Well, that didn’t take long. On the first of its final eight episodes, Breaking Bad shocked viewers by putting the truth right out there: Walt is Heisenberg. Hank knows it. Walt knows Hank knows it. And now Hank knows that Walt knows he knows it. Where do things go from here? We do not know. But what an explosive, taut, tension-filled confrontation to close “Blood Money,” as Walt threatened his brother-in-law to “tread lightly” in a scene many fans didn’t expect to see until the series finale. Instead – boom! – creator Vince Gilligan and company wasted no time in putting it all out there. And in giving us a look ahead to when the whole town appears to know Walt’s secret… and his home is dilapidated… and he’s hairy and dirty and desperate and grabbing some Ricin for reasons that defy current comprehension. But most definitely will not bode well for someone. What a tremendous, intense hour of the best show on television. Only seven more installment remain, so enjoy them while you can. What grade would you give the return of Breaking Bad Season 5 ? A B C D F View Poll »
There was boob tube skin from all our usual suspects this weekend, but first… can you BELIEVE the nudity in the first season of Banshee ?! It’s insane! Nudity in eight out of eight episodes! This week it was Ivana Milicevic and Lili Simmons battling it out for boob tube supremacy. Both babes are former models, and neither is shy about showing skin! Ok, now that that’s taken care of, Californication was satisfying MILF fantasies this week with Stacey Scowley as a mom who gives out hoover jobs in the Chuck E Cheese bathroom. Spartacus had a topless Jenna Lind playing hide the Roman candle, and Shameless featured the best look yet at Stephanie Fantauzzi ’s fine form! See pics after the jump!
Short season tells a ‘whole, complete story,’ Eloise Mumford tells MTV News. By Josh Wigler Eloise Mumford and Joe Anderson in “The River” Photo: American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. It won’t take long to cross “The River” — only six more weeks, in fact! Despite boasting an intense, mythology-driven premise — a naturalist goes missing in the Amazon, leading his friends and family to search for him while fending off supernatural twists and turns around every river bend — the new ABC series, which debuted on Tuesday, only has eight episodes to unfold in its first season. The two-hour premiere counts for two of those episodes, leaving only six weeks before “The River” overflows in late March. It may not seem like enough time to get to the bottom of the show’s biggest mysteries (What happened to Emmet Cole? What’s lurking in the jungle?), but “River” actress Eloise Mumford told MTV News that the first season’s breakneck pace is actually “a huge advantage.” “It’s an event now,” said Mumford, who stars in the series as young adventurer Lena Landry. “It’s like a miniseries. It’s a little movie every week. And honestly, that’s what we did. We worked our butts off. We shot some really incredible footage. Usually dailies when you shoot a show are, I don’t know, an hour or two a day. We did like 13 hours of footage every day. It’s an insane amount of footage! They edit it all together and it’s just really rich.” Mumford also believes that with eight episodes, fans will see the season weave a very satisfying narrative, because the writers were able to build the story based on a smaller episode order. “People will be able to tune in each week and it’ll leave them wanting more. But also they won’t get sick of it in the middle,” she said. “We knew all along that we were doing eight. That’s what we were planning on. So the arc of the season isn’t like, ‘Shoot, what should our next episode be?’ They had a plan from start to finish. It’s a whole, complete story.” Well, perhaps not a whole complete story. Even if many questions are answered by the end of the show’s first season, Mumford promised that the door is most certainly left open for a season-two comeback. “Obviously there’s a possibility to come back. It’s definitely not wrapped up in a concrete way,” she said. “[Fingers crossed for] season two!” Did you watch “The River”? What did you think? Tell us in the comments!
The world may now know about Charlie Sheen’s penchant for quick sex and $30,000 checks , but the fall out from the actor’s upcoming stint in rehab will have consequences beyond personal embarrassment. Sources say Sheen will remain in a treatment facility for three full months, eliminating eight episodes of Two and a Half Men from the CBS schedule and potentially costing employees thousands of dollars. According to TMZ, the network has yet to decide how to handle paychecks for the 300 people associated with this sitcom. When Sheen failed at entered rehab in early 2009, the crew was “partially compensated,” insiders say. While almost all employees are supportive of Sheen, they’re also worried about their near financial future. Hopefully, this sex-crazed maniac will step up. If he can shell out five figures for a few hours with a porn star, he can do the same for those that ensure his living.
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Filed under: Celebrity Justice We just found out Jason Beghe — the ex-Scientologist who was in one episode of “Lie to Me,” one episode of “Life,” one episode of “Eli Stone,” one episode of “Ghost Whisperer,” eight episodes of “Cane,” one episode of “Numb3rs,” one episode of …
