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Static Shock: Shock to the System and Aftershock Review

“You know what? 13 years ago, me and some friends sat in a restaurant all night and daydreamed about the kinds of stories we would tell if we had the chance. We wanted to expand the concept of superhero to include characters that kind of looked like us, who had some of the same background, experiences and dreams as we did. We wanted to create something fun that a new generation would respond to the same way we responded to our childhood heroes -and damn if we didn't succeed beyond my wildest dreams. Today, Static Shock is a household name with millions of fans of all ages (Is there stuff I'd do differently? Yeah, almost all of season four but why nitpick?) Static is the most successful thing I've ever helped create and I'm both proud and gratified that people have taken it into their hearts. “

Dwayne McDuffie, Co-Creator of Static and Writer for Static Shock

This review is dedicated to Dwayne McDuffie and Robert L. Washington III. Rest In Power Static Shock is awesome. I grew up with the show watching it both first run on the WB and second run on Cartoon Network and loved it as much as I did other large parts of my childhood courtsey of DC like Batman the Animated Series, Teen Titans and both Justice League Shows. What makes this unique among the DC Properties is that Static wasn’t really a big name when he got a show. He wasn’t even part of the DC Universe.

See as I had no idea for probably a good decade, Static actually came from Milestone Comics, a company ran by and focused on african americans. The goal was understandable: While black heroes existed at the time, and there were some fantastic ones like Storm, Jim Rhodes and Steel... these guys weren’t the center of their universes. The big faces of the big companies, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Hulk, Iron Man, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash.. were white. So milestone was a shakeup of that with the main teams and heroes all being black, from Icon, an alien who’d lived among man but rather than end up in kansas like say superman ended up imprinting on a slave woman centuries ago and has been with us since, who was encouraged by an energetic teenager named Rocket to put on a costume and do something with his powers and his community, Hardware, a tech genius who had his work stolen by a white asshole and wanted to fight back and BLood Syndicate, a group of gang members all caught in the “The Big Bang”, a huge fight between all of Dakota, the midwest city where the comics take place, that ended when the police released a bunch of experimental gas that gave them all super powers.

As most of you who have watched the show already know, this is where Static comes from. Static was the company making their own Spider-Man, i.e. a nerdy teenager who suddenly gets super powers, in this case Virgil Hawkins who at the prodding of a friend took a gun to The Big Bang to get revenge on a bully. .but ultimately couldn’t go through with it, decided it wasn’t him and got rid of the gun and ran.. and still ended up in it, becoming Static, a young hero dedicated to using his powers to fight other “Bang Babies”.. a term that dosen’t really sound that great and they really should’ve thought through. But Phrasing aside the character was great and I look forward to reading more and only haven’t because I have to buy the issues gradually, but DC is currently re-releasing the individual issues of Static, Icon, and Hardware weekly in anticipation of a reboot of Milestone Coming in May digitally on Comixology at only 2 bucks a pop, and rereleased the original print collections that were long out of print for 10 bucks each, though i’m getting static on it’s own since i’ts really not that much less expensive as it only collects four issues while Icon and Hardware both collect 8, so I can wait a bit there on Hardware and already own Icon: A Hero’s Welcome.. and really need to review it at some point.

While Milestone’s output was good, at least from the two books i’ve read, with Robert Washinton III, who sadly not only ahs also passed but was fucking homeless for a while in the 2000′s.. what the actual hell, writing Static alongside Dwayne McDuffie, whose later moved onto animation writing tons of Static episodes all of them classics including the school shooting episode, the first three rubberbandman episodes and both Anasazi episodes. Point is it had good writers and artists and even had a distrbution deal with DC, so they had a leg up on the glut of other comic book companies.. but happened to start at the start of the comic book crash, a huge downturn in sales in the 90′s as the speculator boom, i.e. a bunch of people assuming every number one would be worth golden and silver age money, forgetting a character has to BUILD INTREST and this stuff takes time, and whose attempts to sell fast flooded the market with comics no one wanted,, caused the roof to cave in and with a bunch of assholes pegging milestone as a “Company for black people” rather than you know, a company trying to add fucking diversity and represntation to the comics industry, and that simply wanted a unvierse that was centered around people of color instead of white guys. The company eventually had to shut down, and was left to lisencing. This is where the show comes in. Producers HAD been trying to make shows based on Milestone for a while, as far back as the mid-90s and the company was was all for it but the closest it got was an x-men style team series using various characters whose first draft was terrible and whose second draft by Alan Burnett, a producer on various DC Animated shows who’d go on to produce Static Shock, that McDuffie and others really liked but sadly did not get picked up. eventually though with presistance Static ended up getting a series and as I said McDuffie went on to write for it though he did not develop it. Some changes went into place naturally to make it work for an early 2000′s kids show and while i’ll probably miss so since again, only read one issue as we go. But due to Milestone coming back my intrest was peaking, hence finally reading the copy of Icon I had to buy from the library years ago due to keeping it overdue but am now EXTREMLEY glad I own as i’ts incredibly rare and really damn good, and wanting to read static, doing so lately since it’s finally on digtiial and again not too expensive. So join me as I give you a shock to the system and revisit this hell of a series to see if it holds up.. which just to cut that short it does and i’m only holding off binging MORE because I want the first two eps to be fresh enough in my head to review properly.. and also go over the various voice actors because that’s a thing with me now and charcter co-creator dwayne mcduffie because he’s awesome.

As I like to do when covering a series first episodes, let’s run down the voice cast.

First up is an UTTER LEGEND, and I use the term voice acting legend a lot, and mean it every time and have good reason to use it when I say it, and Phil LaMarr is a GOD in the buisness, having done a metric ton of voice acting roles, and being easily the most proflific black voice actor in animation. He’s also done some acting work, mostly in pulp fiction which I have not seen, but his true staying power and talent is in animation so here’s just the roles I feel are most notable or may not be very notable but i’m bringing up anyway because it’s my list.

His roles besides Virgil include Lester Payton the Texas Ranger who showed up for one very good episode of king of the hill to be badass and show up the hickish, stupid and very punchable local Sheriff, Gearld’s obnoxious older brother Jamie O on Hey Arnold, Hermes Conrad from futurama, Carver from the Weekenders (PUT IT ON PLUS DISNEY), Axel Foley for exactly one bit in Clerks the Animated Series, but anyone whose seen it will know exactly which one, Micheal on the Proud Family, Black Vulcan on Harvey Birdman (In His Pants), Hector Con Carne and Dracula on Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and Evil Con Carne, Jack on Samurai Jack something I didn’t know for decades (and I didn’t know about the carver thing till today though i’ts obvious in hindsight), John Motherfucking Stewart on Justice League and later Steel and Adult Static in the Unlimited seasons, Osmosis Jones on Ozzy and Drix, Bolbi Strogofski on Jimmy Neutron (And yes i’m just as shocked as you are.), Wilt on Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Marcus on Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Bull Sharkowski on My Gym Partner is A Monkey and Also a Sociopath Please Help God My Life is a waking nightmare..... okay the rest of that title is implied but we all watched the same show, we all know in our hearts that was the title

Moving on, he was also, and yes there’s MORE: Maxie Zeus on The Batman, Philly Phil on Class of 3000, Both Robertsons AND Fancy Dan on the Spectacular Spider-Man, Jazz on Transformers Animated, Kit Fisto and Bail Organa on Star Wars the Clone Wars, Gambit and Bolivar Trask on Wolverine and the X-Men, Aquaman I, L-Ron and Green Beetle on Young Justice, J.A.R.V.I.S. and Wonder Man (Simon Williams) In Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Gabe and Carny on Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters (Really miss that game and have been snapping up what cards I can get lately), Baxter Stockman in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (And there’s also an awesome photo of him with 2003 Baxter... the two best together in one place. I got chills), Dormammu (I’ve come to bargin) in various Marvel Shows, Noville in Mighty Magiswords, Zach’s dad Marcus in Milo Muprhy’s Law, Craig’s Douchey Brother Benard on Craig of the Creek, showing he’s clearly come full circle, And Mr. Scully on the Casagrndes. And given It took about two paragraphs to cover all of this, yeah, I MEANT legend.

