Worth Watching: Agatha Christie’s ‘Pale Horse’ and Other Streaming, ‘Lincoln Rhyme’ Finale, Syfy Marks ‘Friday the 13th’
A selective critical checklist of notable Friday TV:
Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse (streaming on Amazon Prime Video): There’s more Rod Serling than Agatha Christie in the latest loose Christie adaptation by Sarah Phelps (And Then There Were None), who delights in burrowing into the more macabre psychological corners of classic whodunits. Borrowing from one of the queen of mystery’s more peculiar stand-alones, Horse stars Rufus Sewell (The Man in the High Castle) as Londoner in the sordid Swinging ’60s who finds his name on a list marking him for murder — by witchcraft?
Other streaming highlights include the Netflix movie Lost Girls, based on journalist Robert Kolker’s 2013 non-fiction book about the unsolved murders of female sex workers on Long Island. Amy Ryan (The Wire) stars as the mother of one of the missing women, whose relentless pressure on police commission Gabriel Byrne leads to the discovery of a serial killer on the loose. On a lighter note, the Disney+ coming-of-age movie Stargirl stars America’s Got Talent winner Grace VanderWaal as new student Stargirl Caraway, a ukulele-playing free spirit who changes the life of wallflower Leo (Graham Verchere) forever.
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (8/7c, NBC): In a two-part, back-to-back season finale, quadriplegic forensics genius Lincoln (Russell Hornsby) finally comes face-to-face with the newly exposed villain (Brian F. O’Byrne) in a climactic showdown. But first, the Bone Collector puts a revenge plan into play, targeting Lincoln’s valued associate, Amelia (Arielle Kebbel).
Friday the 13th (starts at 12 am Friday/11c Thursday): For 24 hours, Syfy marks Friday the 13th — which seems especially well timed during this period of high anxiety — with a marathon of the Friday the 13th horror franchise, starting with the 1980 original (repeated at 8/7c). Jason keeps busy through each of the first eight films in the series, up to 1989’s Jason Takes Manhattan. Starting at 6/5c, Syfy becomes “Camp Crystal Lake’s Public Access Channel,” with interstitial gags including camp counselor “recruitment videos.” It’s still got to be better than the last season of American Horror Story.
Inside Friday TV: AS CBS’s Hawaii Five-0 (9/8c) approaches the end, Sex and the City‘s Willie Garson returns as Gerard Hirsch, who turns to Tani (Meaghan Rath) to help clear his uncle of murder, though she’s also busy working out her new relationship with Junior (Beulah Koale)… On CBS’s Blue Bloods (10/9c), Frank (Tom Selleck) works with Garrett (Gregory Jbara) to come up with a plan to convince the mayor (Dylan Walsh) to play well with others.
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C
Lincoln Rhyme absolutely!
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J
All CBS for me. March Madness hadn't kicked in yet--hence the usual CBS Friday programming--and now it may not occur at all. No college basketball tournaments across the country, no NBA or NHL... these really are odd times.
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R
Delaying/canceling MLBaseball...is the "oddest" one...
We're talking people sitting OUTSIDE...in the SUN...absorbing Vitamin D...which is PROVEN to increase immunobodies against viruses!!!
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J
And when you think about it, baseball is the only major sport that really has minimal physical contact between players, so in that regard it's safer for the players than the other sports. But I think cities just want to limit ALL reasons for any gathering involving more than a few hundred people. Personally, I thought the idea of having the sports games take place without an audience was a good idea. At least, it was a compromise. Either way, the owners are going to lose money... at least that way, many fans might still be happy.
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"having the sports games take place without an audience was a good idea"...OK to cancel the professional sports...but those "kids" played ALL season with hopes of winning the NCAA Tournament...and am pretty sure that they wouldn't mind playing even if it was without a live audience...(even if a couple players might catch the COVID-19 virus which really is, after all, for a college student, a mild "common cold")...
"the owners are going to lose money... at least that way, many fans might still be happy"...I believe (hope) that only in Bernie's beloved Cuba...would the fans be happy if/when the owners lose money...
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J
Yeah, I feel terrible for the college players whose athletic careers--in college, as well as future careers--are being cut short so suddenly. That's why I said I'm sure they'd be fine with playing without a live crowd. (Although I'm not sure about your comment that for a college kid the COVID is just a "mild common cold." There's no guarantee of that.)
Also, when I said that even if owners lose money (games with no live crowd), and at least many fans would be happy, I meant that fans who watch games on TV would still be happy. Not sure if you thought I meant something different, or where the Bernie/Cuba thing came from.
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Well Jena...you're right...I did misunderstand your Post...I thought you were saying that many fans might be happy if/when the owners were going to lose money...
As for the college players...according to the WHO...worldwide...so far...75% of the deaths are people over age 75...and near ALL the deaths are people over 60. Also...again according to the WHO...for people under 60...(which, unfortunately, does not include me)...people testing POSITIVE for COVID-19 end up displaying symptoms of a mild common cold...
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R
The 2 part finale of Lincoln Rhyme for sure!!!
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J
I don't watch this show, but I know Russell Hornsby from the late, great show Grimm.
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R
Where I live, the local NBC affiliate scheduled an SF Giants baseball game at the same time as the "Bone Collector" series finale and moved it to 2 to 4 in the morning (on Saturday). Of course they cancelled the baseball game and played the LRBC show at its regular time and I missed it because I wasn't home. My cable provider and the TV Guide had the TV show on on Saturday morning as well as it was "too late" to correct the listing. I'm pissed!
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