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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor David Bradley (from the Harry Potter franchise and who will be seen in tonight’s Doctor Who-inspired made-for-TV movie An Adventure in Space and Time) will take over for legendary actor John Hurt (who, ironically, will be seen in tomorrow’s 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who) in the FX drama series The Strain that is based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy from Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. The drama will tell the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll from House of Cards), the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself. Bradley will play Professor Abraham Setrakian, a holocaust survivor who immigrated to the United States after World War II and now runs a pawn shop in Spanish Harlem; he may be the only one with answers – if anyone will listen. (The Futon Critic)

Actress Elisabeth Rohm (Law & Order) and actor J.R. Ramirez (Emily Owens, M.D.) have joined the cast of the upcoming Starz drama series called Power that is about a wealthy New York City nightclub owner named James “Ghost” St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick), who wants to build an empire and turn the club into a Fortune 500 business. But there’s just one problem: He is living a double life. When he is not in the club, he is the kingpin of the most lucrative drug network in New York for a very high-level clientele. Rohm will play Cynthia, who works for Vogue magazine and is working with Ghost and his club to host a blowout party for her boss. Meanwhile, Ramirez will play Julio, second in command to Tommy (Joseph Sikora). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Rachel Blanchard (Clueless and 7th Heaven) has landed a recurring role in the upcoming FX small screen adaptation of Fargo, based on the 1996 film. She will play Kitty Nygaard, sister-in-law to Lester Nygaard (actor Martin Freeman from Sherlock and The Hobbit films). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Marley Shelton (Eleventh Hour) will star in the Lifetime dystopian-future drama pilot called The Lottery that is set in a world where women have stopped having children, threatening extinction of the human race. When 100 embryos are successfully fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. The proposed series will center on Dr. Alison Scott (to be played by Shelton), the brilliant fertility specialist whose breakthrough in fertilizing 100 viable eggs may have life-and-death consequences she could not have anticipated. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Noah Bean (Nikita) will join his Nikita co-star Aaron Stanford in the Syfy drama pilot 12 Monkeys, which is based on the 1995 film. No details are available on what part Bean will play in the pilot, though. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Chris Fedak, co-creator of the fan favorite series Chuck, is developing a new horror project for NBC. The project is called The Woods, but very little is known about the project except this:  a young woman returns to the mysterious wooded mansion her sister disappeared from when they were girls, only to learn that the sinister beings that took her sister are still there. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Eloise Mumford (The River and the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Christmas with Holly) will appear in the much-buzzed-about flick Fifty Shades of Grey, playing Anastasia Steele’s (Dakota Johnson) roommate. (AJ Marechal at Variety)

Q&A SECTION (with Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Question: When is Patrick getting back to Revenge? – Hugo

Mitovich: There’s a strong chance he’ll be back by this season’s 13th episode (if not much sooner), because that when the ABC soap will be introducing (drumroll, please) Patrick’s ruggedly handsome biological father, Jimmy. In that same episode, we’ll also meet two other pivotal characters — Conrad’s mysterious first wife, Stevie, and Sara’s blue-collar mom Loretta (who is not pleased her daughter has re-started a romance with Daniel).

Question: What can you hint about the upcoming episodes of Scandal? –Lindsey

Mitovich: Here’s a tiny something to get you through the next two weeks: Already I have teased the “wow” of Episode 9, airing Dec. 5. But the actual midseason finale teeing up the winter break? It’s even wow-ier. “Episode 10, which sort of frames this first chapter of this third season, is bananas. Banananananas,” Bellamy Young told me. “I mean, the writers blow my mind every time I sit down, they raise their own game. I don’t know how they do it.” And while unable to spill details, Young said that the gasp-worthy moments on hand for that pre-hiatus hour come in the following flavors: “Sad, sexy, happy and horrifying.”

