JUNE 28 - JULY 4, 2020 staradvertiser.com HIGHER STAKES Audiences have been waiting for the absurdist comedy Black Monday to return since Season 2 came to a screeching halt thanks to COVID-19 slowing down production. Fortunately for viewers, the remainder of the 10-episode season premieres Sunday. Don Cheadle, Regina Hall, Andrew Rannells and Casey Wilson star in this series that both glorifi es and villainizes the fi nancial sector. Premiering Sunday, June 28, on Showtime. SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE: A SPECIAL Dr. Sarah Park, State Epidemiologist Chief, Disease Outbreak Control Division, COVID-19 State of Hawaii, Department of Health PRESENTATION Luke P. Meyers, Administrator, HI-FEMA Captain Jeffrey Roache, Public Join host, Lyla Berg as she Information Officer, Honolulu Fire Department speaks with community experts Wednesday,We 6:30pm Christopher Sloman, olelo.org about COVID-19. Acting EMS Chief, Channel 53 Honolulu Emergency Medical Services 590210_IslandFocus_Ad_Post-COVID19_2in_run6-28.indd 1 6/23/20 3:51 PM ON THE COVER | BLACK MONDAY Taking down Wall Street Season 2 of Showtime’s (“Marry Me”) and David Caspe (“That’s My Boy,” they met on the trading floor, Blair and Dawn ‘Black Monday’ returns 2012), have proved that they can make a spec- plotted to have him fired. tacle out of it. But now, Mo is back. Sunday With a colorful and complex cast of charac- He’s sporting a new hairstyle and avoiding ters, the first season was a look at the year prosecution for the crimes he committed back By Amelia Ellis leading up to the infamous crash. Audiences in Season 1. Meanwhile, Dawn and Blair have TV Media kept up with veteran stockbroker Maurice some demons of their own to battle. Dawn “Mo” Monroe (Don Cheadle, “Avengers: continues to fight for respect in her field, de- fter the first season’s finale ended with Endgame,” 2019) and his attempt to buy spite owning her own brokerage firm. She is a long-lost father falling to his death, au- out his very rich fiancée’s jean company. also plagued by paranoia, fearful that Mo will Adiences have been waiting for the ab- We also witnessed Dawn Darcy (Regina come back to undermine her. surdist comedy “Black Monday” to re- Hall, “Shaft,” 2019) struggle to earn Blair is working with his new wife, Tiff (Casey turn and clarify all of our unanswered workplace respect despite being Wilson, “Happy Endings”), to blackmail politi- questions. Though we were able to the most capable employee, and, of cians into deregulating banks for their own get some satisfaction earlier this course, the survival of aspiring bro- benefit. year, Season 2 came to a screech- ker Blair Pfaff (Andrew Rannells, “A We also cannot leave out the colorful Keith ing halt thanks to COVID-19 slowing Simple Favor,” 2018), whose MBA Shankar, portrayed by none other than Paul down production. thesis and intellect are being used Scheer (“The Good Place”). We are happy that Fortunately for viewers, the for underhanded business deals, the show’s creators wrote him down off the remainder of the 10-episode unbeknownst to him. edge (literally) and kept him around for Season season premieres Sunday, This season, a betrayed Mo has 2. He finds himself hiding out in the same June 28, on Showtime. been knocked from his throne. After Miami hotel as Mo in this installment. On Oct. 19, 1987, Wall Street his apprentice, Blair, discovered that While it’s unlikely that we’ll be seeing any saw its worst stock market crash in Mo had been using him since the day more of Rod “The Jammer” Jaminski (Bruce history. No one is sure exactly why it Dern, “Mr. Mercedes”), since he fell to his death happened, but creators of the “Black Regina Hall stars in “Black last season, the show’s plot is so outrageous Monday” Monday” series, Jordan Cahan that anything is possible. Free Headlines, Breaking News There can’t be a Next Generation without Whether you like the stories, the features, the columns, the savings, the comics...or just the feel of a newspaper in your hand, and Much More on staradvertiser.com the original one. There’s always the original — the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The Next Generation — news and information your way 538-NEWS. 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