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'Game of Thrones' finale flies high
The following contains spoilers about the "Game of Thrones" series finale that premiered May 19.
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'The Big Bang Theory' finale closes with a big dose of heart
The following contains spoilers about "The Big Bang Theory" series finale.
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Busy Philipps Brought to Tears by Michelle Williams & More Celeb BFFs on Busy Tonight's Finale
Throw on your Mr. Nightgown and pour out a margarita, because it's time to celebrate Busy Tonight's finale.
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'Veep' finale goes extra mile to trump current news cycle
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Veep Series Finale: Did Selina Meyer Win the Presidency?
RIP President Selina Meyer…eventually.
Selina's (Julia Louis Drefyus) dreams came true in the series finale of Veep tonight as she finally won the job of POTUS. Sure, she had to…
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Haley Gives Birth in Modern Family Season Finale
Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen) are now grandparents! And Jay's (Ed O'Neill) a great grandpa! And if you call Gloria (Sofia Vergara) a great-grandma she will probably…
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'Big Bang Theory' cast bids farewell at finale taping
Tears, hugs and speeches were plentiful on Tuesday night as the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" took their final bow at the last live taping of their long-running sitcom.
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'Game of Thrones' premiere sets stage for wild ride to finale
The following contains spoilers about the "Game of Thrones" Season 8 premiere.
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Broad City Series Finale Breaks Abbi and Ilana Apart, But Only Physically
Anybody else really, really want a bacon, egg, and cheese right now? And maybe an entire toilet to cry into?
Abbi and Ilana went on one last adventure tonight in the Broad City series…
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Ex on the Beach Finale: Who Rekindled Their Romances — And Who Didn't?
It's a wrap — find out how Season 2 of MTV's 'Ex on the Beach' ended.
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Throne Room and Finale from Star Wars – Los Angeles Philharmonic
Throne Room and Finale from Star Wars
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John Williams has become an irreplaceable figure in American popular culture. He ranks as the best-known creator of movie music in Hollywood history, with themes and scores that are instantly recognizable to listeners around the world.Perhaps none of Williams' music is more famous than that of Star Wars (1977),which won the composer his third Academy Award. Director George Lucas later recalled: "About 90 percent of the Star Wars films are music. It's done in a very old-fashioned style, almost like silent films, so the music kind of tells the story.A lot of the emotional content is carried through the music as much as by the scenes themselves."
The extract "Throne Room and Finale," from the conclusion of the original film, accompanies a ceremony honoring the victorious Luke Skywalker,Han Solo, and Chewbacca, and the end-credits roll. As Williams said in 1977:"I used a theme I am very fond of over the presentation of the medals; it has a kind of Land of Hope and Glory feeling to it, almost like coronation music." For the finale, he invokes Luke's theme, the Rebel spaceship fanfare, Princess Leia's theme, and others from that first in what would eventually become a six-film series spanning nearly three decades, all scored by Williams.
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Operation Finale – Chris Weitz
Operation Finale
Operation Finale" follows the 1960 mission of Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac) as he infiltrates Argentina and captures Adolf Eichmann (Ben Kingsley), the Nazi officer who masterminded the logistics that sent millions of innocent Jews to their deaths.
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American Horror Story: Apocalypse Finale Kind Of Saves the World
Well that was probably the best American Horror Story finale yet.
Apocalypse ended on Wednesday with the day saved for now, and it happened mostly as expected after last week's…
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Fifteen years after the end of World War II, Israel's intelligence agency Mossad and security agency Shin Bet – led by the tireless and heroic agent Peter Malkin (Isaac) – launched a daring top-secret raid to capture the notorious Eichmann.
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The Bachelorette Finale: Who's Engaged and Who's Completely and Totally Devastated?
Ladies and gentlemen, Becca Kufrin is finally engaged. In public!
Sure, there's a lot to work through before we can call this a happily ever after, including some very problematic…
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The Closest Challenge Finale Contests
In honor of the close finish on 'Champs vs. Stars,' relive some other nail-biter 'Challenge' finales.
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'The Americans' finale is worthy of a vodka toast
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The Americans Series Finale: Find Out How Philip and Elizabeth's Mission Ended
The mission is over, comrades.
After six seasons and countless disguises, The Americans ended its run on FX on Wednesday night, delivering a powerful, somewhat quiet and surprising end…
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Nicki Minaj Will Perform New Music For 'SNL' Finale, Announces World Tour
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Nicki Minaj is making up for lost time with the impending release of her still-unnamed fourth studio album, with "Chun Li" and "Barbie Tingz" smashing the Internets and sparking renewed interest. The Queens superstar took to Twitter Sunday night to announce a world tour, and also said she'll be rolling out new music for the season finale of Saturday Night Live this weekend.
"All ima say is this tour is [row of emojis] and if u miss it, don't be mad at Chun. Be mad at YOU! Chun gave u ALLLL the time in the world. This album so [row of prayer hand emojis] AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!! I can't take it," Minaj tweeted Sunday evening.
She followed with, "US first. Then ALL AROUND THE WORLD. BUT THERE'S another surprise you won't know. Bwahaaahahaaaaaa. The ones at the tour will be elevated to Team Minaj ELITE. Yes, I'm leaning towards M&G's. Only cuz my babies been so patient. But pls don't hold me to it. Love, #ChunLi"
As expected, the Barbz lost their minds over the news, but there was far more to go. When a fan asked about her upcoming SNL performance, she let one proverbial cat out the bag.
"I'll perform a song you never heard b4. My fave on the album. plus my second song. You can prob guess what that's gonna be," Minaj replied. A fan, truly trying to get the scoop, asked Minaj what the track number of the song would be, getting the reply of "#1" which suggests the song is the intro to the new project.
We've posted Nicki Minaj's emoji-laden and fun-loving tweets below, along with some reaction on the flip.
All ima say is this tour is and if u miss it, don't be mad at Chun. Be mad at YOU! Chun gave u ALLLL the time in the world. This album so AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!! I can't take it!
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) April 22, 2018
US first. Then ALL AROUND THE WORLD. BUT THERE'S another surprise you won't know. Bwahaaahahaaaaaa. The ones at the tour will be elevated to Team Minaj ELITE. Yes, I'm leaning towards M&G's. Only cuz my babies been so patient. But pls don't hold me to it. Love, #ChunLi https://t.co/lrUVVL7o8t
I'll perform a song you never heard b4. My fave on the album. plus my second song. You can prob guess what that's gonna be. https://t.co/SABvJNfa27
Track #1 https://t.co/cQOG5ZKqRx
Can't anymore, my darlings. Doing SNL the day b4. Can't make it to LA in time to rehearse on the BBMA stage. But SNL will be VERY worth it & that's all I'll say about THAT. https://t.co/ezgzv2daKz
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Is Leroy Finally Fired Up Enough To Take A Challenge Finale by Storm?
Leroy locked his place in the 'Challenge' finals during tonight's episode.
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'The Bachelor's' Arie Luyendyk Jr. Gets Engaged To Lauren B. In Explosive Finale After Split From Becca K.
Arie Luyendyk Jr. is engaged (again!).
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Michael B. Jordan & A$AP Ferg Appear On Tonight's Complex X Fuse Finale
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It's still a Black Panther kind of vibe around these parts and for those who couldn't get enough of the film's co-star, Michael B. Jordan are in for a treat tonight. The buff actor and A$ AP Ferg are set to appear on the set of Complex x Fuse's finale episode, with the pair running down what they have going on behind the scenes and more.
Jordan will be running down his role as the villainous but complicated Erik Killmonger and taking in some "Wings of Death" with Sean Evans and then holds court with Complex News' Natasha Martinez for more on Black Panther.
Fergie Is The Name will be in the building to debut his new documentary, Forever Ferg, to the masses, of course repping the A$ AP Mob per usual.
We've already taken a quick peek at Jordan going sneaker shopping with the Complex crew, and tonight's show will give fans a little more to chew on.
The finale of Complex x Fuse airs tonight Wednesday, February 21st at 11pm ET / PT on Fuse.
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Telli Swift Gets Her Dream Proposal and Kaylin Jurrjens Considers Motherhood on the Season Finale of WAGS Atlanta
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Tonight's two-hour season finale of WAGS Atlanta ended with a bang and some bling!
Mom-to-be Telli Swift had more on her brain than just a baby. After waiting on boyfriend Deontay…
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The Walking Dead Midseason Finale Reveals a Shocking Deadly Twist
Well we did not see this one coming.
When we predicted who might bite the bullet in tonight's midseason finale of The Walking Dead, Carl (Chandler Riggs) wasn't even on our list….
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Val Chmerkovskiy & Jenna Johnson Share A Passionate Kiss At 'DWTS' Finale
The "Dancing with the Stars" finale took a turn for the sexy when Val Chmerkovskiy and girlfriend and fellow dance pro, Jenna Johnson, hit the stage to perform to Kelsea Ballerini's hit single, "Legends." Check out their dance and amazing chemistry!
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TJ Lavin Throws A Major Challenge Finale Twist On Dirty Thirty Conclusion
The final six Challenge competitors have crossed the finish line and the race is complete. But which man and woman are the big winners, thus earning $ 450,000 each? Thanks to TJ Lavin, we have no idea. On tonight's big finale, Jordan, Derrick and CT continued to battle through Argentinian ruins (and among a pack of… News
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WAGS Miami Season Finale Recap: Ashley Nicole Marries Philip Wheeler as Kayla Cox Announces Her Separation
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Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler!
Ashley Nicole Roberts' dreams finally came true as she married fiancé Philip Wheeler in front of their closest friends and family in…
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All The Feels: Here's Every Emotion We Experienced During The Teen Wolf Series Finale
We felt a huge range of emotions during the series finale of 'Teen Wolf,' and we're reviewing every one of them.
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'Game of Thrones' soars in breathtaking finale
The following contains major spoilers about the "Game of Thrones" season finale.
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'The Bachelorette' Finale: Engaged Rachel Lindsay Reveals Her Winner in Historic Season
Bryan Abasolo, Peter Kraus and Eric Bigger were the final three contestants of ABC's historic season of 'The Bachelorette.'
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Tales from the Borderlands Finale: The Vault of the Traveler – Trailer
The final episode approaches to close up the story of Tales From the Borderlands.
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Vicki Is "Being Nailed to the Cross Like Jesus" in The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 10 Finale
This season of The Real Housewives of Orange County: Brought to you by Jesus Christ. The ladies of RHOC found religion—or just talked about it more and debated whether or not Brooks Ayers…
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'Fear The Walking Dead' Finale Recap
"Fear The Walking Dead" wrapped up its first season on Sunday night, as the group attempted to reunite in the middle of the full-blown walker apocalypse.
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'Fear The Walking Dead': The Season Finale Brings On The Zombies — And A Huge Death
Check out our recap of the season finale of "Fear The Walking Dead," titled "The Good Man."
