The following contains spoilers for Messiah.

Before even a minute of Netflix’s Messiah (writing it that way always makes it seem like an inept composer’s sequel to “Handel’s Messiah”) aired, it already seemed destined to become another prominent victim of “when keeping it real goes wrong.”

For those who didn’t keep track of the scuttlebutt prior to the show’s release, many Twitter users appeared to have guessed the series’ twist based on the trailer alone. Throughout the trailer and eventually the show, our titular messiah is known as “Al Masih,” which means “Messiah” in Arabic. But Al-Masih is also a shortened version of an Antichrist-like figure in Islam known as “Al-Masih ad-Dajjal.” Several Twitter users even reported being blocked by Netflix for pointing out the character name, suggesting that the streamer was panicking at having let the evil cat out of the bag so soon.

Now that all 10 episodes of Messiah’s first season have aired, was Arabic-speaking Twitter proven right? Is Payam Golshiri a.k.a. Al-Masih really the Antichrist? The answer to that is…we still don’t know. If Netflix was indeed blocking users for sussing out the real nature of Al-Masih, we won’t be able to confirm that until a future season. All in all, the Messiah finale, titled “The Wages of Sin,” is slightly less revelatory than one would expect from a show that posits such a major question at its premise.

That doesn’t mean that there aren’t answers of any kind in the Messiah finale because there still are quite a few. For starters, even if we don’t know whether Payam is the Second Coming of Christ or the Antichrist, it is now quite clear that he is indeed a divine being or at least possesses some sort of magic.

 After the plane carrying disgraced Mossad agent Aviram Dahan and Al-Masih is shot down by the U.S. government, Aviram awakes in a lush field of flowers surrounded by desert. It seems as though there was no way he could have survived a crash like that and moments later a precocious young shepherd named Malik confirms that he didn’t.

“You were dead,” Malik tells Aviram before pointing over to a similarly unharmed Al-Masih. “He raised you.”

Al-Masih proceeds to raise another one of the plane crash victims from the dead. Malik certainly has a big imagination. In an earlier scene his classmates chide him for always having an outlandish excuse for why he is late. But this feels different. We ourselves see Aviram’s pale skin and the flies buzzing around his body. If this is just another magician’s trick, it is certainly the grandest trick of all time.

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Of course, while the Messiah finale confirms that Al-Masih is at least something resembling a god, it also confirms that he was born on Earth as a boring old human being. As CIA agent Eva Gellar uncovers and CNN’s Miriam Keneally later reports, Payam Golshiri was a real individual who was raised by his grandfather to be an adept conman. Payam and his brother would conduct magic tricks and run scams in their Iranian village to survive. When presented with this story, Al-Masih confirms it.

Still, the true miracle of raising Aviram from the dead supersedes the details of Payam’s previous life. Something is seriously afoot here. Everything, from the storms summoned in Syria, Texas, and Florida, to the walking on water appears to have been real. It’s just now a question of whether Al-Masih is a savior or a destroyer.

Perhaps the biggest evidence for the latter comes from Payam’s association with the cyber-terrorist Williams College professor Oscar Wallace. When Eva visits Wallace, she presents her theory that Payam is operating an enormous scam on Wallace’s orders to destabilize the world’s confidence in its institutions. But Wallace reveals that if anything, he is a follower of Payam and not vice-versa.

“Between him and me, I’m not the dangerous one,” he says. “I’ve been happy to serve his cause.”

We never find out exactly what that cause is but Oscar Wallace’s M.O. has always been to upset the status quo and usher in a new world order. What entity could do that more effectively than the antichrist?

Another important clue (but certainly a far more subtle one) in favor of Al-Masih’s nature as the Antichrist comes from the Iguero family’s epileptic daughter Rebecca. Payam seems to view Rebecca as an important piece of his end game and trusts her to deliver his message to the world via her grandfather’s show. Part of the message that Rebecca delivers is that “Al-Masih is the eye…the eye of the storm”

Those same Twitter uses who caught on to the connotations of the word “Al-Masih” also probably shot up in their chairs at the reference to an eye. That same deceiver entity in Muslim doctrine, Al-Masih ad-Dajjal, is known to only have one eye. Perhaps it’s a vision of Prayam’s one eye that Rebecca sees during her epileptic seizure.

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But if Payam is indeed the Antichrist (which again: we do not definitively know that he is), then who is our messiah? Well, it turns out he may have been operating under our nose the entire time. Jibril Medina (Sayyid El Alami) is the first character we see on Messiah. He goes through quite the journey in this first season, from losing his mom, to gaining an “Imam” in Payam, to eventually becoming an important figure himself in the Muslim world. Wracked by dehydration and exhaustion, Jibril causes a stir by walking, naked and unarmed, directly into an Israeli soldier’s rifle. That moment is inspiring enough for a religious group to take him in and ask him to give a speech at their mosque.

During the speech, the suicide bomb attached to Jibril’s old friend Samir is remotely detonated and dozens of people die. But Jibrill is not one of them, despite being just feet away from the source of the explosion. As a barely conscious Jibril is carted out of the wreckage he reaches over to grasp the hand of a corpse next to him. We do not get to see what happens next, but would you honestly be surprised to hear in season 2 that Jibril raised that person from the dead?

In the end, it’s a little cruel for the end of Messiah to leave us without all the answers. But that’s just how God would want it. Among the very first lines of dialogue in Messiah are Jibril’s mother telling him that the only thing that matters is God’s plan.

“Whats God’s plan for me?” he asks.

“He will reveal it when you’re ready,” she says.

Al-Masih himself will go on to repeat that point many times throughout the series. Nothing that Al-Masih does is via his own choice but rather the will of God. We are all but puppets.

Interestingly another contradictory quote and concept recurs throughout the series delivered by a different kind of God: Oprah Winfrey. Once at the season’s beginning and again at the season’s end, Eva Gellar comes across graffiti in a diner that reads “You become what you believe.” That concept is also echoed through the proceedings by Al-Masih who tells the assembled crowd at the National Mall: “I’m here to break the mirror so you can see on which side you stand. What you see will be your choosing.”

So what is it? Are we seeing what we want to see with Jibril, Payam, and their respective divinities? Or is there an objective truth out there that God has willed? Looks like it will take another season for Messiah to unravel all the mysteries of the universe.

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Alec Bojalad is TV Editor at Den of Geek and TCA member. Read more of his stuff here. Follow him at his creatively-named Twitter handle @alecbojalad

This Doctor Who review contains spoilers and comes from Den of Geek UK.

Doctor Who Season 12 Episode 1

It’s been a year to the day since Charlotte Ritchie and a Dalek stole a police car, but for the team in charge of the world’s most recognizable blue box, it must have felt like no time at all.

Doctor Who fans are no strangers to the show taking breaks, but 2018’s news - that the TARDIS would be absent for twelve long months, despite having only just returned with a brand-new creative crew – meant that we’ve been waiting with a weight of expectations that didn’t exist, say, the year David Tennant went off to do Hamlet. Season 11 of nu-Who had seen its ratings decline sharply over a ten-episode run and left viewers passionately divided over what it had to offer, so there was a presumption among the show’s fans that this sudden hiatus was going to involve close scrutiny of what had worked – and what hadn’t – during the latest reinvention.

Rumors swirled, as rumors always do, about what might change. When Doctor Whoreturned, would it reduce the size of Team TARDIS to a more manageable one or two companions? Might we see a few low-key, introspective moments for Jodie Whittaker’s bombastic incarnation of the Doctor to help solidify her portrayal of the character? Was the show going to dial its ambition back to reduce the polarising effect of episodes like "Arachnids in the UK" and "It Takes You Away?"

Well… 2020 is here, we’re one episode in, and we still don’t have a definitive answer to a lot of those questions. "Spyfall," as you might expect from an episode that’s so gleefully borrowing from 007 and his kin, is a globetrotting adventure that barely ever stands still long enough to catch its breath. This is the first half of a two-parter – one that offers lots of questions but precious few answers, where character moments are kept to a minimum. A few of the familiar problems do crop up, most notably a companion with nothing to do, but there are also plenty of moments to praise.

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As it bounds along, "Spyfall" cherry-picks a few of the more obvious spy movie moments to work as action set-pieces, but is still very much a sci-fi story at its heart. The central mystery for much of the episode revolves around a mysterious race of as-yet-unnamed aliens, although the Doctor and her friends are still very much in the dark about it all by the time the credits roll. Even in an hour of television where there’s an undeniably large amount of stuff, much of which is quite fun, we don’t actually learn a huge amount about what’s going on.

It’s an intriguing start, then, but by no means a faultless one – nor is it a massive tonal shift away from season 11, even if that’s what some people will have been hoping for. That said, even with everything we still don’t know about the aliens and the threat they pose, there’s one particular aspect of the episode that’s bound to dominate discussion until part two rolls around. To talk about that, as well as everything else, it’s time to wake Daphne from her hibernation…

As mentioned, the episode wastes no time in reintroducing us to the broad strokes of each companion as they pay a flying visit to their Earth-bound lives. (Yaz is a copper with a family! Graham’s wife passed away! Ryan is a terrible liar!) Then it’s off to meet the always-welcome Stephen Fry as ‘C’, who’s lumbered with some rather thankless expository work and explains that a mysterious alien force is attacking spies of all allegiances, worldwide, and bumping them off.

These nameless aliens are a good example of why Doctor Who two-parters can be so frustrating. The core idea of them, that they can force their way into the world through solid surfaces and briefly take on the texture of whatever they pass through, is visually interesting and quite creepy as they thrash about. Virtually nothing about them gets explained this week, though, which is more annoying than tantalising. Mysteries in a TV show can be great fun, but only if you feel like you stand a chance of spotting the clues and solving them. Being left totally in the dark is only fun for so long.

This is not a new problem in Doctor Who, of course, and in some ways the aliens here are much like the Silence introduced during Matt Smith’s run. They, too, were a creepy alien race whose intentions were kept entirely secret during "The Impossible Astronaut", an episode that suffered as a result. By contrast, some of the show’s most effective two-parters – like "The Empty Child" or "Silence In The Library"– work so well because the first half answers just enough of your questions that you feel like the story is making progress, even if it’s obviously far from over.

While Stephen Fry is stuck indoors for his brief appearance, Lenny Henry gets the lion’s share of the Guest Star privileges as tech mogul Daniel Barton. He delivers a surprisingly understated performance for most of the episode, given his comedy roots and how broad the Bond villain archetype can be, and scenes of cat-stroking and maniacal laughter are few and far between. He also drives those scenes of the show that lean most heavily into spy movie tropes, and there are plenty to pick from – the car chase, the computer hacking, the party escape and so on.

This is hardly the first time Doctor Whohas leaned on the trappings of movies that get served up in the festive period; if "Voyage Of The Damned" was a deliberate nod to the disaster films that prop up the schedule over Christmas, then "Spyfall" is clearly trying to pull the same trick with Bond films. It’s hard to say that the story really feels that much different to normal on account of all of the guns and gadgets, because those pop up in plenty of ‘normal’ Doctor Who stories, but it’s a nice nod to the season without succumbing to the whimsy of being a full-fat Holiday Special.

Some of the individual spy scenes are more effective than others. The raid on Barton’s office might be straight out of the Mission: Impossible writer’s bible but still manages to feel genuinely tense given the ever-present threat of aliens that can, and do, appear out of thin air. The short-lived car chase, however, soon starts scraping up against the limits of a BBC budget, and Lenny Henry looks distinctly uncomfortable hanging out of the window waving a pistol around. (The less said about the wince-inducing “The name’s Doctor… The Doctor!” moment, the better.)

One good thing about the espionage scenes is that Ryan and Yaz get more screen-time together, and their relationship feels a lot more natural than it has in past adventures. There’s a hint of jealousy from Yaz when Ryan mentions snogging her sister, and I’m hoping the show steers away from the obvious choice of pairing them off romantically, but they work well together here as simply mates.

It’s also great to see Yaz taking a confident lead in their encounter with Barton, which is what you’d expect now that she’s remembered she’s a police officer. It’s little moments like this, along with the expanded TARDIS set interior and the creators’ commitment to being bigger and bolder this year, that suggest fan feedback and criticism has been taken on board during those long, silent months.

Unfortunately, it’s Bradley Walsh who gets short shrift instead this week, left to potter along behind the Doctor as she heads to the Australian outback. With so many varied locations and plot-threads left to dangle, it’s a shame that Graham couldn’t have been given a task of his own, and a sign that the show still struggles to find things to occupy every member of a very crowded TARDIS.

If there’s anything in this episode guaranteed to ignite long-standing fans, though, it’s the moment that quite deliberately throws away an established part of the show – and I don’t mean the Doctor somehow working on the TARDIS by poking at the exterior shell. As if "Spyfall" wasn’t already crammed to bursting, the episode’s sucker-punch happens in the last couple of minutes. ‘O’, the Doctor’s casual acquaintance, is revealed to be the Master, and this entire scheme has apparently been his doing all along.

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It’s certainly an effective reveal; Sacha Dhawan’s ‘O’ character has been ambling around in the background for much of the episode, and there actually are a few clues to his true nature scattered about. Not only does he throw up a force field that’s far beyond anything MI6 should have in its vault, but there’s even a subtle nod to Harold Saxon when Ryan declares that “no-one could engineer such a good fake life.”

Unfortunately, it’s a plot twist that comes with a price, and that price is Missy. It’s been two years since Steven Moffat handed over the keys toDoctor Who, but it’s also important to remember that in that time, there have only been a dozen new episodes between today and "The Doctor Falls." That episode capped off a year in which a genuinely repentant Missy made her choice to renounce her evil ways - a choice so abhorrent to her past self, he killed her for it. It was a huge moment for her character, and it happened barely a box-set ago.

Missy was already a popular character, one who’s been embraced in spin-off material, and her journey towards redemption was one of the most significant character arcs in the show’s history. Regardless of where Dhawan’s Master fits in his personal timeline, it’s clear that this particular regeneration is firmly back in the John Simm mould – loud, giggly and once again treating the Doctor as a bitter rival rather than an estranged friend. Even if Missy does get namedropped next episode, it looks as though Chris Chibnall has no plans to follow up on her redemption nor her legacy, and that’s going to disappoint a lot of Missy fans.

It doesn’t help that, at least so far, the Dhawan-Master is a bit of a Greatest Hits collection. His control over the nameless aliens strongly evokes his alliance with the Toclafane in "The Sound of Drums," as does the notion that he’s been building up power in a Government job while the Doctor’s distracted. Judging from the teaser, even his compulsive drumming is back. The next episode will be this Master’s trial by fire as we get to see his plan unfold, so here’s hoping there’s more substance to him than the more shrunken corpses and convoluted plans for universal domination.

Until then, we’ve a lot to ponder. What is the ethereal realm that Yaz and the Doctor found themselves in? (Given all the talk of tissue compression, it’s hard not to see those structures as twisting, gigantic strands of thread…) What relationship does the Master have to these universe-conquering aliens, and why are they messing around with human DNA? Will the next episode continue to lean heavily on spy movie homages, or will those fall by the wayside now that the true villain has been revealed?

