From Heather M. of The Televixen:
Link: Elyse Levesque talks Shoot the Messenger + a preview of “Strange Bedfellowsâ€
“I think [she] wants to get to the bottom of things. I do think there’s something that when you’re sober, you’re jonesing for a fix, some sort of excitement, looking for something else to curb the desire to drink or do drugs. I think the adrenaline she gets from putting herself in dangerous situations is [her fix].†Continue reading.
From Alexandra Pope of Canadian Geographic:
Link: Allan Hawco on his new fur trade TV series ‘Frontier’
“The time period is so rich in terms of potential for high-stakes conflict, with all these different companies jockeying for position in the fur trade. It’s really North America’s coming-of-age. The show takes a lot of dramatic licence, but the writers worked very hard to make sure all of it was plausible.” Continue reading.
Mitch has, like, the worst timing in the world, doesn’t he? Last week he snapped at Lou down by the river and she backed off from telling her how she felt about him. And leading off Sunday’s episode, he showed off a horse he got her … just as Peter rolled up in a cab. Awkward.
“Riding Shotgun” was both literal and figurative in the script written by Pamela Pinch and directed by Chris Potter, as Petunia the sick pig (and Adam) sat next to Georgie in Bob’s truck on the way to the clinic and a shotgun was handy at Mitch’s side when wolves threatened to make a sinewy snack out of Jack.
For Mitch, being unable to pull the trigger when a toothsome predator was mere inches from Jack’s throat was a call back to his time in Afghanistan, where he lost his cousin, Zach (the dog tags Mitch was holding last Sunday). But Zach didn’t die over there, he committed suicide back in Canada. It was a sobering revelation that not only brought real life back to Heartland but added another layer to Mitch the character. The wise-cracking, good-looking ranch hand has stuff going on below that tough exterior.
It was nice Mitch apologized to Lou for snapping at her, but his admission he didn’t gift Venus to her means he thinks their relationship is over, and Lou hopes it’s just begun.
(Speaking of tough guys, it was great to see Peter not only agree to help out at Heartland more if Lou ends up spending more time away with Maggie’s expansion and telling Georgie the key to a successful relationship is talking. He smartly took his own advice.)
Heartland airs Sundays at 7 p.m. on CBC.
Images courtesy of CBC.
Wait, what’s this we spot? Is that really Det. Jo Bradley (Steph Song) smiling in the above photo? She certainly didn’t have a lot to be jovial about by the end of Blood and Water‘s first block of eight episodes. After all, two dead Xie sons and a cancer scare isn’t the stuff of good times. So, why is Jo grinning when Blood and Water returns to Omni on Sunday?
“Jo is a lot freer in these episodes,” Song says during a break in filming. “We find Jo one year cancer-free, so she’s feeling good about life and has faced down that demon and is perhaps more liberated. She’s coming back to work and has a new partner and is maybe a little attracted to him. We get to see a different side to Jo Bradley.”
She’s still a razor-sharp detective, something Jo draws on during an all-new murder case involving the Xie’s. Gone is Peter Outerbridge’s Det. Al Gorski, replaced by Det. Evan Ong (Bryon Mann); he and Jo are drawn into Ron Zie’s (Oscar Hsu) world when a murdered woman tied to the late Charlie Xie turns the spotlight back on the beleaguered family, who are fighting to keep control of their business as interested buyers circle.
Along for the adventure is returning cast Elfina Luk, Fiona Fu and Loretta Yu; Aidan Devine checks in not only as Jo’s boss but the third part of a love triangle. Awkward.
Once again presented in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, Blood and Water, executive producer Diane Boehme says the second block of episodes explores ghosts and what haunts you; regret and wrong decisions are experienced by the characters. For Ron Xie, it’s the family secret he tried to keep hidden that, ultimately, blew up in his face. Daughter Anna (Luk) has left town and, perhaps, found love. As for Jo? Boehme teases that she begins to receive mysterious letters written in Chinese. As they’re translated, Jo realizes they’re from her biological family, who want to connect with her. Jo, rightly so, is conflicted.
“All that stuff comes out for her,” Boehme says. “The regret of what she might have been.”
Blood and Water airs Sundays at 10:30 p.m. ET on Omni.
Images courtesy of Rogers Media.
This Life shook things up last week as Natalie received positive scan results, offering her a glimmer of hope after living with the certainty of death for a season and a half. While that news is wonderful, it’s also disorienting, and Sundays’s new episode, “Intervention,” finds Natalie struggling to accept that she may have a future. Elsewhere, Maggie convinces her siblings that Oliver needs help, and Emma’s attempts to impress Miranda lead to trouble.
Here’s a sneak peek of what’s to come.
What’s going on with Oliver?
Natalie’s illness has allowed Oliver to hide his problems, but we finally learn more about his issues this week.
Oliver’s not the only one
While attempting to help their brother, Natalie, Maggie and Matthew have some of their own vulnerabilities exposed. Enjoy a brilliant scene between Kristopher Turner, Torri Higginson, Lauren Lee Smith and Rick Roberts in Oliver’s studio.
The kids are alright
As the adults try to put their lives back together, Emma, Romy, and Caleb enjoy a bonding moment.
Natalie talks with David about his plans for the kids…
…with surprising results.
This Life airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on CBC.
Images courtesy of CBC.
