‘Sunny’ Turns 13, Revelations on ‘Castle Rock’ and ‘Sinner’
A critical checklist of notable Wednesday TV:
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (10/9c, FXX): We’re thirteen seasons in with this proudly misanthropic and shamelessly bawdy buddy comedy, and the characters’ lack of growth makes Seinfeld look like a self-help manual by comparison. As the new season begins, the gang at least looks like it’s evolving by bringing on board Cindy (Mindy Kaling), whose ethnic diversity masks a devious competitive streak that fits right in. But her project to “make Paddy’s great again” goes awry when Mac (Rob McElhenney) introduces a replacement for Dennis (currently MIA Glenn Howerton) in a disturbingly lifelike sex doll, which gets in their heads in regrettably snarky fashion.
The Sinner (10/9c, USA): The always excellent Carrie Coon (Fargo, The Leftovers) gets her best showcase yet in the unsettling second season of the psychologically intense why-dun-it, as cult leader Vera lays out the sordid history of the Mosswood compound to a fascinated Harry Ambrose (Bill Pullman). “I allowed horrible things to happen,” she concedes, but there’s ample guilt to share in this episode. Harry’s tragic childhood past gets an airing out, as he meets with young murder suspect Julian (Elisha Henig). “When do you stop being guilty?” wonders a tormented Julian. “When is it over?” Questions that lie at the heart of The Sinner’s dark core.
Castle Rock (streaming on Hulu): All is answered, more or maybe less, in the penultimate episode of the first uneven season of the Stephen King homage. Who is “the Kid” (Bill Skarsgård), and what is his connection to Henry Deaver (André Holland)? Let’s just say things get very weird as we see the town and its inhabitants from an entirely different angle.
Inside Wednesday TV: The two-hour finale of A&E’s moving docuseries Born This Way (8/7c) anticipates and celebrates the wedding of Cristina and Angel… If you watch USA’s Suits (9/8c) and wish they could all get along just a bit better, this week promises a rare degree of cooperation when Harvey (Gabriel Macht) helps Samantha (Katherine Heigl) settle an old score. Meanwhile, poor Louis (Rick Hoffman) once again learns nothing comes easy as he faces an obstacle to achieve his dream of fatherhood… Celebrated American Ballet Theatre ballerina Misty Copeland is a guest judge for the “Divisional Final” of NBC’s World of Dance (9/8c), during which the top three acts from each division — 12 in all — compete for a spot in next week’s “World Final”… Bill (Brendan Gleeson) acts on his suspicions in AT&T Audience Network’s Mr. Mercedes (10/9c). He launches an investigation of meek nurse Sadie (Virginia Kull), who’s unwillingly doing the bidding of comatose yet mind-controlling Brady (Harry Treadaway). It’s not hard to figure out where all of this is going, and it’s taking its sweet time getting there. And yet there’s a grim fascination to this bizarre cat-and-mouse game.
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My guesses for moving on to the AGT Finals..(so far 3-Right...6-Wrong):
1. The \"Very Polished Performance\" young girl singer...(although she\'ll have NO chance against the Janis Joplin young girl in the Finals)…
2. The \"Was Bullied In School\" young girl singer...(although she, also, will have NO chance against the Janis Joplin young girl in the Finals)…
3. The Pediatric Mental Health male nurse singer...(although he, too, will have NO chance against the Janis Joplin young girl in the Finals)…
Checked out The Purge...somewhat interesting...(except for the stoopid Vestal Virgins in the Blue Bus)...WILL leave as a Season Pass on the DVR...
Will DVR It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia...once again...(have tried it a few times in the past \"12 seasons\"...but it always gets backed-up => Eliminated)...so will see what happens THIS time...
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I\'ll pick the magician and the comedian to go through. The singers (at least 2 of them) probably will too.
In Purge, what was that black woman in the office building up to? I love the marine guy and the couple at the fancy party.
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I was somewhat confused by her actions too...Don...
She started this \"Very Important Financial Deal\" meeting...then LEFT???
Plus...she went to an UNPROTECTED FLOOR to deal with the woman on the other side of the glass???
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Didn\'t the other woman give her something? If they showed it, I blinked and missed it.
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Just read a recap...it seems that she\'s paying the other woman to do something for her (kill her boss?).
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Got Talent, Suits, MasterChef, The Sinner, and Born This Way for me.
If I have time, I\'d like to check out It\'s Always Sunny which I\'ve hardly seen since they moved it to FXX. I think I\'ve said before that they put that channel off in Never, Never Land at channel #727, and I never look past 200 in the listings!
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CW\'s Burden of Truth
Spoiler Alert regarding CBS\'s Salvation!
I finally watched Salvation last night. I have some questions , hope you can answer them. Why did \"COPE\" want to destroy the Ray-Gun in the first place? Why would they want the asteroid to obliterate a large section of the earth? The cult leader ran away and stole the money, does he know where the asteroid will strike and moved to a different location on earth?
I need to know motives. And I don\'t think they explained it all yet.
I also enjoyed WGN\'s Carter. I\'ve been following the ratings and its very low even for cable. A renewal will be miraculous . Obviously Salvation ratings are way higher but still much too low for CBS.
Not one of my summer series is even remotely a hit. The highest rated one is ABC\'s Take Two (ratings just ok for summer) and even that renewal is questionable. If I placed a bet, I would go with Take Two airing in summer 2019 and the CW summer shows (The Outpost and Burden of Truth). As for NBC\'s Reverie and CBS\'s Salvation - Highly doubtful these will survive.
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You missed a lot of things which did explain what they were doing. COPE has underground bunkers all over the globe, and they plan on seeking shelter in them when the asteroid strikes assuring that they\'ll survive the catastrophe while most of the people on the surface are wiped out.
They wanted to destroy the railgun to prevent it being used to throw the asteroid off track and spoil their plans for what I\'d assume is world domination.
The leader probably left for what he thinks will be safest location and took the money in case the banks were wiped out. I believe they\'ve figured out where it will likely strike based on its trajectory and speed.
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Thanks for that! I guess I dozed off at times last night. Not due to the show, but I was very tired.
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And most of the explanation was near the end of the show. I should add that some of that is my interpretation of what was said. They can be extremely vague at times.
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That is true, I need to concentrate much more when watching this show as opposed to most others I watch.
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I think your explanation is right. I didn\'t hear the part about \"multiple underground bunkers,\" but the leader guy did buy one of those underground bunkers, so yeah, he\'s hiding out. Can\'t wait till the rest of the COPE peons hear about that, and that he left them out to die. I don\'t recall if the good guys know where the leader is hiding... shouldn\'t be too hard to trace where his bunker is. Anyway, I\'m glad to detective didn\'t die. I hope Jillian\'s eyes have been opened, if nothing else. But I can see her sacrificing herself to stop COPE, if need be. As for the other girl, the one who helped Darius and he set her free.... I can see her doing the same. In fact.... she might end up being a martyr too, in that \"ark\" of a ship that Darius is going to use in his last-ditch effort to stop the asteroid.
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Designated Survicor season 3 will be on Netfkix
10 eps
Better than canceled
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Not for me. I\'m not paying to see it.
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I don\'t pay for it either, multiple friends and relatives allow me to use their password. I only occasionally watch Netflix (too busy with broadcast and cable). And I\'ve been only using one password. don\'t need all of them.
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