Fittingly for an episode that tips its hat to the world of James Bond, "Spyfall" has gone all-in on a single, high-stakes gamble. If the next episode can keep up the rapid pace, answer all of those lingering questions and still tie up what appear to be a number of largely-unrelated plot threads – not to mention give us a satisfying new version of the Master so soon after Missy’s final appearance – then Series 12 will be off to a strong start. Either way, the next episode has a lot of explaining to do…

Doctor Who season 12 continues on Sunday, January 5 at 8 p.m. ET with "Spyfall Part Two."

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This Vikings review contains spoilers.

Vikings Season 6 Episode 5

Vikings turns even more introspective as surreptitious political machinations in both Rus and Norway gather steam, increasing the likelihood of an explosive series of events that promises to radically alter the Scandanavian and Asiatic ruling landscapes. And while Hvitserk continues to psychologically spiral out of control fighting his inner demons in Kattegat, “The Key” places a similar obstacle in front of Ivar just as his plan to overthrow Prince Oleg takes its first steps. Though light on action, this Vikings installment more than makes up for any perceived shortcomings with a series of intriguing building blocks sure to induce even more mayhem into an already chaotic world. 

Throughout its six season run, Vikings generally plays on the narrative edges when it comes to the supernatural, and while the gods remain an integral part of Nowegian daily life, most mysterious occurrences eventually come with a reasonable explanation. Hvitserk’s battle with mental illness brought on by the death of Thora has been exacerbated by his excessive use of alcohol and now psychedelic mushrooms, and though his hallucinations and visions certainly contain mystical elements, they can all easily be explained. Such is not the case with the circumstances surrounding the return of actress Alicia Agneson. 

Agneson first arrives on the Kattegat scene as Ivar’s slave girl Freydis and eventually wins over his heart and mind leading him to take her as his wife. Filling his head with prophecies she claims the gods send her, Freydis eventually sits next to him as queen consort and promises she’ll bear him an heir despite his obvious inability to father children. We watch her use a servant to get pregnant, and then when he’s no longer able to justify his wife’s betrayal, Ivar kills her baby ostensibly because of its deformities. After his defeat at Kattegat, he strangles Freydis to death on the floor of the great hall where her dead body is eventually discovered by Ubbe and the others.

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Now, as Oleg’s intended wife Princess Katia, Agneson catches Ivar’s attention, and it’s immediately apparent he’s mesmerized by more than her obvious beauty and innate charisma. “Have we met?” he finally asks Katia before later confronting her about their past as husband and wife. Coming on the heels of Hvitserk’s apparitions, is it possible that the sociopathic Ivar suddenly develops a conscience even as he plots the overthrow and likely death of Prince Oleg? Still, she neither confirms nor denies his recollections leaving Ivar and the audience to wonder whether Freydis has magically risen from the dead to haunt her killer and former husband, or if Katia merely bears a remarkable resemblance to the woman who sat briefly on the throne next to Ivar. Regardless, it seems unlikely that Ivar will succumb to the same intense guilt his brother feels, and even though this turn of events feels as if it bears Oleg’s stamp, that too seems highly unlikely. 

Never one to underestimate his adversary, Ivar continues to carefully cultivate his relationship with young Prince Igor who now sees the northman as his royal equal. “What are we going to do my fellow king?” the boy asks before they set out to free Oleg’s brother Dir and take the first step toward a royal coup. Though Oleg punishes the guards who allow the escape, it’s the ostentatious presentation of their severed heads at dinner that hints that the prince may have discovered Ivar’s plot to put Igor on the throne. It’s difficult to ignore the obvious glee the young prince derives from these gruesome displays as he observes and learns from the two men jockeying for control of Rus. However, the more the young prince understands about his place in the line of succession, the more volatile the situation becomes, and Ivar may simply be biding his time to step in and pick up the pieces.

Though the defensive preparations surrounding Lagertha’s village quickly take shape, it’s her admission to Gunnhild that casts a shadow over what should be a period of quiet confidence that they’ll be able to once again hold off the bandits. A comfortable retirement is simply not in the cards for Lagertha, and now with the death of her grandson, she tells Gunnhild that she “can never be the same.” She still has her granddaughter to protect, but Lagertha exudes a sense of resignation we’ve rarely witnessed. And despite the upbeat sense of belonging Gunnhild instills in the women, it’s difficult to shake the feeling that they’re preparing for their last stand.

Nevertheless, the true focal point of “The Key” resides in King Olaf’s well meaning attempt to redefine the Norwegian political landscape, and when Bjorn proposes the benefits of fighting others rather than amongst themselves, most of the other kings and jarls understand that value of this plan. Most, but not all. King Harald Finehair finally sees an opening, and if knowing side-glances to some of the other noblemen and women mean anything, it’s that electing Bjorn Ironside as the first king of all Norway will not proceed as planned. Not unlike contemporary political elections, a certain amount of behind the scenes campaigning takes place, and though he’s made no secret of his desire to rule all of Norway, Harald begins to subtly finesse some of the others. 

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It’s still not clear whether Bjorn truly wants to take on the challenge of this throne, and when the kings, earls, and other noblemen move to the floating circular platform to cast their ballots, his quiet confidence seems to provide the answer. For all his amusing idiosyncrasies, Olaf gets to the heart of the problem when he chastises the others for the inability to see beyond their own self interests. And while his assessment is undoubtedly true, it also sets the stage for Harald to take what appears to be meant for Bjorn and subvert a process intended to establish a sense of democracy among the competing warlords. 

There’s little question that Harald has his eyes on the throne, but getting Bjorn out of the picture also benefits Kjetill Flatnose whose return from Floki’s Iceland expedition raises questions Flatnose doesn’t want to answer. There’s enough subtext here to deduce that Harald has recruited Flatnose to take Bjorn out of the picture, and whether this tactical strike occurs before or after the election, the future for Ragnar’s eldest seems cloudy at best. The exchange between Torvi and the young woman in love with Bjorn underscores the menace he faces from those unwilling to allow the Lothbrok dynasty to continue. Torvi senses something’s wrong, and she’s waited on this dock before only to face the uncomfortable truth Kattegat’s families face. “Each time he came back, he was further away.” 

Vikings has settled into a comfortable structural rhythm with its ten episode half-seasons, and “The Key” nicely addresses arcs for Lagertha, Bjorn, and Ivar that promise to deliver results that at this stage of the narrative may prove emotionally disappointing. Still, all great things come to an eventual end, and Vikings is no exception. I think we all need to brace ourselves; change is afoot.

Dave Vitagliano has been writing and podcasting about science fiction television since 2012. You can read more of his work here. He presently hosts the Sci Fi Fidelity podcast.

The Flash season 6 is here! That means way more speedster shenanigans and time-traveling adventures with Barry Allen and his team at STAR Labs. 

But there will be some changes in the new season, and we're not just talking about Barry's sharp new Flash costume! Current showrunner Todd Helbing was replaced by Eric Wallace.

"From his first day on The Flash, Todd Helbing has been a leader on the show, beloved by the cast and crew for his exceptional talent, vision and wonderful attitude. We are all sad to see him go, but we will all be better for the many shows he will no doubt create and run in the future," The Flash executive producer Greg Berlanti said in a statement (via The Hollywood Reporter). "Eric Wallace has proven his own exceptional talent and voice since season four, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to watch how he shapes the future of Team Flash and the many thrilling adventures that lay ahead for our characters and dedicated fans."

The Flash Season 6 Return Date

The Flash season 6 episode 10 is called "Marathon" and it airs on Feb. 4. No other details are currently available. But you won't have to wait QUITE that long to see Barry Allen again. There's still two episodes of Crisis on Infinite Earths to get through, both of which will air on Jan. 14. Here's a taste of what to expect...

The Flash Season 6 Episodes

We're keeping track of everything we know about the new season right here! We'll update this with new details as they become available. One interesting note about this new season, while it will have the traditional 22 episode season, they're treating this like two mini-seasons. So the first batch of episodes will focus on Bloodwork, then we'll get the Crisis on Infinite Earths interlude, and when the show returns after that, they'll be treating it like a brand new season, with a second big bad!

The Flash Season 6 Episode 1: Into the Void

"While Barry (Grant Gustin) and Iris (Candice Patton) deal with the heartbreaking loss of their daughter, Nora, the team faces their greatest threat yet — one that threatens to destroy all of Central City. Meanwhile, Killer Frost (Danielle Panabaker) has a brush with death that results in an unexpected new dynamic that will change her relationship with Caitlin forever."

air date: 10/8/19

read our review of "Into the Void" here.

The Flash Season 6 Episode 2: A Flash of the Lightning

"Faced with the news of his impending death, Barry’s (Grant Gustin) resiliency suffers as he struggles to fight fate. Meanwhile, Cecile’s (Danielle Nicolet) career as a D.A. conflicts with her identity when she crosses paths with a villainous meta-human."

air date: 10/15/19

read our review of "A Flash of the Lightning" here.

The Flash Season 6 Episode 3: Dead Man Running

"Knowing that Crisis is only weeks away, Barry (Grant Gustin) prepares a member of Team Flash for life without him while hunting a terrifying meta-human with an unquenchable thirst. Meanwhile, Ralph (Hartley Sawyer) uncovers a family secret."

air date: 10/22/19

read our review of "Dead Man Running" here.

The Flash Season 6 Episode 4: There Will be Blood

"Barry’s (Grant Gustin) efforts to prepare Cisco (Carlos Valdes) for Crisis are derailed when Cisco schemes to save Barry’s life instead. Meanwhile, Ramsey Rosso (guest star Sendhil Ramamurthy) uses his deadly new abilities to save his own life, while sacrificing his humanity in the process."

air date: 10/29/19

read our review of "There Will be Blood" right here.

The Flash Season 6 Episode 5: Kiss Kiss, Breach Breach

"Cisco’s (Carlos Valdes) faith in his ability to fill Barry’s (Grant Gustin) shoes as Team Leader is upended when he learns of a shocking murder. Meanwhile, Killer Frost (Danielle Panabaker) trusts no one except herself to hunt down the dangerous Ramsey Rosso (guest star Sendhil Ramamurthy)."

air date: 11/5/19

read our review of "Kiss Kiss Breach Breach" here.

The Flash Season 6 Episode 6: License to Elongate

"Barry (Grant Gustin) turns his attention to prepping Elongated Man (Hartley Sawyer) for life after Crisis and without The Flash, but Ralph ultimately teaches Barry a lesson. Meanwhile, Cecile (Danielle Nicolet) faces her own moment of self-discovery while helping a recuperated Chester P. Runk (guest star Brandon McKnight) reclaim his identity."

Danielle Panabaker will direct this episode.

air date: 11/19/19

read our review of "License to Elongate" here.

The Flash Season 6 Episode 7: The Last Temptation of Barry Allen Part One

"As Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) stands on the threshold of his impending death in Crisis, his convictions are tested when the monstrous Dr. Ramsey Rosso (guest star Sendhil Ramamurthy) infects The Flash with a mysterious, hallucinogenic contagion. Meanwhile, reporter Iris West-Allen (Candice Patton) uncovers a vast conspiracy."

air date: 11/26/19

read our review of "The Last Temptation of Barry Allen Part One" here.

The Flash Season 6 Episode 8: The Last Temptation of Barry Allen Part Two

"With The Flash (Grant Gustin) battling Bloodwork (guest star Sendhil Ramamurthy), Iris (Candice Patton), and Cisco (Carlos Valdes) fight to help Barry take control before he’s lost to Ramsey’s influence. Meanwhile, the rest of Team Flash fight to reclaim Central City from Bloodwork’s growing army."

air date: 12/3/19

read our review of "The Last Temptation of Barry Allen Part Two" right here.

The Flash Season 6 Episode 9 - Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three

"Pariah (Tom Cavanagh) enlists Black Lightning (guest star Cress Williams) to help stop the Anti-Monitor (guest star LaMonica Garrett) after Flash-90 (guest star John Wesley Shipp) shares what he learned from his battle in ‘Elseworlds.’  With the help of Black Lightning, Barry (Grant Gustin), Cisco (Carlos Valdes) and Killer Frost (Danielle Panabaker) come up with a plan that could save them all.  Meanwhile, Iris (Candice Patton) has a heart-to-heart with Ryan Choi (guest star Osric Chau), while Oliver (guest star Stephen Amell) and Diggle (guest star David Ramsey) return to an old familiar stomping ground."

air date: 12/10/19

Read our review of "Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three" right here.

The Flash Season 6 Episode 10: Marathon

air date: 2/4/20

The Flash Season 6 Episode 11: Love is a Battlefield

air date: 2/11/20

The Flash Season 6 Episode 12: A Girl Named Sue

air date: 2/18/20

The Flash Season 6 Episode 13: Grodd Friended Me

air date: 2/25/20

The Flash Season 6 Villain

Sendhil Ramamurthy (best known for his work on Heroes) is playing Dr. Ramsey Rosso a.k.a. Bloodwork for the first half of the season. Rosso is a brilliant physician who works on hematological oncology. He's a friend of S.T.A.R. Labs’ Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker), and meets back up with her after an unexpected event. Rosso's desire to defy the laws of nature take him down a dark path where he enters the pantheon of Flash villainy. 

The villain for the second half of the season is yet to be confirmed, but we have our suspicions. 

Efrat Dor (Mayans MC, Sneaky Pete) is joining the cast of The Flash in its post-Crisis Season 6B portion (referred to as “Graphic Novel #2”), reports EW. She will play Eva McCulloch, whose official description reads:

“A quantum engineer and co-founder of McCulloch Technologies, Eva McCulloch is a scientific genius who works on the bleeding edge. Eva has been away from Central City for many years. But a chance meeting with Iris West-Allen results in a surprising alliance that pushes the boundaries of sanity, while also uncovering a vast conspiracy to take down Team Flash and its allies.”

Intriguingly, as the report points out, the closeness of the name Eva McCulloch to that of Evan McCulloch, a.k.a. the once-mentioned villainous Mirror Master of Earth 2 (and of the comics,) is hardly coincidental, although not to be confused with the show’s Earth 1 Mirror Master, Sam Scudder, with whom Team Flash has tangled back in Season 3. Thus, amongst the numerous possibilities for Eva’s origin is the theory that she is Earth 2 Mirror Master, gender-swapped post-Crisis. Such a concept wouldn’t even be unprecedented, since the timeline alterations of "Flashpoint" saw John Diggle’s baby daughter, Sara, replaced with son John Jr., a.k.a. “JJ.”

We wrote much more about Bloodwork and what you can expect from this new Flash villain right here!

The Flash Season 6 Story

The Flash has to deal with the aftershocks of this year's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event, which promises to shake the Arrowverse to its very core. There's no doubt that life will change for Barry, especially after an event as famous as DC's biggest and best Crisis. As some of you already know, a DC Crisis usually means that a Flash is about to die.

You can also expect some big changes coming for Caitlin Snow and Killer Frost this year. We have more details on that right here.

We'll keep you updated as we hear more about The Flash season 6. 

