Summer is over and perhaps the busiest time of year for television is back! The fall! We don’t experience fall (or the four seasons, for that matter) here in Barbados, but that’s how the television seasons are grouped. Wondering when some of your favourite shows will be back? That’s what this handy little list is for! Check it out below, along with the new seasons’ trailers – where available.
American Horror Story: Apocalypse – September 12th
Will Air On: FX
Genre: Anthology, Horror
Starring: Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Evan Peters, Adina Porter, Emma Roberts, Cheyenne Jackson, Billy Eichner, Leslie Grossman, Billie Lourd, Jessica Lange, Taissa Farmiga, Gabourey Sidibe, Lily Rabe, Frances Conroy, Stevie Nicks, Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Amazon Eve and Joan Collins.
Synopsis: This season of American Horror Story will see characters from season one’s Murder House and season three’s Coven crossing over. An adult version of Murder House’s Michael Langdon – the Anti-Christ – will appear in this season.
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— AmericanHorrorStory (@AHSFX) September 5, 2018
American Vandal – September 14th
Will Air On: Netflix
Genre: Comedy, Mockumentary
Starring: Travis Tope, Melvin Gregg, Adam Ray, Tony Yacenda, Dan Lagana, Dan Perrault, Tyler Alvarez, Griffin Gluck, Taylor Dearden and DeRon Horton.
Synopsis: The high school filmmakers from season 1 head to a new location to track down a new troublemaker—who operates under the alias “The Turd Burglar”—in the second season of Netflix’s surprisingly good true-crime spoof series. (You probably don’t want to know what “The Brownout” is.)
BoJack Horseman – September 14th
Will Air On: Netflix
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Starring: Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins and Aaron Paul.
Synopsis: The series takes place mostly in Hollywood (later known as “Hollywoo” after the ‘D’ in the Hollywood Sign is stolen in a romantic gesture). In an alternate world where humans and tailless anthropomorphic animals live side by side, BoJack Horseman, the washed-up star of the 1990s sitcom Horsin’ Around, plans his big return to celebrity relevance with a tell-all autobiography that he dictates to his ghostwriter Diane Nguyen. BoJack also has to contend with the demands of his agent and on-again-off-again girlfriend Princess Carolyn, the misguided antics of his freeloading roommate Todd Chavez, and his friend and rival Mr. Peanutbutter, who is also Nguyen’s boyfriend and later husband.
9-1-1 – September 23rd
Will Air On: Fox
Genre: Drama
Starring: Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds, Kenneth Choi, Rockmond Dunbar and Connie Britton.
Synopsis: Creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear reimagine the procedural drama with 9-1-1, exploring the high-pressure experiences of police officers, firefighters and dispatchers who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-NKeXqlr7c
The Good Doctor – September 24th
Will Air On: ABC
Genre: Medical Drama
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Nicholas Gonzalez, Antonia Thomas, Chuku Modu, Beau Garrett, Hill Harper, Richard Schiff and Tamlyn Tomita.
Synopsis: Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore, “Bates Motel”), a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital’s surgical unit. Alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
The Gifted – September 25th
Will Air On: FOX
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Starring: Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Sean Teale, Natalie Alyn Lind, Percy Hynes White, Coby Bell, Jamie Chung, Blair Redford, Emma Dumont, Skyler Samuels and Grace Byers.
Synopsis: Two ordinary parents take their family on the run from the government when they discover that their children have mutant abilities, and join an underground community of mutants who have to fight to survive. At the end of the first season several members of the underground leave to join the Inner Circle, and the second season sees conflict between these groups as well as others with their own extreme ideologies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYX4BOhFQTU
This is Us – September 25th
Will Air On: NBC
Genre: Drama
Starring: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan, Ron Cephas Jones, Jon Huertas, Alexandra Breckenridge, Niles Fitch, Logan Shroyer, Hannah Zeile, Mackenzie Hancsicsak, Parker Bates, Eris Baker, Faithe Herman and Lonnie Chavis.
