tv echo September 20, 2023 Share September 20, 2023 (edited) NBC Fall TV Shows 2023: The Complete Schedule and Premiere Dates Tim Surette Sept. 15, 2023 https://www.tvguide.com/news/nbc-fall-tv-shows-2023-the-complete-schedule/ Quote Coming later in midseason will be new seasons of Law & Order: Organized Crime, La Brea, Lopez vs. Lopez, and Password, as well as new additions to the America's Got Talent and Deal or No Deal franchises, and a new docuseries called The Americas. NBC previously canceled Grand Crew, American Auto, and Young Rock. Edited September 20, 2023 by tv echo Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8148379
DanaK November 20, 2023 Share November 20, 2023 La Brea's 3rd season, its last, will premiere on Tuesday, January 9 at 9pm http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2023/11/20/new-series-premiere-and-favorites-return-as-nbc-midseason-lineup-features-edge-of-your-seat-unscripted-fare-hilarious-star-driven-comedy-and-dramas-that-inspire-549010/20231120nbc01/ 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8215688
tv echo November 21, 2023 Share November 21, 2023 (edited) ‘La Brea’ Officially Ending With Abbreviated Season 3 By Rosy Cordero November 20, 2023 https://deadline.com/2023/11/la-brea-canceled-season-3-1235630123/ Quote Season 3 of the NBC sci-fi drama La Brea will be its last. As Deadline reported exclusively in January, the series will conclude with an abbreviated season that will consist of 6 episodes. La Brea will premiere on Tuesday, January 9 at 9 p.m. and serves as a lead-in to the season’s final two episodes of the hit fall drama Found. Edited November 21, 2023 by tv echo 1 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8216627
Artsda December 7, 2023 Share December 7, 2023 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8233871
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tv echo December 11, 2023 Share December 11, 2023 La Brea - Episode 3.01 - Sierra - Promotional Photos Posted by SpoilerTV - December 10, 2023 https://www.spoilertv.com/2023/12/la-brea-episode-301-sierra-promotional.html Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8238090
tv echo December 18, 2023 Share December 18, 2023 (edited) La Brea - Episode 3.01 - Sierra - Promo, Promotional Photos + Press Release Posted by SpoilerTV - December 16, 2023 https://www.spoilertv.com/2023/12/la-brea-episode-301-sierra-promotional.html Quote SIERRA Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT SEASON PREMIERE Spoiler After the Clearing’s destroyed in a dinosaur attack, the Survivors must find a new home. Gavin discovers a clue about where Eve has been taken, but tracking the lead down results in even more tragic consequences. Edited December 18, 2023 by tv echo Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8245533
theredhead77 December 19, 2023 Share December 19, 2023 On 11/21/2023 at 7:52 AM, tv echo said: ‘La Brea’ Officially Ending With Abbreviated Season 3 By Rosy Cordero November 20, 2023 https://deadline.com/2023/11/la-brea-canceled-season-3-1235630123/ At least we're getting an ending. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8246364
Camera One December 19, 2023 Share December 19, 2023 Did they know Natalie Zea wouldn't be around for much of Season 3 when they wrote the Season 2 finale? Without her, it seems like the cast is dominated by guys. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8246625
tv echo December 20, 2023 Share December 20, 2023 (edited) La Brea - Episode 3.03 - Maya - Press Release Posted by SpoilerTV - December 20, 2023 https://www.spoilertv.com/2023/12/la-brea-episode-303-maya-press-release.html Quote MAYA Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 9 p.m. ET/PT Spoiler As Gavin and Sam search for a secret military base, they’re surprised by an old colleague of Gavin’s who just may hold the clues to finding Eve. When Ty and Sam try to figure out how to bring their friends home, Ty becomes sidetracked as he confronts his demons from his past. Edited December 20, 2023 by tv echo Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8247442
tv echo December 20, 2023 Share December 20, 2023 (edited) One Last Chance to Get Home | La Brea Season 3 Official Trailer | NBC NBC Dec 18, 2023 Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., S.W.A.T., NCIS: Sydney, Reacher, La Brea and More! BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH DECEMBER 19, 2023 https://tvline.com/lists/chicago-fire-sylvie-matt-proposal-spoilers-severide-return-season-12/ Quote You asked for La Brea questions: Is there some kind of Time Travel War/Fight in the future? The Hexagon military-style company vs. Lazarus? And will we find out exactly how Gavin’s visions work/who caused them? –Zachary Spoiler Zachary, I thiiink that what showrunner David Appelbaum’s told TVLine kills the better part of those two birds with one stone: “We do speak to [Lazarus vs. the ‘Hexagon people’] in later episodes” of the final, six-episode season, premiering Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. “Without giving too much away, they are people who existed in the same time period, and they are groups connected to a place that has time travel, so there are certain connections between them. But the main link is Gavin, and we’ll explain what his connection is to both of those places.” Edited December 20, 2023 by tv echo 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8247449
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tv echo December 30, 2023 Share December 30, 2023 (edited) Mild spoilers in rest of article... Will La Brea’s Lucas/Veronica Be the Root-For Couple of 2024? ‘I Think People Will Like Us This Season!’ BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH DECEMBER 28, 2023 https://tvline.com/previews/la-brea-season-3-lucas-veronica-romance-pregnancy-josh-mckenzie-lily-santiago-1235104093/ Quote In other words, La Brea Season 3 in many ways represents “Lucas and Veronica rising,” as TVLine put it to the pair’s portrayers. Edited December 30, 2023 by tv echo 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8252281
