The Spoiler Roundup 06.11.09

June 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Email | Share | Tweet

Welcome to the Spoiler Roundup, the most comprehensive weekly spoiler wrapup on the internet. We scour the web for all the best spoilers on some of the most popular shows on the air.

This Week: 24, Bones, Burn Notice, Chuck, Dexter, Eureka, Fringe, Ghost Whisperer, Greek, Friday Night Lights, House, In Plain Sight, Leverage, Lost, Mental, Nurse Jackie, One Tree Hill, Pushing Daisies, Reaper, Saving Grace, Sons of Anarchy, The Mentalist, True Blood and Weeds.

24

When asked if Tony Almeida would be back for the shows eighth season, Carols Bernard said “I can’t comment on that; that would be giving way too much away.” (Watch With Kristin)

Bones

Executive producer Hart Hanson talking about Booth being confused about Bones: “Booth’s problem isn’t remembering who Brennan is,” he says, “it’s remembering which Brennan she is.” (Michael Ausiello)

Brendan Fehr talking about next season: “As far as I’m told, I will be back. I don’t know how many episodes. I don’t know in what capacity or anything like that, but I have been told that I can expect a little bit of employment in the upcoming season.” Since Booth is in recovery, Fehr thinks it would be interesting for him to fill in for Booth, and maybe even attempt to sweep Bones off her feet again. “I suppose he does stand a chance [with her]. He’s a fairly handsome guy,” joked Brendan, “but ultimately it’s Seeley and Bones’ deal.” (Watch With Kristin)

Burn Notice

The show is currently in production on its midseason finale, and I’m told it’s chock full of Fiona-Michael drama – most of which is triggered by the appearance of that evil Irishman (Paul Blackthorne) from Fi’s past. (Michael Ausiello)

Detective Paxton (Bloodgood) seriously means business. She is digging into Michael’s life, and he realizes she is bound to find something she shouldn’t, so he tries to get her fired, which only leaves her gunning for more. (Watch With Kristin)

Chuck

The new kung fu-esque intersect in Chuck’s brain, apparently, there are some kinks to be worked out. (Michael Ausiello)

Dexter

We’re going to be meeting more of Dexter’s neighbors next season. Rick Peters has been cast as Dexter’s next-door neighbor, Elliott. We’ll also meet Elliott’s wife as well as and a third neighbor by the name Andy. (Michael Ausiello)

Eureka

The second half of the third season picks up right after the midseason cliffhanger, with Jack Carter being removed as sheriff, and Allison expecting her recently dead husband’s baby. And of course, Carter is facing some tough decisions regarding his daughter, Zoe. And he has a new love interest, played by Jamie Ray Newman. (SF Universe)

Fringe

The first episode deals with a shapeshifter who continuously re-molds his face. And the second episode is about a mole man who lives under a town, pulling people underground and eating them. Also, Peter will play a more central and active role in solving cases this time around. (FringeTelevision)

Ghost Whisperer

Producers of the CBS drama are toying with the idea of kicking the new season off five years into the future. The move would allow the show to introduce Jim and Melinda’s son as a pre-schooler instead of as a newborn. (Michael Ausiello)

Producers put out a casting call for Melinda and Jim’s now-5-year-old son Aiden. (Michael Ausiello)

Greek

Frannie is finally leaving Cyprus Rhodes University, but not before she stirs up some trouble, causing Ashleigh to almost get expelled from school. Also, Calvin becomes the first gay purity club member, just so he won’t sleep with one of his fraternity bros. What Calvin didn’t plan on was Dale pretending to be his boyfriend. (Watch With Kristin)

Friday Night Lights

Lyla Garrity is not returning to Dylan, Texas. Minka Kelly says, “I actually will probably be moving on. I think it would make sense story-wise that I graduate from high school and move on to college. I think I’ll be moving away.” (Watch With Kristin)

House

House’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest-inspired season premiere has been expanded to two hours and is being directed by executive producer Katie Jacobs. (Michael Ausiello)

House’s rehab stint is the real deal. And that hospital’s more retro than you think. Greystone Park State Hospital (in Morristown, N.J.) made its debut in 1876 as the not-so-subtly named New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum. The hospital has tended to such patients as singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie. (TV Guide)

Another one of House’s loony-bin buddies will be Stomp, a character described as a natural “percussionist” who constantly taps out his own personal rhythm. (Watch With Kristin)