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Finale: The Five Fendi Sisters
Fendi, as seen on this week's cover, has always been a benchmark for cool Italian luxury, knowing what's right at the moment. Take this 1987 photograph, in which the five Fendi sisters — Anna, Paola, Carla, Franca and Aida — attend a Carnevale-style dinner-dance to mark the launch of their signature fragrance, festooned in fur and masks. After all, it was February in New York, in the go-go Eighties.
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'Heroes Reborn' Stars: What To Expect After The Original Series' Finale
Jack Coleman. Danika Yarosh, Henry Zebrowski and Gatlin Green hint at what's to come on NBC's supernatural drama series, 'Heroes Reborn.'
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Dash Mihok: What's In Store For Bunchy In 'Ray Donovan' Season 3 Finale
Dash Mihok hints at what's to come for Bunchy Donovan in the Season 3 finale of 'Ray Donovan.' Plus, Dash dishes on his new single, 'Love.'
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Big Brother Season 17 Comes to an End! Who Took Home the Big Prize in the Finale?
We've found our least favorite thing about the fall: the end of Big Brother.
We don't know what it is about a bunch of randos living in a house and partaking in challenges…
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'Big Brother 17': The Trombonist Makes Music on Finale Night
The biggest move in the show's history was made on the live finale.
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Bachelor in Paradise Finale Ends With an Engagement! Who's the Happy Couple?
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It's all over!
After six weeks (my god, has it only been six weeks?!) of dramatic beach dating, we've reached the end of another season of Bachelor in Paradise. For some former…
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The Paradise Report: Take-Aways From the Bachelor in Paradise Finale Part 2
But why do you have to live in Idaho? With that, Bachelor in Paradise came to a conclusion. I also came to a conclusion: Watching show is a half-step above staring at a painting of…
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'Scream' Boss on That Killer Finale Twist and Season 2's "World of Possibilities"
"There's still a lot of mystery to be uncovered," co-showrunner Jill Blotevogel tells THR.
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'Scream' Finale: (SPOILER) Was Just Unmasked As The Killer — And A Second Revelation Blew. Our. Mind.
MTV's "Scream" killer was revealed — and these are the reasons we can't believe it was (SPOILER).
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'Mr. Robot' finale yanked after Virginia shooting
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'Six Feet Under' 10 Years Later: Creator, Stars on Finale "Bomb," Lasting Legacy
Creator Alan Ball, stars Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall and Lauren Ambrose talk with THR about the "finale that will not die."
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"Ghost Is Dead": Power Season Finale Recap
James "Ghost" St. Patrick has always viewed himself as more than just a drug dealer. He aspires to succeed as a true businessman, as a life of illegal activity usually concludes with incarceration or death.
Season 2 of Power has thematically highlighted the Ghost "happily ever after" fantasy. In this narcotic funded Utopia, he rides into the sunset with his high school sweetheart, overseeing his (now legit) businesses without a care in the world. Unfortunately for him, reality was far more sinister. The ominous title of this episode, "Ghost is Dead" represents the endgame for James St. Patrick. Ghost must die in order for James St. Patrick to live. His exit strategy needs flawless execution in order to succeed. The season finale of Power brought us the culmination of Ghost's plan, and the repercussions of his actions will provide the foundation for a hectic season 3.
How can Ghost get out of the game alive? Here were the key components of his plan
The Drug Operation Needs To End
Joe Proctor, always angling for more business, let's Ghost know that he should keep him on retainer if he plans to continue his business. Proctor tells Ghost that with Lobos in custody and the witch hunt for witnesses, his best bet was to eliminate all ties to "Ghost" and leave the city. Ghost is resistant to this plan, and wants to handle things his way.
The mutiny against Ghost and Tommy turned the entire crew against them. It was time to "burn down The Carter" and clean house. Early on, it seemed that the Jimenez brothers were doing the dirty work for Ghost. Drifty got bodied within the first 3 minutes of the episode, and Vladimir (The Serb) met a similar fate. The hitman left a calling card, the "La Araña" (the Spider) card at every hit. Whomever is killing off the cartel is also texting other people from the deceased member's cell phones. The USDA's led by Mike Sandoval, inform Lobos that his NYC operation were dropping like flies, and he might be next unless he gets protection. Lobos holds firm on not snitching (including a hilarious roast session comparing Sandoval to a Telenovela actor) and denies any deal. The misfortune eventually found Lobos, as he was stabbed in cell by an inmate receiving a cell phone and instructions from the outside, dealing the same La Araña card.
Ghost still has respect for Ruiz, even through the double crosses. He goes to Ruiz to inform him of the hits on the cartel and how they have to leave town to protect themselves and their families while this all blows over. Ghost even suggests that Lobos may be behind the murders. Ruiz agrees and proceeds to pack up and leave NYC expeditiously. This leaves Tommy, Ghost and Kanan as the last remaining prominent members of the operation.
Reclaim Truth and Solidify His Legitimate Business Ventures
Simon Stern has proprietarily schooled Ghost this season. He forced him into a partnership by becoming his landlord, and continues to keep Ghost hooked by offering an unattainable 20% over profit goal in order for him to buy Truth back. The robbery at Truth where the books and money were stolen was met with minimal anger for Stern. Since he "couldn't prove" that Ghost met the mark because the money was stolen and Kantos failed to enter the figures into the system, Stern considered his success a non factor. Little did Simon know that Ghost had a final trump card in his hand. During Stern's divorce proceedings with his wife Madeline, she revealed her knowledge of his off shore embezzlement and his two sets of accounting records for Truth. Instead of alerting the authorities, Madeline worked out a deal to get ownership of Truth, along with two other clubs (probably including the Miami club too) and she subsequently signed the rights over to Ghost! Simon won many battles, but it finally looks like Ghost won the war, and his club back. Kantos better update his Linkedin profile!
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9 Former 'Daily Show' Correspondents Who Didn't Attend Jon Stewart's Finale
"My invite must have gotten lost in the mail," one former correspondent joked.
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Jon Stewart Tells Viewers to Be Vigilant Against "Bullshit" in Star-Filled 'Daily Show' Finale
The Comedy Central late-night host brought back nearly all of the show's correspondents — and some of his favorite targets — for his last episode, but told viewers, "We're merely taking a small pause."
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What to Watch Tonight: The Return of Playing House, the Season 1 Finale of Stitchers, and the CMA Music Festival
What to watch on Tuesday, August 4… 8pm, ABC CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock Performances by Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Kenny Chesney, and many more are among the highlights from the four-day hootenanny in Nashville, recorded in June. Little Big Town returns to host for the third time. 8pm, ABC Family Pretty Little Liars With the girls considered persona non grata at the Rosewood High prom in "Last Dance," their mothers instead organize the swankiest gala ever held in Spencer's barn. But will Charles find a way to foil the festivities? SEASON 1 FINALE, 9pm, ABC Family Stitchers After a shooter wounds Det. Fisher, the team circles the wagons in "Full Stop." Kirsten's stitch leads to a security expert with connections to her mom and to Maggie, while Linus is preoccupied with jealousy that Cameron is training Camille as his backup. DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE, 9pm, PBS JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness A chronicle of the Johnson administration's efforts to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, among the most vital legislation in American history. This week marks the 50th anniversary of the latter's signing. Morgan Freeman narrates. 9pm, CBS Zoo Mitch and Chloe are kidnapped by a drug lord while trying to solve Rio's bat problem, as the series increasingly veers into chemically addled Hunter S. Thompson fanfic. Elsewhere in "This Is What It Sounds Like," Jackson Oz, Jamie, and Agent Shaffer search for escaped inmate Evan Lee Hartley. 9pm, TNT Rizzoli & Isles In "Nice to Meet You, Dr. Isles," the investigation of a high-profile jeweler's murder leads to a relative of Maura's—and to a skeleton in the family closet. 9pm, Syfy Face Off Aboard a U.S. Coast Guard ship in "Siren Song," the artists must conjure their versions of the lethally alluring aquatic temptresses. SEASON 2 PREMIERE, 10pm & 10:30pm, USA Playing House After an awkward encounter with Mark and Tina, Maggie and Emma must launch a rescue mission in "Hello, Old Friend." Then "Sleepless in Pinebrook" finds Emma encouraging Maggie to give online dating a whirl, while Zach and Bruce babysit Charlotte. 10pm, MTV Scream I am shocked— shocked!—to find that the prime suspect is revealed to be someone close to Emma in "Betrayed." Round up the usual suspects (i.e., everyone on the regular-and-recurring-cast call sheet). 10pm, NBC Hollywood Game Night Gina Rodriguez, Rex Lee, Tom Arnold, Curtis Stone, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Zachary Levi are the contestants in an episode titled "Don't Drink and Game Night," which strikes me as entirely contrary to the ethos of Hollywood Game Night. 10pm, FX Tyrant Jamal doubts Rami's loyalty in "Fathers and Sons," while Sammy throws his support behind the insurgents battling the Army of the Caliphate. Meanwhile, Barry is troubled by his apparent dependence on the goodwill of the palace. 10pm, TBS Clipped The gang tries to help Buzzy recoup his losses in "The Gambler," but Ben isn't fully on board with their plan. Elsewhere, the Doyle sisters are enmeshed in wedding-related shenanigans, prompting Joy to question her relationship with Bart. 10pm, TNT Proof In "Reborn," a grieving mother is certain that her dead son has been reincarnated in a piano. Sounds more like fare for a wacky sitcom than for a contemplative drama, doesn't it? Wait… sorry, that should say "in a piano prodigy." Had my notes mixed up. Now if you'll excuse me, I just had a brilliant idea for a wacky sitcom pilot script. 10:30pm, Comedy Central Another Period Hoping to gain fame, Lillian stages her own kidnapping in "Switcheroo Day." In other schemes, Dodo tasks Peepers with impersonating the Commodore at a luncheon, and Beatrice mistakes Blanche for an aristocrat. 12:30am, Comedy Central The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail Performers in "The One With the Clearance Issues" include Aparna Nancherla, Ron Funches, Al Madrigal, and Chelsea Peretti. LATE-NITE: – Ryan Reynolds, Judy Greer, and Catfish & the Bottlemen on Conan, 11pm, TBS – Denis Leary on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 11pm, Comedy Central – Lennon Parham, Jessica St. Clair, and Mike Yard on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, 11:30pm, Comedy Central – Don Rickles, Kate Mara, Penn & Teller, and Joe Satriani on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, 11:35pm, NBC – Craig Robinson, Michael Ian Black, and Christina Tosi on Late Night with Seth Meyers, 12:35am, NBC – Gordon Ramsy & Matilda Ramsay, Josh Charles, and Milky Chance on The Late Late Show with James Corden, 12:37am, CBS WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TONIGHT?
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'The Bachelorette': Scenes From The Finale
Scenes from the finale of 'The Bachelorette,' with Kaitlyn Bristowe.