Next we have Kevin Micheal Richardson as Virgil’s Dad Robert, and it’s the first time since I started introducing Voice Actors on a show that i’ve overlapped. I already covered him during the second episode of legend of the three caballeros, but for the short version he’s also very acomplished, very damn good and I somehow missed he played the old blind guy in hey arnold> Needless to say the dude is awesome.

Virgil’s Sister Sharon is played by Michele Morgan who was in the rap group BWP and did some smaller roles outside of this the one exception being Juicy on the PJ’s, which I have not watched much of but REALLY do not like, though i’ll at least give it credit for being a decently long lasted black claymation sitcom at at time when there were, and hoenstly still aren’t, many black animated shows.

Back to long casting sheets, next up is Jason Marsden, who is one of my faviorites as i’ve realized recently as Ritchie. As I also found out only recently he started on the Sitcom Step By Step and while that show is .. ehhhhhhhhh, he is great in it because he’s great in everything. He also apparently has his own internet variety show which I have to watch now. His roles include Max Goof, ironically given I was just talking about that role a few days ago, Haku in the english dub of Spirted Away, Micheal, the kid being yelled at by a bunch of 80′s cartoons characters not to take drugs in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue!, Nermal in the DTV Garfield movies and The Garfield Show, Tino on the Weekenders (SERIOUSLY DISNEY), Snapper Carr on Justice League, Rikochet on Mucha Lucha! for the last season (Why I do not knkow and while I love the guy he was not the right choice), Felix on Kim Possible, Chase Young on Xiaolin Showdown (WHich I did not realize was him and now I do easily his best role and I REALLY should’ve), Red Star and Billy Numerous on Teen Titans, Speedy on Batman Brave and the Bold, Impulse/Kid Flash II on Young Justice, and Fingers on Kaijudo. He hasn’t done as much lately which is a shame but hopefully i’tll pick up again.

Next up is Hotstreak, Virgil’s brutal bully turned unhinted pyromancer played by DANIEL COOKSY, another actor i’m happy to talk about and another faviorite I haven’t seen much of lately. Daniel was an actor from childhood, playing Budnick on Salute Your Shorts, but he quickly gained a long and storied catalogue of VA Work: His first big roll was as Montana Max on Tiny Toon Adventures and if there is a god he’ll be back for the reboot, Stoop Kid on Hey Arnold, the incomprable Jack Spicer on Xiaolin Showdown, far and away his best role and part of why Chronicles sucked so bad was he was he didn’t get to reprise the role, The titular Dave the Barbarian, Django of the Dead on El Tigre (Had no idea), Kicks utterly insufferable big Brother Brad on Kick Buttowski and apparently he’s back at it again after laying low for a bit as he’s voicing Snag in Long Gone Gultch.. which I already really needed to watch but hot damn, I missed him. Sign me up.

Frieda, Virgil’s crush and close friend who in the comics was his main confidante and love intrest but here is eventually pushed aside, is voiced by Danica Mckeller whose work didn’t seem all that familiar.. until I found out she was Ms. Martian on Young Justice. Hello, Megan. Very talented and she did get a major role in a dc show eventually so good for her. Can’t wait for season 4.

So with our major players out of the way, let’s talk about Dwayne. McDuffie is an AWESOME man and my respect has grown for him more and more with time. A writer and editor at Marvel, McDuffie has a decent resume doing smaller but awesome books, which I got most of for free last year when Marvel was giving out free digital collections due to the lock down, like Damage Control, a sitcom set in the marvel universe about the company that picks up after superhero battles and the logistics and antics that insue and Dethlok, about a pacfist trapped inside a cyborg zombie. He was as mentioned one of Milestone’s founders, and wrote Icon, Hardware and co-wrote the first few issues of Static. He’d go on to a pretty stacked career in animation, writing on this show and Justice League before becoming story editor and show runner for Unlimited , even making a return to comics as a result writing the Marvel miniseries beyond and an arc of Fantastic Four in which Black Panther and Storm filled in for Reed and Sue while the two of them worked on their marriage after Reed did.. pretty much everything he did in Civil War. He also became head writer and show runner for Ben 10: Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, revamping the franchise a bit, and Alien Force, at least the first two seasons are awesome and I feel people overreacted on the changes. Ultimate Alien is okay, but has it’s problems but the finale was awesome and left the man’s legacy on a high note.. as he sadly passed in 2011 due to heart complications. He is truly missed and produced some utterly amazing stuff whlie he was alive. So on that melacholy note let’s see what happens when his creation hits the tv screen shall we?

Shock to the System:

This episode is written by Christopher Simmons, who is apparently a huge art designer guy.. but i’m not sure that’s the same chirsptoher simmons. Much more notable is the writer of the episode after this Stan Berkowitz, who was showrunner for season 1 and has done a LOT of DCAU work and is suprising talent, having written a lot of awesome Justice League episodes including Secret Society and The Royal Flush One. Point is we’re in first class hands. Before the episode itself I want to talk about the intro and how it’s unique among DCAU shows. Like most Western Animation the intros for DCAU shows didn’t change much over the seasons with the most I can see is JLU changing up the footage to preview the current episode and later adding Hawkgirl to the intro after her return to the team. I THINK superman the animated series changed some of it’s footage too, but I can’t confrim it and may of just been imagining it. As i’ve talked about on my blog it’s normally a pet peeve of mine, mostly because shows you know, change after season 1, characters get added some one shot characters used for the intro never return, and after a while it can feel dated especially in more recent shows where the status quo is not at all set in stone and things change quite a bit. But sometimes it can be good enough that either the dated elements don’t matter or general enough that you don’t need to change it and i’ts just that good.. and given Batman the Animated Series has both in spades, you can see why i’ts probably my golden standard for intros and after superman the animated series DC mostly followed suit. But being part of the teen superhero boom of the 2000′s Static is unique in that it splits the diffrence: It’s intro gets the character across perfectly like a good intro should starting with Virgil getting out of bed and running a comb across his head before showing off to his sister to bug her and literally running into his dad who hand shim his bag and smiles, silently showing off his family. He then runs to school and runs into some trouble.. and said trouble changes for each intro, with Rubberband Man for season 1, Kanga (Whose name I only know because I happened to run across it) for season 2 and your guess is as good as mine for seasons 3 and 4, though Hotstreak is a constant. They still save some money for seasons 1 and 2 by recycling some animation.. but that’s alright with mea s it was good animation, and the improtant thing is cycling out old villians for new ones, while Season 3 is the only out and out redo to show off Richie taking on the Gear identity, adding about 10 seconds of intro to let him show off. Seriously it’s an utterly great intro and like the other DCAU intros outside of superman, stuck in my brain.

