Tag: Showtime
Dexter to Return on Showtime
Now’s the time to buy stock in plastic. Deadline reports that Showtime is bringing back its hit show Dexter as a limited series. Based on Jeff Lindsay’s novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter (and diverging from the sequels), Dexter starred Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan, a forensics expert for the Miam...
Read MoreNew Mafia Series in the Works at Showtime
Showtime is getting into the gangster business. Deadline exclusively reports that Brian Grazer, Terence Winter, and Nicholas Pileggi are developing a crime series for the network, focusing on “Pileggi’s in-depth chronology of organized crime in America… as seen through the eyes of the mafia’...
Read MoreREVIEW: Penny Dreadful: City of Angels – Season 1, Episode 9, “Sing, Sing, Sing”
*SPOILERS* “Sing, Sing, Sing” opens on Tiago and Lewis discussing who could have shot at them; Lewis thinks it’s Nazis. Councilman Townsend is beside himself, convinced that the voters hate him. Alex encourages him to contact his father, insisting that it’s not over. Dr. Craft tells Elsa tha...
Read MoreREVIEW: Penny Dreadful: City of Angels – Season 1, Episode 8, “Hide and Seek”
*SPOILERS* “Hide and Seek” finds Tom burying his dead hamster. He tells Maria that Frank killed the hamster, and she believes him, but insists that he keep it to himself for now. She gives him a coyote charm to protect him. Councilwoman Beck tells Townsend that she knows about his orient...
Read MoreREVIEW: Penny Dreadful: City of Angels – Season 1, Episode 7, “Maria and the Beast”
*SPOILERS* In “Maria and the Beast,” Tiago’s mother Maria sees Magda in the street when she rides the bus. Molly says she’ll take Tiago as he is, and they again hook up. Michener photographs Brian talking to the Nazis. Dr. Craft tells the boys about their mother going to the ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Penny Dreadful: City of Angels – Season 1, Episode 6, “How it is With Brothers”
*SPOILERS* “How it is With Brothers” opens with Michener comforting Tiago over the loss of the third murderer, not knowing him to be Tiago’s brother. The Chief gives them the first shot at questioning the man they brought in. While Michener goes to get a drink, the boy calls Tiago on his lie a...
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