This week on TVHackr, we talked about how NBC and FOX will approach midseason, the possibility of a Philip Marlowe series on ABC, and when season three of Sherlock will premiere, while the internet touched on TV weddings, how to make a ridiculous show work, and learning to love broadcast TV.

CBS Picks Up Full Seasons of Mom, The Crazy Ones, and The Millers
CBS has picked up full 22-episode seasons of three of its new comedies: Mom, The Crazy Ones, and The Millers.

BBC America Orders Intruders Adaptation to Series from X-Files Writer
Coming to BBC America is thriller Intruders, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Michael Marshall that tells the story of a society seeking refuge from mortality.

FOX Orders 13-Episode Hieroglyph from Pacific Rim Screenwriter
Action-adventure drama Hieroglyph, from Pacific Rim co-writer Travis Beacham, has been given a 13-episode order from FOX.

Castle Creator Developing New Detective Series for ABC
Castle creator Andrew Marlowe is collaborating with Terri Edda Miller and Michael De Luca on a series centered on Philip Marlowe.

NBC to Air New Episode of The Voice on Thursday, November 7th
NBC announced that it will be airing an episode of The Voice on Thursday, November 7th at 9:00, preempting Sean Saves the World and The Michael J Fox Show.

NBC Cancels Welcome to the Family and Ironside, Announces Premieres of Chicago PD and Community
After cancelling Welcome to the Family and Ironside, NBC revealed premiere dates for Chicago PD and Community, as well as how its Wednesdays and Thursdays will look from now through January.

Fox Gives Brooklyn Nine-Nine Full Season and Post-Super Bowl Slot
In addition to giving cop comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine a full season, FOX will be airing a new episode following the New Girl Super Bowl episode.

Lifetime Revives Betty White’s Off Their Rockers for 20-Episode Third Season
Lifetime has officially revived Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, picking up the prank show for a third season that will air in 2014.

How I Met Your Mother: James Van Der Beek Returns as Robin’s Ex
Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23 star James Van Der Beek will be returning to How I Met Your Mother as Robin’s ex Simon.

The White Queen Series Finale Recap: God Save the King
On the series finale of The White Queen, Henry Tudor makes one final play for the throne, while Anne and Richard continue growing apart and Elizabeth settles into a life of routine.

Starz: Watch the New York Comic-Con Panels for Da Vinci’s Demons, Black Sails, and Outlander
Starz uploaded New York Comic-Con panels for Da Vinci’s Demons, Black Sails, and Outlander to its Youtube channel.

Witches of East End 1.03 “Today I Am a Witch” Recap
While Wendy tries teaching the girls how to use their powers, Freya finds herself having strange dreams and Joanna has another run-in with the shifter.

Face Off Renewed for Season 6 by Syfy
Syfy has renewed acclaimed reality-competition series Face Off for a sixth season, which is set to premiere this January.

Witches of East End 1.04 Preview: Joanna Fights Back Against the Shifter
On the next episode of Witches of East End, Freya is tasked with helping Dash and Killian mend fences, while Ingrid rethinks her relationship with Adam and Wendy seduces an entomologist for spell ingredients.

Getting On Trailer: Angels of Mercy
HBO has released the first trailer for medical comedy Getting On, which centers on an extended-care facility in Long Beach and the nurses who work there.

ABC Family Announces Return Dates for Pretty Little Liars, Twisted, Switched at Birth, and The Fosters
ABC Family has revealed when to expect new episodes of Pretty Little Liars, Twisted, Switched at Birth, and The Fosters.

The Americans: Level Up Alum Aimee Carrero Joins Season 2
Level Up alum Aimee Carrero has been cast on The Americans as a Sandinista fighter who will do anything to further her cause.

Dracula Spoilers and Promos: The Blood is the Life
Coming up on Dracula, Dracula moves to London under the guise of introducing modern science to the city, but he soon discovers that the wife he thought was dead might not be.

NBC Puts Parks and Recreation on Hiatus, But Don’t Worry Yet
While there may only be two more episodes of Parks and Recreation this year, that means that the comedy will have an impressive streak of uninterrupted episodes come midseason.

Castle Review: “Time Will Tell”
Castle and Beckett deal with a suspect who claims to be a time traveler, but while they eventually find the true killer, the initial suspect’s claims aren’t as far-fetched as they may seem.

How I Met Your Mother 9.06 Review – Knight Vision
While Ted finds himself with three prospects for a wedding date, Barney and Robin have a confrontation with their minister and Marshall learns more about Daphne.

Power: Naturi Naughton, Lela Loren, and Joseph Sikora to Star in Starz Drama
Upcoming Starz crime drama Power has added Naturi Naughton, Lela Loren, and Joseph Sikora to its cast. The eight-episode first season premieres in 2014.

Showtime Renews Homeland and Masters of Sex
Showtime has renewed Emmy-winning terrorism thriller Homeland and period drama Masters of Sex for 2014, when they’ll enter their fourth and second seasons, respectively.

Body Of Proof: Could ABC Revive The Series?
Rumors have surfaced that ABC is pondering a revival of Body of Proof, which it canceled this past May. Should the network go through with it?

Great British Bake Off ends season, breaks Top Gear’s record
The Great British Bake Off finished out its latest season with series highs, breaking the network record held by Top Gear.

Sherlock Sets Season 3 Premiere
The third season of Sherlock will premiere Sunday, January 19th at 10:00 on PBS, the first time the U.S. air date has been announced before the UK date.

Arrow Adds New Villain, Sean Maher to Guest Star
Firefly alum Sean Maher has signed on to play Mark Scheffer later this season on Arrow, which will reunite him with Summer Glau, who joined the cast this season.

Super Fun Night and Back in the Game Earn Additional Script Orders from ABC
ABC has ordered additional scripts for new comedies Super Fun Night, starring Rebel Wilson, and Back in the Game, about a former softball star who coaches a team of misfits.

Betrayal 1.05 Preview: Has Sara’s Affair with Jack Benefitted Them Both?
On the next episode of Betrayal, Sara’s affair with Jack has a positive effect on both of their lives, while Ronnie deals with finding crucial evidence in Lou’s murder investigation.

Chuck Lorre to be honored with ‘Norman Lear Award’
Chuck Lorre has been named the recipient of the Norman Lear Achievement Award by the Producers’ Guild of America.

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: Whoopi Goldberg Cast As…
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland has cast Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg as the voice of Mrs. Rabbit in the show’s eighth episode.

Ravenswood: “Series Premiere” Review
On the series premiere of Ravenswood, five strangers are brought together by a deadly curse that has been impacting their town for generations. Can they find a way to reverse it?

Tessa Ferrer(Grey’s Anatomy): Leah likes Arizona’s attention
Tessa Ferrer hinted to The Hollywood Reporter that there might be something between Leah and Arizona in the coming episodes of Grey’s Anatomy.

Secrets & Lies Adaptation Ordered to Series by ABC
ABC has ordered an adaptation of upcoming Australian crime drama Secrets & Lies to series. The original is set to bow in 2014.

Outlander: First Look at Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser
Starz has released a first look at Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser in Outlander, currently in production on a 16-episode first season.

FOX Announces Midseason Premiere Dates for American Idol, The Following, Rake, Enlisted, and More
FOX has announced midseason premiere dates for American Idol, The Following, Rake, and Enlisted.

Cable vs. Broadcast TV: Learning to Love the Low End of the Dial (Variety)
Variety discusses its renewed enjoyment of broadcast television, which has come after adjusted expectations.

Timeshifting: let’s make TV weird again (The Verge)
The Verge argues that television should take advantage of the age of timeshifting and get weird again.

How to Make Your Ridiculous TV Show Work (io9)
io9 lists seven ways for ridiculous television shows to transcend their ridiculousness and become compelling.

10 reasons why today’s TV is better than movies (The Guardian)
The Guardian gives 10 reasons why television reigns supreme, including characterization, storytelling, and breaking new talent.

The 12 Best New Characters of the Fall 2013 TV Season (TV.com)
Did your favorite new character of the fall make TV.com’s list of the 12 best?

I Do: The 17 Best Television Weddings (BuddyTV)
BuddyTV counts down the best weddings in television history.

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Back in the palace, Prince Edward suffers from yet another fever and ends up interrupting a conversation his parents were having about Henry looking to unite the houses of York and Lancaster, as well as Anne’s hostility toward “the bastard girl Elizabeth,” by vomiting on the floor. He’s immediately rushed to bed, just as Lizzie and Cecily arrive at court. Anne addresses them both coldly from her throne and subtly insults their mother by saying that she’s a Queen who’s easy to serve; however, that evening, she is awakened by Lizzie playing the violoncello for a casual audience and witnesses Richard offer his niece his hand before the two begin dancing. Stanley was there to witness everything and takes the news of Lizzie having a suitor back to Margaret, rubbing in her face the fact that Henry needs the Rivers girl in order to be taken seriously should he win the battle with Richard. After expressing disgust at Richard pursuing his niece, especially since he still has a wife, Margaret suggests that perhaps he’s doing this to shame Lizzie, only Stanley thinks that they each have genuine feelings for the other.

