The Spoiler Roundup 09.17.08
September 17th, 2008 | 0 Comments | Email | Share | TweetWelcome 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. Catch it here every Wednesday at The TV Remote.
This Week: According To Jim, Big Love, Bones, Brothers and Sisters, Burn Notice, Chuck, Cold Case, Criminal Minds, CSI: New York, Desperate Housewives, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, Friday Night Lights, Fringe, Ghost Whisperer, Greek, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Lincoln Heights, Lost, My Name Is Earl, My Own Worst Enemy, Numbers, Prison Break, Privileged, Pushing Daisies, Samantha Who, Smallville, Sons of Anarchy, Supernatural, The Office, Sarah Connor Chronicles, True Blood and Ugly Betty.
According To Jim
Episode 8.05 – The Meaningful Girl: Jim gives suggestions to Andy as to what to give to his new girlfriend for Christmas. Andy adores the woman and he is eager to please her. [SpoilerFix.com]
Episode 8.06 – Therapy: Jim gets help from Scandinavian physical therapist Sven, a huge and muscular man. [SpoilerFix.com]
Big Love
Turns out one of the wives may have a surprise daughter. As in, she’s had this daughter for more than a decade! Casting is already underway for the youngster, who’s said to be a dead ringer for Mom. [Michael Ausiello]
Last season’s chaos will come to a head when one of the central quartet suffers a devastating loss; another will ask a third for a divorce. [TV Guide]
Bones
Angela Montenegro (Michaela Conlin) on Fox’s Bones is currently torn between two male lovers – ex-fiancé Jack Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) and ex-husband Grayson (Sean Blakemore) – and now a fourth party will be added to the mix! Nichole Hiltz will appear in Bones’ November 12 episode, “The Skull in the Sculpture.” Nichole plays Roxie Lyons, an artist’s assistant implicated in her boss’ death. Roxie, however, is more than just a suspect—she shares a romantic past with Angela. (She debunks the theory that she killed out of sexual jealousy by pointing out that she is a lesbian and that her boss was a man.) [Kristin@E!Online]
When the remains of a much-disliked company office manager are found in a building elevator shaft, Booth and Brennan must find out which one of the employees had reason to murder the victim. From a recently-fired employee to the victim’s own boss, the team realizes this office manager had more than their share of complaints to file. Meanwhile, Brennan’s bleak and morbidly realistic grad student lends his insight to the case, and Hodgins and Angela try to navigate their post break-up relationship. [Fox]
Brothers and Sisters
Much to the chagrin of her mother and siblings, Kitty decides to publish a tell-all memoir about Robert’s unsuccessful Presidential race and the trials and tribulations of the Walker family. Meanwhile, Justin slows his relationship with Rebecca to a near stand still. [ABC]
Burn Notice
In tommorrow nights finale, not only are there two awesome action sequences, but the eppy includes one of the most intense Michael-Fiona scenes to date. [Michael Ausiello
Chuck
Chuck finally gets the nerve to ask Sarah out on an actual date, and to his surprise she says yes! Romance is definitely in the air but as-per-usual, trouble ensues—the restaurant where they're having their date is chock-full of assassins—and their evening is cut short. [Kristin@E!Online]
Cold Case
Episode 6.04 – Roller Girl: The team investigates the death of 15-year-old girl Missy. Back in 1978, Missy loved to roller skate and tried to cope with her parents’ divorce, living alone with her mother, and the latter’s new boyfriend. She befriended a teen named Julie, who showed her how to dress, wear makeup and live life on the edge. [SpoilerFix.com]
Episode 6.07 – One Small Step: The deceased of the week is 12-year-old Danny Finch. Back in 1969, Danny was a nerdy and bookish kid who skipped a grade. In a way to connect with other kids, he agrees to help a few of them build a rocket. While they work on the rocket, the kids are attacked by some teens. Danny’s body is found in a river on the night of the moon landing. The team works with Tom Mcavoy, the former homicide detective who worked on Danny’s case back in 1969. [SpoilerFix.com]
