Billie Eilish is publicly addressing speculation that she and brother Finneas had a “falling out.”

“I heard somebody say, ‘Did you guys hear Finneas and Billie had a falling-out?’” Eilish, 24, told Elle in a joint interview with her sibling and collaborator, 28, published on Tuesday, April 28.

“Finneas and I have never and will never have a falling-out, ever in our lives,” she continued. “We’ll get in the biggest f***ing fight you’ve ever heard of in your life, and five minutes later, we’re back, laughing and making music. It’s sibling s***. There’s nothing else in the world like sibling relationships.”

Eilish added, “If I never saw Finneas at all, I might literally never make a song again.”

Rumors of a feud between the famous siblings arose after Finneas (real name Finneas Baird O’Connell) skipped Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour, which ran from September 2024 to November 2025.

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“It was a few years in the making,” Eilish said of the decision for Finneas to skip the shows, a mutual choice between the pair. “We got so busy that we would only see each other right before going onstage. Finneas and Andrew [Eilish’s touring drummer], who were the only band members I had back in the day, performed on some sort of platform that was hard to leave. Finneas was stuck in a tower — like Rapunzel! He never said it, but I was feeling like, ‘You have more to be doing than being my band member in the back.’”

Finneas added, “It’s basically true that I don’t like touring, but I love the show part of it. And I love being around Billie. This past year, when she would be on tour for months, I missed her a lot.”

In the trailer for the Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) movie, Eilish cried as she read a note from Finneas wishing her good luck before she went out on the road.

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“Almost 7 years ago to the day we started your first headline tour of North America,” Finneas wrote to his younger sister. “It’s been the joy of my life to travel the world with you three times over and watch you hold every person who comes to your shows in the palm of your hand. Good luck tonight but you don’t need it, no one does it like you. Can’t wait to see you soon. Love, Pinch.”

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Eilish said to the camera, “It’s gonna be my first show ever without him.”

Finneas and Eilish have been collaborating since her 2015 breakout single, “Ocean Eyes.” The siblings have gone on to win 10 Grammys together, including their most recent Song of the Year win for Eilish’s song “Wildflower.” They became the first three-time winners in the history of the category following their previous wins for “Bad Guy” in 2020 and “What Was I Made For?” in 2024.

In addition to working with Eilish, Finneas embarked on a solo career in 2019 with his debut EP, Blood Harmony. He later released the albums Optimist (2021) and For Cryin’ Out Loud! (2024). He also released The Dream, a record with fellow singer-songwriter Ashe under the group name The Favors, in 2025.

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Gene Roddenberry is rightfully considered one of the most visionary creators in television history. He brought us Star Trek: The Original Series, kickstarting a franchise that has lasted over 60 years through various movies and spinoff shows. Through the medium of sci-fi, Roddenberry explored major issues ranging from Civil Rights to Cold War tension. In fact, he put almost everything into the first Star Trek show except for himself.

Unlike his wife, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Gene Roddenberry never gave himself a major role in any Star Trek project. This is why you never see his face onscreen at any point. However, what most fans don’t realize is that Roddenberry secretly made a single, uncredited appearance in one episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. In “Charlie X,” the second episode ever broadcast on TV, he served as the voice of the galley chef aboard the Starship Enterprise.

Talking Turkey With Captain Kirk

“Charlie X” is an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series that would arguably be more at home in The Twilight Zone. The Enterprise rescues a 17 year old who is the sole survivor of a crashed ship. The boy soon exhibits extreme powers of telepathy and transmutation, which take a sinister turn when he does things like make people who annoy him disappear from reality. Captain Kirk and his crew are unable to contain the boy, but the godlike aliens who gave Charlie his powers eventually show up and take custody of the dangerous young man.

Based on that description, you’re probably wondering why the heck the Enterprise galley chef even pops up in the episode. “Charlie X” takes place on Thanksgiving, and Captain Kirk wants his crew (who are almost entirely human) to get into the holiday spirit. Earlier in the episode, he tells Charlie that if the crew “has to eat synthetic meat loaf, I want it to look like turkey.” Later, the galley chef talks to Kirk over the ship’s intercom and tells him that even though he put meatloaf in the oven, it has been replaced with actual turkey meat. Charlie laughs, effectively cutting off their conversation.

Making Way For A Woman At Warp

It’s a very short interaction, one that is meant to subtly underscore Charlie’s reality-warping powers. We see the chef at one point, who is played by an unknown actor who doesn’t speak. When the chef speaks over the intercom with Kirk, he is voiced by Gene Roddenberry, making his one and only appearance in a Star Trek episode. William Shatner may have actually acknowledged this cameo on screen, calling the man “chief” instead of “chef.”