tv echo January 3 Share January 3 (edited) Mild spoilers... La Brea Creator Teases Dinosaurs, Twists and "Balancing Act" of Crafting the Final Season With only six episodes to wrap up Season 3, David Appelbaum promises closure, emotion, and so many dinosaurs. By Tara Bennett Jan 2, 2024 https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/la-brea-season-3-david-appelbaum-preview-interview La Brea Stars Promise ‘Time Travel, Dinosaurs, Romance, Death’ and ‘Badass’ Izzy in Final Season BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH JANUARY 2, 2024 https://tvline.com/previews/la-brea-season-3-dinosaurs-time-travel-eve-missing-1235105360/ Edited January 3 by tv echo 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8254975
tv echo January 9 Share January 9 (edited) Jack Martin Reflects on How La Brea Helped Him Evolve as an Actor, Future Comedic Aspirations By LIAM CROWLEY - January 8, 2024 https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/jack-martin-la-brea-evolve-actor-future-comedy-exclusive/ Quote La Brea Season 3 premieres on Tuesday, January 9th. Edited January 9 by tv echo Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8259963
tv echo January 10 Share January 10 Spoilers for last night's premiere... La Brea Final Season Opens With Awkward Eve Stand-In, Other Cast Changes — ‘You Roll With the Punches,’ Says EP BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH JANUARY 9, 2024 https://tvline.com/interviews/la-brea-natalie-zea-missing-season-3-cast-changes-josh-riley-paara-1235110233/ La Brea - Episode 3.02 - Don't Look Up - Promo + Press Release Posted by SpoilerTV - January 10, 202 https://www.spoilertv.com/2023/12/la-brea-episode-302-dont-look-up-press.html Spoiler As the survivors attempt to integrate with the villagers at the fort, a flock of vicious pterodactyls attack their new home; Ty tries to figure out his next steps and seeks help from an old friend. La Brea 3x02 Promo "Don't Look Up" (HD) Final Season TV Promos Jan 9, 2024 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8261049
tv echo January 12 Share January 12 Ratings: Found Returns to Audience Low With Softer La Brea Lead-In BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH JANUARY 10, 2024 https://tvline.com/ratings/la-brea-final-season-3-premiere-nbc-viewership-1235110905/ Quote NBC | Night Court (3.3 mil/0.3) dipped in both measures, while Extended Family (2.7 mil/0.3) only lost eyeballs. La Brea opened its six-episode farewell run with 2.4 million viewers and a 0.2 rating (and a TVLine reader grade of “C+”), down from its sophomore averages and tying its demo low. No longer enjoying a Voice lead-in, the already-renewed Found returned to an audience low (2.35 mil) and its fifth straight 0.3 rating. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8262721
tv echo January 15 Share January 15 La Brea Stars Tease Ty’s Timey-Wimey Final-Season Quest, ‘Meeting’ Gavin and Sam Again BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH JANUARY 13, 2024 https://tvline.com/interviews/la-brea-ty-time-travel-2021-sam-gavin-mission-stop-sinkhole-1235112008/ 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8265741
tv echo January 16 Share January 16 La Brea - Episode 3.04 - Fire Storm - Press Release Posted by SpoilerTV - January 15, 2024 https://www.spoilertv.com/2024/01/la-brea-episode-304-fire-storm-press.html Spoiler La Brea (3.04 - Fire Storm) When a massive fire breaks out, forcing everyone to flee, Sam and Lucas lead the group's fight for survival; Gavin is kidnapped by a woman with a surprising connection to his old life who may hold the answers about Eve that he's been seeking. Airdate: Tuesday 30th January 2024 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8266756
tv echo January 17 Share January 17 (edited) ‘La Brea’ Recap: Eoin Macken Reacts to Episode 2 Cliffhanger and Promises a ‘Satisfying’ Series Finale Lauren Piester January 16, 2024 https://themessenger.com/entertainment/la-brea-eoin-macken-cliffhanger-final-season-ending Quote So despite the shortened season, would you say it turns out to be satisfying? Do we get all the answers? Yeah, I mean, I could never tell you that, but there's so much that happens. Not all the characters make it, there's a lot of pathos, there's a lot of love, but I think the short season, they used it as best they could. It became a really, really interesting thing because...it pushed the show in a direction that I think was right for it. And I think it ends in a way that's really satisfying. My character's arc I was really satisfied with, and I was satisfied with the lore of the show, and I was really satisfied emotionally, and I think a lot of people watching will feel the same way. You're actually going to feel like it's been deserved and you're going to want to get there with these characters, and it's something that is the right thing to have occurred. * * * And we now know he still has more secrets that even he doesn't know yet, with the Sierra situation. Oh, he has so many secrets. It's just the worst. Edited January 17 by tv echo 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8267585
tv echo January 20 Share January 20 Did Emmys Make You Miss Ally McBeal? Why’d Fargo Forego Pandemic? Did RHOSLC Up Monica’s Mystique? After Midnight Too Long? More TV Qs! BY VLADA GELMAN, MATT WEBB MITOVICH, DAVE NEMETZ, RYAN SCHWARTZ, KIMBERLY ROOTS, NICK CARUSO, ANDY SWIFT JANUARY 19, 2024 https://tvline.com/features/ally-mcbeal-reunion-emmys-revival-update-1235115027/ Quote 11 | What is La Brea’s Ty using for money? (Wouldn’t the other Ty walking around 2021 notice any bank withdrawals?) And if you also watched True Detective this week, did the mysterious symbol Scott found make you do a double take? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8270504
