This week I got the chance to join a call with some other TV Bloggers to help promote Tricia Helfer’s upcoming stint on Burn Notice. You know and love Helfer from her role as Caprica 6 on the fraktacular Battlestar Galactica and I’m happy to say I love her more now than I ever did before.
On with the Q&A where she’ll talk the end of Battlestar, her new pilot Inseparable and her new role as Carla on Burn Notice!
Panel: Can you start off telling us what is Carla’s back story and how many of the episodes are you going to be in in season two?
T. Helfer: I’m going to be in, I think, seven episodes of the 16 being done. I’m in the first two, and I think the season finale, and then will be in 2009’s episodes as well.
To be completely honest, I really don’t know much of Carla’s back story. Just as she’s mysterious to Michael, she’s also mysterious to the audience, and I think we’ll learn more about her as Michael does and the audience does. At this point, I’ve only filmed the first two episodes, so I have yet to discover a lot about Carla myself. I do know that she was a spy, and that she is now the public face of the organization that burns Michael. So she is definitely in a leadership position, and, at this point, pretty much ordering Michael around.
Panel: Is it difficult coming into a show that’s already become an established hit? I know with Battlestar, I think you were the face of Battlestar Galactica for several months before the series, but here with Burn Notice it’s already had a season and is very well known.
T. Helfer: It’s always daunting going into a show as a guest in a guest role, but with Burn Notice, I honestly can’t say how wonderful they were and how welcoming they were to me. When I first signed on, Jeffrey e-mailed me and welcomed me on, and it’s just nice knowing you’re going down to an open, warm environment, and that people are looking forward to working with you and that type of thing. I sat down with Matt Nix before I went down, and we had a good chat. He gave me a bit of a story arc at that point before they had started filming. Things are still being written, so I could get a broad overview, but no specifics really.
It’s definitely easier starting in the beginning with the whole cast and crew, but stepping into a show that you can see and you can see the tone of the show, it’s easier to try and fit in, knowing how they’re going and what they’re looking for. There are pros and cons to both, but they were absolutely welcoming to me. (more…)
I just got off the call with Tricia Helfer, that frakkin’ kick ass actress from Battlestar Galactica and now Burn Notice and I’m happy to say I love her more now than I ever did before.
While I won’t have the full interview up for another day or so, I wanted to quick share some of the highlights about her stint with Michael Westen on Burn Notice, her plans for Comic-Con and her role as Mason on the Fox pilot Inseparable.
Comic-Con and Battlestar Galactica:
Tricia confirmed that she will be attending the BSG Comic-Con panel and that the theme this year is Cylon/Human Couples. So far she knows that Six & Baltar will share the stage with Starbuck & Anders. Frak, that sounds awesome!
I asked her about whether or not there is hope for the humans and the cylons now that they’ve discovered a devastated Earth and she seemed optomistic without revealing a frakkin’ thing (damn, those trained to not spoil). She thinks that the cylons that are in cooperation with the humans will work together and keep pushing forward, that they have to keep trying because that’s their nature.
She heads back to Vancouver for the final shots of the Battlestar Galactica series tomorrow and the mood on set is frantic. She said that instead of everyone being relaxed and laid back like she thought it would be, everyone is crazy busy and trying to cram so much into their normal production schedule so everyone is like walking zombies up there in Canada.
Being her first series finale, she doesn’t know how she’ll feel when she walks off the lot for the last time but she imagines it will be rough.
Tricia Helfer talks Burn Notice:
Her character Carla will torment Michael even when she’s not on screen. Even though she’s only shot the first two episodes of the season, she’s done some call in work for upcoming episodes where she’ll be taunting our gang via cell phone. As she put it, “Carla is always watching!”, so while she may not be on the show, that’s all the rest of the characters are talking about. Loves it!
She believes that she’ll be in 7 episodes total. 2 this half of the season (the summer portion) and 5 when the show returns for the second half of Season 2 in early 2009. So yeah, but boo… that means we’re getting very little Burn Notice this summer. Probably 8 eps before disappearing.
She has yet to film a scene with Gabriel Anwar’s Fiona but assumes that those scenes will not be pretty. She’s dying to see what happens between them though! Aren’t we all sista!!!
What about Fox’s new pilot INSEPARABLE?
She plays a police psychologist named Mason who has treated the main character both before his paralyzing accident and after so she knows the heart of this man.
Her character is not in the pilot that much but becomes a larger focus as the next few episodes unfold.
It looks like Inseparable will be a mid-season show for Fox’s early 2009 schedule.