The fact that this is Gene Roddenberry’s only onscreen appearance in Star Trek is ironic because his wife became a mainstay actor throughout the franchise. Majel Barrett Rodenberry played Number One in the original pilot episode and Nurse Chapel in The Original Series. She also voiced the ship’s computer in The Original Series and The Next Generation and many other roles (including Spock’s mother, Amanda Grayson) in The Animated Series. For fans of the Golden Age of Star Trek, though, Majel will always be best known as Lwaxana Troi, mother to beloved TNG character Deanna Troi.

Gene Avoided The Screen

As for Gene Roddenberry, he never appeared onscreen in any future Star Trek shows or movies. However, later creators did their best to retroactively make him a part of franchise history. In reference books like the Star Trek Encyclopedia and the Star Trek Chronology, you can see a Photoshopped image of Roddenberry in an older-style Original Series uniform under the listing for Robert April. April is the very first Captain of the Enterprise (before Captain Pike took command) and is played by Adrian Holmes in Strange New Worlds.

We may never know exactly why Gene Roddenberry voiced the lowly, one-off character of the chef in “Charlie X.” In the early days of the show, it might have simply been easier to have him voice the character in the one scene than to hire an entirely new actor. At any rate, this has always been one of the best early episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. But the fact that it represents Roddenberry’s one and only appearance in any version of Trek makes this episode a bona fide part of franchise history.

Criminal Minds star Paget Brewster is recalling her brief departure from the show after being fired and subsequently brought back.

“I think it was season six or seven or something,” Brewster, 57, said during the Monday, April 27, episode of Kristin Davis’ “Are You a Charlotte?” podcast.

The actress, who has portrayed Emily Prentiss since season 2 of the CBS crime drama, explained that Criminal Minds did a backdoor pilot for another series, meaning that the episode served as an introduction to a spin-off series and helped determine whether the spin-off would move forward.

“Apparently, this is what I heard, when Les Moonves — who is the now famously ousted president of CBS — when he got the pilot inside of our episode, it was the first time he’d watched the show [in a while],” Brewster claimed. “We think he saw the show for the first time in years and just said, ‘Oh, I don’t like those women. Get rid of those women.’ And so, A.J. Cook and I were fired.”

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Moonves, 76, resigned from his position as chairman and CEO of the network in 2018 after allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault and abuse.

Cook, 47, who plays Jennifer “JJ” Jareau on Criminal Minds, briefly left the series after season 5 in 2010, along with Brewster. The latter returned for several episodes in season 6 after her “agent went in and had a big fight” with CBS, Brewster alleged. Meanwhile, Cook returned as a main cast member in season 7.

Brewster claimed that although she was also asked to return full-time, she opted to leave the show after season 7 in 2012 because she was “so mad” at the network. She then ventured into comedy, including roles in the shows Grandfathered, Community and Another Period.

Eventually, Brewster reconsidered her decision to step away from Criminal Minds.

“I really did hold on to that anger for too long,” she recalled. “It was an unhealthy thing to hold onto. Because A.J. and I were like, ‘We were early, we knew our lines, we never got into fights.’ We were really angry. I held onto the anger for too long, and after four years, I finally thought, ‘Why am I not [on the show]? I love everyone there. I just don’t like Les Moonves, and I never have to see him because he doesn’t care about this show.’”

Brewster returned to the show during season 12 in 2016 following former costar Thomas Gibson’s firing for an altercation with a producer. Gibson, 63, played Aaron Hotchner, the chief of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. Brewster’s character replaced Gibson’s in the role.

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Before agreeing to return to the show, Brewster said she argued for equal pay.

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“I fought to try to get my episodic fee close to what the men were making ‘cause we were always paid less,” she explained. “I was like, ‘Well, I kind of have them over a barrel. They need me more than I need this show.’ So, I got my episode fee way up from what it was. Then, when the other female cast members, their contracts were up, so I said, ‘This is what I got. Go get more.’ … So then, they went in and they got big raises.”

Though Criminal Minds — which follows the Behavior Analysis Unit (BAU) as its team of profilers catch serial killers — was initially canceled after season 15 in 2020, the series was revived as Criminal Minds: Evolution in 2022. Brewster is among the cast members who returned for the revival.

Criminal Minds season 19 premieres on Paramount+ on May 28.

Editor’s note: The below recap contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Episode 7.Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 has been widely praised by critics and fans alike, but now the hit MCU series is barreling towards a dramatic conclusion. It’s comforting to know that the revival of the adored Netflix series will return with Season 3 (which is already filming in New York), but the year-long wait is bound to feel like a shard of glass to the head for the successful series’ devoted fans. So far, the second season of the Disney+ reboot has reunited Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), as well as his friends and enemies, with plenty of familiar faces, with flashbacks to Matt’s long-dead companion Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson), Wilson Fisk’s (Vincent D’Onofrio) even longer-dead friend James Wesley (Toby Leonard Moore), and, of course, the arrival of legendary private detective Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) in the present day.

