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Samantha Sloyan
Samantha Sloyan is an American actress. Sloyan is best known for her roles in ''In the Key of Eli'', ''Scandal'', ''Hush'', ''Midnight Mass'', and ''Grey's Anatomy''. Early life Samantha Sloyan was born in Los Angeles County, California. She is the daughter of actors James Sloyan and Deirdre Lenihan, and has one brother, Daniel Sloyan. Career Sloyan first appeared the 2003 independent feature film '' My Life with Morrissey'' as a florist. She continued to appear in a few short films such as ''No Shoulder'', ''Shamelove'', and ''Autodoc''. In 2009, she produced and starred in the short film ''Plus One''. Sloyan has also guest-starred in several television series such as '' The Beast'', '' The Forgotten'', '' Law & Order: LA'', and '' NCIS''. She played a recurring role as a White House employee named Jeannine Locke in the first three seasons of ''Scandal''. She also guest-starred in another ShondaLand production titled ''Private Practice'' in 2010. Sloyan continued to appear ...
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Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, with 9,861,224 residents estimated as of 2022. It is the most populous non–state-level government entity in the United States. Its population is greater than that of 40 individual U.S. states. At and with 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas, it is home to more than one-quarter of California residents and is one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the United States. Its county seat, Los Angeles, is also California's most populous city and the second-most populous city in the United States, with about 3.9 million residents. In recent times, statewide droughts in California have placed great strain on the County’s (and the City of Los Angeles's) water security. History Los Angeles County is one of the original counties of California, created at the time of stat ...
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Parks And Recreation
''Parks and Recreation'' (also known as ''Parks and Rec'') is an American political satire mockumentary sitcom television series created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. The series aired on NBC from April 9, 2009, to February 24, 2015, for 125 episodes, over seven seasons. A special reunion episode aired on April 30, 2020. The series stars Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a perky, mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks Department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. The ensemble and supporting cast features Rashida Jones as Ann Perkins, Paul Schneider as Mark Brendanawicz, Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford, Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson, Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate, Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer, Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt, Rob Lowe as Chris Traeger, Jim O'Heir as Garry "Jerry" Gergich, Retta as Donna Meagle, and Billy Eichner as Craig Middlebrooks. The writers researched local California politics for the series and consulted with urban planners and elected officials. Leslie Knope unde ...
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Criminal Minds
''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created and produced by Jeff Davis (writer), Jeff Davis. The series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005, and originally concluded on February 19, 2020; it was revived in 2022. It follows a group of criminal profiling, criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), using behavioral analysis and profiling to investigate crimes and find the unsub (unknown subject), the team's term for perpetrators. The show tells the story of the team as they work various cases and tackle their personal struggles. The show's original main cast consisted of seven characters: Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer Jareau (A. J. Cook), and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness). The cast underwent major changes throughout the series' run, with several ...
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The Fosters (2013 TV Series)
''The Fosters'' is an American family drama television series created by Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg. It premiered in the United States on June 3, 2013, on the ABC Family (later Freeform) television network and concluded on June 6, 2018. It followed the lives of the Adams-Foster family led by a lesbian couple, Stef Foster, a police officer, and Lena Adams, a school vice principal, who raise one biological son and four adopted teenagers in San Diego, California. The first season received generally favorable reviews and particular acclaim for its portrayal of LGBT themes. It also earned two GLAAD Media Awards and one Teen Choice Award. On January 3, 2018, Freeform announced that ''The Fosters'' would end after five seasons. It concluded with a three-episode finale, which also acted as an introduction to '' Good Trouble'', the spin-off series starring Maia Mitchell and Cierra Ramirez. Plot The series follows the lives of police officer Stef Foster and her life partner ...
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The Cape (2011 TV Series)
''The Cape'' is an American superhero Drama (film and television), drama television series, first shown on NBC during the 2010–2011 television season as a mid-season replacement. A two-hour pilot episode aired on Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 9 pm Eastern and Pacific Time, and was repeated the next day. Further episodes aired on Monday evenings at 9 pm from January 17. NBC reduced the number of episodes ordered from 13 to 10 due to low ratings. On March 2, 2011, NBC canceled the series after one season. It was also announced that the series finale would be shown only on the network's website. Plot The series, set in fictional Palm City, California, follows Vince Faraday, an honest detective who decides to leave the police force after he witnesses the murder of a new police chief by a mysterious villain known as Chess. Faraday accepts an offer to work for ARK, a private security firm owned and operated by billionaire entrepreneur Peter Fleming. ARK is petitioning Palm ...
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Mike Flanagan (filmmaker)
Mike Flanagan (born May 20, 1978) is an American filmmaker and partner in Intrepid Pictures. Flanagan is best known for his work in horror films and television series, which has attracted the praise of critics for his directing and lack of reliance on jump scares. Stephen King, Quentin Tarantino, and William Friedkin, among others, have praised him. Flanagan is best known for his horror films, all of which he directed, wrote, and edited, including '' Absentia'' (2011), ''Oculus'' (2013), ''Hush'', '' Before I Wake'', '' Ouija: Origin of Evil'' (all 2016), ''Gerald's Game'' (2017), and '' Doctor Sleep'' (2019). He is also known for having created, produced, and served as showrunner on the Netflix supernatural horror anthology series ''The'' ''Haunting'' which consists of ''The'' ''Haunting'' of ''Hill'' ''House'' (2018), a season based on Shirley Jackson's novel of the same name and ''The Haunting of Bly Manor'' (2020), a season based on the horror novella ''The Turn of the Sc ...
