For fans, USA Network has concocted a wonderful interactive way to join in celebrating the return of PSYCH with scheduled “pineapple parties” around the country, with pineapple accoutrements such as Snuggies, pineapple pillows, and yummy pineapple flavored food items.  Whether or not you are attending a local “Pineapple Party,” you are specially invited to participate online via Twitter using the #Psych hashtag or to share your tweets with @Psych_USA. 
 
To see what PSYCH has in store for its 6th season, you can watch the online sneak preview here.
 
To see more of the fun PSYCH antics, check out the video “Shawn and Gus Breaking Their Own Records” here.
 
And “PSYCH’s Upcoming Amazing Guest Stars” here.
 
With so many opportunities to tease, tantalize and taunt their fans with more homages to the greatest hits of film and television, the upcoming season is certain to tickle everyone’s funny bones!

PSYCH returns with all new episodes on Wednesday, October 12th at 10PM on USA Network.  Join in all the pineapple-goodness! Or, catch up on past episodes you may have missed for free online at clicktowatch.tv

Best known for its outrageous homages to cultural icons, including fun references to films and television shows past, as PSYCH prepares for its sixth season, stars James Roday and Dule Hill chatted a bit “tongue in cheek” with the press in a recent conference call about to expect as the hysterical series about a fake psychic detective returns.

Could you talk a little about the upcoming Halloween, Indiana Jones, and Cuckoo’s Nest-inspired episodes?
JAMES: Yes, we did in fact deliver on those other ones. Those are in the can. Those are fully produced and being mixed.
DULE:    We also have a “Shining” episode this year too.
JAMES: “Shining” is what you get in place of “Clue.” So we still felt like we should swing big. Halloween is the vampire episode. And I think it’s airing the week of Halloween.

Are there any special guest stars in the Halloween episode?
JAMES: Kristy Swanson, the original Buffy, and Corey Feldman, one of the Frog Brothers from “The Lost Boys,” and Tom Lenk, a regular on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER TV Series.

That’s a lot of BUFFY guest-stars.
JAMES: Yes, we went double BUFFY.
DULE:   And Blacula makes a guest appearance also.
JAMES: Guest appearances, Blacula and the Vampire Lestat.

Can you talk a bit about the Indiana Jones episode and working with John Rhys-Davies?
JAMES: That episode came out really well, and it’s also the third installment of the episodes involving the Despereaux character, played by Cary Elwes. And for my money, it’s the best of the trilogy for sure and a lot of fun. And yes, John Rhys-Davies was a blast man. We didn’t get to work with him a ton but he came in and he was kind of bigger than life and sort of what you would imagine. And he was a real sweetheart.
DULE:  Fun guy to work with. Full of energy.

About the “Clue” episode, is it definitely off?
JAMES: It is not off, it’s just not a part of our 6th Season. It’s still very much in the hopper and all of the key players are still committed, we just weren’t able to shoot it this season because of various scheduling conflicts. But it’s on tap for next season — knock on wood — probably the first or second episode.

Can you talk about about some of Gus’s upcoming nicknames this season?
JAMES: Oh wow.
DULE: I don’t know. Roday, what are some of the nicknames? Once they come and go, I kind of forget about them until they air.
JAMES: The only one I can remember is because I just finished watching the cut for “Shining” yesterday and we do Eddie Adams from Torrance, which I believe is a “Boogie Nights” reference.
DULE: Okay, okay. I’m kind of blanking out. I’m sorry I don’t have a better answer. I can’t remember some of the names I’ve been called this year.

What can you share about the Joey McIntyre episode?
JAMES: That was our Superhero episode. There’s like a vigilante superhero like combing the streets of Santa Barbara, cleaning them up one bad guy at a time. And it may or may not be Joey, we don’t know.

What are the possibilities of seeing the remaining members of High Top Fade Out with all the members of New Kids on the Block on the show one day?
DULE:   It would be a fun PSYCH-Out. I don’t know.  I mean I don’t know if that’ll ever happen.  That’s a lot to ask. I think we can maybe work it out where we can get some members of High Top Fade Out and a member of New Kids on the Block all in one season. I think we can make that happen this year.