tv echo January 24 Share January 24 (edited) La Brea Boss, Star Talk New Step in Izzy’s Final-Season Journey: ‘It’s an Opportunity for Her to Shine’ BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH JANUARY 23, 2024 https://tvline.com/interviews/la-brea-izzy-leyla-lgbtq-romance-explained-zyra-gorecki-1235137236/ Quote Izzy’s LGBTQ relationship is “one of those ideas that we’ve talked about,” Appelbaum shared. Over the series’ first two seasons, “We haven’t had a chance to really delve into Izzy as much as we’ve wanted to, because there were so many characters [to service],” Appelbaum explained. “But now, in this season, we really wanted to put a focus on who she is, and getting a deeper understanding of her as a character.” Pairing Izzy with the equally strong-willed Leyla “was really an opportunity for her to shine,” Appelbaum added, “and to learn more about the kind of person that she is — and what she’s going to become.” Edited January 24 by tv echo 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8273755
tv echo January 24 Share January 24 (edited) La Brea 3x04 Promo "Fire Storm" (HD) Final Season TV Promos Jan 23, 2024 Edited January 24 by tv echo Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8273769
tv echo January 24 Share January 24 (edited) ‘La Brea’s Eoin Macken Says Season 3 Is Building Towards a "Nutty" and "Awesome" Series Finale BY CHRISTINA RADISH PUBLISHED 2 DAYS AGO https://collider.com/la-brea-season-3-eoin-macken/ Quote After watching the first half of the season, which is only six episodes in total, Collider got the opportunity to chat with Macken about how much he actually knew about each season ahead of time, feeling a bit melancholic about leaving this character behind, the satisfying journey of the final season, why they had a blast shooting the finale, how surreal it is to shoot scenes with dinosaurs that aren’t really there, what’s driving Gavin this season, and why he never directed an episode of the series. * * * When you did find out the ending of the series and where things would be left for your character and his family, what was your reaction? Were you surprised? Were you satisfied? How did you feel about where you leave him? MACKEN: I was a little bit melancholic at first because I really became quite attached to this character. Knowing where it was gonna finish, it felt like they finished a really interesting journey, but then, once you get to that point, you also feel like there’s more to go. There’s a certain element of La Brea where Season 3 feels very secure in itself, as a show and with the characters, so it almost feels a little bit sad to end it like this. But at the same time, the way it ends feels correct. From Gavin Harris’ point of view, the journey he went on feels very satisfying. We got to do 30 episodes, over the course of it. When I look back from where he was in Season 1, episode one, it feels like he had a proper arc, all the way through. So, I feel satisfied and melancholic, at the same time. * * * If anyone had told you on day one that this is where it would all end up, how would you have reacted then? MACKEN: I wouldn’t have believed you. I would have been like, “That makes no sense. No chance.” The final three [episodes] are nutty, but they’re also awesome. They’re my favorite three of the whole show, and it coalesces in a super fun way. It’s great. * * * With everything that these characters, and more specifically this family, have been through, how many times during the making of this show did you wonder if your character was just ever going to catch a break? MACKEN: Never. Honestly, I thought that the family was just completely screwed. Something zany would happen and it was like, “These guys are never, ever gonna catch a break.” But thankfully, they just about do. There are some bad breaks too. Not everyone makes it out alive. I have all these fun videos of when we all finished, so I’ll have to post them. We got lucky with how we managed to finish it. When you do a show with people that you really care about and it’s really fun, and then you get to end it that way, you really appreciate it. Edited January 24 by tv echo 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8273783
tv echo January 25 Share January 25 (edited) La Brea - Episode 3.05 - The Road Home, Part 1 - Press Release Posted by SpoilerTV - January 23, 2024 https://www.spoilertv.com/2024/01/la-brea-episode-305-road-home-part-1.html Quote Spoiler A traitor turning on the survivors leads to a deadly confrontation as they're shocked to learn where Eve has been taken. Airdate: Tuesday 6th February 2024 Edited January 25 by tv echo Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8274578
tv echo February 5 Share February 5 (edited) Inside Line: Scoop on S.W.A.T., Quantum Leap, #OneChicago, For All Mankind, Star Trek: Section 31, La Brea and More! BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH JANUARY 30, 2024 https://tvline.com/lists/star-trek-section-31-movie-spoilers-shazad-latif-tyler/one-chicago-crossovers-2024/ Quote Will La Brea‘s Ty have any Back to the Future moments where he runs into himself, or almost does? –Dee Spoiler Cast member Chiké Okonkwo told me that the idea of Ty crossing paths with his slightly younger self in 2021 “was one of the things we spoke about the most — and I wish there were some moments where I had to ‘hide behind a thing’ to make sure I don’t mess up [the timeline].” But as showrunner David Appelbaum explained, “That was a story we certainly entertained, but we only had a limited amount of time to tell stories [in these final six episodes] and had to pick the ones we found most compelling. So, Ty does not ‘find himself’ — but if the season had gone longer, he might’ve.” ‘La Brea’: Eoin Macken on Latest Shocker for Gavin & Search for Eve Meredith Jacobs Jan 30, 2024 https://www.tvinsider.com/1120489/la-brea-gavin-sister-helena-ty-microchip-eve-eoin-macken/ Edited February 5 by tv echo 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8278304
