#Eleventh Inspector

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

‘So, it’s smaller on the inside?’

‘I prefer to call it cozier.’

#Inspector Spacetime #Inspector Spacetime meme #smaller on the inside #Always Room For One More (trope) #Always Room For One More #cozier on the inside #I prefer to call it #Geneva Stilton (character) #the Inspector (character) #11th Inspector #Eleventh Inspector

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Rebus – BBC picks up new series

BY IAN MCARDELL FILED UNDER NEWS

Richard Rankin takes on the role of the famous Scottish detective

The BBC acquired the Scottish crime drama Rebus. Made by Eleventh Hour Films for Viaplay, and based on Ian Rankin’s novels, the series stars Richard Rankin (no relation) in the title role.

The detective has been previously played, as an Inspector, by both John Hannah and Ken Stott.

Rebus

The six-part series has been adapted for the screen by Gregory Burke who reimagines the character earlier in his career. Detective Sergeant John Rebus is drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line into criminality. Rebus finds himself torn between protecting his brother and enforcing the law to bring Michael to justice.

Gregory Burke To Adapt Ian Rankin’s Rebus Series as Eleventh Hour Drama Black Watch. Both adaptations, have Richard Rankin’s participation. Based on interviews with former soldiers, it tells the story of troops from the then Black Watch regiment serving in Iraq. The play toured around the world and went on to win four Olivier Awards.

Richard Rankin as John Rebus (Image: Mark Mainz/Eleventh Hour Films)

The series promises to explore family, morality and class in an emotionally charged story, set against the Scottish landmarks that Rankin’s readers know so well.

Joining Richard Rankin (Outlander), the series also stars Lucie Shorthouse (Bulletproof), Brian Ferguson (The Ipcress File) and Amy Manson (The Nevers). Plus, Neshla Caplan, Noof Ousellam, Stuart Bowman, Caroline Lee Johnson, Sean Buchanan, Thoren Ferguson and Michelle Duncan.

Filming took place in Glasgow and Edinburgh last year.

Author Ian Rankin says:

“I’m thrilled that Rebus is coming to the BBC. A great cast and a compelling story – I really can’t wait for viewers to see it.”

This is the first time the BBC has adapted Sir Ian Rankin's detective novels. 📸 Getty Images

Actor Richard Rankin adds:

“I am thrilled that Rebus will premiere on the BBC. It’s been an honour taking on the role of Ian Rankin’s renowned John Rebus. A character enjoyed by so many in such a fresh and original adaptation.”

The six-part series is directed by Niall MacCormick (Wallander) and Fiona Walton (Shetland) and is produced by Angela Murray. Paula Cuddy, Jill Green, Eve Gutierrez, Tomas Axelsson, Isabelle Hultén, Niall MacCormick, Gregory Burke and Ian Rankin are the Executive Producers.

Rebus will air on BBC Scotland, BBC One and BBC iPlayer later this spring.

I'm waiting and watching 🍿

#Rebus #BBCScotland #BBCOne # BBCiPlayer #JohnRebus #DetectiveSergeant #Ian Rankin #novel #RichardRankin #EleventhHourFilms #Viaplay

[joannanora]

Viaplay has found its Inspector Rebus and author Sir Ian Rankin is keeping it in the name.

Outlander star Richard Rankin – no relation to the source material’s scribe – will play the lead in the Nordic streamer’s debut UK original Rebus. He follows in the footsteps of fellow Scottish actors John Hannah and Ken Stott, who led the ITV version 20 years ago.

Viaplay’s reboot, which is planned as a returning series and will soon unveil more cast, follows 40-year-old Inspector John Rebus at a psychological crossroads following an altercation with an infamous Edinburgh gangster. At odds with a job increasingly driven by technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter’s life by his ex-wife’s wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer.

Viaplay has found its Inspector Rebus and author Sir Ian Rankin is keeping it in the name.

Outlander star Richard Rankin – no relation to the source material’s scribe – will play the lead in the Nordic streamer’s debut UK original Rebus. He follows in the footsteps of fellow Scottish actors John Hannah and Ken Stott, who led the ITV version 20 years ago.

Viaplay’s reboot, which is planned as a returning series and will soon unveil more cast, follows 40-year-old Inspector John Rebus at a psychological crossroads following an altercation with an infamous Edinburgh gangster. At odds with a job increasingly driven by technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter’s life by his ex-wife’s wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer.

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Richard Rankin, who plays Roger Wakefield in Starz drama Outlander and whose past credits include The Last Kingdom and Trust Me, said he “feels very lucky to be given the honour of bringing such an iconic Scottish character back to TV screens.”

Ian Rankin backed Richard Rankin to “bring the character to life,” adding: “He’s the perfect fit for the role, and not just because we coincidentally share the same surname.”

71 scribe Gregory Burke is penning the adaptation from Magpie Murders outfit Eleventh Hour Films. The project is a big UK bet for Viaplay, having launched in the territory just four months ago.

Viaplay Chief Content Officer Filippa Wallestam said it is a “privilege to have such a famous character spearheading Viaplay’s original storytelling in the UK.”

Rankin wrote 24 Rebus novels between 1987 and 2002. The TV series ran from 2000 to 2007 on ITV and saw first Hannah then Stott portray the main character.

#richard rankin

[most-hated-blorbo-bracket]

Update on how many unique characters you’ve received?

As usual, super long list, so here we go!

These characters have two+ (2+) submissions, and are likely to be included.