What’s your favorite PSYCH-Out that you’ve done? They all seem like so much fun, but what’s your favorite?
DULE:   For myself it would be either the one we did with Joey, which because when you start involving real, you know, musicians and real singers and real artists singing their own songs with you, you can’t really top that. It would be the one that we did with Joey, and then it would be the original one that we did in the pilot, “Man in the Mirror,” because that’s kind of what started the whole machine going with the PSYCH-Outs. And that was just really just Roday and I having a lot of fun off camera. And then we got to the final shot just, “You know what, let’s put it on tape. Let’s just do it.” And it turned into this whole big PSYCH-Out phenomenon so.
JAMES: Yes, and in the spirit of doing PSYCH-Outs with the original artists, I’ll mention a drunken rendition of “Head Over Heels” that we did with Curt Smith.

What kind of nuggets do you have planned for the fans this season, like Gus’ nicknames, pineapples and such?
JAMES: Well there’s definitely some nicknames, there’s definitely some “Gus Don’t Be’s.” One that we’re particularly proud of that you’ll see in the Jennifer Lynch episode entitled Guillermo del Toro presents (“Autopsy Turvy”), which will air late in the season. So asterisk that one for a Gus Don’t Be. I don’t want to spoil it. And I believe there’s still a pineapple every episode. I think that’s just a machine that kind of takes care of itself.

What is one of your favorite nicknames from the show?
DULE:  My favorite is always the original.  I’m guess I’m a big fan of the original ones, like Gus “Silly-Pants” Jackson.  One, because it made Gus a Jackson, you know, and I’m a big fan of the Jacksons so; and then it also caught me off guard when Roday first did it and I was like, “What did this cat just call me? Did you just call me Silly-Pants?” But that’s my favorite.

What is your favorite Season 6 pop-culture reference?
DULE:   I’m going to have to like tap out on that one because I’m really blanking out on the references this year. And I don’t know if it’s just because we just finished and I kind of just dumped everything out of my mind. But as I’m going back and trying to think I cannot really come up with, just on top of my head. But that one I’m going to tap out on.
JAMES: There’s a visual reference in our vampire episode where we’re in a very strange vampire bar and we approach the bar and the bartender has his back to us and when he turns around to face us there’s a music queue and the actual casting of the bartender that comes together to create what I feel is a pretty delicious ‘80’s visual reference. So I’ll go with that.

What was it like working with William Shatner, who plays Juliet’s dad this season?
JAMES: Unbelievable.
DULE:   Right.
JAMES: The man is — I mean he’s an icon obviously — but watching him work was an honor in and of itself. I mean he’s a machine. He was totally invested. And I say this is not me editorializing or exaggerating, he had the heaviest load that we’ve ever given a guest star on our show. He pretty much drives the entire episode. He had the same schedule as Dule and I, and it was just remarkable. I mean not only did he know everything, he had questions, he had thoughts, he had concerns. You know, he was modulating his performance and he really, really wanted to knock the role out of the park. And then to top it off, when the weekend came and Dule and I basically beach ourselves and recharge our batteries so that we can get back to it Monday morning, he flew to Calgary and did two live shows on Saturday and Sunday, and then flew back to Vancouver and was back at work at 6:00 am Monday morning. The man is 80 going on 20. And like I said, “It was humbling and it was a really honor just to watch him work and pick his brain and be around him.”

How did William Shatner’s character respond to Shawn? How does he take to Shawn? I imagine they locked horns a little bit.
JAMES: Well, we had some fun there because it’s kind of like, you know you can’t snow the snowman, you can’t con the King of Con, so he kind of had the ability to see right through Shawn and that made things really interesting. And then Shawn of course sort of fired back by seeing through him and calling him on all of his BS. So we had sort of an interesting game of one-upsman-ship and a little bit of a chess match going on, with the common thread of course being that they both do care very much about Juliet.

Now that Shawn has Juliet, Gus is all by himself. Is he ever going to have a longer relationship than like an episode or two?
DULE:   I think we’ll have to see what happens in Season 7.   But in Season 6,  he makes a valiant effort to attain that. He goes for it. You know, you can’t blame Gus for trying in Season 6.  He’s actually is throwing his hat into the ring and he’s out there, you know, really trying to make it happen. But we’ll see what happens going into Season 7.  Maybe he’ll get past the one-episode love interest then.

We found out last season that Lassiter found out about Shawn and Juliet. How do you think that’s going to affect their relationship with him?
JAMES: You know, it’s a little touch and go out of the gates, but Lassiter himself finds love this season and I think that kind of helped cushion the blow. And it’s pretty much back to business down the stretch.

