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« Thread Started on Apr 23, 2009, 6:34pm » | |
Last updated on 8/7/2009. New spoilers and/or information are marked NEW.
Until the episodes actually air, please consider these "potential" spoilers only. In other words, I cannot guarantee that what is described in the spoilers will actually occur on the show. If a spoiler on this page has been found by someone else, I have credited them below.
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General Information:
Episode production numbers, projected air dates, and titles:
Ep 101 - 09/20/2009 - Stockholm Syndrome
Ep 102 - 09/27/2009 - The Alanon Case
Ep 103 - 10/04/2009 - The Case of the Stolen Skateboard The Case of the Missing Screenplay
Ep 104 - 10/11/2009 - The Case of the Missing Screenplay The Case of the Stolen Skateboard
Ep 105 - 10/18/2009 - The Case of the Lonely White Dove
Ep 106 - 10/25/2009 - The Case of the Beautiful Blackmailer
Ep 107 - 11/01/2009 - The Case of the Stolen Sperm
Ep 108 - 11/08/2009 - Box Opera
• 7/30/2009 - The offbeat comedy series BORED TO DEATH kicks off its eight-episode first season SUNDAY, SEPT. 20 (9:30-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, followed by other half-hour episodes debuting on subsequent Sundays at the same time. Created by Jonathan Ames (author of several books, including the acclaimed graphic novel “The Alcoholic”), the show follows the misadventures of a fictional Jonathan Ames as he pursues his quixotic dream of emulating his heroes from classic private detective novels.
BORED TO DEATH stars Jason Schwartzman (“The Darjeeling Limited”) as Jonathan Ames; Ted Danson (“Damages,” HBO's “Curb Your Enthusiasm”) as George Christopher, a high-profile magazine editor and Jonathan's boss; and Zach Galifianakis (“The Hangover”) as comic book illustrator Ray Hueston, Jonathan's confidant. Guest stars on the first season include Olivia Thirlby, Heather Burns, Kirsten Wiig, Parker Posey, Bebe Neuwirth, Oliver Platt, Patton Oswalt and John Hodgman.
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« Reply #1 on Apr 23, 2009, 6:47pm » | |
Episode Spoilers:
Episode 101, "Stockholm Syndrome":
• 4/23/2009 - The pilot centers on Jonathan (Jason Schwartzman), a struggling thirtysomething writer with a drinking problem in Brooklyn who, following a painful breakup with his girlfriend, decides to emulate his heroes from the novels of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. He takes out an ad pretending to be a private detective and starts taking cases -- solving some and making others worse. (source: Production Weekly) When his girlfriend dumps him, it triggers an early mid-life crisis for a neurotic Manhattan writer. He addresses it by indulging in drugs and drink and finally by advertising on Craigslist as a private detective and trying to solve the mysteries in other people's lives - with varying degrees of success. (source: inbaseline.com)
• 7/30/2009 - Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, Jonathan turns instead to his fantasies – moonlighting as a private detective – because he wants to be a hero and a man of action.
Mixing noir mystery and neurotic humor, BORED TO DEATH opens with Jonathan's girlfriend, Suzanne (Olivia Thirlby), moving out of their apartment in Brooklyn, on the grounds that Jonathan devotes too much time to smoking pot and drinking white wine instead of focusing on his writing and their relationship. As Jonathan returns to his empty apartment, a neighbor who witnessed the parting suggests he look for a rebound date on Craigslist.
After sifting through his abundant supply of noir suspense novels, Jonathan idly decides to offer his services as a private detective on the site instead. As responses to Jonathan's Craigslist post roll in, he begins taking cases – and usually finds himself injecting his own personal problems into his client's situation.
Jonathan's needy boss, magazine editor George Christopher, frequently interferes with his newfound career, forcing him to work his cases in increasingly ludicrous ways. Jonathan also meets regularly with his best friend Ray, a struggling graphic artist who does his best to advise him, but can barely keep his own life together.
