Supercrawl 2025 announces its non-musical attractions
Sarah Perkins, left, and Melanie Skene, right, walk with giant puppet of Mother Nature built and operated by Tanis MacArthur up James Street at Supercrawl in 2017. The Hamilton Spectator file photo
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10 minutes ago
- Geek Girl Authority
THE RAINMAKER Series Premiere Recap: (S01E01) Another Rainy Day
It's been a minute since a good legal drama had my attention. With The Rainmaker , USA Network does again what it once did best: quickly and deeply engage the audience with a cast of clearly drawn characters they immediately root for, root against, or wish they could take out for coffee and a donut. Despite sharing a title with the 1997 Matt Damon film, the series sets out to build more intrigue, backstory, and relationships with its 10 episodes. The premiere, 'Another Rainy Day,' immediately establishes Rudy Baylor's (Milo Callaghan) character, motivation, and abilities. Through his interactions with girlfriend Sarah Plankmore (Madison Iseman), brief boss Leo F. Drummond (John Slattery), and new boss Jocelyn 'Bruiser' Stone (Lana Parrilla), we know exactly where his lines in the sand are drawn. There's a helluva storm brewing for The Rainmaker. Best to batten your hatches now. Photo by: USA Network The Rainmaker, 'Another Rainy Day' In the middle of the night, a fire breaks out in the living room of a house. A man sleeping upstairs hooked up to an oxygen tank labelled North City General Hospital and Medical Care, wakes up coughing from the smoke. He tries to get to his mother in the next bedroom, but a burning beam falls between them. He screams at her to wake up, then fights his way out of the house and falls to his knees, struggling to breathe. RELATED: TV Review: Resident Alien Season 4 At a free legal clinic run by Ashley Cooper Law School students, Rudy chats with a woman about her will while Sarah discusses a case with Dot Black (Karen Bryson) involving her son's death. Mrs. Black believes the hospital, North City General, where her son Donny supposedly died of the flu, is guilty of killing him. She filed a negligence lawsuit against the hospital. When Rudy sits down to review the lawsuit, Sarah points out that the hospital is represented by Tinley Britt. When Mrs. Black mentions that Tinley Britt offered to settle with her for $50,000, despite having a motion to dismiss pending, she catches Rudy's attention. Sarah explains that she and Rudy aren't real lawyers yet, and because they're going to be working at Tinley Britt, there would be a conflict of interest. Mrs. Black leaves, determined to make North City General and Tinley Britt pay for her son's death. She walks out carrying an old banker's box labeled 'Donny Ray' in black marker. Ready for the Rest of Their Lives That night, Sarah sings along with fellow Ashley Cooper students to the music at Yogi's, a busy pub. Rudy's behind the bar. His boss, Prince (Tommie Earl Jenkins), comes through to grab some cash. Sarah reminds Prince that Rudy's leaving this life behind with his new position at Tinley Britt. Prince reminds her that for this last night, Rudy's still a bartender. Then he buys them a round of shots. The Rainmaker — Photo by: Christopher Barr/USA Network In the morning, Rudy wakes up alone in his bed. A text from Sarah says she went home to change and will see him at work. Through his window, he sees a man working on a truck in the driveway. When he's dressed, he finds a token for Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in the suit pocket. His mother, Mary (Ali White), is dusting in his late brother, John's, room. She tells him that John wanted to quit law school, but their father, also deceased now, wouldn't let him. Rudy's wearing John's suit for his first day of work. RELATED: Read our Resident Alien recaps When his mother says her boyfriend, Hank (Bruno Gunn), wants her to get rid of John's stuff so he can turn the room into a gym, Rudy reminds her that this is her house. He confronts Hank, and they fight. Rudy lands the first punch, but Hank splits his lip, leaving blood on his suit collar and shirt. When Rudy's mother comes out to break them up, Hank jumps in his truck and drives off. She tells Rudy that he has to move out. He tells her he's already looking for a place, but now he's late and has to go. She notices the blood and asks if he should change first. He points out it's the only suit he has and leaves. Tinley Britt Sarah texts Rudy, 'WHERE ARE YOU?' as she joins the other junior associates for Tinley Britt's orientation. In the conference room, she saves him a seat. Leo F. Drummond enters, intoning, 'I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have set