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LOOK! The Chicken Shirt Is Back OR STREAM IT ON THE WEEK’S BEST TWEET OF THE WEEK I stand with women across every industry to say #TIMESUP on abuse, harassment, marginalization “They told me there and under- representation would be tea.” @kerry —Mariah Carey, braving frosty temperatures washington, during her performance in Times Square, joining more on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve than 1,000 With Ryan Seacrest 2018 women and men in Hollywood to launch a new initiative

“Was that not the best pit stop of your life?” —Ali, trying to make a racing joke after asking Arie to do a smell test in their first meeting, on The Bachelor

“Noonecanever truly turn over a new leaf. Sure, Ben Affleck told me he’d matured as an artist after he directed Argo, but then, right on schedule, it was ‘Guess what, “Dose yourself properly, Tahani? I’m going to Randi. We don’t want any be Batman!’ ” trouble in three hours from you!” —Tahani (Jameela Jamil), —Andy Cohen, advising correspondent disgusted with Michael Randi Kaye as she reports from a marijuana (Ted Danson), on bus in Denver, on CNN’s New The Good Place Year’s Eve Live 2018

“The world is a “Okay, dude, dangerous place now. you had Freaknik.” College is totally —Zoey (Yara Shahidi), referring to the ’90s-era different than when street party in Atlanta, I was coming up.” on grown-ish “King of space —Dre (Anthony Anderson), devastated that right here. his daughter has left the nest King of space!” —Gamer691 (Aaron Paul), trying to intimidate galactic travelers in “USS Callister,” Black Mirror’s Star Trek parody WASHINGTON: JASON LAVERIS/FILMMAGIC; CAREY, COHEN: HILL/FILMMAGIC TAYLOR PAUL: TERENCE (2); PATRICK/CBS JAMIL: COLLEEN VIA GETTY HAYES/NBC; ALI:IMAGES; CRAIG ANDERSON: SJODIN/ABC; BOB D’AMICO/ABC; SHAHIDI: ANDREW ECCLES/FREEFORM

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FEATURES 18 Roseanne Park your Peterbilt and pull on your flannel. America’s favorite blue-collar family is back to entertain our fractured country, one pickled egg at a time. BY LYNETTE RICE 27 Winter TV Preview This winter might feel dreary, but we found 10 great reasons to be excited for the season.

NEWS AND COLUMNS 1 Sound Bites 4 The Must List 16 News Everything you need to know about Time’s Up; Black Mirror breakdown 62 The Bullseye

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ON THE COVER Roseanne Barr and John Goodman photographed exclusively for EW by Ramona Rosales on Dec. 6, 2017, in Los Angeles

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How did you come to write and direct this film?

An entertainment lawyer I know MOLLY’S GAME socially said, “Would you do me a favor and meet with my

client Molly Bloom?” VAN HOLDEN/BAFTA/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK MARK SORKIN: (2); FILMS GIBSON/STX : MICHAEL I had never heard about any of these celebrity under- ground high-stakes poker games. I wasn’t motivated to turn it into a movie. That didn’t happen until 48 hours later, when I met with Molly. She was not who I was expecting—she was brilliant and strong as a tree and built MOLLY’S GAME out of integrity. Rather than spilling Jessica Chastain gives a magnetic lead performance in Aaron these guys’ secrets for money, she Sorkin’s wildly entertaining directorial debut about Molly Bloom, was keeping them— a former Olympic-level skier who went on to run one of and at some the most high-profile underground poker rings in the world. cost to her.

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I didn’t know while Arguably the best American Western since I was writing it that Unforgiven, Scott Cooper’s Hostiles features I was going to direct it. I turned in the a superb Christian Bale as an officer leading first draft, and then a a Native American family on a treacherous couple of nights later thousand-mile trek to their tribal homeland. I met with the produc- Rosamund Pike plays a mother who has lost ers, Amy Pascal and everything but who, along with Bale, gains Mark Gordon, to talk about directors. We some small measure of grace. each had a piece of paper with about 20 directors in front of us, and we went through each name, pros and cons. When we got to the end, Amy and Mark said, “We think HOSTILES you should direct it.”

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It was an hour-to-hour, minute-to-minute joy of an experience because of the peo- ple I was surrounded by. Of course, I had a great partner in Jessica [Chastain] on the set. If she was an STEPHEN VAUGHAN/WARNER BROS.; EQUILIBRIUM athlete, they would say she’s great in the huddle. She’s a great team leader. It’s not COLLECTION; : RICHARD BLANSHARD/MIRAMAX/KOBAL like I wasn’t terrified every day. I was. But we did end up mak- ing the movie that

I had that feeling THE FIGHTER about the first time I met Molly. : JOJO WHILDEN/PARAMOUNT; : JOJO The film’s message about a woman fight- ing for success in a THE RANK man’s world is even COMPPAREDARED WWITH ITH OOTTHER CHRISTIAN BALE MOVIES more resonant given what’s happening in NEWSIES Hollywood right now. : ANDREW COOPER/DISNEY; : ANDREW AMERICAN PSYCHO I would happily trade the fortuitous timing of the movie for a world where it wasn’t quite as relevant as HAYES/LIONSGATE : KERRY it is. None of us could have foreseen it. Molly THE DARK KNIGHT navigates a world BEST WORST of very powerful men who aren’t always EQUILIBRIUM NEWSIES THE DARK KNIGHT THE FIGHTER HOSTILES AMERICAN PSYCHO very respectful. 2002 1992 2008 2010 2017 2000 :

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NEWS STORY Reclaiming Their Time First came #MeToo; now Time’s Up. Here’s everything you need to know about the women-led initiative determined to bring equity and justice to (not just) Hollywood. BY DEVAN COGGAN

The New York Times and the Spanish-language Robot with her husband, J.J. Abrams, tells I GALLAY/GETTY CHARLEY WASHINGTON: BURCH; X TORY GLAMOUR FOR IMAGES MCINTYRE/GETTY EMMA FERRERA: GERSHOFF/WIREIMAGE; GARY JUDD: newspaper La Opinion unveiling the massive EW. “We wanted to back it up with real initiative Time’s Up: “The struggle for women resources that all women and men could to break in, to rise up the ranks and to simply access and begin the healing.” be heard and acknowledged in male- Time’s Up’s biggest effort is the Legal dominated workplaces must end,” it said. Defense Fund, which will provide legal sup- “Time’s up on this impenetrable monopoly.” port to women and men who have experi-

Time’s Up is arguably the biggest action- enced sexual harassment, assault, or abuse in LON KOPALOFF/FILMMAGIC; JON RHIMES: FILM; OF ART, DEPARTMENT MODERN OF MUSEUM FOR IMAGES KIM/GETTY ROB WAITHE: CHOCOLATE; LINDT oriented response yet to the wave of allega- their careers. By Jan. 2, the fund had already tions against men in Hollywood and seeks to raised more than $14 million, led by dona- expand the conversation to other less publi- tions from Jennifer Aniston, Oprah Winfrey, cized industries: In November, 700,000 Jessica Chastain, and more. “What is so spe- T female farmworkers published an open let- cial about this moment is that we are standing ter calling the crisis in the entertainment in solidarity with one another,” Ferrera tells THE END OF 2017 WAS MARKED BY AN industry a “reality we know far too well,” EW. “It’s not one single voice or one single unprecedented outpouring of sexual- and the Time’s Up letter vows to industry or one single profession.” harassment claims in the entertainment use Hollywood’s privilege to fight Time’s Up’s next action: taking its industry— and a loud call for change. It was a for working women everywhere, Time’s Up message to the red carpet on Jan. 7, members watershed moment, but many worried that focusing on everything from sexual Ashley Judd, as both men and women wear black America little would improve in a system that tends to harassment in the workplace to Ferrera, Kerry at the Golden Globes to raise aware- protect powerful men and silence victims. gender parity at major companies. Washington, ness. “It’s about women coming Reese Then, on Jan. 1, more than 1,000 actresses, “We didn’t want to just put out Witherspoon, together and standing with their Lena Waithe, agents, and other industry figures—including social-media statements or send Shonda male allies to say that enough is Rhimes, and Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon, and our regards,” Katie McGrath, who Eva Longoria enough,” Ferrera says. “It’s time that America Ferrera—published an open letter in runs the production company Bad things change.” X MAGES FOR VULTURE FESTIVAL; WITHERSPOON: ANDREW TOTH/GETTY IMAGES FOR IMAGES TOTH/GETTY ANDREW WITHERSPOON: FESTIVAL; VULTURE FOR MAGES GORIA: MARCUS OWEN/STARTRAKSPHOTO.COM

16 EW.COM JANUARY 12, 2018 Osy Ikhile, Jimmi Simpson, Michaela Coel, Cristin Milioti, and Jesse Plemons in “USS Callister” Black Mirror:All the Dark Dystopian Secrets

WHAT DO A KILLER ROBOT DOG, AN INTRUSIVE PARENT, A BOSSY they’re all things keeping you up at night, wide-eyed at creator dating app, a Star Trek-like videogame, an Icelandic murderer, Charlie Brooker’s chilling (and occasionally weirdly hopeful) and a museum of tech horrors have in common? If you’ve seen visions of the near future. Here’s some behind-the-scenes scoop on season 4 of Netflix’s cult-sensation anthology series Black Mirror, the new episodes (warning: spoilers). BY JAMES HIBBERD

1 2 3 4 5 “USS CALLISTER” “METALHEAD” JODIE FOSTER MADE PRODUCERS CONSIDER SEASON 5 MIGHT MOVE WAS NOT BASED SOLELY ORIGINALLY HAD A BIT SOME KEY CHANGES “CROCODILE” THE SHOW’S AWAY FROM HAVING ON STAR TREK OF BACKSTORY TO “ARKANGEL” DARKEST MOMENT CHARACTERS TRAPPED IN DIGITAL WORLDS Jesse Plemons stars as a The first draft of the The Silence of the Lambs Which is saying a lot! monstrous tech-company sparse postapocalyptic actress directed the cau- The famously bleak While the show hasn’t CTO who has trapped robot thriller showed tionary tale of helicopter drama pushed its own been officially renewed virtual clones of his the killer mechanical parenting run amok, envelope for this disturb- yet, Brooker is already co-workers in a video- droid’s operator, an adding Marie’s (Rose- ing tale of an executive looking ahead. And after game based on his favor- unidentified man casually marie Dewitt) relation- (Andrea Riseborough) using this particular ite cheesy sci-fi space working out of his home ship with her father, and on a murder spree who framing device a few odyssey. Yet Brooker drew overseas—even taking how the all-seeing spy- eventually bludgeons times—including in the inspiration from an epi- a break to give his kids ware implanted in her a toddler—a twist Brooker new episode “Black sode of another ’60s clas- a bath. Brooker eventu- daughter (Brenna Hard- was unsure Netflix Museum”—Brooker says, sic, The Twilight Zone, and ally decided to scrap the ing) functioned. “She would permit. “That was “We’ll be thinking of its acclaimed episode “It’s character. “It kind of felt thought we should say one where I was going, wilder shores.” Wilder? a Good Life,” about a town superfluous,” he explains. something about Marie’s ‘I don’t know if I’m going We can’t even imagine. ruled by an all-powerful relationship with men, to get away with this.’ ” 6-year-old. “I watched [and] she also had a lot the episode again not that of observations about long ago, and it’s still how the technology would

NETFLIX utterly terrifying!” he says. work,” Brooker notes.

