This week’s episode of Heroes, The Eclipse Part Two, has really divided critics of the show… Robert Canning at IGN.com reckons ‘from the looks of things, the writers have countless hats hanging by very loose threads’, but Stephen Lackey at mania.com thinks the show is ‘on the road to recovery’…
So what did our TV Spy duo Ben and Gareth make of it? Time to find out… (as always, you can watch the boys in glorious high definition on the tvspy youtube site!)
Here’s the latest cast shot for season five of Lost. Do you like how they’ve managed to combine the twin ideas of half the cast being in the big city and other half on a tropical island? There’s still no sign of Jin or Claire, though curiously Charlotte’s still there despite reports that she’s no longer a series regular. And if you look carefully, you’ll be able to see a few Dharma supplies scattered around the gang. What do you suppose that means? Are the Dharma Initiative really going to be back on the island when the series returns?
As promised, here’s the second of this week’s two issues - we recommend getting your wintery mitts on this one quicksmart, because we just finished the bumper Christmas double issue and that’ll be arriving hot on the heels of the lovely Girls Aloud early next week.
As always, the mag is packed full of all the latest top TV, including our weekly focus on the best US dramas, plus tons of films and sport, and 70 essential pages of listings.
Get yourself down the shops now!
1. Sources suggest that the all-new Knight Rider has been axed.
2. Slacker comedy drama Reaper’s back in March and E! have rounded up all the winter TV return dates.
3. Pulp Fiction and Caprica star Eric Stoltz will be making a killing in Grey’s Anatomy.
4. David Duchovny vehicle Californication has been granted a third season.
5. Jump on the True Blood bandwagon early with some of the merchandise now available.
6. We might not have seen the last of Rousseau, as this chat with the Lost producers reveals.
Courtesy of Doc Artz, this mockumentary about the Oceanic Six sets the scene for the fifth season of Lost perfectly. Combining clips of the O6 with interviews from Oceanic Airways staff and analysis from ‘experts’, this film is pretty interesting and is a great pastiche of shoddy TV documentaries…
10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
Oh, Meredith - will you ever figure out what you want from your never-ending on-again-off-again relationship with McDreamy? Well, we’re 12 episodes into the fourth season now and the signs aren’t good. Six weeks after the events of our previous visit to Seattle Grace, Meredith is stunned to overhear Rose confessing to Derek that she loves him… uh-oh. Guest stars this week include Cheech Marin - recently seen as Hurley’s dad in Lost - and Clea DuVall of The Faculty and Heroes fame.
9pm, Life, ITV3
Crews and Reese deal with a possible series of hate crimes tonight as they investigate the murder of two Iranian-Americans and the kidnapping of a third. Elsewhere, Earley becomes concerned about Crews when the latter decides to build a solar farm after the idea came to him as he slept. How very Field of Dreams.
11.05pm, The Closer, More4
Brenda and the team look into the murder of a tour operator who was found dead on one of her company’s buses. The dead woman’s final job was to escort a group of Chinese diplomats - did the assignment have anything to do with her death? Fritz, meanwhile, has to entertain Brenda’s mum and dad - the former played by Frances Sternhagen, who was also Charlotte’s nightmare mother-in-law in Sex and the City.
Take a look at this clip from series five of Lost… It’s just as well Kate’s got plenty of experience going on the run. Looks like she’s going to need it…
10pm, Heroes, BBC3
Part two of last week’s ‘Eclipse’ episode, and the chaos continues as Elle and Sylar face off against a vengeful Noah and Claire struggles to survive. Meanwhile, Peter and Nathan join forces with the Haitian to take on his brother, Baron Samedi, while Ando is joined by Sam and Frack (guest stars Seth Green and Breckin Meyer) attempt to restore Hiro’s memory with the help of the 9th Wonders comic book.
10.45pm, Medium, BBC1
Kelly Preston, aka Mrs John Travolta, guest-stars in this week’s episode as Joe’s business partner Meghan. Allison doesn’t feel right about the pair’s relationship, but that’s the least of her worries when a new car that Joe gives her turns out to be connected to a horrific, unsolved crime…
9pm, Family Guy, FX
A double bill of Quahog capers for all you Family Guy fans tonight. In ‘Petarded’, Peter’s attempts to prove that he is a genius end up with him being classed as mentally challenged and Cleveland turns babysitter when Lois ends up in hospital. Following at 9.30 is ‘Brian the Bachelor’, when the martini-swilling mutt falls for a contestant on a dating show - and Chris’ acne medication causes him to deviate from his usual placid path.
Who’s better? As Harry Hill would say, there’s only one way to find out!
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1. If we were spending Christmas in the States, we’d be tuning into A Muppet Christmas.