Vriska Serkat

Eridan Ampora

Shiver

Kokichi Ouma

Haiji Towa

Minoru Mineta

Simon

Boston

Bill Cipher

John Gaius

Regal Farseer

Ayin

Kylo Ren

Mal

Jurgen Leitner

Merlin

Darkstalker

Kyubey 

Ty Betteridge

Sasuke Uchiha

Dazai Osamu

Glenn Quagmire

Rose Quartz

Makima

c!Dream

Izzy Hands

Akio Ohtori

Katsuki Bakugo

Bramblestar

Michael

Don Quixote Doflamingo

Elias Bouchard/Jonah Magnus

Ansem the Wise

Kusaka Masato

Azula 

The Metatron

Evan Hansen

Stella Goetia

Pierce Hawthorne

Le’garde

Lance Dubois

Santa Claus

Meenah Peixes / Her Imperious Condescension 

Greg Heffley

Tony Stark

Donald Trump

Jace Herondale / Wayland / Lightwood / Morgenstern

Teddy / Kuma

Mr. Bungee

Julia Mazzone

Sentinel Prime

William Afton

Cullen Rutherford

Shou Tucker

Junko Enoshima

Ardyn Izunia

Sosuke Aizen

Happosai 

Simon Laurent

Caillou 

Ōchi Fukuchi

Jin Guanyao

Micah Bell

Cici

These characters have been submitted only once, and have a lower chance of being accepted.

Michael Scott

Detective Saracusa

Paul Von Oberstein

JJ

Box

Damian Wayne

Cersei Iannister

Shredder

Splinter

John ‘Jack’ Seward

Akane 

Abyss Sibling

House

Nickel

Julie-Sue

Tim Drake

Xisuma

Dr. John ‘Jack’ Seward

Hisoka 

Gra’ha Tia

Elias Ainsworth

Trishna 

Erlina and Brugaves

Five Pebbles

The Entirety Of Homestuck

Willy Stampler

Miguel O’Hara

Medusa Gorgon

Gamzee Makara

Rohan Kishibe

Teruhashi Makoto

Gordon Blackwall

Rebecca Costwolds

Dio 

Anakin Skywalker

Sigma Kilm

Caesar Clown

Shiki Tohno/Nanaya

Mori Ougai

Asuka 

Marlon

Pencil

Touichiro Suzuki

Alexander Hamilton

Georg Weissmann 

Dean Winchester

The Operator

Kromer

Scrappy Doo

Foreman Oyun

The Eleventh Doctor

Any Character From Welcome to Nightvale

Will Shuester

Marie

Silver Spoon

Jayne Cobb

Byakuya Togami

Prince Louis 

Coco

Princess Daisy

Light Yagami

The Pale King

Yoshiharu Hisomu

Himiko Toga

Sebastian Mechaelias

Mystery Hunter (Jeremiah Hartley)

Muzan Kibutsuji

Clara Oswald

Ranpo Edogawa (Beast)

Heath cliff

Inspector Tobias Greyson

Roland

Huey Emmerich

Tom Wambsgans

Yuri Briar

Jacopo Bearzatti

Quiche

Alastor

Meredith Rodney McKay

Every Single Country In 1993

Cicero

Val Velocity

Jiren 

Noor Pradesh

Blackbeard 

Kristoph Gavin

Morris 

Dan Moroboshi

Muu Kusunoki

Julia

Shen Jiu

April O’Neil (2012)

Johnny

Adam

Ronaldo

Makoto Itou

Ianthe Tridentarius

Disembodied Voice

Viren

Spamton

George Wickham

Floch

The New Ninja

Sakazuki Akainu 

Petyr Baelish / Littlefinger

Childe 

Wen Chao

Stormcaller

Chibiusa

Ashfur 

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd 

James T. Kirk

Billy

Mikan Tsumuki

Teruteru

Orochi

Millions Knives

The Mage

Lotor

Otto Apocalypse 

Sanji

Woodes Rogers

Zeke Jaeger

Dean Venture

Absalom 

Aloise Trancey

Cynte

Akito Sohma

Pierre

Monokubs (Except Monodam)

Edelgard 

Chrollo Lucifer

Chloe Bourgeois 

Zhou Zishu

Wanderer/Scaramouche 

Elon Musk

Il Dottore

Goeffry St. John

Nikola Tesla

Louie

Ogai Mori

Astarion 

Mary Keay

Dr. Henry Miller

Booker

Voice In The Calm Ad On Spotify

Akechi Goro

Victor Frankenstein

Five

Riley Finn

Anyone From The Locked Tomb

Elias Ainsworth

Nefera DeNile

Angel Dust

Blitzo Buckzo

The Once-Ler

Moash

Zenos Galvus

Marvin Falsettos

Solf J. Kimblee 

Father / Dwarf In The Glass

Henry the Eighth 

Aranea Serkat

Bro-Strider

Caliborn / Lord English

Feferi Peixes

Skizzleman

Black Pete

Narumi 

Cozy Glow

Holly Blue Agate

Every Genshin Impact Character Ever

Drew

Dio (Zero Escape)

Matou Shinji

Chris McClain

Thistleclaw 

Rumpelstiltskin

Ruruka Ando

Sheldon Cooper

Buck Cluck

Valens Van Varro

Verstael Besithia

Kevin

France (Hetalia)

Tumblr Staff

Slayer 

Volgin 

Yumichika Ayasegawa

Roshi 

Chibiusa

Akio Himemiya

Ali Lectric

Rafe Cameron

Raven Queen

Duke

Sandy

Everyone In Romeo And Juliet

Bella Swan

Haiji Senri

Tsumugi Aoba

Vivienne Medranno’s Impsona

Buzz McCallister 

Eugene Coli

Live Action Buggy

Aizen Sosuke

Kyouichi Saionji

Ibara Saegusa

Yu Ziyuan

Mahiru Koizumi

The Little Palace Mistress

Eichi Tenshouin

The Old Palace Master

Rafal 

Jonah Magnus

Queen Scarlet

Nanami Kiryuu 

Hiyoko Saionji

God

Roger

Judo

Ken

Steven Universe

JD

#mod speaks #not a poll #most hated blorbo bracket #ask answered #I would cry #trying to tag all these characters

[twistedtummies2]

Gathering of the Greatest Gumshoes - Number 6

Welcome to A Gathering of the Greatest Gumshoes! During this month-long event, I’ll be counting my Top 31 Favorite Fictional Detectives, from movies, television, literature, video games, and more!

SLEUTH-OF-THE-DAY’S QUOTE: “I did not know the bank was being robbed because I was engaged in my sworn duty as a police officer.”

Number 6 is…Inspector Clouseau, from The Pink Panther.