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John Goodman, Sarah Chalke, Roseanne Barr, Laurie Metcalf, Lecy Goranson, Michael Fishman, and Sara Gilbert photographed on the set on Dec. 9, 2017, in Los Angeles PARK YOUR PETERBILT AND PULL GREAT ON YOUR FLANNEL. AMERICA’S FAVORITE BLUE-COLLAR FAMILY FROM ROSEANNE IS BACK TO ENTERTAIN OUR FRACTURED COUNTRY, ONE PICKLED EGG AT A TIME. Lynette Rice @Lynetterice AGAIN Ramona Rosales The Rose Parade is off. ¶ Here inside Stage 15, where ABC hopes to recapture lightning in a Roseanne HOGAN; BARR’S HAIR & MAKEUP: SHANNON HUGHEY; SET DECORATOR: TOM CRAIG; PROPS: CRAIG; TOM DECORATOR: SET HUGHEY; SHANNON & MAKEUP: HAIR BARR’S HOGAN; bottle of Schlitz with its revival of , the WENDY MAKEUP: ZESTOS; TROY HAIR: QUIGLEY; MARY STYLIST: WARDROBE SHOOT) (PHOTO Rose Parade is the somewhat affectionate name for Roseanne Barr and her entourage. But there will be no Barr-led procession on this particular Saturday in December, where one of TV’s most beloved ensembles—John Goodman (Dan),

Laurie Metcalf (Jackie), Sara Gilbert (Darlene), JEREMY ARMSTRONG; PRODUCTION: NANCY SPROW Lecy Goranson (Becky), Sarah Chalke (who replaced Goranson as Becky in 1993), and Michael Fishman (D.J.)—has gathered after film- ing late the night before to promote their much- anticipated return on March 27. Barr has called in sick. “She has laryngitis,” chimes in one executive, as if anyone may doubt Barr’s ill-timed condition. ( Clockwise from far left ) Barr with Goodman; with Fishman, Metcalf, and Jayden Rey; with Gilbert

“I GOT A LITTLE RUN-DOWN. IT’S HARD TO DO A TV show. People think you pull it out of your ass, but man, it’s a lot of work.” It’s the following Saturday, and the Rose Parade has returned to Stage 15 with its grand marshal finally in tow. A slightly more chipper Barr is sitting on a chair wear- ing a plaid flannel shirt with the show’s name embroidered on the sleeve—a gift from the producers, who seem confident the new Roseanne is here to stay, at least for another season. Barr, however, is not. “I don’t want to jinx it,” she says with a seri- ous look. “I don’t believe in counting your chickens before they are all hatched and CATCH UP boiled and served with carrots.” She’s just WITH THE grateful for the chance of a do-over. CONNERS While the legacy of the show remains appropriately intact—the comedy, which aired from 1988 to 1997, remains one of TV’s most revered series thanks to its realistic portrayal of a blue-collar family—Barr’s offscreen antics often eclipsed the show’s success. The former stand-up launched into her first fight after seeing the 1988 pilot; she was incensed that writer Matt Williams earned a “created by” credit, something that’s legislated by the Writers Guild. (He ROSEANNE CONNER was canned by midseason, though he con- In Barr’s defense, the 65-year-old comedian did tinues to reap financial rewards off the seem a little subdued during the show’s penultimate reruns.) She routinely fought with and over- When we last saw Roseanne taping in front of a studio audience. While taking a In a voice-over during the ruled her revolving door of writers, whom break from a scene in the Conner kitchen (which has show’s finale, she revealed that she’d refer to only by number whenever she many significant plot details been painstakingly replicated down to the faded wall- from that season—like her wanted to praise—or pick at—a joke. And paper and pickled eggs in the pantry), the usually family winning the lottery and the bullheaded creative decision to have the Dan surviving his heart gregarious Barr stood quietly at the stovetop while her attack—had been made up. Conners win the lottery in season 9 before onscreen hubby cracked jokes to the crew. But an Where Roseanne is now turning the whole thing into a bizarre fan- extraordinary thing happened when the red light out- She remains in her same Lan- tasy in the now-infamous finale accelerated ford, Ill., home with husband side the studio began to flash: Roseanne pulled back Dan and works as a driver. the show’s demise. But those days, she her shoulders, put a smirk on her face, and started What Barr has been up to claims, are long gone. (After igniting a fire- razzing Dan in her signature shrill voice. “It’s like no After hosting a daytime talk storm of criticism during the holidays when : ADAM ROSE/ABC (3) show from 1998 to 2000, Barr time has passed at all,” marvels Metcalf, who plays briefly starred on her own she wrote a series of tweets in support of Roseanne’s sister, Jackie. “We were a family for nine Lifetime reality series called President Trump, Barr announced that she ROSEANNE Roseanne’s Nuts in 2011 and seasons. And I had a feeling as soon as we stepped attempted to reunite with was retiring from social media for a while.) Goodman in the 2012 NBC pilot back onto the stage again, it would just reappear. And Downwardly Mobile, which “I don’t want to fight no more,” Barr tells

(THIS SPREAD) (THIS it did. All the chemistry came back.” ultimately didn’t get picked up. EW. “I don’t have nothing to prove. I already

JANUARY 12, 2018 EW.COM 21 proved it. I totally missed the process of collaborating and having my crew and my team and making my vision happen or whatever cornball s--- they say. I just want it to be fun and a smooth ride.” That describes the show’s revival in a nutshell. Last spring, Gilbert asked Goodman to do a Roseanne- inspired sketch on her CBS chatfest The Talk when he DAN CONNER made an appearance to promote Kong: Skull Island.Dur- ing the interview portion, she asked Goodman if he’d ever consider a reunion and he immediately said yes. When we last saw Dan “A lightbulb went off in my head,” recalls Gilbert. At the very end of the finale, viewers learned that he didn’t “I just thought maybe people would do it.” After survive the heart attack getting the blessing from Barr—as well as Tom he suffered at Darlene and David’s wedding. Werner and Marcy Carsey, the comedy’s original Where Dan is now executive producers—the rest of the cast fell in line, For the show’s revival, produc- including Johnny Galecki, who returns to play Dar- ers chose to ignore his death. He’s still working in construc- lene’s boyfriend-turned-husband for one episode. tion and remains hopelessly in Even former showrunner Bruce Helford, whom love with Roseanne. What Goodman’s been up to Barr inexplicably fired during season 5, returned to He’s stayed busy in films like executive-produce the new iteration along with last year’s Kong: Skull Island and Atomic Blonde, and will Werner, Gilbert, Barr, Tony Hernandez, and Whitney appear later this year in Captive Cummings. “I had seen her years before when she State opposite Vera Farmiga. gave me a big hug and said, ‘Oh, yeah, I fired you. You are the best writer we ever had. Sorry about that,’” remembers Helford. Finding a home for the reunion wasn’t difficult. Though Netflix had interest after successfully bringing back Gilmore Girls and Full House, ABC was the obvious

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I DON’T When we last saw Darlene It was revealed that she was ac- tually coupled with Mark Healy (Glenn Quinn), who had been HAVE NOTHING Becky’s husband. (This was after Darlene married Mark’s brother David [Johnny Galecki] in season 8 after becoming pregnant with their first child.) TO PROVE. Where Darlene is now She’s split from David after giving birth to a second child and has moved back home with her children, I ALREADY Harris (Emma Kenney) and Mark (Ames McNamara). What Gilbert’s been up to After appearing on series like 24, ER, and The Big Bang PROVED IT. Theory, Gilbert helped create and then became —ROSEANNE BARR a cohost of The Talk. Barr and Goodman and suffering from the aches and pains of aging, and struggling to pay for necessi- ties like health care. They share their Lanford, Ill., home with a separated Dar- lene, her teenage daughter Harris (Emma Kenney), and her son Mark (Ames McNa- mara), a 9-year-old who happens to like BECKY CONNER-HEALY dressing up in girls’ clothes. “He’s not a transgender character,” insists Gilbert.

When we last saw “He’s a little boy who’s based on a few Goranson as Becky kids in my life who dress in more femi- She eloped with Mark and moved out of state in season nine clothing. He’s too young to be gay 5, and was last seen bickering and he doesn’t identify as transgender.” with Darlene in season 8. Where Becky is now Living out of the house are D.J.—a for- She’s a widow living in Lanford mer military man with a small child and working as a waitress at a Mexican restaurant. named Mary (Jayden Rey) and a wife sta-

What Goranson has tioned overseas—as well as Roseanne and SHERMAN-PALLADINO: JOHN STILLWELL/GETTY IMAGES; been up to Dan’s eldest child, Becky, who’s now a Goranson originally left the show during season 5 to widow. (Glenn Quinn, who played Becky’s attend Vassar College, but hubby, Mark, during the show’s original returned for several appear- WIREIMAGE; ances in season 8. After run, died in 2002.) Like her parents, graduation, she continued to Becky is financially strapped, and to make

act in theater while nabbing THE MIDDLE roles on shows like Fringe and ends meet she has signed on to be a sur- Damages, and most recently rogate for a middle-class woman named Inside Amy Schumer. Andrea—who in a stroke of creative crazi- IMAGES; SJODIN/ABC/GETTY : CRAIG ness will be played by none other than

The Conner family in 1988 “Second Becky” herself, Sarah Chalke. “She doesn’t mean to be offensive, but MAD ABOUT YOU Andrea is coming from an extremely anxiety-ridden place where she wants to choice—particularly since broadcast networks are have total control over a pregnancy in a : NBC; TWO AND A HALF MEN desperate to reach the working class that put Donald way that she can’t,” explains Chalke. “It HOME IMPROVEMENT Trump in office. “We were excited to put it on a net- was really fun to play.” work where people don’t have to pay for it,” says D.J. CONNER The delicious cherry on top is the Gilbert. “There’s nothing exclusive about it. This is a much-anticipated return of Metcalf— : PHOTOFEST; MCDONALD: BEN COHEN/NBC/GETTY IMAGES; WHEDON: NOAM GALAI/ NOAM WHEDON: IMAGES; COHEN/NBC/GETTY BEN MCDONALD: : PHOTOFEST; show for the Everyman and -woman in this country. now an Oscar contender for her work as IMAGES IMAGES/GETTY WEST/PA IAN FISHER: IMAGES; BRINTON/CBS/GETTY : MONTY

We like the accessibility of a major network.” When we last saw D.J. an anxious mom to a precocious teen in Once the wheeling and dealing was out of the way, He’d developed an interest in Lady Bird—who was always the most film and moved into David’s the writers got busy righting a harebrained wrong, old space in the basement. lauded of the Roseanne cast, winning bringing back Dan from the dead after Barr killed him Where D.J. is now three Emmys for her portrayal of Rose- off from a heart attack in the finale. “A lot of the He just got out of the military, anne’s sister. The premiere episode kicks where he met his wife, who finale was a dream, so that helped us a lot,” explains remains stationed overseas— off with Roseanne quarreling with Helford. “Certain things that happened during the and, for now, unseen. They have Jackie—who’s now a life coach—over the a daughter, Mary (Jayden Rey). dream don’t exist as part of the actual history of the What Fishman’s been up to recent presidential election. The show’s show.” Other than the absence of Jerry Garcia Con- He followed up Roseanne with ongoing commitment to telling topical stints on Seinfeld and Walker, ner from season 8 (who is tangentially addressed in Texas Ranger, and stepped stories is a huge source of pride the first episode), everything else would remain behind the camera to work for Gilbert, given its rich history of tack- as a producer on Barr’s talk largely status quo, including the opening title show. His most recent acting ling real-world subjects like alcoholism, sequence around the kitchen table and Barr’s high- gigs were on the indie films abortion, domestic violence, and gay Undrafted and Adi Shankar’s pitched cackle. (The harmonica is back too.) Gods and Secrets. rights. And yet, believe it or not, “this is Roseanne and Dan are in their mid-60s, still working our most emotional season yet,” says WRITE STUFF ROSEANNE DIDN’T JUST MAKE STARS OF ITS Gilbert. “That’s what is so moving, CAST—THE SHOW’S WRITERS’ ROOM ALSO because it comes from 30 years of charac- LAUNCHED THE CAREERS OF SOME OF TV’S ters. You can’t create that on a new show.” MOST SUCCESSFUL SCRIBES

