***The following is a detailed recap of the episode "Lux,” and it contains major spoilers for the episode. You can also read our spoiler-free review here.***
In 1952, the pre-film clips play in the Palazzo cinema of the latest atom bomb test on the Gaumont British News as a few people in the audience watch. Up in the projection booth, a man (Linus Roache) stirs his drink and leaves the metal spoon on the table. He goes into the other room and chooses a film reel which he then sets up to play. It’s a cartoon featuring Mr. Ring-a-Ding (voiced by Alan Cumming). A blue-skin cartoon character is approached by a female character with yellow skin (voiced by Millie O'Connell) who asks who he is. He says, “Don’t make me laugh!” He then starts singing that he’s Mr. Ring-a-Ding. The moonlight shines down through the skylight in the projection booth and hits the spoon on the table, bouncing up onto a poster then floating like dust into the light from the projector and down onto the screen. Mr. Ring-a-Ding asks the girl her name, and she says it’s Sunshine Sally. He says not to give him sunshine, because he’s more interested in moonlight, that icy cold beam of Heaven touching his sole and giving him life. He asks people in the audience what they think and then talks directly to a man in the audience. He says if he won’t tell him he’ll have to find out for himself. He says they are going 3-D as he climbs out through the screen and repeats again not to make him laugh.
The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) talks to Belinda (Varada Sethu) as he works under the console of the TARDIS. He questions she left Earth May 24, 2025, which is the one time the TARDIS can’t reach. He tries to move them again, and they bounce off the date. She questions he can’t get it fixed and says that he’s a Time Lord, to “take it back to Time Lordia; they must have garages.” He says he wishes it was called that, but Gallifrey. She says to go there, and he just says not today. The Doctor says he never asked her, but who does she have: a girlfriend, boyfriend, other friend? She says she has her mom and dad. Her father works in taxes and her mother is a violinist in the orchestra.
In 1952, the pre-film clips play in the Palazzo cinema of the latest atom bomb test on the Gaumont British News as a few people in the audience watch. Up in the projection booth, a man (Linus Roache) stirs his drink and leaves the metal spoon on the table. He goes into the other room and chooses a film reel which he then sets up to play. It’s a cartoon featuring Mr. Ring-a-Ding (voiced by Alan Cumming). A blue-skin cartoon character is approached by a female character with yellow skin (voiced by Millie O'Connell) who asks who he is. He says, “Don’t make me laugh!” He then starts singing that he’s Mr. Ring-a-Ding. The moonlight shines down through the skylight in the projection booth and hits the spoon on the table, bouncing up onto a poster then floating like dust into the light from the projector and down onto the screen. Mr. Ring-a-Ding asks the girl her name, and she says it’s Sunshine Sally. He says not to give him sunshine, because he’s more interested in moonlight, that icy cold beam of Heaven touching his sole and giving him life. He asks people in the audience what they think and then talks directly to a man in the audience. He says if he won’t tell him he’ll have to find out for himself. He says they are going 3-D as he climbs out through the screen and repeats again not to make him laugh.The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) talks to Belinda (Varada Sethu) as he works under the console of the TARDIS. He questions she left Earth May 24, 2025, which is the one time the TARDIS can’t reach. He tries to move them again, and they bounce off the date. She questions he can’t get it fixed and says that he’s a Time Lord, to “take it back to Time Lordia; they must have garages.” He says he wishes it was called that, but Gallifrey. She says to go there, and he just says not today. The Doctor says he never asked her, but who does she have: a girlfriend, boyfriend, other friend? She says she has her mom and dad. Her father works in taxes and her mother is a violinist in the orchestra.