Anne confronts Richard about the fact that she wants to banish both Lizzie and Cecily from court. While she finds out that he doesn’t wish to bed his niece, he wants to use her status among the men who still support King Edward as a way of keeping Henry’s ranks low, even if it means embarrassing his wife in the process. That night at dinner, he does just that by offering to walk Lizzie into the dining hall, though they all get pulled away when the royal daughter Margaret comes running, frantically searching for help for Edward. The two had been playing and she fell asleep while he still had a fever; as a result, the prince dies and Queen Anne causes a scene at the funeral, almost as a way of testing where her husband’s loyalties lie. Instead of comforting her, he does so with Lizzie, furthering her grief and belief that all this is the result of Elizabeth’s curse on those responsible for the death of her son. Richard suggests that they should have another son, but after 10 years of trying for another boy, Anne no longer longs to be touched, as she knows what the outcome will be. She accuses Richard of not loving her anymore before turning away from him, forcing him to leave.

Once she receives a letter from her mother urging her to hold out for Henry Tudor, who will be arriving shortly now that Richard doesn’t have an heir, rather than siding with the King, Lizzie arrives back at Grafton with Cecily at her side. She didn’t listen to the letter, though, and has already been kissing her uncle and taking his declarations of love to heart. She insists to Elizabeth that Richard isn’t the tyrant that people claim him to be and that she doesn’t think that he was responsible for the deaths of the boys, claiming that he’s already promised to marry her. Elsewhere, Margaret writes to Henry and Jasper with news of Edward’s death and urges them to get their army ready as quickly as possible, because now is the time to strike, before Richard has another son to continue the York line. However, Henry’s army has been decidedly disappointing, compromised mostly of injured/untrustworthy prisoners rather than the type of man he needs to seize the throne for himself. He does get a vote of confidence when the French grant him an army to supplement his brood, something that sends Richard into panic mode.

He tells a deathly ill Anne, who has developed a nasty cough, that he is going to outfit Lizzie in the same silk ensemble that she’s currently wearing. After mentioning that she needs to go to bed, he acknowledges that the north has been in his pocket only due to his marriage to Anne and that they won’t take kindly to him disrespecting her so publicly. As Elizabeth sends Thomas to Flanders to retrieve her “precious jewel” Richard, word spreads around court that Richard has only taken a shine to Lizzie to cuckold Henry, who no one thinks can unite the houses. Unfortunately, Richard has indeed been using Lizzie and tells Anne that his niece’s status as “broken meats” is to be expected considering the price that they all have to pay for war and to keep him on the throne. He’s been encouraged by sealing off the York ranks from possible poaching by Tudor, leaving the young man with only the Lancastrians at his disposal, but Anne is in a different frame of mind, regretting ever becoming Queen in the first place and wracked with guilt about her possible role in the deaths of the boys. Following a nightmare, she asks Sir Robert about the fate of Edward and “Richard” and whether he listened to her words in the tower that day. He assures her that he didn’t kill the boys and that the death didn’t occur on his watch, clearing her conscience.

A solar eclipse occurs and Margaret has a vision that the York reign has ended and that the new king will come like a dragon. Now is the time for Henry to set sail. At the palace, Anne has hallucinations of her sister and her recently departed son before passing away, leaving Richard beside himself with grief. He ponders whether she might have died from a broken heart as a result of his actions and hates that the rumors have started that he was responsible for her death as a way of getting to marry Lizzie. He sends his niece to live with Margaret and Stanley as a way to prove that she’s a chaste woman and that they never slept together, taking advantage of Lady Margaret’s notorious piety. As the winds change and Henry sets sail, Margaret promises to simply guide Lizzie toward God, though their interactions are tense at best. Henry touches down on land and finds that Lord Stanley’s armies have yet to arrive and that Wales isn’t behind him like he thought. She tries to convince Stanley to side with her son, since where he throws his resources will determine the result of the battle and the fate of England, to no avail, as he makes clear he’s not choosing until the battle begins.

Richard finds out the good news that Tudor’s numbers are about half his and lacking the support of Wales, while Margaret and Lizzie have a confrontation about the latter’s foolishness in believing Richard loves her and the former’s role in the death of Prince Edward. Though Margaret grabs Lizzie’s face and claims that Henry will never marry her, Lizzie counters with the fact that Henry has to marry her if he hopes to be a successful ruler and says that no matter what happens this day, she will be the Queen of England. On the battlefield, Stanley’s son insists that his father is ill and won’t be able to meet before the battle, causing Richard to threaten his life if his father won’t show until the armies depart. In the Tudor camp, Henry expresses worry about Stanley possibly siding with Richard and writes his mother about said worry, asking her to persuade Stanley to work with him. Margaret rides to the York camp and meets with her husband, pleading for him to pledge his armies to Henry before the battle, as he will lose otherwise. However, Stanley won’t relent and have his son die as a result, despite Margaret’s assurances that he’ll be honored for his service to future King Henry.

On her way out of the tent, Margaret comes face-to-face with Jasper Tudor, where she despairs at getting them into this mess and being unable to find a solution. She urges him and Henry to run away as quickly as they can, but Jasper says that that’s what they’ve done all their lives and now is the time to stand their ground and fight. He takes Margaret to meet with Henry as she requested and the two embrace as he asks whether God is here. She acknowledges that he is and that Henry cannot lose now, not with God on his side. As Richard gets ready for battle, he mounts his horse and puts on his helmet, which has the crown attached. His army rides out just as Henry’s creeps along in the woods on foot. The two meet in the middle of the woods and Sir Robert gives the call for charge as swords are drawn. While Margaret is alone in a York tent, despairing at what is transpiring outside, Elizabeth is reunited with Richard and the battle begins, with Richard getting surrounded and brought down from his horse. He retrieves the helmet-crown and proceeds to fight on foot and it looks for a while like Henry’s numbers disadvantage was going to be too much of an obstacle to overcome, especially once he found himself alone and vulnerable in the middle of the battle.

But what saves him is Stanley’s armies being called and pledging “for Tudor” before pouncing. Sir Robert’s calls to get Richard a horse come too late, as both he and the King are slaughtered, the latter stripped of his armor and jewels. Stanley takes the crown from the helmet and presents it to King Henry, bowing in the presence of the new King of England. The rest of the soldiers all do the same and proclaim “God save the King” before Margaret arrives on the battlefield to reunite with her son. After forcing Stanley to kneel when he attempts to stand up and embrace her, she proclaims herself to be Margaret Regina. Elsewhere, Elizabeth tells Lizzie that she needs to be strong right now and that she will marry Henry Tudor and become Queen of England, just as she herself once was.

Additional thoughts and observations:
-Well, that was awesome. Easily my favorite episode of the series, if only for the significant emotional payoff (the last 10-15 minutes, especially) and how the show was still quick but didn’t feel like it was glossing over events as much. I still maintain that the show would have been better served as a 4-5 season type of production, but The White Queen had the strengths, commanding performances, and distinct point-of-view to be able to recommend pretty easily, regardless of what may be deemed wasted potential. The historical inaccuracies that I’ve seen some complain about don’t bother me and honestly never took me out of the story, whenever I even noticed them.
-Interesting how Elizabeth was mostly sidelined for this episode – her character arc was very strong and kind of petered out, but I’m glad that she found the happiness at Grafton that was hard to grasp in the palace. Anne and Margaret had stronger overall arcs, the former being redeemed after embracing her inner Margaret of Anjou once becoming Queen and the latter having her prophecy of it being God’s will for her son to be King coming true. I’m just happy that there was a historically-based television series that featured so many (varied, interesting) female characters so prominently and hope that it’s lack of success isn’t a deterrent for similar productions or a series based on other Philippa Gregory works.
-The finale was gorgeously directed. The show has always done well with lighting and toned down its Instagram-y coloring as the series went on, but between the edge of the bed providing a split-screen after Anne’s argument with Richard, the “heavenly light” that shone on Henry and Margaret when he asked about God’s presence, and the cross on top of the throne that was highlighted following Anne’s conversation with Sir Robert, it was well done.
-Margaret provided two of the laughs in the episode: one for her reaction to Stanley ordering her not to bully Lizzie and one for her “whose side?” reaction to finding out that Stanley was indeed bringing his armies.
-Richard getting one of Anne’s outfits replicated for Lizzie was awesomely creepy, for some reason. Cable has gone to the incest well a lot recently (Boardwalk Empire, Magic City, Game of Thrones, True Blood), but the hints at it this episode worked for me (showed Richard’s desperation and insecurity with his public image, etc.) and provided a counterbalance to the tragic or comedic ways that it’s been played on other shows.
-I know it’s probably cliché to love the “cat fighting,” but Margaret’s confrontation with Lizzie was fun and part of me wishes they had embraced that aspect of power more. I don’t need this to be Bad Girls Club set in 15th century England; I just think scenes like this and the one in the pilot with Duchess Cecily are electric and bring about an energy that the show could sometimes lack.
-So, the turncoat proves to be the hero in the end. Good job, White Queen. I loved how Margaret already fully embraced her status as the King’s mother and made Stanley kneel before her, even after he was the reason that Henry won the battle to begin with.
-The entire battle was my favorite action-y scene of the series, especially the silence right before it was revealed that Stanley’s army would be defending Tudor. Since a lot of the action took place on foot, sometimes it could get a little chaotic and claustrophobic in earlier episodes; here, though, it was well done and extremely effective.
-Thank you guys for following my White Queen recaps this season. Although it’s disappointing that this is the end, the show went out on about as good a note as it could have and I don’t regret investing the time (and effort) at all.