In Plain Sight

Laura Prepon is introduced as Lauren in Sunday’s new episode, showing up with a letter from Mary’s father that points the way to her new family. However, in the following episode, Lauren has disappeared, and Brandi is finally arrested for her involvement with her drug-dealer boyfriend, Chuck, raising suspicions that Lauren joined the family to get dirt on Brandi. Mary McCormack said, “I still don’t know if she’s my sister.” While the question as to whether she truly is Mary’s family still looms, executive producer David Maples says, “We will not see [Lauren] again this season, but that doesn’t mean that she doesn’t somehow come into play perhaps in some way.” (Watch With Kristin)

“Raph [Cristián de la Fuente] and I definitely give our love another chance, so we get a lot closer this season than last,” said Mary of this year’s season finale. However, fans have been hoping for a connection between Mary and Det. Dershowitz since season one. Todd Williams said, “Coming into season two, Bobby D. is moving closer and closer to Mary’s inner circle. They still have a working relationship, but there is definitely a growing relationship.” While Mary teased, “There is some chemistry [with Dershowitz],” she also jokingly called Todd out in front of the panel: “What you’re trying to say is you want to sleep with me.” (Watch With Kristin)

Her father, whom we’ve yet to see on the series, has been M.I.A. for Mary’s whole life, presumably on the run. A clue in a future episode may debunk that rumor, though, leading you to believe that Mary’s dad may be in the witness-protection program. While McCormack finds that that would be “very ironic,” she also thinks it would be “too tidy. David doesn’t like things that are that symmetrical.” David added, “It seems to be that would be such an obvious choice.” (Watch With Kristin)

While last year’s finale left Mary in danger of losing her job and quite possibly her life, this year is more emotional than anything. Lesley Ann Warren said, “Something really awful happens to Mary, and we all have to rally around her. It’s emotionally big and catastrophic in its possibilities.” Nichole Hiltz added, “Our finale carries out over two episodes. It’s a heartbreaking finale, [and] it’s unexpected.” (Watch With Kristin)

Leverage

Producers want a “star name actor” to play Nathan’s evil doppelganger, Bierko. The mastermind behind his own crew of thieves, the big baddie has assembled a “whizbang mob,” which is a fancy way of describing a group of people who move into town, execute a big job, and then move on. (Michael Ausiello)

Lost

Matthew Fox did a Q&A at a movie festival in Monte Carlo, where he gave away some stuff about season six. He says he’s been told Jack and Locke will go “head to head” a lot in season six, but he didn’t specify whether that was the real, dead Locke or the imposter. The opening scene of the season premiere will explain what happened at the end of season five, and it’ll be surprising and confusing at first. And about a third of the way through the season, he says “both timelines” will be “solidified into linear time,” and from that point on, there will be no more flashbacks or flashforwards — just time moving forward on the Island. The ending of the show itself will be beautiful, sad, redemptive, moving and awesome. (IO9)

Mental

John Pyper-Ferguson (Brothers & Sisters) and Spike Feresten (playing himself) will guest on June 23, while Willie Garson (Sex and the City) turns up July 3, when the show moves to Fridays. (TV Guide)

Nurse Jackie

I bet you’re wondering if Jackie ever gets caught, right? The answer is yes. Also, look for Swoosie Kurtz and Blythe Danner to show up in a future episode – as ladies with direct ties to the All Saints ER. (TV Guide)

One Tree Hill

Brian Austin Green’s reps got cold feet and pulled out of the deal to join the show. Lipstick Jungle’s Robert Buckley has just signed on to replace him. (Michael Ausiello)

The show is mulling another flash forward at the onset of season 7 this fall. A One Tree Hill source says the action would likely pick up just one year later. (Michael Ausiello)

Pushing Daisies

Raising the Bar’s Wilson Cruz plays a suspect in the series finale of Pushing Daisies, airing this Saturday on ABC. However, Wilson says not to expect him back on Raising the Bar to continue his relationship with Charlie. (Watch With Kristin)

You will get a happy ending for the characters, but it does not necessarily end there. Don’t forget that Coeur d’Coeurs lives on in the comic-book world. In the finale, more people find out about Chuck (Anna Friel) being alive. (Watch With Kristin)

Reaper

If the show came back for a third season, Bret Harrison says us he saw hints in the finale that Andi (played by Missy Peregrym) “was going to probably be a reaper in the next season.” (TV Guide)

Saving Grace

Many unanswered questions from last season’s finale will definitely be resolved in a timely fashion. For starters, within the first 10 minutes of the June 16 season premiere you’ll find out who exactly that girl on the corner is and how she relates to Grace’s life. How exactly she changes it is still TBD. Also in the upcoming season: Earl has a rival, someone gets engaged, and Grace may end up in prison. (Michael Ausiello)