It is difficult to say where the trope of the “Bumbling Detective” began. Some would point to the various Scotland Yard officers in the Sherlock Holmes stories…although, to be fair, in many of THEIR cases, they weren’t so much total idiots in the books, so much as just constrained by their inability to look beyond what they saw, so to speak. One character who I think doesn’t get enough credit for the beginning is Inspector Fix from “Around the World in 80 Days,” who felt like a more slow-witted Inspector Javert. There are probably still other characters one could credit for the concept…BUT, regardless of where it all began, I would venture to say that the concept reached its absolute zenith with the creation of this guy: Inspector Jacques Clouseau.

Originally played by Peter Sellers, Inspector Clouseau is the quintessential bungling Inspector. Speaking with an over-the-top French accent (which grew increasingly more cartoonish as the films went on), he is a clumsy buffoon, completely oblivious to his own ineptitude as a police officer. In the first film, Clouseau was actually a case of a Heroic Antagonist, depicted as an honest (but thoroughly stupid) detective, trying to apprehend his arch-nemesis: a mysterious jewel robber known simply as The Phantom. At the end of the film, the Phantom – a.k.a. Charles Litten – and his allies defeated the bungling clod by framing him as the true culprit. This was not the end for the Inspector, as he somehow was able to clear his name, and would continue to have a life in many other films in the “Pink Panther” film series. For those who don’t know, the actual Pink Panther is a pink diamond, not the cartoon character, who was more of a mascot for these movies, and became popular in theatrical cartoons that came later…but I digress.

Whenever I think of comical and incompetent detectives, Clouseau is the first character I think of. And, in a way, out of all the doofus detectives in the world…Clouseau is actually the closest to BEING competent you may find. Make no mistake, he SUCKS as a sleuth, but what’s interesting is that, in most of the movies, Clouseau still manages to win! He’s able to catch the criminals, whoever they are, and escape without much of a scratch. He’s also, despite his inherent clumsiness, surprisingly skilled in martial arts, although he rarely uses this fact to great advantage. A lot of this is because of Clouseau’s single greatest character trait, in my opinion: he follows a code that his creator – Blake Edwards – called “The Eleventh Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Give Up.” Clouseau’s greatest strength, AND his greatest weakness, is that he is ALWAYS very confident in his own feelings and decisions. If he feels somebody is honest, absolutely NOTHING will convince him otherwise, no matter how high the decked is stacked against that fact. Similarly, if he feels he can handle a situation, no matter how ludicrous or perilous, nothing will stop him from doing it. This gets him into a LOT of trouble, as you can imagine, as he seems totally shocked when people who very obviously despise or distrust him cause trouble for him, and he is always startled by his own slapstick buffoonery. But at the same time, on many occasions, his instincts about what is going on and who is or is not responsible for a crime DO turn out to be correct.

While Sellers absolutely made the character, there have been other attempts to portray Clouseau since. The most successful, in my opinion, was a cartoon series called “The Inspector”: the title character was never CALLED Clouseau, by name, but the series was made by the same people (and apparently in the same universe) as the Pink Panther cartoons of the time, and it’s pretty darn obvious that’s who he is. I also have a personal soft spot for the first of the Steve Martin “Pink Panther” reboot films, even though I’ll acknowledge it isn’t that great. I actually initially wanted to put Clouseau in the Top 5, but after revisiting some of the Pink Panther movies, I no longer felt that was entirely fair. For one thing, his incompetence DOES have to be taken into consideration: he still counts for the list, but he’s obviously NOT a good detective in the truest sense. For another, the other detectives above him have all, in my opinion, weathered the test of time much better than Clouseau has: they have survived through numerous incarnations, and even a lot of the older stuff with them still holds up today. The Peter Sellers films have some rather dated bits of humor that haven’t aged well (though I should point out the majority of the jokes DO still hold up), and aside from the aforementioned cartoon series, most takes on Clouseau that AREN’T Sellers just haven't been quite as grand. So I think it’s unfair to place him TOO high. But, for being by far the most iconic COMEDY detective – at least in my mind – Inspector Clouseau still gets a big thumbs-up from me. A pity he gets a thumbs-down from anyone with half with a brain. (I’m certain he only has about a quarter.)

Tomorrow, the countdown enters the Top 5!

CLUE: “Let's vote on it: mystery, or pizza pie?"

#list #countdown #best #favorites #top 31 fictional detectives #gathering of the greatest gumshoes #number 6 #inspector clouseau #peter sellers #the pink panther #a shot in the dark #comedy #mystery

[seeringsaga]

CHAPTER 1

            “Is this it?” Elak’s voice jarred Nasha, pulling her out of her trance. She hadn’t even heard him approach. “What’re you standing around for? Let’s kill the girl and get out of here!”

            There was no thought, no emotion, only pure impulse and instinct. Nasha’s wand blasted into Elak’s stomach, killing him instantly. She felt a shred of guilt after doing it, knowing that Dusklight would have her stripped of her rank if they found out she had killed one of her fellow rebels in cold blood, but she quickly turned her thoughts back to the present. The girl’s eyes were somehow even wider, staring at the partially annihilated body on the floor.

            “Can you speak?” Nasha asked the girl.

            “Yes,” she responded in a stronger voice than Nasha had expected.

            “Then do everything exactly as I say.”

            **********

            Minutes earlier, Nasha, Elak, and Nasha’s assistant Nel were stepping briskly down another of the cold, sterile hallways of the Needen scientific facility, led by a round-faced blonde woman who had introduced herself nearly an hour earlier as Director Mar. She wore the traditional navy robes of a Needen military official, cinched at the waist but flared and flowing at the sleeves. Nasha and her compatriots wore the same outfits, but unlike Director Mar, they were not Needen military officials – they were resistance fighters aligned with the rebel sect Dusklight on a mission to destroy this facility.

            Nearly two months ago, Dusklight had received documents from an informant inside a hidden Needen facility deep in the Yuenaw Wastes. The Yuenaw herd-clans only patrolled their respective territories, and this one was tucked just outside the reaches of the Kuriq Hegemony. The facility was developing a weapon that could strip people of their Seering powers, giving the Needen military a monopoly on the psychic arts. All of humanity in the eleventh millennium had some degree of Seering ability, but most considered it simple luck or instinct. Those who had greater command over their abilities could peer into the past and possible futures, divining unknowable information and seeing events seconds before they happen. These rare humans were called Seers, and Nasha was one of them.

