The Survivors 2.2 - The League

The Survivors : The League
Genre : Sci-Fi / Mystery / Drama
Showrunner: Tomas Alfredson
Writer : Mo Buck

Based on the French Canadian series

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Cara Buono, Logan Lerman, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael Mando, Clancy Brown, Graham Phillips, John De Lancie, Peter Stormare and Zeljko Ivanek

Plot: Father Logan (John De Lancie) is sitting quietly in his monastery, watching the referendum’s results on his television. He shakes his head in disbelief when they show the rioting in the streets and he turns it off. He walks away from the living room and turns on the light in the kitchen. When he’s out of the shot, we see a shadow moving and another one follows. A gun shadow is seen and Victor (Michael Mando) and Chartwell (Clancy Brown) enter the shot. They tiptoe in the kitchen and threaten Father Logan, before taking him away.

Out in the rioting street, Gerald (Brendan Fraser) and Charles (Logan Lerman) try to find out where they are and it’s proven to be more difficult than anticipated. They try to find help, but everybody is so agitated that it’s impossible for them to ask. Charles believes it could be worth asking the homeless man in the corner, but Gerald refuses to, believing homeless people are carriers of disease (a popular belief in Montreal in the sixties) and they can’t afford to get sick right now. Charles asks him if he has a better idea and  when his father doesn’t answer, he gets closer to the man. He says his name is Arthur (Zeljko Ivanek) and they don’t have to worry about him, he’s not sick. They ask him where they can find the monastery and he asks them if they’re looking for Father Logan and they say they do. He says he’ll go with them, he wants to see Father Logan too. They are close to the monastery; he will take them there.  

Father Logan is seen getting thrown in the trunk of a car by Victor and he drives off with Chartwell in the passenger’s seat. As they drive off, a man (Peter Stormare) is seen on the sidewalk looking at them. He recognizes Chartwell and he starts walking in the opposite direction. He takes out chalk from his pocket and he draws a circled A with a X on it on the sidewalk in front of the monastery before walking in the other direction.

Charles, Gerald and Arthur arrive at the monastery and knock on the door, but no one answers. Gerald looks through the window, to no avail. Charles and Gerald head out back as Arthur waits out front. Arthur turns around and something catches his attention. He notices the circled A on the sidewalk and he knows what it means. Charles doesn’t believe Logan is gone and he breaks through the back window. He finds the mess in the kitchen an a flock of white hair on the ground. Arthur runs to Gerald out back and he tells him they got to Father Logan before they did. He’s confused as he didn’t tell him people were trying to find Father Logan, other than them. Gerald asks him how he knows and Arthur says it’s long story and Gerald says he has been through some tough shit and he has nothing to lose so he better tell him how he knows about who they are. Arthur asks them if they are Gerald and Charles and they say they are, he asks Gerald to follow him, he needs to take them somewhere, now that they know Logan isn’t here. They aren’t going to get him alone, they’ll need help for that. Charles leaves the monastery and finds Gerald and Arthur waiting in front. Gerald takes out a handgun from his belt and he gives it to Charles, he doesn’t know what’s about to happen. Charles asks what about him and Gerald points at another pistol hidden in his jacket. He smiles and they leave to follow Arthur.

Sitting in the living room reading a book, Mary (Cara Buono) asks her father-in-law, Horace (M. Emmet Walsh) f he thinks they’ll ever get out of here. Horace says he doesn’t know, but he knows one thing, it seems like the kids are liking it better here than in the old times, so he thinks it’s time she starts accepting her fate. Mary agrees and says they’re almost out of money, they’re going to need some and soon. If only Gerald and Charles would come back. Horace says it’s been months now, she needs to forget about them and accept they won’t be coming back. She can’t leave like this any longer. She agrees and the ensuing silence is broken by the sound of a baby crying. Mary says she’ll start looking for a job, that’s what women are doing these days. Horace laughs it off and wishes her luck.

Victor and Chartwell’s car is seen stopping in front of an abandoned warehouse. They take Logan out of the trunk and take him inside. They tie hm to a chair and gag him, so he can’t scream for help. Chartwell is already heating up a stick with the end shaped like the circled A from before as Victor makes sure Logan is tied up tight. They ask him what he told them and says he has no idea what they’re talking about. Victor pleads him not to think they’re idiots and he hits him. The only thing he’ll say after that is that the league will get to them soon enough. The scene ends with Chartwell threatening Logan with the red-hot stick. 

