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We admit it: We're obsessed with this show. But it's so hard to keep up with all the twists and turns! Here, all the most common questions answered
Seduction, murder, kidnaping and child abuse: These are some of the major elements at work in the two-part drama 'A Matter of Justice,' which airs tonight and Monday at 9 p.m. On NBC (Channels 4. Jack Randall is not real–so far as I know. I add that proviso, because quite frequently in the writing of these books, I've written someone, presumably out of my head–and then found them, in the historical record. Mildly eerie when it happens, but it always reassures me that I'm on the right track. The actors, costumes, sets, music, etc., everything is breathtakingly realistic and very well produced; unlike so many American period shows, the characters look and act like real people. The costumes (done by Moore's wife costume designer Terry Dresbach) actually look like period clothes and not like they were picked up from the 1700s Scotland. Warning: This recap contains spoilers for Outlander's Season 1 finale. Deep breaths, everyone. For months now, Outlander's Black Jack Randall, a sadistic Redcoat who makes Jeffrey Dahme. Outlander Just Introduced the First Worthy Villain Since Black Jack Randall. There are still real people fighting against the oppression instilled in the DNA of this country, where the.
Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson in This Is Us (Photo: Bell Media / 20th Century Fox)
In the era of streaming platforms and prestige television, it's rare to find a good ol' fashioned megahit like This Is Us. Airing on a major network, starring a large, diverse cast (including Sterling K. Brown, Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia) and aimed at just about everyone, the show is the ultimate television comfort food, providing millions with the cry porn they need to get through their own daily traumas. Really, if the Pearson family can survive various horrible tragedies, so can you!
Pxi hybrid slots free. With all that being said, there hasn't been a show since Lost that has played so fast and loose with narrative time or built up quite such an elaborate mythology. Is it the past? The present? The future? Sogs gambling assessment. And how do the events we are witnessing impact the main timeline? Who is that? Do we know them? Why is everything so sad?
So. Many. Questions.
So, in the interest of clarity, we thought we'd answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the show. Then, we'll flash-forward twenty years to a significant life event you will experience, but shroud it in mystery. (JUST KIDDING. Maybe.)
What year does This Is Us take place?
Trick question! The show's primary story takes place in the present (anywhere between 2016 and 2019), but flashbacks have us at various points throughout the last six decades, with a few flash-forwards taking us well into the future.
Where does This Is Us take place?
Lots of places! The majority of scenes in the past (with Jack, Rebecca and the Big Three as they grew up) take place in Pittsburgh, but in the present timeline, Kate lives in Los Angeles, Randall lives in New Jersey (and later Philadelphia) and Kevin lives in Los Angeles and New York City.
Is This Is Us based on a true story?
It is not. It originally started its life as a feature film script and was to deal with eight individual characters who would be revealed to be octuplets. When series creator Dan Fogelman got a deal with 20th Century Fox to develop a series, he decided to adapt the concept to television and the rest is history. Texas holdem poker stuttgart tournaments. (That being said, certain characters were inspired by real people—Kate is based on Fogelman's sister, for instance.)
How did Jack die?
Although the show teased out this mystery for a while, it finally revealed the answer in a second season episode that aired after the Super Bowl (just imagine all of the dude-bros hiding their tears in front of their buddies)—Jack died of cardiac arrest, brought on by smoke inhalation after saving his family from a fire started by a faulty slow cooker.
How old were the triplets when Jack died?
The Big Three (Kevin, Kate and Randall) were 17 when their father passed away.
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What happened to Kevin and Sophie?
Despite being childhood sweethearts, Kevin could never do right by Sophie, asking her to marry him in the aftermath of his father's death (as more of a distraction than anything else), and eventually cheating on her, leading to their divorce. After a brief reunion twelve years later, they broke up once more when Kevin struggled with addiction. But the tale of Kevin and Sophie isn't over, with many speculating that she is the mother of his son (seen in flash-forwards).
Where did Randall go to college?
Although his dream was to go to Howard University in Washington, Randall ends up going to Carnegie Mellon University to remain closer to home following the death of Jack. It is here that he meets his future wife Beth.