            After receiving the documents, Dusklight had tasked Nasha with assembling a team to infiltrate the facility and destroy the experimental weapon at all costs. She recruited Elak, a burly and rugged ex-archaeologist, to act as her muscle and pose as her bodyguard, and Nel, a young woman with burgeoning Seering abilities who Nasha was mentoring to serve as her assistant and scribe. For the second part of her plan, she enlisted the Dukar brothers, a slicer and demolitions-expert sibling duo from the lowest levels of Needen Citadel’s seedy underworld, to serve as her operations inspection team.

            With her team assembled, Nasha had moved to her plan of attack. She would pose as an inspector, sent by the Ministry of Science to do a surprise inspection of the facility. Using flight codes supplied to them by their informant, they piloted a stolen Needen transport skyship that they had refurbished towards the domed, unassuming white building situated between two rolling hills of gray silt. The team of rebels was met with little fanfare. Only the director of operations and her assistant had come to greet them on the landing platform. For the last hour, Director Mar had shown the trio around the facility, looking over its inner workings and trying not to appear too bored to the Director. Mar had sent her assistant with the Dukar brothers to inspect the facility’s exomatter core, but Nasha was able to keep tabs on them via a pocket-sized datascroll she unfurled every few minutes for updates.

            Director Mar stopped in front of a white wall, indistinguishable from any other part of the halls they had been traversing. She pressed her hand against the wall, and immediately a white light began to emanate from it. She stepped away, and the wall made a small squelching sound before turning completely black, so black that nothing could be seen beyond the yawning maw before Nasha. Nevertheless, she knew there was more.

            Nasha recognized this as a purgate, an application of exomatter technology that allowed a person to travel any distance by passing through the Space Between Spaces to reach a connected purgate. This technology was rare even with the standardization of exomatter energy, and it was typically reserved for high-security buildings such as this. Many years ago, during her time in the Needen military, Nasha had heard of people getting stuck in the endless limbo between the purgates. Although this was dismissed by her higher-ups as an urban legend, Nasha had always thought that there could be some truth to it.

            “This is what I imagine the Ministry of Science actually sent you to see,” Director Mar said. She gestured towards the purgate. “After you.”

            Nasha wondered for a second if this was a trick, if the director knew that they weren’t really from the Ministry of Science, and was about to send her tumbling through the void for the rest of eternity. She glimpsed into the murky future, trying to sense any danger or betrayal, but found none. Without thinking too hard about what she was about to do, she stepped into the black portal, and for a single second her stomach dropped as she felt the sensation of falling.

            Just as quickly as it had begun, it ended, and Nasha felt her left foot connect with a solid floor. She stepped out from the nothingness behind her, and moments later Elak and Nel followed suit, with Director Mar close behind them.

            The room they were in now was nearly identical to the one they were standing in before, unremarkable with white plastisteel walls and sterile fluorescent lights embedded in the ceiling. Director Mar stepped to the head of the group.

            “This way,” she said, and gestured for the trio to follow her further down the hall.

            As they walked, Nasha glanced down at the tiny datascroll in her hand. She pulled apart the two pieces of metal, barely three centimeters long each and as thin as a fingernail, revealing a semi-translucent blue screen made completely of light. There was an encrypted message sent six seconds ago from Dagan, the eldest Dukar brother. She flipped open the notification and entered the passcode.

            Before she could read the message, a klaxon began to wail, and the white fluorescent lights switched to a dim flashing red.

            “Exomatter leak in the engine core room!” a panicked voice cut over the alarm. “All stations evacuate immediately! I repeat, all stations evacuate immediately!”

            Anxiety shot through Nasha’s body. She knew that the Dukar brothers had failed in their mission, and whatever had happened had caused them to accelerate the mission plan by a few too many steps. Nasha knew she would have to hurry if they were still to succeed.

            Instinctually, she reached into the flowing sleeve of her robe and produced a forearm-length metal rod, cobbled together from bits of mismatched scraps of metal and wiring. She leveled the hollow, open end of the rod at the back of Director Mar’s head.

            “Take us to the experiment,” Nasha said flatly.

            Shock and anger crossed the Director’s face as she turned to face Nasha, her eyes narrowing as she looked down the barrel of her wand.

            “We’re already going to die,” she practically spat. “Why should I help vermin like you?”

            Nasha saw the attack before it happened, but there was nothing she could to stop it. Mar had already levelled her beamer at her and fired a ray of white-hot plasma that lit up the eerie red hall like a crack of lightning. With her unnatural instincts, Nasha was able to leap out of the way at the last minute, singeing only the flowing sleeve of her robes. Nasha fired her wand, and a great blast of black energy crackled through the air. Director Mar flew backwards, her body flung like a child’s toy down the hallway.

            “No! Nel!”

            Nasha turned behind her to see the young woman slumped against the wall, her brown hair framing a lifeless face. Her head hung at an odd angle, and smoke poured from a hole in her chest. Elak knelt over her, and pressed two big fingers under her neck to feel for a pulse. He turned to Nasha and shook his head.

            This was not the first time she had lost someone she considered a pupil or a friend, nor would it be the last. Nasha turned away from Nel’s corpse and back to Mar’s. She walked to it and stood over what was left of Mar – an arm that ended just above the elbow, the top half of a head, a bit of lower torso attached to two legs, and a few loose fingers. This was the devastating power of the wand: by channeling her own Seering abilities into it, she could pull exomatter through the device and funnel it into a powerful blast that annihilated anything it touched. In principle, all exomatter engines worked in this way. They opened a tiny portal into an alternate dimension and sucked matter from that dimension into ours. Upon contact with matter from our universe, the alien matter and ours were both immediately annihilated. The energy from the resulting reaction was so great that it could power entire cities, without producing any waste or byproducts like energy sources of the past once had.