Synopsis: Everyone has a family. And every family has a story. “This Is Us” chronicles the Pearson family across the decades: from Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) as young parents in the 1980s to their 37-year-old kids Kevin (Justin Hartley), Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Randall (Sterling K. Brown) searching for love and fulfillment in the present day. This grounded, life-affirming dramedy reveals how the tiniest events in our lives impact who we become, and how the connections we share with each other can transcend time, distance and even death. From the writer and directors of “Crazy, Stupid, Love” comes a smart, modern show that will welcome you into a family you feel you’ve known for years.
The Good Place – September 27th
Will Air On: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, D’Arcy Carden, Manny Jacinto and Ted Danson.
Synopsis: From Executive Producer Michael Schur (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Parks and Recreation” and “Master of None”) comes a smart, unique new comedy about what makes a good person. The show follows Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell, “House of Lies,” “Veronica Mars”), an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife and, thanks to some kind of error, is sent to the Good Place instead of the Bad Place, which is definitely where she belongs. While hiding in plain sight from Michael (Ted Danson, “CSI,” “Cheers”), the wise architect of the Good Place (who doesn’t know he’s made a mistake), she’s determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or, at least, the pretty good) person within.
Grey’s Anatomy – September 27th
Will Air On: ABC
Genre: Medical Drama
Starring: Ellen Pompeo, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens, Jr., Kevin McKidd, Kim Raver, Jesse Williams, Caterina Scorsone, Camilla Luddington, Kelly McCreary and Giacomo Gianniotti.
Synopsis: The season follows the story of surgical residents, fellows, and attendings as they experience the difficulties of the competitive careers they have chosen. It is set in the surgical wing of the fictional Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, located in Seattle, Washington.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcY4TPuF-Mc
Big Mouth – October 5th
Will Air On: Netflix
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Starring: Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas, Jenny Slate, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph and Jordan Peele.
Synopsis: n The series follows 7th grade best friends Nick Birch and Andrew Glouberman as they navigate their way through puberty, masturbation, and sexual arousal. Acting as sex-based shoulder angels are the hormone monsters; Maurice (who pesters Andrew and occasionally Nick and Jay, and strongly resembles Pan), and Connie (who pesters Jessi and occasionally Missy). Throughout the series, the kids interact with people and objects who are personified in one way or another and offer helpful, albeit confusing, advice in their puberty-filled lives including the ghost of Duke Ellington, a French accented Statue of Liberty, a pillow capable of getting pregnant, and even Jessi’s own vagina.
Doctor Who – October 7th
Will Air On: BBC America
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Starring: Jodie Whitaker, Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill and Bradley Walsh.
Synopsis: The series will introduce Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, the most recent incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in her TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box on the outside. The series will also introduce Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole, and Mandip Gill as the Doctor’s newest companions, Graham O’Brien, Ryan Sinclair and Yasmin Khan, respectively.
The Walking Dead – October 7th
Will Air On: AMC
Genre: Drama, Horror
Starring: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Alanna Masterson, Josh McDermitt, Christian Serratos, Seth Gilliam, Ross Marquand, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Austin Amelio, Tom Payne, Xander Berkeley, Khary Payton, Katelyn Nacon, Pollyanna McIntosh, Callan McAuliffe, Avi Nash and Samantha Morton.
Synopsis: Months after the defeat of Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) under an alliance of communities spearheaded by Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), the season focuses on the united communities as they face obstacles and threats both outside and inside their alliance, with the threat of the mysterious Whisperers looming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghzXaqoCGMA
Dynasty – October 12
Will Air On: The CW
Genre: Soap Opera
Starring: Elizabeth Gillies, Nathalie Kelley, James Mackay, Robert Christopher Riley, Sam Adegoke, Rafael de la Fuente, Alan Dale, Grant Show, Nicollette Sheridan, Ana Brenda Contreras and Maddison Brown.
