The Spoiler Roundup 10.22.09
October 22nd, 2009 | 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.
This Week: 30 Rock, 90210, Big Love, Brothers and Sisters, Cougar Town, CSI, CSI: NY, Dexter, Eastwick, FlashForward, Friday Night Lights, Fringe, Glee, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes, House, Lost, Melrose Place, NCIS, Nip/Tuck, Sons of Anarchy, Supernatural, The Simpsons, Three Rivers, Ugly Betty and Vampire Diaries.
30 Rock
Executive producer Robert Carlock says in the upcoming Halloween episode: “Frank and Toofer realize that the hot girls that they can’t seem to meet on Halloween—which is a magical night for drunk women in strange costumes—have all been going to these fabulous parties that Jenna has access to. So they’re trying to use Jenna to get in there, and she’s trying to use them right back for her own ends.” (Watch With Kristin)
90210
Dixon’s about to land himself a cougar! “A new woman comes into Dixon’s life, and she’s even older than Sasha,” teases executive producer Rebecca Sinclair. “It’s someone we’ve met before.” (Michael Ausiello)
The spring episodes are promising a major lovefest when three couples reconcile within the space of a few weeks. On the other hand, Teddy Montgomery and Kelly Taylor will be left out in the cold. (TV Guide)
Big Love
J.J. (Zeljko Ivanek) will be introducing us to his parents. Yep, we’ll be meeting the people who brought us J.J. and crazy Wanda and maybe finding out why their kids are so darn wacky, not to mention lots of drama surrounding Nicki’s first marriage to J.J. and their daughter Cara Lynn. (Watch With Kristin)
Another next character to look for next season? Ana’s (Branka Katic) fiancé from Serbia. (Watch With Kristin)
Brothers and Sisters
Episode 4.06 – Zen & the Art of Mole Making – Airing November 1, 2009
In the throes of chemo, Kitty is thrilled when a surprise visitor comes to town, while Sarah finally realizes that she has to tell her kids about Luc (Gilles Marini as Luc Laurent). Meanwhile, with Ryan and Rebecca’s help, Holly finds a way to keep her financial future from unraveling, and Kevin and Scotty finally agree on a possible surrogate (Roxy Olin as Michelle). Guest starring are Ken Olin as David Caplan, Peter Gerety as Dennis York, Gilles Marini as Luc Laurent and Roxy Olin as Michelle McGregor. (ABC)
Episode 4.07 – The Wig Party – Airing November 8, 2009
Kitty is devastated when she is faced with the visible ramifications of her cancer treatment, Nora makes a surprising friend with benefits, and Scotty takes stock when his father delivers some shocking news about his marriage. Guest starring are Gilles Marini as Luc Laurent, Michael O’Keefe as Wally Wandell, David Purdham as Barry Henderson, Jon Tenney as Dr. Simon Craig and Elayn Taylor as Mrs. Goldberg. (ABC)
Cougar Town
Episode 1.07 – Don’t Come Around Here No More – Airing November 4, 2009
Jules always seems to be with her friends, her ex or her son. One night when everyone is busy, she reluctantly takes a date with an older man just to get out of the house, so Grayson makes her a wager that she can’t spend a whole day by herself. (ABC)
CSI
Episode 10.06 – Death and the Maiden – Airing November 5, 2009
The CSIs discover that two apparently unrelated crimes are actually parts of the same twisted revenge plot. (CBS)
CSI: NY
Things are going to get worse before they get better. Flack will continue to fall until he hits emotional rock bottom. It’s only then that, with the help of friends and an unlikely ally, Flack will bounce back. (TV Guide)
Episode 6.08 – Cuckoo’s Nest – Airing November 18, 2009
After a body falls from the 59th Street Bridge, the CSI team finds a compass near the body pointing east, and realizes it’s the third victim of the Compass Killer. Skeet Ulrich returns as Hollis Eckhart, The Compass Killer. (CBS)
Desperate Housewives
Someone’s kid on Wisteria Lane is soon to be admitted to the hospital to have his or her stomach pumped. (TV Guide)
Dexter
Dexter sets out to find and kill Trinity as revenge for hurting Debra. But just when he gets Trinity in his sights, Dexter makes a shocking discovery about the cyclical killer. Trinity and Dexter have something in common we’ve never imagined. (TV Guide)
Eastwick
Episode 1.07 – Red Ants and Black Widows – Airing November 4, 2009
After Chad visits her one last time in a dream, a grieving Roxie resolves to fulfill his last wish – if she can figure out what it is. Hounded by Max (Jason George), her replacement at the Gazette, about her kidnapping ordeal, Joanna grapples with her own lingering questions while dodging his. And Kat, startled by a newfound ability, realizes that Bun’s old friend Eleanor Rougement (Cybill Shepherd), may have answers for both of them. (ABC)
FlashForward
Episode 1.07 – The Gift – Airing November 5, 2009
