Fox's Fall Season Scoop
It's the end of summer but things are just starting to heat up...TV-wise, that is. You can tell it's
almost time for the Fall season to start when the gossip and spoiler chatter
intensifies. What's a FOX fan to do? Check out our cheat sheet of course! We've
pulled together all the latest dish on Bones,
Dollhouse,
Fringe,
House and Lie
to Me in one convenient, byte-size package. Spoilerphobes -- you may want to avert your eyes. Everyone else: Read on!
Bones
We've already brought you up to speed on Angela's love life, Brennan and Angela's BFF status being challenged and the potential for some new faces on the FBI side.
That doesn't mean EW's Michael Ausiello doesn't have more to add. First, the season premiere "features a time jump that's longer than two weeks but less than six months. And an MRI holds the answer to one of the show's biggest questions." Oh, and series creator Hart Hanson has this to say about the show's most important romantic relationships: "Angela and Hodgins belong together every bit as much as Booth and Brennan -- perhaps more. And they will get there. But it'll be a rough, rough road."
BonesWe've already brought you up to speed on Angela's love life, Brennan and Angela's BFF status being challenged and the potential for some new faces on the FBI side.
That doesn't mean EW's Michael Ausiello doesn't have more to add. First, the season premiere "features a time jump that's longer than two weeks but less than six months. And an MRI holds the answer to one of the show's biggest questions." Oh, and series creator Hart Hanson has this to say about the show's most important romantic relationships: "Angela and Hodgins belong together every bit as much as Booth and Brennan -- perhaps more. And they will get there. But it'll be a rough, rough road."
Speaking of the season premiere, Fox has released photos,
including Cyndi Lauper in her guest appearance as a psychic named Avalon
Harmonia and of Booth/Brennan doing their investigative thing. But they don't
reveal anything about the coma aftermath, etc. Guess we'll just have to wait
until the Sept. 17 premiere to get some answers.
Dollhouse
Joss Whedon fans rejoice... again! Not only is Alexis Denisof (Wesley from Buffy and Angel) jumping back into the Whedonverse with fellow Dollhouse guest stars Amy Acker (Dr. Claire Saunders/Whiskey and Fred on Angel) and Alan Tudyk (Alpha and Wash on Firefly), but Summer Glau (River Tam on Firefly) has joined the party! Fox confirms Glau, of the late, lamented Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, will play recurring character Bennett, "a Dollhouse employee who shares a past with Echo (Eliza Dushku)."
But of course that's not all! Zap2It reports Michael Hogan (Battlestar Galactica) is set to appear as Bradley Karrens, who is trying to stop a family member's psychotic killing spree and turns to the Dollhouse for help. We can also expect to see Miracle Laurie's character Madeline/November in a multiple-episode arc -- no word on if that starts with the Sept. 25 premiere.
And, if that isn't enough, our friends at Zap2It add that Jamie Bamber, also of Battlestar Galactica, is going to marry Echo, and we have the photos to prove it! His character, businessman Martin Klar, shows up in the premiere episode, entitled "Vows". Just judging by the photos, it doesn't look like the honeymoon's off to a good start. Echo's sporting a head wound and her new hubby's brandishing a gun. Fun times!
Fringe
Hooray for premiere pics! Fox released a few shots from the first episode of Fringe's second season (Sept. 17), and while they don't tell us whether or not Olivia's made it back from William Bell's (Leonard Nimoy) alternate reality, they do give us our first look at newcomer Meghan Markle, who plays junior FBI agent Amy Jessup. They also reveal Walter not only munching on a Red Vine while examining a body (as only Walter could do), but also on the scene of what looks like a car accident. And let's not forget about the cow and the birthday party. Who's ready for a little cake and um... milk?
House
We've seen the promos Fox has been running of the Vicodin-starved doctor's struggles in the asylum and sad phone calls to Wilson -- all with that haunting music playing in the background. And photos from "Broken," season six's first episode, aren't cheering us up either.
Thankfully, EW's Michael Ausiello has some scoop to add before the season premiere on Sept. 21. House head honcho David Shore says Cuddy is well aware of the cranky doctor's lovemaking hallucination: "It's referenced in an upcoming episode. She's aware of it and she confronts him. She wants to know where all that stands." Now that oughtta be a fun conversation! "Welcome back from the nuthouse... about that imaginary sex you think we had..."
Also, those clever folks at Fox have put together a "snakes on a cane" campaign to promote the new season, featuring a drawing of the caduceus (an insignia bearing a staff with two snakes entwined around it which symbolizes a physician) which they've altered to include a cane. Word, according to EW is that Hugh Laurie sketched it himself. "Snakes on a cane" anyone? *Groan*.