“THEY STOLE ALL MY PERSONAL ELVIS PLATES. It got to the point where anyone who joined the writing staff of Roseanne was issued a dire warn- Everyone stole them off me. Bitches!” ing. ”My agent and lawyer both said, ‘You know Barr has now moved to the Conner that everybody gets fired, right?’ ” recalls Bruce JACKIE HARRIS Helford, the former showrunner from season 5 kitchen, where she and her costars are who, yes, ended up getting canned but is return- marveling at the historical accuracy of the ing to executive-produce the new season. “We knew that was a part of the game. There was a lot When we last saw Jackie set. Though some pieces are noticeably of stress those days to be the No. 1 show, all kinds In the finale’s closing voice- missing—like the picture of the dogs play- of factors involved. But I never took it personally over, Roseanne revealed that because I was very happy for the opportunity. It Jackie was actually a lesbian, ing poker that used to hang by the front served my career very well.” He and a whole lot of even though she married Fred door and, yes, Barr’s dishes that feature other writers. Like Helford, who went on to create (Michael O’Keefe) in season 6. The Drew Carey Show, many former writers on Where Jackie is now the King—everything should look the Roseanne did quite well for themselves. Single and childless, the same to the show’s most ardent fans. It former cop is working as a life sure did to the cast. “It was like we coach in Lanford. What Metcalf’s been up to wrapped last week instead of 20 years Considered an Oscar front- ago,” says Goodman. “The hair on my arms runner this year for her role in Lady Bird, Metcalf also won stands up. It’s like if I was going to put my her first Tony last year Boy Scouts uniform on again and it still for A Doll’s House, Part 2. fit.” Adds Fishman: “It’s pretty amazing Amy because it’s a bit like going through a time Sherman-Palladino Danny Jacobson warp. There are little things like the arch created Gilmore Girls, created Mad About You between the living room and kitchen. For Bunheads, and The and Two Guys, a Girl Marvelous Mrs. Maisel the first five seasons, pretty much every and a Pizza Place day I would take a running jump and try to touch the archway because I saw John touch it one time. Now I can walk up and touch it anytime I want. Sometimes you Norm Macdonald wonder when you look back at your child- Matt Williams SNL “Weekend hood if certain things are going to be the Update” anchor, way you remember them. But everybody created Home Family Guy actor BECKY NO. 2 Improvement and everything is exactly how I remember, which is exactly what I wanted.” When we last saw That’s certainly what the writers are Chalke as Becky After replacing Goranson going for. “We want everybody to see in seasons 6 and 7, she something that doesn’t really exist on TV Joss Whedon reprised the role in the final season. In the finale, Becky anymore, which is an honest family,” says created Buffy Eileen Heisler and was actually with David. the Vampire Slayer, DeAnn Heline Helford. “There’s not much of that. Every- Who she’ll play now Angel, and Dollhouse created The Middle thing is higher-toned or more niche. These Chalke will return as Andrea, a married woman in need of a people are very much in the core of what’s surrogate who turns to Becky going on in the country right now.” to carry her child. And the best part—at least for Barr—is What Chalke’s been up to The former Scrubs star had that this time, she’s listed as the show’s sole Carrie Fisher a recurring guest role on creator. “Being 65, I don’t have any time for Though technically the How I Met Your Mother and has Chuck Lorre bulls---,” she says. “So I’m not going to go series didn’t launch most recently been seen created Cybill, Dharma her career, the Star on Speechless. She also voices through anybody’s personal issues that take Beth on Rick and Morty. & Greg, Two and a Wars legend did serve precedence over the show. I know I owe Half Men, and The Big as a writer for one Bang Theory episode of Roseanne. product by a certain time and I have to pro- duce it. That discipline, I missed it a little.” Let the parade begin. X

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28 EW.COM JANUARY 12, 2018 SHIRI APPLEBY KNOWS FANS DISLIKED their second date with UnREAL. “I mean, I kind of agreed,” the actress says of the largely negative reviews of the drama’s follow-up to its award-winning first impres- sion. “I felt the same way. But it was sort of like, ‘Okay, it’s here in print, so let’s just address it and make the show better.’” And what better way to win someone back than with a grand gesture? In lieu of offering viewers dozens and dozens of roses, UnREAL—about the manipulative crew behind a reality dating competition named Everlasting—focuses its third season on a woman sorting through scores of potential male suitors. The series- within-the-series’ new bachelorette is tech mogul Serena (Caitlin FitzGerald), who poses a unique challenge to Everlasting’s überproducers Quinn (Constance Zimmer) and Rachel (Appleby): She’s the She’s taken down terrorists, ways more like the EP’s previous first competitor who’s genuinely interested ex-lovers, and terrorist ex-lovers, political thriller, Fox’s bombastic in falling in love. Unlike former leads, but can Carrie Mathison bring 24. “That is certainly true, down a corrupt president? For although it’s a much quieter sea- Serena has a sterling reputation and its seventh and possibly pen- son than a 24 season might be,” doesn’t need the show’s promise of good ultimate season, Showtime’s Gansa says. “It’s hopefully done PR. Instead, new showrunner Stacy acclaimed espionage thriller is in a sophisticated way. Carrie has not turned into Jack Bauer, Rukeyser explains, “Serena is in that all- launching its most ambitious story line yet as the ex–CIA and Saul is very much Saul too-familiar predicament in which she’s officer (Claire Danes) takes aim Berenson.” Speaking of Saul doing really well at work and she’s rising at Elizabeth Keane (Elizabeth (Mandy Patinkin), he’s struck a Marvel), a paranoid and over- deal with Keane to get out of up the ladder, but the higher up she goes, prison and join her staff as he reaching Commander-in-Chief the harder it is to find a man.” tries to steer her administration hell-bent on undermining ethically from the inside. But That conflict, Appleby notes, “cen- democracy. “We get to pull out being on Team Keane puts him tered” the season. “We asked, ‘How do we all the stops this year,” show-

: ANTONY PLATT/SHOWTIME (2) ( Above ) on a collision course with his get this show back to what worked?’ And Elizabeth runner Alex Gansa says. “We get former colleague. Teases Marvel and a story with larger national Gansa: “The season is an explo- what worked was making it a show about Mandy stakes and then arrange all the HOMELAND Patinkin; ration of the relationship feminism,” she says. “[With Serena], we ( below ) ppiecese on the chessboard.” The between Carrie and Saul, who could explore what it means to be a work- Claire Danes result is a seaso n thaast’s in some e find themselves on opposite ing woman and find love. What are the sides of the fence. She’s facing a president and an administration obstacles? Will men find you attractive if that she feels is abusing its you’re more successful than them, or will power, and doing her damned- they feel emasculated by you? How do you est to bring that president to

: BETTINA STRAUSS/LIFETIME (2); account.” Which, of course, overcome that?” Maybe Everlasting has the has no parallels to current D.C.

UNREAL answers. —SHIRLEY LI politics! —JAMES HIBBERD HBO, Netflix…TNT? The basic- enforcement outsiders with their cable network best known for own forensic methods. “I hadn’t live sports and Law & Order necessarily thought about doing reruns is making a play for the TV,” admits Evans, fresh off his prestige-television big leagues turn as Gaston in Disney’s block- with its newest offering: a gor- buster Beauty and the Beast geously shot, richly ambitious reboot. “But I hadn’t necessarily adaptation of Caleb Carr’s best- not thought about doing it, selling 1994 novel of the same either. This is my first—kind of all name. Shot on a sprawling set in of our firsts—and that says a lot, Budapest and spread over a I think, about the caliber of work sumptuous 10-episode arc (the that you see on television now.” first three eps were directed by Their characters don’t have offi- The Fall and London Spy director cial access to the cases, which Jakob Verbruggen), the limited won’t make it easy. But Evans, series explores a fictional string for one, enjoyed the challenge: of child murders in late-19th- “To present an authentic 1890s century New York. But it’s just as Lower East Side and make it feel much a slow-burn character almost like a true story, that melt- study and dramatic showcase ing pot of culture and religion for its three starry leads, Daniel and races, it’s so exciting.” Not Brühl, Dakota Fanning, and Luke just for the cast and crew but Evans—each rarely seen on the also viewers—and maybe Emmy small screen—as a trio of law voters, too. —LEAH GREENBLATT THE ALIENIST

Dakota Fanning, Daniel Brühl, and Luke : JESSE GIDDINGS/TNT; Evans 9-1-1 : FOX (3) ( Clockwise from left ) Sarah Hay, Peter Krause, and Kenneth Choi; Oliver Stark, Krause, and Angela Bassett; Connie Britton

snake handler said, ‘If she starts to fight you, you let her go.’ I said, ‘No problem!’” says Krause, laughing. 9-1-1 will take breaths to examine the personal lives of these first responders, too. Bassett’s Athena is dealing with a secretly gay husband while Britton’s Abby struggles to take care of a mother with dementia, and Krause’s Bobby is battling back from alcohol addiction. But the stand- out moments are the elaborate, edge-of- your-seat emergencies like a roller-coaster malfunction or a plane crash. “They are IMAGINE THIRD WATCH ON STEROIDS AND clutter with star casting and urgent, imme- really big set pieces,” says Bassett. “I mean, you have a sense of the visceral excitement diate stories.” The high-voltage drama they literally made the ocean that this of the most thrilling new show of winter. boasts a cast led by Angela Bassett, Peter plane crashes into. Hopefully, it will just “The point of the show is to be in-your- Krause, and Connie Britton playing a cop, look grand.” Adds Krause: “There are times face,” says Ryan Murphy, who executive- a firefighter, and a 911 operator, respec- where we’re not acting. People will watch produces the series with Brad Falchuk and tively, and follows them through multiple this show and think there’s a lot of green- Tim Minear (American Horror Story). “I intense rescue scenes per episode, includ- screen, but there’s not. It’s all frickin’ real.” think the only way to get a hit nowadays ing one that forced Krause to battle a giant Viewer discretion (and sedatives) are on network television is to cut through the python that’s suffocating its owner. “The advised. —TIM STACK

JANUARY 12, 2018 EW.COM 31 NO OTHER COLLEGE-SET SHOW IN RECENT HISTORY (SAVE, Neither of you has been to maybe, Community) has captured the diverse group of people you college. What has it been like working on the show? meet during your freshman year quite like Freeform’s black-ish YARA SHAHIDI I had a whole lot spin-off does. Sure, the woke sitcom, centered on Yara Shahidi’s of firsts on set. Francia was there Zoey Johnson, covers relatable first-year experiences—think sex, for, I think, one of my favorite drugs, and midterm exams. But its beating heart is the colorful cast firsts: cursing. I’m not saying I enjoy cursing, but it was a funny of characters creator Kenya Barris has surrounded Zoey with: Cuban moment in which my character Republican roommate Ana (Francia Raisa), pill-dealing Vivek had to wake up angry and yell (Jordan Buhat), and free-spirited Nomi (Emily Arlook). They may out a curse word. It was one of challenge Zoey’s privileged worldview, but isn’t that the point of the first episodes we shot, and I just was not used to it. So I lit- higher education? EW talked to stars Shahidi, 17, and Raisa, 29, to erally go, “Fudge!” We looked at get the 101 on this different world. —CHANCELLOR AGARD each other and started laughing. GROWN-ISH AND RAISA: POOLE/FREEFORM AARON : RON TOM/FREEFORM; SHAHIDI TOM/FREEFORM; : RON

Francia Raisa and Yara Shahidi on grown-ish FRANCIA RAISA I didn’t go college, and on my first day to college, and I’m the oldest I went to my first college party. one on set. At first I was like, SHAHIDI What’s really interest- “Oh, I’m going to be the big ing is because they shot it in sister,” but I look up to Yara and chronological order, in particular [sisters] Chloe and Halle [Bailey] our story line in the first episode, because they’re just so wise it really did set the tone for the and we have such a great chem- beginning of our relationship. istry and we have so much fun The first couple of scenes going to my first frat party, my we’re in together don’t go as first Adderall experience—kind beautifully as Zoey and Ana of—and dealing with first sexual had planned. experiences. It’s fun going back in that time and actually getting This show looks like it’s a a taste of it for myself. blast to work on. Is the set as fun as it looks? What was the first scene you SHAHIDI What I personally love guys shot together? so much about our characters’ RAISA It’s hard to say without relationship is that we’re allowed giving any spoilers, but to, as Francia and Yara, have let’s just say that I didn’t go to so much fun on set, and then have those really emotional scenes. [To Raisa] Those scenes we have together are so special to me because I feel there’s just a natural reaction that is evoked from whenever I act alongside you. I don’t even have to try and act like Zoey ’cause I can’t help but feel what you are emitting and emoting. RAISA Because we’re develop- ing such personal relationships off screen, it really comes on screen. We look forward to scenes together. It’s like a party for us, and I feel bad for the crew sometimes because we never hear “Action!” because we’re legit talking. When you watch the show and you see some ad-libbing, those are real conversations.