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This week on TVHackr, we talked about the latest Netflix original project, what’s happening on HBO in January, and possible ABC comedy extensions, while the internet touched on television fashion, scary episodes, and pilot season as a concept.

FOX Cuts Episode Order for Us & Them, Orders More Dads Scripts
FOX has halted production on romantic comedy Us & Them, which stars Jason Ritter and Alexis Bledel, while ordering six additional scripts for controversial Dads.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Team Up for CBS Comedy
The Oscar-winning duo have a comedy at CBS in development that stars comedian Tom Papa as a man who gives up a career on the road to spend time with his family.

The White Queen Episode 9 Recap: Save or Slaughter
While Margaret Beaufort learns that she has more power than even she knew, Elizabeth tries to negotiate with Richard and Anne worries that her words might have done irreparable damage.

Star Wars Rebels villain unveiled during New York Comic-Con
Disney and Lucasfilm unveiled Inquisitor, the villain in upcoming series Star Wars Rebels, during New York Comic-Con.

Grey’s Anatomy 10.04 Review: “Puttin’ on the Ritz”
While the doctors throw a benefit gala for Grey + Sloan Memorial, the interns are left to fend for themselves and Bailey finds herself stuck between two difficult patients.

Comedy Bang! Bang! renewed for a Third Season
IFC has renewed late-night series Comedy Bang! Bang! for a third season, which will consist of 20 episodes and air throughout 2014.

Witches of East End 1.02 “Marilyn Fenwick, R.I.P.” Recap
Ingrid is tasked with both resurrecting Wendy and helping Freya escape the photo, while Joanna gets questioned as to her role in the murder and the girls discover something about Aunt Marilyn.

Witches of East End 1.03 Preview: Should Joanna Use Dark Magic to Identify the Shifter?
On the next episode of Witches of East End, Wendy tries to teach the girls about their powers and Ingrid struggles with the lurking consequences of the resurrection spell.

Netflix Adds Psychological Thriller from Damages Creators
Production on a psychological thriller from the creators of Damages is set to begin sometime next year. The series will focus on a family dealing with the return of its black sheep.

Witches of East End Spoilers: Freya Tries to Mend the Rift Between Dash and Killian
Coming up on Witches of East End, Freya is asked by Penelope to help bring Dash and Killian together, while Wendy seduces an entomologist while gathering spell ingredients.

Outlander: Borgias Alum Lotte Verbeek Joins the Cast
Starz’s upcoming adaptation of the Outlander novel series has added Borgias alum Lotte Verbeek as untrustworthy Geillis Duncan, whose hand is firmly in the dark arts.

Susan Sarandon to Star in NBC Comedy Pilot, Daughter to Co-Star
Along with daughter Eva Amurri Martino, Susan Sarandon is attached to Growing Ivy, an NBC comedy about a career woman who lives with her eccentric mother.

Black Sails Official Trailer: Deliver Us from Evil
At New York Comic-Con, Starz released the official trailer for upcoming pirate drama Black Sails, which has already been renewed for a second season and will premiere this January.

Castle Review: “Number One Fan”
While Castle is called in to negotiate a hostage crisis with a murder suspect who will only speak to him, Beckett makes a major step in her career thanks to Gates.

Betrayal 1.04 Preview: Does Drew Already Know About Jack and Sara?
On the next episode of Betrayal, Karsten begins feeling his power slipping away, T.J. runs with the wrong crowd in prison, and Drew confronts Sara about her whereabouts.

Betrayal Spoilers: Will Sara and Jack Have Their Affair Exposed?
Coming up on Betrayal, Sara becomes increasingly concerned that her affair with Jack will be exposed, while Jack makes a confession that leaves him vulnerable and crucial evidence turns up in the murder investigation.

Golden Globes hosts for 2014-15: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler
Following a well-received turn hosting the Golden Globes this year, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have signed on to host the next two ceremonies.

How I Met Your Mother 9.05 Review – The Poker Game
While Barney is forced to pick sides in a fight between Robin and her mother, Ted and Marshall get into a dispute over wedding gifts and thank-you notes.

Kerry Washington to Host Saturday Night Live
Emmy nominee Kerry Washington has been tapped to host an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live. It’ll be her first time hosting the NBC sketch series.

HBO Announces Premiere Dates for True Detective, Girls, and Looking
On Sunday, January 12th, HBO will air the series premiere of True Detective and one-hour season premiere of Girls, with Looking premiering the following week.

TNT Orders Cooking Competition Series from Mark Burnett
TNT has ordered cooking competition On the Menu, from reality super-producer Mark Burnett, to series. The show will find home cooks working with professional chefs to create signature dishes for various food businesses.

Lara Spencer to host National Board of Review Awards
Good Morning American co-host Lara Spencer has been named host of the National Board of Review Awards.

ABC Orders Additional Scripts for The Goldbergs, Trophy Wife
ABC has ordered three additional scripts for freshman comedies The Goldbergs and Trophy Wife, both of which currently air on Tuesdays.

The Americans: Margo Martindale to Appear in Season 2
Emmy winner (and current Millers star) Margo Martindale will be returning to The Americans for at least one episode during the show’s upcoming second season.

Outlander: Merlin Alum Laura Donnelly Joins the Cast
Merlin alum Laura Donnelly has joined the cast of Starz’s Outlander as Jenny Fraser Murray, motherly sister of Jamie Fraser who is married to her brother’s best friend.

Banshee Season 2 to Premiere Friday, January 10th on Cinemax
The second season of action drama Banshee, which won an Emmy last month, is set to premiere Friday, January 10th at 10:00 on Cinemax.

Bitten: Watch the First Trailer for the Upcoming Syfy Drama Here
The first trailer for upcoming Syfy werewolf drama Bitten, starring Smallville‘s Laura Vandervoort, has been released. The show will premiere sometime in 2014.

Time of Death: Watch a First Trailer for the Showtime Documentary Series Here
Showtime has released the first trailer for upcoming documentary series Time of Death, which focuses on terminally ill patients living out their last days.

Victor Garber to guest star in The Good Wife
Alias alum Victor Garber is set to appear on an upcoming episode of CBS legal drama The Good Wife.

Ryan Murphy: Season 6 will be the last one for Glee
Glee creator Ryan Murphy has confirmed that next season will be the show’s final and given the first hint as to the direction season six will take.

ABC Schedules Lady Gaga, Muppets Holiday Special
ABC will air a Lady Gaga holiday special that will feature cameos from RuPaul, the Muppets, Sir Elton John, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, among others.

News’ Need to Pump Web Traffic Presents Speedbump for Network TV Coverage (Variety)
Variety took a look at the evolving nature of news-outlet behavior and how the interests of TV networks and newspapers are no longer closely aligned.

10 TV characters who never change their clothes (and why) (Entertainment Weekly)
Ever wonder why your favorite TV character doesn’t change their clothes? Entertainment Weekly explains why their closet seems to be so limited.

Netflix Is Coming Soon to Your TV Through Your Cable Box (Wired)
Wired reports that Samsung has announced that Netflix will be available to its customers through its Smart Cable Box.

4 TV Execs in Showdown: Fox’s Reilly Calls Pilot Season ‘Welfare State’; Sarandos’ New Threat (The Hollywood Reporter)
The Hollywood Reporter gathered four of television’s top executives for an hour-long interviewing covering development, competition, and the show that got away.

The Top 50 Scariest Television Episodes of All Time, Part 1 (io9)
io9 has begun a countdown of the 50 scariest episodes of television of all time, with the first part including installments of Angel, Game of Thrones, and True Blood.