Are we going to see more development between Henry and Shawn’s relationship this season?
JAMES: I think it’s less relationship-driven and more just Henry-driven, in terms of where he is, and where he is in his life, and what he wants, and stuff like that. The season finale addresses some of that stuff. But he’s still at the police station and they’re forced to sort of work with one another on a daily basis so that’s still happening. But then I think we take it a little further with Henry towards the end of the season.

Do you think Juliet is inspiring to female viewers?
JAMES: I think Jules has come a long way. I think she was a junior detective when the show started, and Maggie looked like she had just graduated high school. And if you kind of track the evolution of that character I think it is is a little inspiring. I mean we’ve kind of watched both the actress and the role/the character kind of come of age on our show. And she’s pretty tough and she takes care of business.  But she’s still very feminine and all of that is sort of in place as well. And considering that she isn’t Shawn or Gus, and isn’t at the forefront of every episode, I think it’s a nice character to cite on TV, sure.

The show has done a whole bunch of themed episodes, like the Twin Peaks episode, is  there something you haven’t done yet? Is there something you really want to do that just hasn’t happened?
DULE:  Well, I know Steve Franks has talked about it for a couple of seasons now and it hasn’t actually happened yet, but I hope that in Season 7 we can actually make the musical episode happen. I mean that’s how I started in the business — doing musicals — so it would be great to bring that to PSYCH and be able to sing and dance in an episode, and not just in a PSYCH-Out.
JAMES: Agreed.  Yes, I think that’s kind of the pinnacle of theme episodes that we’ve yet to do. So that’s the Big Apple that hopefully we’ll be able to slice up and feed to all of our fans. You know it’s tricky, it’s not something that you could throw together. You know, other shows have tried it to varying levels of success and I think because Steve has such a love for music.  His band sings our theme song, so it’s really important to him to hit a homerun with it. And I think he realizes — and I think it really hit him this past off-season —  like just how much work it’s going to take to do it right and that’s why he postponed it. But I think he’s committed and I expect it to happen next season. . . . I think he knows that. And but the good news is he’s got a “game” cast and he’s got his own band and they’re songwriters – and it’s just a matter of putting in the time and you know, we should be able to execute.

This show has had so many guest stars in every single season, and this one is no different. So do you guys have any initiation rituals? How do you bring them into the PSYCH family?
DULE:  We don’t have initiation rituals, we do have I guess, sendoff rituals.
JAMES: This is true.
DULE:  Yes, whenever a guest star has wrapped, we always send them off with a Happy Birthday song by the PSYCH cast and crew, which I’ve got to say, “We sing pretty well.”
JAMES: It’s the one song everybody knows and we’ve been able to really start playing with some unorthodox harmonies and crescendos. I think the guest cast get down with it.
DULE:  They always cry.
JAMES: There’s always that initial sort of moment of, “But wait a minute it’s not my birthday.” But then they get it.

Having spent six seasons now with Shawn and Gus, of course you know the characters extremely well.  But do you ever find yourself surprised by something that has been written into the script or that either one of you bring up in improv, be it an interest of Shawn and Gus’ or a reaction, or anything else of the sort?
JAMES: I get surprised two or three times a year, when our writers come up with something for the purposes of one episode that Shawn has supposedly had as part of his character for much longer than that, like a strange way of talking or a fear of something. A lot of times we’ll just sort of invent something for the purposes of an episode as a theme. And I’m suddenly sort of thinking, “Wow, that’s odd. I didn’t have that last week.” They’ve done that to me a couple of times this season. . . all of a sudden there was an episode where Shawn has a great fear of death and doesn’t know how to deal with it, which is odd because of course we were around death every week. But it served the purposes of the one episode that it’s in, so we rolled with it.
DULE:   I’m learning how to expect the unexpected when dealing with the PSYCH writers, which – so I don’t really get too surprised when things come around. But having that mentality, I mean it leaves the room wide open for the writers to do what they do and come up with all these amazing stories and roles for us to get into. So that’s kind of my motto of each season is, “Expect the unexpected.” When you have Andy Berman, Todd Harthan, Steve Franks, Saladin Patterson — all these cats all in one room — you can expect something crazy’s going to come out of there.
JAMES: Yes, as a matter of fact. Our “Shining” episode will feature a brand new, completely different rendition of the theme song.
DULE:   And we do get a re-run. We get a re-run of the Boyz II Men a cappella version.