The Flash Season 6 Cast

Natalie Dreyfuss (The Originals, Still the King) is joining The Flash Season 6 for the recurring role of Sue Dearbon, reports TV Line. The casting foreshadows a monumental development for the television arc of Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man, since, as discerning DC Comic fans already know, Sue is destined to become his wife and cohort. The character first appeared back in The Flash Vol 1 #119, dated March 1961, introduced as a wealthy-family-hailing debutante who the enamored superheroic schmoe, Ralph, manages to woo after some crimefighting circumstances. The comic-depicted caste-clash will be prevalent on television, and Ralph will learn that there’s more to Sue's backstory than fancy soirees.

And yes, of course Tom Cavanagh will be back, and this time, he'll be playing a new version of Harrison Wells. Cavanagh will also play a different character, the mysterious (and central to Crisis) Pariah!

You can also expect Keiynan Lonsdale to return as Wally West for at least one episode at some point this season.

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You think there's a lot of Marvel programming out there now? Just you wait. Even with the unceremonious cancelation of Daredevil, the slightly more ceremonious cancelation of Iron Fist, and the inexcusable cancelation and Jessica Jones and the rest of the Marvel Netflix line (look, I'm not happy about it, either), there will still be plenty of Marvel TV coming your way. Indeed, like a HYDRA, cut off one Marvel TV show and two more shall take its place. Or in this case, one with two leads.

Jac Schaeffer, who wrote Captain Marvel, is writing, producing, and acting as showrunner. The show will also tie-into the upcoming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

The first batch of Marvel TV shows on the upcoming Disney+ streaming service will include a series following the unlikely pairing of an android and a mutant (?) magic user/probability manipulator, Vision and the Scarlet Witch. Fittingly, Disney revealed that the show will be called WandaVision.

Right now the details about WandaVision are scarce, but we'll update this with new details as they become available.

In the meantime, here's everything we know so far about WandaVision.

WandaVision Release Date

WandaVision is now set to premiere on Disney+ sometime in 2020.

The new 2020 release window represents a move up after Marvel's initial announcement at SDCC 2019 for a spring 2021 release.

WandaVision Cast

Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen will reprise their big-screen roles, of course.

Announced at Disney's D23 Expo (where the teaser poster immediately above was revealed,) is that three major players will be joining WandaVision, two from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and one newbie. Kat Dennings and Randall Park will be reprising their MCU roles of Darcy Lewis and Agent Jimmy Woo respectively. 

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Kathryn Hahn will also be joining as a "nosey neighbor." Sounds like WandaVision really is going to explore Wanda and Vis's blissful domestic life. 

Teyonah Parris (If Beale Street Could Talk) has been cast in WandaVision as Monica Rambeau, a character who first appeared as a child in Captain Marvel. 

WandaVision Story

Marvel announced during their SDCC 2019 presentation that WandaVision will tie into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Sounds like that could be the show's solution to the whole "Vision is dead" problem. Indeed, the quasi-1950s setting of the D23 teaser poster appears to hint an explanation attributed to Wanda's reality-based powers.

read more: Marvel Movies Watch Order - An MCU Timeline Guide

Vision and Scarlet Witch were a staple of Avengers comics for many years, and even supported a limited series that detailed their domestic bliss. According to an interview Elizabeth Olsen had with Variety, Wandavision will at least be partially set in the 1950s.

“There’s quite a few other comic books that we’re pulling from and it’s going to be Wanda and the Vision, and I think at the Disney+ launch chat, they showed a photo of us in the ’50s,” Olsen told Variety. Could this be an example of Wanda's occasional mental health issues rearing its head, where she is coping with the traumatic death of Vision in Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame by creating a fantasy world/domestic life where he still lives? Could WandaVision be the Marvel Studios equivalent of the completely bonkers and surreal Legion? Time will tell.

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Spoilers ahead for Lost in Space season 2.

After 10 thrilling episodes in season 2, Lost in Space on Netflix has officially become one of the best contemporary science fiction series on TV. The show balances nail-biting action without resorting to overt violence, while at the same time setting up series-long mysteries which continue to deepen as new installments give us new robotic bread crumbs to follow.

But where is it all leading? With the conclusion of season 2, fans probably have even more questions than they had at the end of Lost in Space season 1. Right now, we don’t know when season 3 will happen, but while we’re waiting, we have plenty to talk about. Here are eight huge questions posed by the final episodes of Lost in Space season 2, plus, some speculation as to what all of this means for season 3.

Is Ben Adler alive?

After abusing robots and acting shady throughout season 2, Ben Adler suddenly has a change of heart, and sacrifices himself to save Scarecrow. But, did that lighting actually kill him? We didn’t actually see Adler die, so there’s a chance he’s alive. And if Adler is alive, then hopefully he has some answers to the bigger questions, like...

Why did the robots multiply and then attack after Scarecrow was saved?

The weirdest thing about Lost in Space season 2 is the huge amount of new stuff that happens in between the end of episode 9 “Unknown,” an episode 10 “97.” Essentially, the cliffhanger of episode 9 ends with Will watching in horror as multiple red lights appears in the distance, meaning that not only did he and Adler succeed at revitalizing Scarecrow with the alien lightning, but somehow also summoned a whole army of new robots who are super pissed. Clearly this is a little confusing, but it seems like information is being left out on purpose. Because Adler was instrumental to saving Scarecrow, that seems linked to why the robots are so angry.

read more: Lost in Space Season 2 Review

But why did the robots multiply? And where did the hundreds of robot ships suddenly come from?

Why did Scarecrow switch sides?

After the army of angry robots boards the Resolute, it seems like literally everyone is going to die. And, then, very much like the first robot fighting SAR in the season 1 finale, suddenly Scarecrow switches sides and starts attacking its robot brethren. We’re led to believe this is because Will helped save Scarecrow. Plus, Scarecrow observed Will’s friendship with the OG robot, which suggests that relationship influenced Scarecrow’s decision to help out. From a narrative point of view, the audience needs to believe the robots aren’t all bad, and that the OG robot being nice isn’t an isolated incident. But, from a nitty-gritty, in-universe point of view, Scarecrow's motivations aren’t totally clear.

Why do only certain people have quasi-telepathic links with the robots?

Why the robots respond to certain people and don’t care about the vast majority of others is pretty muddy. We know Will and Dr. Smith had a “connection” with the first robot in season 1, but it’s never explained why. In season 2, it’s implied Adler thought he had a connection with Scarecrow, but it’s not clear what he means by that exactly.

read more - Lost in Space: Inside the Creation of the Robot

Further, it’s made very clear that some kind of omnipresent telepathy is clearly happening because the regular robot “sees” events that he’s not present for, I.E. the robot’s cave paintings depict the Robinsons attaching sails to the top of the Jupiter 2 to escape the ocean planet, but the robot wasn’t with them when this happened. So, it’s not just that the robot can communicate with Will, he’s like inside Will’s head. Will mentions a few times that this seems to be a two-way street, but we really don’t know exactly how this works.

Regardless of how this shakes out, hardcore and long-distance telepathy implies that the robots have a deeper connection to humans than has been explained or revealed.

Is Dr. Smith alive?

Obviously, it really looks like Dr. Smith (Parker Posey) seems to sacrifice herself to save everyone on the Resolute. But then, later, the OG robot finds her scarf and the little rubber ball she was holding, tucked away inside of a storage canister. Obviously, this heavily implies Dr. Smith saved herself at the last second, and got inside a storage canister, just like she and Penny did earlier in the season.

read more - Lost in Space: Why the Third Time's the Charm

But we saw her spacesuit floating empty out in space, so how did she tuck herself away? And how did she get that canister all the way over to the transport Jupiter full of the kids? AND, where is she hiding? On that spaceship? Or on one of the Jupiters that escaped the Resolute?

Why is that one engine so important to the robots? 

The army of pissed robots is specifically focused on reclaiming the special engine which allows spaceships to jump across impossible distances. But why do they need this engine so badly? If this engine is technology the robots created, certainly they have more engines like it. Unless of course, they don’t which poses another question: why don’t they have more?

Lost in Space has written the robots in a very specific way: though they are depicted as being more powerful than the humans, the robots don’t necessarily have more resources. We haven’t seen any more intelligent alien life on Lost in Space, out side of the humans and the robots, but what if the engine doesn’t belong to the robots? What if, just like the humans, the robots have just figured out how to use it? And even if that’s not true, the scarcity of the engine is still confusing.

What is the origin of the robots?

This one might never be answered, but it’s worth wondering where these guys came from at all. Generally speaking, murderous alien robots (or cyborgs) have humble origin stories. In the 1978 Battlestar Galactica, the Cylons were robots created by a race of alien reptiles, and of course in the 2003 BSG reboot, the Cylons were “created by man.” It seems really unlikely that Lost in Space will reveal the alien robots were actually created by human beings, but then again, why do the robots know so much about humans?

Why did the robot take the kids to the Fortuna?

Obviously, the huge cliffhanger of season 2 is the reveal that the the OG robot didn’t jump the kids to Alpha Centauri, but instead, to the long-lost spaceship called the Fortuna. From an emotional point of view, this is awesome. Grant Kelly — Judy’s biological father — was the captain of this ship, and its loss — and his presumed death —  is why Judy was adopted by the Robinsons. So, dramatically, if Grant Kelly is still alive, this is going to be really interesting.

read more - Lost in Space: Bill Mumy Passes The Torch To Maxwell Jenkins

But, that doesn’t answer the question as to why the robot jumped the kids there in the first place. Plus, if the robot knows about the Fortuna and Judy’s connection to it, that implies the robot — or all robots — know a lot more about human beings than we’ve been led to believe. Which could suggest these aren’t alien robots at all.

Lost in Space season 3 does not yet have a release date on Netflix. Season 2 is streaming now.

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We'll be getting an Atlanta Season 3. It's just going to take awhile.

Donald and Stephen Glover's brilliant, Faulkner-esque series Atlantahas been a big hit for FX in some untraditional ways. Anecdotally speaking, it feels like few shows on television drive online conversation or rile up the blogosphere like Atlanta.

read more: Best TV Comedies of 2018

FX, as run by CEO John Landgraf, is a network that thrives on non-traditional attention. It likes its shows to drive conversation, generate thinkpieces, and win awards. Atlanta has proven adept at all three of those things. So Atlanta only drew less than a million viewers on the night it airs, but FX is confident in its product. It likely helped that FX just inked Atlanta director and long-time Glover collaborator Hiro Murai to a big overall deal.

“Atlanta is phenomenal, achieving and exceeding what few television series have done,” said president of original programming for FX Nick Grad in a statement. “With Atlanta Robbin’ Season, Donald and his collaborators elevated the series to even greater heights, building on the enormous success of their award-winning first season. We’re grateful to the producers and our extraordinary cast and crew for achieving this level of excellence, and we share the excitement with our audience about the third season knowing they will continue to take us to unexpected and thrilling places.”

read more: The Many Genres of Atlanta

At an FYC Emmy screening this summer, Glover said that Atlanta Season 3 will be the most "accessible" season yet.

“I align the seasons I think, to me, like Kanye records,” Glover said. “I feel like this is our ‘Graduation.’ This is probably our most accessible but also the realest — an honest version of it — and I feel like the most enjoyable, like the third album.

Atlanta Season 3 Cast

The main players are all sure to be back: Donald Glover, Zazie Beets, Brian Tyree Henry, and Lakeith Stanfield. There may, however, come a day when this cast is simply too famous and has too many other opportunities to stay locked down. Beetz and Stanfield had a busy schedule of late with the likes of Deadpool 2 and Sorry to Bother You. That day is not here yet though.

Atlanta Season 3 Release Date

Atlanta star Zazie Beetz told IndieWire that due to some delays, Atlanta won't begin production until the spring. Clear some space in your 2020 schedule. FX CEO John Landgraf confirmed as much during his appearance at the 2019 TCA winter press tour. Atlanta Season 3 likely won't arrive until late 2020, with production beginning in the spring of that year.

Glover also likes to work at his own pace, telling Entertainment Tonight before the debut of Atlanta Season 2: “I don’t rush my work. I’d hate to be like, ‘It was worth the wait.’ You’ll decide that." Whenever Atlanta Season 3 arrives, it will likely be worth the wait. We can't wait to see where Paper Boi's career goes next or at least what haunted woods he gets lost in.

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Stranger Thingsseason 4 is happening! Netflix renewed the series just three months after the premiere of the third season. This isn't a surprise. Not only does Netflix obviously want to keep the Stranger Things franchise going, but so do The Duffer Brothers and all the other folks who actually make Stranger Things. Otherwise, why keep the hopes of Jim Hopper's survival alive and reintroduce the Demogorgon into the world? The Duffers themselves have previously stated that they had a fourth season tentatively planned.

Here is everything we know about Stranger Things season 4.

Stranger Things Season 4 Release Date

No release date has been set, and it's hard to say when Stranger Things season 4 could premiere. The first two seasons were October affairs with season 3 taking a bit more time and eventually premiering on July 4, 2019.

The aforementioned TV Line report on the number of Season 4 episodes also confirms that shooting will commence in January, likely wrapping in August. Should this prove true, then a usual summer season release in 2020 is likely unfeasible.

Listen to our analysis of Stranger Things on the Sci Fi Fidelity podcast: 

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Stranger Things Season 4 Cast

It's not secret that Stranger Things' most potent weapon is its cast. It's fair to assume that all surviving characters will be back in season 4, which means roles for: Winona Ryder, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Gaten Matarazzo, Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp, and Sadie Sink. Recurring actors and new additions like Brett Gelman, Priah Ferguson, Maya Hawke, and maybe even Cary Elwes could return as well.

Then there's the Hopper of it all. There's no way there will be a Stranger Things season without David Harbour, right....RIGHT??? Based on the Stranger Things season 3 post-credits scene, it's probably safe to assume that everyone's favorite taciturn chief will be back.

Stranger Things Season 4 Story

Netflix made the Season 4 announcement on Twitter with a very creepy little promo that teases the dark things coming to the show in season 4. The video also confirms that we'll be venturing away from Hawkins when the show does return. Watch the teaser below:

Immediately following Stranger Things season 3, the Duffer Brothers spoke to EW about their plans for a potential season 4. Ross Duffer said:

We don’t want to write ourselves in a corner so we try to have these early discussions with the writers just to make sure that we’re setting ourselves up to go in the right direction. We don’t know a lot, but we do know a lot of the big broad strokes. At the end of season two, we knew about Billy. We knew that the Russians were going to come in. We didn’t know the mall and stuff, but again, we know these big broad strokes. That’s sort of where we are in season four. We have the big broad strokes. It’s just now about filling in those lines in the details. We’re pretty excited about where it’s potentially going to go. Again, like we said, it’s going to feel very different than this season. But I think that’s the right thing to do and I think it’ll be exciting.

Matt added that season 4 would "open up a little bit" by "allowing portals into areas outside of Hawkins."

Sounds like Stranger Things season 4 could be a global affair.

Stranger Things Season 4 Episodes

Fresh from the Stranger Things Writers Twitter account is the title of the first episode of Stranger Thingsseason 4. According to the title page of the 401 script, the season 4 premiere will be titled "The Hellfire Club."