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While Elizabeth is still incensed about Richard seizing the throne, and worried about receiving no word from Richard in Flanders, Lady Margaret learns that Buckingham has set his terms for his involvement in their proposed rebellion. It seems as if now is the time to tell Elizabeth and use her army to rise with them against Richard, hopefully freeing the princes as a result, one of the main points that had to be agreed on for Elizabeth to join forces with Lady Margaret. However, the princes are still extremely supported around the nation and this fact worries Lord Stanley. Anne visits the tower and peeks in on the boys; Sir Robert inquires about their fate and when Anne claims that she can’t bring herself to order their killing, he mentions how much of a threat they are to her and Richard. Since declaring them illegitimate did nothing to squelch the support for King Edward, she agrees to their execution.

Elizabeth receives a message from Richard asking her to come out of sanctuary and live at Grafton Manor, likely under the watchful eyes of guards for the remainder of her life. She mentions that she needs to have her boys released safely and soundly before she agrees to it; before long, though, she learns everything about the plan with Buckingham and Lady Margaret, including their terms of participation. He wants his daughter to marry Prince Edward and himself to be named regent, while she wants Henry to marry Lizzie and become the first heir behind Prince Edward, something she claims will unite the houses and bring an end to the cycle of violence. Elizabeth reluctantly accepts and sends Dr. Lewis back with word of her agreement, in addition to a note to give Thomas Grey.

Margaret writes a letter to Jasper telling him of the news of her involvement with Elizabeth and Buckingham. However, she also mentions that there will be a second battle, that after a victor emerges from the battle between Elizabeth’s army and Richard’s army, Jasper’s army would strike and try to restore Lancaster to power. Lord Stanley brings news of the men selected for the mission to the tower and asks Margaret whether it would be her will for the two boys to be killed once they’re reached. Although it causes her great pains to give the okay, she knows that Henry would never be chosen by the public of England ahead of Richard and Edward and tearfully agrees to their deaths. Before Stanley and his men go, a letter is drawn up to “warn” Sir Robert of the attack, a letter that will be given to him following the conflict. It is to ensure that if things were to go south, they would not look culpable to King Richard. Meanwhile, Elizabeth gives Thomas Grey and Sir John words of encouragement before the battle is to begin.

However, there’s not much of a battle to speak of, as Grey’s men aren’t able to get inside the tower due to a previously unaccounted for swarm of guards and the boys are subsequently removed from the room they were staying in. Despite Lizzie’s concerns about her mother being in bed with the devil, Elizabeth knows that now is the time for uprising and she must contact Lady Margaret if she is to recover her sons in one piece. Richard becomes aware of the note and Lord Stanley has no suspicion throw his way, though Anne has grown more paranoid and he admits that the boys are commanding the outside men with their very existence. Elsewhere, Margaret prays for a sign in terms of what direction she should proceed in and goes to the woods where she has an argument with Stanley, bitterly spitting out word of her meeting with Buckingham, who has access to the tower. At the tower, the two agree to bring down the Rivers line by having Buckingham be the one to do the job. He pledges complete fealty to Henry and becomes next in line for the throne behind the young boy.

The Rivers family has not had any word sent to them from Edward or Richard, their letters being returned unopened. Richard’s son Edward has already been named Prince of Wales and Lizzie tries to bring to her mother’s attention the miserable existence they’ve had since being forced into sanctuary, where Elizabeth spends a majority of her time plotting revenge. After all this plotting, she might not have a boy to put on the throne, should she even win, and Elizabeth mourns the desperation of her situation by reminiscing over Edward and wearing his coat. Soon, though, Thomas Grey brings word from Richard in Flanders – the boy is safe, as is Elizabeth’s claim to the throne. Margaret writes to Jasper once more and mentions that her home is now the headquarters of rebellion, with Elizabeth signing up men still loyal to Edward to fight for her and Dr. Lewis acting as an intermediary between the two.

But Margaret’s claim that Richard won’t know what hit him gets dealt a major blow when Stanley goes to the King with knowledge of the rebellion and implicates his wife in the matter. No one really knows what side Stanley is ever on, though, and Richard bucks when Anne suggests that they arrest Margaret for treason, seeing as how her notorious piety could land them many more enemies than the onslaught they’re currently facing. While the boys are woken up with a start in their room in the tower, Stanley wakes up Margaret and mentions that the King doesn’t trust anyone and that he suspects that she’s one of the ringleaders of the rebellion bubbling against him. She claims that the princes are dead, only for her husband to question whether she saw the bodies or why she is so trusting in what Buckingham has to say to her. Before he goes, she reminds him that he better fight for Henry.

Richard has been intercepting Margaret’s letters and learns that Buckingham has a major role in the impending rebellion. He’s upset not only at the betrayal, but that he has to cancel the session with Parliament that he finally booked, where he was going to preview what kind of King he was going to be and how he would serve England. There’s also a rumor floating around town that the princes are dead at his hand, which he claims isn’t true. However, that’s not stopped it from spreading all the way to Elizabeth, who learns of her sons’ supposed demise from Sir John; he claims that all he’s heard is that they’re dead and that it was at the hands of one of Buckingham’s men. She orders him to go to Kent and prepare to rise up to destroy the false king and deliver the vengeance for her and her sons.

While Richard is given a wife’s blessing before departing for war, where he will try to cut off Buckingham’s impending meeting with Henry Tudor in Wales, Dr. Lewis confirms the rumors of the boys’ deaths to Elizabeth, yet she doesn’t seem to accept the idea. She questions why Buckingham would do it to cast the blame on Richard when the King would have been blamed regardless and lets it slip that the Richard in the tower isn’t the Richard who is in line for the throne. Lewis mentions the boys dying in their beds, immediately drawing suspicion from Elizabeth and fleeing before the conflict could escalate. Lizzie, though, doesn’t hear the river the same way she did when Antony died. She hears more of a lullaby, but drowning out the lullaby is her mother’s insistence on changing sides and going after Buckingham and Margaret, who she thinks killed her children.

Lewis returns to Margaret and tells her what Elizabeth said, though she won’t confirm or deny the idea that the boys are dead. Elsewhere, Elizabeth and Lizzie bring about a rain that stops the conflict from happening, leaving Margaret worried about her son, Buckingham separated from Henry and stuck in Wales, and Richard miserable from the unending pouring. While Buckingham writes a letter telling of Richard hunting him, conceding the fact that he doesn’t have the forces to take the King on himself, Richard searches for the boys in the tower, where he discovers that they’ve dissolved into the ether. Anne tries to no avail to get him to call Parliament and convince him that Elizabeth had spirited them away; Richard believes that Buckingham had a hand in whatever happened to the boys and executes him for ruining his good name among the English public.

Lord Stanley confronts Margaret with the fact that Buckingham has been executed, the King knows of her involvement in a plot to bring him down, and that he was faithful to Richard the entire time. The reason he went along with the idea of rebellion? To seize Margaret’s assets, including her extensive money chest, as he’s been named her jailer and gotten her a house arrest sentence at his country home in Bledsoe. He says that they will have to keep up the appearance that he has more control over her and that any letter she writes will have to go through him. Meanwhile, Richard visits Elizabeth in sanctuary to inquire about whether she has the boys or knows of their fates. She doesn’t have them, of course, and he denies being the one to order their execution, citing the line-ending murder of King Henry and how he was quick to show off his handiwork there. Telling her she has nothing to gain from sanctuary, he offers her safety if she comes out and lives out the rest of her days in Grafton. Elizabeth and Lizzie swear to curse the person responsible for killing the boys, should it not be Richard, and to make the first born son of every generation die out.

While in confession, Anne frets that her words to Sir Robert were responsible for the deaths of Edward and Richard. Later, she tries to get Richard out of bed and he seems to be too depressed at not knowing where the boys are and his wife thinking he played a part in it. Anne gets offended at him offering Elizabeth safety should she leave sanctuary at the Abbey and even moreso when he mentions that he wants the older girls, particularly Lizzie, in court. Back at Westminster, Lizzie learns that her betrothal to Henry Tudor still stands, with her mother claiming that they haven’t sacrificed as much as they have to turn back now, and she wishes for someone else to be sent to her.

Additional thoughts and observations:
-Aside from moments of being too exposition-y (e.g. multiple instances of characters saying “Are you saying that…?” and restating what just happened), I thought this was pretty strong and continued the forward momentum that last week kicked off. What makes shows like this fun is how twist-y the narrative can get and how quickly alliances (and motivations) can change, so this was an hour of political maneuvering that was fun to watch and revealing about where certain characters will be at come the finale.
-Although it was nice to see Anne show some emotion at the end of the episode following a turn into ice queen territory, I still found myself pleased at Richard turning his back on her and snapping at her when she tried to tell him what to do. As was mentioned last week, I think Richard is a pretty decent guy who lets other people control the way he lives his life and rules his kingdom far too much, a trait that he shared with his dearly departed brother. Richard’s tendency to do this is more about insecurity vs. the stupidity and naivety that Edward showed, though.
-I like that they used Lord Stanley’s turncoat tendencies against Margaret, although I’ve grown to love the latter over the last few weeks. Chekhov’s Military Strategy? I also kind of wish that their confrontation in the woods, where they were obviously turning against one another, would have played out a little more, just because I think it had the potential to be the best scene of the episode.
-Great moment: Transitioning Margaret’s “Richard won’t know what hit him” letter into the reveal that Stanley still supported the King. Another great reveal: Elizabeth letting it slip that it wasn’t Richard in the tower.
-Interesting that they have Lizzie embracing her abilities, with her visions, the curse, and the rain. Maybe she’ll use them to help her mother sometime in the finale?
-Do you think that Edward and Richard are dead?
-Next week on The White Queen: In the series finale, Anne, Margaret, and Elizabeth reach an end in their respective journeys and a new generation of schemers and seducers rises toward the English throne.

