formerlyfreedom April 28, 2019 Share April 28, 2019 Stumptown (fka untitled Cobie Smulders project, fka Bad Alibi, and fka Stumptown) is an ABC pilot for the 2019-2020 season Quote Dex Parios is a strong, assertive and unapologetically sharp-witted Army veteran working as a P.I. in Portland, OR. With a complicated personal history and only herself to rely on, she solves other people’s messes with a blind eye toward her own. Inspired by the graphic novels. CAST: Cobie Smulders, Michael Ealy, Camryn Manheim, Adrian Martinez, Cole Sibus, Tantoo Cardinal Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/
formerlyfreedom May 14, 2019 Author Share May 14, 2019 Coming to Wednesday nights this fall on ABC. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5293869
stealinghome May 15, 2019 Share May 15, 2019 Cobie Smulders, Michael Ealy, AND Camryn Manheim?? I will definitely be checking this out for at least the initial run of episodes! 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5294508
HazelEyes4325 May 15, 2019 Share May 15, 2019 Just saw the preview for this one and it looks great. Too bad ABC gave it the kiss of death time slot. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5294713
shapeshifter May 15, 2019 Share May 15, 2019 (edited) The last 2 shows I watched Michael Ealy in were 1-season flops (Common Law and Almost Human) in which they made him half of a chemistry-less bromance. Pairing him with Cobie Smulders makes way more sense. Use your assets. 6 hours ago, HazelEyes4325 said: Just saw the preview for this one and it looks great. Too bad ABC gave it the kiss of death time slot. Yeah, Wednesdays 10/9 C means either a nap before or watch it later, but does live watching matter that much anymore to ratings? Edited May 15, 2019 by shapeshifter Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5294884
HazelEyes4325 May 15, 2019 Share May 15, 2019 10 hours ago, shapeshifter said: Yeah, Wednesdays 10/9 C means either a nap before or watch it later, but does live watching matter that much anymore to ratings? Personally, time slots mean nothing as I'm a streamer. But apparently it does still matter for broadcast shows. This past season, ABC put its first 2 pick ups in this time slot and both struggled. A Million Little Things was put to a primo slot (between Grey's and HTGAWM) and pulled in ratings that were good enough to get it renewed. Whiskey Cavalier wasn't given a second chance and got the axe. Ironically, I think WC would have been quite the hit if it weren't in this time slot. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5295774
Mars477 May 16, 2019 Share May 16, 2019 Kind of a bummer that they made Dex’s friend on the force that she has a romantic entanglement/history with a guy. She’s a woman in the comics, and Dex is bisexual. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5301113
Kromm May 21, 2019 Share May 21, 2019 I had no reason to think anything much of this, but that trailer is actually really good. I didn't read the comic, but hearing they unnecessarily fooled with the sexuality/gender of characters is a bit lame though. This is freaking 2019. Are they THAT scared that Red States won't watch this? 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5313825
retrograde May 27, 2019 Share May 27, 2019 Well I guess it remains to be seen if she's bi in this (though it's network TV, so...), but yeah, the comic was very female-centric and I suspect ABC will want to stick a lot more dudes in there regardless. I liked the trailer and think this is well cast, but have a feeling it might've been better off in the hands of Netflix or Hulu. In the comics, she's a bisexual veteran with PTSD, drinking and gambling problems. I can see ABC making her just a straight, wisecracking PI who occasionally has a beer after work and one Very Special Episode about war. She'll be brilliant-but-unconventional crime solver paired with the straight-laced male cop, and it'll be all very Castle/Bones/Elementary/Rosewood and case-of-the-week-ish. But hey, please prove me wrong, ABC. 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5328258
shapeshifter May 27, 2019 Share May 27, 2019 13 minutes ago, retrograde said: Well I guess it remains to be seen if she's bi in this (though it's network TV, so...), but yeah, the comic was very female-centric and I suspect ABC will want to stick a lot more dudes in there regardless. I liked the trailer and think this is well cast, but have a feeling it might've been better off in the hands of Netflix or Hulu. In the comics, she's a bisexual veteran with PTSD, drinking and gambling problems. I can see ABC making her just a straight, wisecracking PI who occasionally has a beer after work and one Very Special Episode about war. She'll be brilliant-but-unconventional crime solver paired with the straight-laced male cop, and it'll be all very Castle/Bones/Elementary/Rosewood and case-of-the-week-ish. But hey, please prove me wrong, ABC. I too hope you are wrong, but everything in your post seems likely. They might do the wink wink hints of bisexuality a là Rizolli and Isles. Anyway, if it's got some snappy dialogue that is well enunciated, I'll be satisfied. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5328265
formerlyfreedom May 30, 2019 Author Share May 30, 2019 Jake Johnson To Co-Star On New ABC Drama Series ‘Stumptown’ In Recasting Quote Johnson’s Grey McConnell is Dex’s best friend, though the two have unresolved feelings that run deeper. He owns and operates a popular bar in town, all the while hiding a questionable past that comes back to bite him. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5335640
retrograde May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 Another love interest? Also, no offense to Jake Johnson, but I'm not sure this proves the previous actors' claim that he was kicked off because he isn't "handsome enough." Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5338337
shapeshifter May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 6 hours ago, retrograde said: no offense to Jake Johnson, but I'm not sure this proves the previous actors' claim that he was kicked off because he isn't "handsome enough." I understood it to mean that the original actor in the role, Mark Webber, was told that was the reason. I didn't recognize his name, so I Googled, and now I'm wondering if the people who fired him did the same thing and thought they were getting this Mark Webber, LOL: Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5338562
chitowngirl June 2, 2019 Share June 2, 2019 After being burned by ABC with Forever and Whisky Cavalier, I want to get on board, but I’ll be cautious... 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5343830
retrograde July 19, 2019 Share July 19, 2019 ‘Stumptown’ Spotlights Female Veterans And Indigenous Women; Cobie Smulders Addresses Character’s Bisexuality Quote Dex served in Afghanistan and is suffering from PTSD. The producers point out that it is not often that TV shows or movies explore the lives of women with PTSD and the show dives into that. “We all have PTSD in our lives — at different levels,” said Smulders. She adds that she read a lot about women in combat and she put her own experiences in there. The character of Dex is sexually fluid. Smulders said that it will definitely be addressed in the series. “She’s definitely attracted to women and men,” Smulders said of Dex. “She tries to recover through her PTSD through sex. She’s up for anything — it’s one of the things that drew me to this character.” 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5457888
Gothish520 August 21, 2019 Share August 21, 2019 On 6/2/2019 at 2:50 PM, chitowngirl said: After being burned by ABC with Forever and Whisky Cavalier, I want to get on board, but I’ll be cautious... Whiskey Cavalier still hurts! But I like Cobie Smulders and this looks interesting, so I will give it a go. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5544057
Danielg342 September 4, 2019 Share September 4, 2019 Even though this is up against S.W.A.T., I'm in because of Cobie. I'll just watch both- I'm DVRing anyway. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5577257
Chaos Theory September 25, 2019 Share September 25, 2019 I didn’t really have any interest in this show until like the sixth or seventh time I saw the previews. Now I am really looking forward to it tonight. I think this might be one of the few times watching a preview so many times actually convinced me to give a show a shot. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/93190-anticipation-for-stumptown/#findComment-5628597
Recommended Posts