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Before Adam Scott portrayed the severed macrodata refiner Mark S. on Severance, he was widely known as an auditor named Ben Wyatt, the love interest of Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), and the inventor of the “Cones of Dunshire” on the NBC hit sitcom Parks and Recreation.

But, is there a connection between Ben and Mark? Some viewers seem to think so. Per People, Scott, during a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, addressed the possible similarities between the two characters.

“Your character on Parks and Rec, they’ve connected to your character on Severance.You know about this? There are clues there in things that you said to Leslie on the show that somehow apply to Severance,” Kimmel said.

The Severance Procedure is Like a “Firewall”

The host was referring to the eleventh episode of Season 6 of Parks and Recreation.

This article contains Spoilers for Severance Season 2, Episode 10, "Cold Harbor."

Season 1 of Severancesaw the (failed) reintegration of former Lumon severed worker Petey (Yul Vasquez), but that didn’t stop Mark Scout (Adam Scott) from deciding to go through with the reintegration procedure with the help of former Lumon employee Asal Reghabi (Karen Aldridge). As a severed worker, Mark had a separate “innie” who worked on Lumon’s severed floor and an “outie” who lived in the outside world.

Flash forward to Season 2’s third episode, Outie Mark seemed fully committed to reintegrating his two selves, but as of the Season 2 finale, the process has not fully been completed. In the opening act of the finale, titled “Cold Harbor,” Outie Mark promises Innie Mark he will completely reintegrate.

In an interview with Variety, Severance creator Dan Erickson talked about what Outie Mark actually meant when he made that promise to his innie.

Spoilers ahead for “Severance” Season 2, Episode 10.

Heading into Season 2, “Severance” star Tramell Tillman had one request for series creator Dan Erickson and director Ben Stiller: “Please don’t make me dance in Season 2.”

“The Music Dance Experience [in Season 1] was so iconic, and I loved how people embraced that moment,” Tillman told TheWrap. “It has become meme-ed over and over and over again, it’s on T-shirts and whatnot. It’s beautiful. But there are some things that you can’t recreate.”

Tillman was adamant that he didn’t want to set up the expectation that Mr. Milchick dances every season. But when Stiller mentioned he was bringing in a marching band for the Season 2 finale, Tillman started to change his tune.

“I got excited. I sat up. I said, ‘Well, wait, what is this marching band? Is this a military-style marching band? Is this a band that’s a similar to those at HBCUs?...

The Severance Season 2 finale, “Cold Harbor,” answered a lot of burning questions fans had, including what Cold Harbor actually is and (sort of) what’s going on with those goats. Fans got other resolutions in prior episodes as well, including the answer to where Gemma (Dichen Lachman) has been all the time and why Harmony (Patricia Arquette) felt so slighted by Lumon firing her (and why Helena — Britt Lower — still offered her a job to placate her).

The ending was beautifully, emotionally presented, but left fans with yet another epic cliffhanger to digest for the next little while until a not-yet-confirmed Season 3 arrives (it’s likely the show will be renewed). There are plenty of questions that remain, but one big, new question has arrived that’s crucial to how the story will move forward.

What Is Mark Going to Do After the 'Severance' Season 2 Finale?

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Russian Doll is a mystery comedy-drama series created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, and Amy Poehler. The Netflix series follows Nadia Vulvokov, a young woman who finds herself stuck in a time loop where she dies and relives the same night. She soon finds someone stuck in the same situation as her and teams up with them to solve this mystery and get out of the time loop. Russian Doll stars Natasha Lyonne, Greta Lee, Yul Vazquez, Elizabeth Ashley, Charlie Bartlett, and Chloë Sevigny. So, if you loved the mind-bending storyline, hilarious dark comedy, and compelling characters in Russian Doll, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Resort is a mystery dark comedy-drama series created by Andy Siara. The Peacock series follows Noah and Emma, a young couple on a vacation for their 10th anniversary in the Mayan Riviera. They feel their marriage is in a rut, but they soon come across an exciting mystery involving a disappearance fifteen years ago. The Resort stars William Jackson Harper, Cristin Milioti, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Skyler Gisondo, Nina Bloomgarden, Gabriela Cartol, and Nick Offerman. So, if you loved the thrilling mysteries, biting drama, and compelling characters in The Resort, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Signal is a South Korean supernatural crime drama series created by Choi Jin-hee and Park Ji-young. The tvN series is set in two different time periods, and it follows Park Hae-young, a criminal profiler who comes across a mysterious walkie-talkie,...

The final sections of this article contain spoilers from Severance Season 2, Episode 7, "Chikhai Bardo," now streaming on Apple TV+.