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This week on TVHackr, we talked about the latest in ABC comedy development, The CW having confidence in their new fall dramas, and NBC picking up its first freshman series, while the internet touched on flawed female protagonists, TV lies, and keeping up a TV home.

Bean, Longoria and Walsh team up for Indie Drama, Any Day
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Extant: Halle Berry to Star in CBS Drama
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The Simpsons Renewed for Season 26 by FOX
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The Blacklist Picked Up for a Full Season by NBC
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Harry Connick Jr. Comedy Pilot Finds Home at Fox
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The White Queen Episode 8 Recap: You Will Never See Me Crowned
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ABC Developing Sofia Vergara Autobiographical Comedy
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Castle Review: “Need To Know”
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Witches of East End 1.02 Preview: Ingrid is Tasked with Saving Freya and Wendy
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TNT Renews Cold Justice for Second Season
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Helix: Star Trek: Voyager’s Jeri Ryan Joins the Cast
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Murder Police Canceled by FOX Before It Airs
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Six Million Dollar Man back after 35 years!
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Fox Orders Unscripted Celeb-Driven Comedy from Steve Carell
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CBS Cancels We Are Men, Moves 2 Broke Girls to 8:30
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Kate Walsh Joins the Cast of FX’s Fargo
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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD Gets Back Nine Episodes
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Nobody knows the cause of Edward’s illness, as it didn’t come from the food and was too sudden to catch; as such, Elizabeth sends Thomas to find Antony and tell him to go to Wales and bring Prince Edward back home. She’s worried that Richard will try to apprehend her son and stop his ascension to the throne. While Margaret still believes that God will put her son on the throne and prays for such a miracle to occur, Lord Stanley advises her to keep Henry in Brittany and see what happens from here, as he could put a target on his back by arriving in London too early and without assurance of a place on the throne. Richard makes it to see his bed-ridden brother, where Duchess Cecily takes the aside and compares Elizabeth’s current state to a wounded beast defending her lair. In urging those around him to make it their duty to protect the prince, Edward has already accepted that it’s his time to go and laments not seeing his children grow up and rule the country.

He makes them vow to put Prince Edward on the throne and names Richard as his son’s guardian instead of Antony, much to Elizabeth’s dissatisfaction. She urges the rest of those in the room to leave and allow her to say goodbye to her husband, though when they do exit, she tries to convince him to name Antony as the prince’s guardian, citing the fact that he taught the boy everything he knows. Edward says that Antony’s name has been harmed in court and decided to name Richard as Lord Protector due to wanting to keep the peace; he then tells her that he doesn’t want to spend his final moments discussing stately matters and she kisses his forehead before laying her head on his chest. He thanks her for waiting under the oak tree that fateful day and for wanting him, while she thanks him for giving her another chance at life and a certainty that she was lacking before him. Edward then passes away and Elizabeth loudly mourns the loss, causing those listening nearby to console each other. She gathers herself enough to join them, where everyone except Duchess Cecily bows before her. Her reasoning? She and Elizabeth are now on equal footing, as they’re both the mothers of kings.

Both Elizabeth and Cecily plot to get Edward from Wales, with the former being unable to trust anyone and the latter wanting to take the steps necessary toward securing the throne for Richard. They think that Elizabeth was lying about being willing to comply with Richard’s new role as Lord Protector, but when Anne tries to encourage him to seize the opportunity by the throat and show Elizabeth who’s in charge, he tells her to stand down and that he knows what needs to be done. He then runs into a mourning Jane Shore and banishes her from court, explaining that it’s disrespectful for her to be there and that her kind does not belong in and around the palace, even though she has nowhere to stay. While Jasper interrupts Henry having sex with a woman to tell him about the king’s death and the fact that he’ll have to wait longer to return, Richard’s men encounter Prince Edward on the road to the palace with his guardian. They want to take him to the tower, while Antony wants him to go to Westminster and Edward simply wants to see his mother. One of Richard’s men kills Edward’s guardian and subdues Antony, allowing him to take the prince to the tower.

When Edward arrives at the tower, he continues protesting the fact that he’s not allowed to see his mother, but Richard and Anne tell him that his mother is grieving right now and doesn’t need to be bothered. However, Elizabeth is furious that Richard took her son, even though Antony has already petitioned for a release and maintains that he trusts Richard. Thomas wants to raise an army and act now, especially since Richard Grey was arrested, but Elizabeth thinks they should seek sanctuary at Westminster for the time being, since only fools wait to see whether their enemies are their friends or not. In her mind, staying out in the open will give Richard the opportunity to seize her other sons, but she does allow Thomas to stay above ground and act as her eyes/ears. Elizabeth then warns Antony that if anything happens to her children, she’ll never forgive him.

While Margaret and Henry are excited at the possibility of Elizabeth and Richard destroying one another and paving the way for Henry’s ascension to the throne, a letter from Thomas to Edward Rivers gets intercepted by Richard and causes him to arrested them both for treason, as the letter called for a fleet to be raised. Anne and Cecily continue to try and convince him that Elizabeth is devious and that she was responsible for the mists that killed Lord Warwick, with the latter urging her son to name himself Lord Protector before she can do anything about it. At the Abbey, Elizabeth sees how her children are giving up hope and orates a stirring speech to her children about how their father overcame plenty of adversity on the battlefield and his valiance and bravery is in each of them.

After being caught sitting on the throne by Margaret, who then offered her services, Anne tells her ladies that she’s not up for the coronation fitting that day, even though the country needs direction right now. The ceremony is scheduled to take place in three days and Lady Jane brings news to Elizabeth from Antony, who she had been staying with after being banished from court. Although he had been keeping his distance, it was only for appearances sake and he is the one who convinced Richard to set a coronation date, thinking that Elizabeth could attend and show that she could work with Richard. Elizabeth tells Jane to tell Richard that she’s sorry for everything and that if he removes the soldiers from their door, she would consider attending. Richard complies and removes the guards, but Elizabeth is still paranoid about whether she can truly trust him.

Lord Stanley, however, is deadest against the idea of Elizabeth and Richard trusting one another and sets out to plant seeds of mistrust in them both. Margaret encounters Elizabeth and mentions that there are rumors that Prince Edward is a bastard, which, if true, would cause her children to be disinherited and lose their chance at the throne. She also mentions that Anne refused to be fitted for a coronation gown, allowing Elizabeth to draw her own conclusion that there might not even be a coronation ceremony whatsoever and that Richard could be trying to lull her into a false sense of security. Lord Stanley is much less successful with Richard and Anne, who dismiss him almost immediately; however, his talk of Lady Jane inspires them to send men to follow her to see who she’s dealing with. They find her at Antony’s and arrest him on grounds of being a traitor before publicly humiliating her. Though Richard was thrown for a loop by Antony, a man he trusted fully, going against him, Anne encourages him to show Elizabeth who the real Lord Protector is.

At Westminster, Lord Buckingham visits Elizabeth under the guise of bringing her children fresh food and informs her that both Antony and Jane have been arrested, with Thomas having gotten away. He suggests that it would be best for her to comply with Richard and help her brother, but he’ll give her until tomorrow to decide if she wants to do that and send her other son Richard to the palace. To defy Richard would be to put the entire family in danger; however, Elizabeth knows that Richard will do whatever he wants and that for now, it’s best for her to save her son. She sends him away with Thomas and gets a boy of common birth named Geoffrey to pose as Richard before writing to Lady Margaret and cursing Richard with a string she wraps around her wrist.

Feeling the effects of the curse, Richard’s sword arm grows considerably weaker and he openly frets about the council’s true motives in demanding Antony’s release from the tower. In his mind, there are too many people who have a say in the future of Prince Edward, which leads him to send his men, including Sir Robert, to search Lord Stanley’s belongings. Being that Lady Margaret just put an incriminating letter from Elizabeth in her consecrated Bible, she causes a scene when they apprehend it and forces them to give it to her without opening it. No charges are brought against the two as a result.

