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Fox struck gold with the crime procedural "Bones," a show that ran for a whopping 12 seasons and nearly 250 episodes. It's the kind of show that simply doesn't come around anymore in the streaming era. A lot of the show's success can be chalked up to the dynamic between the lead characters, namely Emily Deschanel's Brennan and David Boreanaz's Booth. But the show also had a stellar supporting cast, with perhaps none more beloved than Lance Sweets. Played by John Francis Daley, the character was a huge part of the show's success. Unfortunately, Sweets didn't go the distance.

As fans of the show are surely aware, Daley left "Bones" during season 10 as Sweets was killed off. Unfortunately, in a muder-of-the-week procedural, a beloved character is sometimes going to die. That's just the nature of the beast. But what exactly...

Introduced on Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Duras sisters became a thorn in the side of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the United Federation of Planets. Lursa (Barbara March) and B'Etor (Gwynyth Walsh) Duras made their debut in Tng's "Redemption" two-parter that bridged seasons 4 and 5. Their brother, Duras (Patrick Massett), had already appeared as an enemy of Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn) in a couple of Tng episodes. Although the House of Duras held sway within the Klingon Empire, they gained notoriety for their dishonorable tactics.

Ja'rod, the father of Duras, Lursa, and B'Etor, betrayed the Klingons by providing the Romulans with the means to attack the Klingon colony on Khitomer. This resulted in the Khitomer Massacre and the deaths of 4,000 Klingon colonists. Although the Klingon High Council learned of Ja'rod's duplicity, they allowed Worf's father Mogh to take the blame to avoid a Klingon civil war. The Duras...

Everyone has a TV character death that struck a raw nerve -- like Tara suddenly getting killed on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Or Cordelia abruptly dying on "Angel." Or Wash's shocking demise in the "Firefly" movie "Serenity." Being sadistic to his fans was kind of Joss Whedon's thing long before his fall from grace, is what I'm getting at.

Lance Sweets (John Francis Daley) being murdered on the orders of the corrupt Dr. Glen Durant (Jd Cullum) in the "Bones" season 10 premiere, "The Conspiracy in the Corpse," was another gut-punch of a TV death. Unless you knew what was going on behind the scenes, it must have come as a rather unexpected blow. It wasn't like he got offed in the lead-up to a season finale or at a point where his story appeared to be drawing to a close organically. Quite the opposite; things were going swimmingly for the boyish FBI psychologist,...

Recently, Fox released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Bones" episode 2 of season 10. The episode is entitled, "The Lance to the Heart," and it turns out that we'll see the Jeffersonian team still heavy in search for who framed Booth,and more. In the new, 2nd episode press release: The team is going to dig deeper into the Federal Government's cover-up. Press release number 2: To find out who framed Booth for murder, the Jeffersonian team, with the help Special Agent James Aubrey (guest star John Boyd), are going to continue to investigate who is behind a conspiracy within the Federal Government that dates all the way back to J. Edgar Hoover. Then, when foreign DNA is found in a previous victim linked to the scandal, the team will be able to narrow down the number of suspects, leading them closer to cracking the case. Guest stars will...

New Grey's Anatomy season 10,episode 15 spoiler promo clip hit the net. Last night, ABC delivered the new promo/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Grey's Anatomy" episode 15 of season 10, and it appears to be extremely drama-filled as Callie hardcore expresses to Arizona that her drama is just too damn much, and more! The episode is titled, "Throwing It All Away.” In the new episode 15, Arizona is going to end up, having a very bad day which will escalate when she advises one of Callie’s patients on a potential double amputation. Derek is going to fall very short on a promise to Callie, and Jo and Stephanie will find an abandoned baby outside the hospital. Meanwhile, the doctors will deal with the consequences of the non-fraternization rule, which are going to include meetings with Hr and one doctor’s suspension. Guest stars are going to include: Geoffrey Arend as Thom,...

