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Tamzin Merchant Brings Back Mystery of Unaired Game of Thrones Pilot and Daenerys

Game of Thrones could’ve been a very different series. In fact, it could’ve never become one at all. This is a familiar lesson for anyone who followed the saga of HBO’s flagship series and one of the biggest phenomena in modern pop culture. Yet it’s worth recalling when so many folks seem to dismiss the series, or its creators, after 2019’s contentious final season of Game of Thrones. And it’s something we’re reminded of again with Tamzin Merchant, more than 10 years later, finally breaking her silence about the road not taken when she was briefly cast as Daenerys Targaryen.…
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Walker Episode 1 Review: Pilot

This Walker review contains spoilers. Walker Episode 1 The CW’s Walker has finally arrived and we couldn’t be more ready for the journey ahead of us, especially as it means more Jared Padalecki and Lindsey Morgan. Now, if you’re looking for a review written by someone who watched the original Walker: Texas Ranger, this isn’t it. This reviewer has never watched a second of that show and never plans to do so. What we can talk about is the road so far for Jared Padalecki’s character Walker, how much we love Micki Ramirez, and the things that hit for a…
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How The Big Sky Pilot Fulfills ABC’s “Lost” Promise With Ryan Phillippe’s Character

This article contains spoilers for Big Sky episode 1. The David E. Kelley-produced crime drama Big Sky premiered its first episode Tuesday night on ABC. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it’s thus far the first and only new pilot from ABC this fall season. And as you may have heard by now, it concludes with one hell of a bang. The series is set in “big sky” country in Montana and finds two young teenage girls, Grace and Danielle being abducted by a creepy trucker. That puts Danielle’s boyfriends estranged parents, Jenny Hoyt (Katherine Winnick) and Cody Hoyt (Ryan…
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