            Nasha picked up the Director’s arm and strode towards the end of the hall, where there was another plain white wall, unremarkable aside from its location at the end of the hall. Nasha poured energy into the dead limb’s cells, commanding life back into it. The Director’s fingers began to twitch, and Nasha pressed the undead hand into the white wall. Please work, she silently prayed.

            With a snap and a hiss, the wall slid aside, revealing a small room, furnished only by a small mattress atop a raised platform. Sitting cross-legged on the bed was a girl in her late teens or early twenties, thin to the point of malnourishment, with straight white hair that stuck out at odd angles like it had never been brushed before. Her skin was so pale that it was nearly translucent, making her blue-black veins visible. The girl stared at Nasha with too-wide eyes that lacked pupils. There was something uncanny and almost simian about her face with its small, flattened, slightly upturned nose. She wore nothing but a form-fitting mint-green jumpsuit, leaving only her head, hands, and feet exposed. Nasha noticed her feet only had four toes, and her hands also lacked a fifth digit. Neither of them spoke, but for some reason Nasha knew that this woman would be important not only to her, but to all of humanity.

            That feeling blossomed into a full vision, taking over her senses and transporting her to a place beyond the present moment. She saw the divergent paths of the future spreading out before her like tendrils diverging from the roots of a great tree. Horrible fates unfurled into worse ones. Entire cultures and civilizations bloomed and wilted in this young woman’s wake. Nasha saw the planet utterly destroyed, healed and mended, and thrown into chaos all at once. The experience was overwhelming, and her eyes began to water and her lips trembled. A realization crept over her: this girl could be the answer to all of the world’s problems, or she could spell its disaster.

#book1

[travern]

Time Day - Inspector Spacetime

For the Eleventh Inspector's 2010 Christmas episode, he and Constable Reggie travelled back to 1981 in order to save Time Day and Father Christmas from the Blorgons.

#inspector spacetime #time day

[askmalal]

Favorite 1980s-1990s Animated Programs of the Primarchs….

The Lion: Voltron

The Second: REDACTED (Gummy Bears)

Fulgrim: Jem

Perturarbo: Bob the Builder

The Khan: The Transformers Movie (1985)

The Russ: He-Man

Dorn: also Bob the Builder

Curze: Count Duckula

Sanguinius: Silver Hawks

Ferrus Manus: Inspector Gadget

The Eleventh: REDACTED (Gi-Joe)

Angron: Transformers Beast Wars

Guilliman: Paddington Bear

Mortarion: Beetlejuice

Magnus: Dungeons and Dragons

Horus: Whatever you like, he likes it more.

Lorgar: Superbook or Davie and Goliath, of course.

Vulkan: The Smurfs (“Curse that evil Gargamel!”)

Corax: The Brak Show

Alpharius: Stolen VHS tapes

Omegon: Reruns of Marionette based programs (Thunderbirds, Supercar, etc.)

#malice #askmalal #malal #Guilliman Hates the Smurfs #Saturday Morning Cartoons

[marylemanski]

This is the last in my ongoing series of posts sharing the list of civil & human rights rollbacks during the Trump administration, which was curated by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (https://civilrights.org/trump-rollbacks/). Thank you for reading!

THESE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ROLLBACKS HAPPENED AFTER JANUARY 6TH!

During this time, Republicans attacked LGBTQ people, Medicaid, the Department of Health & Human Services, the Census, and executed the 11th, 12th, and 13th federal prisoners in more than 17 years after the Trump administration resumed the federal death penalty. Also, on January 18 (my birthday), which was MLK Day, Trump’s 1776 Commission issued a report calling for “patriotic education,” comparing progressivism to fascism and communism, and justifying the nation’s founding on the basis of slavery.

PLEASE SHARE THIS SERIES! It is important people know. This is just the Trump Administration’s civil and human rights rollbacks. Republican policies also hurt the economy and spread lies about the pandemic. There were major changes in the way business is conducted in the Executive Branch. We need to make sure that a totalitarian is never able to take power again. We need to rollback the rollbacks! We worked too long for hundreds of years for this to fall apart now. We have to come together on what unites us if there is anything left.

On January 8, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released a memorandum misconstruing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County and its application to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 – refusing to apply Bostock, which prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ people, to federal education law.

On January 8, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved a new Medicaid financing system in Tennessee – a 10-year “experiment” – threatening health care for the 1.4 million people in the state’s Medicaid program.

On January 12, the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule that allows social service providers that receive government funding to discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

On January 12, a letter from the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Commerce outlined whistleblower complaints that Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham ordered staff to prioritize the unconstitutional and premature production of a technical report that would include data on documented and undocumented immigrants in the United States – a directive motivated by partisan objectives. Dr. Dillingham resigned six days later following demands from civil rights organizations and members of Congress that he step down.

On January 13, the federal government executed Lisa Montgomery – the eleventh federal execution in more than 17 years after the Trump administration resumed the federal death penalty.

On January 14, the federal government executed Corey Johnson – the twelfth federal execution in more than 17 years after the Trump administration resumed the federal death penalty.

On January 16, the federal government executed Dustin John Higgs – the thirteenth federal execution in more than 17 years after the Trump administration resumed the federal death penalty.

On January 18, which was MLK Day, Trump’s 1776 Commission issued a report calling for “patriotic education,” comparing progressivism to fascism and communism, and justifying the nation’s founding on the basis of slavery.

#trump administration #donald trump #lgbtqia #the census #federal death penalty #republican national committee #republican party

[allgather]

do you ever think about the horrible, terrible reality of the corrupting power of the grand relics? how the want, the temptation for a power that strong and that otherworldly destroys lives again and again and again? i think one of the best examples of this is in the eleventh hour. and i just keep reading the diary of sheriff issak over and over. a man who kills his best friend for the power of the temporal chalice, who dooms his community, all because he lost a hold on that need, all because that thrall got to him in a moment of weakness. it’s brutal. it’s heartbreaking.

the diary of sheriff isaak

My daddy was a safety inspector for mines operating all throughout the northern counties of the Sword Coast, and, as you might imagine, that made for a very cautious upbringing for myself and my kin. Every bit of wisdom my old man passed on to me dealt with how to avoid the dangers of the world outside our cottage’s doors, how to evade bandits and ward off hungry beasts in the wilds and how to prevent accidental hazards in the home, stuff like that, but nothing prepared me for today... Nothing prepared me for that fucking cup.