Arthur stops in the middle of a dark alley and Arthur says they need to go down in the sewers. Gerald says there’s no way he’s doing that and Arthur says it’s the only way. Gerald asks him to go first and as Arthur heads down, Gerald tells Charles to get his pistol ready, he doesn’t know what’s down there. They do down the sewers and Arthur waits for them with a flashlight. They walk for a while and they open a door. They find themselves in a fully-lit room with a table, chairs and a white board. They are greeted by the man from earlier who drew on the sidewalk, John (Peter Stormare). Gerald threatens them with his pistol and Charles clumsily does the same. John tells them they have nothing to worry about, the League isn’t here to hurt them, they want to help them. Gerald says he doesn’t know about a League and he doesn’t trust them. John says that perhaps they know their friend and Steven (Graham Phillips) comes out of the corner. 

Hitman 3.2 - Wheelchair

Hitman: Wheelchair

Genre: Action

Director: Francis Lawrence

Writer: Dwight Gallo

Based on the video game series

Cast: Ed Skrein, Charlotte Riley, Joseph Mazzello, Chevy Chase, Marco Rodriguez and Wilmer Valderrama

Plot: Rick Henderson (Joseph Mazzello) drives his car up a winding road to the Virginia estate of former FBI and CIA Leland Alexander. He gathers his things from his car and is met at the front door by Alexander's personal security guards. They pat Henderson down and search his bag before letting him into the mansion. Henderson walks inside and is immediately impressed by the grandeur of the house. Leland Alexander (Chevy Chase) enters the front entry way on a top of the line electric wheelchair. Alexander greets Henderson and has him follow him to his study where they can do the interview.

Agent 47 (Ed Skrein) is sitting on a yacht looking toward the coast of Chile. Diana Burnwood (Charlotte Riley) comes out of the cabin in a bikini and lounges on a chair next to 47. She asks him to hand her some sunscreen right next to him. 47 looks over at her and hands her the sunscreen. Diana starts telling 47 about the latest contract: Fernando Delgado and his son Manuel Delgado. She says that the elder Delgado has been using his vineyard and winery as a front for a drug operation and somebody wants that to come to an end. 47 asks why the son is part of the contract, and Diana says the client didn't say, but that she assumes the client doesn't want the son to simply step in and take over the operation. With both dead, the operation would be all but dead. Diana turns over on the lounge chair and asks 47 if he can put sunscreen on her back. He agrees, but he appears uncomfortable and not at all used to feeling a woman's body.

At the Delgado Winery, Fernando Delgado (Marco Rodriguez) is on the phone trying to make a deal to make a new branded wine, while Manuel Delgado (Wilmer Valderrama) is off to the side of the room doing mounds of cocaine. Fernando implores his son to lower his volume as he's doing important winery business. Manuel scoffs at his father, loudly proclaiming that the real money is in drugs, not wine. Unbeknownst to them, Agent 47 has made his way onto the grounds and is watching the two of them with binoculars from behind a row or grapes.

Henderson sits in Alexander's study. Alexander tells him that the puff piece Henderson thinks he's been tasked with writing is not the real purpose for him being here. Henderson expresses confusion, and Alexander asks him what he knows about cloning. Henderson references Dolly the sheep, and Alexander begins laughing. He tells Henderson that cloning is much further along than that, and has been around even longer. Henderson begins taking notes. Alexander asks Henderson what he would think if he told him that not only have humans been successfully cloned, but that one of them is arguably the most skilled assassin in the world. Henderson expresses disbelief, saying that it sounds like something out of a bad action movie. Alexander says that sometimes the truth is far stranger than the movies.

Agent 47 starts sneaking closer to the Delgado mansion on the vineyard when he sees a guard in front of him. 47 sneaks up on the guard, slitting his throat with a knife. 47 then picks up the guard's shotgun and continues walking toward the mansion. He enters the building silently and begins looking around. He makes his way down to the wine cellar where he finds Manuel snorting cocaine. Manuel notices him and demands to know who he is. Fernando calls down from the top of the stairs to ask if Manuel is down in the cellar. 47 shoots Manuel with the shotgun, then quickly runs up the stairs. He then shoots Fernando with the shotgun before he can even react to the death of his son. 47 calls Diana, who tells him that he needs to destroy the drugs in the house so that the contract looks drug-related. Agent 47 sets fire to the house and leaves the property.

Alexander begins listing the contracts that Agent 47 has killed. He then tells Henderson that each and every one of those hits were performed by the clone. Henderson cuts to the chase and asks Alexander what exactly he wants done. Alexander says that he wants cloning banned so that there can't be another clone around killing so many people. If cloning had been outlawed worldwide in the first place, the clone assassin could never have been created. He simply wants to make sure that nobody else tries to create such a killing machine.