The other change that’s ENTIRELY diffrent from the rest of htem is that the music changes each time. The first two have the same formula just with a difrent vocalist and backing track: a superhero theme but with some hip hop beat boxing over it. The first intro is fine enough, not specattcular but stilll god. The second song.. is eh. Not really great and feels like a marked downgrade from season 1 and just dosen’t blend an ocrehstiral superhero theme with the beatbox elements NEARLY as well. The third song though is my faviorite.. even if I HATED Little Romeo as a kid because I really did not like his nick show, it’s more a straight up rap song, but it has a faster beat that fits the intro better, and Romeo’s bragging fits Virgil’s character and penchant for Spidey quips perfectly. I also find it ironic that the theme that blends in with the dcau the most, the first season’s, is the one from BEFORE they decided to put it in the same universe. Still this season’s intro slaps, I just like the LIttle Romeo one a bit more. The opening scene is picture perfect. Some masked crooks looting a warehouse are loading some stolen TV’s into a van when suddenly the lights come on one by one above one of the crooks before his tv switches to various channels before going haywire. Cue our heroes’ entrance. Let’s tak ea good look at him

Static’s Costume is awesome. While I prefer the season 3 redesign, and clearly DC agrees as the redeisgn was used for both pre and post new-52 when they used him, and while he’s getting a fresh design for the reboot, said design takes a lot of cures from said outfit. As for how the outfit differs from the comics itself this is the design he had in the comics

It didn’t change much from the first issue, with the exception of his now iconic big puffy jacket which was added pretty early into the character’s history but I was unaware of that and just assumed he had the bodysuit the whole time. The more you know. But as you can see outside of the cool puffy jacket over a costume the two couldn’t be more diffrent. While the Dakotaverse outfit is more a standard superhero outfit, with some regular clothes touches on top the first cartoon outfit comes off more realistic, looking fantastic, but still coming off as something two teenagers could realistically have thrown together with what clothes they could buy, while still looking awesomely superheroy. IN short it’s perfect and only topped by the season 3 onward look...

But the slicker look, with an even cooler jakcet and the new colors all fitting the lighting ascetic better, but fits: not only has Virgil come along farther since he started, but with Richie now having a genius brain as Gear, he can provide a far slicker, far more professional superhero outfit on the budget the two have. This show is just great at costume design.

So getting back to the episode at hand, Static puts up a huge sign in elecrticy saying “Bad guys here”, PFFFT, and then hides away and narrates that a few days ago he’d be the last person anyone would’ve expected to be a hero. Cue Flashback.

We meet Virgil Hawkins on an average day: rapping into his razor, getting into a petty argument with his older sister Sharon, as a younger brother myself I relate to this, and talking to his dad who tries to get them to cut that out. We find out his mom has passed via his sister making really terrible eggs and saying that’s how mom made them. Exposition! Though we do get a great bit through this as when his sister gets distracted by her boyfriend calling, he uses the opportunity of her leaving the room to dump the eggs.. after having earlier jokingly prayed to his mom for a way out of breakfast. “Thanks for looking out for me mom” That’s both very sweet and very hilarious.

This is a change from the comics it turns out as I was utterly flored to find Virgil’s mom alive and well when reading the first issue of Static. Turns out this was a change made during development and one Dwane McDuffie admitted in the interview I got the tribute quote from to not liking as he had a good reason for having Virgil have a nuclear family, as most black families in media at the time were just one single parent and a kid or two with the other having either left or died. He wasn’t too bothered by it as while he preferred what he came up with in the first place, the show DID get some really good stories out of her being gone and didn’t just have her be absent because shut up. Virgil is still working over her death and the way HOW she died ends up playing an important role in this episode and gives Virgil a dislike of guns, as she died to gang violence. So the change wasn’t for stupid or racist reasons, but likely both to keep the character count down while giving them something to work with for storylines. Or it could’ve been for stupid reasons and the writers simpily made lemonade out of that very dumb lemon, either way it ended up working. Virgil also plans to ask his friend Frieda out. Frieda was a bigger deal in the comics, being Virgil’s friend and confidante as well as his ocasional love intrest, but here while she was inteded to at least be his love intrest here, that sorta fizzled out. As for the best friend role we meet her replacement in Richie, which McDuffie conceded was the kind of change a studio would make swapping out a female character for a male one. That being said the crew made the best of it and Richie is awesome, a bit of an overcompensating dipstick at times, but a good sounding board and pal for virgil and funny as hell too. He was also gay, something only revealed post series by McDuffie.. but unlike say Dumbledore, it’s a bit easier to swallow here: The early 2000′s were an even worse time for gay characters in tv let alone cartoons, and if they couldn’t kiss or have sex scenes on regular tv, there was no way we were getting any representation in a children’s show. So it was largely just hinted at by Richie overcompensating in how “into girls” he was and i’m once again fine with this being word of god as it was literally the best they could do and his counterpart in the comics was also gay, if not as relevant. Ritch encourages Virgil to work on his opening to ask her out as it’s awkward as heck, hits a bit close to home.. but I do appricate the show just .. having him try and ask her out from the first episode. They likely would’ve drug thigns out a bit granted had they used Frieda more, i’m not blind to the convetions of the time. .but as someone who got the very wrong idea from tv that just waiting around meant a girl would like you eventually, when no you need to actually try even if rejection happens, I honestly wish we had more of this in media than the other garbage morals at the time.

So he prepares to , not helped by her mentioning guy after guy is asking her out.... but before he can F-Stop, the future hotstreak, shows up. F-STOP

That being said...... it’s not as bad as the original gangster name for the comic’s version, Biz Money B. Yes BIZ MONEY B

So yeah while F-Stop is no more intimidating, it at least means I can stop laughing. Francis, because I can’t type F-Stop without laughing and this review is already behind, shoves Virgil out of the way and agressively hits on Frieda, even saying “you smell good”, the international sign your a douchebag and also to call the police. Virgil steps up to the guy and gets PAINFULLY slammed into the lockers, something I give the animation team a lot of credit for, as you can FEEL how fucking painful that was. Virgil is saved by Wade, another local gangbanger who in the comics was a close friend of Virgils but here saves him seemingly just because.. seemingly.

On the way home though Virg’s problems don’t end as naturally, the giant sized asshole with nothing better to do has his goons corner virgil before VIOLENTLY beating him.. off screen but the noises, and the clear brusies including a black eye, on virgil afterwords.. just holy damn i’m suprsied they got away with this but it shows just how horrifing it was and that this is a step above regular bullying, which make no mistake is absoluttley terrible and the series would later do an episode on it and school shootings, into straight up gang violence. Wade shows up again and gets the bastards to flee.. but also makes it clear he can’t keep doing this.. and forces Virgil to meet him at his base under the bridge. And it’s a tense sequence, with Virgil KNOWING this is a bad idea but having no real choice and Wade making it abundantly clear that he wants Virgil to join his crew, and makes a chilling point: while Virgils dad RIGHTFULLY dosen’t want his son to join a gang as Virgil points out.. he can’t be there for him all the time and eventually one of those times, Francis will be around. And he may not surivive that. Virgil nods noncomittaly. At home it gets even more grim as he dosen’t open up to his family, understandably as his dad would jsut say to call the police and well.. we’ve seen how the police treat black people. At best they’d just try and use Virgil as an informant and that likely wouldn’t end fucking well for Virgil. Ritchie points out he can’t join a gang, virgil’s mom died that way.. see told you it’d be important to the plot.. but I like how the story dosen’t offer an easy answer.. well okay he gets electric powers soon enough but without the fantastic element this is just an innocent kid caught between either joining the very thing his mom hated or hoping a system not built to protect him will keep him alive. It’s utterly saddening and chilling and holy shit is it amazing a cartoon in the early 2000′s was able to get away with.. ANY OF THIS, and they handle it great, paired down a bit from the comics but even then it’s still incredibly balsy they got THIS much in.