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Midnight Mass (miniseries)
''Midnight Mass'' is an American gothic supernatural horror television miniseries created and directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Zach Gilford, Kate Siegel, Hamish Linklater, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Kristin Lehman, and Henry Thomas. The plot centers on a devout and impoverished island community that experiences supernatural events after the arrival of a mysterious priest. It was released on Netflix on September 24, 2021, and received positive reviews. Premise A young man returns to his isolated hometown on Crockett Island, hoping to rebuild his life after serving four years in prison for killing someone in a drunk-driving incident. He arrives at the same time as a mysterious, charismatic young priest who begins to revitalise the town's flagging faith. However, the community's divisions are soon exacerbated by the priest's deeds while mysterious events befall the small town. Cast and characters The cast for ''Midnight Mass'' consists of: Main * Zach Gilford as Riley F ...
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Bustle (magazine)
''Bustle'' is an online American women's magazine founded in August 2013 by Bryan Goldberg. It positions news and politics alongside articles about beauty, celebrities, and fashion trends. By September 2016, the website had 50 million monthly readers. History ''Bustle'' was founded by Bryan Goldberg in 2013. Previously, Goldberg co-founded the website Bleacher Report with a single million-dollar investment. He claimed that "women in their 20s have nothing to read on the Internet." ''Bustle'' was launched with $6.5 million in backing from Seed and Series A funding rounds. It surpassed 10 million monthly unique visitors in July 2014, placing it ahead of rival women-oriented sites such as '' Refinery29'', ''Rookie'' and ''xoJane''; it had the second greatest number of unique visitors after Gawker's ''Jezebel''. By 2015, ''Bustle'' had 46 full-time editorial staff and launched the parenting sister site ''Romper''. In September 2016, ''Bustle'' launched a redesign using the compan ...
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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (Grey's Anatomy)
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" is the fifth episode of the twelfth season of the American television medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'', and the 250th episode overall. It aired October 22, 2015 on ABC in the United States. The episode was written by Mark Driscoll and directed by executive producer Debbie Allen. On its initial airing the episode was watched by 8.96 million viewers and received widespread critical acclaim upon from television critics and audiences. The episode focuses on the dinner party Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), Dr. Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) and Dr. Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary) are hosting, during which Dr. Callie Torres' (Sara Ramirez) new girlfriend Dr. Penelope Blake (Samantha Sloyan) creates tension for the guests when it is revealed that she was one of Derek's doctors when he died. Dr. Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) tries to get used to Callie's new girlfriend, Dr. April Kepner (Sarah Drew) distracts herself from her husband Dr. Jackson Av ...
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Patrick Dempsey
Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is an American actor and race car driver. He is best known for his role as neurosurgeon Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd in ''Grey's Anatomy''. He had early success as an actor, starring in a number of films in the 1980s, including ''Can't Buy Me Love'' (1987) and '' Loverboy'' (1989). In the 1990s, he mostly appeared in smaller roles in film, such as ''Outbreak'' (1995) and television. Dempsey was also in ''Scream 3'' (2000) where he played the role of Detective Mark Kincaid. He was successful in landing a lead role in ''Sweet Home Alabama'' (2002), a surprise box office hit. He has since starred in other films, including ''Brother Bear 2'' (2006), '' Enchanted'' (2007), ''Made of Honor'' (2008), ''Valentine's Day'' (2010), '' Flypaper'' (2011), ''Freedom Writers'' (2007), '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2011), and ''Bridget Jones's Baby'' (2016). Dempsey, who maintains a sports car and vintage car collection, also enjoys auto rac ...
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Derek Shepherd
Derek Christopher Shepherd, M.D., F.A.C.S., also referred to as "McDreamy", is a fictional surgeon from the ABC medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'', portrayed by actor Patrick Dempsey. He made his first appearance in the pilot episode, " A Hard Day's Night", which was broadcast on March 27, 2005. Derek was married to Addison Montgomery ( Kate Walsh) before their divorce in 2007. Before his death in 2015, Derek was happily married to his longtime partner and wife Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo). The couple had three children together. Shepherd was formerly the Chief of Surgery at Seattle Grace Mercy West (now Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital) but abruptly resigned from his position as Chief in season 7 following the shooting. Dempsey was nominated for the 2006 and 2007 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Drama for the role, and the 2006 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series. Storylines Derek arrives at Seattle Grace Hospital a ...
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How To Save A Life (Grey's Anatomy)
"How to Save a Life" is the twenty-first episode of the eleventh season of the American television medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'', and is the 241st episode overall. It aired on April 23, 2015 on ABC in the United States. The episode was written by showrunner Shonda Rhimes and directed by Rob Hardy, making it the first episode Rhimes has written since the season 8 finale "Flight". The installment marked the death of the series’ male lead character, Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), who had starred on the series since its inception. In this episode, Shepherd is involved in an accident while attempting to help the victims of a car accident. He is later pronounced brain dead, in part due to the surgeons not providing him with a timely CT scan. Only 6 regular cast membersEllen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey, Chandra Wilson, Kevin McKidd, Sarah Drew and Caterina Scorsone appear in the episode. "How to Save a Life" also marks the first appearance of Dr. Penelope Blake ( Samantha Sloy ...
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