Synopsis: Dynasty begins with heiress Fallon Carrington unhappy to find her billionaire father Blake engaged to Cristal, a rival employee at the family company. When Fallon’s machinations to separate the couple backfire and cost her a promotion, she allies with Blake’s nemesis and former employee, Jeff Colby, and strikes out on her own. Meanwhile, the arrival of Cristal’s opportunistic nephew Sam—who becomes romantically involved with Fallon’s wayward brother Steven—threatens to expose her shady past. The Carringtons form a united front in the wake of the suspicious death of Cristal’s former lover, but things at the mansion do not remain harmonious for long. Later, Blake’s ex-wife Alexis, Steven and Fallon’s mother, returns to Atlanta with an agenda.
Trailer not available.
Outlander – November 4th
Will Air On: Starz
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Catrion Balfe, Sam Heughan, Steven Cree, Richard Rankin, Sophie Skelton, David Berry, John Bell, Lauren Lyle, César Domboy, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Ed Speleers, Colin McFarlane, Simona Browne, Tim Downie, Natalie Simpson, Caitlin O’Ryan and Billy Boyd.
Synopsis: Season Four of Outlander continues the story of time-traveling 20th century doctor Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) and her 18th century Highlander husband Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), as they try to make a home for themselves in colonial America. As Claire and Jamie build their lives together in the rough and dangerous back country of North Carolina, they must negotiate a tenuous loyalty to the current British ruling class, despite Claire’s knowledge of the American Revolution to come. Along the way, the Frasers cross paths with notorious pirate and smuggler Stephen Bonnet (Ed Speleers) in a fateful meeting that will come back to haunt the Fraser family. Meanwhile in the 20th century, things are complicated between Brianna Randall (Sophie Skelton), Claire and Jamie’s daughter, and Roger Wakefield (Richard Rankin), the historian who helped Claire search for Jamie in the past. But when Roger and Brianna search for proof that Brianna’s parents reunited in the 18th century, a shocking discovery makes both of them consider following in Claire’s footsteps.
Marvel’s Runaways – December 21st
Will Air On: Hulu
Genre: Comic Book, Superhero, Teen Drama
Starring: Rhenzy Feliz, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Ariela Barer, Gregg Sulkin, Allegra Acosta, Angel Parker, Ryan Sands, Annie Wersching, Kip Pardue, Ever Carradine, James Marsters, Brigid Brannagh, Kevin Weisman, Brittany Ishibashi and James Yaegashi.
Synopsis: Six teenagers from different backgrounds unite against a common enemy – their criminal parents, collectively known as the Pride.
Mahalia, Faith Callender, Adaeze, Barry Hill, Vayne, Paul Husbands, JJ Poulter, and Honey Jam Concert host Caroline Reid are some of the music industry reps who will make up the lineup of judges at the September 22 Honey Jam auditions.
The two central mysteries of the series – Henry’s disappearance 27 years ago (I saw It: Chapter One, I get that reference at least) and who/what “The Kid” is – are fascinating. They may well turn out to be one, single mystery, however; the show seems to be saying that they’re deeply connected.
I think that Molly essentially was Henry when she killed the Reverend. From her explanation of how her powers work with Henry, it sounds like his consciousness extends to and takes over her body at times. She remembers killing him, so she was aware when it happened. Perhaps she just wasn’t in control of her body. Either that, or she felt the Reverend’s desire to die and did him a kindness. I don’t get the impression that that was the case, though.
As for “The Kid”, I feel really sorry for him. There is a vulnerability and innocence to him and he actually feels guilt about the terrible things that happen because of him. There’s no doubt in my mind that he really is the cause of of all of the bad in Castle Rock, but I don’t think that he’s evil. I never thought that he was “the Devil”, in fact, and he confirmed as much to Alan. I think that he has a passive ability that he is not in control of.