Naturally Wade calls in his favor and our hero is forced to come running.. and soon finds out Wade’s brought him in for a massive gang war. Welcome to the big bang, baby. He hands Virgil a gun as things get started and Virgil.. drops the thing and tries to escape, in a harrowing sequence.. and runs into Francis because god apparently REALLY hates this kid today. As if to prove that the police show up and while that prevents a beating, they demand they disassemble. then release untested gas on them because of course they do.

As a result the big bang truly begins, with the various gang members getting mutated.. and naturally so does virgil. Though he wakes up the next day seemingly fine. How’d he get home? Does his dad know where he was?

I don’t know and we’re not getting any answers, but Virgil soon finds weird stuff happening like his clock shorting out, change being attracted to him and his razor going wild. It’s only once he get sback to his room he gets an inkling of what’s going on and calls Ritchie to meet him at the Junk yard.. though it is a bit of a dick move as he dosen’t you know, tell him anything about Wade or Francis right away. He does at the yard though.. and that he has powers, having finally figured out how to use them to a point. And the series does provide a decent justification later as to why he’d get this so quickly: Virgil is a smart kid, gets great grades at school and apparnetly there’s even an episode later where he gets a scholarship to a fancy genius school. So him getting how elctromagntisim works or being a quick study on it makes perfect sense.

Richie suggest the obvious.. to become a superhero. And the thought.. hadn’t occured to Virgil. It’s honestly a nice twist on the old trope. That he hadn’t thought of it, not because he’s selfish or any of that or needs to learn a hard lesson, those have been done.. simply because the rush of getting his powers, and implicitly of having a way out of his current predciament, a way to keep Francis off his back and keep Wade from pulling him in further. His own path. But once i’ts brought up.. he jumps on it. Part of it is being a nerd like you or I, of course he wants to.. and being a good intetioned one, he knows this is the right thing to do. It’s waht makes a superhero a hero: Anyone can get powers in a universe like this, esepcailly the dcau, but it takes true courage and heart to use them selflessly and knowing you’ll be in danger. It’s why I love surperheroes: they often didn’t ask for this but they do it anyway because somebody’s gotta. We also get an intresting wrinkle is superman is, at least I think in this episode I could’ve missed it or misremembered things, mentioned as a fictional character. That’s because originally like the comics this wasn’t part of the DCAU.. but eventually the crew decided it shared staff from it, shared a network, both first run and on reruns, why not just make it part of the DCAU proper. I fully support this decisionf: While i’m midly annoyed unlimited never really used anything from static shock outside of Static himself in the time travel episode, despite you know Static and Gear having BEEN to the tower and not being much younger than Kara and defintely older than Courtney, I chalk it up to weird rights issues or something like that. But having Batman, Batman Beyond, Superman, Green Lantern and the Justice League itself all guest star was a good idea, and expanded both static’s universe and gave the DCAU something differnt as most heroes in it were older and more experinced in contrast to the up and coming virgil. Again really would’ve been nice if he and gear could’ve been a part of the expanded league but production might of just been too far ahead or, given he had his own series, they might just have wanted to stick to toher characters. Also begs the question why Icon or Hardware wasn’t adapted for the expanded League but hey, questions for later and the tricky logisitics of the milestone rights might’ve been the issue. I don’t know I wasn’t in the room.

So we get a costume montage, including Black Vulcan from Superfriends, who again ironically would be voiced by Lamarr not too long after this, though weirdly they DON’T use his outfit from the comics for this montage. I mean why not? It fits the gag and would’ve been a good second to last choice.But what could’ve been aside we get our winner and cut back to present day...

Thanks boys. Static finds out one of the things in the warehouse is a shipment of computers for the school and can’t help but show off, showing up to the school, where Frieda and Richie are setting up for the dance, and dropping off the computers, and even saying his catchphrase for the first time “I’ll put a shock to your system” (Which Richie chimes in with awesome line and I agree, great catcphrase), before helping set up and flirting with frieda.

Though as Richtie says he’s a natural. He’s not wrong as he can work a crowd. .but back it up too as his first run out had him easily taking out the crooks, and as many teen superheros and fans of heroes of hte type, myself included will tell you, getting it right in one is not easy. Not even Miles MOrales was immune. All Static needs now is a villian.

And the end of the episode provides one as we see, in horrifc and once again damn suprising detail most of hte new metas aren’t doing so good and are melting and other stuff and we catch up with Francis whose burning up.. and naturally given that hair, though given he named himself F-Stop it’s the least of his problems, he’s got fire powers and escapes to “Have me some fun”

So with that we end episode 1. And it’s excellent, a great way to introduce the hero and while the warehouse opening is a bit superflous, it is a decent addition, showing our heroes first outing in costume and giving us a bit of an action scene to get us through the very heavy rest of the episode. But the rest of the episode is no less grippping, telling the tale of a teen caught in an unwinnable scenario who suddenly finds a way out. And speaking of which waht of Wade? Will we see him again? Is he perhaps Ebon, the series big bad as I thought when I was a kid? What comes of the man who directly caused static’s origin?

Yeahhh that’s the one mistep I think the pilot makes. Frieda is understandable as that was likely a simple change in creative direction. This though? Why build this guy up if your not going to bring him back. I mean where he went was probably the grave, as he probably did due to his mutation, but it’s still VERY weird to spend a whole episode focusing on this guy, building him up as a big personal threat to our hero.. and NOT have him become the series big bad. And maybe he WAS supposed to be ebon and they just changed their mind. I don’t know but it bothers me it bothers me a lot. Otherwise though flawless. ONe more to go.

Aftershock: We open outside an electronics store, as our heroes watch the news reacap what happened in the first episode, with the media dubbing it the Big Bang and revealing their could be hundreds of “Metahumans”, as Virgil dubs after deciding the media’s term “Mutant” dosen’t fit, a nice wink to the fact that that’s the term used in dc comics and I believe milestone but could be wrong there. Me I like the term, has a nice ring to it.

At the store while Richie mulls over waht this means Static finds out he’s a human CD player.... this was before mp3 players and streaming on your phone made them horribly obsolete mind you and if you don’t know what one is congradualtions you live in some sort of bubble and you made me feel really old junior.

Frieda happens to be there and Virgil quips “What’s the matter they run out of britney cds”. Dude she’s not bad. Also be careful what you wish for man. Nickeback returned the year after this. You have not truly suffered through bad music yet my young friend. They spot a kid looking feverish, and he soon turns into a purple werewolf, as you do. It’s a bang baby.. those are richie’s exact word and you may not want to start a panic there bud. Just saying your best friend is one. THeir not all like this. Our heroes book it only to run into Francis who naturally refuses to let them leave and only doesn’t try to beat up Virgil because Virgil points otu the werewolf and nonplussed, he goes to fight it, scarring it off by revealing his own powers. He’s now dubbed himself Hotstreak which points for getting an actually good name kid. No points for what happens next as unsuprisingly getting powers did NOT mak ehim a better person and he attacks Virgil who blocks with a garbage can lid and thankfully is blasted into an ally. Richie tries to guard frieda for damn obvious reasons but gets hsi shirt burnt up because shut up Thankfully Static shows up, and we get our firsdt full on superhuman fight as both fight each other with aplomb, and it’s a damn good fight.. and one that goes pear shaped for Virg as he’s caught off guard when he finds out Hotstreak can use his powers to fly, and tackles him and his previous trauma causes him to freeze up. Thankfully , as Frieda put in a call earlier, the fire department arrive and HOt streak has to retreat, though Virgil is bummed that he “Choked”. And I love this as it not only shows Virgil’s inepxerince, as this is his first time fighting a bad guy but that just because he HAS power now dosen’t mean trauma and his previous fear of Hotstreak goes away or you won’t freeze up from time to time. It dosen’t make him weak or anything like some assholes would call it .. it makes him human. Humans make mistakes, and it makes him all the more relatable that he’s not pefect and that he did freeze up as I know I certainly would at last once in the circumstances.