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The Bachelorette Finale: Back to Where It All Began
The dirty little secret of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette is that the finales are always the most boring episodes. And this one felt roughly six hours long. I think Kaitlyn summed up the boredom…
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Jon Hamm Reacts To Access' Accurate 'Mad Men' Finale Prediction
Jon Hamm reacts to an Access Hollywood producer correctly predicting 'Mad Men's' finale, aka The Coca-Cola Theory.
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'Nurse Jackie' Series Finale: Clyde Phillips Shares the Story Behind Jackie's Ultimate Fate
The showrunner talks with THR about the surprising ending of the Showtime dramedy and the message he hopes the series sends about addiction.
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What the Hell Happened to Jackie?! Nurse Jackie Boss Reveals All on That Series Finale Cliffhanger
SPOILER WARNING: If you have not yet watched the series finale for Nurse Jackie, turn right around and run away because we are obviously going to talk about what happened. Last chance to get out…
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Season 12 Rookie Cup Finale! Big ASSes collide
Today the biggest asses of the rookie tournament collide on the US mats in the season 12 rookie cup finale. Lisa Tiffian is undefeated so far. She has been bull-dozing her opponents all season long. Savanna Fox has had an impressive showing this season with her only loss being to a vet. Now that Savanna knows the rules, she's ready to take on anyone and then drop her big booty on their faces in round 4. With so much ass on both these girls, there is sure to be a lot of ass smothering in all rounds.
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The Best of DJ Quik – Da Finale – DJ Quik
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Top moments from David Letterman finale
David Letterman says goodbye to the "Late Show." Here are a few highlights.
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'Game of Thrones' finale: Death and the no-surprise surprises
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Cunningham On 'Thrones' Finale
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Kristen Bell Is as Devastated as the Rest of Us After Game of Thrones' Gut-Wrenching Season Finale
We feel you, Ryan Hansen. (Also, spoiler alert!)
Kristen Bell, in all her Kristen Bell glory, gathered some of her nearest and dearest last night to watch the season five finale of Game…
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'Game of Thrones' Finale: Kit Harington Says Jon Snow Isn't "Coming Back"
Star says: "I've been told I'm dead. I'm dead."
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'Game of Thrones' Star on Finale Shocker: I'm Not "Coming Back"
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'Game Of Thrones' S5 Finale Recap
"Game of Thrones" wrapped up its fifth season with a very big finale, full of game-changing plot twists and surprises.
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The 'Game Of Thrones' Season 5 Finale Had The Most Shocking Death Yet
Whoa. Let's all take a minute to breathe after Sunday's epic, outstanding, jam-packed season finale of "Game of Thrones." Also, for those who didn't watch yet, this is your chance to escape spoiler-free. Leave now, or forever hold your peace.
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Has everyone calmed down yet? No? Us either. The Season 5 finale, "Mother's Mercy," definitely delivered, as any "GoT" finale should, with some of the series' most monumental sequences. But before we get into anything else, we must jump ahead and discuss that final scene, you know, the one that shattered hearts across the Seven Kingdoms.
Is Jon Snow dead?
The episode ended with Jon getting attacked by his brothers of the Night's Watch and Olly, who repeatedly stabbed the Lord Commander. Angry over Jon's alliance with the Wildlings, the brothers stabbed Jon as they yelled, "For the Watch." This likely wouldn't have happened if Sam was still there to protect his friend and hadn't gone to Oldtown. It was traumatic and anyone who hasn't read the books was in for a serious surprise. So the question remains, is Jon actually dead? Entertainment Weekly already confirmed Kit Harington won't be back for Season 6, but check out our theories post where we dig deeper into that question and whether or not Harington will return to the series at all.
The finale also caught us up with every major storyline. Here's what else went down:
Cersei walked her shameful walk
One of the biggest, most expensive and most controversial "GoT" scenes was revealed tonight when Cersei Lannister had her Walk of Shame. As it happened in the books, Cersei was forced by the High Sparrow to strip naked, have her head shaved and walk through King's Landing as penance for her sins of incest, murder and fornication. The scene reportedly cost HBO upwards of $ 200,000 to shoot after a church in Croatia tried to prevent it from happening.
The Mountain returned
After Cersei's Walk of Shame, The Mountain returned to pick her up and carry her off. He was clad in armor, though with his face hidden, concealing whatever Frankenstein experiments Qyburn did on him.
Arya brutally killed Meryn Trant
Finally Arya was able to cross another name off her kill list. Meryn Trant, the man who (possibly) killed Arya's sword-fighting instructor, Syrio Forel, and beat Sansa per Joffrey's orders. Arya set her eye on Meryn when he arrived in Braavos last week, but on Sunday, she showed the abhorrent man no mercy and stabbed him in the eyes, in the chest and slit his throat. But then Arya went blind when Jaqen H'ghar drank poison.
Ellaria Martell killed Myrcella
Ellaria kissed Myrcella goodbye when she left Dorne with Jaime. Soon after her uncle Jaime told Myrcella he was not in fact her uncle after all. His daughter, surprisingly, showed him love and acceptance for his relationship with Cersei. But then, Myrcella began bleeding from her nose as the poison sunk in. Myrcella is gone and Ellaria took the antidote soon after, but it's about to be full on war between King's Landing and Dorne.
Dany landed in the Dothraki Sea
After escaping the fighting pits on Drogon's back last week, Dany and her dragon landed in the Dothraki Sea. Drogon was too tired to take her back to Meereen (dragon nap time takes precedence), so Dany walked on foot only to run into a khalasar.
Brienne killed Stannis
Or did she? After Stannis marches on Winterfell, the episode jumps ahead and skips showing the actual battle (budget issues, HBO?) When Brienne learns that Stannis has arrived, she approaches the wounded king and kills him. But the scene cuts to Ramsay killing one of Stannis' men before we learn whether or not the Baratheon is dead. In other Stannis news, his wife Selyse hanged herself.
Sansa & Theon escaped
Myranda tried to kill Sansa with a bow and arrow, but Theon saved her at the last minute, shoving Ramsay's jealous girlfriend over a ledge. Yes, Theon is back! He and Sansa escaped Winterfell together. We just hope they survived that incredibly high fall.
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'Game Of Thrones' Season Finale Ended On The Biggest Cliffhangers Ever
The season finale of "Game of Thrones" was one jaw-dropping moment after the other. Here's every huge revelation and plotline on "Mother's Mercy."
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Game of Thrones Season 5 Finale Recap: Was "Mother's Mercy" the Most Brutal Episode Yet? Oh Yes.
Warning: major spoilers below! Do not read until you have watched Game of Thrones season five finale, "Mother's Mercy." Seriously, we're talking huge, game-changing…
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Game of Thrones Finale Recap: We Know Nothing
Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. NOPE. [SPOILER warning: If you haven't watched the Game of Thrones finale, "Mother's Mercy," yet, maybe don't read this.] Everyone who watches Game of Thrones probably had the same reaction tonight:…
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'Silicon Valley' Star Thomas Middleditch Previews the Season 2 Finale: "Everybody Is on Edge"
Don't expect any dick jokes when the HBO comedy wraps up season two on Sunday.
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'Game Of Thrones': Pics From The Season 5 Finale
Scenes from 'Game of Thrones' Seaosn 5, Episode 10 – 'Mother's Mercy.'
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'Outlander': More Pics From The Season 1 Finale
More photos from the 'Outlander' Season 1 finale – 'To Ransom a Man's Soul.'
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'Britain's Got Talent' Season Finale Ratings Rise
The Simon Cowell talent show on ITV averaged 11.7 million viewers, making it the highest-rated show in the U.K. so far this year, as a dog and its trainer beat out all competition.
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'Outlander' Finale Preview
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'Outlander': Season 1 Finale Scenes
Scenes from 'Outlander' Season 1, Episode 16 – 'To Ransom a Man's Soul.'
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'Mad Men' Creator Matthew Weiner Explains Series Finale, Character Surprises and What's Next
"The people who find that ad corny, they're probably experiencing a lot of life that way, and they're missing out on something," he said in his first (and only) interview about the final episode. "I don't think there's enough empathy right now in the world."
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The Best Moments from The Late Show with David Letterman's Finale
In terms of late-night shake-ups, this is an earthquake: David Letterman has just hosted his last episode of The Late Show. And after more than 33 years on the air (11 on NBC, 22 on…
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'Dancing With The Stars': Scenes From The Season 20 Finale!
Scenes from the 'Dancing with the Stars' Season 20 finale.
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'The Voice': Final 4, Judges Pumped For Season 8 Finale
The final four 'Voice' contestants, alongside judges Blake Shelton, Adam Levine and Pharrell, tell Access what it would mean to win on Season 8.
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The Following Series Finale Ends On a Major Cliffhanger: Who Died? Who Made It Out Alive?
Warning: major spoilers below! Do not read until you have watched The Following's two-hour series finale…unless you want to know what happened. You've been sufficiently…
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The Voice Season 8 Performance Finale: Watch Videos of the Best and Worst Songs!
We're down to the final four on The Voice, and the battle to become the winner took on a whole new meaning during tonight's season eight performance finale!
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'The Flash': Scenes From The Season 1 Finale
Scenes from 'The Flash' Season 1, Episode 23 – 'Fast Enough.'
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Here Are the Exact (Bananas!) Bridesmaid Dresses From the 2 Broke Girls Finale
If you take away the pink fur and the flower crowns, the bridesmaid dresses from tonight's 2 Broke Girls finale might work for a real life wedding—if your bridesmaids are really comfortable in their skin….
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'Mad Men' Cast and Crew Raise One Last Glass to the Series at Animated Finale Party
The AMC drama celebrates its series ender, with Matthew Weiner, Jon Hamm and most major players, in downtown Los Angeles.
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'Mad Men' Series Finale Recap
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'Mad Men' Series Finale: Tim Goodman on a Masterful and Difficult Achievement
THR's chief TV critic looks at how creator Matt Weiner serviced all the major characters with mostly upbeat but not saccharine endings, while deftly concluding Don Draper's seven season existential crises in a moving, believable and creative way.
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Mad Men's Cast Opens Up About the Series Finale, Favorite Memories, and More
If you think it's hard to say goodbye to Mad Men as a fan, imagine if you're the guy that created and wrote the show. One couldn't blame Matthew Weiner if he was curled up…
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Mad Men Series Finale: Who Lived? Who Died? Who Finally Declared Their Love & Made Us So Happy?
Spoiler alert! Only read on if you've watched the final episode of Mad Men, "Person to Person."
Don Draper is dead.
Just kidding, sort of.
Don didn't…
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The Mad Men Series Finale: "I've Been to the Beach"
Of all the places in the world Don Draper could have gone, he ended up in the last one I ever would have expected: cross-legged on a bluff in a linen shirt, doing yoga. No,…
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'Outlander' Cast Describes Finale In Three Words
Watch as the 'Outlander' cast, including Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe, describe the season finale in three words.
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Get Excited, Derek and Julianne Hough Are Performing Together During the DWTS Finale!