tv echo February 6 Share February 6 (edited) Gavin and Ty Discuss the Future in New 'La Brea' Season 3 Episode 5 Sneak Peak [Exclusive] BY DIEGO PERALTA FEB 5, 2024 https://collider.com/la-brea-season-3-episode-5-sneak-peek/ Quote ... The final episode of La Brea is currently scheduled to air on February 13, with the chapter's title being "The Road Home, Part 2." 305, “The Road Home, Part 1” Preview NBC Feb 1, 2024 Edited February 6 by tv echo Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8279617
tv echo February 7 Share February 7 (edited) La Brea Recap: Who Didn’t Live to See Next Week’s Series Finale? BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH FEBRUARY 6, 2024 TVLine article link Spoiler Levi made sure to let Gavin know that Eve was being held in the longterm detention facility. Then with what would be his last breaths, he assured Gavin, “It’s OK. I made peace with everything, but you and me” — referring to his affair with Eve. “None of that matters anymore,” Gavin said. “You’re my brother.” “Brothers to the end,” Levi said, before passing. ‘La Brea’ Star on Penultimate Episode Shocker: [OMITTED WORD] Had to Die ‘Because I Was Playing the Character’ Meredith Jacobs February 6, 2024 TV Insider article link Spoiler But that wasn’t necessarily how Levi’s death was originally going to happen, Gonzalez tells TV Insider. “A lot changed a few times,” he shares. Initially, once everyone was brought back for a shortened third season (in anticipation of the strikes, which did happen), he was told he was probably only going to be in one episode. “I guess it had always been the plan for Levi to die, probably because I was playing the character because all my characters die for some reason,” he says. * * * And so he thought he’d be killed off in the first episode after a conversation with creator David Appelbaum and another producer. Gonzalez understood since it had reached “a certain point where other than the mea culpas and Levi saying it’s my fault and what can I do and I want to get this family back together—he’s betrayed so much in trying to keep things to himself, going for revenge last season—what’s next?” He also knew that fans either wanted to see the Harris family back together or for Levi and Eve to find a way, “but I just felt like that this was kind of right.” * * * Adds Gonzalez, “These guys had been through so many missions together, and that never goes away. I think that there’s a certain respect, there’s an understanding there. His death wasn’t the time to put anything in his face about what they had done. So much had gone wrong. They had both done things, but they get it.” Still, he points to those issues as to “why Levi ultimately died,” adding, “there was a lot of pity involved. There was a scene, I think, that’s cut from the first episode of Season 3 where we see Levi’s hurt from the explosion at the village. He’s by himself, and Ty [Chiké Okonkwo] comes to check on him, and you get that he’s just a shell. Nobody wants him around anymore. …We have a real moment where I say, well, look, if Levi’s not going to take his own life, then he’s going to lay it down to make sure he’s going to bring that family that he tore apart back together. But that death, I’m so happy that there were so many layers to it.” * * * That’s what he wants people to take away from the death scene. “I just really hope that that emotion sans melodrama is there because they really loved each other, Gavin and Levi, despite everything. And I think his gift to them, too, is he kind of goes out with a smile, or at least that was one of my plans, that there’s a calming kind of, ‘Don’t worry about me. I’ve had my time, and I did what I needed to do. Now go, be together, save her.'” * * * That’s also really the only way that Gavin and Levi could have ever fixed their relationship. “Saving Eve and putting this family back together was my entry back,” Gonzalez says. “I don’t know if I saw an end where we were all hunky dory then hanging out together. But I just think if Levi knew that they were together, then he could move on because he had, in some ways, too. We gotta remember he had 10 years of a life, of a love, a real love, not a, ‘Oh, I guess I don’t have Eve, so I’m going to move on.'” La Brea - Episode 3.06 - The Road Home, Part 2 - Press Release Posted by SpoilerTV - February 06, 2024 https://www.spoilertv.com/2024/02/la-brea-episode-306-road-home-part-2.html Spoiler Gavin leads the survivors in trying to find Eve, Josh and Riley in a final attempt to reunite his family and find a way back to the lives they once knew. Airdate: Tuesday 13th February 2024 Edited February 7 by tv echo 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8280559
tv echo February 8 Share February 8 (edited) Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on NCIS, Fire Country, The Rookie, The Way Home, The Ones Who Live and More! BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH FEBRUARY 7, 2024 https://tvline.com/lists/ncis-season-21-spoilers-jimmy-jessica-romance-mcgee-family/ Quote Any final teases for the La Brea series finale? –Jay Spoiler During our pre-season interview, Nicholas Gonzales (who plays played Levi) told me, “There’s gonna be a bit of sadness [for fans], saying goodbye to this world and these characters we’ve spent the past three years creating. But I also feel like there will be a lot of satisfaction. We don’t hold back on the excitement — literally, so much happens — and some meaningful arcs come around in very satisfying ways. Very satisfied, the audience will be, in Yoda-speak.” Edited February 8 by tv echo 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8281361