How did Randall meet his dad?
In the series premiere, Randall tracks down his biological father William in Philadelphia on his 36th birthday, and is disappointed to learn that he is a recovering addict. Overcoming his initial misgivings, he introduces the man to his own family, and builds a relationship with him before William's eventual death from cancer.
Do Rebecca and Jack get divorced?
No! Despite a rocky period in their courtship and later in their marriage (due to Jack's alcoholism), the pair ultimately remain together until his tragic death.
Do Randall and Beth get divorced?
No! Despite a marital rough patch over Randall's political career and his reluctance to let Beth pursue dance (and ominous flash-forwards which never seemed to have the pair together), Randall and Beth were revealed to still be married in another flash-forward during the season three finale. Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.
Does Randall's wife die?
No, despite some flash-forwards where Beth was conspicuously absent, the series recently revealed the Randall and Beth are going strong in the future.
Why did Deja smash Randall's car?
Over the series, we learn that Deja, Randall and Beth's adopeted daughter, has had a tough go of things, whether it be her biological family or navigating the challenges of the foster care system. Wound up after learning that her biological mother is relinquishing parental rights so Beth and Randall can formally adopt her, an unfortunate comment from Toby's mother (about her physical resemblance to Randall) sets her off and she takes a baseball bat to Randall's Mercedes-Benz.
What happened to Jack's mom?
This is still kind of a mystery, believe it or not. After Jack helps his mother Marilyn leave his abusive father Stanley, the timeline gets a bit muddied. Later scenes with Stanley suggest the separation stuck, and all evidence points to Marilyn dying young…but the pilot also has a throwaway line with Jack referencing onesies that his mother knit for the triplets. So, there's a chance she will probably reappear on the series. Maybe.
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What happened to Randall's biological mom?
Despite a run-in with a grifter in his teens who pretended to be his mother for cash, Randall learned his biological mother died in childbirth from his biological father, William.
Did Toby die?
Although he had a bit of a scare with a heart attack early in the series, Toby is still alive and married to Kate in the present timeline and alive (albeit seemingly alone) in the future.
Was Beth abused?
No! Beth came from a loving home, and her most significant traumas were losing her father to lung cancer and eventually being forced to give up dance, a passion she would return to later in life after losing her job.
Does Kate die?/Is Kate leaving the show?
Maybe! Although the show hasn't revealed Kate's fate, a flash-forward in Season 3 had Toby sitting alone and without his wedding ring—suggesting that the pair will not be together in the future. This, coupled with statements Chrissy Metz has made about a rough road ahead for the couple (along with her character's miscarriage and difficult birth) has many fans guessing that Kate's days could be numbered.
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Action movie heroes are meant to be larger than life and cooler than cool, but sometimes the real story is just as insane as what we see in the movies. Here are ten action heroes based on real people.
1. James Bond (Roald Dahl)
James Bond author Ian Fleming once admitted the character was an amalgamation of several people that he met while serving in the British Navy in World War II including Conrad O'Brien-ffrench, Patrick Dalzel-Job, Ian Fleming's own brother, Peter (who served behind enemy lines) and Bill 'Biffy' Dunderdale the station head of MI6 in Paris who wore Cartier cufflinks and handmade suits and was chauffeured around Paris in an armor plated Rolls-Royce.
However, another possible inspiration for James Bond was children's author Roald Dahl. Dahl served as a spy in World War II and was a close personal friend of Fleming. It's hard to imagine the guy who wrote James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as a womanizing double-0 agent, but according to friend Antoinette Haskell, Dahl had a 'whole stable' of women to attend to his needs. 'He was very arrogant with his women, but he got away with it. The uniform didn't hurt one bit – and he was an ace [pilot],' Haskell added, 'I think he slept with everybody on the east and west coasts that had more than $50,000 a year.'
2. Indiana Jones (Hiram Bingham III)
While Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have never confirmed any historical figure as the basis for Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), Hiram Bingham III is a possible inspiration for the famous archaeologist. Bingham was a Yale professor, explorer, and United States Senator who lead the expedition to rediscover the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu in 1911. And what about fighting the Germans? Well Bingham's son has got that covered. Hiram Bingham IV served as a Vice Consul in Paris during World War II and helped more that 2,500 Jews flee Nazi occupied France. After the war, Bingham IV traveled to Argentina where he helped track down Nazi war criminals in South America, which makes him a much cooler son than Shia LaBeouf.
