The James Morgan Show 3.15

It was a pretty interesting week in the LRF community this week with the Golden Reel Awards right on the corner and numerous shows airing their series finale this week. 

Last week I had you completing a survey to cast some roles in an upcoming series and these results are getting compiled and will be sent to the writers shortly, Tuesday or Wednesday most probably and then you'll be able to start writing! The series pilot will then be you sent to you too. The 3rd Golden Views For Your Consideration message will also be sent to you shortly, so you can start thinking about the actors and actresses you want to be considered for awards.

With that said, here are this week's ratings: 

1. CRIME OF THE CENTURY: LEOPOLD & LOEB (UP 1)
Writer: Lon Charles / Executive Producer: Bennett Miller

The writing from Lon Charles has kept the title characters in this first go 'round of Crime of the Century in surprising shades of grey given their actions, with this season ending on an interesting and somber note with Leopold. Count me in for whatever crime Charles decides to tackle for Season 2.

2. ROLLING STONE (DOWN 1)

Writer: D.R. Cobb / Executive Producer: Oliver Stone
I've become so invested in the personal lives of Brady, Jimmy and Celeste, that this episode, while entertaining and often funny, was just a bit too light-weight for what I've enjoyed from these characters in the past. That said, Marc Maron was great casting as a young Stan Lee.

3. HITMAN (UP 1)
Writer: Dwight Gallo / Executive Producer: Francis Lawrence
This season has really built Charlotte Riley's Diana Burnwood into a more interesting character than the previous seasons, with her getting plenty to do in this third season finale.

4. L.A. NOIRE (UP 1)
Writer: John Malone / Executive Producer: Gavin O'Connor

This episode wrapped up last week's plot. Joe Alwyn and Brent Sexton give strong performances in the episode. I believe this leaves two episodes to go, so hopefully we'll get to see the end of the potential serial killer plot thread in the coming weeks.

5. SHOWTIME (DOWN 2)
Writers: Mo Buck & Chad Taylor / Executive Producer: Steven Soderbergh
I'm very interested to see how the rest of this season goes, and if Joe Manganiello is going to come back to finish up his story line. This episode featured some interesting behind the scenes stuff, but it was a bit more clunky than I'm used to from the series.

6. SHE-HULK (UP 1)
Writer: Chad Taylor / Executive Producer: Phoebe Waller-Bridge

How the series has involved the deeper cuts of the Marvel Universe has been the most interesting aspect of this series from the start, and it's only been getting better as the series goes along with appearances from characters like Kallark and Walter Hardy.

7. BOREAS (DOWN 1)
Writer: Ann Morrow / Executive Producer: Mark Romanek
I like the show, but it is a bit strange to me that the main characters Emily and Alice are the least interesting of the bunch despite the hype going into the season.

8. THE SURVIVORS (N/A)

Writer: Mo Buck / Executive Producer: Tomas Alfredson

This week's two-parter sure had a lot going on. It took a couple viewings for me to catch everything (plus some looks at the database to remind me of some of the characters), but if you can keep up it's a pretty entertaining couple of episodes.

9. CALL MY AGENT (-)
Writer: Dominic Wilkins / Executive Producer: Jason Reitman

I thought John Hawkes was funny, but I was hoping that his scenes would tie into the episode plot a little more than they ended up doing.

10. MIAMI VICE (DOWN 2)

Writer: Roy Horne / Executive Producer: Peter Berg

This episode felt like it was biding time a bit, not really tying into any of the season's overall character arcs - although there were some strong action moments.