Things don’t get better at dinner as Sharon and Pops argue over the bang babies with Pops calling them a meance and Sharon pointing out Static exists so they can’t all be bad. See assuming a group of superhumans are bad because a handful of them ar edick sis why the x-men had to get their own island nation. You can only save an ungreatful populous so many times before you say “fuck it i’m getting my own island, pay me for life saving drugs, save your damn selves and stop doing genocides on us. Kay thanks”. But he does bring up a valid point that rattles his son: We don’t know anything about the Bang Babies or their biological structures and it’s likely they might further mutate into monsters, Static included.

Virgil, understandably, wants to check this and thus he and richie compare blood samples in science, to no real conclusion. She he checks out with his doctor who assumes he’s sexually active in a great getting crap past the radar bit and a bit of realisim, but he agrees to the test though if something came up he would have to tell Virgil’s dsad and is up front about this. Nice dose of realisim.

That night City Council has a meeting and the Mayor TRIES to deflect Papa Hawkins questions about the bang babies which again, while being a judgmental ass as not every person hit was a gang member (Virgil, and as we discover later some others), and not every gang member is there by choice, some by circumstnace some, like virgil almost was, because they HAD no other option. Again years of reading x-men may of just made me a bit touchy on assholes admitely assuming superpower people bad. But it’s clear the public is upset and while she says an investigation is underway... Virgil and Richie are not only not convinced, but figure she’s actively covering it up. And unlike everyone else there who probably suspects the same, they can do something about it and tail her. It’s during this, and cleverly as I didn’t realie till writing this using similar skills to his human cd player act, Virgil listens in and discovers whose behind it: Edwin Alva, whose apparently richer than bill gates and a beloved phinarophist Alva, as it turns out, was actually the arch enemy of Hardware in the comics, taking advantage of the guy in his civiliian idtentiy and thus casuing him to launch a war on the asshole. He does transition into this series well though, being the one behind the gas that caused it and with the mayor agreeing to back off, planning to simply dump the info about the big bang on a disc then destroy everything for now till the heat dies down. Yup sounds like a corprate douchebag.

Static tails him, finds the lab and infiltrates it, stealing the disc.. but getting caught by Alva’s goon, and trapped in a glass prison, forced to use ALL his power to escape and barely getting out alive, but not before bouncing off alva’s car. Still he now has the proof.. and meanwhile Hotstreak, who I was wrong did get captured, is forced to take pill sbut spits them out once the orderly is gone. Dude.. WHY DIDN’T YOU WATCH HIM. Make sure he swallows that shit especially since, as he has no powers right now and can’t harm you.

Hotstreak escapes off screen and our heroes discuss the disc before he shows up, and we get a REALLY fucking amazing scene: Virgil ducks into an Alleway and ritchie is worried.. and Virgil disarms him with just one word responses Ritchie: Virg you can’t take him. Virgil: Gotta. Ritchie: Well at least wait for the fire department Virgil: Can’t. It’s simpile but it gets the point across: This is his fight, he can’t wait for help, and people need him. And this is what makes a true hero: It’s easy to be a hero when everythings going well.. but it’s the true ones who stick it out against the odds and fight anyway. And he’s going to. So we get one hell of a fight, though naturally Hotstreak burns up the disc. And I do like this as it dosen’t feel contrived.. yes Static could’ve left it with ritchie.. but he wasn’t thinking in the moment and dind’t really have time to think abotu the disc, only that people were being hurt and he was all they had between them and Hotstreak. It was no choice at all. Still that pisses Virgil off that the last night’s work is now worthless, and he fully charges up and curbstomps francis who retreats into a clearing. Hostreak brags when static follows, as even he’s figured out Static needs to be around metal, as he’s usually on his disc or the street, and in the park there suppodsidly isn’t any. But he’s not THAT smart as Virgil points out two things: one, he hoped to do this on PURPOSE so they wouldn’t be around people and no on e would get hurt and 2).. this is a city, there’s metal everywhere.. and he awesomely and cleverly proves it by unlodging a sewage pipe with his powers and dousing his foe, winning and proving his stuff. I love this solution, it’s a clever spider-man type way to disarm him, using smarts and the einvroment instead of just brute forcing it. Though the sewage part wasn’t intetional our hero still won and gets praise from the people dumb enough to follow the fight.

However at home Virgil points out it was Pyrrhic Victory and shows off his smarts by telling the tale behind it, which I didn’t know,because tv tropes didn’t exist yet: king pyrhus fought the romans and WON.. but had so little armies left that he still lost overall. That’s what this feels like to Virgil: he beat hotstreak but any chance at a cure for Bang Babies and Alva going to jail for causing them is gone. His mood does get a boost though as the doctor calls and reveals he’s fine, he just has a bit too much elctrolytes and just needs to lay off teh salt. He celebrates, we get a quick gag and the episode ends

Aftershock is another stellar episoe, giving us Virgil’s first super foe and a personal one at that, while showing some growth. As richie tells him he’s not virgil anymore he’s static and he can’t let his past get to him.. and he does’nt going from cowering in fear to easily beating his foe with simple logic. It’s a good followup that answers questions you may have from the first ep, like what does this do to virgil’s body, who supplied the gas, and why has no one done anything about this, and sets up another villian for Static in Alva. Great stuff. I highly recommend these episodes and the show as a whole: it’s fast paced, grounded and enjoyable, having just enough levity to not be too dour but just enough tension and stakes to be intresting. A throughly fantastic superhero show and one that i’d certainly love to revisit on this blog If you have an episode of static or the dcau in general you’d want me to cover, my comissions are open and details are on a tab on my blog or can be gotten simply by asking me via ask or dm. Tommorow we’re going deeper underground, there’s too much damage in this town as the Lena Retrospective continues. So expect gay ducks, straight ducks and some terrfirmains. See you next rainbow.

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stefanmikaleson1864 · 2 years

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I’m So Sorry

Cyrus Lupo X Reader :) !!!

I’m So Sorry

You and Cyrus had been dating for a couple of years. You worked as a paramedic and would sometimes run into him on calls.

You fell so had for the brown eyes curly hair man. He was quiet but once you got to know him he really opened up to you.

You were the one who asked him out. The two of you running into each after shift at a local coffee shop.

He agreed and the rest is history. The two of you were in that place in your relationship where he was moved in and you were just waiting for him to pop the question.

You two were such a good couple wanting the same things in life. Both focused on your careers but also wanting to start a family together to build a life with one another.

It made it easier on you both because you knew what it was like to work long shifts and hours.

You both also knew how the job can take a lot out of you at times.

Everyone was always telling you to leave it behind you when you clocked out but sometimes it was easier said than done.

The two of you could always lay it all out on the table and talk things through with one another.

But things lately have been different between the two of you

. Cyrus had become distant with you and things just haven’t been the same. He was working late nights a lot more than usual and even leaving early in the morning.