Prepare for double the Hough on the dance floor!
Derek and Julianne Hough are set to perform together during Dancing With the Stars' season 20 finale on Tuesday, E! News has…
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'Scandal' Stars Didn't Know How Season 4 Finale Would Ultimately End
'Scandal' stars, including Kerry Washington and Scott Foley, tell Access why they didn't know what would ultimately happen in the Season 4 finale.
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Was That Scandal Finale Shonda Rhimes' Happiest Ending of All Time? Are We Dreaming?!
Did it just get real bright in here or was that just Scandal's weirdly happy ending?
Pretty much everyone but Papa Pope (and maybe Jake, and Mellie, and Cyrus, and Huck after all…
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Grey's Anatomy's Season 11 Finale Broke Us In Just One Scene and Now We're a Complete Mess
Whenever "How To Save a Life" starts playing on Grey's Anatomy, that's when you know that it's about to get real.
In fact, we're pretty sure that song and…
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Chris Wood: 'The Battle Is Epic' Between Kai & Bonnie In 'TVD' Finale
Chris Wood promises shouting, tears, blood and everything else when Kai and Bonnie face off in 'The Vampire Diaries' Season 6 finale.
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Finale Is More Deadly Than Everyone Realizes
In an Inhumans vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. war, nobody wins.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ended season two with a bang tonight, airing its two-hour finale that had more death and destruction…
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'Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Producer Breaks Down The Inhuman Second Season Finale
"Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D." producer Jeff Bell breaks down all the huge moments on the second season finale.
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That 'Jane The Virgin' Finale: Eight Ways It Was Awesome
Where to begin with the "Jane the Virgin" Season 1 finale? How about with a phrase frequently uttered by its narrator: "Let's do this!"
Just over a year ago, members of the media began getting copies of the pilot for "Jane the Virgin." By August, there was hardly a TV reporter or critic who didn't have a mild or major crush on the show. It was so smart and precisely calibrated; it was bold and melodramatic at times, but it efficiently mixed heartfelt family drama into its telenovela constructs. The "Jane the Virgin" pilot was simply light-years better than most of the turgid, forced pilots the broadcast networks aired last year.
But did any critic really believe the show could sustain the impressive deftness of the pilot for an entire season? Asked to contemplate that possibility, critics tended to get worried expression on their faces. Of course, we wanted to bet on Jane Gloriana Villanueva and her family; we wanted to think it could be done. But TV is in the business of breaking hearts, and many a fine show has gone down in flames a few months, or sometimes just weeks, after a promising debut.
How awesome is it that "Jane the Virgin" rewarded our faith in it with an incredibly strong and entertaining first season. The finale energetically capped a series of season-long sagas that kept twisting and turning every week without generally losing their shape, and now that we know Jane, Rogelio, Xiomara, Alba, Michael, Rafael and even Petra better, nearly every moment of the finale landed with more force and every in-joke was that much more fun. Not only has a lot of old business been wrapped up, there will clearly be many soapy twists and tear-inducing moments when Jane, her little son Mateo and the rest of her clan return in the fall.
In the interest of keeping things as spry and sprightly as the addictive CW show, I'm going to skip right to a list of the best parts of the finale. Of course, if you wanted to get distracted by this feature on the show and by these interviews with cast members Gina Rodriguez, Ivonne Coll and Jaime Camil and with executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman, you are welcome to do so.
But without further ado, here are a few of my favorite elements of the fab Season 1 finale:
The baby! The idea of Jane becoming a mother is so familiar by now that it had practically become mundane — except, as things transpired in the finale, it wasn't! It was genuinely moving when Jane held her tiny son in her arms, and before that, the sight of the three Villanueva women together, with Xio cheering on Jane and repeating what Alba had told her during Jane's birth, was just magic. There has been a lot of turmoil lately when it comes to the men in Jane's life, but the show returned to its core strength in that scene: It focused on the three women of the family, whose love for each other and for the new member of the family could practically be felt in waves coming off the screen.
The name! When Alba started crying at Jane naming the baby Mateo, well, forget it. If you didn't at least get a lump in your throat, you're a monster. And if there is a sweeter and more emotionally effective scene on TV this year, I will eat my hat and then cry a little more.
The bus! Not a lot of TV shows feature multiple working-class characters, and shows that do tend to be serious, if not depressing or downbeat. One of the best aspects of "Jane the Virgin" is that it takes the Villanueva's budget and bills seriously, but it never assumes that the characters are downtrodden or unhappy about their lives — quite the opposite, in fact. The show celebrates their hard work and aspirations while not getting too sentimental about what it's like to have to think hard about where each dollar will go. In any event, the whole bus trip was delightful and hilarious, and it was typical of the way the show celebrates the way hard-working people look out for each other. The wild bus trip was also one of many callbacks to the pilot, which also showed Jane taking public transportation and being addressed by a talking Rogelio poster. In the finale, though, even the crosstalk by the bus passengers was a hoot ("Is there a doctor on board?" "I'm a vet.")
The narrator! The Latin Lover Narrator has been a delight from the start, but his presence has only become more enjoyable over time. The finale gave his lively personality even more room to shine ("Zoinks!"), as he alternated between narration modes, one minute cheering on Jane, the next minute commenting on the action and in other scenes, reminding us of various shenanigans that transpired during an eventful Season 1. I'll miss the show during the summer, but I may miss the warm voice of the narrator (Anthony Mendez) most of all.
Rogelio! "Jane the Virgin" is a busy show with lots of plots to keep spinning, which sometimes cuts into Rogelio's screen time, and I'm sure he would agree that that is a tragedy. Every moment of Jaime Camil's screen time in the pilot was gold, from his petulant conversation with Xio in Vegas to his clear desire to hashtag the birth of his grandson (#TeamMatelio).
A surprise Vegas wedding! Ro and Xio are married! Zoinks!
So many little things. Even as the show pulled off big moves— Mateo was abducted! Sin Rostro is back! Michael's spy-worthy stratagems! — it had fun with the smaller moments and less showy scenes. Michael and Rafael fighting over Jane and her giving them expert side-eye was great, as was our introduction to Rogelio's wake-up song ("It's another beautiful day to be Rogelio!"). Not only was the finale expertly constructed, it was just zippy and moved fast, but it didn't rush past any of the emotional moments, all of which were very effective. It's killing me that we have to wait until the fall for more "Jane the Virgin" goodness.
The stats! OK, this is cheating a little bit, given that this factoid relates to Season 1 as a whole, not just the finale. But this information is worth pointing out. During its first season, "Jane the Virgin" employed 15 directors. Nine of them were women, and four of them were women of color. And, as it happened, during its first season, the show received the CW's first-ever Golden Globe, its first-ever Peabody Award and lots of other attention and acclaim. Well, how about that?
Ryan McGee and I will discuss the "Jane the Virgin" finale, as well as the most recent episode of "Mad Men," in a Talking TV podcast that will be posted Tuesday evening.
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Which TV series had the best finale of all time? Vote in TODAY's bracket
We created this handy bracket to determine the best finale of all time (the winner will be revealed on Friday).
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Is there a death coming on 'Scandal's' finale?
As we've seen before with "Scandal," anything can happen and almost certainly will.
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The Big Bang Theory's Executive Producer Reveals Everything About Those Major Season Finale Moments (Spoilers!)
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Jimmy Kimmel Won't Air New Episode Opposite David Letterman's Finale: 'I Have Too Much Respect For Dave'
Even Jimmy Kimmel will be watching David Letterman's final "Late Show."
Kimmel, whose ABC show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs at the same time at Letterman's, said this week that he has chosen to air a repeat of his program on May 20, the night of his idol's finale.
"I have too much respect for Dave to do anything that would distract viewers from watching his final show," Kimmel told The New York Times. "Plus, I'll probably be crying all day, which makes it hard to work."
Both Jimmy Fallon's "Tonight Show" and "Conan" are planning on airing new episodes on May 20, according to the Times.
Letterman, 68, has spent 22 of his 33 years in late-night television as host of "Late Show." Stephen Colbert will take the helm on September 8.
Kimmel has publicly expressed his respect and admiration for Letterman in the past. In 2012, he offered a tribute to the late-night legend at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors.
"You, Dave, are the funniest, the smartest, the weirdest, the coolest, and the best one ever, hands down," Kimmel said of his hero.
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'Reign': Pics From The March To The Season 2 Finale
Pics from the final episodes of 'Reign' Season 2.
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Louis C.K. Will Host The 'SNL' Season Finale With Musical Guest Rihanna
Louie from New York, it's Saturday night!
With just three episodes left in the 40th season, NBC announced that the season finale of "Saturday Night Live" will be hosted by Louis C.K. on May 16, with musical guest Rihanna. On May 2, Scarlett Johansson will host with Wiz Khalifa performing on "SNL" for the first time, and on May 9, Reese Witherspoon takes the helm with musical guest Florence + the Machine.
This will be C.K.'s third time hosting "SNL," having first done so back in November 2012 the weekend after Hurricane Sandy and again in March 2014. The comedian has received two Emmy nominations for his performances on "SNL," with highlights like "Lincoln," "Black Jeopardy!," nearly 10 minutes of new stand-up material in each monologue and, of course, his epic make-out session with Kate McKinnon
"Saturday Night Live" resumes Saturday, May 2 at 11:30 p.m./10:30 p.m. central on NBC.
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Who Lived and Who Died in the Justified Series Finale? The Answer Might Surprise You!
Well that was surprising: everybody lived.
Well, OK, not everybody. Everybody we cared about, at least.
There was a moment where it looked like Raylan was dead when it was…
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'Better Call Saul' Producer on Jimmy's Tragic Betrayal, "Epic" Finale
Tom Schnauz also reveals he shot a six-minute flashback scene that had to be cut.
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'Walking Dead' Finale Recap
In its first ever extended finale, "The Walking Dead" delivered 90 minutes of shocks, surprises and twists.
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The Walking Dead's Incredible Season Five Finale Nearly Killed Us – Find Out What Went Down!
That was incredible.
We were on the edge of our seat throughout that entire finale, and for once, we left it almost totally satisfied and not drowning in tears.
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Pretty Little Liars' Big Finale Reveal Speaks: "I Honestly Thought I Was Dead!"
Warning, do not continue reading if you've yet to watch Pretty Little Liars' season five finale. This post contains the most major of major spoilers!
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'Empire' Scores No.1 Album Ahead of Season Finale, Beats Out Madonna
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'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills' Finale Sneak Peek!
Kyle Richards has always been supportive through Kim Richards' struggles with alcohol, but now that is being put to the test, thanks to Brandi Glanville.
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'Glee': Scenes From The Series Finale
Scenes from the 'Glee' series finale
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'Glee' Finale: 6 Tearjerkers
"Glee" wrapped up its six season run on Friday night.
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'Glee' Finale: Original Star on Tear-Filled Final Day, Saying Farewell, Cory Monteith (Guest Column)
Jenna Ushkowitz recounts the show's meteoric rise and losing a star in an emotional essay for THR.