The last episode saw Daredevil reunite with his Defenders teammate, but not everything was a celebration. Fisk has become entirely unpredictable and erratic since the death of Vanessa (Ayelet Zurer), and while his clear decline in support from his allies would usually be a good thing for our heroes, in this case, it just adds more fuel to Fisk’s internal turmoil. However, Fisk may be tempting his longtime rival a bit too far now that he has Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) in his clutches.

Mr. Charles Drops a Bunch of Jessica Jones Lore in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 Episode 7

Karen has been on the run from Fisk’s goons for quite a while now, but her luck was bound to run out eventually. The still-grieving mayor even pays a visit to Karen’s cell after she’s done being processed, which is bound to lead to a tense conversation between the two diametrically opposed foes. Karen is the one who killed Fisk’s closest companion, Wesley, all the way back in Daredevil Season 1, after all. Their conversation (including a moment where Fisk audibly and very humorously yells, “HA!”) strongly implies Fisk would kill Karen in an instant if he could, but that may prompt some legal consequences.

Meanwhile, Jessica Jones has a lot of questions for Mr. Charles (Matthew Lillard), the shadowy government operative who has been having a love-hate relationship with Fisk. Surprisingly, Jessica and Charles appear to have a history, with Charles being the person Jessica suspects of sending those armed thugs to her home. Just when it looks like everyone’s favorite detective is about to punch Charles’ lights out, the new season’s best original character so far decides to reveal a truckload of information for fans of both Jessica and another widely beloved Defender.

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For anyone wondering why Jessica doesn’t just swoop into City Hall and take down Fisk herself, Mr. Charles has some answers. Apparently, Jessica’s powers of super-strength and limited flight have been weakening for some time now, which could explain why she hung up her detective work to raise her daughter, Danielle (Annabelle Ivlev/Isabela Ivlev). Speaking of, Charles all but confirms what many fans have suspected with Daredevil: Born Again‘s first official mention of Luke Cage (Mike Colter), Harlem’s unbreakable hero who has been MIA since his brief appearance in Season 3 of Netflix‘s Jessica Jones series. Jessica’s immediate concern for Luke’s safety provides further evidence that he’s Danielle’s father, but Charles claims that Luke is currently “overseas,” suggesting the U.S. government has its eyes on him.

Matt Murdock Returns to the Spotlight in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 Episode 7

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One criticism leveraged at Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 revolved around the series’ titular hero spending too much time as a lawyer, and not enough as the crime-fighting Man Without Fear. That being said, Matt’s alter-ego is a tremendously important part of his character, and has been since the beloved Netflix series. Since Matt Murdock was legally declared missing after the events of Born Again Season 1’s finale, he hasn’t had much of a chance to dust off his lawyer suit until now.

Karen is briefly able to speak to Matt thanks to another familiar face from the Netflix era, Detective Sergeant Brett Mahoney (Royce Johnson), but Matt knows he can’t punch his way out of proving Karen’s innocence. When Karen arrives for her first day of the trial, Matt Murdock officially reappears in the public eye to defend the woman he loves. Matt’s disappearance after being hailed as a hero for saving Fisk’s life, as well as Fisk’s caution in revealing Matt’s identity as Daredevil, means that Matt will have a significant leg up in the court of public opinion.

That likely hasn’t gone unnoticed by Fisk, as he sends the AVTF to take care of the troublesome lawyer in a parking garage. Fisk’s goons do manage to get the jump on the fearless hero, leaving him seriously injured and in need of assistance. Thankfully, later in the episode, when Matt returns to church to pray for the first time in a while, Jessica finds him, hopefully to provide some backup for the final battle of Season 2.

Fisk’s Goons Attempt To Clean House in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 Episode 7

With Fisk still reeling from the loss of his beloved wife, Daredevil: Born Again takes some time to focus on the mayor’s underlings as they try to salvage what’s left of his political empire. Part of that involves taking care of some of Fisk’s detractors, such as the governor who pulled her support. Thankfully, Bullseye (Wilson Bethel), who has escaped Matt and Karen’s custody, intervenes just in time to save her, once again showing that the deadly assassin is staying true to his promise to do good (as long as it involves helping take down Fisk).