Lord Buckingham and Lord Stanley are among those who meet Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth, and “Richard,” the latter of whose role in the plan is to give them some time to get away. While Elizabeth explains to her daughter that Richard having both heirs in the tower would have given him all the leverage against her, Edward talks back to Richard and says that his father would be ashamed of how his brother is treating the family. Nonetheless, the crowning is set to begin sometime the next morning and Richard doesn’t notice that “Richard” isn’t actually Elizabeth’s son. Later, he meets with Anne and Cecily, who try to convince him that even if Edward is crowned, he’ll continually be looking toward Antony and Elizabeth for guidance vs. Richard as Lord Protector. Anne suggests that he name himself king, as the safest option that’s available, and Richard confirms that Edward had had secret martial ceremonies with women in order to get them into bed, likely producing bastard children throughout England. Though he worries that he won’t be king in the eyes of God, Anne assures him that God will be okay with him preventing a commoner and a witch from assuming the throne.

While out with her daughter, Elizabeth runs into Lady Margaret’s physician Dr. Lewis, who informs them that Parliament has declared her marriage to Edward invalid and her sons to be bastards, though Margaret and Lord Stanley are reportedly in her corner. Richard meets with Antony in the tower and tells him that Edward would only take his counsel should he be crowned, meaning that he can’t be trusted. Antony tries to convince Richard that he’s no threat, only for Richard Grey to be brought into the room and Richard to mention that he has named himself king and that Antony will never see him crowned. Back at the Abbey, Princess Elizabeth has a vision of Elizabeth’s ambition ruining the lives of her sons and forcing her daughter on the throne, that she loves the throne more than she ever loved them.

Just then, Antony and Richard Grey are each brought out and executed on Richard’s orders. Meanwhile, Anne and Richard are crowned and named King and Queen of England.

Additional thoughts and observations:
-We’re now 19 years removed from the events of the first episode. I wonder how much ground will be covered by the final two episodes of the series.
-I like how Edward remained a naïve idiot until his dying breath. His words for Elizabeth were very sweet, but the fact that he named Richard as Lord Protector tells you everything you need to know about him.
-Although I think Anne’s character arc has been arguably the strongest on the show, seeing her as this bitter, ruthless wannabe queen (and as a spitting image of Duchess Cecily in terms of manipulating Richard) just made me frustrated. RIP, Anne’s likability. Hopefully someone brings her down in the last two episodes.
-I did, however, love Duchess Cecily not bowing before Elizabeth. In the alternate universe version of this show (that exists solely in my head), Duchess Cecily is a tremendous series-long villain and gets much more screen time than she got during this show. It’s very fitting that none of the three Sons of York were very assertive and ended up allowing other people to dictate how they ruled/lived their lives.
-The line “I’m your Grace.” was very well-delivered, though. The events of the final 10-15 minutes of the episode were all very chilling, in fact, but that stood out to me as something especially effective.
-I truly think that if Elizabeth had played along from the very beginning, she might have been okay. But she gave Anne and Cecily ample opportunity to fill Edward’s head with the type of information that motivated him to do what he did and paid dearly for her insistence on clinging to the throne.
-Can someone like Richard hand down a treason warrant without being the king or the offense being against the king? That just seemed extremely arbitrary, as did Richard literally becoming king because he said so.
-Since this show is very Tudors-y, I kind of wish that the episode ending executions were grander, like Anne Boleyn’s (devastating) death in season two of the Showtime series. They were still very sad here, but they were quick and mostly off-screen, so their impact wasn’t as felt as it could have been. I don’t need to see severed heads flying about, but it would have been nice to have a bit more pomp.
-Next week on The White Queen: Lady Margaret and Elizabeth scheme against one another.

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This week on TVHackr, we talked about what’s coming up next on Boardwalk Empire, the renewal of Covert Affairs, and Paget Brewster’s return to Criminal Minds, while the internet touched on hip hop, how to fix fall’s worst new shows, and what hit Netflix this month.

ABC planning on a Modern Family Spin-off
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A&E Developing Adaptation of French Drama The Returned
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Alaska: The Last Frontier returns on Discovery
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Boardwalk Empire Season 4: Spoilers for October Episodes
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Hello Ladies: Watch the Series Premiere Here
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Homeland: Watch the Season 3 Premiere Here
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Paget Brewster Returning to Criminal Minds
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The Simpsons to Kill Off Regular Character in Season 25
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NBC Axes Camp After One Season
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Sara Canning enters Canadian Medical Drama
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David Tennant will Reprise Broadchurch Role for US Adaptation
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The Big Bang Theory: Bob Newhart Returning, Bill Nye to Guest Star
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FOX Orders John Mulaney Sitcom Originally Developed by NBC
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Wilfred Renewed for Fourth and Final Season
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Sleepy Hollow Renewed for Season 2 by FOX
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NBC Inks Deal for Mark Burnett’s Space-Themed Reality Show
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While Edward is off screwing anything in a skirt, Elizabeth is going into labor with what they think is another son. She’s afraid of having to go through her first birth without Jacquetta and sends Lady Margaret out for some lavender, where Stanley urges his wife to get in closer with the queen and Margaret tells him that Elizabeth only loves her own vanity – no one else. She goes to the chapel and prays to God for a sign that she’s where she belongs, only for someone to alert her to the baby being stuck and a chair being required. Once Elizabeth gets on her knees in front of the chair and leans over, the baby comes; however, he’s not crying and Elizabeth thinks that another one of her children has passed away. Margaret takes the baby in her hands and he comes to life, crying after being with her for a few seconds. Joyful, Elizabeth claims that she’s in Margaret’s debt and Lady Margaret seems a little shook up herself.

Richard comes home to Anne and their son at Warwick Castle and she expresses gratitude at being away from court. However, that lasts for only a short moment when Richard brings in Countess Warwick, who previously disowned and cursed her daughter. The reason? George had expressed a desire to snatch her from sanctuary and secure the family fortune, so Richard took her before he could and will make sure that Isabel and Anne will get to split the Neville fortune themselves. Anne isn’t happy whatsoever, as her mother left her on the battlefield, while the Countess isn’t looking forward to being under Richard’s rule, especially since he’ll be going to Edward to pass an act declaring her dead. That will release the fortune to both Isabel and Anne and Richard reminds her that it was either this, the tower, or the grave. Countess tries to go to Anne and get her daughter to stand with her, but Anne’s trust is completely within her husband.

Over at George’s, Isabel overhears him talking to their daughter Margaret and gets wind of how deep his hatred of Elizabeth runs, as he thinks that she favors George and has been in Edward’s ear to deprive him of what is rightfully his. In his mind, Richard and Edward consider themselves untouchable due to having three sons between them, but once he gets named regent, he’ll show Edward what he’s made for and possibly earn himself more power and responsibility. With his brothers by his side, Edward announces plans to invade France to those in his court, though Elizabeth isn’t happy about yet another war and the possibility of George being granted power by his brother, which she warns could lead to their downfall. While Edward argues that fighting for a common cause will draw them closer together, Lady Margaret and Lord Stanley discuss the chances of a York victory and what that would mean for their son, who they think would be led to slaughter by Edward.

Also not happy with having to deal with another war is Antony, to the point where he’s decided to head to Rome until the conflict is over. Elizabeth needs him now more than ever to watch over Edward and keep George from getting too close, but Antony doesn’t want to risk his life over something that he doesn’t truly believe in. Richard isn’t that thrilled with the conflict, either, though his concern mainly lies with power-hungry George being granted control over France. Meanwhile, Lady Margaret writes to Jasper and Henry, afraid of what a York victory would mean for them while also praying for her husband’s safe return from battle. To her, Elizabeth has been behaving like a king at court, ruling by her lonesome and with a much tighter fist than her husband, something that Margaret fears. She’s also bemused by how her life ended up like this, since she’s acting as Elizabeth’s youngest son’s nursemaid and can’t bare to tend to him, since he reminds her of Jasper and Henry.

Anne goes to Isabel about the reemergence of their mother and Isabel confesses that George is so angry recently due to being pushed further from the throne. In her mind, he needs something for himself before he will be happy and alas, herself and Margaret seem to have disappointed him so. Once she has their son, she thinks he’ll finally love her. Elizabeth summons Isabel and asks about what she heard from George, hoping for news from the battlefield and the progress of the conflict with France. Unfortunately, George has only mentioned his desire for a son, though Elizabeth gets wind from newly minted spy Lady Margaret that George has eyes on the throne. She makes a passing comment to Isabel and Anne about she hopes that they have the same luck as their mothers in terms of having children, with Jacquetta having born 14 children during her life. Countess Warwick, on the other hand? Four – two boys, two girls. Isabel takes this as a curse, only for Anne to try and talk her down, claiming that the only reason her sister sees Elizabeth as a witch is their father. However, Isabel is convinced that if she fails to have a son, it will be Elizabeth’s fault.