New Grey's Anatomy season 10,episode 15 official spoilers,plotline revealed by ABC. Recently, ABC served up the new,official, synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Grey's Anatomy" episode 15 of season 10. The episode is entitled, "Throwing It All Away,” and it sounds like things will get quite interesting and dramatic as Arizona runs into some major issues, and more. In the new,15th episode press release: Arizona is going to have a bad day which will escalate when she advises one of Callie’s patients on a potential double amputation. Derek will go back on a promise to Callie, and Jo and Stephanie are going to come across an abandoned baby outside the hospital. In the meantime, the doctors are going to deal with the repercussions of the non-fraternization rule, which will include meetings with Hr and one doctor’s suspension. Guest stars will feature: Geoffrey Arend as Thom, W. Earl Brown as Herb Cramer,...

The Lone Ranger weekend box office: Bigger flop than early estimates indicated? (Photo: Johnny Depp as Tonto, Armie Hammer as The Lone Ranger) The Pirates of the Caribbean team is back with The Lone Ranger: that’s producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Gore Verbinski, screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, actor Johnny Depp, and distributor Disney. But whereas Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the White Pearl, co-starring Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, and Orlando Bloom, was a major domestic box-office hit, opening with $46.63 million at 3,269 locations in early July 2003 (approximately $61 million today) and going on to gross $305.41 million in North America (approximately $402 million today), The Lone Ranger is bound to become one of the biggest domestic box-office flops of 2013 in relation to its exorbitant $215 million production budget, alongside several other costly underperformers at the North American box office: M. Night Shyamalan / Will Smith’s After Earth, Roland Emmerich’s White House Down,...

The Lone Ranger 2013 box office: $200 million Western flops (photo: Johnny Depp as Tonto, Armie Hammer as The Lone Ranger) The best thing that can be said about Disney spending $200+ million on the 2013 movie The Lone Ranger — not including another $100 million or so in marketing / distribution costs — is that the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced, Gore Verbinski-directed comic Western starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer didn’t cost $250 million like the studio’s 2012 box-office bomb John Carter. (Update: The Lone Ranger weekend box-office: A bigger flop than originally thought?) Currently with a dismal 11% approval rating and 4.2/10 average among Rotten Tomatoes‘ top critics, The Lone Ranger collected an abysmal — in relation to its exorbitant costs — $9.65 million on opening day, Wednesday, July 3, at 3,904 North American locations, in addition to another $9.85 million on the July 4 holiday according to Box Office Mojo. The Lone Ranger‘s two-day total is $19.5 million, which will, according to early, rough Friday estimates found at Deadline.

The Lone Ranger 2013: Johnny Depp as a Native American Jack Sparrow (photo: Johnny Depp as Tonto in The Lone Ranger) [See previous post: "The Lone Ranger Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean in Western Garb."] Gore Verbinski fills The Lone Ranger with ticklish insider references to other classic Westerns and even gives a nod to Johnny Depp’s 1995 oater Dead Man. And, as usual, the director busts out the crane shots — and it’s always a kick to see how his latest swooping camera move will reveal detail and add spikes of humor. The flip side is that Verbinski will indulge any plot complication as long as it results in another action sequence. John and Tonto’s search for Cavendish often takes them to a railroad track, railroad tunnel, or railroad train, where a loud and kicky set piece awaits its cue. In fact, six miles of track and two locomotives were constructed just to add authenticity to The Lone Ranger, even though there...

Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) and the squad are called in to investigate the murder of an actress, Judy Lynn ( Rhea Seehorn). Tod is placed at 36 hours. There is evidence of sexual activity but not of sexual assault. Judy was suffocated with a cushion, and she has a trace of thread on her mouth from where she bit onto the cushion. There's blood in the hall and spatter on the picture on the wall. Flynn (Tony Dension) and Sanchez (Raymond Cruz) demonstrate what most likely happened to Judy. Taylor (Robert Gossett) reminds Brenda of the final interview she has with the Mayor and she ignores him, wanting to proceed with the case. Tao (Michael Paul Chan) asks someone to disconnect the cable on the other side of the closet. Remember this for later. Stewart (Jd Cullum) found her and called for help. He directed her in one of his shows and he...