She was incredibly energetic, fun, and chatty for it being 8am in Los Angeles. I have to say that she’s my new BFF and just doesn’t realize it. Katee Sackoff watch you ass! Do you think she would pull my bicycle behind her hog or get me a sidecar? Helfer, call me!
We promised you a SUMMER TV PREVIEW podcast and here it is! Kath and I run through all of the summer premiere dates for the new and returning shows as well as give you our input on our faves and more importantly the ones we would never watch in a million years! It’s great fun…
So You Think You Can Dance, The Closer, Big Brother, My Boys, The Mole, The Next Food Network Star, Design Star, Swingtown, Fear Itself, Army Wives, Ice Road Truckers, America’s Best Dance Crew, Wipeout, Flashpoint, Psych, Monk, Mad Men, The Middleman, Burn Notice and more… there’s no reason to be outside when what’s on TV is this hot!
Wow, Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica’s Six) is one hot cylon commodity. Not only will she be taunting and tormenting Michael Westen on Burn Notice this summer, she’s now got a new gig lined up over at FOX.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, she’s signed on as the female lead in Shaun Cassidy’s new drama INSEPARABLE.
“Inseparable,” from ABC Studios and writer/exec producer Shaun Cassidy, is a modern-day Jekyll and Hyde tale about Justin/Clyde (Lloyd Owen), a partially paralyzed forensic psychiatrist with a split personality whose alter ego is a charismatic criminal.
Helfer (”Battlestar Galactica”) will play Mason Wicks, a psychiatrist who evaluates suspects for the police department. The casting stems from the talent holding deal Helfer inked with Fox in April.
I don’t know about any of you but I spent a good portion of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA’s mid-season finale “Revelations” on the edge of my seat and on the verge of tears. We all know I’m a total pussy and that I can cry at the drop of a hat but damn if there weren’t some moments last night that damn near slayed me.
First of all I’d just like to say that one of the most gratifying yet heartbreaking moments of the entire night was watching Col. Tigh reveal to Bill Adama that after 30+ years of friendship, he was in fact one of the final 5 cylons. The circumstance was perfect and Tigh’s fear, anxiety and need to do the right thing not only damn near killed him, it had my stomach in knots. I was so nervous for his reveal and the reaction Adama would have that I had the only reaction Adama had… tears. Huge kudos to both Edward James Olmos for breaking his tough exterior to show how absolutely devastated his character was and to Michael Hogan for running every emotion possible through that one frakkin’ eye. Two powerhouses going at each other and it was pure genius.
I’d also like to give a huge shout out to Katee Sackhoff and Jamie Bamber for their incredible performances in “Revelations.” President Adama aka Lee aka Apollo was put to task and he came out with not only the respect of the entire fleet but finally the respect of President Roslin. Laura’s one hard-ass woman and those two have had a tenuous past at best. Lee was vulnerable and scared out of his frakkin’ mind but he came across as powerful, thoughtful and headstrong when the fleet needed him most. When he almost airlocked Tigh, Bamber was hot business and then he broke me in those final moments with Roslin as he relinquished his position.
Katee Sackhoff was given the Emmy getting storylines this season. After thinking she may never return to the show toward the end of last season, it was great to see her role beefed up and her relevance to the end game so essential. The moment that got me during the finale was her realization that yes Virginia, Sam Anders is a frakkin’ toaster. Go back and watch what Sackhoff did with just a slight change or two in her eyes. Breathtaking! Who else almost pissed themselves as she was trying to get to Lee before he flushed Tigh? Killer pacing, editing and musical accompaniment.
I was happy to see some sort of common ground finally reached between Gaius and Laura. Those two have been at odds since the mini-series so I was happy to see some level of respect between them. Bury the hatchet already because you bitches have to find Earth!
And let’s talk about Earth. Again, I was a big old wet mess of tears from the moment Laura gave the order to jump to earth all the way to the credits. I always knew that they would never find the utopian Earth they’d envisioned but I never expected it to be as bad as it really was.
The worst case scenario I picked was that the entire fleet and cylon base ship would jump into Earth’s atmosphere and us humans would shit ourselves and send nukes flying toward Galactica! I thought there was going to be some big battle to protect Earth and eventually our Galactica pals would be accepted and allowed to remain but wow did that go a totally different direction… for the better.
I’ve never seen a more sullen and defeated bunch than those sad sacks from the remaining colonies standing on the shores of a decimated and post-apocalyptic Earth. These guys can’t catch a break! New Caprica was probably a luxury resort compared to the shit storm they’re facing on Earth. NYC looks like hell. It brought me much sadness while at the same time such joy. It was the perfect ending, the ultimate slap in the face and I loved it!