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Glee Says Goodbye With the Most Perfect Finale Possible
We didn't want to start this recap with some ridiculous hyperbole about how hard we're crying, but we are journalists and we must speak only the truth: We are bawling.
That was a…
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'Empire' Finale: The OMG! Moments
Brawling, backstabbing, beautiful singing – it was all in the dramatic 'Empire' finale on Fox!
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'Empire' Finale Ratings Are In!
With a standard-setting finale to its first season reaching 17.6 million viewers, Fox's music business drama 'Empire' has proven that it's still possible for broadcast television to create big hits…
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'Empire': Scenes From Season 1 Finale
Take a sneak peek at scenes from the Season One finale of 'Empire.'
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Empire's Season Finale Was Totally Epic: A Death, A Confession, A Hallucination, And A Successor is Named
You ever heard of a hostile takeover?
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Empire Finale: Music, Murder and Betrayal — Find out Where Each of the Lyons Ended Up!
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What Happened On The Season Finale Of 'The 100'?
Don't read on unless you've seen the Season 2 finale of "The 100," "Blood Must Have Blood Part 2."
I know I'm preaching to the choir here — if you're reading this, you're already a loyal viewer of "The 100." You might have some issues with this or that aspect of the show, but by now you're most likely in it for the long haul and you don't need to be convinced that the show is the real deal.
That said, I'm going to preface my remarks about Season 2 finale of "The 100" with a couple of general thoughts. As you might have gathered, my job is to watch a lot of TV — as much as I can (whee!). A lot of amazingly wonderful people write about TV — many of them very well — and I make no distinction between an eloquent analysis that appears on Tumblr or on a solo blog and one that is written for money.
That said, ideally there is a valuable thing a professional critic can bring to the party: A depth and breadth of knowledge about what's happening in many different arenas of television. Most critics I know try to watch almost every scripted drama that comes down the pike, and many of the comedies as well (no shade on unscripted fare, but I don't get to it lately because there's just too much good scripted stuff to watch). Critics try to keep track, to the degree that we can, of the big picture, and we try to let the world know when shows — big or small, high- or low-profile — are doing something new and important, or mastering a valuable set of goals with particular force and eloquence.
With that in mind, I can say with some assurance that I've rarely seen a program demonstrate the kind of consistency and thematic dedication that "The 100" has shown in its first two seasons. This is a show about moral choices and the consequences of those choices, and it's been laudably committed to those ideas from Day 1.
You may well say, "But wait, Mo — isn't this basically an adventure story about risky survival in a series of unforgiving environments?" Well, sure. There is that. But underpinning those plot mechanics and story settings are a series of important questions that the show takes very seriously. What does it mean to survive? Who do you become if you sacrifice others in order to survive? When do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few? When is taking a life — or many lives — justified? What are the consequences of taking those lives — how does it transform you and your ideas about your self-worth?
The characters don't necessarily know the answers to these questions. Even after they've made a decision, they often struggle with what they've done. What gives "The 100" a particularly rich flavor on the character front is that very few people on the screen are in a position to judge anyone else. No one occupies the moral high ground. There is blood on the hands of just about every person on the screen.
According to one reading of the narrative, Clarke is a mass murderer — and she's not remotely the only one we've encountered. Hell, in Season 1, 300 people were killed all at once, which was one of the moments that convinced me that the show wasn't going to play around when it came to the hard calls. Of course, seeing Clarke only as a killer would be a profoundly limited interpretation of who she is and what she's done; at every step, I look at her decisions and think I probably would have done the same thing. To its credit, the show explores these issues of morality and ethics without beating us over the head with them. You only have to look at Clarke's face at several key moments in the finale to understand that she herself is asking these questions: "Am I a monster? What kind of person am I?"
The cast does a phenomenal job of quietly conveying these internal battles, the directors and crew have done an increasingly exceptional job of creating tension on the screen, and for a long time, the writers have had a clear grasp of who these people are and where they're headed. All of those things make "The 100" an addictive show. I watch each episode the night it airs (a rarity for me), because I want to know what happens next, but what gives the show extra weight and import are those examinations of personal imperatives versus community needs. How do individuals with limited resources weigh their bonds to each other — as friends, as family, as clans, as would-be conquerers or reluctant allies? What are they capable of doing to save each other, what are their limits, and do their most terrible acts make them less human — or more noble?
How many other shows do that — engage fans on the surface level, on the character level and on the philosophical level? Not many, in my view.
"The Walking Dead" occasionally takes a run at those questions, but too often, it gets mired in circular plotting and takes shortcuts with shoddy, convenient shortcuts. It has its moments, to be sure, but its biggest weakness is frustratingly bland or variable characterizations. "The 100," by contrast, has only grown more assured over the course of its two seasons, and it engages with wrenching questions with far more consistency than a lot of shows with much bigger budgets. Many of us have compared the show to "Battlestar Galactica," its most obvious influence, but what the hell — I'm going to bring up "Game of Thrones." Yeah, I went there. These shows are not doing the same things, clearly. Of course the CW show's budget is minuscule compared to that of the HBO behemoth, and "The 100" can't necessarily match "Game of Thrones" when it comes to epic visuals and enormous battles.
That said, "The 100" acquits itself very well aesthetically, as I've noted in the past. But the comparison to "Game of Thrones" is apt in other ways as well. I can't think of many other shows that combine moments of high adventure, a devotion to knotty characterizations and a keen exploration of philosophical dilemmas with such frequently fruitful results. Don't you think Clarke and Daenerys would have a lot to say to each other if they ever met?
And let's get real: "The 100" has a better record than the HBO drama in one arena. As far as I can recall, the CW show has never used female characters or extras for lazy or exploitative purposes (the upside to being on the CW: No sexposition). And while I like both shows a lot, "Game of Thrones" has had trouble at times keeping its sprawling narrative under control, while this season "The 100" expanded its array of characters without losing momentum. Everyone in Westeros (and beyond) is fighting for survival, but that's the case on "The 100" too, and as a fan of focused, intelligent genre storytelling, I'm glad we have both shows around to provide very human stories of frailty, sacrifice, connection and greed.
All in all, as this season of "The 100" comes to a close, I have to say I'm generally impressed with how it built on the strengths of Season 1, and I'll be very keen to see where it goes next season.
So, about the finale itself — who guessed that before the season was out, we'd see a killer sea monster eating a dude! Just when you thought it was safe to go on a cruise with Jaha …
Seriously, I love the fact that the show keeps finding new things to throw at these characters. There are weird, irradiated creatures on the ground, so it makes a sense that bodies of water wouldn't be any safer than the forests and mountains. In any event, I had a feeling that the guys with Jaha and Murphy were not long for this world, given that I could not remember their names and they certainly seemed like redshirts who would be killed off at the earliest opportunity. Points to the show for taking them out in a scary and surprising way. Nobody expects the carnivorous sea monster!
Speaking of Jaha, he provides a good example of the show's commitment to moral complexity: I should hate him for throwing an innocent survivor off the boat in order to distract the beast and save himself and Murphy, but Isaiah Washington plays the guy with such charismatic zeal that I can't help but be on his side a lot of the time. By the way, it would have been easy for the side plot about Jaha and Murphy's punishing road trip to start to seem like an unnecessary distraction (a la many of the Hong Kong flashbacks on "Arrow"). As it turned out, there was just enough of it to work well as a bit of contrast.
The odd-couple pairing of the cynical Murphy and the messianic Jaha paid real dividends: The fact that Murphy committed himself to Jaha's unlikely mission gave Murphy something to believe in, however preposterous the former president's mission seemed. Murphy didn't get to do much more than glower in Season 1, so seeing new sides of his personality on the Jaha road trip was enjoyable. As for Jaha, his messianic fervor was enjoyable to watch, and in a show that now an then can be a little too committed to its grim, unrelenting worldview, Jaha's fervent, slightly cracked positivity was a nice contrast to the rest of the show.
But what about the meat of the episode, Mo! Well, I've been putting that off because damn, things got dark. It's no surprise that the show isn't afraid to go to pitch-black places, but the finale particularly brutal in certain spots. I still can't get the sound of that drill out of my head, let alone the images of Raven and Abbie on that bloody table inside the mountain's chamber of horrors. Even harder to watch: Dozens of inhabitants of the mountain dying horribly of radiation poisoning. That was rough. I didn't think the season would end with most of the Mountain Men dead, but it fits right in with how things work in this world. There didn't have to be carnage because the show exploits carnage for cheap thrills. There had to be a lot of deaths because in a world with resources this limited, detentes and alliances are always going to be temporary at best.
I give director/executive producer Dean White a lot of credit for how he shot the scenes in which the mountain folk died; they were quite mournful, and rightfully so. There's violence on "The 100," but the show isn't casual about it. Serious bloodshed here is rarely rote or inconsequential. If the dead are enemies, those who did the killing feel bad about it, or at the very least conflicted. If the dead were friends, as was the case in the destruction of Ton DC, the atmosphere of regret is all the more palpable. There was a melancholy feeling to almost every scene of death in the finale, a pained, bittersweet atmosphere heightened by the great work of the cast.
I can't say enough good things about the work Eliza Taylor has done as Clarke: She's continually found new ways to give shadings and nuance to the character's self-doubt and self-confidence. These qualities stand in opposition to each other, yet to remain interested in Clarke, we have to believe in her as both a strong leader and as a human being who feels fear and regret, and who wants the people around her to like her and approve of her actions. I keep thinking about the many emotions — regret, sadness, shock, relief — that flashed across her face when she finally embraced Abbie. Taylor imbued two simple words — "I tried" — with so much unspoken meaning and barely repressing feeling.
I'm not sure how the fandom in general felt about the Clarke-Lexa kiss (personally, I hope it launched a thousand shipper Tumblrs, which I plan to investigate soon). It was, in my view, an appropriate and well-handled culmination to that storyline. As Ryan McGee pointed out, both women were at ease commanding the large factions following them, but very few of their friends and associates understand the burdens leadership place on them. That kiss represented a moment of comfort and connection, one that both of them knew wouldn't last. Lexa and Clarke just had too many other tasks to complete. But the kiss made Lexa's actions in "Blood Must Have Blood, Part 1" feel like not just a cold rejection, but a personal betrayal as well.
Touching on that for a moment, I think the deal Lexa made was in line with her way of thinking. She proposed allowing everyone in Ton DC to die in order to keep their spy's presence a secret, and she's made similarly brutal calculations in the past to keep her people alive. Though the announcement of the deal was abrupt, all in all, that development made sense within the universe of "The 100." The show isn't just about deploying carnage — it doesn't raise the stakes by killing more people in more brutal ways. It finds creative ways to increase the pressure on the characters by altering their circumstances in sometimes shocking ways. Having the Grounders abandon the Sky People at a crucial moment — to my way of thinking, that's the kind of thing this show does. It pulls the rug out from under well-intentioned, flawed people and sees what they do when they're scrambling, angry and afraid.