Heather Glenn (Margarita Levieva) is conducting another one of her definitely illegal psychiatric evaluations, this time with Karen. As Matt’s ex, Heather seems to have some deep-seated anger towards Karen, as she starts the interrogation by bringing up Karen’s murder of Wesley. It’s a paltry attempt to smear Karen as a psychopath, but the only violent maniac in the room is very clearly Heather, since she soon begins physically assaulting Karen, all while a hallucination of Muse (Hunter Doohan) watches menacingly in the background.

Meanwhile, Daniel Blake (Michael Gandolfini) finally confronts BB Urich (Genneya Walton) about the Fisk propaganda videos she’s been making, and even leads her to what she quickly figures out is a setup to make her disappear. After BB pleads with Daniel, he ultimately decides against having her killed, which proves to be a fatal error. The end of Episode 7 sees Buck (Arty Froushan), who grew close to Daniel and even saw him as a successor of sorts, confronting Daniel. Just when it seems Buck might have a change of heart, he commits one of the most shocking acts of Season 2 and executes Daniel, cutting off his potential redemption arc before it’s even had the opportunity to begin.

The first seven episodes of Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 are streaming now on Disney+.

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March 4, 2025

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Dario Scardapane

Directors

Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, David Boyd, Jeffrey Nachmanoff

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Jesse Wigutow, Jill Blankenship, Thomas Wong, David Feige, Grainne Godfree

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Pros & Cons

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• Matt Murdock entering a legal setting is a refreshing change of pace.
• Daniel’s act of redemption is a fantastic ending for the character.
• A Luke Cage mention!

• Jessica’s story still feels largely disconnected from Matt’s.

We might be many months removed from Halloween, but that hasn’t stopped people in their millions from tuning into one of the best horror shows of all time on MGM. Of course, the show in question is From, the sci-fi horror experience headlined by Harold Perrineau as Sheriff Boyd Stevens. On April 19, From returned for its fourth season with the episode “Arrival,” which impressed both critics and audiences. The episode earned an 8.4/10 rating on IMDb, the highest of any episode in the series so far.

Prior to the debut of Season 4, it was announced that From had been renewed for a fifth season, expected to air in 2027. However, this announcement proved bittersweet, as it was also confirmed that the fifth season would be the show’s last. In a joint statement from showrunner John Pinkner, creator John Griffin, and director Jack Bender, they said that Season 5 would allow fans to “get the chance to see our story to its conclusion. Which means questions will be answered. Answers will be questioned. And there will surely be a cascade of tears and terrors in between.” In a separate interview, Griffin admitted this did not come as a shock, saying, “In full transparency, five seasons was always the goal, but we always wanted to let the story tell us when it was time to end.”

There has been an outpouring of frustration and gratitude alike from fans around the world since this announcement, with most ready to settle in and enjoy Season 4, knowing there isn’t much of their favorite horror show left to come. But what about Perrineau, the show’s star, who has taken the lead role and flourished? In a recent reply on social media to someone questioning MGM’s decision to cancel their most-watched program, Perrineau said, “We want to bring the best version possible to the screen. 5 seasons does that for us.“

‘From’ Reigns Supreme on MGM

A smash hit with critics, From‘s return has also proved once again popular on American streaming. At the time of writing, the show is the most-streamed title on MGM across all Amazon channels in the U.S. This is made all the more impressive when considering the show’s tough competition, which includes thriller series The Institute, the Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson-led Mercy, and the 2025 blockbuster Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.

From Season 4 is streaming now on MGM+. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

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February 20, 2022

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Epix, MGM+

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Jack Bender, Brad Turner, Alexandra La Roche, Bruce McDonald, Jeff Renfroe

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Vivian Lee, Kristen Layden, Brigitte Hales, Jeff Pinkner, John Griffin

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Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again, Season 2, Episode 7

Ahead of Daredevil: Born Again’s Season 2 finale next week, the Marvel series finally closes in on one of its most slippery and quietly tragic players in Episode 7’s “The Hateful Darkness.” Since the revival’s first season on Disney+, Michael Gandolfini’s Daniel Blake has spent so much of his time trying to prove who he can be inside Wilson Fisk’s (Vincent D’Onofrio) orbit while drifting further into a machine he never fully understood until it was too late.

By the end of the hour and after Karen’s (Deborah Ann Woll) trial, Daniel’s panicked attempt to get BB (Genneya Walton) out of danger amid Fisk’s political grip tightening finds the show hits a brutal stop when Buck kills him outright. That final stretch is what makes Daniel’s death hit so hard. While he saves BB’s life and is a hero at the end of it, his fate doesn’t let him off the hook. Though scared and guilty, he is finally honest about how deep he’s fallen, which is exactly what Gandolfini tells Collider clicked for him in Daniel’s final turn.