I’m dying that we have to wait until a yet undetermined time to see how the end of the entire series will play out.
As it looks now, the show will not return until sometime in 2009 so bust out those DVD’s this summer and start from the beginning… rediscover the genius that is BSG and for fraks-sake, get some of your friends hooked if they aren’t already. Don’t let a fan of great television miss out on one of the best shows ever created. So say we all!
It pains me that tonight will be the last BATTLESTAR GALACTICA episode until sometime in 2009. Pains!
While some folks have flip-flopped on whether this season has been good or not, I feel like they’ve been pretty consistent all along. I’m psyched to see what the last 9 episodes have been leading up to and from the preview below, it looks like all finally will be revealed.
Watch a preview of BSG “Revelations” and then we’ll talk some more.
Um, does Starbuck say “those 3 cylons” in reference to Tigh, Tryol and Anders or is that some clever editing trickery? After last week’s Roslin/Adama reunion of love I’ll be sad to see Tigh and Bill go at it as the ultimate betrayal is revealed. I could go on all day with what I want to see happen but I won’t because I’m trying not to gear myself up for a disappointment. I will now sit quietly until 10pm…
Kath and Dan are back to talk the Season 4 finale of LOST. Yes, 2 Idiots Talk Lost is in full effect! We also take viewer questions about the new Sex & the City movie, Battlestar Galactica, The Mole, Ugly Betty, the premiere of In Plain Sight plus Kath’s progress on Supernatural and much more.
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I’m so excited for the season finale of LOST tonight that I might piddle. Seriously, I cannot even imagine what they have in store for us and what direction they’re going to throw the show for Season 5; the anticipation is almost too much.
Will we find out if a bunch of the castaways died? Will we find out if Claire is really pushing daisies with her Father or if she’s been part of the plan all along? Will we find out if Penny is still searching for Desmond? Will we find out if others left the island with Ben but without being part of the Oceanic 6 (Juliet I’m looking at you)? Will someone finally kill that rat bastard Keamy? I don’t care for his ways or that rat face of his.
Also tonight is yet another night of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE auditions! Sure, yesterday I posted pics from DC thinking that they were going to be shown last night - look at them now and pretend they’re new to you because tonight the show really does go to DC.
In case you’re wondering… No, there are no prospects yet for the newest SYTYCD TV Boyfriend. It’s hard to concentrate on the boys when I know My BF Travis Wall is going to show up at some point. It almost feels like cheating.
Now for the sad news… Jon and I are moving into our new place tomorrow and sadly I’m going to be without cable and the internet until Tuesday night. Wha-wha-what?! I’m sick over it, honestly. I’ve tried everything I could to reason with Comcast but they’re not really budging. I got them to move up the appointment by 24 hours and I’ve made it onto their weekend “cancellation” list - fingers crossed someone cancels!
My luck its going to be Saturday while I’m at the starting date of the TRUE COLORS TOUR. No one gets between me and my Cyndi Lauper!
That means I’m going to miss BATTLESTAR tomorrow night as well as DOCTOR WHO. I can’t even TIVO them because I’ll have no service. I’m going to cry myself a river of tears now so pardon me.
Have a great weekend if I don’t blog again until next week!
We said we’d be back with another TV Talk Podcast in a week but it took almost a week and a half, I think you survived just fine. GMMR was at the Upfront presentations so there’s plenty to talk about including her celebrity sightings, stalkings, and dancing partners. We’ll even talk about Joss Whedon’s DOLLHOUSE and J.J. Abrams FRINGE starring GMMR’s mega crush Josh Jackson. So You Think You Can Dance might get a couple minutes or five along with her time with The Office and Tina Fey!
Back to your regularly scheduled podcast, we head right into GOSSIP GIRL, AMERICAN IDOL, THE OFFICE, GREY’S, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and more. Plus, it’s the return of TWO IDIOTS TALK LOST (*we talk about the finale being this week but listener Michael pointed out that it’s not until May 29th - phew!) where we rehash the first hour of the three hour Season 4 finale, once again proving that even idiots can enjoy Lost. And as a bonus feature, we have a special guest to help us talk about the Season 3 finale of The CW’s SUPERNATURAL.
Sit back and relax because this Podcast almost hits 90 minutes. You read that right, 90 minutes of babbling, giggling, bitching, and TV Talk!
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It’s Wednesday and work is killing me right now but I had to link to some news and comment because there are some major developments out there this morning.