Question: I know Revolution just had its midseason finale, but I’m hoping you’ll have some scoop on the rest of the season. In fact, I have to ask: What is going on with Monroe and Charlie? Please tell me that is happening. It’s so wrong, but so intriguing! –Katie

Mitovich: That “wrong” bit of chemistry “is something that we’ve seen, as well,” exec producer Rockne S. O’Bannon admits, “and we really think is really quite interesting. So there’s a potential for that.” But as of right now, just potential. “I’d hate to say that it couldn’t happen, but obviously there’s a lot of things stacked against it,” O’Bannon notes. “There’s a creepiness factor to it that is on the one hand creepy, and on the other hand is maybe worth exploring. But the sparks between them, that low-level spark, is definitely something we’re very cognizant of.”

Question: Will Constable Bob be returning on Justified? –Jennifer

Mitovich: As a matter of fact, yes, Patton Oswalt is confirmed for a Season 5 encore!

Question: On Beauty and the Beast, what the heck is in Vincent and Tori’s DNA that make them attract each other like that? Is this, like, a primal desire of a beast to “mate”? Oh please say no! –Madge

Mitovich: I brought your Q to EP Brad Kern, and he explained, “Tori and Vincent amplify each other’s powers and emotions — and that’s an attraction we’re going to continue to play.”

Question: Please keep it coming with the Beauty and the Beast scoop! With the winter hiatus coming around, I need a little something –Larissa

Mitovich: The CW drama is casting the recurring role of Sam, a brilliant and charming archeologist who has been mysteriously affected by something that happened to him over the past six years.

Question: I’m just getting into The Tomorrow People – is there early word if it is going to be renewed for another season? –Donald

Mitovich: The CW freshman is a keeper for now, which is the most anyone can ask for at this very early date. On the scoop front, later this season you’ll be meeting an assassin-for-hire who is half-badass, half-vulnerable – and for a very good, probably extremely spoilery reason.

Question: Do you have anything on Once Upon a Time that isn’t related to one ‘ship or another? –Lauren

Mitovich: Wrap your magic bean around this one: For Episode 14, the show is casting the possibly recurring role of a teenage African-American female who comes across as skittish and timid, having had her naturally curious and determined spirit tempered by years of crippling fear. That said, when put to the test, this lass can reach within and summon the strength to be a hero. Ready, set, speculate!

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Chi McBride has been promoted to series regular on Hawaii Five-0. He plays Captain Grover, who recently moved his family from Chicago to Oahu and heads up the island’s SWAT team. (Tim Kenneally at The Wrap)

SPOILER ROOM (with Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

‘SCANDAL’: COLUMBUS SHORT TEASES HARRISON’S BACKSTORY

As last week’s episode of Scandal proved, just when you think we’ve learned everything there is to know about the characters on this show, yet another crazy secret about their past comes to light. And soon, teases Columbus Short, it’ll be Harrison’s turn when an upcoming episode teaches us just how this Gladiator earned his armor. “You’re going to see a different side of Harrison — a more edgy, dark, and very, very interesting side of Harrison,” he says. “I was talking to [executive producer] Betsy [Beers] about this, but how did he start buttoning his armor? Harrison never lets himself get worked up, and when he does, he kind of always pulls it back together. Why is that? What is it in him that he never let himself go Incredible Hulk? It’s because of something in his past. He lost it and made a mistake and did something he regretted in the past.”

And the challenge was one Short was more than up for, considering Harrison has been such an enigmatic character up until this season. ”Where Harrison’s going is so special and so interesting,” he says. “I’m excited to see where it goes.”

Meanwhile, creator Shonda Rhimes and the writers are hard at work on the midseason closer, which she says will — as we probably expected — blow our minds. “What I love about how we’re gonna sort of close out 2013 with these characters is I feel like where we started at the beginning of the year and where we’re taking it by the end of 2013, they’re in such completely different places,” she says. “It’s so surprising in terms of all of them, really, and where they all end up by the end of the season. I feel like hopefully we’re gonna have another one of those moments where people are going to be saying, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe they’re going there.’”

‘ARROW’ EP ON ‘BERICITY’

If your heart broke for poor Felicity after Oliver and Isabel’s hook-up, you’re not alone! But rest assured, she’s not going to spend the next batch of episodes crying into a bucket of Häagen-Dazs. As it has been reported, Barry Allen, who debuts in the Dec. 4 episode, is going to be catching Felicity’s eye, and while loyal Olicity shippers might not be excited about that news, Andrew Kreisberg is confident they’ll win you over yet.