In your opinion, how will grown-ish stand out from other college series? SHAHIDI I feel pretty darn lucky about the cast we’ve been able to create and just our relationship, because that really shows through. RAISA I grew up in the Saved by the Bell/90210 era, and this comedy is so different. I know that was high school, but even when they went to college they were more focused on the love triangles. This show has that too, but it goes beyond that. I’ve never seen a show that’s been so involved in today’s world, meaning politics—peo- ple’s views are seen and heard. I’ve personally learned so much from it. I think this show really, really portrays why it’s important to be involved in our society.

JANUARY 12, 2018 EW.COM 33 ( From left ) Josh Duhamel; Marcc Rose and Wavyy Jonez

UNSOLVED: THE MURDERS OF TUPAC AND THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.

TWENTY YEARS AGO, TWO OF THE MOST famous musicians in the world were mur- dered, in public, within six months of each other. Almost everyone knows about Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, but no one has ever pinpointed exactly who killed them or why. Unsolved, from showrunner Kyle Long, dives into attempts to solve the cases. The story is set across three different timelines: early 1996, when Biggie (Wavyy Jonez) and

34 EW.COM JANUARY 12, 2018 Tupac (Marcc Rose, who also played the rapper in Straight Outta Compton) are young friends; 1997, as Los Angeles detective Russell Poole (Jimmi Simpson) leads the Three suburban moms are more entertaining. “They are in investigation into Biggie’s death; and 2006, about to give a new meaning bed with some not-so-desirable to the phrase “breaking bad.” people,” showrunner Jenna when a new task force headed by Greg Kad- (Think: less meth and more Bans (Scandal) says. “It’s this ing (Josh Duhamel) reopens the case. humor.) On Good Girls, lifelong strange mix of [this being] a “I moved to L.A. just months before Big- friends Ruby (Retta), Annie (Mae really bad idea but at the same Whitman), and Beth (Christina time it’s empowering and gie got killed, and I was around Biggie’s Hendricks) all find themselves they’re making a lot of money.” age,” Long says. “I just have been fascinated in desperate need of money, As Hendricks puts it, at its heart : STEVE DIETL/NBC by it ever since.” But it was reading Kading’s so they decide to rob a grocery “the series is about women store…with toy guns. The result trying to get their power back.” book Murder Rap that made the story click is a deliciously funny new series By combining dark comedy

GOOD GIRLS GOOD for Long. “I think that’s an aspect of the about how far women will go with three strong female pro- investigation even the ‘dorks’ about this for their families. “These women tagonists, Good Girls is just are all inherently quirky people what you need to escape from case don’t know that much about. I was like, in ludicrous scenarios, so we’re today’s reality. “It’s a fun bal- Now I know how to do this as a television just trying to deliver honest ance of grounded character show: with a dual-investigation story line.” storytelling. But it ends up being drama and wish fulfillment,” pretty hilarious at the same Bans says. “You really get to The cases remain unsolved, but Long time,” Hendricks says. And the know these people, and you’ll hopes that by exploring all the different ways grocery store is only the begin- want to welcome them into your people have thought about these murders ning. When the women realize homes. At least I’m hoping they accidentally robbed a you will.” Spoiler alert: You will. over the years, new insights will surface. gangster, their lives become —SAMANTHA HIGHFILL “We’re following what a cop thought in ’97,

and then we’re following what the task force Christina Hendricks, landed on in the later years. We’re not saying Mae that either one’s right, we’re just telling you Whitman, and Retta what happened,” Long says. “But we’ve got some fascinating stuff on screen that people don’t know about. It’s an unsolved murder, but I think the finale will give some closure to it all. It’s not a happy ending, I will tell you

DUHAMEL: RICHIE KNAPP/USA NETWORK; ROSE AND JONEZ: ISABELLA VOSMIKOVA/USA NETWORK; that.” —CHRISTIAN HOLUB ON THE STARZ SCI-FI ESPIONAGE DRAMA, Howard Silk (played by the inimitable J.K. Simmons) works in the interface depart- ment of a spy agency, performing a mundane job he doesn’t really understand. But his stagnant routine is disrupted when he finds himself in an interrogation room with…him- self. Only the doppelgänger’s not totally THE ASSASSINATION him. “I wanted to make a show that depicted two versions of the same self in conversa- OF GIANNI VERSACE: tion,” says creator Justin Marks. “I’ve always AMERICAN CRIME STORY wondered how choices I’ve made have formed aspects of who I’ve become.” The thriller is set in an alternative version of present-day Germany, with the Berlin Wall still standing and serving as a metaphysical construct—a crossing point between two par- allel worlds that formed 30 years ago when Designer Gianni Versace (Edgar psychotic. “I did as much an experiment gone wrong split reality. Ramírez) may be in the title research as humanly possible,” of the latest installment of Ryan says Criss, before adding that, Though Howard and Prime (as he’s called, Murphy’s American Crime more importantly, he needed to to differentiate the two Howards) share a Story anthology series, but “be available to all emotions at past, their lives have diverged as time has The Assassination of Gianni Ver- all times. At any point Andrew’s sace is as much about his killer, ready to fire off in any direction. passed. Likewise, their surroundings have Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss). You can’t really prepare for evolved—socially, politically, and technolog- Based on Vulgar Favors by that.” Despite casting him as a ically. “Neither world is better or worse than Maureen Orth, Versace begins squeaky-clean teen years ago, with the titular July 1997 event Murphy knew Criss was ready to the other,” explains Marks. “They’re just and time-jumps to show how shatter that image. “An actor is advanced in different ways because of the both men arrived at a tragic end. only as good as their opportu- nuances and details of each history.” “When you think of Versace, you nity,” Murphy says. “When I saw think of excess, flamboyance, him in Hedwig [and the Angry In both realms—each rife with conspiracy and theatricality,” says Murphy Inch on Broadway], I knew he ( Above ) and mistrust—turning to the person who (The People v. O.J. Simpson). “I was capable of great darkness.” Penélope JEFF DALY/FX;CRUZ: RAY CRISS: MICKSHAW/FX Cruz; knows you inside out isn’t necessarily the was interested in really showing Better cover your eyes, Gleeks. ( below ) the pain of what happened and —TIM STACK Darren Criss safest option. “As the series goes on, we ask, the collateral damage.” ‘Can these two exist in the same space with- The phenomenal cast includes out somehow destroying each other’s lives?’” a heartbreaking Penélope Cruz as Versace’s sister, Donatella, says Marks. “The answer is ‘Absolutely not.’” but the revelation is Criss. Here, Marks takes us inside a fraught Best known for playing Blaine moment between the two Howards in the on Murphy’s Glee, he vacillates between being charming, pilot, which gives a taste of the scrupulously pathetic, ruthless, and structured narrative to come. —RUTH KINANE

36 EW.COM JANUARY 12, 2018 “Prime projects his own inherent self-hatred onto Howard,” shares J.K. creator Justin Simmons Marks. “We all have and J.K. certain things that Simmons we’re angry with ourselves about or wish we were better at. Prime looks at Howard like the weakest part of himself. That may not be true, and this scene really gets into what this show is in a lot of ways: a boxing match between these two selves.”

“That ‘Or right’ is a key line for the whole season” says Marks. “Who’s to “I didn’t want say this other man to make Howard a is the more fulfilled younger person,” version? That’s the says Marks. sort of tension “I wanted to make between them that sure he had some I really love. The mileage and history story is wrapped up of choices to around that idea compare to himself. of Which self is the Playing Prime is just better self?” a question of play- ing Howard without the nonsense, but playing the main Howard—whose wife is in a coma—

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or battling aliens,” says Cress Williams, who stars as the electricity-powered title char- acter. “It really is looking at real- life problems in an actual city and in an actual neighborhood and trying to conquer those problems—i.e., drugs and cor- ruption, gun violence, police vio- lence, and just oppression that happens below the poverty line.” When the show begins, Black Lightning the superhero is no more. There’s only Jeffer- son Pierce, a father of two who retired from crime-fighting nine years ago in order to keep his family together and is cur- rently the principal of a charter school. However, when the local 100 gang threatens his daughters, Jennifer (China Anne Black Lightning is unlike any of McClain) and Anissa (Nafessa the CW’s other caped offerings— Williams), he’s pulled back into and not just because of its pre- the game. And it’s that focus dominantly black cast. On The on family that also helps differ- Flash the Scarlet Speedster pro- entiate the drama from its tects the multiverse from evil- network siblings. “I started out doers, and on Supergirl the Girl thinking family drama first,” of Steel fends off extraterrestrial says showrunner Salim Akil, threats. But on this new series— whose wife, Mara Brock Akil overseen by Arrowverse over- (Being Mary Jane), is also an EP. lord Greg Berlanti—the super- “I wanted every person— hero is more concerned with Hispanic, white, black, Asian, mortal-world problems. whoever you are—to be able “The conflict here is not to recognize yourself.”

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preferably in the key of D. because what use is a Taken Divorce You know, for drama. master’s degree in witch- craft in a world without it? New showrunner Greg Sarah Jessica Parker tries JAN. 7 Plageman (Person of Inter- to believe in life after love. NEW The Chi JAN. 12 est) brings a, well, very (Please help her, Cher!) NEW Philip K. Dick’s particular set of skills. JAN. 3 Lena Waithe and Common Electric Dreams Crashing The Amazing Race explore Chicago’s South JAN. 14 Side in this sprawling A.k.a. Black Mirror Lite, Masterpiece: Victoria Professional couch-surfer The Emmy-winning series coming-of-age story. with Anna Paquin, Terrence Pete Holmes dives into begins lap 30 of its impres- Howard, and more. (Android Jenna Coleman is the cure the “alternative comedy” sive run/drive/flight/swim/ JAN. 9 sheep not included.) for your Crown withdrawal. scene in season 2. crawl/climb/speed-walk. America’s Next Top Model Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes on Victoria NEW grown-ish Come for Tyra Banks’ return, but stay for guest appear- The X-Files ances from RuPaul’s Drag Race alums Katya, Valentina, We want to believe this and Manila Luzon. won’t be Gillian Anderson’s last season as Dana Scully. NEW Undercover High

NEW 9-1-1 Seven twentysomethings go incognito in a Kansas Match Game high school to find out what the kids are really A reminder that Alec Baldwin into these days. (We bet has a career outside of play- it’s not Pokémon GO.) ing Donald Trump on SNL. JAN. 10 JAN. 4 NEW Alone Together NEW The Four: Battle for Stardom The Lonely Island produced this buddy comedy about Judge Sean “Diddy” Combs a male/female relationship says this series will “disrupt that’s—gasp!—platonic the world of competition (until the midseason finale, television.” Oh, like how he at least). disrupted his stage names? The Magicians Nashville Quentin (Jason Ralph) The country-music soap and the gang endeavor delivers its swan song, to bring magic back,

40 EW.COM JANUARY 12, 2018 Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Lisa Kudrow on Grace and Frankie JAN. 16 Summer House NEW Black Lightning Entitled millennials return to the Hamptons for another JAN. 17 season of debauchery. The Path JAN. 23 In season 3, new cult leader Baskets Eddie (Aaron Paul) tries to make his cult look less like a Louis C.K. is no longer listed cult to the public. Good luck as an EP on the series, so with that. you don’t have to feel guilty about tuning in for season 3. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American NEW Bellevue Crime Story Yet another “sad cop investi- gates a mysterious disap- NEW Corporate pearance in an even sadder town” show. This one stars A dark workplace comedy Anna Paquin. about how soul-crushing it is to work for the Man. The Quad