3. Zorro (Joaquin Murrieta)
Depending on your point of view, Joaquin Murrieta was either an infamous bandit or a Mexican patriot. Called the 'Robin Hood of El Dorado,' Murrieta was a famous figure in California during the 1850s Gold Rush and served as the inspiration for the pulp comic character Zorro.
'So many tales have grown up around Murrieta that it is hard to disentangle the fabulous from the factual,' historian Susan Lee Johnson once wrote, 'There seems to be a consensus that Anglos drove him from a rich mining claim, and that, in rapid succession, his wife was raped, his half-brother lynched, and Murrieta himself horse-whipped. He may have worked as a monte dealer for a time; then, according to whichever version one accepts, he became either a horse trader and occasional horse thief, or a bandit.'
4. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell (Randall 'Duke' Cunningham)
Former Top Gun instructor pilot and Congressman Randall 'Duke' Cunningham claims to have been the inspiration for Top Gun's Maverick (Tom Cruise), but the film's producers have said that the character was based on the general stereotype of naval aviators, rather than a specific pilot.
Duke was one of the most decorated pilots during the Vietnam War and was awarded the Navy Cross, the Silver Star (twice), the Air Medal (15 times), and the Purple Heart. After the war, Duke became an instructor at Top Gun where he developed a reputation for cockiness, entitlement, and self-promotion. From 1991 to 2005, Duke was a Republican member of the House of Representatives, but resigned his position after pleading guilty to accepting over $2.4 million in bribes, which would make a rather disappointing sequel.
5. Nacho (Sergio Gutierrez Benitez)
Like the character Nacho (Jack Black) from the movie Nacho Libre, Sergio Gutierrez Benitez was a Mexican priest who supported an orphanage for 23 years by performing as the lucha libre wrestler, Fray Tormenta (Friar Storm). Benitez retired from wrestling in 2011, but he still wears his red and yellow lucha mask while carrying out his day to day priest duties.
Where did Randall go to college?
Although his dream was to go to Howard University in Washington, Randall ends up going to Carnegie Mellon University to remain closer to home following the death of Jack. It is here that he meets his future wife Beth.
How did Randall meet his dad?
In the series premiere, Randall tracks down his biological father William in Philadelphia on his 36th birthday, and is disappointed to learn that he is a recovering addict. Overcoming his initial misgivings, he introduces the man to his own family, and builds a relationship with him before William's eventual death from cancer.
Do Rebecca and Jack get divorced?
No! Despite a rocky period in their courtship and later in their marriage (due to Jack's alcoholism), the pair ultimately remain together until his tragic death.
Do Randall and Beth get divorced?
No! Despite a marital rough patch over Randall's political career and his reluctance to let Beth pursue dance (and ominous flash-forwards which never seemed to have the pair together), Randall and Beth were revealed to still be married in another flash-forward during the season three finale. Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.
Does Randall's wife die?
No, despite some flash-forwards where Beth was conspicuously absent, the series recently revealed the Randall and Beth are going strong in the future.
Why did Deja smash Randall's car?
Over the series, we learn that Deja, Randall and Beth's adopeted daughter, has had a tough go of things, whether it be her biological family or navigating the challenges of the foster care system. Wound up after learning that her biological mother is relinquishing parental rights so Beth and Randall can formally adopt her, an unfortunate comment from Toby's mother (about her physical resemblance to Randall) sets her off and she takes a baseball bat to Randall's Mercedes-Benz.
What happened to Jack's mom?
This is still kind of a mystery, believe it or not. After Jack helps his mother Marilyn leave his abusive father Stanley, the timeline gets a bit muddied. Later scenes with Stanley suggest the separation stuck, and all evidence points to Marilyn dying young…but the pilot also has a throwaway line with Jack referencing onesies that his mother knit for the triplets. So, there's a chance she will probably reappear on the series. Maybe.