• 8/7/2009 - Numbed after his girlfriend Suzanne (Olivia Thirlby) moves out, writer Jonathan Ames (Jason Schwartzman) peruses his favorite Raymond Chandler novel, “Farewell, My Lovely,” and is inspired to place an ad on Craigslist offering his (unlicensed) services as a private investigator. Within hours he gets his first case, involving a 19-year-old girl's desperate search for her missing sister.
Written by Jonathan Ames; directed by Alan Taylor.
• 4/23/2009 - Roles cast:
-Jonathan Ames (played by Jason Schwartzman)
-George Christopher (played by Ted Danson) - Jonathan's best friend and mentor, a "pompous but articulate magazine editor." (source: tvjab.com) George's magazine is Edition NY.
-Ray (played by Zach Galifianakis)
-Leah (played by Heather Burns)
Episode 102, "The Alanon Case":
• 8/7/2009 - During an unsuccessful attempt to win back Suzanne, Jonathan gets a a new case: a woman named Jennifer (Kristen Wiig) wants him to tail her boyfriend Gary (Peter Hermann) to see if heʼs been unfaithful. After learning that he and Jennifer share a common pastime (drinking), Jonathan heads out in search of her boyfriend – with uncomfortable results.
Written by Jonathan Ames; directed by Alan Taylor.
Episode 104 103, "The Case of the Missing Screenplay":
• 6/13/2009: (A scene from "The Case of the Stolen Skateboard" was reshot as part of episode 4 instead of 3, so until I find additional information, I'm assuming that the order of episodes 3 and 4 was simply switched.)
• NEW 9/1/2009 - At a New York film-society party, George introduces Jonathan to filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, a fan of Jonathan’s first book, who is interested in having him rewrite a screenplay. Later, after leaving his personalized script in a therapist’s (Denis O’Hare) office during an ill-advised late-night tryst with a (very) young party girl (Vanessa Ray), Jonathan convinces Ray to pose as a patient in order to retrieve it. Meanwhile, George is flummoxed when he runs into his sexy ex-wife Priscilla (Laila Robins) and her arrogant new husband, fellow publishing magnate Richard Antrem (Oliver Platt).
Written by Jonathan Ames; directed by Michael Lehmann.
• 4/23/2009; UPDATED 4/24/2009: Roles:
-Claudia - Jonathan meets her in a bar. She brings him back to her house (she lives with her father). She had told Jonathan that she was 21, but she turns out to be only 16, and Jonathan freaks when he finds out. Claudia's father catches them together, but Jonathan escapes out the bathroom window just in time. He soon discovers that he left the screenplay, which had been in his pocket, behind the couch in Claudia's house.
-Dr. Worth - Claudia's father. He's a therapist. Jonathan sets up a therapy session with him so that he can reach behind the couch and get the script back. But Dr. Worth has found the script and figured out that Jonathan was the man with Claudia.
-Miriam - She flirts with George while Jonathan talks with Jim Jarmusch, who hands Jonathan one of his screenplays to read and revise.
-Priscilla - George's ex-wife from many years ago. She's now married to Richard Antrem. She tries to talk George into either backing out of the fight with Richard or purposely losing because Richard has a heart condition.
-Richard Antrem - He's married to George's ex-wife Priscilla and is the new editor of GQ. He challenges George to a boxing match, and George accepts.
• 4/29/2009 - Paul Gosselin plays a waiter in a scene with Ted Danson and Oliver Platt that takes place in a private club. (source: paulgosselin.net)
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« Reply #2 on Apr 26, 2009, 11:50am » | |
Episode Spoilers:
Episode 103 104, "The Case of the Stolen Skateboard":
• NEW 9/1/2009 - Jonathan falls for his latest client (Parker Posey), the mother of a boy whose skateboard was stolen by a neighborhood bully (E.J. Bonilla). Meanwhile, Ray agrees to help a lesbian couple (Rosie Benton, Jenn Harris) start a new family, to his wife Leah’s (Heather Burns) chagrin, and George has a nostalgic “armpit crush” on a young publicist (Emily Wickersham) he hopes to woo at the opening of a new Brooklyn restaurant. Bebe Neuwirth also guest stars.
Written by Jonathan Ames; directed by Tucker Gates.