Lindsay Lohan will be in the Season 2 finale of Ugly Betty and guest on at least 5 episodes next season. While some peeps are up in arms about the scandal prone celebutante making an appearance, I’m actually excited for it. If she can drive while cracked out, imagine what she can pull off semi-sober and confined to a soundstage. I’m somehow rooting for you Lindsay, don’t disappoint or make me the fool. I will cut your mainbrakeline! Check out the pictures of LiLo in action as a Mean Girl to poor little Betty Suarez.
“Para bailar la cylon…” Esai Morales is Bill Adama’s Daddy! Battlestar Galactica’s spin-off series CAPRICA continues to add cast members and I’m frakkin’ excited. Not only is a Deadwood girl (Paula Malcolmson - though I wish it was my girl Molly Parker who will be swinging this summer) on board but fun fact… Esai and Edward James Olmos starred together in American Family so it’s all relative.
TV Talk with GMMR and Ducky is back! After 7 weeks, we were finally able to see each other and dish all the dirt on our favorite shows.
Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, House, Gossip Girl, American Idol, The Office, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica, Brothers & Sisters, So You Think You Can Dance, Ugly Betty, Greek and so much more.
We take some last minute listener questions on which finale’s we’re most looking forward to and also which hot summer movies our fave TV stars are popping up in. Not to mention Kath gets to wax The Office finale after one Canadian listener begs for finale information.
Also, be on the lookout for the return of TWO IDIOTS TALK LOST! We watch the show but we’re not experts, sue us.
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I only have a minute but I wanted to quick post about something that my friend Jeff and I were just talking about in regards to Battlestar Galactica.
Because I haven’t had the chance to blog about the return of BSG, I wanted to mention a couple things. First of all I think that the first two episodes of the season have been frakkin’ amazing. The premiere was so well paced, the space combat scenes were a welcomed comeback and the effects incredible. The acting, top notch. Not a bad thing to say, well other than I’m not a fan of the whole harum/cult thing and I think that bug eyed actress who’s the head of them is a really really bad actress. The other one, the one that’s willing to kill for Baltar, I’m fine with her.
Last week’s episode had me crying like a little bitch. Katee Sackhoff did some incredible work as the increasingly tortured Starbuck. From her initial standoff with Roslin to her painful talk with Admiral Adama she dominated the screen like she hasn’t been able to since Season 1. Her prison cell scene with Lee was sad yet hot business and how amazing was her redemption with Adama and Helo? So great.
Anyway, this is no longer a “quick post”…
For the last two weeks I’ve been talking to Jeff about how I feel that Zac Adama is going to be coming back to the show somehow. This is just a theory I have, I haven’t read about it at all it just came to me (so if its out there online as common knowledge, I apologize but whatevs). He was referenced in the premiere, he was brought up again this past week and also this past week we saw a picture of him.
I originally thought that maybe he would be back as the final Cylon but really would that make much sense or impact because how is one of Adama’s son’s a cylon but not the other, yadda yadda yadda. Plus, do we really care shock-wise if Zac is the final Cylon? Sure it will kill the Adama and Starbucks of the fleet but I don’t know if its the most powerful choice.
So then we were talking about how maybe he’s not dead and he’s actually already on Earth. It could be a situation like Starbuck’s. We saw her viper explode, she should have been dead but looky-loo she’s back. She went to Earth in her downtime. A mini-vaca if you will. What if the same happened to Zac but he never was sent back or never came back, or something? What if the Adama’s have some link to Earth and that’s why Starbuck is meant to bring them there?
I don’t know, I talking out of my ass (clearly) so nevermind.
Oh and the other thing we were talking about. The preview for tonight’s episode shows Callie maybe finding out that Chief is a Cylon and then they show someone hit the airlock button. What if instead of Callie going out the airlock, she flushes her hybrid baby? She frakkin’ HATES the Toasters, so I don’t see her dealing with the revelation that her husband and baby are of the cylon clan. I’m praying we see an infant get sucked out the airlock tonight! How inhumane will that be? Amazing, I love it. Make it happen!
I’ve watched The Biggest Loser (finale tonight, GO ALI) and Battlestar Galactica (Katee Sackoff was phenom this past week and I wept like a little bitch) and that’s about it.
I forgot to even record 30 Rock or The Office from last Thursday not to mention I totes forgot to record the last two weeks of How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory (though, have they even been on?). I’m still a couple weeks behind on Torchwood (maybe only 1 week), Idol is youtube when I have a minute or two at work and who knew last night was the return of Bones?
In other words, TV is so not happening until May. That also means I’m going to miss the return of Gossip Girl next Monday and Supernatural next Thursday (though I can watch it today, if I had time… might find the time).