Given that the show is all about consequences, the high point of the finale was the last scene between Bellamy and Clarke. Both Taylor and Bob Morley have presence to spare, and their on-screen chemistry was simply undeniable in that scene. There's so much unspoken emotion in that moment, and whether or not they ever get together as a couple, the bond they share as survivors of that awful day — all these awful days — was palpable. The look on Bellamy's face as he said, "You're forgiven… You don't have to do this alone" — it was just heartbreaking. But I understood why Clarke walked off to be by herself for a while. She's been through a lot, and sorting it out mentally and emotionally would require some time and space. She knows she did the right thing, yet she still needs to forgive herself, and the many contradictions within that statement are part of what make this show intellectually and emotionally addictive.
Finally, what do we make of Jaha's new friend? Last season's final images were a bit more of a visceral gut-punch, but that's no slam on this season's closing scenes. Given how much of an impact the wrap-up of the Mount Weather story had, we didn't need the Jaha-Murphy closing scenes to melt our brains, thank you very much. I just don't know what to make of the characters the road trip duo encountered, and obviously, that's the point.
Did that nice computer-generated lady want to start another war using Jaha's stray nuke? Did she start the war that decimated the world 100 years ago? What gives with the video of the suicidal guy in the super chill survival bunker? Will Murphy ever get to relax and have a damn drink without something horrifying happening?
We'll have to wait at least six months to find out. See you on the other side.
A few more bullet points before I head into my bunker:
A recommendation: If you like genre storytelling with a lot of heart, arresting visuals, terrific performances and surprising character depth, check out Showtime's "Penny Dreadful," one of my other favorite under-hyped shows.
Was Murphy eating Pop Tarts in those scenes? Maybe they were some sort of survival biscuit, but they looked a lot like Pop Tarts. Which makes sense. Even before he got to Earth, I bet the main components of Murphy's diet were alcohol and junk food.
Goodbye President Dante Wallace. Raymond J. Barry brought a welcome sense of gravitas and wily intelligence to the show. I loved the final exchange between him and Clarke: "You won't do it." "You don't know me very well."
Emerson may be in the wind. If he is, he'd be well advised to steer clear of Clarke.
I was a little surprised that so many people in the mountain died; I had been under the impression that more of them got the treatments. I wonder if a number of treated soldiers and perhaps got away, but that seems unlikely.
I'm glad we got a final moment between Indra and Lincoln. Clearly the Grounders are not out of the picture in the long-term, which is a good thing. Not so good: Alycia Debnam Cary, who plays Lexa, has been cast in the "Walking Dead" spinoff. She was fantastic on "The 100," and I hope we see her again, though her new job may make that unlikely.
Goodbye Maya. Truth be told, I never felt that character was developed all that well; she rarely felt like a specific person to me. That said, I felt very sorry for poor Jasper.
A nice moment of badassery: Lincoln getting his revenge on Cage. "The first dose is the worst!"
An even better moment of badassery: Octavia going Black Widow on two guards inside the mountain. In a dark and eventful hour, that was probably my favorite moment of pure action. If "The 100" launched a Linctavia spinoff which mainly consisted of them kicking a lot of ass, in the style of Cinemax's underrated action noir "Banshee," I'd be OK with that.
I say this with love: It's kind of funny that amidst the preparations for war, Clarke stopped by the Grounder boutique that sells the latest in all-black badass threads. Her new costume fit in with her status as the leader of an important faction going to war, but clearly the Grounders have a lot of time to devote to making bedazzled gloves.
If I have one overall idea about what "The 100" could do in its third season, it's this: More "Colonial Day." That's an episode of "Battlestar Galactica" in which we got to see the characters socializing and relaxing, at least for a little while. We saw different sides of them as they celebrated a holiday, and that episode and others like it helped cement my affection for them and my interest in their lives. I truly appreciate the energetic pace of "The 100", its moral gravity and its ability to come up with believable but shocking twists, but having some lighter moments can help the darker aspects of any show stand out. Also, purely character-driven moments can also just be fun to watch. I liked watching Raven and Wick bicker about engineering dilemmas; I like seeing Jasper and Monty hang out; I like seeing what happens when characters are not on the run or being beaten up. When a show pays attention to its forward momentum but gives the people in the story a chance to reaffirm their bonds with each other within non-traumatizing situations, it can really pay off in the long term. I'm not saying "The 100" needs an influx of kittens and rainbows — this is not that kind of show — but adding a little more tonal and emotional variety might be a welcome thing when the show returns. It's just a thought.
The final words belong Murphy: "Your promised land sucks!"
Ryan McGee and I discussed the season finale of "The 100" as well as "iZombie" and "Powers" on this week's Talking TV podcast, which is here, on iTunes and below.
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'Mad Men': Matthew Weiner Talks Midseason Finale, Music and Dream Sequences (Q&A)
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Browns suspend WR Gordon for season finale
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'The 100' Fall Finale Twist: Insider Details On What's Next For The Shocked Survivors
By this point, I think my assessment of "The 100" is pretty clear. I've written a number of pieces about the show, in its first and second season, praising its pace, its cast and its commitment to its premise about survival in an unforgiving, post-apocalyptic world.
Strangely enough, despite being one of the critics spreading the word about how smart this show was about putting its themes and its premise to work, I was shocked by the ending of "Spacewalker."
Let me put it another way: I was both surprised and unsurprised by the ending, but either way, I only have positive thoughts about what occurred. It's not that I enjoy watching a core character die, of course. I just think that too many shows shirk from having characters suffer realistic consequences for their actions, and ever since Finn (Thomas McDonell) massacred 18 Grounders in a small village, I have thought he would have to pay a very big price for that action.
Not that that's the kind of act that can ever truly be atoned for, but if "The 100" had let that incident slide, I would have thought much less of the show. Brisk pacing and good twists are one thing, but a show accrues more substantial emotional weight when the characters have to struggle though events that are hard to process and accept. What occurred in "Spacewalker" was hard to watch — but in a good way, given that it will deepen the characters and make their lives and their dilemmas even more challenging going forward.
As I said, I wasn't surprised that Finn had to pay a price for his actions: That lines up with the moral universe the show has been building for two seasons. I was somewhat surprised that that price was death. Despite much evidence that it's not interested in conducting TV business as usual (unless that suits its purposes), I expected "The 100" to behave like a typical broadcast network drama and find a way to avoid killing off a popular character in the middle of the show's second season. What "The 100" did is quite rare, though I do think it was the right decision under this particular set of circumstances.
That said, many aspects of Finn's fate landed like a punch in the gut. The hardest thing to watch: Clarke as the person who ended Finn's life. There were so many reasons it had to be that way: Practically, a quick death via Clarke's knife was better than slow, horrific death courtesy of the Grounders, and of course, Clarke and Finn cared about each other a great deal. For her to be able to comfort him just before his death was so important.
And on reflection, I'm not shocked that Clarke did what she did: From day one, the character has had to make tough calls and has often had to choose among impossible options. What's great about Eliza Taylor's performance — and the show's willingness to be subtle — is that you see the cost of those choices on her face. Given the same set of options, I think Clarke would make the same decision, but you could see, in that final scene, that she hated herself for doing it and that she'd never get over it.
All in all, what occurred in "Groundwalker" was both surprising and inevitable, a combination that's hard to achieve but when it works, as it did here, it can be powerful and even moving.
More thoughts about the second season of "The 100" and "Spacewalker" are contained in a Talking TV podcast and in this interview with executive producer Jason Rothenberg:
Well, I'm doing not doing too well, because I just watched the episode again and I was crying, so I cursed you.
I can't say that makes me sorry, actually.
Nor would I want you to. Kudos all around on the episode. There were some brave choices in there and the cast did an incredible job.
My first question is, is Finn really dead? There's not going to be some miracle battlefield surgery, right? He won't magically come back to life?
No, sadly, he's really dead. He could come back in a flashback kind of way, but he's no longer part of the show. It's sad. When that happens, it's like you lose a member of the family. It's harder on us probably than it is even on the fans.
"Ultimately it lands on Clarke. She's haunted. Literally she will be broken and haunted by that for the rest of her life, and certainly for the rest of the season."
I get that, but I really respect that choice. After the episode with the massacre in the village, I turned to my husband and said, "I really hope the consequences of this becomes an ongoing story line." You know, this can't just be brushed aside, like, "Well, they had one more close call with the Grounders!" This was something different, and I really hoped that the consequences of that encounter would become an ongoing thread on the show. And even though "The 100" has made other brave decisions in situations like that, I wasn't really sure what the show would do. So what happened — I can't think of a bigger consequence for the characters in that world to pay, especially Finn.
Well, yeah. The truth is, I knew going into the season that that was going to happen. I talked to Thomas [in May], and told him what the plan was — that we were going to take his character in a pretty dark direction and that he was going to leave us somewhere in the middle of the season. I didn't know that it would be the mid-season finale. As you're breaking the season [i.e. figuring out the overall storylines], you have certain stories that sort of want to be certain things, and this one just felt like a tentpole moment, a pivot point for the season. It lined up with one of our best writers, Bruce Miller, so all the planets aligned.
But yeah, I knew that he was going to have the massacre, I knew that he was going to have to die for it ultimately, and I knew that it was going to be Clarke [who ended his life]. That's the most surprising part about it, to me. You know people are anticipating that Finn's going to die because what he did was so horrible, but I don't think anybody's going to see coming what happens. Ultimately it lands on Clarke. She's haunted. Literally she will be broken and haunted by that for the rest of her life, and certainly for the rest of the season.
I did think it was very interesting that it landed on Clarke, and having it be a choice that she made was so hard — you could see how wrenching that decision was. And I didn't see it coming, not really, because broadcast network television just doesn't do that very often. Despite everything else "The 100" has done with its characters in the past, I didn't necessarily think the show would be that… I guess the word is "uncompromising."
Thank you. I think that is sort of becoming our thing. Not to give away the formula, but if you look at episodes, we say we're going to do something and then [we do it]. Most network shows, certainly most broadcast network shows, don't follow through in the end — there's the miraculous, eleventh-hour save. But we say we're going to do something, and then we do it.
Episode 5 last year, which was also written by Bruce, was "The Calling." That whole episode was about the fact that [the leadership was] going to kill these 300 people to make more oxygen for everybody else. "But maybe the kids on the ground are going save the day!" [But they didn't and the Arc inhabitants died.] That lands really hard.
Similarly, with this story, the whole episode is about — Finn was going to die. "We have to give Finn up. The Grounders want Finn." We go over five different ways that we're going to try to save his life. And then we just do what we said we were going to do. On some level, that says something about broadcast television [i.e. about the usual desire for resolutions that aren't nearly as dark]. It also says, I think, something about the kinds of stories that we want to tell.