“I think that as many people are shipping Olicity, halfway through episode 8, there are going to be just as many people shipping Bericity,” he says. “They’re amazing together…we always know Grant [Gustin] was destined to be Barry, but once we saw him and Emily [Bett Rickards] together, it was even more clear because they’re just so good together.”

As for Oliver and Felicity, Kreisberg says they will remain on unsure ground. “I think they’re taking baby steps toward feeling each other out about the possibility of maybe one day that maybe something maybe could possibly maybe be something more than friends and co-vigilantes,” he said, laughing at his extra-cautious phrasing. “They’re as star-crossed, in a way, as Oliver and Laurel. But star-crossed is a good thing for a superhero. It means we need a lot more episodes to get to that.”

Q&A SECTION (with Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

Question: Any McGee scoop? I don’t feel like he’s gotten enough to do on NCIS lately.– Jacinda

Sandra: “He’s going to play a really big part after the holidays,” EP Gary Glasberg assures me. “And Delilah’s still around. He’s got his work cut out for him in some stuff coming up.” And speaking of the holidays, you won’t want to miss the Dec. 17 outing. It’s a nail-biting hour that will find the team trying to crack the case of a strange outbreak occurring within military families. “It’s an Abby-centric story. So it’s Abby and Carol [Meredith Eaton] and Palmer really focused in the lab to try to focus on what’s going on,” Glasberg teases. There’s also a “really, really loving” story involving Vance, who is celebrating his first Christmas without his wife.

Question: So I’m in love with Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., especially the relationship between Skye and Agent Ward. Their chemistry is amazing. Are we going to see anything happen between them anytime soon? -Jillian

Sandra: Well, if you saw Tuesday night’s episode, you know there’s a chance that Ward may have spent the evening with, ahem, another member of the team, and I’m guessing he and Melinda weren’t up all night braiding each other’s hair. Regardless of the complications that this possible Mayward hook-up could cause, Chloe Bennet says she’s on board for any and all Skyward action. “The chemistry is obviously there, and they’re terribly perfect for each other, is what I like to say,” she says. “They’re so opposite and so similar in the same way. They’re both kind of loners and they’re both kind of out for themselves, but they both have such big hearts and they both genuinely want the best — they just go about it in different ways. So yes, I definitely ship Skye and Ward!”

Question: I missed The Blacklist this week. So can you get me through this show-less week with a little scoop? — Liliana

Sandra: I hear there’s a two-part story coming up soon. According to Diego Klattenhoff, who plays Agent Ressler, “Episodes 9 and 10 are going to be big. We’re definitely going to have a big episode.” In fact, he says, “I would say it’s our best episode of the season so far.” Let’s just say this: I hear the episode involves Red in the hands of someone who isn’t very happy with him. But how does Red get kidnapped while he’s being tracked? Well, that gets, gulp, dealt with.

Question: HOLY TWIST, Sleepy Hollow!! The whole Headless Horseman twist was just awesome. I LOVE THIS SHOW. Please give me some scoop! — Amy

Sandra: According to Mark Goffman, if you want to be shocked, just wait until the season finale. “The best I can say is it’s going to be epic,” he says. “[It’s] a pretty spectacular finish, which is going to leave all of our characters in a very precarious place.”

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

The USA Network has cancelled the Callie Thorne-led drama Necessary Roughness after three seasons. (Variety)

