Tonight at 8p, we will get to know Sam and Dean Winchester’s parents in The Winchesters on The CW. If you thought they were tough, wait until you get to know Mary (Meg Donnelly) and John (Drake Rodger) Winchester. Now we know where their sons got their resilience from. And this is just the first episode.
Like every love story, we have to see how the couple met. So, the show starts off with John on a bus returning from his tour of duty over in Vietnam. When he gets off of the bus, he sees Mary coming out of a movie theater.
Wait, what? It isn’t fighting over demons? Nope! In fact, John doesn’t know this is his legacy because his mother has been keeping it from him, and his missing father never told him.
His father isn’t the only one who is missing, and so is Mary’s dad. Now, she is on a mission to find him. And John will help her when he accidentally follows her down her path. A path she has been on since she was a little kid.
Maybe it is because he served in Vietnam, or it could be because it is in his blood, but John is a natural. So reluctantly, Mary takes him with her. Proving that they were soulmates until that fateful night. But that is the start of Supernatural.
Back to The Winchesters. The two of them are not alone. They have Carlos (JoJo Fleites), who is a badass Native American hippie type who is going to give us some of the comic relief we need. Then there is Latika (Nida Khurshid), who is a behind-the-scenes type of girl. She is a little afraid of the demons they fight, but she is getting there.
Together the four of them are going to make the demons wish they stayed down in Hell. And we are grateful they didn’t because this is the best CW show since Supernatural ended!
Maybe because it comes from Jensen Ackles, who is treating the show the same way Dean treated The Impala. Like his baby! And that just makes the show that much better.
All of the actors are great, and the chemistry is there, but I have to praise the shit out of Meg Donnelly. I am a fan of hers from American Housewife and the ZOMBIES movies. And I had to do an IMDB search to find out who was playing Mary. She does such a 180; you will not believe this is the same actress who was singing and dancing with zombies, aliens, and werewolves a few months ago. Man, she is tough as nails, and I am here for it.
Seriously, I am here for the series. And I can’t wait to see what they bring us next week and the week after that and so on.
If you watched Supernatural, you will fucking love this program. If you never saw the original series, you will still love it. The prequel is the best new drama on television this season by a long shot.
This is the type of show that gets your adrenaline pumping. So it is like exercising while sitting on your fat asses! At least my ass is fat, but that is a whole other post!
Back to The Winchesters, check them out, my Wayward Sons. Oh, and don’t expect a lot of the music from Supernatural to be on this show. It might’ve been Classic Rock to Sam and Dean, but it doesn’t yet exist in John and Mary’s timeline.
Before Angela Lansbury was the star of stage and screen, she had to get her start somewhere, and she got it in Gaslight. Even at the tender age of 18, you could tell she was going to be a star from her first acting scene in the 1944 movie.
Blake Shelton, the last original Coach on The Voice, announced today that he is leaving NBC’s The Voice after next season.
“I’ve been wrestling with this for a while and I’ve decided that it’s time for me to step away from ‘The Voice’ after season 23,” Shelton said. “This show has changed my life in every way for the better and it will always feel like home to me. It’s been a hell of a ride over these 12 years of chair turns and I want to thank everyone at ‘The Voice’ from NBC, every producer, the writers, musicians, crew and catering people, you are the best. It takes a lot of work, passion, and adult beverages (Ha!) to pull off a live show twice a week. I’ve made lifelong bonds with Carson and every single one my fellow coaches over the years, including my wife, Gwen Stefani! I have to give a huge shoutout to the singers – the ‘Voices’ who come on this stage season after season and amaze us with their talent and a special thanks to those who chose me to be their coach. Lastly, it’s about y’all, the fans, who watch and support these artists, us coaches and everyone at ‘The Voice’ chasing their dreams. It wouldn’t happen without you!”
I never thought he would leave. But I guess now that he is married, it is time for him to stay home, raise his spouse’s kids and take care of the farm.
His departure makes you wonder if the show can continue without him. Especially since the last few new Coaches have not been that exciting. This season they added Camila Cabello, and next season Chance the Rapper and Niall Horan will join Shelton and Kelly Clarkson in the big red chairs.
It really sounds like they might want to give the singing competition its swan song unless they can woo Adam Levine back like he woos girls in their DMs. Too soon?
Angela Lansbury passed away this morning, according to publicist Harlan Boll.
“I am devastated beyond words – 💔😢💔,” he wrote. “The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30am, today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday. In addition to her three children, Anthony, Deirdre, and David, she is survived by three grandchildren, Peter, Katherine and Ian, plus five great grandchildren and her brother, producer Edgar Lansbury. She was proceeded in death by her husband of 53 years, Peter Shaw. A private family ceremony will be held at a date to be determined.”
Even though we associate the actress with her latter roles in Murder, She Wrote, and Beauty and the Beast, her acting career started back in the 40s and lasted until this year.
She was the star of the stage and screen and will be remembered as a beautiful, classy lady. No matter what she did, she always classed up the joint.
There is just one thing I have to say about Murder, She Wrote, which I binged a few years ago at a friend’s rightful urging. I never understood why people would invite her anywhere. Because wherever she went, someone died. I mean, if I got a phone call that Jessica Fletcher was coming to town, I would skip it faster than you can say her name.
Now having said that, I still adored her and the series, and I know I am not alone because the series has a cult following.
So, today we mourn her because her book is complete. But she will live on as we tell her story by watching the many, many, many projects she did throughout her nearly 80-year-long career.
UPDATE: Cozi TV is going to honor her with a 4-day maraton of Murder, She Wrote this week. That is a lot of episodes.