It seems to me that Molly will be key in understanding “The Kid” and getting information out of him, simply because of her powers. In the one, brief scene in which they interacted and her powers manifested, we learned more about him. If Henry is willing to admit that she has this power, then the two could sit down with him and question him as she listens to his thoughts. It’s no surprise that her power is as overwhelming with “The Kid” as it is with Henry, though in a different way. The two are clearly intertwined in someway. Lacy knew how, I think. Why else would he tell “The Kid” to ask for Henry?
Just when I thought that Adora could not get any worst and that I couldn’t hate her anymore than I already did, she continuously proved me wrong throughout this episode by one-upping herself in pretty much every scene she’s in, with how incredibly despicable, hateful, mean-spirited, spiteful and just plain old evil she could truly be.
Secondly, was Adora’s failed attempt to turn Richard against Camille. I knew that when Jodes went up to Camille and told her that Amma wanted to run lines with her, that it had been Adora who sent her over there to get Camille away from Richard. Her chief concern was that Camille was casting her in an unfavourable light and making herself out to be a good person and Camille a liar, or at least unreliable because she was emotionally unstable. Which is actually true.
Given Adora’s over-protectiveness since Ann and Natalie were murdered and the tensions leading up to Calhoun Day because their murderer hadn’t been caught, disappearing was precisely what she needed to do get Camille and Adora’s attention on her. She didn’t get just their attention, however, she got the attention of the entire town. And Amma is going to milk it for days to come. Camille doesn’t seem to buy her schtick, though.
Speaking of Amma, this is another episode that made me feel all the more confident that she’s the killer. Her apparent need to be the centre of attention could be a motive for why she killed Ann and Natalie. Adora was tutoring them and seemed to have a close enough relationship with them that she was beside herself with grief when they died. She’s prone to melodramatics, however, so her reaction doesn’t really say much about that.
There wasn’t much in the way of plot development or progression in this episode – at least not to me – but like I said in the last recap, this show focuses on the characters more so than anything, especially Camille. Or, at the very least, that’s what I get out of it. I’ve seen in online commentary that Camille is an unreliable narrator. I never thought of her as such, but it would paint her interactions with other characters and the way we see them respond to her in a very different light. Particularly her mother and Amma.
It also seems like – judging from the fact that Camille said that Adora was a child – that Adora had her very young. Which would also explain why she hates Camille. Wind Gaps does have certain ideas about women and seeing as Camille has her mother’s maiden name, she was born out of wedlock. Being an unmarried, possibly teen, mother would have made Adora an outcast. Given the stigma that would have been attached to Adora, I could see her putting her resentment about that on Camille. That stigma hasn’t followed her all her life, though, so who knows.
The little bit of this episode that did have to do with the murders, was Camille showing Richard past crime scenes. Specifically, those that involved teenage girls. It is really strange that Camille has a connection to each of the crime scenes; two of them being places where traumatic things happened to her. It’s clear that she was assaulted by the football team at the “end zone”, but what happened at the shed still remains a mystery. Why said shed seems to be a popular hang out for misfit teen girls in Wind Gap, especially considering the images that litter it’s walls, isn’t something I think we’re ever going to get an answer for.
We got a different picture of Natalie from John than we were previously led to believe. I didn’t at all expect him to say that she stabbed the girl in the eye. That was demonstrative of a tendency toward violence – and perhaps an anger problem – that’s shocking. Maybe there was a little bit of truth to what Bob Nash said about Natalie being a bad influence on Ann, but not in the way he means. He has a particular idea of Ann that is more or less the antithesis of Natalie. Perhaps Ann found in her a kindred spirit, someone with whom she could be herself. If there is one common thread between parents in this show, it’s that they see their daughters one way and it’s not who their daughters are. They don’t know them at all.
AnimeKon broke its record for most guests in a single year, only a little over a week after having made it, by announcing their eight – yes, eighth – guest for this year’s edition of the convention, World of Wonder. The convention revealed that classically trained painter, penciller, artist and inker Mark Texeira will be joining Manu Bennett, Olivia Olson, Kay Bear, Britt Bliss, Charlie Adlard, Natalie Skyy and Kevin McNally from August 16tth-19th.