From the moment I saw it, I knew there was nothing I wouldn’t do to get that cup, I just didn’t know why. I trusted myself to resist that temptation, to put it back toward the back of my mind, to focus on the hard work of bringing this diamond mine back to life, and today I faltered--just for a moment--and I ruined three lives in the process. I killed Jack. That’s my first time thinking that thought, not protecting myself from the awful truth of what I’ve done. We were looking for June in the mines together--she’s one to get lost in the mines--and I could just tell he had it on him. That cup had a tight grip on my guts, I could feel it through a six foot-thick lead wall, and I did it as quickly as I could, as cowardly as I could, I pushed him, over the edge of Shaft B. And he fell. As he fell he turned to face me, and he shouted his last word. It was a spell, that he flung in my direction, and in that moment, just after dooming him, I prayed it was some kind of killing curse. But he missed. It flew over my head as he sank into the black below. And when I looked behind me, I saw my prize, the cup I had killed my very best friend for, in June’s hands. She grabbed it right where he dropped it. Only by perfect irony, she was frozen in place, right there, by a barrier that I just cannot penetrate, shielded by a power that I craved enough to kill for. There’s nothing I can do to get her out of that state, I tried it all. And there’s nothing I can do for Refuge, now that she’s trapped us all in here too. I deserve damnation for what I’ve done. Refuge doesn’t.

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I figured out what that spell was. Jack’s last spell. He conjured an earth elemental, a guardian to protect June, protect all of Refuge in his absence. I met it, just on the outskirts of town. Refuge deserves a better guardian than myself, that’s for sure. So, I equipped them with some gear, gave them a name--Roswell, for my dad--and set them on patrol, using the summoning spell’s command word. And that word might be the hardest thing to stomach. It was Jack’s dying wish, his hopes for a safer life for his daughter and his home, manifest into a single word, his final word, his final thought.

Junebug.

#and its all magnus' fault #episode transcript for this part under readmore #its really something Beautiful and Horrible #(magnus)

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

While young Angie doesn’t know what the Inspector had been through in his previous lives, his reaction to being offered prunes pretty much sums up her feelings towards him in the moment:

‘Prunes? You’re barking mad!’

(After all, that prune juice is canonically the reason the Sixth Inspector reincarnated.)

#Inspector Spacetime #Quotable Inspector Spacetime #Hypocritical Humour (trope) #Hypocritical Humour #Angie Lake (character) #the Inspector (character) #11th Inspector #Eleventh Inspector #The Clock Strikes Eleven (episode) #prunes #prune juice #she's trying to kill him #you're barking mad #sums up her feelings towards him #Sixth Inspector #what caused the Sixth Inspector to reincarnate

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

BBC Reveals Release Date And New Pictures For New Crime Drama Rebus

Rebus, a new crime series based on the best-selling Inspector Rebus novels by Ian Rankin, will launch on Friday 17 May, the BBC has announced. All episodes will be available on BBC iPlayer from 6am, with episode one airing on BBC Scotland on Friday 17 May and on BBC One on Saturday 18 May.

Written for the screen by Gregory Burke (’71, Six Four), Rebus reimagines the iconic character John Rebus as a younger Detective Sergeant, drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line.

New pictures released by the BBC show Richard Rankin (Outlander, The Replacement) in the titular role, Brian Ferguson (The Ipcress File, Spanish Princess) as John’s brother, Michael, and Lucie Shorthouse (Line of Duty, Ten Percent) as Rebus’s investigation partner, Detective Constable Siobhan Clarke.

Previously announced cast also include Amy Manson (The Nevers, The Diplomat), Neshla Caplan (The Rig, Scot Squad), Noof Ousellam (Vigil, Guilt), Stuart Bowman (The Serpent, Bodyguard), Caroline Lee Johnson (Trying, Ridley), Sean Buchanan (Censor, Mary Queen of Scots), Thoren Ferguson (The Midwich Cuckoos) and Michelle Duncan (Baptise, Elizabeth is Missing).

Shaken after a violent encounter with gangster Ger Cafferty, Edinburgh detective John Rebus finds himself at a psychological crossroads. At odds with a job increasingly driven by corporate technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter’s life by his ex-wife’s wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer.

In a time of divisive politics and national discord, Rebus’s ex-soldier brother Michael, who’s broke, desperately crosses the line in order to provide for his family, and Rebus starts to question if the law still has meaning, or if everyone is reverting to an older set of rules. And if so, why shouldn’t he do so too?

Rebus (6x45’) is written by Gregory Burke and is adapted from the best-selling novels by Ian Rankin. The six-part series is directed by Niall MacCormick (Complicit, The Victim, Wallander) and Fiona Walton (Shetland, Annika) and is produced by Angela Murray. Eleventh Hour Films’ Paula Cuddy, Jill Green and Eve Gutierrez are the Executive Producers of the series, alongside Tomas Axelsson and Isabelle Hultén for Viaplay, director Niall MacCormick, writer Gregory Burke and author Ian Rankin. Rebus is produced by Eleventh Hour Films and is distributed internationally by Viaplay Content Distribution. This production of Rebus was supported by Screen Scotland.

Image credits

Header image: Still from Rebus showing Richard Rankin as John Rebus, courtesy of the BBC.