One of the most intriguing TV shows streaming on Apple TV+’s Severance. From the unique premise to the wonderful cast and the beautiful cinematography and direction, the show is fully committed to delivering something never seen before. It's an excellent mix of thriller, sci-fi, and absurdist comedy, following a set of peculiar characters who have surgically divided their personal and work lives.

Following delays from the writer’s strike,Severance's second season finally premiered—three years after the first season's harrowing conclusion. It included a frustrating cliffhanger involving the identity of a character named Ms. Casey (Dichen Lachman) and how she relates tothe series' central protagonist. But who is Ms. Casey? Like most things in Severance, the answer is much more complex than it seems.

Updated February 28, 2025, by Joshua M.

For years, rumors swirled that Titanic almost had a very different Jack Dawson – Matthew McConaughey. Kate Winslet even auditioned with him and sparks definitely flew. But here’s the twist: Cameron insisted Leo was always his guy, while McConaughey claimed he was led to believe the role was his.

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So, what really happened? Did Hollywood’s biggest ship almost set sail with a different leading man?

Matthew McConaughey’s almost-Titanic moment: The role he thought he had Matthew McConaughey in The Wolf of Wall Street. | Credit: Paramount Pictures.

Matthew McConaughey thought he had the role of Jack Dawson in Titanic. He walked out of his audition with Kate Winslet feeling confident. The energy was all high-fives and back pats. McConaughey even called his agent, convinced it was happening. But then… nothing.

He shared,

The audition went really well – well enough that when I left,...

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The Good Place is still one of the most captivating and brilliant comedy-drama series of recent times. Created by Michael Schur, the fantasy comedy series follows Eleanor Shellstrop, a recently deceased saleswoman who didn’t lead a good life when she was alive, but because of mistaken identity, she finds herself in a heaven-like afterlife and to stay there, she has to do everything and anything to hide her past from everyone. The Good Place stars Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, D’Arcy Carden, Manny Jacinto, and Ted Danson. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, relatable storylines, and compelling characters in The Good Place, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Upload is a sci-fi comedy-drama series created by Greg Daniels. The Prime Video series is set...

If you're not current on season 2 of "Severance" — including episode 4, "Woe's Hollow" — you might want to clock out now, because this article contains spoilers.

When the series finale of "Seinfeld" aired in 1998, I remember sitting down with my parents to watch it. A handful of years later, my mom asked me to join her while she watched the series finale of "Sex and the City". During the run of "Game of Thrones," I loved inviting a big group of friends over to my tiny apartment to react to the show in real time. This is all to say that I miss TV shows and singular episodes with such a huge cultural footprint that everyone sits down to watch it at the same time. In recent years, shows like "The White Lotus" have helped satisfy this requirement, and the last season of "Succession" was probably the best example of what we can call "appointment television,...

Hollywood and music legends look to be pouring money into a fundraiser for New York Dolls singer and Saturday Night Live alum David Johansen, who is battling brain cancer.

Martin Scorsese, Colin Jost, Sony Music’s Rob Stringer, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, Hipgnosis Song Fund’s Merck Mercuriadis, the George Lopez Foundation and more notable names appear on a list of donations made to Johansen’s Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, which provides financial assistance to artists struggling with health challenges.

“David is a legend but he’s also my very real very sick dad,” Johansen’s daughter, Leah Hennessy, shared in an Instagram Story on Monday. The statement came in partnership with the Johansen’s Sweet Relief page reveals he has been in treatment for stage 4 cancer “for most of the past decade.”

On the fund’s donations page, Scorsese (who directed the 2022 Johansen documentary Personality Crisis), the George Lopez Foundation,...

This article contains spoilers for "Severance" Season 2, Episode 4, "Woe's Hollow."

"Severance" is rapidly becoming the best show in the game, at least when it comes to creating wild yet oddly plausible fan theories about the true nature of Lumon Industries and its severed employees' predicament. After the previous episode's excursion to the wonderfully-named Mammalians Nurturable goat department, Season 2, Episode 4, "Woe's Hollow," adds plenty more gasoline in the theory fire.

As the innie versions of Mark (Adam Scott), Helly (Britt Lower), Dylan (Zach Cherry), and Irving (John Turturro) find themselves in a strange wintery excursion at a nature reserve that's dripping with ominous Eagan lore, Irving becomes increasingly hostile toward the others and eventually targets Helly. His violent and seemingly genuine threats to drown her ultimately lead to the reveal that Helly's outie, Helena Eagan, has been posing as her innie self for unknown reasons. This is plenty weird in itself.