Towards Zero, the three-part murder mystery television series directed by Sam Yates, concludes today on Britbox. Originally airing on BBC One in March, the series was adapted by Rachel Bennett from Agatha Christie’s 1944 novel of the same name. Set against the backdrop of coastal England in 1936, after a scandalous divorce, tennis star Neville Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and his ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland) make the shocking choice to spend the summer together at Gull’s Point, the estate overseen by Neville’s aunt, Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston). The uneasy gathering is made even more volatile by Neville’s new wife, Kay (Mimi Keene), along with a group of guests including a stoic lady’s companion (Anjana Vasan), a mysterious gentleman’s valet (Adam Hugill), an exiled cousin (Jack Farthing), the family lawyer (Clarke Peter), an inquisitive orphan (Grace Doherty), and a scheming con man (Khalil Ben Gharbia), each with their own secrets and grudges. As tensions escalate, murder disrupts the tenuous peace. A detective (Matthew Rhys), battling his own demons, must piece together the clues in a complex case of jealousy and betrayal and expose the truth before the killer strikes again.
The final two episodes of the police procedural Bosch: Legacy premieres today on Prime Video. The series, which is a sequel to the original Bosch, which ended in 2021, follows Titus Welliver as former LAPD Detective Harry Bosch who has retired from the force and now works as a private investigator. The series also stars Mimi Rogers as Honey “Money Chandler,” who often collaborates with Bosch on various cases, as well as his daughter Maddie (Madison Linz), who now works as a patrol officer with the LAPD at the Hollywood Station where her father used to be assigned.
The world is run by the rich and powerful who take whatever they want without consequence, but the Leverage Crew has returned for an all-new high energy third season of Leverage: Redemption, determined to fight for those who have nowhere else to turn. This season they they head to Paris for a heist that leads them to fight a power broker stealing clean water from communities to make a fortune, as well as face off closer to home against a corrupt mayor who’s literally both the judge and jury of the town. They beat a cunning mark who finally catches up to them in the middle of a con, outwit a pool hustler with ties to international crime, and even bring down an industrialist exploiting child labor. Amid these high-stakes cons the team must also dodge a complex revenge plot from an enemy from season one all while navigating the shifting dynamics of their evolving personal lives.
The three-part murder mystery series Towards Zero, which originally aired on BBC One last month, premiered yesterday in the US on Britbox. The series, directed by Sam Yates, was adapted by Rachel Bennette from Agatha Christie's 1944 novel of the same name. In England in 1936, after a high-profile divorce, tennis star Neville Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and his ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland) shock everyone when they decide to spend the summer together at Gull’s Point, the seaside estate of his aunt, Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston). The situation is complicated by the presence of Neville’s new wife, Kay (Mimi Keene), and a house full of eccentric guests, including a lady’s companion (Anjana Vasan), Neville’s mysterious valet (Adam Hugill), a resentful cousin with a grudge (Jack Farthing), a seasoned lawyer (Clarke Peters), a curious orphan (Grace Doherty), and a French con man (Khalil Ben Gharbia). Tensions rise and simmering jealousies soon erupt, and when murder strikes, a troubled detective (Matthew Rhys) must unravel a tangled web of secrets and lies before another the killer strikes again.
The series Grosse Pointe Garden Society, which was created by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs, revolves around four members of a suburban gardening club in the affluent Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. These members share a dark and murderous secret, which they must keep hidden while navigating their personal and professional lives. The main characters include Birdie (Melissa Fumero), the newest member of the garden society; Catherine (Aja Naomi King), a married real-estate agent; Brett (Ben Rappaport), a divorced father and manager of the gardening club; and Alice (AnnaSophia Robb), a high-school teacher.
The second episode of the season of Doctor Who, “Lux,” which was once again written by Russell T. Davies, takes the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda (Varada Sethu) on their next adventure together when the TARDIS spits them out in Miami 1952. Still unable to figure out why they can’t return Belinda to the time she left, she agrees to take a detour and check out what it can be like traveling with the Doctor.
The American crime drama Godfather of Harlem returns tomorrow to MGM Plus. The series stars Forest Whitaker as Bumpy Johnson, a 1960s New York City gangster who returns from ten years in prison to find his neighborhood in shambles and must fight for control of Harlem against the mafia families of New York.
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Tonight, the second season of The Last of Us, which was created by Craig Marin and Neil Druckmann and was based on the video game of the same name, premieres tomorrow on HBO and Max. Before watching the premiere, catch up with our quick guide below that tells you everything you need to know before diving into the premiere, and tune in tomorrow night at 9pm ET/6pm PT.