It was especially bold, because you also had the whole flashback plot about Finn doing a selfless, kind thing — giving Raven the spacewalk. It turns out that his crime wasn't really a crime — it wasn't an irresponsible spacewalk for himself, it was for Raven. So even more than usual, you would think, according to the usual rules of broadcast network television — if you have done some work to bring some good character traits to light, surely things couldn't go that badly for him.
Yeah. That was sort of designed. The fact that Raven took the spacewalk and Finn took the fall for it — that was something that we've known for a while, and I've been trying to figure out a way to get it into the show. It just sort of lined up perfectly [for this episode], especially in the wake of the massacre, where the reaction has been kind of intense online. I follow it probably too much.
People are understandably enraged, a lot of people. We did that by design. It's an enraging thing that he did. But [with the flashback], maybe it's a little bit manipulative creatively, but we certainly were conscious of, "Okay, we need not to 'win him back,' but on some level, we need for people to care about him again before we pull him away." His death would have been emotional anyway, because the characters we care about are so moved and messed up by it. But I think it's even more emotionally devastating because of what you're saying — we realize what a good guy he could be right as we kill him.
We did a very similar thing way back in Episode 3 in Season 1 with Wells. We told that flashback story that was kind of redeeming, and we see how he basically let Clarke think that he was the one that was responsible for her father's death, so that she wouldn't hate her own mother. And then we killed him in the same episode.
So what you're saying is that you're just a terrible person.
Yeah. [Laughs] I mean, you know what? The thing is — and I say this to the staff all the time — our job is to make people feel things.
"The thing is, our job is to make people feel things."
Oh, I know.
Feel something. If I don't feel something in a script that comes in, or even an outline that comes in, then I always send it back, because that's the job.
Part of the reason I was feeling things at the end of the episode is because I watched the scene with Finn and Raven in the drop ship, and he says, "May we meet again." He's already decided at that point to sacrifice himself. To me what makes me more interested in Finn and his fate is that he knows he crossed a line and there's really no way he could ever make amends for what he did. He knows how bad it was, on some level, and he feels torn up about it and he wants to at least do something to help other people. It's the one good thing he can do.
Yeah, he's not going to let other people take the fall for him. I think Thomas, as an actor, really elevated his game all season. He embraced the darkness of what we were doing with Finn, and showed side of himself as an actor that he didn't know that he had. I really proud of him, and I'm going to miss him a lot, and so is everybody else in the cast.
I think that he did elevate his game, especially in this episode. It was very moving in the scene where Clarke kills him. He's afraid, but when he knows what is happening, he says, "Thanks, Princess."
That was tough.
Yeah, Bruce just did a really great job. Sometimes everything just sort of works. The idea, like I said, was there from the beginning and then you give it to the writers to put their spin on it, and Bruce is an excellent writer and really found the heart of that scene. I've seen it probably 20 times through [post-production] and every time I watch that scene, I get emotional. So I hear you.
It's emotional because it has real weight. There are real consequences to his actions, and as much as his actions were unconscionable, it was hard to watch how his fate came down, for both of them. This is one of the things I look for in a drama — situations in which there's no good choice and the characters are torn up by their bad options. For me as an audience member, it's easier to invest in that kind of world — no matter what kind of circumstances the characters are in, that kind of heartbreaking challenge is relatable.
I should give a hat tip to the director, John Showalter. As I watch it, up until she says, "Can I say goodbye?" and then walks over — you're thinking, "There's no way. Something will happen. Someone will come in and save him." She's got a knife. We see that. "She's going to kill [Grounder leader] Lexa." That's probably what most people are thinking. That's certainly, by design, what we want people to think. So that tension really exists until that moment, and then, for me, it's like, "Oh my God, are they really going to do this?"
I didn't really expect it to go down that way. I thought, "Well, Clarke is one of the most resourceful people in this world. She's going to cut loose his ropes and they're going to run off into the forest and it'll be some insane adventure." But now, the cliffhanger is that the characters have to emotionally deal with the fallout. That is so much more interesting than, "Clarke and Finn run off, and we catch up with them in the next episode trying to evade the Grounders." That is a mechanical cliffhanger, whereas this is an emotional cliffhanger, if you will.
Yeah. I can't believe people have to wait until Jan. 21 to see the next episode, because it's another outstanding one. Everybody on our crew and the cast is just firing at such a high level right now — it's really exciting for me. But you're right. It's an emotional cliffhanger. Episode 9 is really the one where I felt like, okay, people are going to need to sort of take a breath and absorb what's happened. It's a very different kind of episode for us but it's emotionally … not devastating, but almost cathartic.
It seems like you follow fan reactions online pretty closely. How would you characterize how that has been going lately, and do you have any guesses in terms of how people will react to this episode?
You know, I'm not surprised by the reaction [lately]. I feel like some people really got exactly what I was hoping they would get from Finn's descent, which was that he was broken and that he was sort of suffering a little bit of PTSD from a fairly traumatic few weeks, from the Season 1 finale through the massacre, certainly. In that moment, he suffered a break and he was under the belief that his people had all been killed. In that moment he believed that, and he thought the people in this village were lying. Some people really sort of went with that and understood what he did, nevertheless believing it to be horrible and terrible and all of the things that it was.
Others though, you know — I feel like it's hard to separate people's feelings about a character and who they like the most and who they want Clarke to be with the most — to sort of separate those feelings and just go for the ride. I felt that was how it was divided — basically people who liked Bellamy and Clarke together sort of were almost rooting for Finn's death after that. But again, it's not surprising to me. The truth is, we as the audience were way ahead of Finn. We were watching this train wreck that we knew was going to happen because he was operating with the wrong information. We knew Clarke wasn't there. We knew Clarke was trying to forge a peace with the Grounders and that Finn was barreling towards this really dangerous moment. And again, most shows would have had Clarke and company probably arrive before that massacre.
But we wanted it to be the story that we knew we were telling, and I uncompromisingly set our compass and just drove for it. And by the way, the network — say what we will about broadcast television, and I have feelings probably similar to yours — has been incredibly supportive of everything. They've never balked at a single thing. It's been kind of incredible, actually.
In terms of setting up the next seven episodes — what do you want to say about that? Is the alliance with the Grounders going to happen and is a war coming with Mount Weather?
Clarke will not let what she's done in Episode 8 be for nothing. She will relentlessly drive forward until that confrontation happens. She's not going to let the alliance fall apart. There will be a lot of people trying to pull it apart — the alliance between the Grounders and the Sky People [and the alliance between the Arc survivors and the Grounders]. Alliances are hard, you know. You don't make peace with your friends. We'll see that really coming to a head in the back half of the season. It really does become about rounding a bend and finally going after their people at Mount Weather before they can all be killed. Things are really heating up inside Mount Weather in a bad way as well. We took a week off for Episode 8 in Mount Weather, but off-camera, things are getting worse there.
No more cake in Mount Weather.
No more cake, definitely.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
The last Talking TV podcast of 2014 is all about "The 100," which I've also paid tribute to on my Tumblr. The podcast, in which Ryan McGee and I talk about "Spacewalker" quite a bit, is available here, on iTunes and below.
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'Orphan Black' Finale Redux: Let's Talk About Mark
If you're not caught up on the finale of "Orphan Black," may we suggest you back away from this post now (and not slowly), as it contains perhaps the biggest game-changing spoiler in Clone Club history. OK, so. Let's talk about Mark, shall we? Because Mark is not really unique. Mark is, shall we say,… Read more »
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'The 100' Finale Secrets And What's Coming In Season 2: All The Insider Intel You Need
Fans of "The 100," there's a very good chance you have questions about the Season 1 finale, which aired Wednesday on the CW.
HuffPost TV spoke with executive producer Jason Rothenberg about the first season of the show and the finale, and the first part of our chat can be found in this post, which also serves as an appreciation of the debut season of "The 100." Though Rothenberg was cagey about a few things we discussed in the second part of our chat, he answered a lot of the questions about "We Are Grounders, Part 2."
How many parts of the Ark made it down to Earth? Who is living in Mount Weather and how did those people get there? Will the cast expand when the show returns in the fall? Who's alive and who's not? How many episodes will Season 2 have? Read Rothenberg's answers to those questions and more:
HuffPost TV: In terms of a learning curve from Season 1, what do you want to do more of and what do you want to do less of going forward?
Jason Rothenberg: Season 2 is going to be very, very different, obviously, for many reasons. The Ark is on the ground for the most part. The grown-ups are on the ground and we're really beginning to widen the scope of the show and explain this world that these people from the Ark have been dropped into. So in Season 1, we lived in perspective almost exclusively, at least on the ground, of those 100 kids, and so we didn't know anything. They've only been on the ground for something like 29 days by the finale, so we know as much as they do as an audience. Now they're scattered and they're in various parts of this world, and we begin to learn more about that world as they do. So that's one of the things I think we're going to lean into more — the sweeping adventure of it.
And then I think we told the story at a really, really rapid clip last season, which I think is an advantage for sure — it's entertaining and the story doesn't lag and it's a sort of rip-roaring adventure. But some of that came, at times, I think, at the expense of real character exploration.
And so I think we'll probably want to slow down just a little bit, just enough to really mine who these people are and what they're going through and how it's changing them and things like that. Which isn't to say we're going to spend that much more time on the soap opera of it at all. What I find fascinating is – it's almost a fish out of water [story in that] these people were so wrong about everything that they believed and they're forced to relearn everything. On the one hand, they're utterly unprepared for what they're being dropped into. And on the other hand, it's not like life on the Ark was luxurious or fun by any stretch of the imagination. So ultimately I think what [the characters on the ground] realized this year and what everybody will probably realize in Season 2 is that that world of repurposing and a real lack of resources has prepared them, in an odd way, for being successful on the ground. So we will play with all that.
There has been this great sense of pace and that's been one of the things that carried me along as a viewer, but the idea of more character work in Season 2 excites me, because I only care about the incidents as far as I care about the people that they're happening to. So that balance going forward — I'll be excited to see what you do with that.
Yeah. And by the way I think that [the term] "soap" gets a bad rap.
Absolutely. I think it's a word that's thrown at a show that people want to denigrate in some way.
I say this all the time around here — Indiana Jones had a girlfriend. "Star Wars" had a love triangle in it. Those weren't the reasons why we loved those movies, but it was part of the the tapestry of it. And that's, I think, where it lives in our world — it has a similar level of importance. [That makes our show] probably a little bit different from most of the shows on the CW in terms of the percentage of its importance, if you can put a percentage on those things.
As it stands now it seems that there are three factions the kids and adults from the Ark have to deal with — the Mountain Men, the Grounders and the Reapers. Are they all going to be adversaries or do you see them kind of as a rotating crew — some could be adversaries, some could be allies?
