If you haven’t noticed, I’m jonesing for CBS’s new murder mystery HARPER’S ISLAND. Being a genre fan and horror lover, I truly can’t wait for this show to kick off.
That’s right kiddies, it’s time to win some Harper’s Island Swag! Win a Harper’s Island Prize Pack - 2 Harper’s Island T-Shirts (one men’s/one women’s) and a Harper’s Island Victims Poster.
HOW TO WIN: Watch the promo below, read the character bios linked above and tell me which character you want to see die first and how. That’s right kids, no butterflies and rainbows - just good old fashioned murder and mayhem!
Preview CBS’s Harper’s Island:
DEADLINE: You must leave your best guess in the comments section of this post by April 1st. A winner will be announced on April 2nd. You must live in the United States to receive the Harper’s Island Prize Pack. Sorry my foreign friends…
HARPER’S ISLAND Premieres April 9th and runs through July 2nd!
If you’ve watched CBS at all lately, you can’t hide from their newest show and that my friends is good marketing. On April 9th at 10pm, CBS will launch its 13 week murder mystery series HARPER’S ISLAND which will air every Thursday night until the mystery is solved/killer is revealed on July 2nd!
Harper’s Island stars the j’adorable Christopher Gorham (Ugly Betty, Jake 2.0, Popular) as “The Groom”, Katie Cassidy (Supernatural) as “The Bride”, Harry Hamlin as “The Uncle”, Richard Bergi as “The Father of the Bride” and guest stars Jim Beaver (Supernatural) as “The Sheriff.”
It’s a huge cast (more for the killing) and a very ambitious premise so I can’t wait to see how it all plays out.
I’ve been psyched about the show since the day they announced Gorham, Cassidy and Beaver to the cast but really, my horror loving brain wants to see this for the mystery and the gore. I can’t lie. When I watch previews or read about Harper’s, I can’t help think about APRIL FOOLS DAY or HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME and I hope it doesn’t play out in the same manner. I’m not saying I don’t love both of those films (because I do) I’m just saying its too obvious an ending if they go in either direction. None of that matters because I’m super excited to get the slashing started.
Harper’s Island Synopsis:
HARPER’S ISLAND is a 13-episode murder mystery about a group of family and friends who travel to a secluded island for a destination wedding. They’ve come to laugh… to love… and, though they don’t know it… to die. As the wedding festivities begin, friendships are tested and secrets exposed as a murderer claims victims, one by one, transforming the wedding week of fun and celebration into a terrifying struggle for survival. Abby Mills, whose mother was killed on the island by a homicidal maniac’s rampage seven years ago, journeys home for the first time since the horrific event for the wedding of her best friend, Henry Dunn. Henry, the boy next door, is marrying the woman of his dreams, Trish Wellington, a beautiful and wealthy heiress. But as the wedding week begins, people start dying. Every episode, someone is killed. Wedding guests and island locals, every person is a suspect. No one is safe. No one can be trusted. By the end of the 13 episodes, all questions will be answered, the killer will be revealed and only a few will survive.
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CHUCK, NBC’s show about a Nerd who becomes the government’s newest (and saddest) secret weapon is in a word… BRILLIANT! I know you’re thinking that this show was already made and starred cutie patootie Christopher Gorham and was called Jake 2.0 but I promise you this show is nothing like Jake 2.0.
Josh Schwartz has done it again my television obsessed friends! He’s managed one more time to make Geek, Super Chic! While I worshiped the ground Seth Cohen walked upon (Seasons 1-3) and the Emo loving world he created, I don’t think I’ve wanted to kiss Josh Schwartz more than I do right now! While I clearly admit to having a hard on for Josh it’s more out of complete admiration for the things he’s accomplished at such a young age (jealous much?) and for his ability to make the geek the hero in any situation. But enough about the man behind the scenes, let’s briefly get to the man of the hour… CHUCK!
Zachary Levi (previously of the tight sweaters and witty remarks on Less Than Perfect) is unbelievably funny and charming as the reluctant super spy thrown into the high stakes world of assassins and terrorist plots. He hasn’t had a date in years and he heads up the Nerd Herd at a Best Buy type store. His sister Ellie (played by the ever so lovely Sarah Lancaster - Madison we miss you) is the forever optimist who needs Chuck to break out of his geeky shell. Chuck’s best friend is Morgan and the relationship between them is as good and funny as any written by Judd Apatow for Freaks & Geeks (think Haverchuck and Sam) or the 40 Year Old Virgin gang.
I can’t really review the show so I’ll stop here by saying that this show is hysterical and witty and plays on the whole Spy genre without being hokey or gimmicky. Zachary Levi is incredible and the rest of the cast just seems perfect. Adam Baldwin guest stars as well, and anytime I can visit Jaynestown (RIP Firefly/Serenity) is a good time!
Tonight Harrison John, Joe, er Jake 2.0, er Popita Fresh’s Husband… no? Christopher Gorham (recently added to the Ugly Betty cast as hunky Clark Kent-ish nerd Henry) and his canceled too soon show Jake 2.0 hits Sci-Fri Fridays tonight at 8pm (in Doctor Who’s place).
If you didn’t already love Gorham from Popular you will after watching him in Jake 2.0 as a computer geek that gets computer enhanced super powers. Sure it sounds done before but it’s done before and redone here really well. Here, he can control technology with his brain and becomes a special agent for the NSA.
Buffy/Angel alum David Greenwalt wrote and directed a chunk of the 12 episodes that aired (16 in total on dvd) so it has that going for it as well!
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