Lie
to Me
Check out photos from the season two premiere.
Who would want to take on Tim Roth's Dr. Lightman on Lie to Me? Apparently Jericho's Lennie James has accepted the challenge. The actor will play Lightman's nemesis, Ray Marsh, according to EW's Michael Ausiello. He doesn't appear until the fifth episode of the new season (which kicks off Sept. 28), but it seems Marsh and Lightman go way back. They pulled scams together 20 years ago and Marsh even ended up taking the heat for Lightman, landing prison for his trouble. Sounds like payback time to us.
Ausiello goes on to dish that while Lightman and Gillian's relationship is growing, they're going to take things very, very slowly. Exec producer Shawn Ryan says, "There is something between Cal and Gillian, and we'll [explore] what those feelings are. I don't want to promise we'll necessarily act on them right away, or even ever."
Which gossip or spoiler tidbit has you the most excited for new episodes? Which has you most concerned about where a favorite show might be heading? Talk in the comments!
DollhouseJoss Whedon fans rejoice... again! Not only is Alexis Denisof (Wesley from Buffy and Angel) jumping back into the Whedonverse with fellow Dollhouse guest stars Amy Acker (Dr. Claire Saunders/Whiskey and Fred on Angel) and Alan Tudyk (Alpha and Wash on Firefly), but Summer Glau (River Tam on Firefly) has joined the party! Fox confirms Glau, of the late, lamented Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, will play recurring character Bennett, "a Dollhouse employee who shares a past with Echo (Eliza Dushku)."
But of course that's not all! Zap2It reports Michael Hogan (Battlestar Galactica) is set to appear as Bradley Karrens, who is trying to stop a family member's psychotic killing spree and turns to the Dollhouse for help. We can also expect to see Miracle Laurie's character Madeline/November in a multiple-episode arc -- no word on if that starts with the Sept. 25 premiere.
And, if that isn't enough, our friends at Zap2It add that Jamie Bamber, also of Battlestar Galactica, is going to marry Echo, and we have the photos to prove it! His character, businessman Martin Klar, shows up in the premiere episode, entitled "Vows". Just judging by the photos, it doesn't look like the honeymoon's off to a good start. Echo's sporting a head wound and her new hubby's brandishing a gun. Fun times!
FringeHooray for premiere pics! Fox released a few shots from the first episode of Fringe's second season (Sept. 17), and while they don't tell us whether or not Olivia's made it back from William Bell's (Leonard Nimoy) alternate reality, they do give us our first look at newcomer Meghan Markle, who plays junior FBI agent Amy Jessup. They also reveal Walter not only munching on a Red Vine while examining a body (as only Walter could do), but also on the scene of what looks like a car accident. And let's not forget about the cow and the birthday party. Who's ready for a little cake and um... milk?
House We've seen the promos Fox has been running of the Vicodin-starved doctor's struggles in the asylum and sad phone calls to Wilson -- all with that haunting music playing in the background. And photos from "Broken," season six's first episode, aren't cheering us up either.
Thankfully, EW's Michael Ausiello has some scoop to add before the season premiere on Sept. 21. House head honcho David Shore says Cuddy is well aware of the cranky doctor's lovemaking hallucination: "It's referenced in an upcoming episode. She's aware of it and she confronts him. She wants to know where all that stands." Now that oughtta be a fun conversation! "Welcome back from the nuthouse... about that imaginary sex you think we had..."
Also, those clever folks at Fox have put together a "snakes on a cane" campaign to promote the new season, featuring a drawing of the caduceus (an insignia bearing a staff with two snakes entwined around it which symbolizes a physician) which they've altered to include a cane. Word, according to EW is that Hugh Laurie sketched it himself. "Snakes on a cane" anyone? *Groan*.
Lie
to MeCheck out photos from the season two premiere.
Who would want to take on Tim Roth's Dr. Lightman on Lie to Me? Apparently Jericho's Lennie James has accepted the challenge. The actor will play Lightman's nemesis, Ray Marsh, according to EW's Michael Ausiello. He doesn't appear until the fifth episode of the new season (which kicks off Sept. 28), but it seems Marsh and Lightman go way back. They pulled scams together 20 years ago and Marsh even ended up taking the heat for Lightman, landing prison for his trouble. Sounds like payback time to us.
Ausiello goes on to dish that while Lightman and Gillian's relationship is growing, they're going to take things very, very slowly. Exec producer Shawn Ryan says, "There is something between Cal and Gillian, and we'll [explore] what those feelings are. I don't want to promise we'll necessarily act on them right away, or even ever."
Which gossip or spoiler tidbit has you the most excited for new episodes? Which has you most concerned about where a favorite show might be heading? Talk in the comments!