JAN. 18 The university faces bank- NEW Black Card Revoked ruptcy in season 2. Talk about a sophomore slump… Test your black culture and history IQ with this show Another Period based on the party game JAN. 26 Strike Back FEB. 25 of the same name. The Bellacourt sisters hope One Day at a Time Ash vs Evil Dead The action-thriller comes to make America great Portlandia back from the dead with an again (in the 20th century). The rare reboot that’s great, Ash (Bruce Campbell) must entirely new cast hunting a thanks to its charming cast. fight evil and raise his Rachel Bloom, Terry Crews, terrorist after a prison break. The Detour (Hi, Rita Moreno!) long-lost teenage daughter. and Tessa Thompson help We’re guessing the latter’s Fred Armisen and Carrie FEB. 11 Jason Jones and Natalie Zea’s probably the tougher task. Brownstein bring their hot mess of a family relocates NEW Our Cartoon quirky comedy to an end. to frigid Alaska in season 3. President FEB. 26 NEW Living Biblically JAN. 19 JAN. 24 Stephen Colbert’s animated Grace and Frankie series promises an “all- Schitt’s Creek A friend’s death pushes Jay access look” at POTUS’ R. Ferguson’s Chip to live

: URSULA COYOTE/PARAMOUNT NETWORK URSULA COYOTE/PARAMOUNT : daily life, because Twitter Lisa Kudrow will be there for FEB. 2 his life strictly according to Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. isn’t enough anymore. WACO NEW Let’s Get Physical NEW Altered Carbon the Bible. “This will work out perfectly!” said no one. High Maintenance NEW Here and Now Jane Seymour stars as the What could make someone matriarch of a fitness-crazy NEW Good Girls Season 2 reveals what The walk out on Hamilton? Alan Ball returns to the family. Speaking of which, Guy (Ben Sinclair) gets up For Renée Elise Goldsberry, premium cable channel with how’syourNewYear’sresoo - to when he’s not dealing thisthissc sci-fii-fidrama. drama. a darkly comedic drama lution going? UnREAL drugs. (Hint: It’s not doing about a family. Hmm, that them, either.) sounds familiar... : MELISSA MOSELEY/NETFLIX; MELISSA : NEW Waco FEB. 27 Homeland JAN. 21 NEW Unsolved: The NEW Counterpart Taylor Kitsch returns to the Murders of Tupac and the Lone Star State to play Notorious B.I.G. David Koresh, a cult leader FEB. 16 GRACE AND FRANKIE ; NEW The Resident who thought himself a Mozart in the Jungle prophet. Um, Texas forever?e FEB. 28 nIn these troubling times, What Matt Czuchry is doing NEW The Looming until Robert and Michelle JAN. 25 itt’s nice to knowa MASTERPIECE Tower delightful and heartwarm- King ask him to join The RuPaul’s Drag Race Good Fight. All Stars ning show about classical Jeff Daniels stars in this music starring Golden series about how the JAN. 22 The best reality show Globe winner Gael rivalry between the CIA NEW Mosaic on TV is back! García Bernal exists. and the FBI contributed (Condragulations!) to the rise of al-Qaeda A famous children’s author FEB. 24 in the late 1990s. (Sharon Stone) vanishes Lip Sync Battle NEW Notes From the Field in this Steven Soderbergh- Survivor directed limited series. Anna Deavere Smith plays : COURTESY OF COURTESY : FOR ITVSTUDIOS2017 © Good luck trying to top Tom 18 characters (!) in this At this point, shouldn’t NEW The Alienist Holland’s rendition of Rihan- powerful adaption of her Survivor just air year-round?

VICTORIA na’s “Umbrella,” celebs. one-woman stage show. —Chancellor Agard

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AMONG THE MANY LIFE LESSONS 2017 HAS taught us is that the future is uncertain. That’s definitely true for this year’s Oscar race, which for the first time in recent mem- THE SHAPE OF WATER OF SHAPE THE ory appears to have no indisputable front- Best Picture runner. This is, to be clear, great news, The lack of an obvious front-runner means this year’s top especially when the films we’re parsing are category might be the most exciting come Oscar night. all so worthy and different from one another. Here’s a breakdown of where the buzziest films stand. Take Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk—so clean BY SARA VILKOMERSON and elegant—a remarkable visual and aural SEARCHLIGHT : FOX feast executed by a filmmaker at the height of his powers and working in perfect harmony with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema and composer Hans “tick tick tick” Zimmer.

42 EW.COM JANUARY 12, 2018 REEL Good Guys Wear Black Men attending the Golden Globes on Jan. 7 will NEWS wear black in solidarity with women protesting sexual harassment. Peggy Cummins (1925–2017), classic femme fatale of 1950’s Gun Crazy, passed away on Dec. 29.

avenging angel spitting Martin McDonagh dialogue with fire and fury—could motivate voters looking for a cinematic retort to our THE current political climate. But Billboards will CONTENDERS have to face off against Steven Spielberg’s Here’s who’s in the running The Post for that distinction. Not only does for a Best Picture nomination. The Post boast heavy hitters Meryl Streep and BY SARA VILKOMERSON Tom Hanks, but its story—a true one about a woman taking down the powers-that-be around her (in a caftan, no less!)—feels like a SERIOUS THREAT direct counterattack on the general garbage GET OUT heap that this year has been for womankind. Women ruled on screen, at least, most notably in Wonder Woman, courtesy of director Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot, who brought Diana Prince—finally!—to the big screen with wit, verve, and passion (and big-time box office). Dee Rees’ Mudbound, a harrowing and beautiful ensemble film, has been haunting audiences since Sun- dance last January. And writer-director Greta Gerwig’s incandescent Lady Bird is shaping POTENTIAL SPOILER up to be this year’s critical charmer, breaking THE FLORIDA PROJECT Rotten Tomatoes’ record-high score as we SURE THINGS speak. It will be a real threat in just about THE POST (above) every major category, including Best Picture. It’s also been a year of fresh faces—bon- DUNKIRK jour, Timothée Chalamet, who gained heart- THE SHAPE OF WATER throb status courtesy of Luca Guadagnino’s elegant and aching Call Me by Your Name— SERIOUS THREATS and voices. Get Out, written and directed by LADY BIRD Jordan Peele, is sharp and incisive and unre- lenting, an astounding achievement for a first- GET OUT time filmmaker. The Florida Project, thanks AND DON’T FORGET ABOUT THREE BILLBOARDS to director Sean Baker, is so vivid and bright OUTSIDE EBBING, THE BIG SICK and…sneaky that you won’t know what’s hit MISSOURI you until after the credits roll. And while we’re CALL ME BY on that topic, did anyone see that final act of YOUR NAME Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread But will voters find its never-surrender ethos coming? If you say yes, I won’t believe you. POTENTIAL SPOILERS : MARC SCHMIDT/ too cerebral an exercise? If Dunkirk is all head, This still leaves a couple of intriguing pos- THE FLORIDA PROJECT Guillermo del Toro’s lush, romantic fairy tale sibilities. Maybe the Academy will decide DARKEST HOUR : NIKO TAVERNISE/FOX NIKO : The Shape of Water is all heart. Its explora- that Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour is more than tion of loneliness and love could prevail, just a showcase for one actor’s incredible MUDBOUND

THE POST THE unless voters find its interspecies romance performance (and yes, Gary Oldman really THE FLORIDA PROJECT just too dang weird for Oscar’s imprimatur. is that good). Or maybe it will want to reward PHANTOM THREAD One could argue that Three Billboards Ridley Scott’s epic gamble on All the Money WONDER WOMAN Outside Ebbing, Missouri is the most timely, in the World for expunging Kevin Spacey and damning, film of the year: a story where from its cast. But our secret wish is that the : AMAZON STUDIOS; KEY Nomination odds ignorance and violence and hatred beget Academy remembers this summer’s sly improving (yes, beget) more of the same. That the romantic comedy The Big Sick.Never : JUSTIN LUBIN/UNIVERSAL; Nomination odds

THE BIG SICK movie is ultimately about the power of kind- underestimate a funny film that can also declining A24; GET OUT GET ness—even with Frances McDormand’s make you cry. And think.

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Daisy Ridley

Is this really the last of Luke Skywalker? We witnessed the end of one of the most beloved characters in movie history. So why did THE LAST JEDI Johnson decide it was time? The filmmaker said his goal was creating a finale for Luke (Mark Hamill) “that pushes the audience and thus the character.” Johnson also pointed out a slight flaw with the vanishing scene: BURNING QUESTIONS “A steel hand should clunk to the ground.”

Did Phasma survive? LTD. LUCASFILM 2017 ILM/© LTD.; HAMILL: LUCASFILM 2017 OLLEY/© JONATHAN RIDLEY: Luke Skywalker finally gets to tell his side of the story in Star Wars: Captain Phasma’s plunge into a fiery abyss The Last Jedi, but the movie leaves a few outlying questions. Now that it’s does not seem like the kind of fall anybody cruising toward mega-blockbuster status at light light speed , here are some could survive—but Phasma isn’t just any- postscreening insights into Episode VIII. OBYC NANTHO NY BREZNIC AN body. Costume designer Michael Kaplan says actress Gwendoline Christie already has an elaborate idea for how she can return Did we learn the truth about Rey’s parents? ? (although she would certainly be burned and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) tells Rey (Daisy scarred). Johnson says he thinks she could Ridley) that she’s nobody, but was he lying?? make a comeback. “Phasma is the Kenny “For me, in that moment Kylo believes it’’s kMar k Hllamilll from South Park of this series,” he joked. the truth,” writer-director Rian Johnson says. “I don’t think he’s purely playing chess. . Did Leia have the power of the Force all I think that’s what he saw when they this time? touched fingers and that’s what he believes. . We’ve seen twinges of second sight from And when he tells her that in that momen,t, her, but we finally see Leia Organa (Carrie she believes it.” But Johnson cautions thaatt Fisher) manifest Force powers during a J.J. Abrams and Argo screenwriter Chris scene in which she’s blasted out into space Terrio, who are currently working on and draws herself back to the shattered Episode IX, could decide differently. bridge. Johnson credits Lucasfilm president

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WINNERS & LOSERS Box Office 2017 Hollywood headlines revolved around the misdeeds of men this year, but women won at the ticket booth. Here’s our look at who soared, and sank, at the movies. BY JOEY NOLFI

WINNERS $138.1 million) set the bar Geostorm and King high in January, while Get Arthur: Legend of the GIRLS TRIPS AND WONDER WOMEN Out ($175.5 million) car- Sword, neither of which ried that momentum slayed even $40 million Women, including women through spring; each was in the U.S. of color, fronted ground- produced for less than breaking hits in 2017. $10 million. The year NUT JOBS AND ONE CRAZY MOTHER The R-rated comedy Girls closed out with the witty Trip pushed well past slasher satire Happy Animated flicks hit a $100 million domestically, Death Day, which crossed rough patch in 2017. An and two female-led block- the $55 million mark on a oversaturated market hurt busters, Beauty and the $4.8 million budget. And flower-smelling bull Ferdi- Beast and Wonder IT scared up a landmark nand (which got off to a Woman, occupy the No. 2 haul for the genre, amass- wilted $13.4 million start), and 3 slots on the year- ing a wicked $327.5 mil- The Star ($35.3 million end chart. Star Wars: The lion to become the top and counting), The LEGO Last Jedi, which centers horror release of all time. Ninjago Movie ($59.3 mil- on a female lead, Rey, fin- lion), Leap! ($21.9 million), ished the year in the top LOSERS and The Nut Job 2: Nutty Gwendoline spot after just opening in Christie by Nature ($28.4 million). mid-December. Even a RUNNERS, KINGS, AND CRUISE Sadly, highbrow offerings women-centric 2016 film, didn’t fare much better. the historical drama Hid- Hefty budgets and A-list Darren Aronofsky’s Kathleen Kennedy for pushing the idea den Figures, made most stars aren’t sure things mother! ($17.8 million) of Leia using the Force. “She kept saying, of its money in 2017, anymore. The $150 mil- fizzled to a matricidal ‘Leia’s a Skywalker. Luke gave her this grossing a rocket-fueled lion Harrison Ford/Ryan $17.8 million, the worst speech in Jedi and told her basically, You $236 million worldwide. Gosling sequel Blade wide finish of Jennifer : STEPHEN VAUGHAN/ Runner 2049 and Tom Lawrence’s career. Oscar- have this potential too.’ It seemed to me it STEPFORD WHITES would be a really emotionally impactful AND KILLER CLOWNS Cruise’s $125 million winning director Kathryn : LAURIE SPARHAM/DISNEY LAURIE : thing to see her use it,” the filmmaker said. The Mummy reboot Bigelow’s powerful drama “I liked the idea that it would be an instinc- Knife-wielding psycho- both failed to cross the Detroit managed to paths and sewer-dwelling $100 million mark scrape up only $16.8 mil- BLADE RUNNER 2049 RUNNER BLADE tual thing. This would be more like stories clowns led a menacing domestically. But those lion, and Ridley Scott’s you hear about parents of toddlers who arsenal of modestly looked like minor losses Alien: Covenant struggled get caught under cars, and they get Hulk budgeted horror hits. compared with the costly to hit $74 million with BEAUTY AND THE BEAST THE AND BEAUTY strength and lift the car up.” Split (which took in action-oriented flops a $97 million price tag. What does that final scene mean? The Last Jedi ends in an unusual way, not with