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Upload is a satirical sci-fi comedy-drama series created by Greg Daniels. The Prime Video series follows an app programmer named Nathan Brown, who dies under mysterious circumstances, and after his death, his consciousness is uploaded to a virtual reality world specially created for dead people. Upload delves deeply into the topic of death, but it never loses its touch of humor. Upload stars Robbie Amell, Andy Allo, Allegra Edwards, Zainab Johnson, Kevin Bigley, Andrea Rosen, Owen Daniels, and Josh Banday. So, if you loved the interesting concept, hilarious comedy, and compelling characters in Upload, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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This article contains spoilers for the latest episode of "Severance."

"Severance" is one of the best TV shows of the past decade. It's a brilliant satire about modern corporate life wrapped up in a compelling mystery. Though there have been many, many, many genre series that have tried to replicate the success of "Lost" by building mystery boxes with large casts of characters, exceedingly few have succeeded at it.

What makes "Severance" stand out is that, much like "Lost," the answers to its mysteries are only compelling because we care about its characters. Hence, because the characters have a vested interest in these mysteries, we as viewers also want to solve them. Take Irving's outie (John Turturro); the reason we want to know the truth about the bizarre visions of a dark door plaguing him is because we're already invested in his innie's romance with Burt G. (Christopher Walken...

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Severance is well underway with its second season and the story is heating up. While Mark’s (Adam Scott) innie remembers the wedding photo he saw and recognizes that Ms. Casey (Dichen Lachman) is actually his outie’s wife Gemma, who he presumed was dead, his outie isn’t aware. He remembers screaming “she’s alive!” but doesn’t know who the “she” is to which he was referring.

Mark’s outie is desperate to figure out the mystery and in doing so, he comes up with some crazy plans. In the midst of practicing one strategy, he is met by a woman named Reghabi (Karen Aldridge) that some fans might recall from Season 1. She’s a very important character that...

[This story contains spoilers from season two, episode two of Severance, “Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig.”]

“Okay. You’re not picking up. I get it. I want you to know, my innie got the message.”

It’s one of just a few lines from Irving (John Turturro) in the latest installment of Severance, “Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig,” which serves as a counterpoint to the season two premiere. Where the first episode focused solely on the innies on the other side of the overtime contingency plan, episode two centers on the outies as they navigate the aftermath of their work selves’ actions.

We see exactly how the ensuing hours played out for every single one of the Mdr Four, with one exception: Irving. John Turturro’s doggedly dogmatic worker bee lost his loyalty to Lumon across the first season, thanks to his growing love for Burt (Christopher Walken). After Burt’s forced retirement, Irving pushed all in on the innies’ plot to break out into the real world.

The second season of Severance, which debuts tonight on Apple TV+, proves that the corporate sci-fi drama has still got it. But it has also been [checks notes] three years since we last got an episode, so you cannot be blamed for feeling a little fuzzy on what was happening back then. Fortunately, we have more compassion for you than Lumon has for its severed employees, so we’ve assembled this refresher course heading into this new season (which we’ll be recapping every week).

What’s the big idea?

In the world of Severance,...

Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers for Season 1 of “Severance,” streaming on Apple TV+.

A recap is available upon request.

“Severance” returns on Apple TV+ this Friday, but it’s been nearly three years since the first season of the sci-fi workplace thriller ended on a brutal cliffhanger.

So, before you head back into the office Jan. 17, here are some things you should remember from Season 1. If you’re looking to freshen up on just the finale episode, skip to the end.

Innies and Outies

“Severance” follows Mark Scout (Adam Scott), a man who is grieving the loss of his wife Gemma outside of the office — and who is blissfully unaware he has a wife inside the office. That’s because he works at the mysterious Lumon Industries and underwent an experimental and controversial “severance” procedure, essentially splitting himself into two different people: his innie and his outie. When severed people enter the Lumon office,...

Severance, which premiered on AppleTV+ nearly three years ago, rests on a provocative soft sci-fi premise: a corporation offering employees the chance to bisect their consciousness, so that they don’t actually experience their workdays. When it launched, barely a year into the “quiet quitting” era, Severance’s dystopian portrait of work was hailed for its relevance. My fellow critics are overwhelmingly rapturous about it, and while I understand why, I can’t join them. My problem with Severance is how its dangling plot threads mostly seem designed to inspire fan theories online, and that being on AppleTV+ will neuter any political commentary it may attempt to inject.

For those who haven’t watched the show — and statistically, that’s nearly all of you — Severance is set in and around the offices of a fictional corporation called Lumon. We get vague inklings that the company is (officially) involved in the healthcare industry,...