• 4/23/2009 - Roles:
-Allison - A friend of Leah's. She convinces Jonathan to get her son David's skateboard back from a boy who took it named Francisco. After Jonathan gets the skateboard back for him, David breaks his arm skateboarding, and Allison gets upset with Jonathan for getting the skateboard back. She cancels her date with Jonathan.
-Caroline Taylor - Late 40's-early 50's. A tough but loving editor. A Jewish mother-type with a slight boundary-pushing eroticism, mixed with affection and professionalism. She calls Jonathan to find out how his novel is coming along.
-Chef
-Francisco - He takes Allison's son David's skateboard.
-Kid - 15 years old. Jonathan asks him if he knows where Francisco likes to skateboard.
-Lisa & Michelle - Jonathan arrives at Ray and Leah's house with a bottle of wine, and meets Lisa and Michelle. Lisa and Michelle are a lesbian couple who are trying to have a baby, and Ray is donating his sperm to them; they are there to pick up Ray's first sperm donation. Leah explains to Jonathan that Ray is in the bathroom masturbating. Leah talks to Jonathan about his being a private detective, and asks him if he can help a friend of hers whose son's skateboard has been stolen. Ray finishes, and after an argument between Ray and Leah in which the sperm sample cup is dropped and almost spilled, Ray places it safely in the cooler. Leah is not happy about Ray donating sperm. UPDATED 6/13/2009: (This scene with Lisa and Michelle was modified, and reshot as part of episode 4 instead of 3, so "The Case of the Stolen Skateboard" is now most likely episode 4. Until I find additional information, I'm assuming that the order of episodes 3 and 4 was simply switched.)
-Salesman - Skateboard salesman. Jonathan enters his shop and asks him where kids like to skateboard in the area. He thinks that Jonathan is a pedophile, but Jonathan tells him that he's a writer doing an article about skateboarding in Brooklyn.
-Sophie - George goes to a club to see Sophie, and tells her he's there to see her hip-hop band play after reading about them in his magazine.
-Steven - George Christopher's driver.
• 4/29/2009 - A skateboarder named Larry Nunez was a stunt double for Jason Schwartzman. Here are some photos from his blog of him, Jason, and others filming the episode (source: snowboard-mag.com):
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« Reply #3 on Apr 26, 2009, 11:51am » | |
Episode Spoilers, continued...
Episode 105, "The Case of the Lonely White Dove":
• NEW 9/1/2009 - A smitten Russian parolee (Lev Gorn) contracts Jonathan to track down a chanteuse (Branka Katic) known as “the Lonely White Dove.” After a vodka-fueled reconnaissance mission at the Brighton Beach restaurant where the singer works, Jonathan persuades Suzanne – along with Ray and Leah – to join him there for dinner the next night, without revealing his true purpose. Meanwhile, George decides to get in touch with his feminine side as a way to drive sales of his sagging magazines.
Written by Jonathan Ames & Donick Cary; directed by Paul Feig.
• 4/23/2009; UPDATED 4/26/2009: Roles:
-Dimitri - A Russian man who hires Jonathan to find a woman who was the love of his life before he went to prison. He only knew her for one night, and only knows her stage name: Irenna, the Lonely White Dove. She was a singer. After the thugs attack Dimitri, Jonathan comes to his aid with the help of brass knuckles that Ray had let him borrow (Jonathan throws them at the Weasel, hitting his nose).
-Escort - George meets with this handsome, muscular male escort in order to get in touch with his feminine side, because his magazine has lost almost half of its women readers and George wants to figure out how to reach them. The escort suggests that George read Klaus Kinski's autobiography. Later, George, Jonathan, and the Escort watch "The Inspector General," one of Danny Kaye's films, at George's house.
-Irenna - She used to sing as Irenna, the Lonely White Dove, at a Russian club, but she changes her stage name every year and now she's Nadya, the Lonely Sparrow. She agrees to meet with Dimitri, but she secretly blames him for her brother being in prison.
-Library Patron - She is annoyed by Jonathan and Dimitri talking in the library.
-MC - He introduces Irenna as Nadya, the Lonely Sparrow, before she sings.