: MICHELE SHORT/UNIVERSAL; K. : the heroes we know but with the nobodies Girls Trip, Blade we glimpsed only briefly. A little slave boy is Runner 2049, King Arthur: Leg- GIRLS TRIP GIRLS recounting Luke’s confrontation with the end of the Sword, : DANIEL SMITH/WARNER DANIEL BROS.; : First Order, but is scolded back to work in the and Beauty and fathier stables of Canto Bight. As the child the Beast reaches for his broom, it vaults into his hand. Then he gazes up at the stars after admiring the Rebel ring that Rose Tico gave him. In the final shot, he holds the broom aloft like a : ILM/© 2017 LUCASFILM LTD.(2); lightsaber. “It’s mostly about Luke,” John- son says. “To me, it shows that the act Luke KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD THE OF LEGEND ARTHUR: KING Skywalker did…had farther-reaching conse- quences than saving 20 people in a cave. Now the legend of Luke Skywalker is spread-

STAR WARS:STAR THE LAST JEDI WARNER BROS.; ing. Hope is reignited in the galaxy.”

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A– P Phantom Thread HANTOM THREAD Starring Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg S TARRING Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps A– I, TONYA Directed by Craig Gillespie L D IRECTED BY Paul Thomas Anderson Starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney : LAURIE SPARHAM : LAURIE

R ATING R | LENGTH 2 hrs., 10 mins. B+ ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD Directed by Ridley Scott W Starring Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg REVIEW BY Chris Nashawaty @ChrisNashawaty It could (and maybe should) have been a disaster. But / All the Money in the World is a smart, eminently watchable FEATURES FOCUS UNTIL RECENTLY, NEXT TO NOTH- thriller, taut and stylish, and Plummer, as J. Paul Getty, is remarkably good in it. ing was known about Phantom IT NOW WATCH Thread. It was simply “the new B+ THE DISASTER ARTIST Directed by James Franco W ; Paul Thomas Anderson film.” Then, with a Starring James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen WORLD THE IN MONEY THE ALL bombshell announcement from its star, it B+ DOWNSIZING Directed by Alexander Payne W became known as “Daniel Day-Lewis’ last Starring Matt Damon, Hong Chau, Christoph Waltz film before retiring.” Now that it’s finally B+ FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL Directed by Paul McGuigan L here, the movie can be called what it really Starring Jamie Bell, Annette Bening, Julie Walters

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B+ STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Directed by Rian Johnson KEYTE GILES and a bit underwhelming. Unlike Ander- Starring Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher son’s best films (Boogie Nights, Magnolia), / Phantom Threadd feels emotionally remote— TRISTAR; B THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Directed by Michael Gracey W far easier to admire than surrender to. It Starring Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron seems to exist under glass. Dandied up in a THE GREATEST SHOWMA The movie never quite stops feeling like Moulin Rouge! bespoke suit and natty bow tie, Day-Lewis written in extra-large block font, or like Broadway plays Reynolds Woodcock, a renowned projected straight onto a big screen, which certainly isn’t bad news if that’s exactly what you love. dressmaker in 1950s London, who lords B PITCH PERFECT 3 Directed by Trish Sie W over his bustling atelier alongside his impe- N : NIKO TAVERNISE rious sister, Cyril (a wonderfully clipped Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow and chilly Lesley Manville). Problem is, B– THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS Directed by Bharat Nalluri W Reynolds is in a creative funk. He needs a Starring Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce / FOX new muse. And he finds one in Vicky Krieps’ WITH CAUTION PROCEED C+ FERDINAND Directed by Carlos Saldanha W ; JUMANJI: WEL Alma—a waitress whose air of continental Starring John Cena, Bobby Cannavale, Kate McKinnon hauteur despite modest circumstances he

can’t shake. On their first date, Reynolds W C C JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Directed by Jake Kasdan JUNGL TO THE OME brings Alma to his studio and fits her for a Starring Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart gown, which Day-Lewis turns into a dance Welcome to the Jungle isn’t a bad movie. It’s a diverting, of seduction. The first half of the film is mildly amusing, competent bit of big-budget studio prod- uct. But in the process it manages to make the original E

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SKIP IT Jumanji look like a beloved cinema classic. Then it takes a kinky (and slightly goofy) C– WONDER WHEEL Directed by Woody Allen W detour that finally gives it some urgency,

Starring Kate Winslet, Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple / shifting from too-tame to torrid. It’s a wel- SON come twist, but it’s also too little too late. B Y

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AST BREAKF The Flapjack SPECIAL Strikes Back Awaken to the sweet smell of C-3POat pancakes from The Star Wars Cookbook. After all, dinner was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. BY RUTH KINANE

INGREDIENTS

2 cups quick- 2½ tsp. baking powder cooking oats 1 tsp. salt for seasoning 2 cups low-fat milk 1 tsp. ground cinnamon or buttermilk ⅓ cup golden raisins ¼ cup vegetable oil 2 tbsp. unsalted butter 2 large eggs Maple syrup or jam for ¾ cup whole-wheat flour serving 2 tbsp. granulated sugar

1 In a large bowl, surface and edges combine oats and areset,2to3min- milk; soak for 10 utes.Flipwithspatula minutes. Whisk and cook until golden, in oil and eggs. 1 to 2 minutes more.

2 In a separate large 6 Transfer pancakes bowl, whisk together to baking sheet; flour, sugar, cinnamon, place in preheated baking powder, and oven to keep warm. salt. Add raisins and Repeat with the toss to coat them. remaining batter.

3 Add oat mixture to 7 Serve with maple flour mixture and stir syrup or jam.

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“Adding oatmeal to the bat- BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S 5 Heat a skillet over ter makes [the pancakes] medium heat, add 1 hearty and healthy, and tsp. butter, and swirl golden raisins are a nod to to coat bottom of the droid’s metal body,” pan. Pour ¼ cup bat- says author Lara Starr. ter per pancake into The Star Wars Cookbook: : PARAMOUNT/KOBAL/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK; skillet. Cook until BB-Ate: Awaken to the Force of Breakfast and Brunch is bubbles appear on on sale Jan. 16.

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Edited By | AMY WILKINSON @AMYMWILK A TALE OF TWO CITIES A pair of Showtime series— the freshman comedy SMILF and the upcoming drama The Chi—examine life’s hard truths through the autobio- geographic lenses of creators Frankie Shaw and Lena Waithe. BY DARREN FRANICH

SMILF IS A HALF-HOUR SITCOM about the hilarious misery of single motherhood. The Chi is an hour-long drama (debuting (Showtime) and a certain experience as a young single tangled sexuality of a Todd Jan. 7) about an act of violence autobio-geographic specificity. mom, and there’s a blunt confes- Solondz movie. There’s an exper- that reverberates throughout The Chi creator Lena Waithe sional humor to her single-mom imental undercurrent to the a community. But sitcoms and grew up in Chicago. SMILF struggles. Bridgette debases mature-content transgressions. dramas aren’t as different as creator-star Frankie Shaw is a herself to pay the rent, then One episode remixed Run Lola they once were. Comedies can Boston native. Southie’s not the couch-crashes with her infant Run into a triptych of alternate break your heart—SMILF had South Side, but life can suck son, Larry (twins Anna and realities, complete with a drug a quiet-desperation plotline anywhere, and both shows ben- Alexandra Reimer), when the trip and a symbolically murder- involving working-class matri- efit from a real sense of place. rent money runs out. Every day’s ous hearse. Like a lot of modern arch Tutu’s (Rosie O’Donnell) SMILF’s first season just a battle—financial problems, sitcoms, there’s a willingness slouch close to suicide—and ended on Dec. 31 and has an eating disorder, her sincere here to throw anything at the modern dramas can trend play- earned a couple Golden Globe attempt to make her boy a better wall: religion, drug addiction, ful—The Chi’s broadly a crime nominations. The title is awful, man than any guy she’s ever sexual abuse, the argument that story, but its most compelling sounding like an elevator pitch known—but her personal life Wonder Woman fandom isn’t too arc follows the local elementary just horrible enough to succeed. is also an upbeat mess of surreal different from Barbie worship, school production of The Wiz. Shaw herself plays Bridgette, shenanigans. This show’s weird, the life-affirming possibilities The series share a network a character based on her own man, with all the body fluids and of potty training. It doesn’t all

50 EW.COM JANUARY 12, 2018 LOGLINES Morning Makeover Hoda Kotb will replace Matt Lauer as the coanchor of Today alongside Savannah Guthrie. Netflix’s Gotta Have It The Spike Lee series She’s Gotta Have It, a reboot of the director’s 1986 film, was renewed for a second season.

Frankie Shaw on SMILF; Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine and Common on The Chi FREIDA PINTO FOLLOWSTHEPATH The 33-year-old actress gives us the scoop work—the alcoholic closeted like Sonja Sohn and Steven Wil- on the sleek publicist poised to shake up season Catholic priest gym buddy was liams are locked into static 3 of Hulu’s cult drama (returning Jan. 17). a bit much—but I love the show’s moods of boozy depression BY KELLY CONNOLLY willingness to try. and mysterious leering, respec- The Chi’s narrative ambitions tively. Jason Mitchell—brilliant are bigger, its title about as bad, as Eazy-E in Straight Outta Had you seen The Path people. You can’t forget that and the execution a little too Compton—is saddled with a before signing on? he has an ex-wife; he’s got history there. safe and familiar. Like Shaw, listless central character, I caught up on seasons 1 and 2 and quite enjoy it. Waithe is an ascendant creative whiplashing unconvincingly What I noticed when I was What draws you to a role? voice, coming off an Emmy for from grief to vengeance. watching is that it’s really Complexity. I think it’s really her own heartfelt-experimental It’s a well-intentioned bore, an exposition on gender boring if the character is sitcom experience writing Mas- best when it leaves behind the dynamics within a cult, or one-dimensional. I don’t ter of None. The premiere opens body-pileup intrigue to focus within any kind of system, think anyone is one way or with cheerful teenager Coogie on the peculiar rhythms of like a workplace or church. the other, and you can’t fairly (Jahking Guillory) finding a everyday life in the neighbor- I found it fascinating. judge someone for being a dead body, and the show hood. Alex Hibbert (Moonlight) certain way without knowing where they come from. wants to track how that discov- is giving one of TV’s best kid It sounds like your character is giving ery butterfly-effects into a performances, juggling the Meyerism a face-lift. You starred in Showtime’s communal crisis: corrupt cops desperate possibilities of teen Vera is a main linchpin in Guerrilla earlier this and sensitive criminals, trendy romance with the impending season 3. She’s not a Meyer- year. How does TV compare restaurants and gentrifying real desperation of life in a neigh- ist, but she’s helping the to film? estate. But there’s a slow-burn borhood caught between movement grow. But she Guerrilla honestly felt like has her own agenda. two really intense indepen-

: PARRISH LEWIS/SHOWTIME; PINTO: JEFF NEUMANN/HULU style here, common to a lot income inequality and violence. of bland dramas, with character He’s so heartbreaking he dent films shot back-to- What’s her dynamic back. But with The Path, THE CHITHE arcs reiterated without forward should be on a sitcom. even though Jessica Gold- momentum. Fine actors SMILF: B+ The Chi: C+ with new chosen one Eddie(AaronPaul)? berg is the showrunner, we There will be a lot of roman- had a couple of different tic connections, but it’s writers and different direc- SITCOMS AND DRAMAS AREN’T AS DIFFERENT a very complex relationship. tors. So I feel like The Path There’s a lot that is going was my first TV experience. AS THEY ONCE WERE. COMEDIES CAN BREAK YOUR togetrevealedintime I’m not saying one’s better : LACEY TERRELL/SHOWTIME; LACEY : as the episodes progress than the other, but it’s

SMILF HEART, AND DRAMAS CAN TREND PLAYFUL.” that is going to shake different for sure.