In a conversation about “The Hateful Darkness,” the key moment for the 26-year-old is when Daniel admits, “It’s not just Fisk and Buck. It’s me too. I went out, and I buried a body with Buck, and I wish I didn’t know I did that.” For Gandolfini, that’s the edge of the character, the moment Daniel fully understands he’s gone too far. In what will no doubt feel like a jolt to audiences, Daniel spends his last scenes trying to protect BB, telling her to get out while he still can, but Born Again never gives him a neat goodbye or some big redemption beat.

Gandolfini says that messiness was part of what made the death work, explaining how Daniel dies “in the middle of all of the stuff,” without any parts of his life being resolved. In the penultimate episode of the season, that unfinished feeling is exactly the point for Daredevil: Born Again, as Daniel doesn’t die a martyr or a mastermind — just as someone who got pulled too close to Fisk’s darkness. In an exclusive interview with Collider, Gandolfini breaks it down and suggests what’s next for the show after his character’s tragic death.

Gandolfini Says Marvel Let Him Build a Character “From the Ground Up” for ‘Daredevil: Born Again’

Without the constraints of comic canon, Gandolfini says he could explore a messier, more human performance.

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COLLIDER: I know the show has a really great way of mixing the chaos of vigilante justice and City Hall politics, and it’s all part of the same ecosystem, but I’m so curious, what was the most fun about playing in this Marvel playground that puts those two together?

MICHAEL GANDOLFINI: For me, Marvel has been so unbelievably kind and amazing to me. When we first started conversations, I said I really wanted to play a real person. I really care most about moral problems or relational problems in relationships, and they were so amazing in staying committed to that. Often, because it’s these amazing heroes that people want to see, sometimes the other stuff can get lost, and you can lose some of the human relationships and things like that, but Daredevil specifically is amazing at staying really strong to the core, whether it’s Matt and Foggy’s friendship or Ben Urich and Karen. There are people, these humans, that don’t have these powers, who make as big of an impact on the show and on the world. So I was just so grateful that I got to have such a real arc and got to work with the great actors and really have an effect on the show. I was just so stoked and excited to be a part of that. It makes the action stuff more fun. I haven’t seen any of it, so when I see it, it’s like, “Oh, this is so cool!”

The character is one that they built from the ground up. He’s not been in the comic books at all. Was that also liberating for you that you got to play with that character and then also talk to the writers about where you want to go with him?

GANDOLFINI: 100%. There’s no box, right? I think sometimes if you’re a lead in a film or a superhero, or playing someone with IP, you are boxed into some sort of constraint. You have to show an arc. You have to be the moral arc. I watched this great interview with Christian Bale recently. He was saying that when he was in Batman, he was talking with [Christopher] Nolan, and he was watching Heath Ledger‘s unbelievable performance, and he was like, “Oh God, am I boring? I can only be the good guy. I stand for the good.” And it’s hard sometimes when you have those constraints. Daniel doesn’t. I can go anywhere I want, I can try anything I want. He can be bad, he can be good, he can be dirty, clean. He can sort of be human, be extra human because there are no constraints, and that is so fun and so liberating.

Gandolfini Pinpoints the Moment Daniel Knows He’s Gone Too Far in ‘Born Again’

He points to one chilling confession as the moment Daniel realizes just how far he’s fallen.

Daniel does start the season trying to prove himself as this loyal operator, but by Episode 7, we can see he’s also very terrified of the machine that he’s helped build. Was there a specific moment where you felt he realized, “I’ve gone too far?”

GANDOLFINI: It’s a great question. There’s a great line that always really spoke to me. He looks at BB, and he says, “It’s not just Fisk and Buck. It’s me too. I went out, and I buried a body with Buck, and I wish I didn’t know I did that.” I think that right there, in that moment, I think it’s right at the edge. “I wish I didn’t know I did that.” That’s when he feels he’s gone too far. But I also think that if you ask Daniel, in the afterlife, “Would you have done anything different?” I don’t know if he would have. I think he was at peace with every decision he made, even the bad ones.

He does spend so much of the season trying to impress Fisk and also becoming this sort of pal to Buck, and sees how power works through the two of them. Did you approach those scenes as Daniel trying to emulate them or as someone realizing he could actually never really become them because there is such a different relationship between the two of them?

GANDOLFINI: That’s such a good question. Yeah, he does try to emulate. I think he’s a big chameleon. Whoever’s in front of him, he’s going to become that person. He’s going to morph into their morals, and he’s going to support that side of them. So, when it’s BB, he’s like, “Okay, I’m with BB, I’m aligned with BB. I agree. I’m with you.” When it’s Buck, it’s the same.