Is there anything this season that you kind of learned about yourself or just in general, since this season started?
JAMES: That it takes less takes and less stairs for me to get winded when we’re in pursuit of bad guys.
DULE:  I probably learned something about — I mean I like Vancouver but the love kind of starts to fade as my seasons go on. You know, the rain gets a little worrisome.

If you could have any crossover with whatever show, which would it be?
DULE:  USA Network? I would want to do WHITE COLLAR. I mean, that’s on the air right now, I would say WHITE COLLAR. A show that was off the air ? I would still go back to MONK.
JAMES: Well, if it’s any show I would say we should crossover with THE WALKING DEAD because I think we’re due for a zombie episode.
DULE:  For myself I would say if it’s any show I would say, MODERN FAMILY, because I just love the show so much. And I think it would be fun to have Shawn and Gus interact with all of those characters over there.

If you could replace each other with a different actor for one episode, who would it be?
DULE:  I would replace myself with Deon Richmond, who is the real “Bud,” to see if anybody noticed the difference.
JAMES: I would – for one episode — I would replace Dule with David Bowie. It would be a different take on Gus, and I would get to work with Bowie. And I wouldn’t feel bad because I’d know Dule would appreciate the time off and he would be back the next week.

Is there anything you can dish about the season finale, is it a cliffhanger?
JAMES: Yes, it is fair to say there is a shocking ending that I hope our fans will not soon forget.

With more irreverent humor and crazy antics adding to the adventures of Gus and Shawn, be sure to catch PSYCH when it returns Wednesday, October 12th at 10PM USA Network. Catch up on past episodes you may have missed for free online at clicktowatch.tv

After a tumultuous fourth season where U.S. Marshal Mary McCormack found out that she was pregnant and her ex-husband was the father, the lives of Mary and her partner Marshall Mann have been teetering between the stress of the job, the colorful witnesses under their protection, and their own uncertainties about their personal and professional relationships.  Taking a few minutes to chat with press are co-stars Mary McCormack and Fred Weller, who play the dynamic duo of Mary and Marshall.
 
What do you think is the one thing that Mary and Marshall are going to take away from this year, besides a baby?
FRED: Pregnancy sucks?
MARY: I’m so careful about giving anything away because the finale is so exciting and a lot happens. I mean, obviously in the finale my sister’s getting married.  So, you know, it’s Brandi so things don’t always go according to plan. And I think [Mary] will probably she use birth control from now on. She’s learned about that in a real way. Let’s see:  she’s learned AA seems to work, her mother’s still sober, which is a miracle. What else has she learned? I mean, that Marshall’s an even better friend that she thought, which is, you know, hard to believe because he’s really stepped-up with the whole pregnancy thing.  And, golly, I don’t know. I mean, I think for Mary this season, one of the things that’s been fun for me this seasons is that her family has sort of not been the mess-ups that they’ve been traditionally. And so, she’s sort of had to figure out who she was when she wasn’t looking after them. And I think that’s been an interesting thing for Season 4 because for the first three seasons she’s been like bitching about how she’s the only adult in the family and she has to clean up their messes, and all of a sudden they’re sort of [all together] and she’s the hot mess. She’s the one who’s knocked up and single and they’re sort of getting on with their lives.  So, that’s been the fun thing for me this season, for me and the character.
FRED: Okay, I learned stuff.
MARY: What’d you learn, pal? People want to know.
FRED: No, it’s cool. It’s fine. I think Marshall learned that, while he thought that Mary’s obstreperousness could not get any worse, he found out that there is no ceiling on it, having been with a pregnant Mary for a while. Look it up, obstreperousness, I’m talking to you, Mary.
MARY: Show off. That’s a show off. Honestly, it’s unbelievable.
 
It looks like that Mary might be heading towards keeping the baby. How do you feel about that?
MARY:  Both ways are dramatic. I don’t actually know what they’re going to do at this stage. I really don’t. But I do know that I’m sort of excited to play it either way. I mean, I think giving a baby up for adoption would be incredible, in terms of sort of dramatic stories, and the keeping of it obviously has crazy sort of opportunities for her.  I mean, the thought of her raising a child sounds fun also.  So I’m not sure what they’re going to do. We will see.
 
Mary, how uncomfortable have you been going to work as a pregnant woman in real life?
MARY: You know, it was not easy. I’ve got to say, I think I’m pretty tough and I thought it would be easier than it was. It was really hard. I’m old too. I forget how this pregnancy game is sort of a young girl’s game. So I’m a little out of my league. It’s all right. It’s a small price to pay. I mean, it was a lesson in humility watching the episodes now. I’m like, “Wow, that’s a big back.” But, you know, you get on with it.
 