Call My Agent 3.2 - Problems

Call My Agent : Problems

Genre : Comedy / Drama / Satire

Showrunner: Jason Reitman

Writer : Dominic Wilkins

Cast: Lesley Manville, Caroline Dhavernas, Rainn Wilson, Brian d'Arcy James, Jennifer Carpenter, Chris Colfer and Mel Gibson

Plot: Miranda (Lesley Manville), Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) are all shocked to find out that Bob was arrested for murder. Andrea and Miranda both leave to follow Bob. Wilson notes that they can since Bob had another client coming in after Steve Carell and they need someone here to talk to him. Andrea says that Wilson could take to him, she needs to sort this out. Wilson says it can’t happen, under any circumstances he doesn’t want to meet Bob’s client. Miranda says it could only be time for him to take on extra responsibilities and they leave. Wilson chases them in the parking lot. He refuses to meet with Bob’s client again. Miranda asks him why he feels this way and he says he’s a Jew and a Democrat, he doesn’t want to meet Mel Gibson alone. 

Det. Debra Dexter (Jennifer Carpenter) is interrogating Bob (Rainn Wilson) about Mark’s murder. He claims he has nothing to do with it. Ste starts explaining why she has good reasons to believe he killed him, but he interrupts her again. He repeats her name over and over again, it rings a bell, but he can’t quite put the finger why her names means something to her. She starts to swear to establish her authority and he interrupts her again, thinking he has an answer, but he can’t remember where he saw her. She says she gets that a lot and restarts her explanations. They discovered he owed Mark a substantial amount of money and he never paid him back entirely. They found a recording of Bob saying his life would be easier if Mark was dead. They found a shirt stained with Mark’s blood in his trash can and the initials B.H. were written in blood next to his corpse. Bob tries to joke, saying a murderer would never write his initials next to his victim, but Debra is having none of it. She says things look bad for him and he should consider cooperating, because right now, he’s acting like a douche and she doesn’t like douches.

Wilson called Desmond (Chris Colfer) to replace him while Bob is gone, but really, he just wanted some company if things degenerate between him and Mel Gibson. Speaking of Gibson, he’s knocking on the door and Wilson lets him in. Wilson stumbles on his words and is clumsy overall. Mel asks him where Bob is, because he doesn’t like Wilson. Wilson asks if it’s because he’s a Jew and Mel doesn’t understand why he would say that. He regretted what he said and he’s willing to leave that behind. Desmond joins them in the conference room and he offers Mel a refreshment, but all they have has alcohol, so Wilson politely declines on his behalf. Mel Gibson is mad at Wilson because he can make his own decision. He thinks Wilson came in this meeting in bad faith and he’s having none of it, he wants to see Bob now, but Wilson reminds him that Bob is unavailable at the moment. Mel can’t believe they chose him to replace Bob, he looks out of place and incompetent, he likes the other kid better, speaking of Desmond. Wilson begs him to give him a second chance and Mel agrees, reluctantly. 

He presents Mel with his proposed role of Robert Finlay, crooked and corrupt leader in How to Survive in Hell. The only problem is that Robert is wheelchair-bound. Mel asks Wilson if he thinks he’s some kind of weakling to play a wheelchair bound character. He was William Wallace, he was Mad Max, he isn’t no wheelchair bound weakling. He says he’s disappointed in them and he strongly disagrees with the casting. He gets up and raises his hands and Wilson is sure he’s about to hit him, so he runs away. Mel was simply stretching and yawning and he can’t see Wilson anymore. On his way out, he tells Desmond that the meeting was weird, but he and Bob go a long way, so he’s going to think about it. He says he doesn’t want to see Wilson again, he’s useless and a weirdo. Desmond takes good note of his complaint and laughs as he sees Wilson hiding under his desk. 

Miranda and Andrea are finally able to talk to Bob through a glass with a phone. Miranda asks Andrea to talk to him, she doesn’t want to touch the phone, it’s probably dirty and she doesn’t know how to use a phone with a chord. Andrea picks it up and waits for Bob to arrive, saying Miranda is doofus, even a toddler knows how to answer the phone. When Bob arrives, Miranda gets emotional and is on the verge of crying. She gets closer to the phone to ask Andrea to tell Bob that prison isn’t doing him any good, he looks dirty. He should shave, it would look better. Andrea says that Bob has always looked like that and Miranda says she never noticed. He has such a unique charisma that she didn’t notice how dirty and unclean he looks. Andrea decides to not tell him that and instead asks him how he’s doing. He says he has seen better days and his legal case doesn’t look too good. He gave a lot of money to Mark, so he can’t pay a lawyer. He isn’t going to lie, he used to act tough and confident, but he’s scarred right now. Andrea asks him if he really did it and Bob takes it personally. He asks how she could ask that question to him, his friends of many years. He slams the phone down and leaves. Miranda tries to give him fashion and beauty advice through the glass, but it’s too late now.