tv echo February 8 Share February 8 (edited) Eoin Macken Previews ‘La Brea’ Series Finale: ‘It Ends With a Lot of Hope’ Meredith Jacobs February 7, 2024 https://www.tvinsider.com/1121455/la-brea-series-finale-ending-gavin-eve-eoin-macken-spoilers/ Quote “Everything they did in this final episode, they did it in a way that’s a little bit different that you’re going to really like,” La Brea star Eoin Macken promises. “It’s a beautiful ending.” * * * There’s a real lead in the search for Eve. What can you preview about what awaits them in 1965 and those reunions with Eve and Josh that have to be coming? Eoin Macken: The finale, I think, is, as I said, my favorite episode of La Brea. There’s a really great story arc that happens with Josh and Gavin, with Jack Martin and myself, that we had a lot of fun doing, that I think was really important for the characters. And I think that it’s similar in a way, but obviously in a microcosm, to how Izzy had to grow up. And I think that Josh’s character grew up, especially when he went into the portal at the start of Episode 1. He hadn’t really been listening to his father, and Josh had been kind of slightly doing his own thing, and they’d also been at odds, obviously. And so that was really important for those two characters to be on the same page. Gavin and Eve’s relationship is so complicated, so what can you say about what we’re going to see there? I think it’s complicated, but also you realize at the end of it that Gavin and Eve loved each other and that they’ve had these kids and this family and they go through these extreme circumstances, but they still want to be together. * * * What can you preview about how the series ends in general and for Gavin? The final scenes give you the ending that I think the characters deserve. What’s very cool about this is [that] sometimes, you don’t always get that with a television show, with the characters, for a myriad of different reasons. I think because of what happened and how this show became structured, they were very clever in how they completed the show and the characters’ journeys, and it’s going to be really satisfying, and it ends with a lot of hope. It’s still not simple, but it ends with a lot of hope. And I think that’s really important. Might we see characters at the end in different time periods? For example, Ty’s (Chiké Okonkwo) wife Paara (Tonantzin Carmelo) is in 10,000 BC. I think all the characters end up sort of on the journey that they’re supposed to be on in the end and the place they’re supposed to be that feels right. Edited February 8 by tv echo 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8281380
tv echo February 11 Share February 11 Was Organized Crime Dinner Drama Delicious? Who in #OneChicago Will RSVP for Fire Wedding? Your Traitors Season 3 Wish List? And More TV Qs! BY VLADA GELMAN, MATT WEBB MITOVICH, DAVE NEMETZ, RYAN SCHWARTZ, KIMBERLY ROOTS, NICK CARUSO, KEISHA HATCHETT, CHARLIE MASON, REBECCA IANNUCCI FEBRUARY 9, 2024 https://tvline.com/features/chicago-fire-brett-casey-wedding-crossover-med-pd-characters-1235164485/ Quote 10 | On La Brea, how did Maya Schmidt’s military backup manage to sneak up on Gavin & Co. if they had arrived in that noisy Jeep? And where does that raft/giant alligator scene rank among the worst CGI of 2024 so far? (The water wasn’t even moving under the raft at one point!) ? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8283475
tv echo February 13 Share February 13 (edited) ‘La Brea’: Exclusive Series Finale Clip Sees Eve Share Special News With Gavin In Flashback — Watch By Katie Campione February 12, 2024 https://deadline.com/2024/02/la-brea-series-finale-clip-nbc-1235823061/ Spoiler In the clip, Gavin (Eoin Macken) and Eve (Natalie Zea) hike the Hollywood Hills during the earlier days of their marriage to a tree that they’ve been visiting since their third date. Given the significance of the spot, Eve chooses it for yet another special moment — to tell Gavin that she’s pregnant. 306, “The Road Home, Part 2” Preview NBC Feb 9, 2024 Edited February 13 by tv echo Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8285194
tv echo February 14 Share February 14 La Brea Series Finale Recap: Did Eve Reunite With Her Family? Who Stayed Behind in 10,000 B.C.? BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH FEBRUARY 13, 2024 https://tvline.com/recaps/la-brea-series-finale-explained-gavin-eve-reunion-season-3-1235167677/ 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8286086
tv echo February 14 Share February 14 (edited) ‘La Brea’ Boss Answers Series Finale Burning Questions About That Reunion, What Was Cut & More Meredith Jacobs Feb 13, 2024 https://www.tvinsider.com/1122033/la-brea-series-finale-ending-explained-gavin-eve-reunion-2021-ty-10000bc/ Quote When did Eve have time to go visit the tree in 1965? Wasn’t she in the detention center the entire time? Not the whole time. When she first got through there, she had a moment when she was able to go up to the tree, but then she was captured. I think there’s a window in the beginning in our minds, but we don’t get too deep into that idea. But it’s something we definitely thought about as well. * * * Is there anyone you almost killed off and then decided not to? Going back to the pilot, at the end of my pitch to NBC, Sam died by the sabertooth tiger, and they asked me not to do that because they liked the character and wanted to see where he would go. That really changed everything for that character and really for the story. That’s the one that stands out the most. What majorly changed from your original plan for how the series would end once you had to wrap it up with these six episodes? In Season 3 as we were conceiving it, we had a much longer and more detailed storyline that would’ve happened in 2021, where we would’ve met more of our characters and tell a variety of stories in 2021, which would’ve been interesting because you get to see the contrast for who they were in 2021 versus 10,000 BC. We had a lot of more plans for what would happen in 10,000 BC—other worlds we would’ve explored, other