Can you both talk about Mary’s pregnancy did for the show and the characters?
MARY: Oh, when I knew I was pregnant? Obviously, I got pregnant sort of right before I showed up for the season, but I couldn’t really tell anyone. I told Fred of course right away, but I didn’t tell anyone else because I was afraid at my age, it’s obviously really risky. And so when I told the President of the Network and then the showrunners — we told the showrunners together — it was further along and we had to make a decision fast about what we were going to do. And Jeff Wachtel, who has such a keen sense of story and drama, he’s the President of USA, he sort of said, “You know, this is, in a weird way.” I mean we discussed first my wishes and whether I was willing to write it in and I was. And then we started talking about the pros and cons story-wise and character-wise, and he was sort of excited about it as long as I was comfortable with it. He was excited about the opportunities that it would create for Season 4, because I think shows have to [evolve].  He looks for showrunners or he looks for the creator to shake things up, because otherwise things can get pretty stale. So it timed out that it was a nice moment for something really big to happen, you know?
FRED: Yeah.
MARY: And so we all decided to do it, and then we had to move fast, story-wise. I think the writers had a 10-day hiatus already scheduled, which worked out great, because they rewrote a bunch of stories and came up with Mark being the father of the baby and what it would mean, and how it would change the shape of the season, so they had to work really fast and they did a great job.
 
Was the character of Mark, then that whole relationship had already been in place before you got pregnant in real life?
MARY:  Oh, yeah.  I know the story was planned and he was definitely coming back and we were probably going to hook-up.  But it work out timing-wise that when I told everybody that I was pregnant we were like, “Geez, Louise, who could it be? Is it Faber’s? Is it?” and then we thought like, “Oh, no timing-wise maybe it works out perfect if it’s Mark’s.” So it worked out great.  And it’s kind of [perfect]. I think it worked out even just story-wise because it was sort of a pure accident. There was nothing really deeper with Faber and it might have been sort of confusing. He had that wife and kids –and that was the whole thing. It just would have opened up a whole other set of really dramatic stories, whereas with Mark, it was like, “Oh!” It’s one of those things that happens in life that you just go, “Oh, my Lord.” You know, it was lighter.
 
When you found out they were going to write your pregnancy into the show, were you kind of hoping that Marshall would be written as the father?
MARY: No, I wasn’t.
FRED: No, I don’t think so.
MARY: It seems that we’d missed so many fun steps if that were the case. I mean, I was already really pregnant when we made that decision.  So it had to be someone.  I think if it had been Marshall we would have skipped so many steps and I think the audience would have felt robbed.
FRED: Yeah, it’s just – yeah, I don’t think it could happen.  We’d have to hook-up episode two or three of the season, and then what?
MARY: And that hadn’t happened. I mean, we’d already shot [a number of episodes].  We were already [too far along].  Timing-wise that couldn’t have worked anyway. But I also think it would have rushed — accelerated something that’s sort of fun to draw out.
FRED: I think that Mary and Marshall should and will hook-up at some point, but it’s a little bit like the escape from GILLIGAN’S ISLAND.  I mean, what comes after it is going to be tricky.
MARY: Yeah, that’s true. That’s a good reference as well.
 
Matt Nix of BURN NOTICE has said that romantic leads getting together only kills off a show if their only relationship-question poses whether they will hook up. So what kind of questions do you think plague Marshall and Mary’s relationship?
FRED: Wait, I’m sorry, their hooking up only kills off a show if they’re hooking-up as the only suspense?
MARY: That’s a lot of conditionals.
FRED: So the point is that our show could survive hook-up between Mary and Marshall because of what?  What other questions – or other sources of mystery? Well, I think that certainly Mary’s character is [complicated].  I don’t think we’ll ever (plumb) those depths entirely. I think if Mary and Marshall hooked-up, it would not exactly be a frictionless relationship.  So that would cause drama. I mean, a hook-up would have to be — I think it’s just a temporary thing that gave rise to other issues. What do you think, Mary?
MARY: No idea. It’s too big a question for me. It’s too big. I have no idea. I don’t know. I’m not good at that. That’s like a writer’s question.
 