Mark, Demetri, Gough and MI6 agent Fiona Banks (Alex Kingston) investigate a Blue Hand club and its possible connection to some recent suicides. Meanwhile, Aaron receives a surprise visit from a former army buddy of his late daughter’s, Demetri comes clean with Zoey (Gabrielle Union) about his lack of a flashforward, and Nicole helps Bryce uncover the mystery of his flashforward while volunteering at the hospital. (ABC)
Friday Night Lights
Adrianne Palicki’s returning! She’s scheduled to shoot her one and only season 4 episode later this month. (Michael Ausiello)
Two characters will frequent a gay bar within the first five episodes. (Michael Ausiello)
East Dillon’s team colors are red and white. (Michael Ausiello)
Fringe
Executive producer Jeff Pinkner isn’t ruling a Charlie comeback out. “We’ve already met Charlie’s doppelganger in the alternate reality,” he says. “He still exists.” Adds fellow executive producer. J.H. Wyman: “No one ever really dies on Fringe.” (Michael Ausiello)
We might meet Olivia’s evil stepfather this season. (Michael Ausiello)
According to Executive producer Jeff Pinkner, Special Agent Jessup (Meghan Markle) is waiting in the wings and may pop up again in the future: “There was never any length of time [assigned to her stay],” he says. “There’s no end date. She’s an available tool in our toolbox and we’ll use her as we see fit. [But] we’re really trying to tell stories about our main characters… we want to get deeper with them, so we don’t have a lot of time to go into the FBI. I think our fans really want to get to know our [core] characters more and that’s what we’re endeavoring to do this year.” (Michael Ausiello)
Glee
“Sue’s going to give our set list to the other teams,” says Matthew Morrison (Will). “They’re going to do our songs . . . before we do them, so it’s going to make us look like we’re copying them.” Caught off guard by this deception, the club must step up their game. “We have to do this impromptu thing and fly by the seat of our pants,” adds Morrison. (TV Guide)
Grey’s Anatomy
The Chief is not the one who gets fired. And unlike Izzie, the doctor getting pink-slipped this week won’t be back. (Michael Ausiello)
Alex makes contact with Izzie this week. That’s the good news. Here’s the bad: She’s not coming out of hiding anytime soon. (Michael Ausiello)
Kim Raver’s character is basically Cristina’s worst nightmare: a heart specialist who used to play doctor with Owen. That’s right, Owen’s ex is going to be Cristina’s (potential) mentor. (Michael Ausiello)
Sara Ramirez talking about Callie and Arizona: “They will deal with some very universal relationship-type issues,” she says. “I’m kind of nervous for Callie — she’s never been this happy for so long. Something’s going to happen.” (TV Guide)
Episode 6.08 – Invest in Love – Airing November 5, 2009
A generous donation is offered to Seattle Grace by the parents of Arizona’s 10-year-old patient. however, when his condition worsens, she finds herself in a conflict of interests. Meanwhile, Cristina tests her boundaries with Owen at the hospital, and adding insult to injury, Alex is left with all of Izzie’s hospital bills to contend with. (ABC)
Heroes
A certain carnival leader will take an interest in Emma’s power once he sees its value to his still-unclear plan. (TV Guide)
Episode 4.08 – Shadowboxing
Claire is determined to get to the bottom of the attacks; H.R.G. realizes he may be the source of Claire’s troubles; Peter’s new ability is the perfect fit for his job; Sylar’s battle at gaining full control of Matt’s body escalates. (SpoilerTV)
House
Look for House to throw himself into his work more than usual once he discovers that Cuddy is dating Lucas (Michael Weston). Poor House even follows Cuddy to a medical conference to try to get closer to her, and that’s when he finds out about the other man. (Watch With Kristin)
Taub (Peter Jacobsen) will be back on House’s team before you know it. Episode eight features a medically interesting porn-star case that House uses to seduce Taub and Thirteen (Olivia Wilde) back to the team. Taub plays hard to get for a while, but the whole team (sans Cameron) should be back together full-time come November sweeps. (Watch With Kristin)
Law and Order: SVU
Wentworth Miller’s time on SVU isn’t done, and a surprise reappearance is in the works for later in the season. This time, all those fireworks with Benson will express themselves differently. (TV Guide)
Lost
Season 6 will showcase “a version of Claire we’ve never seen before — a Rousseau-esque version.” (Michael Ausiello)
Mira Furlan (Rousseau) turned down the show’s request to return for the final season due to a “prior overseas commitment.” (Michael Ausiello)
Melrose Place
Amanda tests Ella’s loyalty to see if the younger publicist is really the girl she presents herself to be, but Ella ultimately becomes Amanda’s protégé. (Watch With Kristin)
NCIS
What Gibbs whispered to Ziva will remain a secret, at least for now. (Michael Ausiello)