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What happened to Randall's biological mom?
Despite a run-in with a grifter in his teens who pretended to be his mother for cash, Randall learned his biological mother died in childbirth from his biological father, William.
Did Toby die?
Although he had a bit of a scare with a heart attack early in the series, Toby is still alive and married to Kate in the present timeline and alive (albeit seemingly alone) in the future.
Was Beth abused?
No! Beth came from a loving home, and her most significant traumas were losing her father to lung cancer and eventually being forced to give up dance, a passion she would return to later in life after losing her job.
Does Kate die?/Is Kate leaving the show?
Maybe! Although the show hasn't revealed Kate's fate, a flash-forward in Season 3 had Toby sitting alone and without his wedding ring—suggesting that the pair will not be together in the future. This, coupled with statements Chrissy Metz has made about a rough road ahead for the couple (along with her character's miscarriage and difficult birth) has many fans guessing that Kate's days could be numbered.
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Action movie heroes are meant to be larger than life and cooler than cool, but sometimes the real story is just as insane as what we see in the movies. Here are ten action heroes based on real people.
1. James Bond (Roald Dahl)
James Bond author Ian Fleming once admitted the character was an amalgamation of several people that he met while serving in the British Navy in World War II including Conrad O'Brien-ffrench, Patrick Dalzel-Job, Ian Fleming's own brother, Peter (who served behind enemy lines) and Bill 'Biffy' Dunderdale the station head of MI6 in Paris who wore Cartier cufflinks and handmade suits and was chauffeured around Paris in an armor plated Rolls-Royce.
However, another possible inspiration for James Bond was children's author Roald Dahl. Dahl served as a spy in World War II and was a close personal friend of Fleming. It's hard to imagine the guy who wrote James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as a womanizing double-0 agent, but according to friend Antoinette Haskell, Dahl had a 'whole stable' of women to attend to his needs. 'He was very arrogant with his women, but he got away with it. The uniform didn't hurt one bit – and he was an ace [pilot],' Haskell added, 'I think he slept with everybody on the east and west coasts that had more than $50,000 a year.'
2. Indiana Jones (Hiram Bingham III)
While Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have never confirmed any historical figure as the basis for Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), Hiram Bingham III is a possible inspiration for the famous archaeologist. Bingham was a Yale professor, explorer, and United States Senator who lead the expedition to rediscover the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu in 1911. And what about fighting the Germans? Well Bingham's son has got that covered. Hiram Bingham IV served as a Vice Consul in Paris during World War II and helped more that 2,500 Jews flee Nazi occupied France. After the war, Bingham IV traveled to Argentina where he helped track down Nazi war criminals in South America, which makes him a much cooler son than Shia LaBeouf.
3. Zorro (Joaquin Murrieta)
Depending on your point of view, Joaquin Murrieta was either an infamous bandit or a Mexican patriot. Called the 'Robin Hood of El Dorado,' Murrieta was a famous figure in California during the 1850s Gold Rush and served as the inspiration for the pulp comic character Zorro.
'So many tales have grown up around Murrieta that it is hard to disentangle the fabulous from the factual,' historian Susan Lee Johnson once wrote, 'There seems to be a consensus that Anglos drove him from a rich mining claim, and that, in rapid succession, his wife was raped, his half-brother lynched, and Murrieta himself horse-whipped. He may have worked as a monte dealer for a time; then, according to whichever version one accepts, he became either a horse trader and occasional horse thief, or a bandit.'
4. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell (Randall 'Duke' Cunningham)
Former Top Gun instructor pilot and Congressman Randall 'Duke' Cunningham claims to have been the inspiration for Top Gun's Maverick (Tom Cruise), but the film's producers have said that the character was based on the general stereotype of naval aviators, rather than a specific pilot.
Duke was one of the most decorated pilots during the Vietnam War and was awarded the Navy Cross, the Silver Star (twice), the Air Medal (15 times), and the Purple Heart. After the war, Duke became an instructor at Top Gun where he developed a reputation for cockiness, entitlement, and self-promotion. From 1991 to 2005, Duke was a Republican member of the House of Representatives, but resigned his position after pleading guilty to accepting over $2.4 million in bribes, which would make a rather disappointing sequel.