Do you think there’s any possibility that Marshall is ever going to realize what his true feelings are for Mary in the show?
FRED: I don’t think Marshall is in denial about his true feelings for Mary at all. I think he’s completely aware of [how he feels]. I think he knows. I think he’s come very close to telling her.  I think she probably knows too. I think he thinks that she reciprocates those feelings as much as she can. I don’t know if Mary McCormack agrees, but [that’s my take].
MARY: No, I agree with that. I think Mary Shannon is able to compartmentalize in an unhealthy way and push things out of the front of her brain and push them to the back of her brain for comfort and ease.  It’s so survival. But, I think deep down [she knows].
 
Since Marshall’s not in denial about his feelings, how do you think he justifies his relationship with Abigail with himself?
FRED: Well, I think he’s sort of licking his wounds with her a little bit. I mean, he likes her and I think he’s surprised that he likes her. They get along. They have fun times. But I think that he knows there’s something missing. I don’t think he’s always aware of it, but I think he’s a romantic at heart and I really feel like he’s got this undeniable longing for Mary and I think that it’s always lurking there.  But he’s got to move on and he’s got needs, after all, for companionship and so forth.
 
Do you think he feels it’s unfair to Abigail on a certain level?
MARY: Yeah? Do you ever think of that? That it’s unfair to Abigail on some level?
FRED: Yeah. Yeah. I think probably so, yeah. But, she’s young.
MARY: She’s young.
FRED: Yeah, sure. It’s complicated. It’s messy.
 
Is Mary as dense as she seems about Marshall’s feelings and does Marshall think she’s being dense?
MARY: Wait, I didn’t hear it. Fred, did you hear it?
FRED: She’s asking if Marshall thinks that Mary is as dense about his feelings for her as she seems, and the answer is, no.  Marshall thinks that Mary is afraid of her feelings and she’s got many layers of self-defense over them.
MARY: I agree with that.
 
What do you think will happen to your characters if we were to visit them five years from now?
MARY: Oh my Lord, I don’t know. I really don’t know. I’m not very understanding today. I have no idea where I’d be without giving anything away.
FRED: I don’t know. We are probably still arguing.
MARY: She’s probably still in the same job, right? I mean, I imagine that’s a job that’s going to stick. She likes that job.
FRED: Arguing about different stuff. Probably having hooked-up and moved on to other people. Marshall’s trying to keep her from making her child a total wreck.
MARY: You’re implying though that I keep the child.
FRED: I don’t know what happens next season anymore than anybody else does. I want just want to make that clear right now. I have no idea what happens.
 
What are you looking forward to with Marshall in the future? What would you like to see him do or get into?
FRED: Well, I’d like to see him get into some kind of romantic relationship with Mary, but not something that’s too cozy or long lived. I just feel like it’s got to happen at some point . . . . I don’t want to jump to shark. I mean, I think that the more drama would ensue as a result of that. They’re certainly not going to start getting along better than they do now, which is pretty questionable already, you know what I mean? And there’s plenty of room for conflict and trouble.
 
Aside from each other, can you tell us about another IN PLAIN SIGHT cast member who you really enjoy working with and who really inspired you this season?
FRED: Well, in terms of regulars, I think Mary will agree with Paul Ben-Victor is
just astonishing to watch. He’s a great actor and he’s just really lovable funny and he’s amazing.
MARY: Yeah, we love PBV.
FRED:  In terms of guests, I like Maury Sterling who made a second appearance, I think based on the quality of his first appearance.  Right, Mary?
MARY: I think it was planned all along.
FRED: Oh, it was?
MARY: Yeah, It was planned all along to have character come back, but I think he came back in a much bigger way, because Maury was so good, you know? And actually, I mean, I’ve heard rumblings of maybe he surfaces again just because everyone enjoyed him so much, so who knows.
FRED: He’s funny.
MARY: He is really funny.
FRED:  And then Bryan Callen’s great too.
MARY: Yeah, and fun to work with.
 
Mary, just in general how do you think of the average woman watching IN PLAIN SIGHT this season can relate to your character, and in what ways do you think that she’s an inspiration to women?
MARY: Well, I mean I think part of the reasons she’s always been appealing to women is that women know the truth. We are grouchier and meaner and more judgmental than I think we’ve been allowed to be portrayed over the years.  . . I think it’s just sort of been our secret for a long time.  So it makes sense that there’s something cathartic watching a woman say what she’s feels and be ambitious and angry and sort of grouchy once in a while.  Because I think we are that way.  So, I think that’s probably why.
 