-The Weasel - After Jonathan is thrown out of the Rasputin nightclub by the 2 thugs, the Weasel gives Jonathan Irenna's phone number and tells Jonathan that she wants him to call her. He's the thugs' leader, who later yells at Dimitri in Russian after Dimitri is attacked by the thugs.
-Thug 1 & Thug 2 - They surprise Dimitri when he and Jonathan go to meet her at the Brighton Beach boardwalk, and they beat up Dimitri for Irenna.
-Waitress - She works at the club where Irenna sings.
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« Reply #4 on Apr 28, 2009, 7:13pm » | |
Episode Spoilers, continued...
Episode 106, "The Case of the Beautiful Blackmailer":
• NEW 9/1/2009 - Jonathan is enlisted to retrieve a sex tape that a female escort (Trieste Kelly Dunn) is using to extort money from a married New Jersey man (Geoffrey Cantor). With Ray and George in tow, Jonathan ends up in a motel room with the escort, who attempts to blackmail him as well. Can the very stoned Ray and George save Jonathan’s neck before the woman’s enraged brother (Anthony DeSando) breaks it? Patton Oswalt also guest stars.
Written by Jonathan Ames & Martin Gero; directed by Adam Bernstein.
• 4/23/2009; UPDATED 4/28/2009: Roles:
-Mr. Eaton - He hires Jonathan because he's being blackmailed by a woman named Sophia, whom he met for sex in a motel.
-Sophia - While Ray and George smoke pot in George's car in the parking lot, they watch through night vision goggles as Sophia arrives to meet Jonathan at a motel room. Ray and George lose track of the time as they get high, and they forget to watch the room. After Sophia and Jonathan have sex, and while Jonathan is showering, Sophia calls her brother Carl and tells him to come to the motel. When Jonathan gets out of the shower, she tells him she filmed them having sex, and she wants money or she'll post the video online. Later, Jonathan gets both his and Mr. Eaton's videos and his $500 back from her.
-Carl - Sophia's brother. When he arrives at the hotel room, he tasers and threatens Jonathan. He and Sophia escort Jonathan out of the hotel room so that they can take him to an ATM. Meanwhile, Ray and George are high and not paying attention, so they don't come to Jonathan's rescue.
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« Reply #5 on May 2, 2009, 12:36pm » | |
Episode Spoilers, continued...
Episode 107, "The Case of the Stolen Sperm":
• 4/28/2009; UPDATED 5/2/2009: Roles:
-Bar Man - He gives George a note from Richard Antrem. Antrem wants George and Jonathan to have a drink with him.
-Barista - She tells Jonathan and Ray that she has seen Lisa and Michelle shopping at the food co-op.
-Bonnie - Renee's lover. Large and tough. Ray and Jonathan go to Renee and Bonnie's house to tell them that they bought illegally sold sperm from the two women whom they know as Lisa and Michelle, and they find out that Bonnie is pregnant. She is not at all happy to find out that the sperm used to make her pregnant came from Ray. They were told that the donor was a math Ph.D. from Stanford.
-Hasidic Man - He surprises Jonathan and Ray in Lisa and Michelle's apartment after they find evidence that Lisa and Michelle have been illegally selling Ray's sperm to various lesbian couples. He and a younger Hasidic man who is with him unsuccessfully try to keep Jonathan and Ray from escaping while they call 911.
-Larry - An associate editor at George's magazine.
-Print House Club Members 1 & 2 - They praise George for the magazine's editorial that is critical of Richard Antrem.
-Renee - Mid-30's, pretty. She's Bonnie's lover.
-Stella - She works at the food co-op where Lisa and Michelle have been seen shopping. Jonathan and Ray suggest a trade with her: marijuana in exchange for her giving them Lisa and Michelle's address.
Episode 108, "Box Opera":
• 5/18/2009 - Roles:
-Journalists - They attend a press conference at the Print House Club, where George and Antrem exchange insults and formally announce the upcoming boxing matches to be held in three weeks. Jonathan and Ray (representing George's magazine) will be fighting Louis Greene and Francis Hamm (representing GQ).
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