JANUARY 12, 2018 EW.COM 51 TV

SPOILER The X-Files Turns 25— ALERT DON’T READ UNTIL YOU’VE WATCHED THE X-FILES SEASON PREMIERE and Acknowledges 45 Creator Chris Carter explains how the president—and the premiere’s bonkers reveal— BISHOP/NBC; LLOYD MEYERS: HOLMES/ABC; RANDY KIMMEL: HARVEY/FOX; SHANE PILEGGI: FALCONER/FOX; ROBERT DUCHOVNY: AND ANDERSON DOCTOR will affect Mulder and Scully’s latest investigations. BY JAMES HIBBERD : BOB D’AMICO/ABC,

YOU MIGHT WANT TO HOLD ON to something: This year The

X-Files turns 25 years old, mak- THE GOOD FIGHT ing it the longest-surviving prime-time drama series on TV, by far. Fox Mulder (David

Duchovny) and Dana Scully PUGLIESE/CBS; : JOE (Gillian Anderson) have investi- gated sci-fi phenomena across four presidential administra- tions, and have now returned for 10 new episodes on Fox, MARVEL’S RUNAWAYS which once again could signal the end of their adventures. For creator Chris Carter, this season marks a different kind of challenge for a show that’s : GREG LEWIS/HULU; famously taken a skeptical and conspiratorial stance against stoic and businesslike govern- ment leadership. Namely: This WILL & GRACE is the first post-Trump-election season, and this president isn’t exactly business as usual. “We’ve come 180 degrees from : ECCLES/NBC ANDREW (2); ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: DONALD ART TRUMP: ADAM STREIBER/NBC; OLSZEWSKI/NBC the post-Watergate years,” Carter says. “We got a presi- ( From top ) dent who is more interested Gillian DNA. “It impacts the show Anderson in conspiracies than the truth. and David in a big way,” Carter says. TWIN PEAKS The X-Files is dealing with a Duchovny; “This fact is hovering over world that’s more akin to it than Mitch them, and everything they

Pileggi SHOWTIME; OF : COURTESY it’s akin to ‘The truth is out do and say to each other is there.’ We’ve had such tonal kind of loaded as they’re walk- shifts in America that The ing in the dark, and this could X-Files almost seems like it’s be exploded in the end.” perfectly suited to address Ah, yes, the end—and when these moments.” Hence the is that, exactly? The season

references to Trump and his finale, written and directed by GLOW

administration, as well as the Carter, concludes with “a PARISE/NETFLIX; : ERICA episode written by fan favorite vertical corner that will get Darin Morgan titled “The Lost people’s attention,” but Art of Forehead Sweat,” based “Home”) playing a dangerous experienced as a much whether there will be another on the Mandela effect, the psy- game, teenage girls attacking younger man,” Carter shares. season rests upon another chological phenomenon of each other, and the never- But those plotlines can’t round of deals with its creator

a large number of people shar- before-told backstory of trump the season premiere’s and tough-to-pin-down cast. INSECURE ing a false memory of a past Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi). out-there revelation—that This batch of episodes, like

event (fake news, if you will). “We learn more about Skinner William isn’t Mulder’s son, but the ones that aired in 2016, : HBO; Other stand-alone episodes and more about his connec- rather was conceived when is officially a “limited series.” will explore a pair of twins (por- tions to Mulder and Scully, Cigarette Smoking Man (Wil- When it comes to The X-Files, THE GOOD trayed by Karin Konoval from and about his young life liam B. Davis) abducted Scully the show’s future is always season 4’s infamous episode and the X-Files moment he and impregnated her with alien its biggest mystery.

52 EW.COM JANUARY 12, 2018 TV WHATWE LEARNED AT TV SCHOOLLASTYEAR Before the DVRs of 2018 get too busy, let’s hope the networks (and you!) resolve to remember these lessons that the tumultuous year of 2017 taught us about television. BY MARC SNETIKER

LATE-NIGHT LOOKS SEXY VIEWERS: KNOW WHAT TIME HEALS EVERYTHING WHEN GROWN UP YOU SIGNED UP FOR So you blew a plotline, Mr. 2017 brought about Upset that the finale of famously Robot! So you flashed forward a seismic shift in late- accessible Twin Peaks didn’t in a finale, Will & Grace! Plenty night that favored inter- actually give you answers? of shows got out of sticky situa- Surprised that your favorite net boyfriends like tions with time and conviction. character died on The Walking Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Dead, a show about characters SUPERPOWERS SHOULD Meyers, who served dying? Call it the Milo Ventimi- BE USED SPARINGLY mature comedy while glia Rule of TV: Don’t be Marvel’s Runaways also tackling tough, shocked when the thing you examined the interior thought-provoking wanted to happen happens. lives of superhumans topics. But sure, Jimmy with Breakfast Club levels of insecurity. Legion Fallon, keep playing SHOW AMERICA, beer pong with Malala. THE BEAUTIFUL kept us guessing with its GLOW, Insecure, The Bold slow-burn surreal vision READ THE ROOM! Type. Yet again, viewers were of mutants. And Iron Fist Sorry, The New Celebrity hungry for stories about punched some people Apprentice. It’s not you, more than just old white men. over dragon bones! Less, it’s…well, you know. we learned, is much WHEN IN DOUBT, more when it comes to ADD “THE GOOD” TO YOUR TITLE how we like our TV super- The success of The Good(s) heroes. (And, in the case Doctor, Fight, and Place of Iron Fist, less of every- can’t be a coincidence. thing would be great.)

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10:01–11PM | ABC Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) has an escapade that would make Janet Jack- son proud. Following his big fight with Dr. Aaron Glassman (Richard Schiff) in the winter finale, the doc abandons his job and hits the road with his delightful neighbor Lea (Paige Spara) for soul-searching—and then some. “He has a bit of an adventure as he starts to figure out where his place in the world is for a moment,” says EP David Shore. Among other things, Shaun and Lea’s flirtatious relationship takes a turn. Teases Shore, “We’re going to see some more firsts for Shaun.” Should we page the love doctor? —Chancellor Agard

TUESDAY JANUARY 9 Tyra Banks Season Finale Marvel’s Runaways

Season Premiere STREAMING | HULU MODEL TOP NEXT AMERICA’S What does Jonah (Julian McMahon) want? America’sNextTopModel Can the Pride move past their failures? And how will the kids survive? After a season TUESDAY, JAN. 9 | 8–9PM | VH1 overstuffed with mysteries, the misfits’ ultimate showdown with their parents

The future of fierce is here as Tyra Banks reclaims her throne yields more questions than answers, and : VH1; the lack of resolution reads more frustrating atop America’s Next Top Model for its cycle 24 premiere. In true fash- than thrilling. Sure, a few secrets are THE GOOD DOCTOR ion, she’s snatching wigs (yes, literally, in a classic casting moment) revealed—Tina (Brittany Ishibashi) finds closure in a potent scene opposite Leslie amid an evolved format that ushers in Nigel Barker’s return and a (Annie Wersching)—and some romances RuPaul’s Drag Race crossover. “I’m always trying to break the mold (finally!) blossom, but the plot has never felt more scattered. If only Old Lace fed on a SCHROTER/ABC; : EIKE of what’s considered beautiful. You’ll see different types of girls diet of extraneous story lines. C+ —Shirley Li that you haven’t seen before on Top Model, in terms of physicality,” Banks says of the cast, which features a grandmother and also a

Trump supporter named Liberty. “Tyra’s a spokesperson for diver- MARVEL’S RUNAWAYS sity…. That’s part of the diversity of America,” co-judge Drew Elliott adds. “I don’t agree with Liberty’s views, but did they impact how I felt about her as a model? They didn’t.” The controversy is balanced, he explains, by ANTM’s signature focus on empower- : GREG LEWIS/HULU ment. But Elliott promises they’re not “taking the fun out of” the competition, either: “You stick 14 girls into a house, put cameras on them all day—it’s gonna be bonkers.” —Joey Nolfi

54 EW.COM JANUARY 12, 2018 *TIMES ARE EASTERN STANDARD AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE TUESDAY JANUARY 9 (cont.) WEDNESDAY JAN 10 THURSDAY JAN 11

CUE THE WATERWORKS LA to Vegas 23rd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards This Is Us 9–9:30PM | FOX 8–10PM | THE CW The flight crew 9–10PM | NBC must deal with After you shake off that Globes In the past, Jack unhappy passen- hangover, swing by this Oscar takes the family on gers who discover bellwether, hosted by Olivia a surprise vacation. they are flying with Munn. The movie race has taken In the present, Kevin a corpse. Uh, who shape—The Shape of Water— takes the family wants to tell them as Guillermo del Toro’s fable on a different kind of that this is also Season Premiere nabbed 14 noms, while Dunkirk, journey after that Oceanic Flight 815? The Magicians Lady Bird, Call Me by Your Name, DUI arrest with Tess and The Post each scored eight. 9–10PM | SYFY in the back seat. Series Debut In TV, limited series Feud: Bette Undercover High Magic is gone, leaving our pro- and Joan (six), Big Little Lies tagonists defenseless as they (five), and Fargo (five) face off, 10–11PM | A&E battle (1) an invasion of fairies, but most important: Will This docuseries sent (2) magical cancer-plus, and Ride With Norman Reedus beat twentysomethings (3) a mythological lamprey bent Teen Mom to win Best Unstruc- undercover as high on revenge. Look, I consumed tured Reality Series? Too many school students the first two seasons and all awards are never enou enoughgh. to show you teenage three Lev Grossman books, and life. It wasn’t easy: I’m still not always sure what’s When producers happening on The Magicians. asked the fake But that hardly seems to matter students why they in a premiere packed with hadn’t filed their sexual innuendo, pop culture reports, they just references (including a drunken rolled their eyes and dance to 50 Cent’s “Ayo Tech- went back to texting nology”), and Margo snark. B their new BFFs. —Dana Schwartz

FRIDAY JAN 12 SAT JAN 13 SUNDAY JANUARY 14

: CRAIG BLANKENHORN/HBO CRAIG : TIME FOR SOME CRIME Season Premiere Crashing

CRUISING Live PD 10:30–11 PM | HBO 9PM–MIDNIGHT | A&E Real-life stand-up Pete Holmes’ less suc- Bad boys, bad boys, cessful onscreen alter ego “Pete” continues whatcha gonna do to stumble around the New York comedy :AMAZON PRIME; :AMAZON when they come for scene like a moonfaced fawn on this sitcom. you in real time? As in season 1, the emphasis is on character development rather than cracking up Your Worst viewers, though Doug Benson, Artie Lange, Nightmare and Bill Burr inspire chuckles by playing versions of themselves. The best line of the 9–10PM | ID Series Debut first few episodes comes in the second Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Two sisters cross show and is delivered by a certain TV doctor

PHILIP K. DICK’S ELECTRIC DREAMS ELECTRIC DICK’S K. PHILIP paths with an ex- to Pete, who has received a face massage STREAMING | AMAZON con “in an explosive involving marijuana-infused oil: “I know Black Mirror isn’t the only sci-fi anthology way.” Live PD, mind you’re high. I’m Dr. Oz.” B —Clark Collis series. Based on the often mined short hopping in here? stories of Philip K. Dick and featuring

: FOX SEARCHLIGHT; an all-star cast (the first episode includes Anna Paquin and Terrence Howard), Dreams explores more of the author’s futuristic worlds. “If you look at it just briefly, the glimpsed opinion is that it’s a dystopian sci-fi show,” shares EP Bryan THE SHAPE OF WATER OF SHAPE THE Cranston, who stars in episode 3. “But

: SYFY; thematically, every episode has a relatable, useful human element to it, whether it’s tackling xenophobia, jealousy, greed, or privacy.” For dark-anthology fans, this

THE MAGICIANS THE might be in the Zone. —Derek Lawrence

ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVE FLANAGAN JANUARY 12, 2018 EW.COM 55 Music

Edited By | NOLAN FEENEY @NOLANFEENEY The Ultimate 2017 Album Swap Have the biggest records of the year worn out their welcome? Trade in your favorites for under-the-radar releases you might have missed. BY EW STAFF

LOVE THIS? TRY THIS! JAY-Z: JIM DYSON/GETTY IMAGES; MENSA: NOAM GALAI/GETTY IMAGES

JAY-Z VIC MENSA 4:44 The Autobiography

Jay signed Mensa to his Roc Nation label, called him a “once-in-a-lifetime artist,” and brought him on this year’s 4:44 arena tour. It’s evident why. Revered beatsmith No I.D. executive- produced both rappers’ LPs, girding their deeply personal rhymes with dusty blasts of soul.