"Hellfire Club" was a name that could be applied to several exclusive and powerful clubs that populated high British society in the 1700s. It was kind of like a Revolutionary era version of the Illuminati...only real. The Hellfire Club has appeared in numerous fictional works, most notably lending its name to a villainous group in the Marvel X-Men comics. It remains to be seen what kind of connection The Hellfire Club will have with Stranger Things season 4 though it does seem to confirm that this season will have more of an international flair.

Stranger Things Season 4 will contain eight episodes, as TV Line reports.

This number falls in line with Seasons 1 and 3, with 2 being the only deviation with nine episodes.

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History confirmed Vikings season 6 to the surprise of no one back in September of 2017, which was about two full years before it was expected to arrive. While the guarantee of another season of the action-packed drama for a 20-episode sixth season remains true in 2019, an unfortunate addendum has been added: Vikings season 6 will serve as the show’s final outing.

However, don’t expect History’s Vikings continuity to fade into, well, history, just yet. Creator Michael Hirst has revealed his intent to craft a spinoff series. He’ll be joined on this endeavor by writer Jeb Stuart (Die Hard, The Fugitive). No details have been revealed about the project as of yet.

Vikings Season 6 Return Date

Vikings season 6 episode 6 is called "Death and the Serpent" and it airs on Jan. 8. Check out the promo.

Vikings Season 6 Episodes

We're keeping track of everything we know about the new season right here! We'll update this with new details as they become available.

Vikings Season 6 Episode 1: New Beginnings

Bjorn struggles with the responsibilities of kingship and finds he can't rely on his mother, Lagertha; she has other plans. Ivar falls into the hands of Kievan Rus, and in their ruthless and unpredictable ruler, Prince Oleg, he may finally have met his match.

air date: 12/4/19

read our review of "New Beginnings" here

Vikings Season 6 Episode 2: The Prophet

Messengers arrive in Kattegat with news that presents Bjorn with a dilemma. As Bjorn attempts to do the right thing as ruler of Kattegat, Prince Oleg of Kiev seems untroubled by his conscience.

air date: 12/4/19

read our review of "The Prophet" here

Vikings Season 6 Episode 3: Ghosts, Gods and Running Dogs

Lagertha is forced to take action; In Kiev, although Oleg continues to be friendly, Ivar is aware of the threat which Oleg poses to the vulnerable young heir to the throne; Bjorn has answered the call and come to the aid of an old enemy.

air date: 12/11/19

read our review of "Ghosts, Gods and Running Dogs" here

Vikings Season 6 Episode 4: All the Prisoners

Lagertha leads her village's response to the recent attacks, but despite her best efforts, the consequences are tragic; Olaf has a bold new plan for the future of Norway; Ivar discusses Oleg's ambitions for Scandinavia.

air date: 12/18/19

read our review of "All the Prisoners" here

Vikings Season 6 Episode 5: They Key

Norway's Kings and Jarls arrive at Harald's territory for the election of the King of all Norway, while King Olaf is confident of the result, the election may not run as smoothly as he thinks.

air date: 1/1/19

read our review of "The Key" here.

Vikings Season 6 Episode 6: Death and the Serpent

Bjorn is forced to act quickly in the aftermath of the election for the King of all Norway. The bandits attack Lagertha's village again, confident of victory. But when the defense boils down to single combat with Lagertha, victory for the bandits looks less certain. Back in Kattegat, haunted and paranoid, Hvitserk continues to unravel.

air date: 1/8/19

Vikings Season 6 Trailer

The trailer for the sixth season of Vikings has arrived!

Vikings Season 6 Cast

Of course, the September 2017 surprise of the preemptive Vikings season 6 was probably mitigated by the fact that open casting calls for – unambiguously enough – season 6 were held in late-August. The list called for:

"Fishermen, carpenters, craftspeople, farmworkers, axe men/women, skilled swords people, M&F archers, bowmen & women, M&F rowers, M&F sailors, ship hands & deckhands, calligraphers, Latin speakers, Arab speakers, musicians, midwives, nurses, animal handlers, hunters, blacksmiths, lumberjacks, magicians, jugglers, tree surgeons, whittlers, males with all types of haircuts especially, long hair and beards, all sporty types, martial artists, boxers, no visible tattoos, women with all lengths of naturally coloured hair, all men prepared to grow hair and beards and men and women with punk style haircuts."

Further Reading: Vikings: The Ingredients of a Compelling TV Drama

Vikings Season 6 Story Details

The Vikings season 5 finale left a lot of possibilities up in the air, but we're clearly in for a change of leadership. Although Ivar is still alive, he will likely find it difficult to assemble an army large enough to retake Kattegat and oust his half brother Bjorn from the throne. Recognizing that Bjorn's words are true, the people of Kattegat have abandoned Ivar and his tyrannical rule to support Bjorn, who like his father Ragnar, is a man of the people.

But what about the others? In Vikings season 6, will Ubbe and Torvi, whose appearance in Kattegat left Wessex without their leadership, return and farm the land with other Vikings and the English, or will their absence leave a void that could lead to conflict? And will the new season bring a resolution to the fate of Floki, who as far as we know is still trapped and perhaps dead in that cave?

All is speculation until a Vikings season 6 official synopsis comes down the pike. We'll keep you apprised.

Vikings Season 6 News

Contextually, the Vikings season 6 renewal, which arrived before the aforementioned launch of the long-running season 5, came with an intriguing angle, since season 4 made the monumental move of killing its protagonist and patriarch Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel). Thus, even without seeing how the show's ratings would fare in season 5 (which we now know to be steady), History did not hesitate with the renewal decision as the show headed into uncharted waters in the first full frame without its main character. As Eli Lehrer, History’s EVP Programming expressed in the 2017 statement:

“Vikings has creatively sailed to monumental lengths. The series has evolved from early raids in England, to the heart-stopping death of Ragnar Lothbrok, to the fierce battles of the Great Heathen Army, and now we’ll see the sons of Ragnar exploring and conquering the known world.”

He further added:

“[Creator/writer] Michael Hirst has only scratched the surface of his epic saga. We look forward to continuing our partnership with one of the greatest writers in this era of Peak TV and entertaining our viewers with 40 new episodes over the next two seasons.”

More: Vikings: Paganism and Organized Religion

Interestingly, the promising debut of Jonathan Rhys Meyers’s season 5 main cast character, warrior bishop Heahmund, recently came to an early conclusion with his demise in an epic battle in December 26, 2018 episode, “Hell.” Yet the Vikings season 6 landscape still looks good for inaugural cast member Katheryn Winnick, who plays celebrated warrior woman Lagertha. The actress, whose star is surging – notably appearing in the big screen rendition of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower and the upcoming Netflix martial arts action series, Wu Assassins– will not only step further into the spotlight in the post-Ragnar era, but will reportedly direct one of the season 6 episodes.

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This article contains a MAJOR spoiler for Doctor Who Season 12 Episode 1, Spyfall.

Honestly, it's a proper big spoiler. The kind you could put on a car in a Fast and Furious film...

You'll only want to read this article after you've watched the episode. Trust us. If you're looking for spoiler-free thoughts, click away at this link to go to our spoiler-free review. Do not read the rest of this article unless you want to ruin the episode for yourself...

Genuinely, this spoiler is so huge that we're going to deploy our spoiler squirrel here. Final warning: if you scroll on, you're agreeing to read a spoiler...

Are you still here? Great! Let's get cracking, then.

So, the Master is back! He's a bloke again, too, with Sacha Dhawan (an alum of Marvel's Iron Fist) taking over in the role from Michelle Gomez.

In the context of the episode, the Master reveals that he has stolen the identity and the appearance of an MI6 agent (codenamed O) that the Doctor met in a previous regeneration. Disguised as O, and with the real O shrunk down and trapped in a matchbox in his pocket, the Master has secreted himself inside the secret service and lured the Doc and her pals into a trap.

After accidentally messing up his cover story - saying he's no good at sprinting, when the actual O actually was - The Master reveals himself. He then works with the baddies of the week to strand the Doctor in a creepy dimension and leave Ryan, Graham and Yaz plummeting to Earth in a flaming plane. How's that for an end of part one?! We saw the episode at an early screening, in mid-December, and there were audible gasps in the audience when it all went down.

There was also a Q&A afterwards, with showrunner Chris Chibnall and the cast taking questions exclusively from the kids in the audience. There were about 20 minutes of chat, which ended when a microphone landed in the hands of a child who clearly has a bright future as an entertainment journalist ahead of them.

"So the Master/the Mistress is back. I can't believe that nobody has talked about yet," the child proclaimed, earning big laughs and a round of applause from the audience. He then added: "Where the Master says, 'everything that you think you know is a lie,' does it sort of have a deeper meaning?" There were more laughs and claps after that.

Chibnall, on stage with his own microphone, offered this response: "Er... yes. And also, I think we're allowed to say... Sacha Dhawan... amazing. Let's hear it for him." There was, at this point, more clapping and whooping.

Jodie Whittaker, who had just watched the episode in the same room as the fans, then got involved in the chat. Whittaker asked the young fan if he was excited when the reveal happened, because she thought she'd heard some excitable sounds from his part of the auditorium.

The young fan replied, "Yeah, I did get really excited, because it's a massive deal!" Cue more laughter and clapping.

"I know!" said Whittaker. "I was just waiting [for the reveal to happen], and then obviously it's the sprinting... and you're like, 'What?!' Then, you know, the reveal... and as it starts to disintegrate, the facade, and then the Master appears with this brilliant line and a brilliant use of a pause. I heard you go... and that's why it's so ace to watch it for the first time for us with an audience. But yeah, it's massive, and it's... err... I suppose the questions will keep coming."

"Wait until you see him in episode two," Chibnall added, seeming keen to stop any of the chat from getting too spoilery. 

Luckily, we don't have long to wait until part two: Spyfall will conclude this coming Sunday, which is the 5th of January, on BBC America.

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This Star Wars article contains spoilers for The Mandalorian.

With the first season of The Mandalorian over and a second season coming next fall, it's time to speculate on how the show connects to other Star Wars properties. The last episode dovetailed with several other parts of the saga, but leaves questions, too.

Here are questions raised throughout the first season that don't have definite answers just yet:

Who is the Armorer?

The Armorer, seemingly the Mandalorian tribe's leader, stays behind in the final episode to protect the last vestiges of her people from the Imperial Remnant, and she’s well-equipped to do it. She’s skilled in forging armor out of beskar steel, a valuable and rare ability. We also learn that she's swift and skilled with melee weapons but no nothing about who she really is. This is a brand-new character, but some have wondered whether she might be connected to the larger saga.

It’s hard to speculate on her age or face—we know neither. (She's played by Emily Swallow, who is 40). The only clue to her origin might be the horns on her helmet, which are placed in a pattern we’ve seen on Zabrak characters before. Mandalorians taking in foundlings is an important (perhaps the most important) part of the show, Dyn Djarin having been adopted by the tribe as a young orphan, and Mandalorian is described as a culture, not a species. So it's easy to see how she could be Zabrak or another species.

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Another possibility is that the horns are a reference to the era when Maul (formerly Darth Maul, the same Sith from The Phantom Menace) ruled the Mandalorians by force. One of his allies was Rook Kast, a Mandalorian with horns on her helmet. They aren’t oriented in the same way as the Armorers’, and she only appeared in the four-issue comic Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir. If the Armorer is Kast, this is a pretty deep cut reference. 

Who was the stranger teased at the end of episode 5?

After bounty hunter Fennic Shand (Ming-Na Wen) meets her demise on Tatooine in episode 5, the final scene teases a mysterious figure discovering and examining her body. This person wears noisy spurs in true Western fashion. Who is this? It’s likely the answer will come in season two.

For now, fan speculation abounds. Is this Boba Fett, the obvious choice for a cameo in a show about Mandalorians? A new bounty hunter who might become a major villain in season two? Someone affiliated with Moff Gideon? We just don’t know yet. What we do know is that the sound of spurs followed Boba's every step in the Original Trilogy...

Where is Din Djarin originally from?

The Mandalorian himself, now revealed to have been born with the name Din Djarin, was rescued from the Separatist attack that presumably killed his parents during the Clone Wars. The season one finale gives a clearer look at his home planet, which has typical Star Warsaesthetics, with its domed-roof houses and distinct crimson robes for its people. This isn’t Mandalore: Din Djarin says himself that he isn’t Mandalorian by blood. But what planet it actually is remains unclear. The fact that Din was rescued by members of elite Mandalorian splinter group Death Watch may mean that his homeworld was at least under Mandalorian jurisdiction during the time of the attack.

Where are the rest of the Mandalorians?

Din and his allies find Mandalorian armor stacked in the secret Mandalorian enclave, evidence of an attack by Moff Gideon’s Imperial Remnant. Narratively, this scene is treated as if the Mandalorians are dead: under no other circumstance would they give up their armor, and it's established throughout the season that the Imperials wanted to wipe out the Mandalorian race.

But beskar is very valuable—the first three episodes of the season drove that point home. So why would the Imperials leave the armor behind? Maybe the Mandalorians were captured alive, the armor left as a sign. Or maybe they are dead, the armor left as an act of terror. Either way, it seems Din is truly alone now.

Where is Baby Yoda's home planet?

This is one of the most long-standing mysteries of the Star Wars universe. Where does Yoda’s species come from? George Lucas declared the answer off-limits. The only clue that Yoda isn’t functionally a one-of-a-kind being comes from Yaddle, a side character in the Prequels. The Armorer instructs Din Djarin to find Baby Yoda’s people, if he can, and to act as his father in the meantime.

This presents a conundrum: will The Mandalorian be the first Star Wars property to explain where Yoda came from? If the child is a clone, does he effectively have no home world? Or will the planet of the Yodas remain a mystery forever, with Din Djarin searching for something he’s never going to find? 

What did Moff Gideon want with Baby Yoda?

With the appearance of Moff Gideon, the Client and the doctor he hired can both be seen in a slightly different light. They were just the first step on the way to the greater evil, Moff Gideon and his Imperial remnant.

We still don’t know what Dr. Pershing, who wears a symbol reminiscent of the cloners of Kamino, wanted with the Child. It’s implied that the child a clone, but is he truly a clone of Yoda?

Moff Gideon doesn’t have an Emperor to serve anymore, but is clearly interested in acting as if the Empire never fell, and using the trappings of the Jedi along the way. Could he be part of the plan Emperor Palpatine put in place after his death, which will eventually lead to the events of The Rise of Skywalker? Maybe the baby’s creation shows that a Force-sensitive clone is possible, which opens the possibility of the Emperor living on in a clone body.

Of course, it's unclear whether the Emperor operating in the Sequel Trilogy at all or if Palpatine kept himself alive through some other form of Sith magic. It's possible that the Empire experimented with several methods of resurrecting its leader.

How did Moff Gideon acquire the Darksaber?

When last we saw the Darksaber, it was in the hands of Bo-Katan Kryze, anti-Imperial leader of Mandalore. Forged by a legendary Mandalorian Jedi, it’s been a symbol of power for the warring clans of Mandos for generations. Kryze wouldn’t let it go easily, so it’s possible the Empire or Imperial Remnant put down the entire Mandalorian rebellion to retrieve the weapon, like it did the beskar.