The wait is almost over for Season 2 of Apple TV+’s Severance, created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller.

Season 1 of the thriller series, which stars Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Patricia Arquette, Dylan Cherry, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Micheal Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Dichen Lachman and more, arrived in February 2022. Season 2 has added several big names to its cast as well who will no doubt add to the mysterious hallways of Lumon Industries as well as the town beyond it.

For a recap of Severance Season 1 and what to remember ahead of Season 2, which premieres on Apple TV+ Friday, Jan. 17, follow along below:

The “Severance” Procedure

Season 1 of the show opened on Helly R. (Lower) who was lying on a conference room table as Scott’s Mark S. spoke to her over a radio. He asked her a series of questions to determine whether the severance procedure...

Warning: Spoilers for Severance Season 1.

Arguably one of the best series currently out there, Severance is finally returning to Apple TV+ after a three-year hiatus. Ahead of its release, the highly anticipated second season already has a nearly perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes, which isn’t surprising. Hailed by audiences and critics alike, the science fiction psychological thriller is unlike anything else currently streaming. The series follows a group of workers employed by a large biotechnology corporation known as Lumon Industries. However, no one knows what they do every day upon arriving at work. Thanks to a procedure known as “severance,” once Mark (Adam Scott) and his coworkers descend the elevator in Lumon’s building, an implant inside their mind is activated, and their work consciousness takes over.

Referred to as “Innies” and “Outies,” each consciousness is completely unaware of what the other does. When at the cult-like company, the...

After a long wait and a great deal of anticipation, Severance officially returns this week. Season 1 of the Apple TV+ sci-fi drama follows both of Mark's (Adam Scott) lives; as his "outie" becomes suspicious of the mysterious company he works for, Lumon Industries, after a visit from his co-worker, Petey (Yul Vazquez), his "innie" starts to do some investigating into what exactly his job is, and what Lumon is hiding from its employees who have chosen to undergo the controversial severance procedure.

Three years is a long time to wait ... especially for all of us non-Severed people. I mean, fine, you can argue that the entirety of "Severance" season 1 probably should've dissuaded anyone of the notion that there's any real "upside" to being an innie. Well, say what you want about those Lumon employees, but the ability to flip a switch and suddenly fast forward to the moment when season 2 finally arrives sure would've come in handy during this lengthy layoff, wouldn't it? The Applet TV+ series was a casualty of the duel strikes that hit the film and television industries, but it's now ready to put such unpleasantness behind it and kick viewers in the face with even more dark, dystopian, and downright bizarre office place shenanigans in its sophomore season.

Of course, all that downtime should've provided ample opportunity for the more forward-looking pencil-pushers among us to re-watch the debut...

Petey was a minor character in Severance season 1 who unfortunately died at the end of episode 3. The plot of Severance follows several employees of Lumon Industries who have undergone the severance procedure, which means that their work lives and personal lives are divided. Essentially, the characters' "innies" and "outies" are completely different people. The cast of Severance includes Adam Scott, Britt Lower, John Turturro, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman, Patricia Arquette, and Christopher Walken. The Severance season 1 cast also included Yul Vazquez as Petey.

While Petey was set up as an intriguing character who left Lumon Industries in season 1, he suddenly died in the third episode. Before the events of season 1, Petey discovered some Lumon secrets that prompted him to leave the company. However, the effects of the severance procedure eventually led to his death. Therefore, it is currently unknown if Petey will appear in the upcoming Severance season 2. However, after...

Apple TV+’s incredible sci-fi drama series Severance returns for its sophomore season this week. After almost three years, some unanswered questions might finally be revealed after that incredible cliffhanger of a season finale. The trailer of the upcoming show hints at where the main Innies of the show ended up after their little rebellion.

As viewers jump back into Lumon Industries, the three-year wait may have led some to forget some important moments in the first season. From what ‘Innies’ and ‘Outties’ are to who Adam Scott’s Mark learns at the end of the season, here are five important things to remember before diving into season 2.

5. Lumon Industries are the people behind the ‘Severance’ system A still from Severance | Credits: Apple TV+

The show Severance is set in a world where certain employees of a company undergo a ‘severance’ i.e. an implant in their brain that separates...

Even in the current era of streaming services, police procedural television is still going strong with shows like NCIS, Law & Order: Svu and 9-1-1 continuously pulling in impressive viewership numbers. These shows usually have numerous seasons and fresh plots that force the audience to think. However, for every popular procedural show, there are bound to be some that receive significantly lesser attention, despite being as good as, if not better than popular police procedurals.

