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Big Little Lies episode 6 features a disastrous yet memorable dinner between Madeline, Ed, Bonnie, and Nathan as Abigail’s secret project comes to light.

Big Little Lies Episode 6 – “Burning Love” 

Debut: Sunday, March 26 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET)

Madeline (Reese Witherspoon) worries about the can of worms she’s opened for Jane (Shailene Woodley).  Jane confronts Renata (Laura Dern).  Celeste (Nicole Kidman) plans an exit strategy from Perry (Alexander Skarsgård). Bonnie (Zoë Kravitz) tells Nathan (James Tupper) about a secret project Abigail (Kathryn Newton) has been working on.  Meanwhile, Ed (Adam Scott) and Madeline have a frank conversation about the lack of passion in their marriage.

Written by David E. Kelley; directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.

BIG LITTLE LIES: Kathryn Newton
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BIG LITTLE LIES: Zoe Kravitz
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BIG LITTLE LIES: Nicole Kidman
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BIG LITTLE LIES (from left to right): Jeffrey Nordling, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodely
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BIG LITTLE LIES (from left to right): Reese Witherspoon, Adam Scott
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BIG LITTLE LIES: Alexander Skarsgard
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In Crashing episode 6, Sarah Silverman rescues Pete Holmes from homelessness and suggests he explore being a “warm-up” comedian.

Crashing Episode 6: “Warm-up”

Debut: Sunday, March 26 (10:30-11:00 p.m. ET)

Homeless once more and facing professional disappointment, Pete (Pete Holmes) turns to Artie Lange, who invites him to be a guest on his podcast. Pete meets Sarah Silverman, who takes pity on him and invites him to stay with her and her collection of stray comedians. When Sarah suggests that he try to find work as an audience “warm-up” comedian, Pete is presented with a job opportunity, where he’s tasked with saving the day.

Written by Pete Holmes & Beth Stelling; directed by Ryan McFaul.

 

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On Big Little Lies episode 5, Madeline finds herself in a compromising situation with Joseph despite success with AvenueQ.

Big Little Lies episode 5 pushes things forward toward the infamous Audrey and Elvis night. As I mentioned in my review, the murder plot hardly matters. The clear draw here is the deep characterization and exploration of these complex women. Sure, it takes place in the seemingly unreal world of Monterey, California. Sure, it feels like kitchen porn. But these characters and the actresses who play them are fascinatingly flawed. Favorites from Big Little Lies episode 5 include Celeste’s continued counseling sessions and Jane’s struggles to uncover the identity of Saxon Banks. As I watch the series a second time, I’m increasingly impressed with Shailene Woodley’s naturalistic performance. This isn’t an actress grandstanding. This is a woman who creates a realistic single mother, plagued by past trauma.

You won’t find much better on television than Big Little Lies.

 

Big Little Lies Episode 5 – “Once Bitten” 

Synopsis: Madeline (Reese Witherspoon) receives encouraging news about the play from her director, Joseph Bachman (Santiago Cabrera), but is left concerned by his newly icy demeanor.  Principal Nippal (P.J. Byrne) and Ms. Barnes (Virginia Kull) share their conclusions about Ziggy (Iain Armitage) and Amabella (Ivy George) with Jane (Shailene Woodley).  Celeste (Nicole Kidman) has a solo session with Dr. Reisman (Robin Weigert), who tries to get to the bottom of her relationship with Perry (Alexander Skarsgård).

Written by David E. Kelley; directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.

BIG LITTLE LIES: Reese Witherspoon
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BIG LITTLE LIES: Laura Dern
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BIG LITTLE LIES (from left to right): Laura Dern, Ivy George, Jeffrey Nording
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BIG LITTLE LIES (from left to right): Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard
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Celeste returns to pro bono work as a favor to Madeline while Jane faces a potentially troubled Ziggy in the latest episode of HBO’s stellar ‘Big Little Lies.’

OK, I wrote a completely misleading headline. Caught your eye, though, didn’t I? I hope you found last week’s episode of HBO’s Big Little Lies as fantastic as I did. The episode deepened the relationship between Celeste (Nicole Kidman) and Perry (Alexander Skarsgård) in fascinating ways. To me, you won’t see much better performances than that fantastic therapy session. We’ll see more as the series progresses. However, in Big Little Lies Episode 4, Celeste officially returns to work to help Madeline save Avenue Q. Perry, naturally, objects to the arrangement, further heightening their marital strife.

Here are a clip, a synopsis, and stills from Big Little Lies Episode 4.