Gideon’s use of the Darksaber is a chilling example of a conquerer using a trophy weapon against the people he’s trying to destroy. But how exactly he got it, or what happened on Mandalore during the Original Trilogy era, has yet to be fully explored. 

What is Cara Dune’s history?

The finale revealed a key piece of information about former Rebel shock trooper Cara Dune: she hails from the destroyed planet of Alderaan. This gives her plenty of reasons to want to fight the Empire. But parts of that history are still obscured.

When did she join the Rebellion? Why exactly did she leave? Cara Dune has become a fan favorite character, and more stories about her would be a fun way to show more aspects of the Rebellion and what it became after the fall of the Empire. 

What is the state of the New Republic?

Fitting for a show set in and around the Star Warsunderworld, the New Republic government is not a big part of The Mandalorian. The closest we get is the prison ship and its X-wing pilot security team. The rest has been detailed in some novels: we know that shortly before The Mandalorian takes place, the New Republic officially won the war at the Battle of Jakku. Much later, Leia Organa will form the Resistance in the novel Bloodline, which also sheds light on New Republic politics. But how the New Republic directly affects the lives of those living in Mando's corner of the galaxy remains to be seen.

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If it takes a village to raise a child then what kind of super city does it take to raise a super powered child? Suppose we'll find out soon as Netflix has ordered Raising Dion season 2.

Raising Dion season 2 does not have a release date yet but production will begin some time this year. The second installment of eight-year-old hero Dion Warren's story will contain eight episodes. Carol Barbee will return as showrunner. Also returning is the series entire production team including: Michael B. Jordan, Kenny Goodman, Kim Roth, Dennis Liu, and Charles D. King.

Netflix released a video of Senegalese artist Bou Bou painting some Raising Dion characters to celebrate the announcement.

The first season of Raising Dion premiered on October 4, 2019 and was another step for Netflix in its pursuit of finding and greenlighting original superhero stories. The show follows a super-powered individual at the beginning of his journey. Young Dion (Ja'Siah Young) exhibits comic-book style superpowers and a strong sense of justice all the while the adults in his life struggle to...you know, raise him. Alisha Wainright stars as Dion's mom Reese, while Jason Ritter portrays Dion's godfather Pat Rollins. Producer Michael B. Jordan had a short but significant role in season 1 as Dion's dead father.

There is no word on which actors will return for Raising Dion season 2, with only Young and Wainwright as the likely guarantees. In a conversation with Den of Geek after Raising Dion premiered, Ritter said he expects his character to return in some capacity. "Carol Barbee has told me that she has some really exciting ideas about the future of Pat, but I have no idea how that manifests," Ritter said. 

Regardless of what the future holds for Raising Dion, one thing's for sure: Sammi Haney as Esperanza had better be a part of it.

Mission accomplished, Sammi.

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Blindspot, NBC's inventive crime drama, appeared to be on the verge of solving its last tattoo case. – At least, that’s what the network's move of pulling the show from its schedule signalled. However, in a surprising development, NBC has ordered a fifth season of Blindspot, which will serve as its last.

NBC's renewal for Blindspot season 5 will, at least, allow the series to go out on its own terms, proper ending and all. Blindspot season 4 saw the series continue a slow-but-steady ratings decline, averaging – at the time of the schedule-pull – about 2.8 million viewers; nothing to scoff at, but something that nevertheless left the series with little leverage to argue against cancellation.

Here is everything we know about Blindspotseason 5.

Blindspot Season 5 Release Date

Blindspot season 5 does not have a release date yet but it is expected to arrive in mid-2020. Previous seasons of the show have premiered in either September or October. NBC may choose to go with a different timing route for the show's final season though.

Blindspot Season 5 Cast

Julee Cerda is joining the cast of Blindspot Season 5 for an undisclosed recurring role, reports Deadline. Cerda just appeared on Showtime miniseries The Loudest Voice, having fielded TV runs on NBC’s Manifest, CBS’s NCIS: New Orleans, Blue Bloods and FBI, as well as roles in Netflix’s Iron Fist and Orange is the New Black, along with Showtime’s Homeland and Billions– just to cite some recent ones. Amongst her film appearances, she played the holographic instructor in the 2016 Chris Pratt/Jennifer Lawrence space drama, Passengers.

Blindspot Season 5 Episodes

While NBC's confirmed renewal of Blindspot Season 5 did not come with confirmation of its number of episodes, the belief amongst the trades is that the final season will manifest with 13 or less episodes. This would mark a reduction from the show's usual 22-23 episodes.

Blindspot Season 5 Story

Blindspot, the creation of Martin Gero (Dark Matter, Stargate: Atlantis), arrived on NBC back in the fall of 2015 as a slick, stylish thriller brandishing the attention-grabbing imagery of star Jaimie Alexander’s Jane Doe emerging naked from a duffel bag as an amnesiac, fully covered below the neck in mysterious tattoos; the source of a circuitous mystery that, for all intents and purposes, played out to its completion by the end of Season 3. Moreover, the “will they or won’t they?” dynamic between Alexander’s Jane and Sullivan Stapleton’s FBI agent, Kurt Weller, has also come to its fruition with their happily ever after marriage, Jane’s recent multiple personality storyline notwithstanding.

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With the series already in decline, last year’s renewal for the fourth season was a surprise in its own right. The show had been fielding the task of carrying on the drama after its main premise has been resolved; essentially treading water as a procedural, though not without its high points, notably the science sibling chemistry between Ashley Johnson’s Patterson and Ennis Esmer’s reformed villain, Rich Dotcom. So it remains to be seen what's in store for Blindspot season 5 but perhaps there are some mysteries to solve yet.

Blindspot Season 5 Trailer

While lauding the pickup of the final season, Blindspot creator Martin Gero released little a teaser trailer via Instagram.

This article will be continually updated on Blindspot Season 5 as news arrives.

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National City's Girl of Steel is back for SupergirlSeason 5, and in the process of fighting Big Bad Leviathan. As you may have heard, she's got a new look—that includes pants—which has got to make everything just a little bit easier (and warmer).

You can read more about Supergirl's latest costume here.

Supergirl Season 5 is currently on hiatus for the holidays, etc., but it will be back before you know it—hopefully, with Earth-38 restored.

Here's our review of the latest episode: "Crisis On Infinite Earths: Part One," which included the aforementioned destruction of Earth-38, aka Supergirl's adopted homeworld.

Here's everything else we know about Supergirl Season 5 so far...

Supergirl Season 5 Return Date

SupergirlSeason 5 will return on January 19th with "The Bottle Episode." Check out the synopsis...

The subsequent complications from the Crisis leave Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) to face a chaotic threat.

You will be able to see Supergirl again even sooner, in the two-hour conclusion of Crisis on Infinite Earths on January 14th, starting at 8pm.

Supergirl Season 5 Episode Guide

Click on the blue links below to read our full review of the episodes that have already aired.

Supergirl Season 5 Episode 1: Event Horizon

Kara (Melissa Benoist) is surprised to find that CatCo has a new owner who has brought in a star reporter. New couples emerge and explore their budding relationships while J’onn J’onzz (David Harewood) receives an unexpected visitor.

airdate: 10/6/19

Read our full review of the episode here.

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Supergirl Season 5 Episode 2: Stranger Beside Me

Supergirl (Melissa Benoist), Alex (Chyler Leigh), and Brainiac (Jesse Rath) thwart an alien attack while William (Staz Nair) investigates Kara (Melissa Benoist). J’onn J’onzz (David Harewood) and Kelly (Azie Tesfai) use Obsidian tech to solve a problem.

airdate: 10/13/19

Read our full review of the episode here.

Supergirl Season 5 Episode 3: Blurred Lines

Kara tries to mend her relationship with Lena; J'onn J'onzz goes deep into his memories; Kelly tries to help an old friend.

airdate: 10/20/19

Read our full review of the latest episode here.

Supergirl Season 5 Episode 4: In Plain Sight

Kara's investigation into William Dey's "criminal" activities results in the shocking revelation he is not who she thinks; the conflict between Malefic and J'onn J'onzz reaches a boiling point.

airdate: 10/27/19

Read our full review of "In Plain Sight" here.

Supergirl Season 5 Episode 5: Dangerous Liaisons

On the eve of the worldwide launch of Andrea Rojas's virtual reality contact lenses, Kara and William team up on an investigation that exposes a terrorist plot; Kelly and Alex celebrate an anniversary, but Alex's safety is in jeopardy.

airdate: 11/3/19

Read our full review of "Dangerous Liaisons" here.

Supergirl Season 5 Episode 6: Confidence Women

While a new villain is under arrest at the D.E.O., Supergirl uses him to find information on who is responsible for the recent attacks; Andrea and Lena think back on their tumultuous past.

airdate: 11/10/19

Read our full review of "Confidence Women" here.

Supergirl Season 5 Episode 7: Tremors

Supergirl finally learns the truth about Lena while tangling with Leviathan; J'onn J'onnz makes a discovery about his brother's whereabouts.

airdate: 11/17/19

Read our full review of "Tremors." here.

Supergirl Season 5 Episode 8: The Wrath of Rama Khan

Supergirl's struggle against Leviathan reaches a boiling point as she faces off against Rama Khan; as Lena and Hope work to launch Project Non Nocere, Hope proves to be an invaluable asset to Lena.

airdate: 12/1/19

Read our full review of the "The Wrath of Rama Khan."

Supergirl Season 5 Episode 9: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 1

The first part of the epic, five-part Crisis On Infinite Earths crossover!

airdate: 12/8/19

Read our full review of "Crisis On Infinite Earths Part 1" here.

Supergirl Season 5 Episode 10: The Bottle Episode

airdate: 1/19/20

Supergirl Season 5 Cast

Melissa Benoist is back as Kara Danvers/Supergirl, of course, along with series regulars Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers, David Harewood as J'onn J'onzz, and Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor. Jesse Rath as Brainy, April Parker Jones as Colonel Haley, and Nicole Maines as Nia are also back, with Azie Tesfai as Kelly Olsen becoming a series regular in Season 5.

Jon Cryer will return as Lex Luthor, as revealed at SDCC 2019! "The character I played died, which is really sad, because I don't know if you know anything about comics, but if a character is dead, they're dead," Cryer said during the Supergirl panel. He pops back up in Episode 8, "The Wrath of Rama Khan."

Julie Gonzalo (Veronica Mars) has joined the cast as Andrea Rojas, also known as the hero Acrata, a character first introduced to Superman comics in 2000. She is described as "a polished businesswoman and heir to a Central American tech empire [who is] now making a hostile advance into the world of media. Unapologetic and unafraid to make waves, she also holds a mystical secret." Rojas will become the head of CatCo this season.

Staz Nair (Game of Thrones) has been cast as William Dey, "a hardened reporter" who's "a cynic and a sellout who looks down on Kara’s earnest idealism. Dey’s not interested in making friends, he just wants to get the story — but his ties to the criminal underworld could prove problematic.”

Supergirl added Nick Sagar to its recurring cast (via TVLine). Sagar, who fans may recognize from Shadowhunters, played Rip Roar, "a multi-armed, technologically enhanced villain who goes toe to toe with [Kara]." 

Meghan Rath (Being Human) is set to play a female Brainiac 5.

Jeremy Jordan’s Winn Schott is also returning! The news, arriving via ET and confirmed by Jordan himself, reveals that he is set to reprise the role of Winn in three episodes, which will air in the second half of the season (thus, sometime in 2020).

Unfortunately, another series regular is leaving the show: Mehcad Brooks, Supergirl's Jimmy Olsen, exited in the first half of the season.

Andrea Brooks was promoted from recurring player to series regular for her role as Eve Teschmacher, which was revealed via TV Line.

Supergirl Season 5 also revealed two intriguing cast additions for recurring roles, as reported by Deadline.

Cara Buono (Stranger Things, Person of Interest, Mad Men) will play Gamemnae, a villain from the pages of DC Comics’ JLA depicted as a 3,000+ year-old exiled Atlantean who wields her formidable magic powers with the goal of revenge and conquest. The report describes of Buono’s TV version as “an ancient alien, who with others of her kind, have been safeguarding the Earth from the follies of humanity throughout the ages.” However, “[her] aim is to use technology to subjugate humans.” She is described as “cunning, witty, ruthless, and always ten steps ahead of her adversaries. Gamemnae’s agenda puts her into conflict with her would-be allies and on a collision course with Supergirl.”

Mitch Pileggi (The X-Files, Sons of Anarchy, Supernatural) will play as Rama Khan, who, in the pages of DC Comics, like Gamemnae, is an ancient Atlantean with elemental control who finds himself ensnared in her malevolent machinations. Indeed, as the report describes Pileggi’s onscreen version of Rama Khan, as “an ancient alien who is able to control the four ancient elements — fire, water, earth, and air. Arrogant and willful, Rama Khan has been entrusted to use his powers to protect the Earth from mankind for millions of years but now his agenda puts him at odds with Supergirl as well as Lena Luthor.”

We chatted with Melissa Benoist and executive producer Jessica Queller at SDCC about what we can expect from the Kara/Lena relationship moving forward. Here's what they told us!

Supergirl Season 5 Villain

Supergirl is facing off against the powerful, secret organization known as Leviathan in Season 5. In the Season 4 finale, they were revealed to be controlling Lex Luthor. Furthermore, Eve Teschmacher (Andrea Brooks) was approached by an old lady who told her: "Leviathan is everywhere. Leviathan is everyone. And Leviathan is coming." 

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We chatted with executive producers Jessica Queller and Robert Rovner at Comic-Con about what we can expect from the Leviathan storyline. Find out more about that here.

Supergirl Season 5 Trailer

The Supergirl season 5 trailer arrived at SDCC 2019! Watch it below:

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The Batwoman TV series has come to The CW, bringing Bruce Wayne's cousin, Kate Kane, to the Arrowverse. Check out all of the Batwoman comic book Easter eggs and references we've found in the show so far here.

Batwoman Return Date

Batwoman will be back on Sunday, January 19th with Episode 10, delightfully-titled "How Queer Everything is Today!" Check out the synopsis...

While Gotham busies itself reacting to Batwoman’s (Ruby Rose) awkward encounter, Alice (Rachel Skarsten) celebrates her ultimate act of vengeance with Mouse (guest star Sam Littlefield).  A devastated Mary (Nicole Kang) focuses on Jacob Kane’s (Dougray Scott) trial, while Sophie (Meagan Tandy) seeks advice about her love life from someone unexpected.  As they tackle the newest threat to Gotham, Luke (Camrus Johnson) prioritizes protecting Batwoman’s secret, and Kate must decide what she is willing to do to honor Batwoman’s identity...and her own.

We will see Batwoman the character again even sooner, in the two-hour conclusion of Crisis on Infinite Earths on January 14th, starting at 8pm.

Batwoman Episode Guide

The latest news on Batwoman is most certainly good, with The CW’s announcement of a backorder for nine more episodes! Justified by a cited 80% jump in Live +7 Nielsen numbers, the network’s ordered full-season upgrade – similarly given to fellow freshman drama Nancy Drew– officially expands the first season of Batwoman to a total of 22 episodes.