These procedurals didn't get proper time in the spotlight. Instead, they either got overshadowed by more famous shows, had concepts that viewers weren't ready for, or simply got lost in the shuffle. From AI-based thrillers like Person of Interest to fantasy cop shows like Grimm, these underrated procedural shows deserve more recognition. They offer the same mystery, thrills, and adrenaline-spiking action that the genre is so well-loved for.

Updated on December 31, 2024, by Michael Colwander: Police...

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Interior Chinatown is a surreal action comedy series created by Charles Yu. Based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Charles Yu, the Hulu series follows Willis Wu, a background character stuck in a police procedural called Black and White. He soon comes into the spotlight when he witnesses a crime and investigates his brother’s mysterious disappearance. Interior Chinatown stars Jimmy O. Yang, Ronny Chieng, Chloe Bennet, Sullivan Jones, Lisa Gilroy, Archie Kao, and Diana Lin. So, if you loved the surreal aspect, comedic story, and compelling characters in Interior Chinatown here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Oa is one of the most fascinating and mind-bending sci-fi series ever created. Even though the series was not completed as created by Brit Marling intended, The Oa still garnered a massive following upon its cancellation, the fans of the series did not even believe the news of the cancellation to be true and theorized that the cancellation was a trick that the streaming platform is pulling to promote the upcoming season. The brilliant series tells one of the best and most confusing stories of all time following Prairie Johnson (Marling) who returns home after a seven-year disappearance, her return becomes more and more confusing as she was blind when she disappeared but now she is not and she is not talking about the disappearance. The Oa premiered its second and final season over three years in...

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There's no shortage of Stephen King shows on TV. The prolific horror author's works have been translated to the small screen no fewer than two dozen times across five-plus decades, beginning with Tobe Hooper's "Salem's Lot" miniseries in 1979 and spanning all the way to an upcoming "Sleeping Beauties" adaptation and Mike Flanagan's highly anticipated take on "The Dark Tower." Plenty of King shows have enjoyed celebrated runs and completed the stories their creators planned to tell, but there are a few that slipped through the cracks and were canceled too soon. Among them is "The Outsider," an utterly creepy King adaptation that got the short end of the stick when it debuted in 2020.

"The Outsider" earned rave reviews when it premiered on HBO in January of that year, but by the time its finale aired, the world had other things on its mind.

War of the Worlds, the sci-fi horror film directed by Steven Spielberg, will land like a mothership on a streaming service soon. The movie starring Tom Cruise will be added to Prime Video's catalog starting November 1.

Based on the literary classic of the same name by H.G. Wells, War of the Worlds is one of Spielberg's most underrated features in a sea of genre films. Released in 2005, the project was produced during the early days of the Internet, and fortunately, nothing was leaked. When audiences saw Spielberg's alien invasion film for the first time, its scale was a throwback to some of his most memorable movies. Only this time, aliens were here to exterminate us as a species and didn't exactly play a 5-note salute as a peace offering.

War of the Worlds is the story of Ray Ferrier, a working-class father of two living in New Jersey. Estranged from his kids,...

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Time travel is one of the most popular sub-genres in films and TV shows. Both fantasy and sci-fi genre fans are probably already in love with time travel content. The most compelling thing about time is that it can used in various ways from time loop stories like Groundhog Day and changing the past stories like Terminator. So, we thought of compiling a list of all the best time travel shows on Netflix you should check out.

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Travelers is a sci-fi thriller drama series created by Brad Wright. The Netflix series follows the story of a group of people who send their consciousness back in time to the 21st century in other people’s bodies from a post-apocalyptic world so that they can save the world from a terrible future. Travelers stars Eric McCormack, Reilly Dolman,...

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Kevin Can F**k Himself is a brilliant dark comedy series starring Schitt’s Creek‘s Annie Murphy. The AMC series is created by Valerie Armstrong, and it tells the story of Allison McRoberts, who seems very happy on the outside as she looks like all the sitcom wives we have seen before in countless comedy shows but something else is going on inside. The series follows Allison as she tries to break out of her unhappy life. Alongside Murphy, the series also stars Marry Hollis Inboden, Eric Peterson, Alex Bonifer, Brian Howe, and Raymond Lee. So, if you loved the dark comedy, personal story, and compelling characters in Kevin Can F**k Himself here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Fans of Stephen King's novel "The Outsider" were disappointed by HBO's decision to cancel the critically acclaimed series after just one season. King himself, along with crime novelist Linwood Barclay, believes that the show deserved a second season due to its gripping storyline and talented ensemble cast. Despite the cancellation of "The Outsider," Stephen King continues to thrive in the world of adaptations, with several highly anticipated projects in the works, including "Salem's Lot" and "The Long Walk."

