At first, I think in the early drafts of Heated Rivalry, Ilya was much more of a jerk. I think he was much meaner. The things he said to Shane were more, I don't know, just meaner. And I think he was maybe more of a stereotypical bad boy, I guess. And then I softened him a bit as I went back and wrote more.
No offence to the actor but the way he played that part was a cartoon. He was two-dimensional. And the thing that bothered me most... we were so afraid to create a gay character on a kid's television show.
Officer Scott was sort of born by accident. He was a character in a sketch I wrote, written for a male actor, but I always would direct to give more Chris Farley energy to the character. Unfortunately, the actor that was supposed to play Officer Scott became sick the day before the show, but as showrunner and writer of the sketch, I figured I'd buy a costume and perform Scott myself.
Whenever Steve Carell isn't on screen, my brain is just incessantly asking when he's coming back. I'm sure the ensemble characters will eventually be captivating in their own right, but as for now, I just want him on my screen at all times. There's a reason that the coveted Ludlow weathervane has a rooster on it, am I right?
The panic attack was a surprise to me. But then I was like, 'Why would we ever know a panic attack is coming?' I leaned into the unexpectedness of it. I have had my own experience with it in the past, and I was having, weirdly, imposter syndrome about my panic attack. Did I even really experience it? I was looking up symptoms, and I was like, Oh no, I did.
Tracy Morgan, as a presence, as a persona, bends the rules of comedy spacetime around him. Give this guy a non-sequitur, the nonner the better, and he'll shout that sucker at the top of his fool lungs, and absolutely kill, every time.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, in a tender production from Foothill Music Theatre, understands what it means to be the underdog. The musical is a tribute to the awkwardness of being different, kids who read the dictionary with urgent ferocity. But behind the competitive spirit that comes with devouring Latin and Greek roots are stories of kids who overcompensate with the hope of being normal.
Whereas other characters are cold and sharklike, Yas feels her way through the world-and uses her vulnerability to manipulate others. Being born into wealth taught her that none of us is in command of our fate, so we had better cheat for whatever control we can. She's the statuesque girlboss for the new gilded age.
He's been blissfully unaware, but now he has to reckon with the consequences. It's been fun to suddenly place his character right in the middle of the mystery and squarely under investigation. That escalation culminates in one of the season's most surreal moments, when I walked onto set to find Julian literally mapped out on a conspiracy board.
We're literally representing every single aspect of UK life. Unlike other series that focused on wealth and power with tantalizing sets to match—Succession, most recently—there's usually a darker, colder sheen to the environs of Industry. Each character is depicted in their own environments more often than previous seasons, just as the scripts reveal deeper and more intimate layers of the characters. The spaces on screen align with their interiority and they're less gleaming penthouse than tarnished mansion.
From the get-go, Ross says, The Pitt's writers "were very serious about not portraying a stereotypical situation" regarding autism. "That was in the original request that was posed to me," she says. Her advice eventually helped shape fan-favorite character Dr. Mel King (played by Taylor Dearden), a bright-eyed resident new to the ER in the show's first season.
Some things are out of our control. But what is in our control, is our ability to support one another. And ensure that we do not allow fear to keep us from experiencing something that could be truly special.
When I look back at the things I've done so far, I realized that the through line is characters that go through really transformative arcs. I wanted to make this person almost unrecognizable by the end of the show, because that's really what happens to him. He accesses this real rage that has been living in him his whole life but can now be channeled into something tangible and real and hopefully positive.
They're flawed, they're sad, and they're comic. ... They are everything. Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård expresses his philosophy that human beings are nuanced creatures rather than simply good or evil, reflecting his approach to character development and his rejection of one-dimensional villains.
For all the nonsensical decision-making, misery porn, and period-inaccurate hair, I had really been enjoying Tell Me Lies. I just sort of expected that, after all of this, Lucy would have learned something, gotten somewhere with her life. For example, in my imagination, she moved to Berlin, took up with a minor European royal, and documented it all on her Blogspot.
Monica (guest star Bridget Regan) has an immunity deal with the FBI. John (Fillion) and Bailey (Jenna Dewan) go along to kind of babysit Monica. Harper's (Mekia Cox) there. And we're having her set up a sting, like a super spy sting,
What does this new lease on life mean for Tommy Norris? After all, he still needs to deal with the offshore drilling lawsuit, the threats from Danny Morrell's (Andy Garcia) crooked financing, his son striking oil on six new wells, and Cami Miller's (Demi Moore) dissatisfaction with how Tommy's been running the company following her husband's (Jon Hamm) death. So, in episode 8, he's done with allowing all these problems to fester.
"We're thrilled to be making smut, and we want it to be titillating," he said. "But we also want to be making sure that we're pushing this relationship forward, because otherwise that gets boring."
But if you don't have time for the hundreds of four-hour-plus episodes, there's now an alternative: Prime Video's animated adaptations, which began with an adaptation of the first campaign, The Legend of Vox Machina, back in 2022. The latest series, The Mighty Nein, is the greatest Critical Role work yet, if only because it plays around with the familiar story to create something even better than what was at the table.
Allura is now going through a divorce of her own, and because of this, she's brought their old mentor, Dina, into the fold to represent her. As we all know, when you're going through a divorce, you have to call up all the best lawyers for consultations so they'll be "conflicted out" - meaning your ex can't hire them. Allura did this with all but one: her nemesis, Carrington Lane.