Click on the blue links below to read full episode reviews.

Batwoman Episode 1: Pilot

Kate Kane (Ruby Rose) never planned to be Gotham’s new vigilante. Gotham is a city in despair, the Gotham City Police Department have been overrun and outgunned by criminal gangs. Enter Jacob Kane (Dougray Scott) and his military-grade Crows Private Security, which now protects the city with omnipresent firepower and militia. Years before, Jacob’s first wife and daughter were killed in the crossfire of Gotham crime. He sent his only surviving daughter, Kate Kane, away from Gotham for her safety. After a dishonorable discharge from military school and years of brutal survival training, Kate returns home when the Alice in Wonderland gang targets her father and his security firm by kidnapping his best Crow officer – and Kate’s ex-girlfriend – Sophie Moore (Meagan Tandy). Although remarried to wealthy socialite Catherine Hamilton-Kane (Elizabeth Anweis), who bankrolls the Crows, Jacob is still struggling with the family he lost, while keeping Kate –– the daughter he still has –– at a distance. But Kate is a woman who’s done asking for permission. In order to help her family and her city, she’ll have to become the one thing her father loathes –– a vigilante. With the help of her compassionate stepsister, Mary (Nicole Kang), and the crafty Luke Fox (Camrus Johnson), the son of Wayne Enterprises’ tech guru Lucius Fox, Kate Kane continues the legacy of her missing cousin, Bruce Wayne, as Batwoman. Still holding a flame for Sophie, Kate uses everything in her power to combat the dark machinations of the psychotic Alice (Rachel Skarsten), who’s always somewhere slipping between sane and insane. Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate soars through the shadowed streets of Gotham as Batwoman.

airdate: 10/6/19

Read our review of Batwoman episode 1 right here.

Batwoman Episode 2: The Rabbit Hole

Back in Gotham, battling Alice (Rachel Skarsten) and the Wonderland Gang from the shadows, Kate Kane (Ruby Rose) continues to be haunted by the events surrounding her sister’s death 15 years earlier.  While the city holds on to hope that Batman has returned, Jacob Kane (Dougray Scott) and the Crows up the stakes trying to take down the villainous crew. Kate continues to look to Bruce Wayne’s legacy for guidance as Luke Fox (Camrus Johnson) inadvertently gets pulled into Batwoman’s vigilante heroics.  Sophie (Meagan Tandy) and Kate are forced to team up, while Mary (Nicole Kang) finds herself in Alice’s crosshairs.

airdate: 10/13/19

Read our full review of Batwoman Episode 2 here.

Batwoman Episode 3: Down, Down, Down

As the city waits impatiently for another visit from who they think is Batman, Alice (Rachel Skarsten) continues to taunt Kate (Ruby Rose) with a secret but also sets her sights on Jacob (Dougray Scott) and Catherine (Elizabeth Anweis).  Kate is visited by Tommy Elliot (guest star Gabriel Mann), a childhood friend of her cousin who has finally realized his lifelong dream of being wealthier than Bruce Wayne and throws a party so all of Gotham can celebrate his success. Mary (Nicole Kang) gets an unexpected new bestie when Sophie (Meagan Tandy) is assigned to protect her.  Luke (Camrus Johnson) and Kate work together to uncover who may have taken a valuable weapon from Batman’s arsenal. And as Batwoman faces a new enemy, Kate realizes she must either walk away from her new role or fully embrace the mantle as Gotham’s new hope.

airdate: 10/20/19

Read our review of Batwoman Episode 3 here.

Batwoman Episode 4: Who Are You?

A new villain with an eye for all things that sparkle drops in on the city; Kate attempts to find a balance between her personal life and her new role as Gotham's guardian; Luke continues to fine-tune Batwoman's arsenal of weapons.

airdate: 10/27/19

Read our review of Batwoman Episode 4 here.

Batwoman Episode 5: Mine is a Long and Sad Tale

Alice takes Kate down the sad, winding road of her life in the days after the accident; Mary has an argument with Catherine that sends her looking for Kate at Wayne Tower, but she becomes unwelcome company for Luke.

airdate: 11/3/19

Read our review of Batwoman Episode 5 here.

Batwoman Episode 6: I'll be Judge, I'll be Jury

When a disturbing death has Gotham reeling, the city reaches out for their new vigilante hero; Sophie asks Jacob for a special assignment; Alice continues her nefarious plot against the Kanes; Batwoman pays another visit to Mary.

airdate: 11/10/19

Read our review of Batwoman Episode 6 here.

Batwoman Episode 7: Tell me the Truth

Kate and Sophie must reconcile with their past, as Kate questions just how much she can trust her former lover; Kate and Luke have an encounter with an old friend; Mary grapples with the fate of the Kane family; Catherine seeks Jacob's help.

airdate: 11/17/19

Read our review of Batwoman Episode 7 here.

Batwoman Episode 8: A Mad Tea-Party

Kate and Alice continue their sister/nemesis dance; Alice and Mouse construct their most evil plan yet; Mary invites Kate to a special event honoring Catherine; Jacob makes a decision that leaves Kate perplexed.

airdate:12/1/19

Read our review of Batwoman Episode 8 here.

Batwoman Episode 9: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 2

"The group uses Ray’s (guest star Brandon Routh) invention to track new recruits to help save the universe. The Monitor (guest star LaMonica Garrett) sends Iris (guest star Candice Patton), Clark (guest star Tyler Hoechlin) and Lois (guest star Elizabeth Tulloch) in search of a mysterious Kryptonian, while Kate (Ruby Rose) and Kara (guest star Melissa Benoist) head out to find Bruce Wayne (guest star Kevin Conroy). In addition, Mia (guest star Katherine McNamara) challenges Sara (guest star Caity Lotz), Rory (guest star Dominic Purcell) discovers a hidden talent, and Lex Luthor (guest star Jon Cryer) returns."

Read our review of "Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two" here.

Batwoman Episode 10: How Queer Everything is Today!

While Gotham busies itself reacting to Batwoman’s (Ruby Rose) awkward encounter, Alice (Rachel Skarsten) celebrates her ultimate act of vengeance with Mouse (guest star Sam Littlefield).  A devastated Mary (Nicole Kang) focuses on Jacob Kane’s (Dougray Scott) trial, while Sophie (Meagan Tandy) seeks advice about her love life from someone unexpected.  As they tackle the newest threat to Gotham, Luke (Camrus Johnson) prioritizes protecting Batwoman’s secret, and Kate must decide what she is willing to do to honor Batwoman’s identity...and her own.

airdate: 1/19/19

Batwoman Cast

Caroline Dries (The Vampire Diaries) serves as the writer and executive producer, along with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Geoff Johns. 

Just two days before the premiere of Batwoman, The Hollywood Reporter has unveiled another surprise cast member for the show. MSNBC commentator and host of The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel Maddow will be a part of Batwoman. Maddow will play Vesper Fairchild, a radio personality and host, who also has a romantic relationship with Batman in the comics. Maddow will lend her voice to the character and never actually appear onscreen. A romantic relationship with Batman is probably out of the question since Batman skipped town and more importantly: she's just a voice.

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"We consider Vesper Fairchild to be the sardonic Voice of Gotham,"Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries told The Hollywood Reporter in a statement. "In addition to Rachel’s interest in Batwoman, we thought she’d be the perfect casting choice because her own hard-hitting journalism wildly contrasts Vesper’s penchant for snark, gossip and criticism of female superheroes."

Ruby Rose (Orange is the New Black, John Wick: Chapter 2) was introduced as Kate Kane/Batwoman in the Elseworlds crossover, before launching into her own Batwoman TV show in 2019. 

"Batwoman is kind of like Batman," Rose recently told the New York Times regarding her incarnation of the role. "She’s sort of no-nonsense, very stern. She’s cheeky but she doesn’t speak a ton, and when she does, she kind of does a lower voice, hiding her identity. When I do fight sequences and stunts as Batwoman, I do the Alexander Technique, where we study the bat and study the movement. Even the head movements are kind of batlike, so it feels like two different people."

read more: The Romantic Future of Sophie Moore and Kate Kane

Rachel Skarsten, who previously played Dinah Lance (Black Canary) in the short-lived 2002 Birds of Prey series, has been cast as main villain Alice. "If Batwoman had a Joker, it would be Alice, the leader of her Lewis Carroll–inspired Wonderland Gang," her character description reads. "Swinging unpredictably between maniacal and charming, Alice has made it her mission to undermine Gotham’s sense of security."

Dougray Scott plays Jacob Kane, the father of Kate/Batwoman; a role that’s being referred to as the male lead in the series, as trades such as Deadline report. Jacob is depicted as a former military colonel who has contempt for vigilantes as he attempts to tackle the crime of Gotham with his private security firm, The Crows. However, in the ultimate irony, he’s unaware that his own daughter has become the very thing he reviles: a vigilante.

The character of Jacob, a fairly recent addition to the canon, was introduced in DC’s Detective Comics #854, dated August 2009. If his television trajectory matches the comics, then the adversarial relationship he has with vigilantes, specifically (his daughter,) Batwoman, is destined to become a partnership, since he is known for utilizing his connections and resources to help in her crimefighting endeavors.  

Meagan Tandy (Teen Wolf) is playing Sophie Moore, described as "After graduating from military academy, Sophie rose through the ranks to become a high-level private security agent and one of Gotham’s staunchest protectors. Despite her bite and regimented outlook, Sophie has a soft side, illuminated by Kate Kane’s return."

Camrus Johnson (Luke Cage) is Luke Fox, "A Dark Knight loyalist and son of Wayne’s R&D director Lucius Fox, Luke works to keep Wayne Tower secure in his boss’s absence. While Luke considers himself the guardian of all things Batman — specifically his symbol — he also recognizes the city’s need for a new hero." DC Comics fans will recognize Luke Fox as the character known as Batwing.

Nicole Kang (You) plays Mary Hamilton. "Excitable, talkative, and an influencer-in-the-making, Mary is Kate Kane’s step-sister and polar opposite. But what Mary lacks in a filter, she makes up for with her compassion for Gotham’s underserved communities, proving she has more in common with Kate than she thinks."

Batwoman Trailer

Batwoman released this trailer during SDCC 2019...

Here's the first full trailer! 

And we got this "first look" at Kate Kane planning some tweaks to the Batman suit...

And here's the original teaser...

Batwoman Story

Here's the official synopsis for the Batwoman TV series:

Kate Kane (Ruby Rose) never planned to be Gotham’s new vigilante. Three years after Batman mysteriously disappeared, Gotham is a city in despair. Without the Caped Crusader, the Gotham City Police Department was overrun and outgunned by criminal gangs. Enter Jacob Kane (Dougray Scott) and his military-grade Crows Private Security, which now protects the city with omnipresent firepower and militia. Years before, Jacob’s first wife and daughter were killed in the crossfire of Gotham crime. He sent his only surviving daughter, Kate Kane, away from Gotham for her safety. After a dishonorable discharge from military school and years of brutal survival training, Kate returns home when the Alice in Wonderland gang targets her father and his security firm, by kidnapping his best Crow officer Sophie Moore (Meagan Tandy). Although remarried to wealthy socialite Catherine Hamilton-Kane (Elizabeth Anweis), who bankrolls the Crows, Jacob is still struggling with the family he lost, while keeping Kate –– the daughter he still has –– at a distance. But Kate is a woman who’s done asking for permission. In order to help her family and her city, she’ll have to become the one thing her father loathes –– a dark knight vigilante. With the help of her compassionate stepsister, Mary (Nicole Kang), and the crafty Luke Fox (Camrus Johnson), the son of Wayne Enterprises’ tech guru Lucius Fox, Kate Kane continues the legacy of her missing cousin, Bruce Wayne, as Batwoman. Still holding a flame for her ex-girlfriend, Sophie, Kate uses everything in her power to combat the dark machinations of the psychotic Alice (Rachel Skarsten), who’s always somewhere slipping between sane and insane. Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate soars through the shadowed streets of Gotham as Batwoman. But don’t call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, she must first overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope. 

We learned quite a bit about Kate Kane in her debut during the Arrow chapter of the Elseworlds crossover. For one thing, Ruby Rose is a great choice, and she gives Kate/Batwoman both gravity and swagger.

further reading: Elseworlds Explains Arrowverse Batman Status

The episode establishes quite a bit about the status of the Arrowverse Batman, as well, and this will set the tone for the Batwoman TV show down the line. Batman retired years ago, and Bruce Wayne has been missing for three years. In that time, Gotham City has fallen even deeper into despair and crime than usual, but there are still plenty of opportunities for familiar Bat-lore to appear. 

Batwoman has become a big part of the extended Batman family in recent years. First introduced in Detective Comics #233 and created by Edmond Hamilton and Sheldon Moldoff in 1956, Batwoman has gone through two different incarnations and they're both named Katherine. The Silver Age Batwoman is best known as Kathy Kane, who was created in order to offset rumors that Batman and Robin were homosexuals. Kathy created the persona of Batwoman to win the Caped Crusader's affection.

Kathy Kane was later dropped as a character by DC in 1964 when editor Julius Schwartz decided that he wanted to take the Batman books in a different direction. She would reappear in the '70s but was eventually killed off for good. Other writers, such as Grant Morrison, have reimagined her in the years since.

The far more popular version of Batwoman -- and the version we're getting in the Arrowverse -- was introduced in the 2006 DC weekly, 52, by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, and Keith Giffen. This version is Kate Kane, a tough-as-nails former military school student, and is actually Bruce Wayne's cousin on his mother's side. Kate is also one of the first LGBT members of the Bat Family. The character has previously been in relationships with Renee Montoya and Maggie Sawyer (a connection The CW is surely aware of). 

read more: Every DC Comics Easter Egg in the Elseworlds Arrowverse Crossover

Unlike Kathy, who was mostly featured in books alongside other members of the Bat Family, Kate has enjoyed some memorable solo runs. In fact, Batwoman was one of the most popular books of the early New 52 era before the creative team of W. Haden Blackman and J.H. Williams III left the book after DC refused to let Batwoman marry Maggie Sawyer. 

Most recently, Batwoman has been one of the stars of the relaunched Detective Comics by James Tynion IV and finally has her own solo series again. It's written by Marguerite Bennett, with pencils by Fernando Blanco, Steve Epting, and Stephanie Hans. 

With such a long career in comics, Batwoman will certainly make a great addition to the Arrowverse as the DC TV universe prepares to explore Gotham City. We're looking forward to seeing what Ruby Rose can do with this beloved character!

Batwoman Costume

Check out a look at Ruby Rose in her full, and perfectly accurate, Batwoman costume right here!

Batwoman Villain

We learned at SDCC 2019 that Tommy Elliot, the troubled man who become the vile villain Hush in the comics, will appear on Batwoman. He's described as Kate's former friend who is now a bit of a rival. The first season will explore Elliot's origin story. Hush, one of Batman's modern archnemeses, was first introduced by Jeph Loeb and Jim in the fan-favorite Hush storyline that saw the Dark Knight face his past like never before. How this story might translate to Batwoman remains to be seen, but we're excited to find out!