When he was home he would barely talk to you. Always saying he was tired or it was a long day. He wouldn’t even look or touch you anymore. The two of you hadn’t even had sex in months.

Cyrus would say he was tired or things like “Not tonight” or “I’m in not in the mood.”

If we're being honest it hurt your feelings. You thought he didn’t want you anymore that he didn’t care anymore.

You tried to see what was up with him because you felt like it was something more than just working late.

So today you got off work early and you texted him to see what he was doing. He told you earlier that tonight he should be home for dinner.

He never replied to your text but you thought maybe he was just busy

. So around dinner time you drove over to the precinct to see him. You saw his partner Benard walking out but he wasn’t there.

You went over to see where he might have been

“Hey Kevin sorry to be bothering you but I’m wondering if you know where Cy is. He told me he was getting off early but I haven’t heard from him.” you asked

Kevin just looked at you with a surprise look on his face that he quickly tried to cover up.

“Hey Y/N yeah he told me he was on his way home so maybe you just missed him.” he said to you.

“Yeah right I’ll check back at home thanks “ you said and walked away.

Maybe he was home and you just missed him. You drove back to the shared apartment and there wasn’t anyone home.

No sign on him at all you tried to be worried or hurt maybe he was on his way home soon.

So you sat and waited and no one showed up. The hours went by fast and slow at the same time.

You were crushed as why he would lie to you. In the pit of your stomach you knew it was something going on that was not good.

You laid on the couch just letting the tears fall down your face. You ended up crying yourself to sleep.

You were woken up by someone coming in the front door. It was dark until you turned the light on by the lamp.

Cyrus was coming in he looked a mess his tie was barely on his shirt wrinkled and his hair was every where.

He looked at you with this look of confusion with a mix of oh shit i think i just got caught.

“Hey Y/N sorry to wake you up baby I thought you were sleeping.” He said

“Where the hell were you I waited up all night for you. And don’t lie to me I know you weren’t at work.” you said

He just looked at you with this sad look on his face. He came in closer in the apartment shutting the door and sitting on the couch.

He smelled of beer and alcohol. You knew it wasn;t good for him he had problems with it in the past.

A few minutes of science had passed and then he spoke up.

“I’m so sorry Y/n i really am I fucked up and I don’t know how to fix it.” he said there was sadness in his voice you never heard before.

“Cy talk to me what happened “ you asked him.

“I had a pretty rough case with kids you know how that is for me and I didn’t even realize I was headed to a bar I just walked there and then next thing you know I was there drinking a lot and um I went home with someone else.” he said lowering his head.

You sat there shocked you couldn’t believe that he was drinking again and the fact he cheated on you.

I mean you had your suspicions but to hear it was true it hurt even more.

“What I mean why and when how long has this been going on for” you asked

“Not long I swear okay it happened the one time i was drunk and wasn’t thinking clearly and when i realized i fucked up i kept going back to the bar because i felt so bad about what I did. Y/N if I was sober and thinking clearly I would have never” he said

“ I need some time okay why didn’t you come to me and talk to me about it?” Instead of drinking and cheating I mean you barely touch me anymore you barely look at me I thought you didn’t want me anymore” you said truthfully

“I never meant for you to feel like that I’ve been so wrapped with guilt I didn’t know how to handle it I love you and never wanted to hurt you I swear to god.” Cyrus said grabbing your hand and looking at you.

The tears just kept falling from your eyes a lump in your throat you never had been so hurt before.

You loved him so much but now it seems as things were just different you couldn’t look at him the same.

You looked at him and you just saw him with another women and it just kept replaying in your head over and over.

“I’ll get you help with the drinking I promise but for right now I don’t know about us okay I need time it just hurts right now.” you said

You could see him nod his head and you could see the tears falling from his face. He just looked down at his hands not moving.

“Y/N what ever you need I’m here with you no matter what you want to do I love you so much. I want this to work I can’t loose you. Your the best thing that ever happened to me. I can’t believe I fucked this up I never wanted to but your worth fighting for and I will always fight for you no matter how long or hard it takes” Cyrus said

“ I love you Cy I don’t know but I want to try I just need space right now you need to work on you and we need to work on us I just need a moment to get past it because I know your heart I know you and I never loved anyone the way I love you.” You said

Isn’t life crazy you thought one moment could ruin everything you had been building up just came crashing down.

You loved him you did and you knew it was a mistake but you didn’t know if you could move past it.

One Mistake could ruin everything. This amazing life you had for yourself seemed like it was just gone how could it happen so fast.

You wondered if you would ever look at him the same again. If these feelings would ever go away.

That this moment would just be a moment. That this was just a bump in your journey.

You had to try though because you couldn’t let this be it. You couldn’t be done with him you had to fight with everything because he was worth it.

This relationship was worth it. Cyrus was worth it.

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brokehorrorfan · 5 years

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Nightmare Cinema will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 3 via Good Deed Entertainment and Cranked Up Films. The horror anthology is currently available on VOD.

Mick Garris (The Stand), Joe Dante (Gremlins), David Slade (30 Days of Night), Ryuhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train), and Alejandro Brugues (Juan of the Dead) each direct a segment.

Mickey Rourke serves as your host as The Projectionist. Richard Chamberlain, Adam Godley, Orson Chaplin, Eric Nelsen, Kevin Fonteyne, Maurice Benard, and Calista Bess round out the cast.

Special features are not listed.

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A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings. By the time our patrons realize the truth, escape is no longer an option. For once the ticket is torn, their fate is sealed at Nightmare Cinema.

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santamonicaroleplay · 5 years

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Parings or free for all:

Today will be pairings which means you will be paired up for this event with a partner. Please contact your partner and start up a thread with them. You may still post starters and etc at the event, but you will expected to keep up your pairings.

Ainsley - Ivy

Alina - Jacob

Bree - Jasmine

Brooke - Devin

Caroline - Kevin

Charlotte - June

Dakota - Julian

Diana - Rafael

Dijana - Alexandra

Emersay - Myles

Harper - Damian

Heidi - Noah

Iris - Wesley

Kaden - Leon

Katherine - Jocelyn

Kessa - Marley

Kimberly - Jamie

Lauren - Alec

Leah - Emre

Leyla - Asher

Mac - Richard

Mara - Sasha

Natasha - Logan

Olivia - Jason

Phobe - Greyson

Savannah - Adam

Victorie - Benard

Color Code; Colors will apply everyday except for the ABC party (during this everyone will be given wrist bands), please feel free to change your colors daily if you find your prefect match. The color code will be sent out daily via text as a reminder for that days activites.

Colors:

Black - Not available/not looking

Red - In a relationship

Orange - It’s complicated and not looking

Yellow - It’s complicated but still wants to mingle

Green - Go! Single and ready mingle

Wednesday: PIER into the Deep Blue Sea

When: May 29, 2019

Where: The Santa Monica Pier

What: Boat Rides

Take ride through the tunnel of love with a partner selected at random! Pacific Park will be sponsoring this event so your access to the park is free of charge, so if all goes well, take a stroll through the park to get to know your partner more. If all goes bad? There’s funnel cakes at the concession stands.

Daily Things Offered:

Fantasy Suites - These will only be offered to the daily matches. There will be offerings sent out on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday via ask boxes and you may take whoever you want to the fantasy suit on this day.

Couple Cabana - Each day Daily Pier will announce their favorite couple of the day and they’ll be offered a private couples Cabana to relax and have dinner in.