Criminal Minds
Episode 4.03: The team works with a Department of Justice raid team to take down a cult leader in Colorado with a 15-year-old wife. [SpoilerFix.com]
Episode 4.06 – Catching Out: The team tries to find who is killing families in different towns. The investigation leads them to trains stations and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. [SpoilerFix.com]
Episode 4.09 – 52 Pick-Up: The killer of the week seduces women in bars, guts them and makes them clean up as they bleed out. [SpoilerFix.com]
CSI: New York
Scott Wolf is the latest VIP to sign up for the show’s 100th episode. [Michael Ausiello]
Episode 5.03 – Turbulence: A high jacking takes place in a plane. The shady circumstances lead the CSI team directly to James Turner, one of the passengers. There is a Fire Fighter vs. Police soft ball game. At the event, Firefighter Brendon Walsh flirts with Stella. It is possible that this role becomes recurring. [SpoilerFix.com]
Desperate Housewives
We’re going to see why Mike and Susan split up, and it involves a seriously bad car accident. [Kristin@E!Online]
Neal McDonough’s Dave Williams is Edie’s new man, and he is just downright scary. Among other things, he’s got a leash on Edie. [Kristin@E!Online]
A certain 5-year-old will be missing from Bree Hodge’s house, and it’s a sad goodbye. [Kristin@E!Online]
Lynette discovers her son, Porter, has a softer side, which she finds endearing; Gaby amusingly attempts to mask her demise in social stature; and the time has come for the men in Susan’s life to meet. Meanwhile Bree begins to feel the pressures of balancing marriage and a career, Edie is reminded just how hostile the neighbors on Wisteria Lane can be, and a suspicious Mrs. McCluskey enlists Katherine’s help to uncover more about their new neighbor, Dave. [ABC]
Dirty Sexy Money
The Darling summer home goes up in flames. [Kristin@E!Online]
A George and a Darling kiss, and before you assume it is Karen and Nick, think again. Also, said Darling gets it on with Nola Lyons (Lucy Liu), a Darling is going to die and another will be arrested. [Kristin@E!Online]
Episode 2.04 – The Monster: We meet Clare’s significant other, Martin, a 50-to-70-year-old French man who welcomes Nick into his home thinking that the latter is a financial consultant. Martin throws Nick out of his house when he finds Clare crying. [SpoilerFix.com]
Eli Stone
Katie Holmes’ dance number in an upcoming ep of Eli Stone is hot and sultry, but her character, Grace, is massively clumsy. However, it is her clumsiness that leads her to meet Eli in the first place, so it turns out to be a good thing. [Kristin@E!Online]
Eli’s brain aneurysm is back. However, Eli’s brother also discovers a journal written by their father, which offers more than a little guidance on the way forward. [Kristin@E!Online]
Episode 2.01 – The Path (season premiere) [Airing October 14]: New recurring character Ellen will be introduced in this episode. Ellen is Jordan ’s trophy 40-year-old wife. [SpoilerFix.com]
Episode 2.02 – Hayes Family (aka “Grace”): Parents face off in court to decide if their son, who was killed in Iraq , should have a military funeral or not. [SpoilerFix.com]
Episode 2.03 – Unwritten: Asian couple Chris Kim and Joanna turn to Eli for help for their 6-year-old daughter Alyssa, who has developmental problems. A slick law associate named Tommy Woo will be introduced in this episode and may recur. [SpoilerFix.com]
Friday Night Lights
Gaius Charles just wrapped his final episode as Smash, and co-star Taylor Kitsch reveals that he saved the best for last. “I was involved in his last shooting scene, and, in my opinion, it was the best scene of the season [so far],” he says. “Smash and I are in the locker room just talking about memories and stuff. It really felt like old school Friday Night Lights. [Gaius] has grown so much. He’s left a very strong mark.” [Michael Ausiello]
DW Moffett has been extended for the full 13-episode season. Similarly, so has TV wife Janine Turner’s. The two are playing the rich and now-relocated parents of the Panthers’ next great QB hope. [TV Guide]