Rachel Skarsten, is playing Batwoman antagonist Alice, the leader of the Wonderland Gang, recently spoke to TV Line about what to expect from her character, saying: "She is the big bad of the show. She plays the main antagonist. She has a very complex relationship with Batwoman, played by Ruby Rose, and she sort of teeters between sane and completely insane. Which is really fun."

read more: Batwoman Villain Explained: Who is Alice?

Skarsten teased that Alice has "an axe to grind with another character on the show," and also "wants to run Gotham ... and bring mayhem wherever she goes."

"[Alice]’s a great manipulator of people," Skarsten continued, "and because she can sort of sit between the world of sane and insane, she can appeal to many different types of people. And actually, who she brings on side with her, on the show, is quite interesting."

read more: Batwoman: Alice, Hush, and More Batman Villains

Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries revealed during the show's appearance at Summer 2019 TCA press tour that Kate will have yet another villain to contend with. While Alice remains the "big bad" of the season, other DC comic villain Magpie will be turning up as well. Magpie is Margaret Pye, a jewel thief with an appreciation for birds. 

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Black Lightning may not be a proper part of the CW's superhero universe, but it remains one of the most important shows on the network—and one of Den of Geek's Best New Shows of 2018. Which is why it's such good news that Black Lightning has been renewed for a Season 3!

Black Lightning, which stars Cress Williams as the eponymous superhero working to help the people of Freeland as both a vigilante and an educator, wrapped up its second season in March.

Read our review of the most recent episode, "Book of Resistance: Chapter Three," here.

Black Lightning Season 3 Return Date

Up next? Black Lightning is going on hiatus through the holidays, etc. and will be back on January 20th with a new episode. Check out the synopsis...

Jefferson (Cress Williams) navigates his new reality following the events of the Red Wave, and Lynn’s (Christine Adams) determination to save the meta kids deepens her troubles. Meanwhile, Anissa/Blackbird (Nafessa Williams,) faces new challenges. Lastly, Jennifer’s (China Anne McClain) bond with Brandon (guest star Jahking Guillory) begins to grow. 

Black Lightning Season 3 Episodes

Click on the blue links below to read our full reviews of already-aired episodes.

Black Lightning Season 3, Episode 1: The Book of Occupation: Chapter One: Birth of a Blackbird

We find Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) like never before, in the hands of the ASA with his wife Lynn (Christine Adams) as Agent Odell (guest star Bill Duke) tightens his grip on the Pierce family, leaving Jennifer (China Ann McClain) abandoned and Freeland without Black Lightning and Thunder. But Anissa (Nafessa Williams) secretly defies Odell in her alter ego as Blackbird with the able tactical and technical support of Gambi (James Remar).

Original airdate: 10/7/19

Read our full review here.

Black Lightning Season 3, Episode 2: The Book of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam's Tasbih

With Freeland under occupation, the Pierce family gets pulled in different directions; Jefferson and Lynn are at odds with each other; Jennifer feels powerless despite having powers.

Original airdate: 10/14/19

Read our full review here.

Black Lightning Season 3, Episode 3: The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three 

When Lynn learns that Jefferson brokered a deal with Agent Odell without consulting her first, it begins to put a strain on their relationship; Anissa and Grace have an emotional encounter.

Original airdate: 10/21/19

Read our full review here.

Black Lightning Season 3, Episode 4: The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four

Jefferson faces new challenges due to the shocking state of Freeland; Lynn finds herself under intense pressure as she desperately tries to find a solution to the continuing crisis in Freeland; Anissa continues her work at the clinic.

Original airdate: 10/28/19

Read our full review of Black Lightning Season 3 Episode 4 here.

Black Lightning Season 3, Episode 5: The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five

Jefferson struggles with the effects on his family, leading to a decision with tragic consequences; Anissa's identity is threatened; Odell takes an important step toward winning over Jennifer.

Original airdate: 11/11/19

Read our full review of "Book of Occupation: Chapter Five" here.

Black Lightning Season 3, Episode 6: The Book of Resistance: Chapter One

Jefferson is torn between his loyalty to his family and his commitment to saving Freeland; Anissa's commitment to Grace deepens; Jennifer makes an interesting discovery.

Original airdate: 11/18/19

Read our full review of "The Book of Resistance: Chapter One" here.

Black Lightning Season 3, Episode 7: The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two

Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jefferson (Cress Williams) have a heart-to-heart and she tells him she needs Black Lightning’s help in escorting meta refugees out of the perimeter. Meanwhile, Gambi (James Remar) implores Lynn (Christine Adams) to help get him access to the Pit. Lastly, Jennifer (China Anne McClain) grows closer to Brandon (guest star Jahking Guilory).

Original airdate: 11/25/19

Read our review of "The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two" here.

Black Lightning Season 3, Episode 8: The Book of Resistance: Chapter Three: Pale Horse

Black Lightning goes up against the ASA; Tobias continues to manipulate Lynn.

Original airdate: 12/2/19

Read our review of "Book of Resistance: Chapter Three" here.

Black Lightning Season 3, Episode 9: The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Third Stone From the Sun

The Pierce family fears for Jennifer’s (China Anne McClain) life.

Original airdate: 12/9/19

Read our review of "Book of Resistance: Chapter Three" here.

Black Lightning Season 3, Episode 10: The Book of Markovia: Chapter One: Blessings and Curses Reborn

Jefferson (Cress Williams) navigates his new reality following the events of the Red Wave, and Lynn’s (Christine Adams) determination to save the meta kids deepens her troubles. Meanwhile, Anissa/Blackbird (Nafessa Williams,) faces new challenges. Lastly, Jennifer’s (China Anne McClain) bond with Brandon (guest star Jahking Guillory) begins to grow. 

Original airdate: 1/20/20

Black Lightning Crossover News

The news of a Black Lightning season 3 was announced at January's bi-annual Television Critics Association, along with the renewal of nine other shows, including The Flash, Arrow, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow. (Hopefully, this means we'll be getting even more crossover events past Crisis on Infinite Earths!) And, yes, we know what you're wondering: Supernatural was renewed for a Season 15.

Cress Williams, aka Black Lightning himself, confirmed via Instagram that his superhero character will be appearing in the big Crisis On Infinite Earths crossover event. This will be a first for the Black Lightning character, as the show has stayed mostly separate from the other DC superhero TV shows airing on The CW. 

read more: Crisis On Infinite Earths — What to Expect From the Crossover

The Black Lightning TV show will not be a part of the crossover event, but several members of the Black Lightning cast will be. Williams chatted with EW this week about his excitement around the event, saying: “I was excited [when it was announced], but not, I’d say, surprised because the fans have been wanting this since they announced that we were a show. They were already like, ‘Are you going to be in the crossover? When are you gonna be in the crossover?’ They always wanted it from day one.”

Who is Williams most excited to work with?

It sounds like the politically correct answer, but it’s not: It’s all of them. I feel like being Black Lightning and Stephen Amell’s Arrow character, they have that kind of vigilante quality that’s similar and a grittiness that’s similar. That will be a lot of fun. But I’ve interacted with The Flash cast quite a bit just in random places, and I really enjoy being around them. I’m just starting to get to know Melissa. She’s legitimately one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. I really look forward to playing with all of them and acting alongside all of them, and swapping stories with all of them. I think it’ll be really fun.

Black Lightning Season 3 Trailer

Here was our first look at Black Lightning Season 3!

Black Lightning Season 3 Cast

The main crew is back for Season 3, including Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce, China Anne McClain as Jennifer, Nafessa Williams as Anissa, Christine Adams as Lynn, Marvin Jones III as Tobias, Damon Gupton as Inspector Henderson, and James Remar as Gambi. We'd love to see Chantal Thuy (aka Grace) upped to a series regular in Season 3.

Black Lightning Season 3 Story Details

We've got an official synopsis for Black Lightning Season 3. Check it out:

Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man with many faces. He is a former Olympic athlete, respected educator and a father of two. He is also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of the fictional city of Freeland with the ability to sense and harness electricity.

Jefferson is not the only one with powers and multiple faces. His oldest daughter, Anissa Pierce (Nafessa Williams) is a medical student, health clinic volunteer and dedicated social activist. She is also the super hero known as Thunder who possesses the ability to drastically increase her density, giving her invulnerability and super strength for as long as she can hold her breath.

Finally, Jefferson’s youngest daughter, Jennifer Pierce (China Anne McClain), is a fiery teen who inherited her father’s athletic gifts but not his desire to be an athlete. Jennifer also inherited super powers. Her body generates pure electrical energy and she possesses the potential to be more powerful than Anissa or Jefferson and is known as Lightning.

Lynn Stewart (Christine Adams) is Jefferson’s ex-wife but they are still very much in love in addition to sharing the load as co-parents. She’s also an expert in metahuman medicine. Together, the Pierce family faces the challenges of a declined urban community, including a menacing gang that calls itself The 100 and infamous gangster, Tobias Whale (Marvin “Krondon” Jones III). Worse, Freeland has been plagued by government-sponsored experiments and drug trafficking that have created metahumans and addicts while making Freeland a target of a dangerous foreign power, Markovia.

Fortunately, the family has allies in their fight, Jefferson’s surrogate father and a former covert superspy, Peter Gambi (James Remar), as well as Jefferson’s friend and neighbor, the committed and scrupulously honest Deputy Police Chief Henderson (Damon Gupton). 

More news on Black Lightning Season 3 as we hear it.

Kayti Burt is a staff editor covering books, TV, movies, and fan culture at Den of Geek. Read more of her work here or follow her on Twitter @kaytiburt.

Nancy Drew has premiered on The CW! The latest TV series version, which stars newcomer Kennedy McMann, is the culmination of years of attempts to revive the venerable literary franchise focused on the eponymous young female detective, which launched back in 1930. The creation of publisher Edward Stratemeyer, the books have passed through the hands of myriad writers and has seen several adaptations.

read more: The CW's Nancy Drew Will Never Use Guns

While Warner just released the film, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, starring It actress Sophia Lillis, its TV arm has its own plans. The effort to revive Nancy Drew for TV most recently manifested with a project eyed by NBC after CBS passed on a Sarah Shahi-starring pilot. The CW series is run by a sizable team of writers/executive producers consisting of Noga Landau, Melinda Hsu Taylor, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, joined by co-executive producer Lis Rowinski.

You can read our review of the latest episode here.

Nancy Drew Return Date

Nancy Drew is on hiatus for the holidays! The show will return on Wednesday, January 22nd with "The Phantom of Bonny Scot." Check out the synopsis...

When Nancy’s (Kennedy McMann) quest to clear Carson’s (Scott Wolf) name clashes with Owen’s (guest star Miles G. Villanueva, “The Resident”) pursuit of justice for the victims of the Bonny Scot, she’ll have to decide just how far she’s willing to go to get her dad out of jail.

Nancy Drew CW Episode Guide

The latest news on Nancy Drew reveals that even more small-screen sleuthing is set, with The CW’s backorder for nine more episodes! Justified by a cited 114% jump in Live +7 Nielsen numbers, the series – along with fellow newcomer Batwoman– is now set for a full frame, giving the first season of Nancy Drew a total of 22 episodes.

Click on the blue links below to read our full review of each episode.

Nancy Drew Episode 1: Pilot

Nancy Drew (Kennedy McMann) is a brilliant teenage detective whose sense of self had come from solving mysteries in her hometown of Horseshoe Bay, Maine – until her mother’s untimely death derails Nancy’s college plans.

Devastated by her mother’s passing, Nancy swears off crime-solving while crossing off the days until she can re-apply to college. But when a socialite is murdered, Nancy finds herself a prime suspect in the crime, along with a group of other teens present at the scene: Nancy’s nemesis from high school, George Fan (Leah Lewis); a rich girl with a mysterious past, Bess Marvin (Maddison Jaizani); Nancy’s secret boyfriend, Ned “Nick” Nickerson (Tunji Kasim); and amiable burnout Ace (Alex Saxon).

The five of them must team up to clear their own names – encountering emotional entanglements and even more mysteries along the way. Nancy’s reawakening brings her into conflict with her widowed father, Carson Drew (Scott Wolf), who is dating Detective Karen Hart (Alvina August).

And, when a supernatural presence begins to haunt Nancy’s investigation, she discovers that the current crime has an astonishing connection to the long unsolved murder of a local girl. Whether the ghost is here to help, or hinder Nancy remains to be seen, but one thing’s for sure: Nancy’s going to have to unravel the clues from both the living and the dead to solve the crimes.

Original airdate: 10/9/19

Read our full review of the Nancy Drew "Pilot" here.

read more: Does The CW's Nancy Drew Believe in Ghosts?

Nancy Drew Episode 2: The Secret of the Old Morgue

When Nancy (Kennedy McMann) learns that Tiffany Hudson’s corpse is being moved out of Horseshoe Bay for a private autopsy, she puts her investigation into Lucy Sable’s dress on hold to pull off one of her most risky missions yet. Meanwhile, Bess (Maddison Jaizani) and Ace (Alex Saxon) enlist the help of a stranger (guest star Katie Findlay) in an attempt to help Nancy. Lastly, the town gathers to participate in the annual bucket ritual done on the last night of the Summer Festival.

Original airdate: 10/16/19

Read our full review of "The Secret of the Old Morgue" here.

Nancy Drew Episode 3: The Curse of the Dark Storm

A nor'easter hits Horseshoe Bay and Ace warns everyone that the storm has been known to blow restless spirits ashore; Nancy confronts Nick about the secrets he's been keeping.

Original airdate: 10/23/19

Read our full review of "The Curse of the Dark Storm" here.

Nancy Drew Episode 4: The Haunted Ring

As the funeral for Tiffany Hudson nears, her confused spirit seemingly haunts Horseshoe Bay; Nancy invites Bess to stay with her, allowing Nancy to figure out what Bess is hiding; Nick struggles with what he learned about Tiffany.

Original airdate: 10/30/19

Read our full review of "The Haunted Ring" here.

Nancy Drew Episode 5: The Case of the Wayward Spirit

When Nancy realizes that George is possessed by Tiffany's spirit, she must act quickly to rid her friend of the ghostly passenger before it's too late; a mysterious stranger wanders in to The Claw and asks the gang to cater a charity gala.

Original airdate: 11/6/19

Read our full review of "The Case of the Wayward Spirit" here.

Nancy Drew Episode 6: The Mystery of Blackwood Lodge

While trying to uncover the truth about a long-buried history between Lucy Sable and Ryan Hudson, Nancy finds herself in the curious position of having to strike a deal with Horseshoe Bay's newest and most.

Original airdate: 11/13/19

Read our full review of "The Mystery of Blackwood Lodge" here.

Nancy Drew Episode 7: The Tale of the Fallen Sea Queen

The gang resolves to find a way to speak with the only eyewitness to Lucy and Tiffany's murders -- Lucy herself; Nancy is faced with a truth that seems to validate her greatest fear.

Original airdate: 11/20/19

Read our full review of "The Tale of the Fallen Sea Queen" here.

Nancy Drew Episode 8: The Path of Shadows

Nancy and the Drew Crew discover that the car wreck that left one of their own at death's door was no accident. While simultaneously hoping to solve the crime, the crew investigates the physical evidence of sabotage to the car and take a supernatural detour into the metaphysical world.