In an episode next month a mysterious death of a Marine leads Gibbs and his team to a high security Navy Think Tank – where the brilliant minds are actually children. (Michael Ausiello)
Gibbs’ boat will return to the show in November. Executive producer Shane Brennan said: “I won’t say where it returns to or where it returns from, but I think anyone who has watched the series and the progress of the boat is going to love the episode,” Brennan says. “The boat is featured in a way that is very NCIS.” (TV Guide)
Episode 7.07 – Endgame – Airing November 10, 2009
A North Korean assassin from vance’s past resurfaces in Washington, D.C. to kill again. With the team’s help, Vance faces his demons while uncovering a complex relationship with a killer that puts his whole family in danger. Kelly Hu reprises her role as Assassin Lee Wuan Kai and Paula Newsome reprises her role as Jackie Vance. Penny Johnson Jerald guest Stars as State Department Official Joanne Torrence. (CBS)
Nip/Tuck
Episode 6.02 Enigma
Sean makes unusual attempts to battle his insomnia. Christian and Kimber begin a joint business venture to alleviate financial strains. A furious Liz confronts Christian and offers Kimber unsolicited advice about him. (FX)
Episode 6.04 – Jenny Juggs
Christian struggles to understand a patient’s anger-management problem. Meanwhile, Sean and Christian discover Matt’s source of income, despite his efforts to hide it; and Teddy organizes a camping trip with Sean, Annie and Conor to ease family tensions. (TV Guide)
Private Practice
Episode 3.06 – Slip Slidin’ Away – Airing November 5, 2009
The doctors venture into controversial territory when an unexpected new hire at Pacific Wellcare causes Naomi to struggle with the idea of genetically designing babies and Violet makes a sudden decision to try electric shock therapy on a patient. Meanwhile Addison somehow finds herself alone and with a cat. Guest starring George Newbern as Brian Reynolds. (ABC)
Sons of Anarchy
Before the end of the season, everyone in the club will know that Gemma was raped by the white-supremacist thugs. (Watch With Kristin)
Supernatural
In the tenth episodes, Sam and Dean fight Lucifer and two supporting characters will die. (Michael Ausiello)
In the November 19 episode Castiel, an angel of the Lord, will come face-to-face with the devil. “I’m on a very important recon mission in Missouri when Lucifer (Mark Pellegrino) captures and integrates me by trapping me in a burning ring of fire using holy oil,” says Misha Collins. “It’s our first head-to-head.” (TV Guide Magazine)
The Simpsons
Upcoming episodes of season 21 feature Neve Campbell, Jonah Hill and Sacha Baron Cohen, and that’s just the beginning. At the Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror 20th Anniversary on October 18, executive producer Al Jean gave a preview of what’s to come.
Jonah appears in an episode about a kid who’s the Bart Simpson of the elementary school ten years ago. Now he lives with his mother, he’s really pathetic and he’s still playing pranks,” says Jean. And just prior to Hill’s performance Campbell will appear in an episode where Lisa joins a coven, in a play on Campbell’s movie, “The Craft.” “Springfield goes back and reenacts its witch laws from 1690 to put all these witches on trial,” he reveals.
The show, which tapes several months in advance, has already lined up its talent for the year – and this time a lot of them come from the United Kingdom. “We can get anyone British except the queen,” jokes Jean. “We have Eddie Izzard coming, we have Chris Martin from Coldplay and we have Sacha Cohen who plays an Israeli tour guide, who’s extremely angry. He was great. Really, really funny.” (TV Guide Magazine)
Three Rivers
Episode 1.06 – Where We Lie – Airing November 8, 2009
Lisa becomes very attached to an 8-year-old boy who she witnesses being crushed by a ride at a fair. Meanwhile, Andy and David try to get a VAD (ventricular assist device) for one of their patients. (CBS)
Episode 1.07 – The Luckiest Man – Airing November 15, 2009
Andy (Alex O’Loughlin) and Sophia (Alfre Woodard) treat a car crash victim named Victor (Mandy Patinkin, right) dying from ALS who asks to be to taken off of life support so his organs can be used to save others. Meanwhile, David tends to a foster parent with pulmonary hypertension who refuses admission to the hospital. (CBS)
Ugly Betty
Episode 4.05 – Plus None – Airing November 6, 2009
Matt asks someone else to be his “plus one” at Wilhemina’s fund-raiser for Tibetan orphans, and Daniel hires his new BFF Natalie as his assistant, making Betty feel obsolete. Amanda keeps a secret from Betty, and Daniel discovers that his mother, Claire, has history with Cal Hartley. Meanwhile we learn the truth behind Nico’s dire straits. Guest starring Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Natalie. (ABC)
Vampire Diaries
A female series regular will die this season. (Michael Ausiello)