She-Hulk 2.2 - Issue #12

She-Hulk : Issue #12
Genre : Superhero / Comedy / Legal
Showrunner: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Writer : Chad Taylor
Based on the Marvel Comics characters

Cast: Jenny Slate, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Himesh Patel, F. Murray Abraham, Ron Perlman, Michael Richards, Finn Wittrock and Stephen Tobolowsky

Mary sits in a circle of people seated in chairs. Dr. Jack Cereus (Stephen Tobolowsky) stands up and tells everyone that it is the top of the hour so it’s time to start. He asks Mary (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) if she would like to go first. She looks to camera and rolls her eyes before saying “sure”.

“Hi, my name is Mary and I’m a supervillain.”

At home, Jen watches the local news during the crime segment to see what is going on around town. A supervillain known by the alias “Southpaw”, believed to be a teenager, injured three police officers who were trying to arrest her for fraud. Her whereabouts are unknown. Jen looks to the camera.

Teenage supervillain. That’s gotta be rough.

Jen (Jenny Slate) travels to Central Park, where she meets up with Holden Holliway (F. Murray Abraham), her former boss. Holden reminds her that there are no hard feelings between the two, although she is skeptical. She asks if he is going to ask her to come back to the firm and says that she isn’t sure if she would say yes as she is enjoying life as She-Hulk. He says he is not. He asks if he ever told Jen about his son, Holden Jr. She says no. Holden explains that his son was his pride and joy. When Junior was young, he always wanted to be a lawyer like his old man. As he got older, he chose a different path but one that probably fit him better: law enforcement. Jen looks on curiously, not sure where this is going.

He then looks to his feet and says it’s been almost three years since they lost Junior. Jen is shocked and offers her condolences. He says he has grieved and that his son knew that it was a part of his profession and a risk he was willing to take. And his son’s wife knew as well. It was his granddaughter who was hurt the most. In middle school at the time, a lot was going on in her life at the time and the death of her father sent things into a tailspin. To say the last few years have not been easy for his daughter-in-law would be an understatement. And then a few weeks ago, his granddaughter Sasha ran away from home.

Jen’s heart sinks, knowing where this is going. She asks if she is the one she saw on TV and he confirms. He says that since Jen is connected to the superhero world, he was wondering if she could do him a favor and track down his granddaughter. He knows how the world views supervillains and is worried that others might not go as easy on her. As she has always respected Holden, she tells him she will try her best. He gives her a heartfelt thank you.

Jen goes home and lays down on her couch, staring at the ceiling. Holden’s request is weighing heavy on her and she knows this will not be easy. She actually starts to tear up before her cell phone rings. It is her father Morris (Michael Richards). He asks if she is watching The Bugle. She asks why she would ever do that and then asks him if he’s been watching The Bugle again - she thought she warned him against that. He laughs this off and says that they’re talking about her again. Jen rolls her eyes and turns on the TV.

J. Jonah Jameson (Ron Perlman) sits as his desk with a graphic of She-Hulk to his right. He is talking at length about her being a rare hero who doesn’t mind if people know her true identity, which he kind of admires.

He’s saying that now, because his last scheme didn’t work out so well.
However, he starts to change her tune whenever he starts talk about her public persona. He complains about a scantily-clad green woman wandering the streets of New York, in front of all of those cameras and children. What kind of role model is that? What is that telling young little American girls what they should be when they grow up, instead of good wives and mothers? He then uses this as an opportunity to praise his son John (Finn Wittrock), who he says broke up with She-Hulk upon realizing this. She shuts off the TV immediately once she sees John’s face on there.

WHY IS HE SO OBSESSED WITH ME?!

Still curious, she turns back on the TV and sees Jameson is now taking calls. One caller tells JJJ to take it easy on She-Hulk. At least she is not out there causing havoc like the hoodlums in The Hood’s network. This sparks a lightbulb for Jen. She calls Stu (Himesh Patel) over for some late-night take-out. There is a brief pause and she says not to get dirty, she is talking about food.

When he arrives, she asks him to tell her everything he knows about The Hood.

Meanwhile, Mary leaves her Supervillains Anonymous meeting and gets on the subway. She listens to “Evil Woman” by ELO on her headphones as she exits and walks down the sidewalk alone. Instead of going home, she goes to the facility that Carl took her to. After gaining access, she starts to underground - to The Hood’s secret lair.