Hook up huts - These are official hook up spots that are open 24/7. They will be located on the beach and have privacy doors. Sheets will be changed after each encounter.

Daily Breakfast will be offered in each Fantasy Suite and the Couple Cabana. There will be break offered at Lucy’s Cafe every morning for those of you who didn’t get lucky.

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brandonwayneb · 8 months

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djbcadventures · 5 years

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19th Annual Bryan Awards - Acting Nominees

Writing and Directing, plus Technical Prizes can be found on @thebryanandsilvergarbage Page.

Lead Actress in a Drama Series: GAME OF THRONES (HBO) - Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen HOUSE OF CARDS (Netflix) - Robin Wright as President Claire Underwood KILLING EVE (BBC America) - Jodie Comer as Villanelle KILLING EVE (BBC America) - Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri OZARK (Netflix) - Laura Linney as Wendy Byrde THIS IS US (NBC) - Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson

Lead Actor in a Drama Series: BETTER CALL SAUL - Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill (AMC) GAME OF THRONES - Kit Harington as Jon Snow (HBO) OZARK - Jason Bateman as Marty Byrde (Netflix) POSE - Billy Porter as Pray Tell (F/X) THIS IS US - Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson (NBC) THIS IS US - Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson (NBC) Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: THE AFFAIR - Maura Tierney as Helen Solloway (Showtime) BETTER CALL SAUL - Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler (AMC) GAME OF THRONES - Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth (HBO) GAME OF THRONES - Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister (HBO) THIS IS US - Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth Pearson (NBC) THIS IS US - Chrissy Metz as Kate Pearson (NBC) Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: BETTER CALL SAUL - Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut (AMC) GAME OF THRONES - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jamie Lannister (HBO) GAME OF THRONES - Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister (HBO) HOMECOMING - Bobby Cannavale as Colin Belfast (Amazon Prime) HOUSE OF CARDS - Michael Kelly as Doug Stamper (Netflix) SUCCESSION - Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy (HBO) THIS IS US - Justin Hartley as Kevin Pearson (NBC) THIS IS US - Chris Sullivan as Toby Damon (NBC) Younger Actress in a Drama Series or Limited Series: THE ACT - Joey King as Gypsy Rose Blanchard (Hulu) THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA - Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina Spellman (Netflix) GAME OF THRONES - Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark (HBO) GAME OF THRONES - Maisie Williams as Arya Stark (HBO) OZARK - Julia Garner as Ruth Langmore (Netflix) SHARP OBJECTS - Eliza Scanlan as Amma Crellin (HBO) Younger Actor in a Drama Series or Limited Series: THE CHI - Alex Hibbert as Kevin Williams (Showtime) THE CHI - Jacob Latimore as Emmett Washington (Showtime) GOTHAM - David Mazouz as Young Bruce Wayne (Fox) WHEN THEY SEE US - Asante Black as Young Kevin Richardson (Netflix) WHEN THEY SEE US - Caleel Harris as Young Anton McCray (Netflix) WHEN THEY SEE US - Jharrell Jerome as Korey Wise (Netflix)

Guest Actress in a Drama Series: AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE - Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon (F/X) AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE - Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon (F/X) GAME OF THRONES - Carice Van Houten as Melisandre (HBO) THE HANDMAID’S TALE - Cherry Jones as Holly (Hulu) HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER - Cicely Tyson as Ophelia Harkness (ABC) THIS IS US - Phylicia Rashad as Carol Clarke (NBC) Guest Actor in a Drama Series: AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE - Dylan McDermott as Ben Harmon (F/X) BETTER CALL SAUL - Michael McKean as Chuck McGill (AMC) THE HANDMAID’S TALE - Bradley Whitford as Commander Joseph Lawrence (Hulu) HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER - Glynn Turman as Nate Lahey Sr. (ABC) POSE - Christopher Meloni as Dick Ford (F/X) THIS IS US - Michael Angarano as Nick Pearson (NBC) THIS IS US - Ron Cephas Jones as William (NBC)

Performance by a Cast in a Drama Series: Better Call Saul (AMC) Game of Thrones (HBO) Ozark (Netflix) Pose (F/X) Succession (HBO) This is Us (NBC) Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: BLACK-ISH - Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Rainbow Johnson (ABC) THE GOOD PLACE - Kristen Bell as Veronica Van Der Hooven (NBC) THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam Maisel (Amazon) MOM - Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett (CBS) RUSSIAN DOLL - Natasha Lyonne as Nadia (Amazon) VEEP - Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer (HBO) Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: BARRY - Bill Hader as Barry (HBO) THE BIG BANG THEORY - Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper (CBS) BLACK-ISH - Anthony Anderson as Dre Johnson (ABC) BLACK MONDAY - Don Cheadle as Mo Monroe (Showtime) THE GOOD PLACE - Ted Danson as Michael (NBC) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Michael Douglas as Sandy Kominsky (Netflix) Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: FLEABAG - Olivia Colman as Godmother (Amazon Prime) GLOW - Betty Gilpin as Debbie Eagan (Netflix) THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - Marin Hinkle as Rose Weissman (Amazon Prime) THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - Alex Borstein as Susie (Amazon Prime) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Kate McKinnon as Various Characters (NBC) VEEP - Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer (HBO) Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: BARRY - Stephen Root as Monroe Fuches (HBO) BARRY - Henry Winkler as Gene Cousineau (HBO) THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - Tony Shalhoub as Abe Weissman (Amazon) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Kenan Thompson as Various Characters (NBC) UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT - Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon (Netflix) VEEP - Tony Hale as Gary Walsh (HBO) VEEP - Nathan Simons as Jonah Ryan (HBO) Younger Actress in a Comedy Series: ATYPICAL - Jenna Boyd as Paige Hardaway (Netflix) ATYPICAL - Bridgette Lundy-Paine as Casey Gardner (Netflix) BLACK-ISH - Marsai Martin as Diane Johnson (ABC) CASUAL - Tara Lynne Barr as Laura Meyers (Hulu) MODERN FAMILY - Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily Tucker-Pritchett (ABC) MODERN FAMILY - Ariel Winter as Alex Dunphy (ABC) Younger Actor in a Comedy Series: ATYPICAL - Keir Gilchrist as Sam Gardner (Netflix) BLACK-ISH - Marcus Scribner as Andre Johnson Jr. (ABC) MODERN FAMILY - Rico Rodriguez as Manny Delgado (ABC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Pete Davidson as Various Characters (NBC) SHAMELESS - Cameron Monaghan as Ian Gallagher (Showtime) YOUNG SHELDON - Iain Armitage as Sheldon Cooper (CBS) Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: THE BIG BANG THEORY - Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter (CBS) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Ann-Margret as Diane (Netflix) THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - Jane Lynch as Sophie Lennon (Amazon Prime) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Rachel Brosnahan as Host/Various Characters (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Sandra Oh as Host/Various Characters (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Emma Thompson as Host/Various Characters (NBC)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: BROOKLYN NINE-NINE - Lin-Manuel Miranda as David Santiago (NBC) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Danny DeVito as Dr. Wexler (Netflix) THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce (Netflix) MOM - Bradley Whitford as Mitch (CBS) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Matt Damon as Host/Various Characters (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Robert DeNiro as Robert Mueller (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Adam Sandler as Host/Various Characters (NBC)

Performance by a Cast in a Comedy Series: Barry (HBO) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) black-ish (ABC) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Veep (HBO)