The writing really is quite amazing because he loves them both. So in many ways, by Episodes 5, 6, and 7, every scene is either about loving Buck or about loving BB, and he loves them both. It’s not clear. And both are problematic. Both can help him or hurt him. So that’s why I think it’s very gray. It’s not so cut and dry. That’s why when BB says, “Buck’s a bad guy,” whether he’s scared of Buck or not doesn’t really matter. He knows who Buck is.

Gandolfini Says Daniel’s Death Worked Because It Was So Messy

With no real closure for BB, Fisk, or his family, Daniel dies with every important relationship left unfinished.

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I am sad that we don’t have that relationship anymore between Daniel and BB, because I loved where it was going, and I was like, “Oh, look at the two of them. They’re starting to connect.” That was tragic. That’s the part where I think a lot of fans are going to react to that, because they’re starting to see another layer of Daniel open up. What was it like working with Genneya [Waltong] in those last scenes? It was a very terrifying moment for us, as an audience, wondering what was going to happen next to your character.

GANDOLFINI: It was so interesting. Look, when me and her go to Daniel’s mom’s house, we talked a lot, and we really worked on it, and it just was so natural. She’s so talented, and working off her was such a gift. He’s so stressed, and she’s so strong. She’s so rooted in reality, and he’s so kind of crazed. It was just this beautiful thing. Our last scene together, it still wasn’t 100% clear if I was going to die or not. That was not really 100% written in stone yet when we finished Season 2. That was decided in post. So our goodbye kind of didn’t feel like goodbye. I think that it’s played sort of like where he says, “Get on the train. Don’t come back.” It’s a sweet scene, but there’s no leaning into that it’s the last time they’re going to see each other. You really don’t feel that, and I think that’s what makes his death so shocking. Because there is so much real unfinished business. It’s not like him, and her get a good goodbye.

The last scene with his mom, he says, “Everything’s fine. I love you. Everything’s okay. Don’t worry.” His last scene with Fisk is at the funeral. You don’t even see a goodbye. His last scene with Buck. He and Sheila, their last scene’s at the boxing match. All these people don’t have any closed loops, and so when he dies, it’s just like, wow, he’s just hanging there, and I think that it’s painful.

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It’s very painful, but BB survived Daniel and all the things that have happened. In some ways, I did find that she’s carrying the truth of who he was at his worst and at his best. Do you think Daniel understands in the end that the real consequence of loving her is leaving her now with that weight that she has to make sure his name doesn’t also go down in vain?

GANDOLFINI: It’s a good question. I think that he would just want BB to be safe. I think he would just want her to be okay, you know? But it’s such a brilliant and amazing thing for Genneya. We were talking about it. She is now at the epicenter of this thing, with her uncle dying and now Daniel dying. She’s been scorned so many times. She has seen the direct effects of Fisk’s brutality, and so I can’t wait to see. I don’t know anything about Season 3, so I don’t know where it’s going, but I really hope they take advantage of that because that is something that really has kind of a fire lit under her now with his death. I don’t know where she is or where she’s going, but I can’t wait to tune in on Season 3 and find out.

You said before that you didn’t know that that was coming in the script until later on. What was your reaction when they told you, “This is how we’re going to actually go with the direction,” and do you see that now as a redemption arc for Daniel?

GANDOLFINI: Totally. It manifested itself really appropriately. I filmed scenes in Episode 8, and they just felt very weird. There were a lot of conversations about it. I was just like, “I don’t understand his place. Where is he going? He’s scorned Fisk and Buck. What’s his next chapter?” It felt really weird. It didn’t feel right. So when I got the call a couple of months later, and they said, “Hey, we decided, actually, he dies there,” it was like, yeah, that’s right. It actually felt like a relief because it felt very appropriate, because that’s what needed to happen, not only for the arc of the show, but also personally. It just felt like the right thing.

The fact that I didn’t know made it so much better because if Dario [Scardapane] had thought, “Daniel dies in [Episode] 7,” he might have tied up some of those loose ends. The script metaphorically would have been “tighter” or whatever, but because it’s messy, because he dies in the middle of all of the stuff, it’s quite shocking. So, it just felt so right. I remember telling them, “Look, I’m happy to fight. If I thought this wasn’t right, I’d fight, but this is right. This is right.”

Gandolfini Hopes BB Carries Daniel’s Death Into ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3

He says BB is now perfectly positioned to push back after witnessing the human cost of Fisk’s brutality.

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I’m sure the entire season, it was shenanigans behind the scenes with you and Arty [Froushan], and even Vincent [D’Onofrio], too. What was that dynamic like, especially getting to the end? Because I don’t think there are conflicted feelings for Buck’s character when he’s pulling that trigger, because he’s a very cold person. He will just do the job that he needs to do. I’m wondering what that dynamic was like because you and Arty have great chemistry, so that was fun to see on screen.