Bestselling horror author Stephen King has a lot of opinions about movie and TV content, especially when it comes to adaptations of his own work. He regularly voices these opinions using his X account. One such opinion has to do with HBO's 2020 series The Outsider, an adaptation of his novel of the same name which he clearly believes deserved more than a single season.

On X, King quoted an original post by crime novelist Linwood Barclay,...

Exclusive: Director Brad Furman has rounded out the cast for his indie drama People Not Places, scripted by his mother Ellen Brown Furman, with seven additions. They are Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King), Yul Vazquez (The Lost Bus), Laurence Mason (Tin Soldier), Obba Babatundé (S.W.A.T.), Joey Bicicchi (Tin Soldier), Colleen Camp (Amsterdam) and Olivia Jude.

Others rounding out the cast include Sam Jay (You People), Duke George, Wass Stevens (Lansky), Gregg Bello (Crown Vic) and Matthew J. Perry. As previously announced, Shirley MacLaine, Stephen Dorff, Julia Mayorga and Allegra Leguizamo also star.

People Not Places watches as Clare (MacLaine), an elderly widow living in Atlantic City, meets an erratic homeless man (Dorff) who sleeps in cars. Their shared loneliness causes them to bond, as they find the courage to face his regrettable past and her shortened future.

Furman and Jess Fuerst are producing the film...

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HBO's The Outsider, which is now streaming on Max, is a 2020 TV series about the killing of a child. Or at least it starts out that way. Since it's based on a book by Stephen King, you can be sure that the circumstances of the killing turn out to be extremely weird and unsettling. As a matter of fact, things quickly don't add up for Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn), the police detective who investigates the case. While he has a great deal of evidence leading him to believe that Terry Maitland (Jason Bateman) did it, after he arrests Terry, he begins to doubt Terry's guilt.

This leads to a story that could only come from the mind of Stephen King,...

Every episode of the MGM + series Hotel Cocaine pulls Roman Compte deeper into the Miami drug trade. Yet it's not just Roman's story; the women in the show are some of the best-written female characters in TV dramas. Roman's girlfriend Marisol, his daughter Valeria and Janice Nichols are far more than pretty faces or sources of personal drama; they all play important parts in the complete story.

Cbr spoke to actors Tania Watson (who plays Marisol), Corina Bradley (Valeria) and Laura Gordon (Janice) about their roles in Hotel Cocaine. The trio discussed breaking away from stereotypes with each of their characters and their experience behind the scenes. Plus, what can they all agree upon as a hidden highlight of the show?

Cbr: Corina, your character Valeria represents the emotional stakes of Hotel Cocaine, because it's Valeria that Roman is doing everything for. How would you say she's different from...

Captain Phillips, now on Netflix, is based on the true 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates. Tom Hanks stars as Captain Richard Phillips and Barkhad Abdi plays the pirate leader Muse, with both receiving critical acclaim. Most of the cast's supporting actors were new to the industry, with exception to a few character actors like Chris Mulkey and Catherine Keener

The Captain Phillips cast features one Hollywood veteran and several new faces. Now streaming on Netflix, Captain Phillips is based on the true story of the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates. Tom Hanks leads the cast as the titular Captain Richard Phillips, the ship's commanding officer who is taken hostage by the pirates, led by their ruthless leader Muse, played by a new actor in a breakout role. The film focuses on the intense standoff between the crew and the pirates, highlighting Phillips' harrowing ordeal...

When it premiered on Netflix, Narcos became a massive hit. Following the rise of Pablo Escobar as the most powerful drug lord in Latin America, the series came from co-creators Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro. Since the three-season series ended, we have gotten a Mexico-set spin-off and the promise of more. The creators have gone their separate ways with Miro running Netflix series Griselda, also based on a true story about the infamous title queenpin. Now, Brancato has reunited with Narcos director Guillermo Navarro for a new series, Hotel Cocaine, also inspired by a true crime tale but heavily fictionalized for a pulpy good time.

Set at the Hotel Mutiny in 1978, this Miami-set drama centers on Roman Compte, the hotel manager. Compte is a Cuban refugee who has forged a new life with his daughter. With drugs freely used through the hotel and at large, Compte is approached...

The following contains spoilers from Hotel Cocaine Episode 1, "The Mutiny," which debuted Sunday, June 16 on MGM+. It also contains mention of torture.

The MGM+ crime drama Hotel Cocaine has a family story integrated into it -- a lethal one. Danny Pino and Yul Vasquez star as Roman Compte and Nestor Cabal, estranged brothers driven apart by Nestor's status as a ruthless drug kingpin. Roman flippantly tells his brother that he wasn't interested in killing people; however, when aggressive DEA agent Dominic Zulio learns about the family connection, he forces Roman to reconnect with Nestor or else.

