher).

Escrita por Lauren S. Hissrich (The Defender, The West Wing). Ocho episodios. Ya está renovada por una segunda temporada. Estreno: 20 de diciembre

The Gift (Netflix)

La vida perfecta de una joven pintora de Estambul (Beren Saat, Fatmagul) cambia completamente cuando conoce a un arqueólogo (Mehmet Günsür, Muhtesem Yüzyil) que descubre una relación entre ella y el templo más antiguo jamás descubierto.

Escrita por Sengül Boybas, Fatih Unal y Jason George (Scandal, Ingobernable). Ocho episodios. Ya está renovada por una segunda temporada.

Estreno: 27 de diciembre

Dare Me (USA Network)

Adaptación de la novela de Megan Abbott (2012) que explora los celos, la lealtad, el miedo y las dinámicas de poder entre dos mejores amigas y animadoras de instituto de un pequeño pueblo del Medio Oeste, Addy (Herizen Guardiola, The Get Down) y Beth (Mario Kelly, Patricia Moore), tras la llegada de la nueva entrenadora (Willa Fitzgerald, Scream). Con Rob Heaps (Imposters), Zach Roerig (The Vampire Diaries), Paul Fitzgerald (Younger, Veep), Joyful Drake (Let's Stay Together), Tammy Blanchard (Tallulah, Into the Woods), Antonio J. Bell (Greenleaf), Alison Thornton (Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, Dirk Gently), Tamberla Perry (Bosch, How to Get Away with Murder), Chris Zylka (The Leftovers, Twisted) y Taveeta Syzmanowicz (The Next Step).

Escrita y producida por Abbott. Ocho episodios.

Estreno: 29 de diciembre

El vecino (Netflix)

Basada en el cómic homónimo de Santiago García y Pepo Pérez, nos habla de Javier (Quim Gutiérrez; Azuloscurocasinegro, Ventajas de viajar en tren), un joven en un momento difícil tanto personal como profesional que recibe los superpoderes de un extraterrestre que muere al caerle encima (Jorge Sanz; Si te dicen que caí, ¿Qué fue de Jorge Sanz?). Tendrá la ayuda de su vecino (Adrián Pino, Malviviendo) incluso para esconder su nueva identidad ante su novia periodista (Clara Lago; El viaje de Carol, La cara oculta). Con Catalina Sopelana (Quién te cantará, Matadero) y Sergio Momo (Zona hostil). Creada por Miguel Esteban (El fin de la comedia, Museo Coconut) y Raúl Navarro (El fin de la comedia, El intermedio), escrita por Carlos de Pando (El ministerio del tiempo, 7 Vidas) y Sara Antuña (La víctima número 8, Los hombres de Paco) y dirigida por Nacho Vigalondo (Colossal, Open Windows).

Estreno: 31 de diciembre