5. Nacho (Sergio Gutierrez Benitez)
Like the character Nacho (Jack Black) from the movie Nacho Libre, Sergio Gutierrez Benitez was a Mexican priest who supported an orphanage for 23 years by performing as the lucha libre wrestler, Fray Tormenta (Friar Storm). Benitez retired from wrestling in 2011, but he still wears his red and yellow lucha mask while carrying out his day to day priest duties.
6. Jack Sparrow (Calico Jack)
Johnny Depp based his performance of Captain Jack Sparrow on The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, 'I was reading about the 18th century pirates and thought they were kind of like rock stars. So, when I thought, ‘Who is the greatest rock ‘n' roll star of all time?'' However, the pirate Calico Jack was the original Jack Sparrow. He's remembered as much for his drinking and flamboyant nature as his actual pirating abilities. In 1720, Jack was arrested by the Spanish after he celebrated a particularly large haul and was 'too drunk to command and even defend himself.'
7. Harry Callahan (Dave Toschi)
Dirty Harry screenwriters Harry Julian Fink and Rita M. Fink admitted to modeling Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) after Dave Toschi,a former inspector in the San Francisco Police Department who was the chief investigator in the Zodiac Killer case. Even the film's villain, 'The Scorpio Killer,' was based on the Zodiac Killer. Dirty Harry wasn't the only Hollywood film inspired by Toschi though. Mark Ruffalo played the detective in David Fincher‘s Zodiac and actor Steve McQueen copied Toschi's distinctive quick-draw shoulder-holster by wearing his shoulder-holster upside down for the 1968 movie Bullitt.
8. Lara Croft (Sue Hendrickson)
Tomb Raider‘s Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) isn't officially based on one person, but archaeologist and paleontologist Sue Hendrickson is basically the real deal. In 1963, Hendrickson took up a job salvaging materials from a sunken cargo freighter. After she got bored exploring sunken ships, Hendrickson worked in an amber mine in the Dominican Republic where she discovered three perfectly preserved 23-million-year-old butterflies (half of the world's collection) and on August 12, 1990, while examining a cliff-side in South Dakota, Hendrickson discovered the largest, most complete, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found.
9. Rocky Balboa (Chuck Wepner)
Sylvester Stallone developed the idea for Rocky after watching a 1975 title fight between Muhammad Ali and Chucker Wepner. Even though Wepner lost the fight, 'The Bayonne Bleeder' was able to go 15 rounds with the world heavyweight champ, earning him a reputation as a fighter. 'I've been a survivor my whole life,' Wepner told a reporter, 'If I survived the Marines, I can survive Ali.' Stallone later denied that Wepner provided any inspiration for the movie, but in 2003 Wepner filed a lawsuit and the parties settled out of court with for an undisclosed amount. In 2002, Wepner was arrested by the FBI for running a counterfeiting scheme where he and a partnered forged Ali's autograph on a variety of merchandise.
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10. Quint (Frank Mundus)
Is Black Jack Randall Based On A Real Person
Frank Mundus was a shark hunter from Montauk, New York who reportedly served as the inspiration for Quint (Robert Shaw) in Jaws. Mundus earned criticism for his questionably ethical techniques, which included killing whales for chum and harpooning sharks (which sounds cool, but is super illegal today). In 1986, he set the world record for the largest fish ever caught when he snagged a 3,427 pound great white shark. He also unofficially harpooned a 4,500 pound white shark which is made more impressive by the fact Mundus didn't believe in harpoon guns and preferred hand-held harpoons. That's right, he preferred to fight sharks using hand-to-hand combat.
Mundus was as well known for his catches as he was his eccentric personality and trademark look which included red and green painted big toenails, a hoop earring, an Australian slouch hat, and a shark tooth necklace. 'He always said the charter business was 90 percent show and 10 percent go,' said Montauk resident Chris Miller. In his later years, Mundus became bored with shark fighting and turned his attention to conservationism where he campaigned for shark fishermen to catch and release their prey.
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