FINAL-1 Sat, Apr 8, 2017 3:51:16 PM Your Weekly Guide to TV Entertainment for the week of April 15 - 21, 2017 Killer comedy John Lithgow stars in “Trial & Error” “Trial & Error” wraps up its freshman season with Massachusetts’ First Credit Union a verdict for Larry Henderson (John Lithgow, “3rd Located at 370 HighlandSt. Avenue, Jean's Salem Credit Union ET Filler Rock From the Sun”), a hapless, small-town profes- 3 x 3 1 x 3 sor accused of murdering his wife by flinging her through a plate-glass window. The season finale Serving over 15,000 Members • A Part of your Community since 1910 TO ADVERTISE HERE also introduces the crime that will be the focus of Supporting over 60 Non-Profit Organizations & Programs Contact Glenda the second season, which will feature the same Serving the Employees of over 40 Businesses 978-338-2540 or setting and oddball cast of characters. 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We rigorously was inspired by ‘The Staircase,’ placed in the right hands, — is fresh-faced young lawyer improbable medical ailments, in- observe all the rules and rituals of maybe [if we get a second sea- Mwield a very special pow- Josh Segal (Nicholas D’Agosto, cluding face blindness. The main that genre,” Lithgow told E! son] we’ll be inspired by ‘The Jinx’ er in that they can take decidedly “Masters of Sex”), who travels cast also includes Carol Anne News, “and yet everybody in it is or ‘Making a Murderer.’ Thankful- unfunny subject matter and make from New York City to the small Keane (Jayma Mays, “Glee”), the completely ridiculous.” ly, people have killed a lot of it hilarious. From the multiple South Carolina town of East Peck, ambitious and aggressively flirta- Neither viewers nor the majori- people!” Christopher Guest-created offer- eager to take on his first major tious prosecutor who has her eye ty of the cast of “Trial & Error” Of course, the extent of Lith- ings on the big screen (“This Is case. Though hopeful and well- on the title of district attorney will learn the truth of Larry’s guilt gow’s presence in a second sea- Spinal Tap,” 1984; “Best in meaning, the naive Josh is totally and wants to see Larry hang, and or innocence until the finale, son will depend on the outcome Show,” 2000) to “The Office,” out of his element as he tries to Larry’s daughter, Summer (Krysta which additionally serves as an of Larry’s trial, which we’re about “Parks and Recreation” and work not only with the eccentric Rodriguez, “Smash”), who also introduction to next season’s to learn. The show may be come- “Modern Family” on the small, Larry, but also the oddball locals becomes a murder suspect. crime. If all goes according to dically driven, but at its heart it’s it’s a genre that’s seen a lot of who make up his (mostly useless) Though the series pulls ele- plan, showrunners are banking still a murder mystery, and avid success over the years. Michael Keaton stars in defense team. ments from true-crime shows in on seven seasons, with each one follows are keen to learn the iden- “The Founder” Pair it with the true-crime for- This consists of redneck lead general, this first season is specif- focusing on a different case, but tity of the killer, once and for all. mat that’s so hot right now and investigator Dwayne Reed (Ste- ically inspired by “The Staircase,” with the same cast and setting. As D’Agosto told E! News, “It’s The Founder Bob’s your uncle. “Trial & Error” is ven Boyer, “The Wolf of Wall a documentary that hit Sundance “Every year is a different crime. very funny, it’s very outrageous, The origins of the global Mc- a wonderfully goofy freshman Street,” 2013), whose bumpkin channel in 2004. The doc exam- The main characters in the town but at the end of the day we’re all Donald’s restaurant chain un- comedy that’s murder mystery- status is cemented in the revela- ines the case of Michael Peterson, will stay the same,” co-creator really trying to solve something fold in this biographical dra- meets-mockumentary, and has tion that his brother is also his a man suspected of the mysteri- and executive producer Jeff Astrof very serious.” ma. When traveling salesman gleaned mostly favorable reviews Ray Kroc (Keaton) looks into a so far. The season finale airs Tues- day, April 18, on NBC. California company that’s buy- Drawing from recent documen- ing an unusual number of his tary hits such as “Making a Mur- milkshake makers, he finds a derer” on Netflix and HBO’s “The little restaurant owned by Mac Jinx,” “Trial & Error” is a comical (Lynch) and Dick McDonald whodunit story led by the much- (Offerman) that’s making a lauded John Lithgow (“3rd Rock killing. Kroc goes into business From the Sun”), fresh off his stint with the brothers, handling as Winston Churchill in “The the franchising of their con- Crown.” The five-time Emmy win- cept and driving the compa- ner stars as Larry Henderson, a ny’s expansion. Before long, it small-town poetry professor ac- becomes clear that Kroc’s vi- cused of murdering his wife by sion for the future of McDon- flinging her through a plate-glass ald’s doesn’t line up with the window. brothers’ less-ambitious plans. It certainly doesn’t sound like Director: John Lee Hancock. comedy fodder but, what can I Stars: Michael Keaton, Nick say, it’s funny. The ubiquitous Lith- Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, gow is a masterful vehicle for the hapless Larry, who is completely Linda Cardellini, B.J. Novak, clued out to the seriousness of his Laura Dern. 2016. 115 min. situation. Even when it starts to Biography. really, really sound like he’s the guilty party (his first wife also met Split her end with a plate-glass win- Kevin (McAvoy) kidnaps three dow — coincidence?), he still manages to come across as affa- teenage girls and locks them ble, if a bit buffoonish. His head is up, and over the course of their perpetually in the clouds, and his captivity, the girls realize that priorities are all over the place; their captor possesses multiple for instance, he seems to put as personalities, some more be- much import on the cable guy nign than others. When one of showing up as he does on the vio- the girls, Casey (Taylor-Joy), lent murder of his wife. The chal- tries to befriend one personali- lenge, for Lithgow, was portraying ty, she learns of a dangerous, someone who could be a killer, or as-yet unseen personality lurk- who could end up being totally ing within him. Meanwhile, innocent. Kevin’s psychiatrist (Buckley) “He had to be likable, along begins to suspect that her pa- with scary and potentially mur- tient is behind the recent derous. It was a curious cocktail,” kidnappings. Lithgow said of his character dur- Director: M. Night Shyamalan. ing a BUILD interview. “Of course, you’ve got comedy on your side. 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