Cbr spoke with Pino & Vasquez to discuss how they created the intense dynamic between Roman and Nestor that drives the show. Plus, the two actors discussed how they approached the challenges inherent in their respective characters -- and the jaw-dropping scene in the Hotel Cocaine series premiere that serves as a tipping point.

Michael Chiklis embraces the 1970s vibes in his new series Hotel Cocaine, finding joy in the explosive era's complexities and challenges. Co-star Mark Feuerstein switches gears from Royal Pain's Dr. Hank to a wild hippie, reveling in humorous moments with iconic figures. Embrace the drug-filled world of Miami in the '70s and '80s with Hotel Cocaine, a new crime epic now streaming on MGM+.

We spoke with veteran actor Michael Chiklis at the junket for Hotel Cocaine, which is now streaming on MGM+. The series also stars Danny Pino and Yul Vazquez as the owner of the titular hotel and his crime lord brother, respectively. But it is Chiklis who's often stealing the show in his scenes opposite Pino as hotheaded DEA Agent Zulio, investigating the dealings tied to the infamous Mutiny Hotel that reigned supreme in Miami during the late '70s and early '80s.

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Yul Vazquez and Danny Pino spoke to MovieWeb's Will Sayre about the new MGM+ series, Hotel Cocaine, which premiered June 16, 2024. Hotel Cocaine is the story of Roman Compte, a Cuban exile and general manager of The Mutiny Hotel, the glamorous epicenter of the Miami cocaine scene of late 70s and early 80s. The Mutiny Hotel was Casablanca on cocaine. Businessmen, politicians, international narcos, CIA and FBI agents, models, sports stars, and musicians all frequented the hotel and its glitzy nightclub and restaurant. At the center of it all was Compte, who did his best to keep it all going and fulfill his own American dream. Over the course of the season, Roman walks the tightrope between the DEA, who have his daughter's fate in their hands, and his older brother Nestor, Miamis biggest supplier of cocaine. Together, the pair face ruthless rival...

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What's This TV Show About?

A crime drama series on the MGM+ subscription service, the Hotel Cocaine TV show stars Danny Pino, Yul Vazquez, Michael Chiklis, Mark Feuerstein, Laura Gordon, Tania Watson, and Corina Bradley. Recurring and guest stars include Don Mike, Pedro Giunti, Lola Claire, Matthew Del Negro, Victor Oliveira, Robert Beck, Sam Robards, Candy Santana, Mayra Hermosillo, Juan Pablo Raba, Erniel Baez, Nick Barkla, Cale Ambrozic, Camila Valero, and...

Roman does what he needs to do for the survival of his family in the first season of the Hotel Cocaine TV show on MGM+. As we all know, Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Hotel Cocaine is cancelled or renewed for season two. MGM+ and other streaming platforms, however, collect their own data. If you've been watching this TV series, we'd love to know how you feel about the first season episodes of Hotel Cocaine here.

An MGM+ crime drama series, the Hotel Cocaine TV show stars Danny Pino, Yul Vazquez, Michael Chiklis, Mark Feuerstein, Laura Gordon, Tania Watson, and Corina Bradley. Recurring and guest stars include Don Mike, Pedro Giunti, Lola Claire, Matthew Del Negro, Victor Oliveira, Robert Beck, Sam Robards, Candy Santana, Mayra Hermosillo, Juan Pablo Raba, Erniel Baez,...

Network: MGM+

Episodes: Ongoing (hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: June 16, 2024 -- present

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Danny Pino, Yul Vazquez, Michael Chiklis, Mark Feuerstein, Laura Gordon, Tania Watson, and Corina Bradley with Don Mike, Pedro Giunti, Lola Claire, Matthew Del Negro, Victor Oliveira, Robert Beck, Sam Robards, Candy Santana, Mayra Hermosillo, Juan Pablo Raba, Erniel Baez, Nick Barkla, Cale Ambrozic, Camila Valero, and Maggie Lacey.

TV show description:      

A crime drama series, the Hotel Cocaine TV show was created by Chris Brancato.

The story revolves around Roman Compte (Pino), a Cuban exile and the general manager of The Mutiny Hotel, the glamorous epicenter of the Miami cocaine scene of the late '70s and early '80s. Businessmen, politicians, international narcos, CIA and...