a punishment like me upon you.' Attributing it to Genghis Khan, he says the warrior would've been a great litigator. As he begins quizzing the new associates about courtroom law, Rudy slips in the door and sits down next to Sarah. The Rainmaker — Photo by: Christopher Barr/USA Network Drummond zeroes in on Rudy and puts him on the spot. Rudy pushes back. Sarah whispers that he shouldn't argue with Drummond. Drummond keeps pushing. Sarah keeps indicating that he should back down. Rudy dives in. Drummond isn't impressed and calls on Sarah to refute Rudy's argument. She does, summarily. When Rudy effectively counters Drummond with Drummond's own words, Brad Noonan (Wade Briggs), a senior associate, sitting at the front, looks impressed. Drummond and Noonan leave the room. Fired Sarah meets Rudy at the elevators after he's been fired. Quoting her father, she tells him the flip side of everyone's best quality is their worst, and Rudy's is that he never backs away from a fight on both counts. She says she'll talk to Leo and get him his job back. Rudy refuses to let her get pulled down by his bad judgment. She heads up the glass-walled elevator, watching him walk down the street below her as she rises. (Heavy-handed metaphor, but it works.) RELATED: Read our SurrealEstate recaps Returning to the bar, Rudy starts calling other law firms to see if he can secure another position. No luck. When Rudy tells Prince what happened, Prince tells Rudy he might have a lead on a law firm that might hire him. Bruiser and Associates He takes him to an old Taco Hut restaurant. The marquee reads 'J. LYMAN STONE AND ASSOCIATES, NO FEE UNLESS $$$YOU WIN$$$' and there's a drive-thru sign below it. Prince tells him Bruiser's the best lawyer he knows. He leads Rudy inside and introduces him to Voreen (Megan McDonnell), the receptionist, who directs them into the office. The Rainmaker — Photo by: Jonathan Hession/USA Network In the office, Rudy mistakes Deck Shifflet (P.J. Byrne) for Bruiser. Jocelyn Stone, aka Bruiser, comes to her door and introduces Deck as their 'para-lawyer' because he went to law school but has failed the bar exam seven times. RELATED: Revival : Co-Creators Aaron B. Koontz and Luke Boyce on Crafting 'Weird' New Series Bruiser explains that associates get $2000 a month, and he keeps a third of the fees he generates. If he doesn't cover the $2000 with his share, he owes her the balance. Bruiser diagnoses his situation: He got screwed on the wrong side of hiring season, and now he's pissed. She advises that he'll make good use of that anger to help represent their clients, people they're meeting on the worst day of their lives. Once Rudy's resigned to signing up, he asks for a $20,000 advance to rent an apartment. Bruiser counters with $5,000 and tells him that he starts on Monday. Finders, Grinders, and Minder In the Tinley Britt corporate box, VIP guests mingle and watch tennis. Sarah's standing by the food when Wilfred Keeley (Hugh Quarshie), the CEO of Great Benefit Hospital Systems, walks over, looking for a hot dog. She shows him where they are, addressing him by name. He asks if they've met. She tells him that Great Benefit is one of Tinley Britt's most important clients and introduces herself. When she attempts to help him with a hot dog, she drops it and quotes the opening line from Susan Mallery's novel, Only Yours, 'Perfectly good morning, thwarted by a hot dog,' confusing Keeley. She explains that she remembers the first line of every book she's ever read. He tests her with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany , which she aces. As she's showing off her party trick, Noonan approaches from behind her. Keeley asks Noonan if she's on his account. Noonan tries to tell him she's not even a lawyer yet, but Drummond is suddenly next to him, confirming that Sarah's on the Great Benefit account. The Rainmaker — Photo by: Christopher Barr/USA Network Noonan and Keeley move away to talk. Drummond steps closer to Sarah and tells her about finders, who bring in clients; grinders, who do the writing and research; and minders, who keep everyone out of trouble. He tells her he's wondering which she is. RELATED: Revival 's Romy Weltman on Becoming Em and Working With Melanie Scrofano Moving Out and Onwards Sarah helps Rudy move into his new apartment. She asks why they aren't moving in together. He replies that they've never discussed it. When she tries to discuss it, he states that he won't let her parents pay his rent via her trust fund. On Monday morning, Rudy arrives at Bruiser's office. She tells him he needs to find some clients ASAP and sends him out with Deck. They arrive at the hospital, and Deck pays a doctor for information about the patient