Actress Christine Evangelista (Lucky 7) will have a recurring role on Chicago Fire, playing Allison Rafferty, a new paramedic at the station. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Julian Sands (24) will have a major recurring role in the upcoming NBC pirate drama Crossbones that will star film legend John Malkovich in the lead role. Sands will play William Jagger, an aristocrat-turned-privateer and governor of Jamaica who dispatches Tom Lowe (actor Richard Coyle) to accompany inventor-mathematician Benedict Nightingale and his Marine Chronometer to England by way of a secret convoy. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Katrina Law (Spartacus and the recent Hallmark film Snow Bride) will play Nyssa al Ghul, the daughter of Ra’s al Ghul, in an upcoming episode of Arrow. Nyssa is a powerful member of the League of Assassins who comes to Starling City in pursuit of The Canary (recurring guest star Caity Lotz). (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actor Robert Gant (Queer as Folk) will appear in two upcoming episodes of the new CW series The Tomorrow People, playing Peter, a new boyfriend of Stephen’s (series lead Robbie Amell) mom. But Peter may be too good to be true and have ulterior motives for dating Stephen’s mom. Also, actress Elizabeth Hurley will lend her voice to The Tomorrow People, as the counterpart to TIM, the computer used by The Tomorrow People (which is voiced by Downton Abbey alum Dan Stevens. Hurley’s “character”, however, will be the voice of ULTRA’s own super-computer dubbed Alice. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line and Tierney Bricker at Entertainment Online)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

The cable network Starz is developing a ballet-themed drama called Flesh and Bone that will follow a young ballet dancer, Claire Robbins, who has a distinctly troubled past, as she joins a prestigious ballet company in New York. The dark and gritty series will unflinchingly explore the dysfunction and glamour of the ballet world. Ethan Stiefel (who played Cooper Nielsen in the classic film Center Stage) will be a consultant and choreographer on the series. Sascha Radetsky (who played Charlie in Center Stage and is a current American Ballet Theatre soloist) as well as several other well known ballet artists have joined the cast, but national auditions are underway for the lead role. (TV By the Numbers)

Actor Michael Chiklis (Las Vegas and The Shield) is teaming with IDW Entertainment to develop and produce Pantheon, a scripted, live-action TV series based on his own comic that is a dark and stylized story of ancient Greek gods returning to a ravaged, chaotic near-future Earth, where they battle for the fate of mankind. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Laurence Fishburne will star in a new development from HBO based on the novels by Walter Mosley and centered on his character Socrates Fortlow, an ex-convict who seeks redemption–while battling inner demons and external forces–after serving 27 years in prison. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS

Bill Murray has joined the cast of the HBO mini-series Olive Kitteridge, which stars Frances McDormand (Fargo) in the lead role and is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Elizabeth Strout. The story tells the tale of a seemingly placid New England town fraught with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, as chronicled through the eyes of Olive who is tough on the outside but has a strong moral center. Murray will play Jack Kennison, a local widower whom Kitteridge befriends. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Nick Eversman (Missing and The Tomorrow People) has been cast as Mick Jagger in the upcoming biopic centering on James Brown that will star Chadwick Boseman (42) as the Godfather of Soul. (Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Rachel Boston (Witches of East End) will star in the indie romantic comedy called A Ring by Spring where she will play an independent career woman who sets out on a romantic exploration through her past when a psychic tells her that she will be engaged by spring. (Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

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Q&A SECTION (with TV Scoop Team at E! Online, Natalie Abrams and Adam Bryant at TV Guide and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Question: Got anything on my new TV obsession Reign? – Debbie

TV Scoop Team: Someone’s going to learn about Nostradamus’ prophecy (you know, the one in which Francis will die if he marries Mary?) very soon. And the fallout will be pretty freaking epic.

Question: Scandal is my everything this season. But can it really top last week’s episode?! – Jean

TV Scoop Team: Yes, it most certainly can and shame on you for thinking otherwise! “Buckle your seats, Gladiators, because if you were missing any kind of adrenaline rush, it’s coming. It’s coming. It’s crazy!” Jeff Perry teases. And fans can look forward to more amazing scenes between Perry and Bellamy Young as he spills, “Mellie and I are aggressively trying to fight off all challengers and create a Fitz reelection and some of our strategy gets us into tremendous hot water. It gets me into domestic hot water with James.

Question: In desperate need of scoop on The Blacklist! – David

TV Scoop Team: Hell hath no fury like Red scorned…which someone in an upcoming episode will learn when they help one of his enemies betray him in a big way. Like, taking-a-hit-out-on-our-fedora-wearing-baddies’-life big way.