Image 1: Rebus poster, courtesy of the BBC

Image 2: Still from Rebus showing Lucie Shorthouse and Richard Rankin as Siobhan Clarke and John Rebus, courtesy of the BBC

Image 3: Still from Rebus showing Brian Ferguson and Richard Rankin as Michael and John Rebus, courtesy of the BBC

SCREEN SCOTLAND SGRÌN ALBA

Posted 1st May 2024

[ornamentalcoffeplant]

The trials of Morrigan Crow

The trials of Morrigan Crow https://ift.tt/KrEPh4L by IkZieAlles Jessica Townsend lives on the sunshine coast in Australia, but has lived on and off London from a few years. She was a copywriter for eight years, and was previously the editor of a children's wildlife magazine for Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo. Nevermoor: The trials of Morrigan Crow is her first novel. Morrigan Crow is cursed. Born on eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, Morrigan is blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks-and, worst of all, the curse dooms her to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. But as Morrigan waist her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor. It's in Nevermoor that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organization: the Wundrous Society. In order to join, and to stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children--or she'll have to leave the city to confront her deadly fate. To be continued in Notes... Words: 451, Chapters: 1/26, Language: English Series: Part 1 of Nevermoor Fandoms: Nevermoor Series - Jessica Townsend Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M, Gen, Multi, Other Characters: Morrigan Crow, Jupiter North, Corvus Crow, Mr.Jones, Ezra Squall, Hawthorne Swift, Cadence Blackburn, Grandmother, Elder G. Quinn, Wondrous Society, Noelle Devereaux, Inspector Flintlock, Baz Charlton, Jack Korrapati Relationships: Morrigan Crow & Jupiter North, Morrigan Crow & Ezra Squall, Cadence Blackburn & Morrigan Crow & Hawthorne Swift Additional Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Magic, Contests, Blessing and Cursing, Action/Adventure, Mysteries/Detective Solving, Self-Esteem, Emigration & Immigration, Social Issues, friendships, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Feels, GUYS THIS ISNT SOME DEPRESSED FEMALE AND MALE LEAD, There is almost no romance directly involved, SHES ELEVEN, they are all underage, PLEAAAASE, This is my childhood series, i love jessica, please don't sue me for this, I Love You, it is kind of messed up, She's supposed to die at midnight, but time zones go brrrrr via AO3 works tagged 'Nevermoor Series - Jessica Townsend' https://ift.tt/R8ECLtr April 26, 2024 at 05:12AM

#IFTTT #AO3 works tagged 'Nevermoor Series - Jessica Townsend' #nevermoor

[joannanora]

From when Viaplay announced the Rebus project I thought that Richard would be perfect!

Ian Rankin’s immensely popular detective, Inspector John Rebus, is set for a major reimagining in the form of a six-part series from streamer Viaplay and Eleventh Hour Films.

Set in contemporary Edinburgh, and drawn from the universe of Rankin’s books, the series places Rebus at the heart of a new story devised by screenwriter Gregory Burke (“Entebbe,” play “Gagarin Way”). The show represents Viaplay Group’s initial U.K. drama commission and the first Rebus TV adaptation for nearly 15 years.

In the drama, Rebus is in his 30s, recently divorced and demoted to Detective Sergeant. He has a new colleague, Detective Constable Siobhan Clarke, and is struggling to deal with the changes in his personal and professional life. At the same time, Rebus’s daughter, Sammy, and ex-wife, Rhona, are enjoying an affluent existence with Rhona’s new partner – while Rebus’s brother Michael is finding out that in a society where the gaps between the haves and have-nots keep widening, taking shortcuts to provide for your family is no longer a temptation, but a necessity.

The bestselling Inspector Rebus books have sold 30 million copies and been translated into 36 languages, with fan bases in the U.K., US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Turkey and Finland. Four series of “Rebus” were produced for ITV, with the last one airing in 2007. There have also been radio and stage adaptations.

The principal cast and director of the new production will be revealed imminently, and filming is set to begin in spring 2023. Planned as a returning series, the show is produced by Eleventh Hour Films, with Jill Green, Paula Cuddy and Eve Gutierrez as executive producers, and with Isabelle Hultén and Tomas Axelsson as executive producers for Viaplay Group. Rankin and Burke will also serve as executive producers

Rankin said: “I’m hugely excited at the thought of Rebus returning to our screens and it’s a privilege to have Gregory Burke write the scripts. I’ve been a fan since ‘Gagarin Way’ and know that he understands the world of Rebus and the compelling central character. I’m chuffed to bits that Viaplay and Eleventh Hour are involved in this groundbreaking endeavour and I can’t wait to share the results.”

Filippa Wallestam, Viaplay Group CCO, said: “Ian Rankin is a global storytelling phenomenon, and partnering to reimagine Rebus for a new generation of viewers is a remarkable way for Viaplay to take the U.K. stage. This ambitious series will explore family, morality and class in British society through an exciting and emotionally charged story, set against the Edinburgh landmarks that Rankin’s readers know so well. Together with Gregory Burke and the team at Eleventh Hour Films, we will create an unforgettable show with Scottish roots, international appeal and universal themes.”

Jill Green, Eleventh Hour Films CEO, added: “Ian Rankin and Gregory Burke are the dream duo. They will ensure that ‘Rebus’ delivers in a truly authentic, exciting and fresh way. For Eleventh Hour Films, Viaplay and Scotland, this project feels like great timing.”

Viaplay launched in the U.K. Nov. 1. The U.K. launch takes Viaplay’s direct-to-consumer footprint to 11 countries, with the U.S. and Canada to follow in early 2023.

#richard rankin

[most-hated-blorbo-bracket]

Do you have a list of all characters submitted so far?

hoo boy, it’s a long fuckin list; I’ll put it under the cut

Please know that this is RAW STATISTICS. Just because a character is here doesn’t mean it will be included or not included!

For those who just want statistics, we have 269 submissions as of now, with 211 unique characters (if I counted correctly)!

The characters on this list have two or more submissions, and have a high chance of being selected (save for a few with some…not so convincing propaganda)

Vriska Serkat

Eridan Ampora

Shiver

Kokichi Ouma

Haiji Towa

Minoru Mineta

Simon

Boston

Bill Cipher

John Gaius

Regal Farseer

Ayin

Kylo Ren

Mal

Jurgen Leitner

Merlin

Darkstalker

Kyubey 

Ty Betteridge

Sasuke Uchiha

Dazai Osamu

Glenn Quagmire

Rose Quartz

Makima

c!Dream

Izzy Hands

Akio Ohtori

Katsuki Bakugo

Bramblestar

Michael

Don Quixote Doflamingo

Elias Bouchard/Jonah Magnus

Ansem the Wise

Kusaka Masato

Azula 

The Metatron

Evan Hansen

The characters in this section have one submission, and have a lower chance of being selected.