in room 886, a man hit by a drunk driver. At Tinley Britt, Leo Drummond sits at a table about to eat a cheeseburger and fries. Sarah arrives, and he tells her that she should watch and learn while she's on the Great Benefit team. She makes a pitch to get Rudy his job back. In response, Drummond deliberately drops a French fry on the ground. Sarah picks it up and puts it in the trash. He does it again. And a third time. When she asks him why he's doing it, he explains he's defining their relationship. He dismisses her. A Natural Deck approaches a badly injured man lying in a medical bed, whispering his name to wake him up. Deck hits him with a high-pressure pitch to get him to sign them as his representation. The patient wants to wait for his wife. Rudy steps in as the conversation gets heated and offers to help in more reassuring, slightly humorous tones. The patient smiles at Rudy and nods his assent. With Deck's pen, the man signs the contract. The Rainmaker — Photo by: Jonathan Hession/USA Network Out in the hospital hallway, the man from the burning house sits in a wheelchair, his right hand heavily bandaged. A man approaches him and calls him Melvin Pritcher (Dan Fogler). He introduces himself as Rod Nunley (Jonathan Forbes) and offers to help him out. Deck spots them through a hospital door window and hurries to beat Nunley to the client. RELATED: Revival : Check Out 9 First-Look Photos From Melanie Scrofano-Led Series As they scuffle over Pritcher, an officer comes over to see what they want. Pritcher says he's talking to his lawyer and points to Nunley. Rudy watches from a distance and walks away. Deck finds him outside by the car. Rudy's disenchanted by this side of lawyering. Deck reminds him that, unless he has a whale of a client, ambulance-chasing is what makes money. Rudy realizes he might have that whale. The Rainmaker — Photo by: Jonathan Hession/USA Network Dot Black's Case Rudy and Deck drive out to Dot Black's house. Rudy sits down with her. She loved her son, and he's gone. She wants someone to answer for Donny Ray's death. Rudy finds common ground with her. They both want Tinley Britt to pay. He leaves the house with a signed contract. Back at the office, they start researching the case. Rudy finds two nurses who no longer work for the hospital — Jackie Lemancyzk (Gemma-Leah Devereux) and Melvin Pritcher. Deck connects Pritcher to their meeting in the hallway and discovers he's being arraigned the next day. The Rainmaker — Photo by: Jonathan Hession/USA Network At Dot Black's house, her dog, Daisy, runs off into the forest, barking. Dot challenges anyone who might be lurking in the woods to show themselves. Eventually, Daisy returns alone. Someone watches as Dot and Daisy return to the house. RELATED: Read our Revival recaps Sarah arrives at Rudy's with two bottles of wine. He starts cleaning up the papers on his table. She recognizes Dot Black's box, and Rudy tells her about taking the case. She reveals that she's on the Great Benefit team now. They fight. She leaves. In the Light of Day In the morning, Daisy is sniffing around the forest line. Dot picks up a spent vape cartridge. The scene shifts to a woman vaping as she watches Rudy standing outside the Charleston Police Department from her car. Deck comes out and reports that Pritcher made bail. Pritcher comes out with Nunley, but Nunley refuses to let Deck and Rudy talk to his client. Deck and Rudy bring the case to Bruiser. She's skeptical they can win it, but lets them run with it. However, she warns Rudy that he's crossing a line with this case. She tells him that if he wants to beat Drummond, he has to ask himself what he is willing to do to be a rainmaker. Pritcher Late at night, Pritcher approaches a row house unit's patio door and knocks. It's unlocked, so he lets himself in. A neighbor woman comes by and tells him that Jackie moved out. He tells her that he's the new tenant, but she knows he's lying. He jabs her with a needle, drags her inside, and closes the patio door. The Rainmaker airs new episodes on Fridays at 10/9c on USA Network. Episodes stream a week later on Peacock. TV Review: BUTTERFLY Season 1 Diana lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada, where she invests her time and energy in teaching, writing, parenting, and indulging her love of all Trek and a myriad of other fandoms. She is a lifelong fan of smart sci-fi and fantasy media, an upstanding citizen of the United Federation of Planets, and a supporter of AFC Richmond 'til she dies. Her guilty pleasures include female-led procedurals, old-school sitcoms, and Bluey. She teaches, knits, and dreams big. You can also find her writing at The Televixen, Women at Warp, TV Fanatic, and TV Goodness.
Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Yahoo
Sex, lies and small-town scandal. No wonder ‘The Hunting Wives' is a Netflix hit.
It's part soapy drama, part erotic thriller and a whole lot of fun. Don't take it too seriously. When The Hunting Wives star Jaime Ray Newman was on a small ferry outside of Vancouver Island last week, she learned firsthand just how much buzz the sexy drama has created. Newman, who plays fiery, red-haired Texan Callie, overheard a group of friends debating what to binge-watch next. When one of them mentioned The Hunting Wives, two women on the boat who weren't part of the group interjected: "Oh my God, we just finished that. Have you seen it yet?" "All of a sudden, the whole boat started talking about the damn Hunting Wives," Newman tells Yahoo. She had changed her hair since the show came out, so she wasn't immediately recognizable. But when a producer she was with pointed her out to the group, they started to freak out. "All of a sudden, I was Julia Roberts on the boat. Everyone wanted selfies." It's a clear sign of how The Hunting Wives is the show of the moment. Last week, it pulled in over 2 billion minutes viewed on Netflix, according to data analytics platform Luminate. That was more than double its debut week numbers, an impressive accomplishment for a show licensed for only U.S. streaming. It remains in Netflix's Top 10. Based on May Cobb's bestselling novel, the series follows Sophie (Brittany Snow), who moves with her family from Boston to Texas. As she settles into the small town, Sophie becomes dangerously entangled with a socialite named Margo (Malin Akerman), spiraling into obsession, seduction and murder. Politics, guns and a touch of campy dialogue are thrown in too. Beyond the premise, what's so resonant about this raunchy series? The shock factor From steamy scenes to unexpected plot twists, The Hunting Wives pushes the envelope. That's especially true with how the series explores sex. There's the unconventional marital arrangement between Margo and her husband, Jed Banks — a debauched oil tycoon played by Dermot Mulroney — which allows them both to sleep with other women. And they both do … a lot. Akerman's character ultimately shares intimate moments with both Snow's and Newman's. There's also a storyline of her sleeping with the son of her best friend, a barely legal teen. Aside from 2021's Sex/Life, this might be the most risqué original series Netflix has ever released. Up until just two months ago, The Hunting Wives was actually slated to premiere on Starz. As Snow told Glamour, the cast filmed the series believing it would land with a smaller audience and potentially become a 'cult classic.' But Netflix changed the equation — and with a much bigger streaming audience comes a lot more opinions. As for the nudity, yes, it's meant to be provocative. 'Nobody who puts this many naked people on TV does it entirely for educational or creative purposes,' Linda Holmes wrote for NPR, while also pointing out how 'everybody seems to be having a transparently great time.' Snow told Glamour she didn't find that nude scenes were 'gratuitously done, where we're showing this shot of a woman's body for no reason.' 'It's all part of the story that needs to be told, specifically because of Margo's coercion and power and making these moves on Sophie, the sex scenes need to happen because Margo uses her sexuality and prowess to make sure that Sophie feels like she's finally being seen,' she said. This show isn't just buzzy because of the sex, although Episode 7's pegging scene might be the most jaw-dropping moment of them all. "Respectfully, the entire meat of the series is its indescribable, inescapable, horniness,' Rolling Stone says. There are plenty of wild antics that make The Hunting Wives an unhinged binge. In one episode, the hunting wives load up for a boar hunt, and after Callie calmly finishes one off, the women celebrate with a boozy brunch of mimosas, gossip and a game of never-have-I-ever that ends with a manslaughter confession. That abruptly ends the party … until two characters embark on an alcohol-and-Xanax rager and invite younger men over for a game