Fringe
The show is already beefing up its cast, adding to the roster an as-yet-unchosen actor to play the recurring role of Ian Spencer, a twenty-to-thirtysomething hipster whose forensics expertise comes in handy on tough cases. [Michael Ausiello]
Olivia (Anna Torv) was recruited for a reason, and Peter (Josh Jackson) has a “medical history” his father is hiding from him. These seem to be the early overarching questions that will go for a while—along with what is “the Pattern”. [Kristin@E!Online]
Ghost Whisperer
Professor Payne noted that a shadow was missing from the group. That ominous moment caps the season premiere’s “Previously On…” montage. Further underlining, boldfacing and italicizing that “clue” will be a new group of spirits whose leader passes along a very disturbing message to Melinda. [TV Guide]
Greek
The show is casting a new freshman for season/cycle/whatever 4, a hot jock named Andy who’ll be torn between rushing the KT and OX houses. The jock is also a friend of Calvin’s. [Michael Ausiello]
Rusty is going to have to seriously prove himself when his initiation into Kappa Tau is threatened. It seems the boys don’t have faith that he is truly one of their bros. While Rusty is having trouble, Calvin is taking easy street; having the pledge educator as your big brother has its perks you know? But Calvin had better be careful—I don’t think his pledge brothers like his lack of manual labor very much. [Kristin@E!Online]
Max has issues, indeed, as revealed during last night’s episode. “It’s a place our show has never gone before, which is exciting,” series creator Patrick Sean Smith tells me. “As for how long Max will stay, you’ll have to wait and see.” [TV Guide]
Grey’s Anatomy
You’ll have a really good idea where Alex and Izzy are headed by the end of the two-hour opener on September 25. [Michael Ausiello]
There’s an awesome, awkward, totally endearing scene between Callie and Erica at the end of the premiere. [Michael Ausiello]
There’s a rumor going around that when the casting call for the new female intern went out last month, interested parties were told they had to be comfortable making out with both men and women. [Michael Ausiello]
The show is casting the role of a female patient who develops a multi-episode crush on one of the doctors. [Michael Ausiello]
Callie is definitely not pregnant, either by McSteamy or George. [Kristin@E!Online]
Lexie and George don’t have a romance this season that’s a major storyline (at least, not in the first part of the season); however, two other doctors we love will be hooking up, and it is most definitely major. [Kristin@E!Online]
Heroes
When four ruthless, powerful Villains — “Knox” (guest star Jaime Hector), Flint (guest star Blake Shields), The German (guest star Ken Lally) and Jesse (guest star Francis Capra) — bust into a bank and take hostages, Angela sends H.R.G. and his shocking, new empowered partner in after them. Determined to derail a cataclysmic future, Peter must first find what he lost along the way. Meanwhile, Hiro and Ando track Daphne (guest star Brea Grant) and part of “the formula” to Germany, but run afoul of The Haitian. Horrified by her ability, Tracy Strauss leaves Washington, D.C. to search for answers about Niki. A distraught Claire asks Meredith (guest star Jessalyn Gilsig) to teach her how to fight. As his romance with Maya intensifies, Suresh finds himself unprepared when his experiment yields some unexpected results. [NBC]
Seeing a future where nearly everyone has abilities, a world destined for destruction, Peter resolves to prevent this earth-shattering end — whatever the cost — and so takes on a dark, unwieldy ability to save the world — gambling (wrong) that it won’t destroy him and everything he loves first. After allowing Angela’s half of “the formula” to be stolen, Hiro and Ando set out to uncover the identity of the Villain who hired Daphne (guest star Brea Grant) — and must consult with the person who knows these rogues best.Adam Monroe (guest star David Anders). After the bloodbath at the bank, H.R.G. resolves to get rid of his new partner. Meanwhile, determined to be a hero, Claire (Hayden Panettiere) hits the road after one of the Villains from H.R.G.’s old files. Suresh gives in to impulse. Linderman (guest star Malcolm McDowell) and Molly (guest star Adair Tishler) return in unexpected manners. A new romance ignites between two Heroes. [NBC]
