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Featured, X Company

X Company 304: The team heads to Poland in ‘Promises’

This week’s new episode of X Company, “Promises,” written by Nicolas Billon, is a doozy, and the show’s cast and creators have been (rightly) sounding the alarm bells on Twitter.

The spy team is headed to Poland, and Sinclair’s (Hugh Dillon) choice to tell Frommer (Thorston Maderlay) his son is dead has major consequences as Harry (Connor Price), Alfred (Jack Laskey) and Neil (Warren Brown) attempt to arrange transportation from France. Meanwhile, Aurora (Evelyne Brochu) tries to mend her friendship with Sabine (Livia Matthes) during an eventful train journey with the Fabers.

Here’s a sneak peek:

A tale of two trains
One of X Company‘s finest hours–Season 2’s stellar “Fatherland”–took place on a train, and “Promises” doubles the feat by centring the action on two very different trains headed for two very different destinations.

Aurora and Sabine alert
The budding friendship between Aurora and Sabine was one of the highlights of Season 2, but watching them in “frenemy” mode is even better. Evelyne Brochu and Livia Matthes for the win.

Who is Heidi Adler? 
Heidi is feisty, capable and more than a bit mysterious. Both the character and actress Madeleine Knight are intriguing additions to the show.

Tense times for Faber
Faber’s first-class ticket to Poland doesn’t result in a first-class experience, which allows viewers to see him in a new light and Torben Liebrecht to turn in another top-shelf performance.

Tear-jerker warning
This episode contains heavy subject matter–even for X Company–and has a gut-wrenching conclusion. Prepare yourselves the best you can.

X Company airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on CBC.

Image courtesy of CBC.

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Schitt's Creek

Link: Schitt’s Creek: Emily Hampshire on delving into Stevie’s backstory

From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:

Link: Schitt’s Creek: Emily Hampshire on delving into Stevie’s backstory
“My first curiosity about Stevie from the beginning was ‘why is this girl who is clearly intelligent and can do so much more, why is she here and needing to be rescued by David to go to New York and escape?’ I realized this is Stevie’s choice. She’s choosing to stay here and to aspire to less than she’s capable of. That led to questions about her past, who are Stevie’s parents and more.” Continue reading. 

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Featured, Podcast

TV Eh B Cs podcast 59 — Crashing into Brent Haynes

Brent Haynes continues to foolishly pursue a career in television. He currently serves as president & executive producer of Picture Arcade where he created the CBC series Crash Gallery.

Season 2 of Crash Gallery returns Sunday, Feb. 5, at 9:30 p.m. on CBC.

Brent made the leap to producing after spending 19 years as a broadcaster. Previously, he was senior vice-president of Comedy & Animation at MTV in New York for five years where he managed a full development slate and oversaw production for close to 20 series including World of Jenks, Nikki & Sara Live and Silent Library. Brent’s MTV portfolio included scripted comedy, animation, unscripted and documentary.

Before making the move to New York, Brent spent 11 years with The Comedy Network in Canada where he helped launch the channel before ultimately becoming vice-president of programming in charge of the development, acquisition and scheduling teams. He was responsible for developing the smash hit Corner Gas and served as an executive on the show for five seasons.

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Workin' Moms

Link: Women Behind Canadian TV: Catherine Reitman

From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:

Link: Women Behind Canadian TV: Catherine Reitman
“I was listening to Shonda Rhimes recently and I think she said it best with ‘if you’re a writer you’ve got to write. You’ve just got to keep writing.’ I think that applies to being a director or an actor. You have to lie, cheat, steal, borrow, get friends to lend you a camera–people don’t even have an excuse any more because we’ve been gifted with these phones that have the most extraordinary cameras. We should all be making things, and if you do have the gift or the bite, you have to continue making things.” Continue reading. 

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Pure explores life, death and tainted dairy in “Funeral”

Wow, I can’t believe Eli Voss hasn’t just dispatched Noah Funk and found another community member to handle things. It really has been a comedy of errors for Noah, who went from learning how a cell phone works to pulling the drug-filled, cheese-filled plane out of the lake and then facing off against Mr. Crowbar and his cronies.

By the end of last week’s episode, Crowbar had been taken care of—in bloody fashion, we might add—opening the door for Noah to continue with his task.

Here’s CBC’s episode synopsis for, “Funeral,” Monday’s new episode:

Noah and Anna must find a way to dispose of four dead bodies at the same time as they devise a trap for Eli Voss.
And here’s what else we can tell you after watching a screener:

Pure‘s cinematography is beautiful
We’ve been meaning to say this since Episode 1: Ken Girotti’s colour palette and framing of shots is incredible. He’s taken advantage of big skies to show the connection—or perhaps severing?—between Heaven and the land. Noah is plotting to take down the sinners … will he get closer to Heaven as a result?

Bronco is the best
I love this cast, but A.J. Buckley is a hoot as Bronco. From his high school football rings and pornstache to his quips (“Is he praying?! We don’t have time to pray!”), Bronco is an entertaining hombre. We’re loving his evolution from laughingstock to serious cop. Also? Buckley and his friend, Artie, have created a seriously awesome line of diaper bags.

Trailer Park Boys cast member alert!
Viewers probably picked up on this in Week 1, but that’s Trailer Park Boys‘ Cory Bowles portraying Bronco’s partner, Jay. Bowles just wrapped filming of his feature film, Black Cop, in Halifax.

It’s a matter of trust
Trust is front and centre in Monday’s episode. Can Abel, Anna and Noah trust Bronco? Can Bronco rely on them for support as things get progressively more complicated and bloody? And, while we’re at it, can Bronco trust Jay?

Half-baked ideas
Bronco has a unique solution to getting the cocaine across the border into the U.S.

Pure airs Mondays at 9 p.m. on CBC.

Image courtesy of CBC.

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