56 EW.COM JANUARY 12, 2018 NOTEWORTHY Ditching the “Suit & Tie” Justin Timberlake announced that his rootsy new album, Man of the Woods, will arrive Feb. 2. Playlister-in-Chief Barack Obama shared on Logic, Taylor Swift, and Facebook his favorite songs from 2017, including Foo Fighters’ tunes by Camila Cabello, SZA, and Harry Styles. Dave Grohl

LOVE THIS? TRY THIS! LOVE THIS? TRY THIS! LOVE THIS? TRY THIS!

TAYLOR SWIFT ALY & AJ KELSEA BALLERINI CARLY PEARCE LANA DEL REY BILLIE EILISH reputation Ten Years Unapologetically Every Little Thing Lust for Life don’t smile at me Swift’s latest juggernaut of an album alternated These two country singers embrace all the frills If Del Rey’s lush tunes are a little too somnolent between electroclash battle cries and tender synth- of modern pop production, but their songwriting for you, let 16-year-old Eilish jolt you awake pop confessions. This EP, from the duo behind is hardly fluff. With their bottomless supply with her debut EP: She pairs her brooding balladry IMAGES 2007’s teen-pop hit “Potential Breakup Song,” feels of hooks and emotionally intelligent lyrics, and cool-side-of-the-pillow harmonies with like a continuation of the latter, with Stranger you’d be hard-pressed to find better celebrations edgy beats on tracks like the anxious Things-esque keys and dreamy melodies. of girl power coming out of Nashville. “COPYCAT” and the glitchy “bellyache.”

KENDRICK LAMAR JOEY BADA$$ FOO FIGHTERS METZ ROBERT PLANT GRETA VAN FLEET DAMN. All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ Concrete and Gold Strange Peace Carry Fire From the Fires A classicist MC from one of hip-hop’s most Although Dave Grohl aimed for classic-rock- It sounds like one person, but Greta Van Fleet hallowed epicenters serving up politically vital indebted grandiosity on the Foos’ recent Greg is actually a quartet from Michigan. And they share rhymes? That could describe Compton star Kurstin-produced set, his roots rest in hardcore and more with Plant than just a fondness for Kendrick Lamar—or rising Brooklyn rapper Joey punk. Assisted by noise-rock legend Steve Albini, flaming album titles—the group’s soul- and Bada$$, whose All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ mixes Ontario’s METZ put out a pummeling album that blues-tinged rock evokes the enduring style he crackling funk with urgent lyricism. channels the Foos frontman’s rawest inclinations. originated with Led Zeppelin decades ago.

WEEZER ROZWELL KID JASON ISBELL TYLER CHILDERS LOGIC OPEN MIKE EAGLE Pacific Daydream Precious Art AND THE 400 UNIT Purgatory Everybody Brick Body Kids The Nashville Sound Still Daydream With Pacific Daydream, Weezer largely spurned the guitar-based power pop of their ’90s heyday. Thank- As Isbell did on his socially conscious record, Ken- Logic’s “1-800-273-8255” resided on a 71-minute con- fully, West Virginia band Rozwell Kid filled that tucky newcomer Childers finds inspiration close to cept album about death and the afterlife. But Open void with their exhilarating LP, which teems with home. On his bluegrassy album, produced by Sturgill Mike Eagle’s record was hip-hop’s greatest conceptual Ric Ocasek-style harmonies, jittery riffs, and playful Simpson, he examines the struggles of blue-collar achievement in 2017, a laser-focused, 39-minute medi-

LOGIC: GILBERT CARRASQUILLO/WIREIMAGE; SWIFT: INVISION/AP/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK; GROHL: PIETER-JAN VANSTOCKSTRAETEN/PHOTONEWS/GETTY VANSTOCKSTRAETEN/PHOTONEWS/GETTY PIETER-JAN GROHL: INVISION/AP/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK; SWIFT: CARRASQUILLO/WIREIMAGE; GILBERT LOGIC: lyrics about MADtv, Michael Keaton, and more. life as well as the opioid crisis ravaging his home state. tation about life in Chicago’s Robert Taylor Homes.

JANUARY 12, 2018 EW.COM 57 Books

Edited By | TINA JORDAN @EWTINAJORDAN

2018 PREVIEW

1 20 Books We Can’t Wait to Read The story of a portrait painter by Murakami, a sapphic Eleanor Roosevelt romance, a Black Lives Matter-inspired fantasy, and a dystopian British thriller are just a few of this year’s most anticipated tales. 2 4 BY ISABELLA BIEDENHARN, DAVID CANFIELD, AND TINA JORDAN

1 2 ANAMERICAN GNOMON THE MONK OF MOKHA MARRIAGE Nick Harkaway Dave Eggers 3 Tayari Jones Britain has become a surveil- Eggers tells the true story of lance state in this strikingly Mokhtar Alkhanshali, a descen- ambitious vision of the dant of Yemeni coffee farmers near future. Though dystopias who lived through civil war while Jones provides an are the flavor of the moment, creating a thriving business. essential contem- Harkaway writes with the Eggers traveled around the porary portrait kind of haunting, immersive world interviewing Alkhanshali’s of a marriage in this specificity that sticks friends and family to profile a like glue. JAN. 9 Muslim-American living in trou- searing novel. An bled times. “My story tells the American Marriage story of what makes America gorgeously evokes great,” Alkhanshali explains. the New South as NINA SUBIN JONES: “This is the story of the Ameri- can dream—and it’s especially it explores mass important now, because that incarceration on an dream is under threat.” JAN. 30 intimate scale. FEB. 6

58 EW.COM JANUARY 12, 2018 7 CHILDREN 5 OF BLOOD AND BONE Tomi Adeyemi

This debut YA novel by 24-year-old Adeyemi kicks off a Black Lives Matter- inspired fantasy trilogy that is generating buzz for its sharp racial commentary. Film rights have already been sold. Adeyemi calls the book an “allegory for the modern black experi- ence,” and finds fantasy the perfect mode for conveying complex ideas with- out getting preachy. It’s a process that’s taken her years to refine and perfect— “It’s been rewritten 100 times,” she cracks—and the prospect of her series becoming a movie franchise still stuns her. She has some casting ideas, though. 6 “I have a huge crush on John Boyega,” she gushes. “What if he’s in the movie? Then I can meet John Boyega!” MARCH 6

4 6 WHITE HOUSES THE FEMALE PERSUASION Amy Bloom Meg Wolitzer

Bloom charts the intoxicating love Wolitzer began working on her story of Eleanor Roosevelt and timely, nuanced new novel— Lorena Hickok in this emotionally about a timid college student stirring and bracingly intimate who finds a mentor in a famous work of historical fiction. FEB. 13 Gloria Steinem-era feminist— years before the polarizing 5 2016 election. But once those events transpired, she decided TANGERINE to add a “coda” to the book’s Christine Mangan end, projecting her characters One of the most promising into the future of our current debut authors of next year, Man- landscape. “I wanted to add gan echoes Gillian Flynn and a layer of darkness and uncer- Patricia Highsmith in this tightly tainty,” Wolitzer explains, “as wound, exotic story of one wom- the world got into this strange

ADEYEMI: SEIBERT ELENA an’s new life in Morocco. MARCH 27 moment for women.” APRIL 3 Books

8 leadership, drawing on his own experiences to provide THE RECOVERING a manual that certain world lead- Leslie Jamison ers desperately need. MAY 1 This ingenious mix of confession and criticism combines 11 Jamison’s own story with iconic THAT KIND OF MOTHER tales of addiction—Raymond Rumaan Alam Carver, Billie Holiday, Amy Winehouse—to create a sweep- Coming off his celebrated ing panorama of the recovery debut, Rich and Pretty, movement. APRIL 3 Alam’s sophomore novel returns to themes of family

9 and culture in a powerful 8 9 GOD SAVE TEXAS tale of a white mother raising Lawrence Wright a black son. MAY 8

Wright takes readers on a 12 definitive, nuanced tour of one WARLIGHT of the most controversial states Michael Ondaatje in the U.S. God Save Texas moves backward and forward, The author of The English Patient getting beyond the stereotypes transports readers to post-WWII of Texas to locate its soul. APRIL 17 London for a decade-spanning exploration of memory. MAY 8 10 A HIGHER LOYALTY 13 James Comey THE OUTSIDER Stephen King 10 11 12 What will Comey reveal in this much-anticipated memoir? King’s new novel begins with Publisher Flatiron Books isn’t the discovery of an 11-year-old giving much away, just saying boy’s corpse and, from there, that the former FBI director chronicles a disturbing, macabre promises a vital lesson on sound investigation. MAY 22

LOOKALIVE 14 OUTTHERE Sloane Crosley 15

Crosley may have put essays aside for her 2015 novel The Clasp, but she returns with her 16 particular brand of sardonic wit in this new collection. The tone, she says, is “somewhere between jaded misanthrope and easily amused child.” APRIL 3

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18 60 EW.COM JANUARY 12, 2018 15 17 THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING SEX AND THE CITY AND US Bill Clinton and James Patterson Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Bill Clinton, novelist? Believe it. Fresh off the success of 2016’s He’s teamed with James Seinfeldia, EW alum Armstrong Patterson for a subject that he turns her critical eye toward can reasonably be considered another beloved program, an expert on: the presidency. tracing its roots from Candace 20 This mystery explores the how Bushnell’s original newspaper and the why after a president column through both films—and suddenly vanishes. JUNE 4 the ways Carrie’s story has influ- enced women’s lives. JUNE 5 I’LL BE GONE 16 FLORIDA 18 Lauren Groff GIVE ME YOUR HAND IN THE DARK Megan Abbott These lush short stories were Michelle McNamara inspired by the Fates and Furies No one teases out the nuances author’s own complex feelings of female relationships, desires, about motherhood—and living and secrets like Abbott (You in Florida. “I think fiction comes Will Know Me). In her new novel, At the time of her unexpected death in out of ambivalence,” Groff she delves into those themes 2016, McNamara—an accomplished explains. “You have this passion- in the world of science when armchair detective—was working the cold ate love [for something], and two former friends find them- case of a man she dubbed “the Golden an equal and opposite feeling selves competing, as adults, for State Killer.” Though she wasn’t finished of distrust or danger.” JUNE 5 the same job. JULY 17 with her book when she died, she’d written enough of it that her widower Patton Oswalt and her publisher Harper- Collins were able to knit her masterful KILLING prose together. “Patton’s been leading the COMMENDATORE way—he just got how Michelle thought 19 about the book,” editor Jennifer Barth Haruki Murakami says. “If Michelle had been married to somebody else, I’m not sure that we would have pressed on with the book and been The story of a able to help make it happen in the way portrait painter, Patton did.” FEB. 27 Commendatore is an epic volume that blends Muraka- mi’s signature magical realism into a freshly fantas- tical context. Readers have been waiting to get their hands on this one since it was pub- lished in Japan last February. NOVEMBER

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