Michael Scott

Detective Saracusa

Micah Bell

Paul Von Oberstein

JJ

Santa Claus

Box

Damian Wayne

Jace Herondale (submitter was unsure of name)

Cersei Iannister

Shredder

Splinter

William Afton

Cullen

John ‘Jack’ Seward

Akane 

Abyss Sibling

House

Nickel

Julie-Sue

Tim Drake

Xisuma

Dr. John ‘Jack’ Seward

Hisoka 

Gra’ha Tia

Elias Ainsworth

Trishna 

Erlina and Brugaves

Five Pebbles

Lance Dubois

The Entirety Of Homestuck

Willy Stampler

Simon Laurent

Miguel O’Hara

Medusa Gorgon

Gamzee Makara

Rohan Kishibe

Teruhashi Makoto

Gordon Blackwall

Rebecca Costwolds

Dio 

Ardyn Izunia

Anakin Skywalker

Sigma Kilm

Caesar Clown

Shiki Tohno/Nanaya

Mori Ougqi

Asuka 

Marlon

Pencil

Touichiro Suzuki

Alexander Hamilton

Le’Garde

Donald Trump

Georg Weissmann 

Dean Winchester

The Operator

Kromer

Scrappy Doo

Foreman Oyun

The Eleventh Doctor

Any Character From Welcome to Nightvale

Will Shuester

Marie

Cici 

Silver Spoon

Jayne Cobb

Byakuya Togami

Prince Louis 

Coco

Princess Daisy

Light Yagami

The Pale King

Yoshiharu Hisomu

Himiko Toga

Sebastian Mechaelias

Mystery Hunter (Jeremiah Hartley)

Muzan Kibutsuji

Clara Oswald

Ranpo Edogawa (Beast)

Heath cliff

Inspector Tobias Greyson

Pierce

Roland

Huey Emmerich

Tom Wambsgans

Yuri Briar

Jacopo Bearzatti

Quiche

Alastor

Meredith Rodney McKay

Every Single Country In 1993

Jin Guangyao

Cicero

Val Velocity

Jiren 

Noor Pradesh

Blackbeard 

Kristoph Gavin

Morris 

Dan Moroboshi

Muu Kusunoki

Teddie / Kumq

Julia

Shen Jiu

April O’Neil (2012)

Junko Enoshima

Johnny

Adam

Ronaldo

Greg Heffley

Makoto Itou

Ianthe Tridentarius

Ochi Fukuchi

Disembodied Voice

Viren

Spamton

George Wickham

Floch

The New Ninja

Sakazuki Akainu 

Petyr Baelish / Littlefinger

Childe 

Wen Chao

Stormcaller

Chibiusa

Ashfur 

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd 

James T. Kirk

Billy

Mikan Tsumuki

Teruteru

Orochi

Millions Knives

The Mage

Lotor

Sentinel Prime

Otto Apocalypse 

Sanji

Woodes Rogers

Zeke Jaeger

Dean Venture

Absalom 

Aloise Trancey

Cynte

Tony Stark

Akito Sohma

Pierre

Monokubs (Except Monodam)

Edelgard 

Happosai 

Chrollo Lucifer

Chloe Bourgeois 

Zhou Zishu

Wanderer/Scaramouche 

Elon Musk

Il Dottore

Goeffry St. John

Nikola Tesla

Louie

Ogai Mori

Astarion 

Mary Keay

Dr. Henry Miller

Booker

Voice In The Calm Ad On Spotify

Akechi Goro

Victor Frankenstein

Five

Riley Finn

Anyone From The Locked Tomb

Elias Ainsworth

Stella Goetia

Nefera DeNile

#mod speaks #not a poll #ask answered #most hated blorbo bracket

[kwebtv]

Lynn Loring (born Lynn Eileen Zimring; July 14, 1943 – December 23, 2023) Film and television actress and television and film producer.

Loring began acting with a role on the anthology series Studio One on CBS. In 1951, at the age of seven, she played Patti Barron in the television soap opera Search for Tomorrow. She remained in the role for 10 years, until she graduated from high school in 1961. She played the title character's daughter in The Jean Carroll Show (1953) on ABC.  In 1962, she also played girl beatnik Edwina "Eddie" Kegel, the romantic interest of Maynard G. Krebs in two episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

In 1963, she portrayed Patty Walker, a girl who, due to her wanting to study drama in London, lived with the family of her father's wartime best friend, while the friend's daughter lived with Patty's family in New York, in the comedy series Fair Exchange. Also in 1963, she guest starred as Maybelle in the "Pa Hack's Brood" episode of Gunsmoke. Loring played Susan Foster in the 1964 episode "The Case of the Paper Bullets" on Perry Mason. Also in 1964, she played Filene in the "Memo From Purgatory" episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as well as Bonnie Daniels in the "Behind the Locked Door" episode of the same series. In 1965, she played the hellion outlaw Maybelle Williams in "Judgement in Heaven", the Christmas episode of the Western series The Big Valley.

Loring played Barbara Erskine, the daughter of Inspector Lewis Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.), during the first season (1965-1966) of The F.B.I. In 1966, she played an artist Carma Vasquez in "The Night of the Flaming Ghost" episode of The Wild Wild West and guest-starred as Laurie Ferguson in "Something Hurt, Something Wild", the first episode of the eighth season of Bonanza. In 1967, she guest-starred in two episodes of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., "The Deadly Smorgasboard Affair" and "The Test-Tube Killer Affair". Other television work included playing Betty Anderson Harrington in Return to Peyton Place, as well as roles on Wagon Train, The Eleventh Hour, Daniel Boone, Bonanza and The Mod Squad. In 1970, she guest-starred in Season 2, Episode 3, entitled "The Shadow of a Dead Man" on Lancer, having previously guest starred in the Season 1 episode, "Foley".

In 1975, she discontinued acting in favor of a career in production, of both made-for-TV movies and feature films. (Wikipedia)

#Lynn Loring #TV #Obit #Obituary #O2024 #Search for Tomorrow #Fair Exchange