Billions says goodbye (again) for the season
Plus: Scenes From A Marriage, The Walking Dead, and Black As Night
TV Lists Billions
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, October 3. All times are Eastern.
Top picks
Billions (Showtime, 9 p.m., season-five finale): Paul Giamatti & co. are signing off for the season once more, after returning from a pandemic-induced hiatus. The sixth season has been in the cards since October 1 last year, so savor this cliffhanger, whatever it is. Scott Von Doviak will recap.
Regular coverage
Scenes From A Marriage (HBO, 9 p.m.)
The Walking Dead (AMC, 9 p.m.)
Holiday observance
Let’s not forget what today is:
Wild cards
Black As Night (Amazon Prime Video): Maritte Lee Go makes her directorial debut with Black As Night, with Asjha Cooper (All American, Chicago Med) in the lead role. As described in YouTube comments, Black As Night is “Buffy meets Blade.”And let’s be honest, Blade is the only vampire (okay, dhampir) that actually does some good in the world. What has Edward Cullen ever done for anyone? He’s hundreds of years old and he doesn’t even have a job. The movie also stars Keith David, because how could it not?
Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark (Amazon Prime Video): To celebrate Elvira actor Cassandra Peterson coming out and the first Sunday of Halloween, why not revisit a shoulda-been-a-classic? In the film, Elvira is the talk of the town when she inherits an old house, and she’s also the funniest person on the block. Watch it in all its B-movie glory, and enjoy this bit from our 11 questions interview with Peterson back in 2016:
CP [Cassandra Peterson]: Yeah, I had this weird experience… I had a dream about riding a black cat, and then the next day I was at this antique mart, and I found this little devil riding a black cat—an Austrian bronze, tiny little thing. It was super tiny. And it was kind of like, “Oh my God, my dream came true.” Except it was a devil, of course. Not me.
AVC: All your dreams are coming true, it sounds like.
CP: Yeah, well, I always say there are no coincidences.
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https://mattthecatania.wordpress.com/2021/09/30/x-factors-polaris-possesses-strong-magnetism/Titane is the finest auto-erotica opus since Crash! It’s up there with The Green Knight & The Suicide Squad for my favorite theatrical films of the year.
Pretty light weekend for me overall since I somehow managed to stay caught up on all my shows during the week. Yesterday, I watched Batman: The Long Halloween Part One & Part Two (two separate full length movies) on HBO Max. They make some pretty substantial changes from the source comics even while staying relatively true to the flow of the story, but they were really quite good. My one gripe is that Josh Duhamel is just too noticeably Josh Duhamel when voicing Harvey Dent. The rest of the voice cast was top notch though. This was also Naya Rivera’s final role, playing Selina Kyle/Catwoman in both parts, and I thought she did a great job with it.
I’ve resumed skipping between streaming services to catch up on shows I didn’t mean to get behind on. Remembered Wellington Paranormal and What We Do In the Shadows (as you do) on Friday.I want to see Venom 2, but didn’t buy tickets. Instead I watched Kate, a Netflix original that happens to also include Harrelson and alien murderers. It was very by the numbers and also fine.I’m also still going through the Sabrina the Teenage Witch show on Hulu, and almost done with season 1. I don’t remember who most of these celebrity cameos are supposed to be.
Does Walking Dead World Beyond season two start tonight? My dvr scheduler has it set to record, but my provider is AT&T and it tends to be wrong (or have the listings in French?!?!) quite often (ridiculously often). Thanks.
AMC+ started it last week, but yes, it starts tonight.