Grace (Holly Hunter) and Ham (Kenny Johnson) do the deed while hanging from a bridge . . . and there are consequences. Also, there’s a new angel in town. Grace’s angel, Earl (Leon Rippy), has to compete for Grace’s attention—and things get dirty. Someone gets engaged in the first episode, and you’ll never believe to whom! (Watch With Kristin)

Sons of Anarchy

Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter said at last week’s joint Shield-SOA event that Jax is working out his identity. According to Kurt: “I really wanted a leading man who was a man but hadn’t really decided what kind of man he was going to be yet. He was more of a Shane than a Vic [speaking in Shield terms], more of a Christopher than a Tony [speaking in Sopranos terms]…The arc we’ll explore if we get to continue is seeing what kind of man Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam) becomes, and the struggle—rather than Vic who clearly decided what kind of man he is and navigates through life with that decision, as did Tony Soprano.” (Watch With Kristin)

The Mentalist

We will find out who Red John is, but first Jane is going to need some help. Enter California Bureau of Investigations Agent Sam Glenn. The new recurring character, currently being cast, heads up the division handling the Red John investigation and is apparently the one person who doesn’t get seduced by Simon Baker’s pretty face. He’s also Lisbon’s (Robin Tunney) onetime mentor and ex. (Michael Ausiello)

True Blood

Ashley Jones plays Daphne, a new waitress at Merlottes and a new love interest for Sam Merlotte. She appears in the season’s first episode, and at least seven others. Sams’s never been too lucky in love, but Daphne comes along, she’s from a similar background, and she and Sam “get” each other. She’s a complicated person with her own agenda, and nobody understands her but her man. There’s a lot more to her than you realize at first, and her connection to the whole vampy world goes “pretty deep.” (SciFi Wire)

In the first episode, Sookie and Bill have a big fight, followed by makeup sex… followed by makeup biting, with blood gushing all over the sheets. Sookie gets gored by a “horned, taloned creature” in the woods after she storms off in her fight with Bill. (IO9)

Also, we’ll see more of Eric’s “sensitive and funny” side this season. And Eric makes a play for Sookie. The death they investigate in Dallas is one of Eric’s associates, so it throws Sookie and Eric together. Jason, meanwhile, has a “small romance,” and his Fellowship Of The Sun storyline eventually intersects Sookie’s Dallas visit, because the Fellowship is also in Dallas. (IO9)

Evan Rachel Wood talks about her vampire queen True Blood character: “Sophie is half Patrick Bateman, half Paris Hilton. She loves to tell people what to do—like, she could tell Bill to go play Yahtzee or something—but she’s not going to sleep with him, because she likes the ladies.” (Watch With Kristin)

Nothing But the Blood – Airing June 14, 2009
A shocking murder outside Merlotte’s bar has the people of Bon Temps reeling; Sookie and Bill’s relationship is tested; Sam recalls an encounter he had with Maryann as a 17-year-old. (MSN TV)

Keep This Party Going – Airing June 21, 2009
Sookie and Bill contend with teen vampire Jessica; Jason impresses his Light of Day leaders; Maryann casts her spell at Merlotte’s. (MSN TV)

Scratches – Airing June 28, 2009
Bill enlists Eric’s help to save Sookie after she is attacked by a mysterious creature; Jessica finds a willing suitor in Hoyt; Tara finds her attraction to Eggs interrupted by a swirling fog. (MSN TV)

Let’s Take a Trip Together – Airing July 12, 2009
Bill and Sookie travel to Dallas to carry out Eric’s mission; Jason falls victim to a practical joke; Maryann throws a birthday party for Tara. (MSN TV)

Never Let Me Go – Airing July 19, 2009
While in Dallas, Sookie connects with one of her own; Jason is rewarded for his hard work at the Light of Day boot camp; Eric shares a secret about his past with Bill. (MSN TV)

Friend Is a Four Letter Word – Airing July 26, 2009
Sookie embarks on a dangerous mission to locate Godric; Bill is shocked when a vampire from his past resurfaces in Dallas; Jason must make difficult emotional and physical choices. (MSN TV)

Weeds

Guillermo’s in prison! Since Esteban’s men are watching Nancy, she creates a diversion so she can see him. Unfortunately, it’s not a friendly visit because he knows that she’s the rat and threatens her life. (Watch With Kristin)