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> Amanda Abbington has revealed she believes “nepotism” helped land her role in hit BBC drama Sherlock.

> Abbington was cast as Mary Watson, the wife of Sherlock Holmes’ friend and detective partner Doctor John Watson in 2014. At the time, Abbington was in a long-term relationship with Martin Freeman, who played Watson.

> “Because I was with Martin at the time, there was a lot of [accusations of] nepotism being banded about,” she told the Full Disclosure podcast. “It’s true, it was that.

> “Both Mark [Gatiss] and Steven [Moffat, the show’s writers] said they were trying to figure out who the best person would be to play Mary and they thought it would be the person who was going out with him.

> “It made sense. And we’d worked together on many things.”

This is disappointing. I kid you not, HGTV has a show called ZOMBIE HOME MAKEOVER and obviously its about just renovating shitty houses, but god what a premise for two minutes in my head.

They’re not going for realism ffs.

I love Scrubs but this episode is beyond overrated at this point. I think Fraser’s character had been in 3-4 episodes and everyone acts like a vital character is gone.

Cox’s reaction is great but the fanfare this one gets is just ridiculous to me.

Please don’t compare this show to South Park. Those fucking immature edgelord fucks have done a lot of damage to this country.

She has been in talks to join the cast for a while so now is the perfect time

Adult swim late-night, between-commercial shorts.

They're definitely streets ahead.

Gotta get that ticker in tip top shape to play Andy Samberg's love interest in their new movie together, makes sense to me. Here's to a speedy and healthy recovery!

Oh for sure. They’re great segments of the book. I’m just wary of how much they’ll stand on their own versus just being flashbacks.

I would’ve loved a full proper adaptation as a series. The first movie was great and the second was okay, but there’s just so much in the book that can’t fit. Now it feels like they’re going about it both ways. We’ll see though.

I don't disagree with your assessment. Kenobi and Book of Boba Fett are examples of when it goes wrong. But that doesn't stop me from liking The Mandalorian.

I guess Filoni is like Star Wars porn. Porn doesn't need to do anything new to keep being effective.

A fact which terrifies me for AEW

I read that as reno, short for renovation, and was legitimately interested in a home repair show featuring zombies. Perhaps as the labourers, or the clients, I'm not sure.

Unfortunately the science isn't there yet so they simply hit them over the head with a cartoon mallet when they exit or enter a scene. They of course cgi out the large bump and circling birds.

You should curate a collection of matching episodes, so for every Poker Face episode you know what similar Columbo episode to watch. That would be pretty cool.

I was at the Mean Girls previews premiere in DC and I thought she was the best actor of the cast.

It’s the exception. TNT wanted out of scripted programming so they decided to not air it.

What about Skinemax's Munch-A-Thon?

Oh, you were referencing the Black Spot incident. I think they do make at least a small reference to it in the movies.

I guess the major difference is that I feel like all of those stories, actually getting into them as much as we do in the books, is a strength of the book and part of what makes it not entirely cumbersome at its page count, it really drives home that this is not a new problem, but it's entirely too much to fit into a movie, or even two movies.

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Yes. Filoni is so damn stuck in orbit around the existing properties he can’t get out of it. You’re never going to see anything original or new from him.

You guessed it: Frank Stallone

got him on there

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