 

Big Little Lies Episode 4 – “Push Comes to Shove”

Synopsis: Nathan (James Tupper) invites Madeline (Reese Witherspoon) and Ed (Adam Scott) to a couples’ dinner to discuss a “parenting paradigm” for Abigail (Kathryn Newton). Celeste (Nicole Kidman) prepares for a city-council meeting about Madeline’s play, and bristles at Perry’s (Alexander Skarsgård) concerns about her returning to work. Jane (Shailene Woodley)meets with Ms. Barnes (Virginia Kull), Ziggy’s (Iain Armitage) teacher, who suggests her son be medically evaluated in light of further evidence of classroom bullying.  While Madeline deals with a skeleton from her past, her internet sleuthing reveals a key player from Jane’s past instead.

Written by David E. Kelley; directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.

BIG LITTLE LIES (from left to right): Adam Scott, Zoe Kravitz
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BIG LITTLE LIES (from left to right): Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon
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BIG LITTLE LIES (from left to right): Nicole Kidman, Alex Skarsgard
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BIG LITTLE LIES (from left to right): Shailene Woodley, Iain Armitage
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BIG LITTLE LIES (from left to right): Shailene Woodley, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon
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BIG LITTLE LIES (from left to right): Reese Witherspoon, Darby Camp, Adam Scott
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BIG LITTLE LIES: Alexander Skarsgard
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AMC's Preacher

The Preacher is coming. So is the blood.

AMC’s Preacher upcoming miniseries is a comic book adaptation produced by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg. The original comic property is courtesy of DC Comics’s Vertigo brand and deals with the titular preacher looking for God while possessed by a supernatural entity. Clearly, the property fits well into AMC’s The Walking Dead vein as they strive to find a successor to that high-rated series as it begins to age.

AMC’s Preacher stars Dominic Cooper as the preacher. Ruth Negga, Joe Gilgun, and Lucy Griffiths also star. The series premieres on AMC May 22 at 10pm ET.

The Walking Dead

Valentine’s Day marks a return to gore for fans of The Walking Dead

AMC has released the first four minutes of Sunday night’s midseason premiere of The Walking Dead. In this clip, Daryl (Norman Reedus) and crew encounter the infamous Negan’s crew laying claim to the area around and including Alexandria. Negan will be played by former Grey’s Anatomy star Jeffrey Dean Morgan and will apparently cause all kinds of mayhem in his wake.

Season Six of The Walking Dead premieres Sunday, February 14, because nothing says “I love you” like zombie carnage.

Well, maybe to some people it does…

From all of us at AwardsDaily TV to all of you, Happy Holidays!

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I am the first to admit that I am snarky and sarcastic. When I don’t like a movie or an episode of television, I can be a bit vicious. It’s in my nature, I guess.

There are two types of people that watch the new NBC live musical tradition: people that are tuning in for a fun night with their families and the bitchy ones who want to have a good time making comments on Twitter. During The Sound of Music Live! and Peter Pan Live! I fell in the latter camp. This year, NBC is mounting The Wiz, and they have a pretty impressive cast. Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, and David Alan Grier are ready off to see the wizard with newcomer Shanice Williams leading the way. With every piece of material that is released, however, something is changing. This live production seems truly spectacular.

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Not only were images of Latifah (as The Wizard), Common (as the Emerald City gatekeeper), and Uzo Aduba (as Glinda) in costume released today (courtesy of Entertainment Weekly), but a video of Williams and Stephanie Mills (the original Broadway Dorothy and Aunt Em in the NBC version) singing the signature tune “Home” made the rounds this weekend. It feels like we are witnessing the birth of a true star in Williams. Her voice just soars in the video, and it doesn’t seem like she is letting loose yet.

The Wiz Live! will be broadcast on NBC on December 3rd.

Fox’s upcoming Ryan Murphy horror extravaganza Scream Queens has released its opening credits. The heavily 80s-inspired sequence is just one more piece of evidence that this series may be bloody good fun. 

AMC has released the first three minutes of its upcoming spin-off series Fear the Walking Dead. In it, Nick Clark (Frank Dillane) wakes to find all of his friends dead and his girlfriend, Gloria, munching away on one of them. Set during the early days of the zombie plague memorably documented in The Walking DeadFear‘s zombies are more human-like and less decayed appearing – Gloria’s cloudy eyes are really the only thing that differentiates her from a living human. Well, that and the blood dripping from her mouth.

This scene will undoubtedly prove misleading to some of the loftier, gorier expectations set for the series. Early publicity has revealed that the series will take a slower pace as it builds to a widespread breakout of the zombie virus.

Fear the Walking Dead premieres Sunday night on AMC.

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