of spin the bottle. There's also enough political satire to ruffle both sides of the aisle. Akerman has said her character was inspired by Melania Trump, and an abortion storyline comes with a side of anti-abortion posturing. Critics have called it a 'bonkers, bisexual culture-war soap,' with each episode going further than expected. While all that chaos keeps the entertainment dialed all the way up, it's part of the show's charm. This isn't a prestige drama like Succession or The Crown — it's your new guilty pleasure, dripping in scandal and served with a cold glass of whiskey. Beneath the sex, power plays and whodunit murder mystery, The Hunting Wives knows exactly what it is: a glossy, high-octane escape that doesn't take itself too seriously. Escapism at its finest With its biting one-liners — "she's a coastal elite with a body count" or "open marriages are for liberals" — chaotic Southern style, The Hunting Wives is about having a good time. "There are serious things that we're dealing with, but we come off the [storylines] quickly. We want to entertain," Newman says, crediting showrunner Rebecca Cutter for this no-holds-barred approach. "Oftentimes shows pussyfoot a little bit. They're a little too scared to upset this group, a little scared to upset that demographic. So they end up just playing it so down the middle, and Rebecca has no fear," Newman continues. "She threads that very delicate needle. Every now and then, you get a writer who comes along who just speaks to everyone.' The Hunting Wives certainly speaks to a female audience. The show offers complex, unapologetic characters who break the mold, telling stories that entertain an often-overlooked demographic. Although Sex and the City paved the way in 1998, it's rare to find TV shows centered on female desire and ambition, especially when it comes to portraying women over the age of 40. SATC spin-off And Just Like That... was recently canceled after three seasons, highlighting the challenge of sustaining these narratives. The Hunting Wives rises to the occasion, offering a bold exploration of women navigating power, intimacy and self-discovery without hesitation. 'Why can't women talk about wanting to have sex and be pleased?" Newman asks. 'Most stories are centered around men's pleasure, but finally, we get to be the forefront of these stories. So I think it's about time." This perspective in storytelling is speaking to audiences, especially as women are increasingly demanding their voices and experiences be heard. "Thank God we have writers like Rebecca to clear the way for us. People are so interested,' Newman says. 'You can see that [portraying] women in their 40s garners huge audiences." Will there be a Season 2? There's no official word yet on whether Netflix plans to greenlight a second season, but if the show stays at the top of the charts and the tip of everyone's tongues, it's hard to imagine why the streaming giant wouldn't invest. Newman says the cast and crew all hope it happens. "I cannot express enough the bond that we all had on this set. There was not a bad apple among the bunch. It's very rare to experience that. We all came into the show very seasoned,' she says. 'That is also the benefit of casting women who've been around for a long time. We've all seen good behavior and bad behavior on set." Newman is happy to leave the bad behavior on your TV screens. If that offends you, too bad. "Listen, maybe there are a few people that this angers, but whatever," she says. "Find another show."
Hamilton Spectator
11 hours ago
- Hamilton Spectator
Supercrawl 2025 announces its non-musical attractions
Supercrawl 2025 announces its non-musical attractions Sarah Perkins, left, and Melanie Skene, right, walk with giant puppet of Mother Nature built and operated by Tanis MacArthur up James Street at Supercrawl in 2017. The Hamilton Spectator file photo The loaded fashion showcases will be headed by House Of Hendo, Amici, Baumbchell, the Better Days Club, Pink Powder Puff Co., Mooncraft Market, Created by Chimaera, Cosmic Couture, Cosplay Showcase, Dope Chief, Vilegloom Vintage, EXCLSV, Garba Groovers, HeyHey & Co. and a plethora of others.