things that are down there that we never got a chance to show. * * * Would you have gone to the future at any point? We had ideas to do that. That was one of the stories we wanted to do in Season 3 as well. We wanted to visit the time when James [Jonno Roberts] was from and meet Gavin’s family in that time period. Was anything cut from the finale? Yeah, there were scenes that were cut, which happens in every episode. We can only do 42 minutes of runtime per episode because we’re on network television and usually the cuts will come in five or six minutes over that. But ultimately you see what you really need once you get in the edit. Could those scenes be released? They’re not so important. If I had the opportunity to make the cut as long as I wanted to, it would probably be a few minutes longer and might include a few of those scenes. But it’s not something that I think dramatically changes what the show is. ‘La Brea’ Boss Details His Ideas for Potential Revival: ‘I’m Definitely Open to the Possibility’ Meredith Jacobs Feb 14, 2024 https://www.tvinsider.com/1122035/la-brea-revival-reboot-possibility-ideas-timeline-characters-returning/ Quote “I definitely have ideas,” he tells us. “I have an idea for the show that would take some of the existing characters and bring in a new cast of characters and bring them back to 10,000 BC. The things that I would like to retain are the adventure element of 10,000 BC and also that it’s a family story at the heart of it. Whether that happens? This is the end of this show for now. You never know what will happen in the future. Shows have long lives to them, and I’m definitely open to the possibility. But this is the end of this show for now.” * * * As for all the drama that there wasn’t from anyone about these people who fell into the sinkhole returning, Appelbaum admitted, “There’s certainly that story to tell, but we wanted to focus the end of the show on their emotional wrap-ups and showing the journey that they’ve been on and giving the audience that satisfaction. There is a lot that would happen to them having come through from 10,000 BC and the story they have to tell. But I think that’s for Episode 7.” ‘La Brea’ Showrunner Breaks Down NBC Series Finale & Contemplates Possible Spinoffs By Katie Campiones February 13, 2024 https://deadline.com/2024/02/la-brea-showrunner-series-finale-explained-nbc-1235825096/ Quote DEADLINE: Besides the Harris family, which you said you knew their ending from the beginning, did any of the other characters have alternate endings that what we see in the finale? APPELBAUM: The other ones were more of an evolution as we went along. For Ty’s character, we had talked about the idea that he might die, because he starts the show with cancer…but then moved away from that, and especially once he found love with Parra. We wanted to give him a happy ending with her. We didn’t know all of them from the very beginning. A lot of them, we kind of found, but it was definitely the Harris family that’s always been the emotional anchor of the show. So having that guiding light was really important. These shows go through a lot of iterations. We’re not doing it in a vacuum. We’ve lots of feedback from network executives and senior executives and producers and actors. You take it all into account as you’re crafting the story. So things shift and change a lot as you go. * * * DEADLINE: Tell me what it looks like in the writers room when you’re plotting out the show. Do you have timelines laid out to track where everyone is? APPELBAUM: Lots of whiteboards. We had whiteboards for all the characters and mapping out what they were doing in each episode. And also another whiteboard mapping out all the serialized plot moves in each episode. And then another whiteboard for the whatever episode we’re working on at the time and the beats of that. So you’re definitely balancing a lot. It’s a lot to keep track of. We have 13 series regulars, all of whom have their own stories that you want to keep going and have their own arcs that you want the audience to be invested in. * * * DEADLINE: What is one of the things about the series you’re most proud of? APPELBAUM: The last 10 minutes of the finale is one of the things that I’m most proud of. I feel like it packs a real emotional punch. I watched it many times and got emotional almost every time I watched it. I think it is a really satisfying conclusion to these characters stories and will give the audience a chance to reflect on how far they’ve all come over the course of these three seasons. So I think that our goal…it’s a thrill ride. We want it to be fun, but we also want to make the audience feel and care. And I think that’s really most encapsulated in the final 10 minutes of the show. DEADLINE: Have you thought about any ideas to expand the story, if given the opportunity? APPELBAUM: I do have ideas. It’s something that I have thought about as the show was going along. So it’s always been something in my mind. But particularly as we got to the end of Season 3, I definitely put thought into where it could go if I had the opportunity. I would take some of the core cast members and a brand new cast, and put them into a new adventure in 10,000 BC. I think [with] any version of it, I’d want the show to be an adventure in 10,000 BC and have a family story at the center of it. But I would like to explore new characters and new dynamics. Edited February 14 by tv echo 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8286103
