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Stan Against Evil: Dr Cox Meets Stan In The Intensive Scare Unit

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The penultimate episode of Stan Against Evil season 3 brings back the mythology in a big way, and I love it.

Nubbins and Vampire Creek were two of my favorite standalone episodes from the series, but the connective narrative across the season is really my bread-and-butter. Intensive Scare Unit dives right in, with Stan wandering a nightmare-like hospital, with various characters in voiceover dropping lines that catch us up on the story.

Stan’s journey this season has been all about doing something conclusive, something unexpected that would get some results against Eccles and all the evil in the town. Something that would redeem him to himself, so that he can feel worthy of the sacrifices his wife made for him.

I was especially impressed with this episode by John C. McGinley’s handling of Stan’s character turn. Stan spends almost the entire episode wrestling with himself about whether to accept Haurus’ deal, and we come to really understand the weight on him these three seasons. He’s a tough man who has been sitting with the fact that he was routinely saved by his wife, who finally sacrificed herself for him. McGinley makes that arc feel true, as this character pushes himself through personal growth to arrive at a decision that will cost him everything.

Also, Haurus’ use of vernacular when talking to Stan is a highlight… all demons should cuss.

That brings up the winning combo in this show – the blend of humor into other formats, be it drama or horror. All the actors bring a depth to their characters that could be easily lost in the jokes, but their skill keeps the balance perfectly. The musical stings in this episode are silly when they need to be, and scary where it counts. Special guest Maria Bamford is hysterical as one of Shadowham County hospital’s nurses, but then her makeup as part of Haurus’ nightmare world is some of the most effectively horrific work on the entire show. Stan Against Evil has never rested on any one genre. It does too many things too well for that.

The structure of the episode is classic ‘dreamworld’ stuff, with Stan’s unconscious body taking damage as his mind wanders around Haurus’ psychic plane. While he’s lost in green-tinted hallways with mutilated orderlies and a scared girl, Evie and Denise bring the laughs with an entire Weekend at Bernie’s subplot. Drinkwater makes only the briefest of appearances, but still gets in a great visual gag.

As we approach the final episode for the season, the show is clearly stepping up the emotional rapport between our characters. Evie and Denise have bonded more across season three, and the final scene of this episode has some of the finest work Janet Varney has done on the show. Her emotions toward Stan feel so real that her performance takes the show up a notch instantly. We’re left with a great stinger setup into the finale, knowing the game has changed.

I couldn’t be more ready. Shovels up for the next episode…

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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