GANDOLFINI: Totally. We have the best time. We went upstate for that episode, and we stayed in a hotel together, and he kept complaining about my snoring, and he’s got the earbuds and the eye mask and the whole thing. We had the best time. I love him so much. We had so much fun together. I was the one who called him, and I said, “You kill me.” And he was distraught. He was like, “No.” And I was like, “Yeah. They added a thing.” And he was like, “I can’t believe that.”

I don’t know what happens, but I do think that was hard for Buck. I think it’s harder for him than normal. I do think he really likes Daniel. He says throughout the season, there’s more to him than you think. What Episode 5 is, I think, is a little misconstrued. Episode 5 isn’t to scare him. It’s to show him, “We want to invite you into our thing. It’s scary, and it’s dark, but if you do your job right, if you do your job…” That’s what that monologue’s about when he’s talking about Helmand and killing the people in Afghanistan. I say, “Well, what did you do?” And he said, “I followed orders.” So Buck is saying, “Come join us. Just follow orders. There’s no moral attachment to killing someone. There’s no moral attachment to burying a body. It’s just following orders.” And I think he wants Daniel to sign up for that.

I do think Daniel’s death comes at the exact moment when he makes this very clear moral choice, and that is the heart of the show, seeing from the eyes of this person who was so enamored with the world of Fisk, and then they start to see all the things that are coming up. What do you think the show is saying now, with the end of what we see with Daniel, especially now that BB’s in a position to carry that forward for Season 3? I know you don’t know what’s going to happen for Season 3, but I’m curious what your character will unleash for Season 3.

GANDOLFINI: I hope that BB goes on a vengeance. I thought that her and Karen, there was one scene with Genneya and Deborah [Ann Woll] that was so magnetic. They have great chemistry, so I really want to see them together more, kind of teaming up.

I’m so excited to see where Vincent and Charlie [Cox] go, where they are. Because I don’t know anything, and I’m a fan, so I’m really excited. Obviously, Wilson’s having such a moment. Bullseye is such a great, fun, amazing character. He’s doing such good work, so what’s going to happen with him? I can’t wait to see it.

Daredevil: Born Again streams its Season 2 finale on Tuesday, May 5, on Disney+.

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Daredevil: Born Again

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March 4, 2025

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Disney+

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Dario Scardapane

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Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, David Boyd, Jeffrey Nachmanoff

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Bold and the Beautiful features Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) really irritated that Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) put Hope for the Future on the back burner yet again

And soon, Zende Forrester (Delon de Metz) finds out what co-CEO Steffy decided. And he’s also not going to be very happy. So, Hope may be done, you know, just completely tired of being yanked back and forth.

And she may take action. So, we’re going to talk about whether Hope may jump ship out of Forrester Creations and head over to Logan and take Zende along with her.

Steffy Blindsides Hope on Bold and the Beautiful

All right, so this week we saw Steffy blindside Hope in the design office. As expected, Steffy and the other Forresters are clearly very salty about the Logan fashion show being such a smashing success for Katie Logan (Heather Tom).

So, Steffy came in hot and asked Hope if Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton) invited her to the victory party for Logan to celebrate what Katie did to Eric Forrester (John McCook). And of course, Steffy was talking about how she doesn’t think they had permission or authority to use Eric’s designs. All the same stuff Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) and Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) have been spouting.

Bold and the Beautiful: Hope Sticks Up for Family

So, Hope defended her aunt Katie, but Steffy went off about Logan women always being selfish. She told Hope that Katie abused Eric’s kindness and how he’s full of regret. So, it sounds like Steffy is fully on the anti-Logan bandwagon again.  And what’s ironic is that Brooke is on that same bandwagon, when it comes to Katie at least.

Meanwhile, Hope insisted that Katie didn’t do anything wrong. And we all know that Eric was the one who insisted that he was going to design for Katie. But Hope also didn’t want to argue about it with Steffy. And Hope said she’s not getting involved. But I think that’ll change soon because Steffy is not sticking to the deal that she made with Hope.

Hope For The Future on Hold Again

If you watched this week’s episodes already, Hope told Steffy that she’s been waiting on the green light to move forward with basically pushing out the next collection for Hope for the Future. She said, “They’re all ready to go.” Hope said, “The collection is done. The designs are done.” Thomas and Zende signed off. But Steffy said, “Nope, it’s on hold.” And if you remember, Hope stuck around after they made her work with her ex-boyfriend and former stalker, Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson). And Hope stuck around after Forrester Creations made her fire her brother, Deacon. But Steffy may be about to push Hope too far.

So, Steffy told Hope they’re going to hold off on Hope for the Future because they need to focus on couture. She told Steffy that this feels deliberate and Hope can’t believe Steffy is doing this to her again after all the promises she made when they brought the line back. Steffy said, “Nope, it’s not personal.”