Yeah. By the way there'll be others to introduce really quickly in Season 2, not to make things even more complicated. But one of the things we will definitely do, as I said, is begin to widen the scope and widen our understanding of the world. We will understand how those pieces all fit together and the ongoing conflict the 100 and now the population of the Ark have landed in the middle of. Those Grounders are warriors and they were that way long before the kids dropped down from the sky. We'll understand the various sides of the conflict, what everybody wants. They're all fighting for the survival of their own people from a very limited pot of resources. And so we'll understand who's allied and who's sort of at war. The 100 will factor into that and so will the people from the Ark in Season 2.
The other thing is, we introduced these Grounders as this huge antagonistic force, but in Episode 9, we begin to peel that back a little bit and realized that they have their own point of view and that they're complicated as a people themselves. They look at "The 100" as being provocative and as the ones starting this conflict. And then through Ricky Whittle's character, Lincoln, I think it's fairly clear that they're not all bad and it's safe to say he's not the only good Grounder. So one of the things I knew I wanted to do was make them more complicated, and to do that and still have real antagonism in the show, I knew that we needed to introduce others that were worse. And sort of that's where the Reapers fit in, in terms of this season anyway, but again we'll understand [the antagonisms among the various groups in Season 2]. The Mountain Men, we'll get to know them much better in Season 2, and we'll understand what role each of them play against each other and with each other.
Mount Weather appears to be some kind of underground bunker. It occurred to me as I watched the finale — what if these people have been in hiding and sheltered their own civilization, hidden from the nuclear fallout, for all those years since the bombs stopped falling?
We're talking at a time when I am in the middle of writing Episode 1 [of Season 2], and so I could say yes. First of all, Mount Weather is the place where the government of the United States is supposed to be taken to in the event of some sort of a cataclysmic, end-of-the-world situation. It's a bit of a relic of the Cold War, but it's a real place. A lot of conspiracy theorists have their own bizarre claims about it. Nobody's ever seen it, it's classified, etc. So it's based on that.
And you can imagine, at the time of the bombs, people made it there unbeknownst to the Chancellor. His speech in the pilot says that nobody ever made it there, but obviously he was wrong. And I look at Mount Weather in Season 2 as almost a mirror or negative image of the Ark. Whereas the Ark was founded by scientists and astronauts, who were already in space at the time of the war, Mount Weather was founded by politicians and military people and powerful people who had connections and were able to get there in time. That may be a little spoiler-y, but we find that out pretty quickly in Episode 1 of Season 2.
One of the things that I love about the show so much and was important to me from the beginning was this juxtaposition of the claustrophobic, suffocating, airless world on the Ark, this dying spaceship, and the exploding-with-life, mysterious world on the ground. Obviously, because we're bringing the Ark down, we lose that, or you would think we would lose that. What we get, though, is a very similar juxtaposition by using Mount Weather instead. So we'll be able to cut to Mount Weather, where a majority of the surviving members of the 100 have been taken — we think as prisoners, perhaps that's the case, perhaps it's not — but it gives us, just on the most basic level, some continuity for the show. So it won't feel like a different show, it doesn't lack that [other place to go to].
Right. Another question I had is that — we saw Abby. Her part of the Ark survived, and then there's this plume of smoke off in the distance. Is that another part of the Ark that survived or is that something else?
Well, it's safe to say that Mecha Station, which is the station that Abby and company came down on, will not be the only station that made it. It probably will be the only station that made it without any casualties. That was important to me, just because if Abby was going to enjoy that first breath of air, there couldn't be people dead and suffering in the ship below her.
Most of the ships -– we saw many of them exploding on the way down, some of them made it probably only to crash and burn, with others, maybe we'll find some survivors. Part of the Season 2 storyline will be finding those survivors. What's cool is it gives us [possible future stories]. In "Lost," they found the tail section in Season 3. Who knows when we could find other stations from the Ark on the ground? It could happen as early as the beginning of Season 2, it could be Season 4, if the good Lord is willing.
Jaha, Finn, Bellamy, Raven — their statuses are unclear at this point right, or are we clear on at least Jaha?
Well, he's alive but seemingly not for long. He's only got two weeks of air left up there. So if he were to continue as a character we would have to come up with a pretty compelling way and reason to bring him down. But yeah, all those other characters that you mention are definitely in limbo.
Do you want to comment on their status? I'm half-expecting you to say no, but I just thought I would ask.
It's funny, we get a lot of credit for killing main characters, but I personally don't think we've done that very much. So some people tease us about the fact that it's only the redshirts, the people that don't matter, that die and that's something we're conscious of. But yeah, I'd rather not reveal whether any of those people make it or don't into Season 2. I love all those characters.
But I assume the cast is expanding in Season 2, via new characters and maybe through some actors becoming series regulars next season.
Yes. The cast is definitely expanding in Season 2. Whether or not that means we're introducing new people or whether or not existing guest stars are becoming regulars, we're extending the cast for sure, as part of extending the universe. Clarke and Monty are in Mount Weather; we know that. We will definitely meet people in Mount Weather and get to know characters in Mount Weather that have lived there their whole lives.
We will expand the Grounder world in Season 2. We may make it to see "Luna at the sea," which is where Lincoln told Clark and Finn to go and where he theoretically is taking Octavia at the end of the finale. They may not make it that far, who knows, but it's safe to say that we'll meet other people.
One of the themes of Season 2 is that you can't survive alone; you can't make it by yourself, and that I think necessitates meeting others. And of course, we have the 100, and the idea all along was that we can pull people out of there that had been the whole time that we just suddenly meet. Same thing now that the Ark is on the ground — we'll certainly meet people that we haven't met before from the ship, some of the people we have met in minor roles may return, but they have a whole world that they're building now. The dropship camp got burned up and one of the main sets in Season 2 is going to be built around one of these Ark stations. I talk about it like it's "Deadwood" with a spaceship in the middle of it. There will be people living there and helping build it.
When you look back at the first season, what are some of your favorite moments or scenes or things that you think really worked?
What I think we did in Season 1 is explore difficult issues in which there are no really good answers. My favorite moments were the hanging of Murphy and what to do about Charlotte afterwards in Episode 4. Episode 7: Whether or not to torture Lincoln for information to save Finn, where Clarke says, "Do it," and it's Octavia who grabs the moral center in that episode. That was a really powerful one for me. Episode 10 and sort of biological warfare: Should we blow up the bridge with people on it or not? [The idea is to be] asking really good questions where both answers suck, frankly — where both options are not good.
That's sort of the "Battlestar Galactica" model.
Yeah, for sure. I'm a huge fan of "Battlestar," huge, as I think some of our casting would indicate. That's one of the reasons why the show is maybe a little different for the network. It's like we're exploring some really difficult issues, which sci-fi lets you do. You can do a morality play about torture without it feeling like a morality play, which is fun for me.
My last question is, how many episodes are in Season 2?
I'm not supposed to tell anybody what the episode order is yet, for some reason. I'm not quite sure why they're being secretive about it. But for me, [the number the network ordered] was the perfect number. We had 13 this season, and creatively 13's great. It's like a cable series. You get to really choose your story and the pace of it is never lagging. There's no filler episodes.
Next season I think you can assume we're going to do more. But the number will surprise people. So let me tease it like that — it's more than 13 and fewer than 22.
Ryan McGee and I talked about "The 100," as well as "Orphan Black," "Suits" and "Dominion" on the latest Talking TV podcast, which is here, on iTunes and below.
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'Big Bang Theory' Has Most-watched Finale Ever
"The Big Bang" Theory just made history.
The hit comedy on CBS just clocked its most-watched season finale ever last night raking in 16.3 million viewers. The show, which was just renewed for three more seasons, has been a consistent heavyweight in the ratings department for CBS and has boosted the network's lineup. When it returns this Fall it will be on a different night to make way for NFL coverage before slipping back to Thursday's midway through the season.
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Expect Plenty Of Death In The Season Finale of 'Reign'
Prepare yourselves, Royals, more death is coming to French court.
This season on "Reign" there've been beheadings, battles and bedding ceremonies, but tonight's final episode is upping the stakes for some of your favorite characters on the show. Adelaide Kane — who plays fledgling monarch Mary, Queen of Scots — spilled a few finale secrets to HuffPost TV, explaining that she's very different from the character she plays:
Fans should be ready for a few things before tonight's season finale airs.
Last week's episode saw King Henry finally go full on crazy and Mary team up with Catherine to plan his imminent demise. Things didn't work out too well for the scheming Queens and on tonight's episode, Francis finds himself in danger and Mary might be his only hope. So what's in store for our newlyweds?
"A couple of loose ends are going to be tied up," Kane said. "We're going to resolve some of the open plot threads." And how does the show plan on doing that? Murder, of course. "There's going to be some death, as there is in every episode," she admitted. "Just a casual Thursday in the castle."
But will Mary, who hasn't been afraid to get her hands bloody this season, be involved in the action? Kane certainly hopes so. "I'd love to see her just stab somebody!" the actress joked.
Seriously though, fans should prepare for plenty of pomp and circumstance before the show says goodbye. A festival will be taking place, some jousting and oh yeah, a baby will be born. "Lola goes into labor," Kane revealed. "But there's no baby in the finale so you're going to have to wait until the second season to find out about that."
Don't bother to ask Kane what fans can expect in Season 2.
"They don't tell me anything," the actress said. "I've been asking everybody. I have my little spy network that I bribe with baked goods and hugs, but it never works."
One thing that does work on the show: the clothes.
Apparently, dressing the part of the queen has its perks. Since the pilot episode, critics and fans alike have agreed on one thing and that's how damn good the cast looks while tromping all over the French castle. While we're sure their good genes are to blame, it doesn't hurt that Kane and company have had their choice of designer duds every episode. From Alexander McQueen ball gowns to Gucci mesh tops and everything in between, the costume department on the show deserves a round of applause for the all the hard work they do, and Kane agrees.
"I don't even bother giving input," Kane said. "They don't ask me and they don't need to. They know exactly what they're doing." And while donning couture sounds fun, Kane admits it's one of the hardest parts of the job. "It's very exciting but at the end of a 16 hour day, I want to rip them to shreds, douse them in gas and burn them," the actress said. "You trip over your damn self all the time and going to the bathroom is so tricky."
Since the show is taking a temporary leave of absence, Kane waxed nostalgic on the first season by revealing which scene was her favorite to film.
"I love anything with Megan (Follows) and anything with Toby (Regbo)," Kane said. "I love our fight scenes where we get to scream at each other. It's very cathartic."
Mary has no problem standing up for herself on the show, but Kane isn't anything like her royal alter ego.
On the show, Kane totally embodies her strong and often stubborn character, but the actress want her fans to know, there's a difference between who she plays on TV and who she is when the cameras aren't rolling.
"I hate conflict," Kane said. "I don't like fighting people." Thankfully, back-stabbings and assassination attempts are something the Australian actress doesn't have to deal with in her personal life, but she says it's always better to take the high road in any argument. "I've had my fair share of bullshit to deal with," Kane said. "It's always better to take the upper hand."
The season finale of "Reign" airs Thursday, May 15, at 9 p.m. EDT on The CW.
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