Lead Actress in a Limited Series/Movie: DEADWOOD THE MOVIE - Paula Malcomson as Trixie (HBO) DIRTY JOHN - Connie Britton as Debra Newell (Bravo) ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA - Patricia Arquette as Joyce “Tilly” Mitchell (Showtime) FOSSE/VERDON - Michelle Williams as Gwen Verdon (F/X) MANIAC - Emma Stone as Annie Landsberg (Netflix) SHARP OBJECTS - Amy Adams as Camille Preaker (HBO) Lead Actor in a Limited Series/Movie: CHERNOBYL - Jared Harris as Valery Legasov (HBO) DEADWOOD THE MOVIE - Ian McShane as Al Swearengen (HBO) ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA - Benicio Del Toro as Richard Matt (Showtime) FOSSE/VERDON - Sam Rockwell as Bob Fosse (F/X) TRUE DETECTIVE - Mahershala Ali as Wayne Hays (HBO) A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL - Hugh Grant as Jeremy Thorpe (BBC) Supporting Actress in a Limited Series/Movie: THE ACT - Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee Blanchard (Hulu) CHERNOBYL - Emily Watson as Ulana Khomyuk (HBO) FOSSE/VERDON - Margaret Qualley as Ann Reinking (F/X) KING LEAR - Emma Thompson as Goneril (Amazon Prime) MANIAC - Sally Field as Dr. Greta Mantleray (Netflix) SHARP OBJECTS - Patricia Clarkson as Adora Crellin (HBO) TRUE DETECTIVE - Carmen Egojo as Amelia Reardon (HBO) WHEN THEY SEE US - Vera Farmiga as Elizabeth Lederer (Netflix) Supporting Actor in a Limited Series/Movie: CATCH-22 - Kyle Chandler as Cathcart (Hulu) CATCH-22 - George Clooney as Scheisskopf (Hulu) ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA - Paul Dano as David Sweat (Showtime) ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA - Eric Lange as Lyle Mitchell (Showtime) FOSSE/VERDON - Norbert Leo Butz as Paddy Chayefsky (F/X) A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL - Ben Whishaw as Norman Scott (BBC)

Performance by a Cast in a Limited Series/Movie/Special: Deadwood the Movie (HBO) Escape from Dannemora (Showtime) Fosse/Verdon (F/X) Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and The Jeffersons (ABC) Maniac (Netflix) Sharp Objects (HBO) When They See Us (Netflix) Lead Actress in Daytime: THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL - Jacqueline McInnes-Wood as Steffy Forrester-Spencer (CBS) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Kassie DePaiva as Eve Donovan (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Marci Miller as Abigail Deveraux (NBC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Maura West as Ava Jerome (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Laura Wright as Carly Corinthos (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Eileen Davidson as Ashley Abbott (CBS) Lead Actor in Daytime: DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Tyler Christopher as Stefan DiMera (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Billy Flynn as Chad DiMera (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Drake Hogestyn as John Black (NBC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Maurice Benard as Sonny Corinthos (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Jon Lindstrom as Dr. Kevin Collins & Ryan Chamberlain (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott (CBS) Supporting Actress in Daytime: THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL - Annika Noelle as Hope Logan (CBS) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Linsey Godfrey as Sarah Horton (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Martha Madison as Belle Black (NBC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Tamara Braun as Dr. Kim Nero (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Vernee Watson as Stella Henry (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Beth Maitland as Traci Abbott (CBS) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Mishael Morgan as Hilary Curtis (CBS) Supporting Actor in Daytime: THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL - Wayne Brady as Dr. Reese Buckingham (CBS) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Eric Martsolf as Brady Black (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Greg Rikaart as Leo Stark (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Greg Vaughan as Eric Brady (NBC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Max Gail as Mike Corbin (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Bryton James as Devon Hamilton (CBS) Younger Actress in Daytime: DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Olivia Rose Keegan as Claire Brady (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Victoria Konefal as Ciara Brady (NBC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Hayley Erin as Kiki Jerome (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Chloe Lanier as Nelle Benson (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Eden McCoy as Josslyn Jacks (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Hunter King as Summer Newman (CBS) Younger Actor in Daytime: DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Lucas Adams as Tripp Dalton (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Casey Moss as J.J. Deveraux (NBC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - William Lipton as Cameron Webber (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Garren Stitt as Oscar Nero-Quartermaine (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Zach Tinker as Fenmore Baldwin (CBS)

Guest Performer in Daytime: GENERAL HOSPITAL - Patricia Bethune as Nurse Mary Pat (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - James Read as Gregory Chase (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Chandra Wilson as Dr. Linda Massey and Sydney Val Jean (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Dominic Zamprogna as Dante Falconeri (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Thad Luckinbill as J.T. Hellstrom (CBS) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Shemar Moore as Malcolm Winters (CBS)

Performance By A Cast in a Daytime Soap: The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Days of Our Lives (NBC) General Hospital (ABC) The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Lead Actress in a New Series: BLACK MONDAY - Regina Hall as Dawn Towner (Showtime) GENTLEMAN JACK - Suranne Jones as Anne Lister (HBO) HOMECOMING - Julia Roberts as Heidi Bergman (Amazon) RUSSIAN DOLL - Natasha Lyonne as Nadia (Netflix) SALLY4EVER - Julia Davis as Emma (HBO) SALLY4EVER - Catherine Wheeler as Sally (HBO) Lead Actor in a New Series: BLACK MONDAY - Don Cheadle as Mo Monroe (Showtime) KIDDING - Jim Carrey as Jeff Pickles (Showtime) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Michael Douglas as Sandy Kominsky (Netflix) POSE - Billy Porter as Pray Tell (F/X) SUCCESSION - Brian Cox as Logan Roy (HBO) SUCCESSION - Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy (HBO) Supporting Actress in a New Series: GENTLEMAN JACK - Gemma Jones as Aunt Anne Lister (HBO) HOMECOMING - Sissy Spacek as Ellen Bergman (Amazon) KIDDING - Judy Greer as Jill (Showtime) KIDDING - Catherine Keener as Deirdre (Showtime) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Susan Sullivan as Eileen (Netflix) POSE - Kate Mara as Patty Bowes (F/X) Supporting Actor in a New Series: BLACK MONDAY - Andrew Rannells as Blair Pfaff (Showtime) GENTLEMAN JACK - Timothy West as Jeremy Lister (HBO) HOMECOMING - Bobby Cannavale as Colin Belfast (Amazon) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Alan Arkin as Norman Newlander (Netflix) A MILLION LITTLE THINGS - Romany Malco as Rome Howard (ABC) SUCCESSION - Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy (HBO) Guest Performer in a New Series: THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Danny DeVito as Dr. Wexler (Netflix) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Ann-Margret as Diane (Netflix) POSE - Sandra Bernhard as Judy Kubrak (F/X) POSE - Clark Jackson as Mr. Richards (F/X) POSE - Christopher Meloni as Dick Ford (F/X) RUSSIAN DOLL - Chloe Sevigny as Lenora Vulkovov (Netflix) Performance By a Cast in a New Series: The Cast of Black Monday (Showtime) The Cast of Gentleman Jack (HBO) The Cast of Kidding (Showtime) The Cast of A Million Little Things (ABC) The Cast of Pose (F/X) The Cast of Succession (Showtime)

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The 19th Annual Bryan Awards - Acting Nominees

Performance by a Cast in a Comedy Series: Barry (HBO) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) black-ish (ABC) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Veep (HBO)

Performance By A Cast in a Daytime Soap: The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Days of Our Lives (NBC) General Hospital (ABC) The Young and the Restless (CBS)

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