But Hope isn’t buying it because it’s very personal to her. Frankly, I’m not buying it either because it kind of feels like Steffy’s taking out her anger at Katie and is punishing Hope. Plus, we all know how much Steffy loves to cancel Hope for the Future. She’s done it so many times.

Bold and the Beautiful: Zende Hears the News

Also, this week, Zende is going to join the conversation with Hope and Steffy, and he looks none too pleased. Don’t forget, Zende has been working really hard on Hope for the Future with Hope. So, of course, Zende is going to be bummed to hear Steffy is shelving the line for the foreseeable future.

Hope May Consider Jumping To Logan on B&B

And later this week, we’ve got Hope and Liam over at the Spencer Mansion having dinner with Katie and Bill Spencer (Don Diamont). And that’s when things could take a big turn for Hope and her line. So, Katie’s telling them that Eric’s designs are beautiful, but it’s just one collection and she needs to figure out what’s next. I mean, kind of duh, Katie, shouldn’t you have already been thinking about that? Why has she been not thinking about it?

So, Hope and Liam kind of exchange a look when Katie says this. So, I got a feeling that Hope may start to consider whether she can trust Steffy or Forrester Creations to honor their commitment to her and her line. I thought it was kind of interesting when she was talking to Hope that Steffy thinks it’s okay for Eric to violate the terms of his contract with Katie and Hope actually brought that up.

She reminded her Eric signed the contract giving Logan those designs, but Steffy doesn’t care. He signed a contract. Meanwhile, she’s also ignoring what was promised in Hope’s contract. Yet, as she reminded Steffy, she is still sticking to her contract with Forrester Creations.

Bold and the Beautiful: Hope Reconsiders Her Future at Forrester

But that may change soon on Bold and the Beautiful. I don’t know if it’ll happen this week, but I feel like in May sweeps, I do suspect Liam is going to suggest that Hope bring her line over to Logan because, let’s face it, Katie needs a new collection and Hope needs somewhere to work where her line won’t be constantly sidelined and kicked down the road and kicked aside. Now, I can definitely see Liam backing this and urging Hope to come over to Spencer/Logan.

Hope Could Take Zende with Her

And another red flag is that Bill was just reminding Liam that Hope is a Spencer now and also an outsider at Forrester Creations. So, Liam may be excited for Hope to join the Spencer family company. She may be on the same page if Steffy keeps devaluing her. And that way Hope can hire Deke Sharpe (Harrison Cone) to come to Logan to work on her line like she wanted.

But I also don’t think Hope would up and leave Zende. I think Hope might extend an offer to Zende to see if he wants to come with her to Logan. He’s been sidelined a lot too. And if there’s not room for him on couture, you know, he might go with Hope. That would be dramatic.

Not Thomas, though. First of all, I don’t think he would ever leave Forrester Creations to work with the Spencers. Plus, I don’t think Hope would ever recruit Thomas. She would much rather have Deke and Zende. If you remember, Hope didn’t want Thomas back on her line at all.

Partly because of their romantic past, but also because they have just a different vision at this point. Hope prefers Deke’s designs and his kind of new edge, and she wanted to take Hope for the Future in a different direction.

Bold and the Beautiful: Steffy Faking?

So, I think Steffy would secretly be glad if Hope left for Logan, but acts outraged about it because she doesn’t like her and doesn’t want her around, especially not after what happened last year. And I’m sure the Forresters can repurpose Thomas, put him on couture or on the men’s line with RJ Forrester (Brayan Nicoletti)).

I do expect that the Forresters are going to want a branded Eric Forrester couture collection to remind the fashion world that Forrester is where Eric belongs and this thing with Logan was some kind of weird side trip, you know, to diminish it. They might do something.

I think this would be cool like a Generations collection with Eric and Ridge and Thomas. Three generations collaborating on one collection. You know, I would prefer it to be Thomas than RJ if I’m being real.

So, obviously, this would be done to make Katie’s Forrester collection look like old news, but I think Hope, Zende, and Deke could make a big splash at Logan, and Forrester would lose a line that was targeted at their younger buyers.

So, we could see Hope put Forrester Creations in her rearview just like Katie did. And don’t forget, Hope hated that Steffy canceled her line for personal reasons over that whole Finn Finnegan (Tanner Novlan) thing. So much so that Hope helped stage a coup to take Forrester Creations from the founding family.

So, if Hope is willing to steal the Forresters’ company over them kicking her line around, yeah, I think she would definitely walk away to go to Logan. And can you imagine how Brooke would react? She would probably accuse Katie of stealing her daughter along with Eric’s designs and the trademark.