Yul Vazquez enjoys playing villainous characters like Nestor in Hotel Cocaine, finding them fun and terrifying with a sprinkle of humor. Vazquez admits he's confused about the plot of Severance, never given actual information about his character's mysteries at Lumon. Hotel Cocaine follows Roman Compte in Miami during the '70s and '80s cocaine scene, with Vazquez playing the dangerous crime lord Nestor expertly.

We recently spoke with longtime character actor Yul Vazquez, who plays Nestor Cabal in the wild new series Hotel Cocaine, now streaming on MGM+. Nestor is the villainous brother of the show's true protagonist, Roman Compte (Danny Pino), who runs an iconic Miami hotel in the late '70s. The Mutiny Hotel welcomed public figures such as famed author Hunter S. Thompson who is actually featured in the pilot episode and portrayed by John Ventimiglia (The Sopranos).

Vazquez played a more likable character, Petey, on...

“Every pleasure has a price,” Roman Compte tells us at the top of Hotel Cocaine, MGM+’s new drama about the rise of coke in late-1970s Miami. And by the end of the hour, we know exactly how high those prices will rise for Roman and his family.

But let’s back up a minute. As Roman (played by Law & Order: Svu‘s Danny Pino) explains via voiceover, he’s the general manager of the Mutiny Club and Hotel, a coke-fueled disco full of pretty people and celebrities. Even though Miami is ruled by drug kingpins who hold fast to their territories,...

Hotel Cocaine premieres tonight at 9/8c on MGM+.

The series tosses us back to the glitz, glamour, and high-profile crime of Miami in 1978.

It highlights the Latino influence on our culture and our values, but not in the way that you might think.

For this series, creator and executive producer Chris Brancato and executive producer and director Guillermo Navarro use the background we know so well to highlight a sense of family and commitment that sours through the community.

We talked with them and the cast to get a thorough understanding of the series, which we have seen almost in its entirety.

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Hotel Cocaine follows Danny Pino as Roman Compte, the manager of The Mutiny Club, nestled inside The Mutiny Hotel. Roman has worked diligently within the framework of drug traffickers and celebrities, staying steadfastly outside of his brother’s business.

“Colorful, intriguing, dangerous,” is how Danny Pino describes the world of Roman Compte, the real-life Cuban exile and general manager of Miami’s Mutiny Hotel and its glitzy nightclub, ground zero for the disco era’s cocaine scene. In the fictionalized eight-part drama, Hotel Cocaine, created by Chris Brancato (Godfather of Harlem), DEA agent Zulio (Michael Chiklis) pressures Compte to rat on his drug kingpin brother Nestor Cabal (Yul Vazquez) by threatening to disrupt the life of Roman’s teenage daughter Valeria (Corina Bradley). Pino gives us a room key. Carlos Rodriguez/MGM+ How is this role different from others you’ve played? Danny Pino: It’s different from the precinct in Manhattan investigating sex crimes [on Svu]. Roman is in the Studio 54 of the Caribbean. And he was an actual person. There’s pressure to get it right. I’m playing the father of Maurice Compte, a fellow actor on Mayans M.

Plot: The story of Roman Compte, Cuban exile and general manager of the Mutiny Hotel, the glamorous epicenter of the Miami cocaine scene of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. The Mutiny Hotel was Casablanca on cocaine; a glitzy nightclub, restaurant, and hotel frequented by Florida businessmen and politicians, international narcos, CIA and FBI agents, models, sports stars, and musicians. At the center of it all was Compte, who was doing his best to keep it all going and fulfill his own American Dream.

Review: The 1970s were one hell of a decade for cocaine. The white powder that fueled the 1980s began its reign at the tail end of the age of disco and has been the focus of countless films and television series ranging from Scarface to Griselda. The new series Hotel Cocaine chronicles how the illegal drug trade from Cuba to Miami impacted two brothers, one a...

Adam Scott's Mark Scout faces repercussions for rebelling against Lumon Industries in Severance season 2. Season 2 footage teases Mark's reintegration process, hinting at a darker path similar to Petey's journey in season one. Flashbacks to Mark's Lumon origins may be explored in the upcoming season, adding complexity to the sinister company's story.

Although the first season of Severance, Apple TV+'s acclaimed original series, hit the streaming platform in 2022, viewers are just now getting a glimpse at the thriller's sophomore outing and the tease has huge implications for Adam Scott's Mark Scout. A science-fiction-heavy psychological thriller, Severance centers on Mark, an employee of Lumon Industries. Severance's cast of characters, including Mark, have agreed to partake in the "severance" program, a procedure that surgically separated his work memories from his personal memories. Theoretically, this helps Lumon employees maintain a work-life balance, but that's not the reality of it.

As it turns out,...