Original airdate: 12/4/19

Read our full review of "The Path of Shadows" here.

Nancy Drew Episode 9: The Hidden Staircase

Nancy and the Drew Crew desperately search for George’s missing sister, Ted whose kidnapping eerily mirrors the investigation that started Nancy’s sleuthing career. Meanwhile, while revisiting the trauma of her past, as a means to solving the present-day mystery, Nancy finally reconnects with her father just as an escalation in the Lucy Sable investigation threatens to separate them forever.

Original airdate: 12/4/19

Read our full review of "The Hidden Staircase" here.

Nancy Drew Episode 10: The Phantom of Bonny Scot

When Nancy’s (Kennedy McMann) quest to clear Carson’s (Scott Wolf) name clashes with Owen’s (guest star Miles G. Villanueva, “The Resident”) pursuit of justice for the victims of the Bonny Scot, she’ll have to decide just how far she’s willing to go to get her dad out of jail.

Original airdate: 1/22/20

Nancy Drew CW Cast

Scott Wolf will play the role of Nancy’s father, Carson Drew, replacing the previously-cast Freddie Prinze Jr., reports THR. The character is described as "an attorney who has become estranged from his daughter after the death of his wife. His relationship with Nancy is thrown into disarray when the sleuth's murder investigation reveals secrets from his past."

The recasting with Wolf was the result of an amicable split between Prinze and the producers, who reportedly wanted to head in a different direction with the character. Yet, it maintains The CW’s stratagem of casting ‘90s era teen idols for parent roles, best exemplified by Riverdale’s parent cast of Molly Ringwald, Skeet Ulrich and the late Luke Perry. 

Wolf became a household name off the success of the 1994-2000 Fox drama, Party of Five– a vehicle that provided more than its share of household name endowments. However, he came into that series off a TV run on Saved by the Bell and a co-starring role as Billy Lee – with Mark Dacascos’s Jimmy Lee – in the infamous 1993 video game movie flop, Double Dragon. His post-Party CV consists of TV runs on shows like Spin City, Everwood, The Nine, ABC’s V reboot, NCIS, Perception and, most recently, the NBC medical ensemble drama, The Night Shift.

Pamela Sue Martin, television’s original Nancy Drew, is set to appear on The CW’s rebooted series, reported Deadline. She will play Harriet Grosset, who’s described as “a small-town psychic who offers her talents to help Nancy investigate a murder — and ends up delivering an otherworldly clue that neither of them bargained for." As the report observes, the name, Harriet Grosset, seems to be a kind of homage to the franchise’s literary history, referencing key contributing author Harriet Adams and first book series publishers Grosset & Dunlap. Should Martin's character resonate in the pilot, then it's possible that this could become a recurring role.

Martin, known for her role in 1972's The Poseidon Adventure, became an instant household name in January 1977 with the launch of ABC’s franchise-combining detective series, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, in which her portrayal of Nancy Drew shared the spotlight with Shaun Cassidy as Joe Hardy and Parker Stevenson as Frank Hardy.

However, the show's success would be short-lived, since Martin quit the series midway in Season 2 over her reduced role, leading to Nancy Drew getting recast with Janet Louise Johnson; a move that led to the character getting dropped in the show's third-and-final season, retitled The Hardy Boys. In what seemed to be a parting middle finger to the producers of the family-friendly series, Martin subsequently posed for Playboy in a 1978 issue, provocatively gracing the cover in a Nancy Drew-evoking getup. While she co-starred with Robert Conrad in the 1979 Depression-era gangster film, The Lady in Red, and fielded a 1981-1984 run on Dynasty, she would essentially withdraw from show business, barring the occasional TV guest spot, notably on That ‘70s Show and The L Word.

read more: Nancy Drew Creators Comment on Potential Hardy Boys Cameo

Here’s the rest of The CW’s Nancy Drew cast:

Kennedy McMann (see title image,) will star as Nancy Drew. It’s quite a coup for her burgeoning career, since her only two existing credits consist of TV guest roles, respectively in episodes of Law & Order: SVU and Gone.

McMann is joined by Leah Lewis (Charmed), Maddison Jaizani (Into the Badlands), Tunji Kasim (Cold Feet) and Alex Saxon (The Fix).

The series is a production of companies CBS Television Studios and Fake Empire.

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Supernatural Season 15 was confirmed by The CW back in January, to no one's surprise. However, it turns out that the Winchesters aren't going to live forever, since we would later learn that said fifteenth season will be the final one for the long-running genre series, set for a 20-episode run.

Believe it or not, Supernatural is the longest-running genre series in American broadcast television history. The series is also the last remaining vestige of The WB network, which merged with UPN in 2006 to create The CW network as we know it today.

Check out our recent interview with Ruth Connell, aka Rowena.

Supernatural Season 15 Return Date

Supernatural will be back on Thursday, January 16th with Episode 9 of the season, titled "The Trap." Check out the synopsis...

Sam and Eileen are faced with the brutal truth; Dean and Cas work together in the hopes of getting a step ahead of Chuck.

Here's everything else we know aboutSupernatural Season 15!

Supernatural Season 15 Episode Guide

Click on the blue links below to read full reviews of the episodes.

Supernatural Season 15, Episode 1: Back and To the Future

Picking up here we left off last season, Sam (Jared Padalecki), Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Castiel (Misha Collins) are left to defend the world after all the souls in hell have been released and are back on Earth and free to kill again.

Original airdate: 10/10/19

Read our review of "Back to the Future."

Supernatural Season 15, Episode 2: Raising Hell

Sam (Jared Padalecki), Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Castiel (Misha Collins) call on Rowena (Guest Star Ruth Connell) to help keep the evil souls at bay and get an unexpected assist from Ketch (Guest Star David Haydn-Jones).

Original airdate: 10/17/19

Read our review of "Raising Hell."

Supernatural Season 15, Episode 3: The Rupture

Sam, Dean and Rowena work tirelessly to keep all of hell from breaking loose; Castiel cannot forgive an arrogant betrayal.

Original airdate: 10/24/19

Read our review of "The Rupture."

Supernatural Season 15, Episode 4: Atomic Monsters

Sam and Dean investigate the mysterious death of a girl and the disappearance of another.

Original airdate: 11/7/19

Read our review of "Atomic Monsters."

Supernatural Season 15, Episode 5: Proverbs 17:3

Sam and Dean's routine case turns out to be anything but.

Original airdate: 11/14/19

Supernatural Season 15, Episode 6: Golden Time

Sam and Dean are visited by an old friend. Castiel investigates the disappearance of a local teen.

Original airdate: 11/21/19

Supernatural Season 15, Episode 7: Last Call

Dean (Jensen Ackles) goes off on his own to take on a case. Meanwhile, Castiel (Misha Collins) has an idea of how he can help Sam (Jared Padalecki) track down God.

Original airdate: 12/5/19

Supernatural Season 15, Episode 8: Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven

Sam, Dean and Castiel's continued search for a way to defeat Chuck leads them to unexpected places and toward unlikely allies.

Original airdate: 12/12/19

Read our review of "Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven."

Supernatural Season 15, Episode 9: The Trap

Sam and Eileen are faced with the brutal truth; Dean and Cas work together in the hopes of getting a step ahead of Chuck.

Original airdate: 1/16/20

Supernatural Season 15, Episode 10: The Heroes' Journey

Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) hit the road to help an old friend, but it appears that their luck may have finally run out and they are the ones who may be in need of rescue.

Original airdate: 1/23/20

Supernatural Season 15 Trailer

This trailer for the Supernatural Season 15 premiere provides a preview of the moments immediately following the Season 14 cliffhanger moment, in which Chuck/God proved that he’s not “one of us,” when he unleashed the gates of Hell when he didn’t get what he wanted.

The trailer immediately below, appropriately titled "Last Ride," serves as an overall preview for Supernatural’s final season. While this manic montage may showcase imminently-returning familiar imagery of long-gone tropes (The Colt, Mark of Cain, Lucifer possessing Sam, a.k.a. “Samifer,” etc.), we can also catch new aspects like Christian Kane’s Leo Webb (engaged in a Predator-like manly handshake with buddy Dean,) and Jake Abel’s long-awaited return as Adam Milligan/Winchester, with the imagery of two Adams, with a presumably-resurrected real Adam opposite one who’s still possessed by a cage-sprung (Prime Universe) Michael.

With the final season of Supernatural, it's only natural for the series to be preemptively nostalgic in its array of ephemera such as the trailer immediately below, which artfully curates (to use the show's parlance,) the road so far, which stretches back 15 years.

Below is the first trailer for Supernatural Season 15, showcasing a swan song of a season that's shaping up to be a greatest hits review of monsters, thanks to the Season 14 cliffhanger moment in which Chuck opened the gates of Hell, freeing its imprisoned evil spirits, many of whom were sent there by Sam and Dean.

Supernatural Season 15 Cast

Christian Kane will field a guest role in Supernatural Season 15, according to EW. He will play Leo Webb, described as “a former hunter and a friend of Dean Winchester.” Kane, who’s best known to the Buffy fandom from his recurring role as Lindsey McDonald on 1999-2004 spinoff series Angel, has spent this past decade fielding long-term TV runs with TNT on 2008-2012’s Leverage and 2014-2018’s The Librarians.

Read More: Supernatural's 20 Best Episodes

Stars Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, and Misha Collins released this video message to the fans following the big announcement of the show's final season.

Jake Abel will return as Sam and Dean's long-forgotten sibling, Adam Milligan (or, if you will, Adam Winchester), in Season 15, as showrunner Andrew Dabb confirmed in a post-Comic-Con panel presser. You can read more about Adam's return right here.

Matt Cohen will reprise his role as Young John Winchester, as revealed via TV Line, during this past July's San Diego Comic-Con festivities. No further details were disclosed about the return.

Of course, Jensen Ackles (Dean) and Jared Padalecki (Sam) are back for the final run, as is Misha Collins (Castiel). But what about Jeffrey Dean Morgan, whose long-gone John Winchester returned for the series' 300th episode?

read more: Supernatural Showrunner Andrew Dabb on Reaching the 300th Episode

There's no word on whether we can count on one more apperance from Papa Winchester, but Morgan had this to say on Twitter about the final season being announced: 

One more twit for the day, it’s late. I just want to say to all of @cw_spn family... that was one hell of a run. I hope this last year is enough time to wrap up a story that deserves only the best. My love to cast, crew and fans. @JensenAckles and @jarpad ya done us proud Xojd

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan (@JDMorgan) March 26, 2019

Here's to hoping we get to see him back on the show one more time.

Supernatural Season 15 Plot

As executive producers Robert Singer and Andrew Dabb said of the final season (and its eventual resolution,) in a statement: 

“Firstly, we would like to thank all the people who have been involved with the show both in front of and behind the camera. For us it has been an experience of a lifetime. The support we have had from both Warner Bros Television and The CW has been incredible. We'd like to give special thanks to Jensen, Jared and Misha for making this journey so special. It is now most important to us to give these characters that we love the send off they deserve.”

The colossal cliffhanger of Season 14 saw the angered Chuck/God’s (Rob Benedict) apparent heel turn, in which he – after Sam, Dean and Castiel refused – killed Jack before having a celestial tantrum that unleashed the literal gates of Hell, freeing an array of evil souls back to Earth. However, in an interview with EW, stars Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins tease ambiguous motivations for Chuck in Season 15. – After all, he is God, who, as the saying goes, works in mysterious ways.

“This is, as far as we know, the most powerful being in the universe, and he’s against us,” Collins says, with Padalecki adding, “But we’re also struggling with: Is Chuck evil, or is he just trying to objectively write a story that’s exciting which controls our lives?”

However, this storyline will also contain the added element of philosophical questions of free will vs. fate. As EP Andrew Dabb explains:

“God’s been pulling the strings behind the scenes, and now Sam and Dean are really trying to break free for the first time in their lives.”

Additionally, it seems that Chuck’s hellacious jailbreak will yield Season 15 a plethora of monstrous reunions. As Ackles teases:

“There’s specific characters that we’ve dealt with in the past that will reprise their role.” Adding, “That doesn’t necessarily mean that everybody’s walking out though. Even though the doors are unlocked and people are walking out of hell, not everybody is quite as eager to jump ship. That begs a question of ‘why’ and it begs a question of ‘when will they?'” As Ackles also cheekily teases of the unnamed returnees: "I guess they age the same in Hell [as] they do on Earth, because the actors look a little older."

So, in the very least we should expect the return of Fredric Lehne as the show’s original big bad, Azazel, a.k.a. Yellow Eyes, right?

Of course, Supernatural has a lot of loose ends to tie up, and we're not just talking about what happened in the Season 14 finale. With more than a decade of storytelling to conclude, how will showrunner Andrew Dabb go about it? 

As Dabb previously told Entertainment Weekly: 

“God was not kidding when he said it was the end of this story. And by the end of this story, it means the end of the world. The question of what that looks like, the question of how Sam and Dean deal with that, I think those are the big things that we’re going to explore going into season 15.”

read more: Supernatural Season 14 Episode Guide

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After making a splash with Carnival Row at San Diego Comic-Con, with stars Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne surprising fans during a special screening, Amazon is betting big on the fantasy drama. The studio announced an order for Carnival Row Season 2 during its presentation at the 2019 TCA Summer Press Tour before the first season even premiered on August 30, 2019.

Carnival Row is a Victorian set fantasy about mythological creatures whose exotic homelands are invaded by man. Bloom plays a human detective named Rycroft who falls for a refugee faerie played by Delevingne. The series also stars David Gyasi (Interstellar), Karla Crome (Under the Dome), Indira Varma (Game of Thrones), and Tamzin Merchant (Salem).

Carnival Row Season 2 Release Date

There is no word yet on a Carnival Row season 2 release date. The first season premiered in October of 2019. Production started quickly enough on season 2 to hit a similar date in 2020 but that was before the showrunner shakeups. 

Carnival Row Season 2 News

Carnival Row Season 2 is officially in production! The stars of the series appeared in an announcement video, showing their excitement to return, also vaguely teasing the arrival of new characters for this second frame. Additionally, it seems clear from the cast's comments that the second season will pick up immediately after the events of the first season, which saw major moves across the board for the arcs of every main character in the aftermath of The Burgue's crackdown on its mythical-creature migrants.

Unfortunately, all was not well on the early production front for Carnival Row Season 2, seeing as Deadline reported back in October that creator Travis Beacham has left the show citing creative differences. Given that Carnival Row was adapted from a well-regarded feature script written by Beacham that appeared on the famed Hollywood Blacklist in 2005, this does not bode well for the direction the series may take.

In addition the Beacham's departure, Marc Guggenheim (Arrow) is no longer serving as showrunner, turning over the reins to Erik Oleson (Daredevil). However, given Guggenheim's involvement in the Arrowverse's Crisis on Infinite Earths and his having stepped in for original showrunner Rene Echevarria, this change might be a bit more cosmetic.

We'll keep you updated with Carnival Row Season 2 casting news and other items of note as we learn them.

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