While out at the battlefield, Edward, George, and Richard have disagreements about how to approach the conflict with France. Edward wants to do without bloodshed and thinks that they should at least get King Louis’ terms and discuss them. He also reminds George that the talk of becoming a regent was only that – talk. He was never promised anything. Richard writes to Anne and tells her that the entire campaign was a farce, that Edward ended up taking the deal offered by King Louis, which included a marriage between the French son and one of the English daughters and a whole lot of gold. Though he’s been on his brother’s side for much of his reign, Richard believes that he can’t forgive Edward for his actions in France, as he’s been made to feel like a merchant rather than a soldier or a royal. As a result of what happened, George has become increasingly angrier and blames Elizabeth for his misfortunes.

Back from the war, Elizabeth heartily welcomes Edward, claiming to be sick of being around women, while Richard is noticeably distant from the king and George refuses to celebrate, opting to go home to be with Isabel. George rants to his wife about how treacherous Edward is and how he will get what’s coming to him, since he made a deal with King Louis that hinges upon Isabel having a son – if she does, the French get land and George gets the army he needs to overthrow Edward and take the throne. Isabel tells her husband about the curse she believes Elizabeth has put on her that killed their first born. His big plan to get the queen back? Hire a sorcerer.

Meanwhile, Richard is offended at Edward sending a package of hold to buy his affections/loyalty, claiming that his brother doesn’t know him at all. He existentially ponders whether he can trust anyone anymore and whether he’s truly alone, ignoring Anne’s attempt at showing him affection in the process. Anne then goes to talk to her mother, who again attempts to convince her to join forces; this time, she argues that since Anne’s marriage had no dispensation from the Pope, Richard could very easily divorce her and take her entire half of the Neville fortune, which is in the bill that declares the Countess dead. Anne doesn’t take anything her mother says seriously, though, and calls her mad before leaving.

Elizabeth’s oldest boy Thomas gets married to a commoner from England and at the reception, Cecily’s gossiping gets shut down quickly by an irritated Anne. The real fireworks come when George refuses to stand and toast his brother and Elizabeth, instead knocking his cup over and exiting the room. As Edward won’t do anything about it, telling Elizabeth that he’ll have Cecily talk to him about it, the queen goes after her brother-in-law, who accuses her of being a murderer. While he leaves after she tells him that he won’t ruin everything they’ve built up at court, George ends up killing the family dog and bringing its body to Isabel, claiming that he found it in one of their rooms and that the animal was poisoned. Later, he goes to a sorcerer to work on killing Edward, while Isabel writes Anne to tell her sister that she had a baby boy named Teddy, that the sorcerer was hired to ward off spells, and that she had been bed ridden recently.

It turns out that Isabel died from her illness before Anne could reach her and George doesn’t want to tell anyone about it, as he doesn’t know who they can trust and Edward would only try to marry him off to someone out of the country. Anne ends up telling her mother about Isabel’s death and the Countess apologizes for leaving her on the battlefield. Elsewhere, George comes to Edward and asks about the possibility of marrying Mary of Burgundy, which he declines. Elizabeth then calls Anne to court in an attempt to scorch the rumors that she’s a witch, something George publicly accuses her of. Elizabeth berates the young girl for thinking that Edward would want George to remarry someone from Flanders, who would have the access to overthrow him from the throne, and plants a seed of distrust in her mind about George’s involvement in Isabel’s death.

Anne goes to Richard about this and he doesn’t know that what happened was even murder, though Anne still isn’t satisfied and demands to go fetch Isabel’s children to live at Warwick Castle with them. Back at the palace, court is dividing over the accusations against Elizabeth; however, Lady Margaret isn’t as satisfied as she thought she would be and assumes that Isabel’s death was the result of George’s sorcerer’s power backfiring. As Edward learns of George’s plan with King Louis, he sends men after his brother in Tewkesbury looking for an arrest, only for George to escape. Antony arrives back from Rome and comforts Elizabeth, who is forced to go to a celebration of Edward’s 15 years on the throne when half of her court thinks she’s a murderous witch. With several armed men to protect against a rumored assassination attempt, everyone at the celebration dons animal masks; George makes his presence known to Anne first and then runs around the tight corridors of the party, loudly rants about how both Edward and Elizabeth are murderers before being drug off to Margaret’s bemusement and Elizabeth’s horror.

George stands trial for treason with nobody acting in his defense and Edward acting as prosecutor. A guilty verdict quickly comes, despite the pleas of Duchess Cecily, who can’t control her grief around Richard and goes to Edward to ask for a reversal in the ruling. However, Richard simply asks her if she would have rather it been himself or Edward instead of her precious George and Edward apologizes for her loss before mentioning that George will get to pick the way he dies. After commanding him to reverse the decision, she throws herself on the floor and begs Edward to change his mind, latching on to his leg as he walks by and allowing him to drag her across the floor.

The method George ends up choosing is drowning in malmsey wine, which Elizabeth takes as a personal affront since its known that malmsey wine is her favorite and Edward brought some home from France specifically for her. While Cecily and Anne mourn George, and Edward argues with Richard over the sentencing, George is led to the tub by two guards and gets drowned before anyone can see him or he can have any last words. Elizabeth takes his name from her locket and burns it in the fireplace; Richard and Anne embrace while at the church altar; and Margaret’s son has his title restored, though there are five people in front of him in line for the throne. Margaret prays, lights five candles, and blows one out.

Additional thoughts and observations:
-So, Edward’s belly at the beginning of the episode was awesomely pillow-like, with zero indication elsewhere that he was aging or gaining weight. He looked a bit more realistic later in the episode, particularly when he sits by the fire and tells Elizabeth about George’s plan with Louis, but the shots of him with the women and talking to George and Richard were nearly comical.
-Richard’s speaking voice reminds me so much of Iwan Rheon from Misfits, for some reason. Also, the increased Richard in this episode was much appreciated, because he’s only been in the series in fits and spurts, and then only as a romantic interest for Anne. Here, he was more fully formed and quite a bit more compelling as a result. Do you think that he’s been honest with Anne and isn’t going to divorce her to take her fortune away?
-Props to The White Queen for doing somewhat realistic birth scenes, even though the shot of one of Elizabeth’s ladies scooping something out of her following the birth wasn’t exactly my favorite thing in the world.
-I’d like next season of Call the Midwife to star Amanda Hale as Margaret Beaufort. The shot of her reaction to the baby living was really excellent.
-Favorite lines: Richard telling Countess Warwick about her options being a faked death, the tower, or the grave; Edward’s wilting “I’m sorry for your loss”; Anne’s “You can’t hear witchcraft in everything she says”; Elizabeth’s “I’m tired of women.”
-When they showed George talking to Margaret and only showed his face, I thought for a second that maybe his anger had consumed him so much that he went mad and was talking to himself. Nice fake out, show, by having him with the baby.
-Isabel telling Anne that George will finally love her once she has a son, combined with George telling Anne that he had grown to love his wife – saddest moment of the episode? Poor Isabel.
-Conversely, George telling Isabel that he was going to hire a sorcerer was deliciously funny, likely for unintentional reasons. That was such a strange line to say so seriously on a show where the supernatural was really limited to Jacquetta and Elizabeth and felt much soapier than anything we’ve had thus far.
-Edward’s stupidity could be so irritating, but I like seeing just how deep it runs and how his only positive moves seem to come from Elizabeth pulling the strings. Thinking that George will be faithful to him because they’re brothers? Overriding his brothers by accepting Louis’ terms and expecting them to be perfectly okay with it? Wonderful.
-I might have gasped aloud when Elizabeth got out of her chair and went into the hallway to confront George, though it would have been nice had the scene went longer. They needed one good tussle before George met his end and that felt like the moment to pull the trigger, with emotions and tension as heightened as they were.
-That celebration gave me serious Eyes Wide Shut vibes, in a good way. Visually, the show has never let me down and this was no exception, with the tight corridors, masks, dancers, drummers, and woodsy décor.
-Don’t look now, everybody, but Lady Margaret is coming for blood. And I cannot wait.
-Next week on The White Queen: Dark days could be ahead for Edward.

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This week on TVHackr, we talked about the 10th season of Grey’s Anatomy, winners at this year’s Emmy main ceremony, and what’s to come on How I Met Your Mother, while the internet touched on comedy becoming more dramatic, the influx of film writers in the television industry, and unsexy sex scenes.

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Appointed to the role of Isabel’s lady-in-waiting, Anne tells her sister that their mother had been writing her asking for help and that she doesn’t buy Edward’s argument that the Countess wants to stay in sanctuary. Isabel, though, doesn’t want them to draw any more of the king’s ire and have him question where their true loyalties lie, so even with George being appointed as her sister’s guardian, she orders Anne to not bring attention to herself. Later, Anne approaches her sister, worried about the future of her dowry if she doesn’t marry by the time that their mother dies, as that would mean that the Warwick family fortune would be in George’s hands, as he is her guardian. The two get into a physical altercation that ends with Anne biting her sister’s hand and pushing her to the floor, with Isabel forcing her back into her room until she shows gratitude for the situation that she’s in.