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Episode 4.03 – Mac and Charlie Die, Part 2: Mac and Charlie fake their own deaths when Mac’s father is released from prison. Dennis and Frank discover a “Glory Hole” in Paddy’s Pub. Dee defies a bus driver when she refuses to step behind the painted line. [SpoilerFix.com]
Lincoln Heights
Episode 3.07 – Ode to Joy: Jenn’s sister, Naomi, will be introduced in this episode and could become a recurring character. Naomi is a jazz singer in her 40s. She lives in Europe and dates French movie stars. [SpoilerFix.com]
Lost
Saïd Taghmaoui, a French thesp most recently seen in the Don Cheadle thriller Traitor. He’ll play Caesar, a mystery man. But the producers say the actor’s skill set fits the part. “He has an innate intelligence, intensity, and danger we really responded to,” says Damon Lindelof, who declined to specify whether Caesar is good or bad. However, Cuse teases that the character will be playing “an important part of the setup for the final act of the show in season 6.” He also confirms that Robinson’s Ilana is associated with Caesar, and likens her to Heath Ledger’s Joker in The Dark Knight. “There was something very unsettling about the way the Joker kept telling different stories about his background – something very similar to what we had planned for Ilana,” he says. [EW's Hollywood Insider]
Look for a delayed introduction for the duo, beginning with an intriguing setup followed by a gradual increase in screen time that won’t detract from established faves, much like how season 4’s newbies, the Freighter Folk (Jeremy Davies, Rebecca Mader, Ken Leung, Jeff Fahey), were worked into the mix. (The producers say we’ll be seeing more of the FF next year, too — even Fahey, last seen escaping the Island with the Oceanic 6). [EW's Hollywood Insider]
My Name Is Earl
Mindy Sterling is set to play Seth Green’s mother in the premiere episode. (She played his mom in Austin Powers!) Seth’s character is a Make-a-Wish kid whose wish to ride a pony in the New Year’s Day parade was ruined by none other than Earl. [Kristin@E!Online]
My Own Worst Enemy
Episode 1.01: Russians mistake mild-mannered Henry for his alter-ego Edward and kidnap him. Raymond, a fellow agent, must rescue Henry and return him safely. Raymond alter-ego Tom works with and is friends with Henry. Henry’s son Dash is disappointed when his father doesn’t stand up to a rude, bully of a father at Dash’s soccer game. [SpoilerFix.com]
Numbers
Two people stand in the way of Charile getting his clearance back: Keith Carradine, guest-starring this season as a veteran fed who holds Charlie’s future in his hands, and… Charlie himself. Yeah, it seems Mr. Epps has a big decision to make about exactly how badly he wants to be reinstated. [TV Guide]
Prison Break
Don’t get too attached to Michael and Sara, because their (presumably happy) ending may not be that far off. Executive producer Matt Olmstead says that he’s prepared for the possibility that this could be the show’s final season. “There’s a shelf life to serialized dramas,” he notes. “If this is the last season, we’re not mourning that because it’s been a great ride and we have a great season [ahead].” Olmstead adds that if Fox does decide to lower the ax, “we’ll definitely have enough time to prepare for an appropriate ending…the season finale we have in mind could play as a season or series finale.” [Michael Ausiello]
Michael and the gang track a key card holder to a racetrack while Mahone gets caught with something invaluable. Gretchen has a family reunion, and Self lands on Wyatt’s radar. T-Bag begins to unravel Whistler’s code. [Fox]
Privileged
Kathy Najimy has been tapped to play Rose and Sage’s publicist in at least two episodes. [Michael Ausiello]
Pushing Daisies
Remember how Ned inadvertently “killed” Chuck’s dad when he was a kid? Well, let’s just say that Chuck and her dead dad are going to have more in common than blue eyes or a love of cheese. [TV Guide]