Question: I need to know about the Teen Wolf winter premiere! What can you spill? – Thomas L.

TV Scoop Team: How about that it opens on a sweaty Stiles in bed? And that he’s not alone? Of course, we’re not going to spill if it’s a dream sequence or not. But we can share with you that Stiles is in a pretty dark place, and we can’t even recall a single snappy one-liner he’s known to drop. We’re also going to be visiting Beacon Hills today so leave your burning questions in the comments!

Question: Any dirt on Nashville you’re willing to part with would be greatly appreciated! – Kimberly

TV Scoop Team: Is the ice between Rayna and Juliette thawing…for good?! In an upcoming episode, viewers will see Rayna make a big sacrifice in her professional life to stand out for her one-time rival. Could this mean Juliette be switching record labels in the very near future?

Question: Always in need of Beauty and the Beast spoilers. – Klein

TV Scoop Team: In episode 11, one of our main characters will be smack dab in the middle of a terrifying hostage situation that could put them in serious danger, or worse, the morgue! We’re happy to tell you it’s not Vincent or Catherine, although they are definitely involved with the deadly drama. But on the bright side, out of this crazy ordeal comes a new…wait for it…hero!

Question: Will the group learn the truth about Peter Pan’s identity on Once Upon a Time? — Sarah

NATALIE: Yes, and when they do, they may actually feel bad for the Rumple, despite the fact that he’s caused them all strife at one point or another. “When I learned Pan was his father, it all made sense to me why he is the way he is and how he turned out that way,” Lana Parrilla says. “As Regina, I had compassion for his character. It’s heartbreaking when a parent abandons their child, but the way he did it was just so evil and so sinister. He is more evil than the Evil Queen and Rumple because there’s no remorse.”

Question: Do you have anything on Sleepy Hollow? — Andrew

NATALIE: Abbie’s former flame Luke will definitely be spooked by his run-in with the literally-dead-man-walking Andy. “Like all the characters who are suddenly touched by the supernatural and by the reality of what’s actually going on right under the surface of that town, what it does to your mind is a big question,” executive producer Alex Kurtzman tells us. “He’s going to have to face that.”

Question: What’s the deal with that head on Almost Human? — Doug

NATALIE: In the original pilot, the head actually belonged to Kennex’s father, so the switchover to it being a woman was a shock even to me. “Why Insyndicate wanted this head and for what will become clear,” J.H. Wyman tells me, cautioning that the mystery won’t be revealed any time soon. “They’re in a process of literally having to take every single piece of evidence and having to cross-check it,” he says, likening the building to the warehouse in Indiana Jones. In other words, they’ll probably find the lost Ark before they find the head.

Question: Will Huck find out about Quinn killing that guy on Scandal? — Heather

NATALIE: It won’t be long before Huck realizes that something is off with his protégée. “This Quinn is different than Quinn in Season 1, and she’s learned a lot of things about covering up,” Katie Lowes says. “But obviously covering a murder is going to be very hard to do.” Still, just because Quinn killed off OPA’s only lead in the Remington investigation, Lowes teases that Olivia Pope will find a way to get to the truth about the plane crash.

Question: I’m excited but also scared about the final season of Nikita! Can you at least please tell me that Michael and Nikita stay together? — Claire

ADAM: For Nikita’s swan song, your favorite rogue agent will not have it easy — and that extends to her love life. But who has time for romance? In the packed-to-the-gills final six episodes, brace yourself to see allies turn on each other, a ballistic missile strike, a slew of double-crosses (not just courtesy of Amanda), assassinations, guest star Judd Nelson making a surprising connection and the shocking death of a main character. Sounds dangerous, right? We’d encourage you not to expect a typical happily-ever-after.

Question: What can you tell me about NCIS‘s 250th episode? —Marsha

Ausiello: I can tell you that someone from Gibbs’ past will resurface around the time of the CBS phenom’s landmark episode. Sources confirm to me exclusively that Susanna Thompson is set to reprise her role as Jethro’s ex, Hollis Mann, this January. And, show boss Gary Glasberg, teases: “She is coming back in an unexpected way.”