Fred, you spew out so many interesting details on this show, what have you learned?
FRED: Oh, gosh.
MARY: You mean about all of his trivia?
FRED: No, some of it’s me. I mean, occasionally.
MARY: You can tell, yeah.
FRED: You know, like the fact that there’s a layer of porcelain and (conk) shells is me, but anything medical science involving giving myself a tracheotomy, or whatever that was on Season 1, that’s something I’m Googling right then and there. And I did learn a few terms that I remember for a few days, but it’s gone now.
MARY: Fred’s a big reader. A lot of the times the literary quotes and stuff is your ideas.
FRED: Yeah, like the humanity stuff, the literature stuff.
MARY: The writers are really sweet about being collaborative and Fred will often say — and you know we had different showrunners come through — so they’re very of Fred’s sense of Marshall.  Because Fred and I talk about this a lot, but it’s a really sort of a tightrope, his character. He can’t just be filled with . I don’t know, how would you describe it, Fred? I mean, it’s not that he’s just nerdy.
FRED: No, he’s can’t go to that cliché. I mean, he’s a complicated guy. He’s very curious and he’s interested in everything.
MARY: Right. But, they’ve been very sweet about it. I mean, if Fred has an idea — like I think he would have read a lot of this guy or if he has a better idea for a line — they’re really collaborative, which I think is great.
 
In a DVD commentary Fred mentioned that you and Mary argued over shooting a particular scene. What kind of things do you typically argue over?
MARY: Do we argue, Fred? We’ve never had an argument while we’re shooting a scene, did we?
FRED: No, I think for the most part we are in [complete harmony].
MARY: When did we argue over a scene?
FRED: I don’t know. I think at some point you mentioned during a commentary some argument or other/
MARY: Oh.
FRED: No, there are many times when Mary is callus and unfeeling and –
MARY: Mary, the character?
FRED: No, Mary McCormack, who really makes Mary Shannon look like a sensitive woman probably.
MARY: He’s evil.  Seem warm and cuddly?  Oh, dear.
FRED: She’s a [challenging woman].
MARY:  This is not fair. I don’t like where this is going. [laughter]
 
*** SPOILER ALERT ****
 
What do you feel about Brandi running away like that in the finale?
MARY: Well, I loved it.  I thought it was such a great. I thought it was so great because it’s just because Nichole’s so good at playing that stuff. I thought she did a great job in the scene. And like people say, it’s hard to escape your nature. So I think that was a really nice scene. I love it. I loved (that scene because that was that).
FRED: I was just saying it’s harder to escape your nature, especially when your nature’s kind of crucial to the dynamic of the show.
MARY: Yeah, that’s true too.  That helps us out. But also, it’s a show.  It’s nice.  It’s just a nice development. In the finale, you look for opportunities to make people come back and you look for opportunities of a cliffhanger without things being cheeseball.  So I think that it added to the whole drama of what’s going to happen next season and what does that mean for Peter? And I just think it’s a great bit of writing of cliffhanger quality.
 
To see the climatic fourth season finale and where it exactly leaves our intrepid heroes as they stare down a sniper and face a possible runaway bride, tune in for IN PLAIN SIGHT on Sunday, August 7th at 10:00 p.m. on USA Network. Catch up on past episodes you may have missed for free online at clicktowatch.tv

SUNDAY
Sunday nights have been brutal for viewers with no less than eight competing shows: FALLING SKIES, LEVERAGE, DROP DEAD DIVA, TRUE BLOOD, IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE PROTECTOR (which just moved to Mondays), THE GLADES, BREAKING BAD and AGAINST THE WALL.  Factoring in that THE KILLING and GAME OF THRONES were also around for early summer, Sundays were a tough night to figure out what to watch and when.  Fortunately, many of these shows repeated frequently throughout the week to allow viewers a chance to catch anything they may have missed. 
 
But the standout was newcomer FALLING SKIES, which took the entire globe by storm and become a summer sensation.  With its trio of deadly aliens (the Skitters, the Mechs and the tall skinny freaks), Sundays were simply owned by FALLING SKIES.  Everyone wanted to see what was truly lurking beneath the surface and whether the survivors of the 2nd Mass had a chance in hell of ever fighting back.  With the 2-hour season finale scheduled to air this Sunday, August 7th and a rumored massive cliff-hanger, perhaps not all mysteries will be nicely tied up with a bow, but the good news is that FALLING SKIES will be back for its 2nd season next summer.  So don’t miss the season finale which promises an epic battle and revelations that will send our minds reeling until next summer.
 