Samantha Who
Sam is branching out from her parent’s nest this year and returning to her old place. Sam will soon discover that she can really dance, or at least she used to be able to. Look for Regina Newly’s (Jean Smart) infamous nemesis to pop up, played by the infamous Cybill Shepherd. [Kristin@E!Online]
Smallville
Smallville is putting the finishing touches on what I’m told are two of the biggest episodes in years — 8.10 and 8.11. The former marks the return of Lana, while latter is being penned by celebrated comic book writer Geoff Johns. [Michael Ausiello]
Oliver collapses at a charity event and reveals he only has 24 hours to live. Clark and Chloe call Davis for help but his prognosis is grim. Delirious, Oliver flashes back to when he was stranded on an island and first learned how to use a bow and arrow. He also recalls meeting Tess for the first time on that island after she had been kidnapped by a drug runner. Meanwhile, Chloe decides to use her new powers to help save Oliver, shocking Clark. [The CW]
Sons of Anarchy
Tara’s funky old car has mechanical problems. Jax is a mechanic. Worlds collide! Actually, car trouble brings them closer together in the short term, but it’s a third party (nonautomotive) that really ignites the season-long Jax-Tara arc. [Kristin@E!Online]
In the next couple of episodes, look for some comedic subplots with cutie Juice, who is played by the adorable and very nice Theo Rossi. [Kristin@E!Online]
Supernatural
“Coming up in the middle of the season, there’s an episode titled ‘Afterschool Special’ in which the boys investigate a haunting at one of the high schools they attended as kids,” executive producer Eric Kripke says. “As they investigate, we’ll see flashbacks to what high school was like for Sam and Dean.” Sounds fun, right? It won’t be. Adds Kripke: “It wasn’t pretty.” [Michael Ausiello]
Dean is transported back in time and is shocked when he lands in Lawrence, Kansas. However, that shock turns to amazement after he runs into a young John Winchester (guest star Matthew Cohen) and Mary (guest star Amy Gumenick) who have just fallen in love. Dean isn’t sure why he was sent back so he begins to enjoy the time with his parents and newfound grandfather (guest star Mitch Pileggi, “The X-Files”), who may be hiding a secret that is key to Sam and Dean’s entire predicament. [The CW]
The Office
The show is casting a 30-50-year-old plain Jane who must be able to speak French fluently. And we all know how much Jim likes average-looking gals. [Michael Ausiello]
The new Dunder Mifflin receptionist is not Jan, and in fact, it’s not a girl character at all. [Kristin@E!Online]
The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Stephanie Jacobsen (Kendra Shaw of BSG: Razor) is joining the cast as a love interest for Derek (Brian Austin Green). [Michael Ausiello]
Till Death
A new recurring character will be introduced sometime this fall. The character is a woman in her 20s named Allison Stark. She’ll is described as a mini-Joy who is confident and attractive. [SpoilerFix.com]
The Fox sitcom decided it had covered all the longtime marrieds-versus-newlyweds tales to be told, so Eddie Kaye Thomas and Kat Foster will only surface in a few episodes this season. [TV Guide]
True Blood
In episode four, Sookie and Bill go to that vamp club in Shreveport and meet Eric, a huge part of the show’s mythology, played by Alexander Skarsgård. Like Bill, Eric is intrigued by Sookie’s telepathic abilities. [Kristin@E!Online]
More of the Merlotte’s waitresses are in danger, and we start to get an idea about the identity of the serial killer. [Kristin@E!Online]
At least one couple hooks up with each other when they can’t be with the one they love. [TV Guide]
Ugly Betty
“Betty’s decision at the beginning of this season is not an ending to anything,” America Ferrera insisted. “It’s more about huge beginnings for her. Christopher Gorham, who we love and adore, and Freddy Rodriguez, who is wonderful and so great on our show, are not gone [forever]. You’ll never know when they’ll pop in or pop out, but they’ll be around.” [Michael Ausiello]