Question: Any info on Grimm? Specifically, on Juliette and Nick? —Veronica

Ausiello: Not so much on the reunited lovebirds, but I can tell you about one of the vet’s past infatuations: Capt. Renard is planning an extended trip overseas. Maybe that’s when he’ll first see Adalind’s baby bump with his own eyes?

Question: When is Nashville‘s Scarlett going to get over her stage fright? –Anne

Ausiello: Looks like that’s going to be a two steps forward/one step back process – and star Charles Esten tells TVLine that this Wednesday’s episode will find Deacon and Rayna arguing over what’s best for the new Highway 65 artist. (Deacon thinks the tour is too much, too soon for Scarlett.) “She’s my niece, she’s [Rayna’s] protégé, so we’re fighting over her almost as a proxy of how it might be to battle [over Maddie],” he says. “And in a real sense, we’re both right.”

Question: Any scoop on what Deeks will be up to (and with whom) while Kensi is off on her mission to Afghanistan? —Jan

Ausiello: First off, it hasn’t been officially confirmed that Kensi is, in fact, hopping a plane to the Middle East. Let’s see what executive producer Shane Brennan has to say on the subject. “Kensi and Deeks face their biggest challenge, both professionally and personally in coming episodes,” teases the boss. “The emotional ripple that started with their unexpected kiss at the end of last season is about to turn into a tsunami that doesn’t just impact them, but the whole team. As a result, one of them will be reassigned.” OK, now it’s officially confirmed. (I think.) Now here’s a Bonus Scoop to make up for the fact that I totally side-stepped your original query: I have uncovered fresh information about the new tech officer being played by Bones’ Andrew Leeds. Per sources, his character, Booker, is a member of a special task force hunting down an elusive terrorist.

Question: Any scoop on Season 2 of Devious Maids? —Fernando

Ausiello: With the “Who killed Flora?” mystery all wrapped up and Marisol’s true identity as a college professor revealed, Lifetime’s guilty-pleasure sudser is restocking its pantry, so to speak, by casting three new domestic workers and one wealthy head of a Beverly Hills household — all of them series regulars, and all but one of ‘em sexy males. Nicholas is described as “a handsome, charming Latino” businessman/philanthropist in his 40s and (brace for a possible hint at Season 2′s central mystery in 5, 4, 3, 2…) a man whose first wife “died under mysterious circumstances.” Opal, his Caucasian, 40something maid, has been in his employ since his previous marriage, and she’s a secretive, conniving woman “reminiscent of Mrs. Danvers from Hitchcock’s Rebecca.” Wait, did Mrs. Danvers have a hot, naughty, dark-haired son who just turned 18 and works as a pool boy? Because Opal does, his name is Ethan, and he’s the third of the Season 2 cast additions. Finally, there’s Tony, a dark, swarthy, European hunk in his mid-30s with a Special Forces past and the athletic physique that goes with it. The macho man will find work as a bodyguard/chauffeur.

Question: I am really loving The Tomorrow People. Scoop?! —Vanessa

Ausiello: This Wednesday’s episode is the show’s best yet, according to leading man Robbie Amell. “It shows this lighter side of Stephen even though things really kind of go to hell at the beginning of the episode,” explains the actor, before adding that the hour will offer fans a glimpse of “what the show is going to be about for the next 14, 15 episodes. We introduce Jedikiah’s boss (played by Spartacus‘ Simon Merrells). You get a lot more backstory about my dad and John and Jedikiah. We further the storyline about trying to find my dad in present day.”

Question: Nikita‘s final season starts in just a few days and I need some reassurance that we’ll get some decent Nikita/Owen interaction in these last six episodes. Reassure me —Caroline

Ausiello: I would. If I could. But, alas, I can’t. “There are only six episodes [left] and there’s so much that Nikita has to run from, wrap up, come to terms with, triumph over — and none of those things really have to do with Owen,” star Maggie Q shares with a laugh. “I don’t think there was any room for [their friendship].”

That’s it. Enjoy!

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