tv echo February 14 Share February 14 (edited) ‘La Brea’s Showrunner Breaks Down the Biggest Moments of That Wild Series Finale BY CHRISTINA RADISH February 13, 2024 https://collider.com/la-brea-series-finale-explained/ Quote Collider: When you found out that you were making your last season and that it was going to be six episodes, do you feel like you told the same story you were planning on telling in the final chapter, whenever that ended up happening? Did you just condense things? Were there aspects you couldn’t get to? How did that work? DAVID APPELBAUM: It was a mixed bag. There were definitely some things where I told the story that I wanted to, like the reunion of the Harris family. The show begins with a divided family. I wanted the show to end with them reunited, finally in their home. That was always my guiding light for the series, but a lot of things around it changed in the last season. We weren’t anticipating, at the beginning of the season, that it would be our last. We didn’t know it would be six episodes. There were three different main cast members who didn’t come back for the final season. It changed a lot of the plan, but that’s just what we’ve done the whole time. We’ve had to be malleable. There are so many different variables that go into making a show on this scale with this many actors. It’s a game of trying to tell the best story you can with the resources that you have. * * * Was there anything that you wanted to do in the finale that you couldn’t, for whatever reason? APPELBAUM: There were some little moments. When everyone is flying home in the plane towards the end of the episode, we see Gavin and his sister in the cockpit, but the rest of the people are also on the plane. In our minds, there’s a seating area in the back of the plane that we wanted to show, but we didn’t have the budget or the time to shoot them in that section, so we couldn’t feature them. There are some scenes that were shot in oners, with one shot, that we would have liked more coverage in certain moments. The final scene of the teaser is an example, where they come in and fine Eve. Dave Barrett designed a really great shot, but ideally, we would have had a few more pieces of coverage that might have emphasized certain moments. We just didn’t have the the time. Ultimately, we were able to tell the story we wanted to tell. There were just some details along the way. As much as it would have been nice to see more of Eve in the season, her reuniting with her family at the end wouldn’t have had the same impact. Would we have seen more of that, had that been possible, or did you want to have the full impact of that moment where everyone is wondering whether she’ll be there? APPELBAUM: We knew what we had in the beginning of the season, so we crafted it around that. We shot with [Natalie Zea] for one day, and we shot those two scenes with her, so we crafted around that. If we knew we had her for longer, the story might have been different. We would have told a different story that might have been satisfying in a different way. But it’s the challenge of making television. We’re not doing it in a vacuum. There are so many variables that go into it, and you just have to make the best story that you can. I’m definitely happy with the way that it came out. You don’t see her for the whole season until the very last moment, and there’s something nice about that, for sure. * * * How did the idea come about, to bookend the episode with them at the tree? APPELBAUM: From the pilot, we’ve used the idea that there are things in 10,000 B.C. that will exist in the future, in 2021, when the story takes place. There were moments during the body of the season, like in episode five when Gavin goes up to the place where the wisdom tree is and reflects on Eve, where we’ve shown things in one time period and another. Just as a motif, we’ve always thought was interesting. But we were really looking for an emotional anchor for the family, a place that speaks to who the family is. We found this beautiful location in Los Angeles, which was this isolated tree at the top of a hill, that just spoke to the emotion of this family, the beauty of that place, and what they wanted to get back to. We start episode six with Gavin and Eve hiking up there, and Eve revealing that she’s pregnant. We wanted a place that stood in for the happy moments of the family and that they wanted to get back to. Edited February 14 by tv echo 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8286150
tv echo February 23 Share February 23 (edited) Just How Bad Was the Ending to 'La Brea'? By Dustin Rowles | TV | February 21, 2024 https://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/just-how-bad-was-the-ending-to-la-brea.php Quote A what? A T-Rex? In 10,000 BC? I know! That was my first thought, too! Dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago. Why is there a dinosaur in La Brea, which is set in 10,000 B.C.? Good question! I backed up and scanned the penultimate episode to see, and there are no dinosaurs in that episode (although Levi dies at the end of episode 5. Womp womp). Then I found this article from the network itself: “La Brea Creator Teases Dinosaurs, Twists and “Balancing Act” of Crafting the Final Season.” Alas, after mentioning dinosaurs in the headline, the article never mentions dinosaurs again. Even the network marketing people have no idea what they’re doing. It took some more sleuthing to find out that, at the end of season two, dinosaurs emerged from the Mesozoic era into 10,000 BC through a sinkhole. A couple of dinosaurs face off during the season premiere, and as best I can tell, there’s no more mention of the dinosaurs again until the finale when a lot of the indigenous locals are attacked by a pack of dinosaurs (off-screen, of course, because the budget on the final six episodes was a shiny quarter). * * * I won’t go through all the characters because no one cares. I will say, however, that Doctor Guy goes to 1965 to rescue his daughter, who had been attacked by a dinosaur in 10,000 B.C. She’s not doing well because, she says, they didn’t use antibiotics in 1965 (Fact check: False), so he performs an emergency surgery on his daughter. I have no idea where all the other hospital personnel are during this. He does it by himself, and he and his daughter find their way back to 2021 off-screen. The