2. A different actor might take on the role of Sayid later in the next season of Lost…
3. The US version of our very own Eleventh Hour has been commissioned for a longer run.
4. Former team-member Alexx Woods will be making a brief return to CSI: Miami.
5. The next set of Battlestar Galactica webisodes will start appearing on 12 December.
6. Dr. Horrible is gearing up for a Stateside DVD release.
The status of the Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica has finally been revealed – and it’s getting a full series! We told you about the feature-length pilot months ago, and it was supposed to have been shown on the US Sci-Fi channel and Sky1 over here by now. There had been talk that new Sci-Fi series Warehouse 13 had put Caprica on the back-burner, and even speculation the pilot would never see the light of day.
Thankfully, a full-run of Caprica has now been confirmed. Until we get more details, here’s that awesome trailer again…
24 Day 7 begins on Sky1 in January, but for those of you who just can’t till then, we bring you the first 17 minutes of the new series, which feature as one of the extras on the recent DVD release of 24: Redemption. Enjoy!
Scrubs returns in America next month, switching channels from NBC to ABC. And though it seems as though Zach ‘JD’ Braff will be signing out of Sacred Heart permanently soon, there will be a new arrival in the shape of chief of medicine Courteney Cox. Here’s a sneak peek at her arrival…
We have to admit we were a bit skeptical at first but, actually, this looks like it might turn out to be quite a coup for CSI… Laurence Fishburne makes his debut as William Petersen’s putative replacement, Dr Raymond Langston, in an episode airing in the States in December. UK viewers will have to wait until March.
9pm, CSI: Miami, Five
When Horatio and his crew of impossibly glamorous CSIs try to figure out how a woman’s body ended up in a secret tunnel, their investigations lead them to businessman Charles Brighton (John Schneider, best known for The Dukes of Hazzard and Smallville) - whose wayward daughter soon takes a shine to Delko. Romance could be in the air - unless it’s frowned upon to date the offspring of a suspect…
10pm, Prison Break, Sky1
Predictably, Michael and Lincoln’s troubles are not over - much as they would love to have thought so in last week’s episode. Our favourite former jailbirds have now been framed for Trishanne’s murder by the double-crossing Don Self, who then makes matters worse by taking Gretchen’s sister and daughter hostage. He thinks this will encourage Gretchen to help him find a buyer for Scylla, but is kidnapping her relatives really going to endear him to the raven-haired one?
10pm, Smallville, E4
When Chloe and Jimmy go missing after their engagement party, it turns out that they’ve been snatched by a deranged kidnapper who has decided to make sure that they’re really meant for each other. The corpses of another couple in the kidnapper’s lair seem to indicate that not all of his victims pass his test - can Clark and Lois find their friends before it’s too late?
Be on the alert, TV & Satellite Week fans - we’ve got two issues on sale this week. Why? Well, we have to get them out of the way to make room for the bumper Christmas edition! The first one you need to track down looks like this….
What’s inside? A guide to what goodies will be on offer on the box over the festive season, and of course all the latest news and episodic info on your favourite US telly.
There’ll be another mag on sale by Thursday, so get down to the shops now in case your friendly retailer proves a tad too efficient with his clearance policy…
1. A big-screen version of HBO’s Rome could be on the cards.
2. We might be disappointed by the identity of Battlestar Galactica’s final Cylon.
3. Mark Indelicato (Justin in Ugly Betty) may be launching his own clothing range.
4. The next volume of Heroes – Fugitives – will kick off in the States on 2nd February.
9pm, Eli Stone, Sci-Fi
After last week’s George Michael ‘life imitating vision’ incident, Eli finds his visions taking him into more sombre territory tonight as he recalls the day his father died. The visions also plonk him straight into his brother Nathan’s memories, where he uncovers a secret that could help Nathan’s case in a medical malpractice suit…
10pm, Lipstick Jungle, Living
More trials and tribulations for our sassy heroines this week, with love-life complications for Victory and work woes for Wendy and Nico. While Victory’s relationship with new man Rodrigo (played by Puerto Rican singer/actor Carlos Ponce) is going well - aside from some interference by Joe - Wendy’s John Lennon biopic project has hit a slight snag: the death of its leading man.
9pm, Sanctuary, ITV4
Will steps in to help former colleague Detective Cavanaugh unravel the circumstances surrounding an apparent suicide this week. Key to the investigation may be the dead man’s autistic son who can draw incredible pictures from memory - but all he keeps drawing are terrifying monsters. Elsewhere, Henry (Stargate Atlantis‘ Ryan Robbins) is worried by the increasing frequency of his transformations.
1. There’s all sorts of rumours about a possible Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie doing the rounds.
2. Clark’s latest foe in Smallville is set to be comic-book villain The Persuader.
3. The identity of ‘the blonde who dies’ in Heroes may be someone we hadn’t previously considered…
4. A few dead – or at least missing in action – Losties may be returning.
Want to know the truth about the last Cylon to be revealed? Galactica Siterep has compiled all five versions of the You Will Know the Truth campaign for Battlestar Galactica’s final run of episodes - all of which refer you to www.youwillknowthetruth.com. There you’ll find a few clues to the final Cylon’s identity, with more hints to come before the show’s return in mid-January.
But before you head over there, check out this mind-blowing brand-new trailer!