Following the death of her husband, Margaret is conflicted about her future with the Yorks and whether she should follow his decree to find peace with her enemies. Just as she asks God for a sign as to what to do next, Reginald comes in to inform her that Lady Beachum has fallen ill. Margaret immediately goes to her mother’s bedside, though she’s not sad about the sudden turn for the worse; in fact, she’s more disgusted by the smell of putrefying flesh. Beachum expresses regret that her son isn’t there to comfort her and asks Margaret to release whatever grudge she holds against her. Margaret, however, only hears a call for forgiveness without a confession of her sins, so she’s not exactly jumping to release her mother from the cage of anger she’s currently held in. As such, Lady Beachum simply says that it was God’s will that her daughter bear a Lancastrian heir and that Margaret has always had a hard time with reconciling her saintliness with the vanity of wanting to marry someone like Jasper Tudor, who would worship her. Before she leaves, Margaret says that when her mother dies, she will be reborn at last.

While Jacquetta has urged Elizabeth to seek the peace that the country needs right now, it seems as if her own household is in the most need of reparation, as the York brothers wants to send Prince Edward to Wales as a way to establish his future household and have the country learn to love him. Elizabeth doesn’t want him to go, though, and will only agree if she’s the one who gets to pick who acts as his guardian, an idea that is rejected due to Edward needing someone who could raise his son into a king. The Queen goes to her mother and laments how much distance there’s been between her and Edward since he arrived back from the latest battle, only for Jacquetta to sense that her daughter is pregnant and suggest that she tell Edward to close the emotional gap between them. Rejuvenated, Elizabeth does just that and walks into their bedroom, where she finds him having sex with Jane Shore. She gets told that whoring is simply a sport to Edward, something that’s been bred into his nature, but Jacquetta doesn’t like what happened one bit.

Anne approaches George and Isabel with the intention of seeing her mother, only to be rejected because there was “no horse” available that day. Additionally, her guardian officially bars her from going anywhere aside from chapel due to the potential for her to disgrace them in public, so Anne meets up with Richard to question him about bringing her back here. Since he claimed she would be safe, did he lie then? Or did he not know the extent of his brother’s plans until it was too late? He claims the latter and agrees to meet with Anne in the garden that evening after dinner. Meanwhile, an ailing Jacquetta informs Elizabeth that she wouldn’t be attending the Christmas celebration that evening due to suffering from an irregular heartbeat, which she claims will take her before too long. However, she won’t let Elizabeth call the physician; the festivities are all a blur to Elizabeth due to the news of her mother’s state and seeing Jane Shore making eye contact with Edward throughout.

Richard and Anne find themselves outside, where the former claims that he thought he was doing the right thing by bringing her back to her sister. For six months, she was being seen only by Isabel and Isabel’s ladies, with George coming up with excuses ranging from illness to grief with why Anne wasn’t out and about. Richard advises her to pretend to go along with George, perhaps by using flattery, in order to make it out of his custody; he will wait for the right time to go to the king and ask that his brother’s guardianship be lifted. Elizabeth goes to Jacquetta’s side, where her mother feels no pain except that which her daughter is going through. Jacquetta claims that Elizabeth would have another son and that he would turn into someone great, that she would be okay with passing due to leaving a potential line of kings and queens in her wake. Elizabeth, though, doesn’t feel ready to let go, not after her mother had done so much for her.

Margaret hears from Jasper, who informs her that Henry is doing well and that there would be no need for her to come to them as she had inquired about in her previous letter. She would be better off helping her son from England and redoubling her efforts to the crumbling Lancastrian cause. Margaret then decides to marry into the House of York and tasks Reginald with sending feelers around court to see about the interest level. Particularly, she wants to know about the king’s brother Richard. He does just that during an organized bird hunt, which finds Anne out of the house and Elizabeth witnessing Edward’s flirtation with Jane before the party sets off. While she asks Antony to take her son to Wales and raise him into a king, Reginald tries to convince Richard of Margaret’s virtues as Anne watches from a distance. Afterwards, she confronts him over the marriage proposal, calling Margaret ancient, ugly, and fanatical. He counters that she’s one of the richest women in England and Anne says that if she had the freedom, she could get any man she wants before storming off.

As she comes back inside, Anne requests to speak with George and asks him how she would go about getting married. He claims that the year of grieving isn’t over and that it would be untoward of her to get married again so quickly, threatening to send her to an abbey when she won’t let the issue drop. Anne pleads with Isabel, but her sister simply turns and follows her husband. Margaret finds out from Reginald that Richard declined the marriage proposal; however, he has another potential option in Lord Thomas Stanley. She laughs at the idea due to him being a turncoat, but Reginald mentions that he and his brother always end up on opposite side during battles so that their family will have at least one winner per conflict. That, combined with the news of Jacquetta’s worsening condition, seems to raise her spirits enough to where she agrees to meet with the man.

George and Richard argue over what their intentions are with Anne Neville before Elizabeth comes into the room upon hearing complaints of Antony being named Prince Edward’s guardian. She finds out from George that Edward is with Jane Shore at the moment, while Anne writes a note for Richard to meet her in the garden that night. Eventually, they both make it out and she informs him that George will be putting her in a nunnery and that she will be running away to avoid that fate. As she learned from Margaret of Anjou, sometimes you mustn’t hesitate and put yourself as your top priority, but that gets questioned when Richard proposes and claims that he loves her. Though he would indeed become a rich man from a marriage to her, Anne would gain a title equal to her sister and a true husband who would do his best to take care of her. She says yes and the two kiss as the snow falls around them.

Lord Stanley comes to Margaret’s home and the two agree on the arrangement, as Stanley already has sons and Margaret needs to garner favor with the king. However, she will have to leave Jasper Tudor behind and serve the House of York, working in the queen’s chamber to prove herself to Edward. Elsewhere, George is furious that Richard and Anne have ran away, as his brother didn’t ask permission for the union to occur. Edward laughs, calling George out on his hypocrisy since he never asked if he could marry Isabel, but before he can formally give Richard the go-ahead, word comes that Elizabeth has went into labor early and that she might not make it. Edward runs to be with her and helps her push through the bloody, painful endeavor to give birth to a baby boy, who ends up being too premature to survive. Before he passes away, Elizabeth takes him to Jacquetta and places the baby on her chest. She moves her hand slightly in recognition and draws her last breath, causing Elizabeth to breakdown at the bedside.

Richard and Anne, as well as Margaret and Thomas, get married, albeit in separate ceremonies, with the former having a passionate first night together and the latter sleeping in separate rooms, to Margaret’s chagrin. Isabel and Anne make up when the latter gets a curse sent to her by their mother; Anne will be living in Warwick Castle with Richard and the two promise to visit each other regularly. Meanwhile, Elizabeth and Edward are in bed mourning the loss of the baby and Jacquetta. Elizabeth makes it known that she’s uncomfortable with her husband’s connection with Jane Short and that she’s stood by him through too much for him to do that to her. Her issue is that he lays with Jane as if she could replace her on the throne and he says that she could never do that, not when Elizabeth is the one who keeps him going in battle. However, he does remind her that he never promised to be faithful and that they’re not the same two people they were when they met under the oak tree.

Margaret and Thomas arrive at the palace and she bows in acknowledgement of both Elizabeth and Edward.

Additional thoughts and observations:
-I appreciate that Edward doesn’t take George seriously. It undercuts the latter’s sense of self-importance to an entertaining degree and keeps him from being as big of a threat to Elizabeth as he could be.
-As with Lord Stafford’s death last week, Jacquetta’s death was terribly sad and well-executed. Her powers made knowledge of her demise that much more impactful, as well as the fact that she’s been the rock that Elizabeth has had to lean on during the stormier days of her time as queen. I honestly don’t know how she’ll handle a life with Edward straying from her and no Jacquetta there for support.
-Interesting that Margaret seemed disappointed in the lack of consummation of her marriage to Thomas. Is she lonelier than she lets herself acknowledge, especially since Jasper doesn’t want to be with her right now?
-Do you think the letters Anne and Isabel have been receiving are, in fact, from their mother? Or, in their pursuit of the Warwick family fortune, has someone been telling her what to write?
-I never understood the whole “send a royal baby to another country to grow up” thing. I get that it keeps them from being in harm’s way and that they’ll be protected until they’re a certain age, but making them the house of household and such seems a bit silly. How much power and decision-making ability should a 3-year-old have, y’know? And there’s no guarantee that those in charge of raising them will do a good job or shape their ideals in the best way possible.
-Next week on The White Queen: Paranoia runs rampant through the Neville family.

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