other thing is that Eve’s family travels to 1965 to find her, including her ex-husband Gavin, who is traveling with a sister he never knew he had until recently (obviously, Gavin finds his long lost sister in 10,000 BC). In 1965, they have to destroy the microchip while also finding Eve. Because Natalie Zea was apparently not available, all of this happens off screen. Gavin’s sister tells Gavin, “Eve is going to destroy the chip, blow up a building, and meet y’all back in 2021. She promises.” Gavin is like, “Cool,” so they go back to 10,000 BC. Unfortunately, the aurora closes before they can get back to 2021. Gavin is like, “No problem. I have an idea.” He’s like, “I’ll use the microchip to fly a fighter jet through a portal, and I’ll just put all of the people we need to transport to 2021 in the fighter jet’s cargo hold.” I had no idea that fighter jets had cargo holds that could accommodate 20-25 people, not including the guy with brain cancer, who was magically cured by living in 10,000 BC where he met his new wife, an indigenous woman. He’s going to stay behind with … the murderous, rampaging, out-of-time dinosaurs. Also, the indigenous people all speak English because they learned it from the military baddies. So Gavin and Co. head toward the fighter jet, but there are a lot of military evildoers in their way. No problem: With the help of the cavemen, they overrun the scores of men with machine guns. I wish you could see it, but again, it mostly happens off screen. There’s a crowd of good guys fighting a crowd of bad guys with weapons, and a minute later, the bad guys have lost. And then they kill the main evil lady and jump in the jet. But uh oh! They still have to get by the dinosaur. Gavin is an expert pilot, though, and he manages to barely avoid the T-Rex while taking off. See: * * * Anyway, the jet avoids the dinosaur and uses the microchip one last time to open up a portal into 2021. They get there, and everyone is safe and happy and paired up with people they met along the way. Romance! The only person missing is Eve, who had promised to meet them in 2021. For some reason, Eve is not in their home because why would these people decide to meet back in the place where they live?! Gavin is like, “I know where she is.” And he goes to this tree in the middle of nowhere where Eve told him she was pregnant way back in the day. Gavin and the kids wait around for hours, and they’re like, “She’s not coming, Dad!” But Gavin is like, “Wait! She’ll be here! I promise! Why wouldn’t she meet us back at this random tree instead of our house?” At that moment, Eve — in one of two scenes she’s in all season (the other being a flashback) — runs around the corner. * * * She then reveals that she left a note for them under the tree when she was in 1965, saying that she visited the tree often because it made her feel connected to her family. I don’t understand this because we were told that Eve was being held hostage the entire time she was in 1965, but maybe her abductors let her hang out by her special tree on Sundays. Also, this tree has notes on it, notes that survive for decades. I know it doesn’t rain a lot in Los Angeles, but what!? * * * But that’s it! Half the events of the episode happen off-screen, and the other half of the events are nonsense. It’s saying something that the finale was more ridiculous than the harebrained series already was, but it’s true. I have no idea who was still watching the show, but they must have been disappointed by the results. I don’t know why NBC didn’t cancel the series after the second season, given the low ratings, but I also suspect it was the smart move, otherwise the same weird-ass mob that resurrected Manifest would’ve harassed NBC to give them an ending for La Brea. Well, here it is. Happy now? Edited February 23 by tv echo 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8294167
tv echo December 4 Share December 4 Gone but not forgotten... 2024 in Review: The 10 Worst TV Shows of the Year By Nick Caruso, Rebecca Iannucci, Matt Webb Mitovich, Dave Nemetz, Andy Swift December 3, 2024 https://tvline.com/lists/worst-tv-shows-2024/the-goat/ Quote La Brea (NBC) ... Red flag No. 1: The sci-fi drama’s third and final season had to wrap everything up in just six episodes. Red flag No. 2: Series frontwoman Natalie Zea would appear in only one of those episodes. As showrunner David Appelbaum told us, 14 episodes needed to be condensed into six; due to Zea’s one-day shoot schedule, “we had to write the final scene of the series before the rest of the season had even been written”; and the “microchip-powered jet” that wound up saving the day was never part of the original plan. Guilty pleasures are great and all, but this swan song was wildly rushed and zipped past numerous story points (did Izzy and girlfriend Leyla ever say goodbye?). 1 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8524320
tv echo Saturday at 12:23 PM Share Saturday at 12:23 PM (edited) 2024 in Review: The Year’s Best and Worst Final Seasons of TV, Ranked By Nick Caruso, Rebecca Iannucci, Charlie Mason, Matt Webb Mitovich, Dave Nemetz, Kimberly Roots, Ryan Schwartz, Andy Swift December 27, 2024 https://tvline.com/lists/best-worst-tv-show-endings-2024/la-brea-season-3/ Quote 17 La Brea (Season 3) ... STRENGTHS: Izzy finally got a romance (though no farewell scene); Ty interacting with “past” versions of Gavin and Levi was entertaining (even if the time paradox of it all was barely explored). WEAKNESSES: Almost no Eve (after Natalie Zea asked off the show); a plot-convenient replacement for Paara; portals suddenly everywhere!; and that bizarre final escape via superjet (though playing “chicken” with a T.Rex was cool). OUR GRADE: D — Matt Webb Mitovich Edited Saturday at 12:23 PM by tv echo 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/106304-media-for-la-brea/page/4/#findComment-8541663
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