MONDAY
Even more brutal than the jam-packed Sunday nights, Monday nights offered eleven competing shows all scrambling to capture a share of the viewers.  Tossed into the timeslot ring were: TEEN WOLF, EUREKA, WAREHOUSE 13, ALPHAS, THE CLOSER, RIZZOLI & ISLES, WEEDS, THE BIG C, THE PROTECTOR (it’s new night), SECRET LIFE OF AN AMERICAN TEENAGER and SWITCHED AT BIRTH.  It was nearly a blood-bath as viewers were forced to choose and unlike the Sunday night shows, these shows did not repeat so conveniently throughout the week.  Returning favorites THE CLOSER, RIZZOLI & ISLES, EUREKA, WAREHOUSE 13, and SECRET LIFE all held their own and recaptured their audiences.  What was astounding was that newcomers such as TEEN WOLF, ALPHAS and SWITCHED AT BIRTH were out of the gate successes and they too snagged a healthy portion of the viewing audience.  With a second season pick-up already announced for TEEN WOLF and an unprecedented order of 30 episodes for the 1st season of SWITCHED AT BIRTH, their respective networks were clearly pleased as well.  With ALPHAS holding onto the same audience that tunes in for EUREKA and WAREHOUSE 13, next season orders for all three are just about guaranteed.  The breakout hit for Monday nights is a tie between the supernatural thriller TEEN WOLF and ABC Family’s family heart-warmer SWITCHED AT BIRTH.  Both offered something vital to viewers seeking comfort TV:  a family they wanted to be a part of. 
 
While a teenage werewolf transition tale does not exactly scream “family” – TEEN WOLF did offer a wonderful surrogate family through young Scott’s friends.  Whether it was the lovely Allison, who stole his heart with love-at-first-sight, the best friend Stiles who knows how to quip a handy one-liner in a stressful moment, the ultra-competitive quasi-evil duo of Lydia and Jackson, or the muscle-bound, yet with a heart-of-gold Derek, teens were not the only ones cozying up to the young group of teens fighting to survive while hunted from all sides. 
 
In addition, SWITCHED AT BIRTH offered the most heart-breaking storyline couched in a warm, sunny world where two families chose to live together after discovering their daughters were switched at birth 16 years ago.  It was not just the “blue sky” appeal of the show that caught our attention, but rather the equally addictive and appealing characters that invited us into their homes.  From Bay to Daphne to Toby, Emmett, Liam and Ty, and all the charming parents, SWITCHED AT BIRTH introduced us to families and friends that we would all love to be a part of.
 

TUESDAY
Tuesday nights, while somewhat less time-constrained, were also busy nights on TV.  Competing were:  WHITE COLLAR, COVERT AFFAIRS, MEMPHIS BEAT, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING, COMBAT HOSPITAL, and MTV’s AWKWARD.  With 7 shows clamoring for attention, it was a little easier to juggle shows and watch them all, but it required some viewer dexterity.  Returning favorites WHITE COLLAR, COVERT AFFAIRS, MEMPHIS BEAT, and PRETTY LITTLE LIARS all fared well, but the newcomers stumbled under the weight of the stiff competition. 
 
Viewers were less likely to sample the new shows on Tuesday nights than other nights of the week — which is a shame, cause each of the new series had something special to offer and are worthy of second seasons.  For the teenage crowd, both THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING and MTV’s AWKWARD offered heaping spoonfuls of heart-melting romance.  Only the heartless could have withstood such wonderfully woven tales of teenage angst and teenage romance mixed with fun doses of comedic relief.  Then over on the darker side, there was COMBAT HOSPITAL which gave a glimpse into the world of medical surgeons in the war zone of Afghanistan.  But it only sounded dark and depressing.  The actual show had a nice mix of odd personalities and heart-warming messages.  Plus, one look into Michelle Borth’s soulful eyes and you too would be caught up in the day-to-day struggles of life on the front lines.  To viewers who tuned in and tuned out too quickly and those who have resisted these fine shows, it’s your loss.  For those who discovered and stuck with these shows, you know what I’m talking about when I say, these are must-see shows on Tuesday nights. 
 
As for the break-out hit of Tuesday nights, it goes once again to COVERT AFFAIRS.  Not even breaking stride from its first season break-neck pace, COVERT AFFAIRS took things to another level of action, globe-trotting and giving fans exactly what they want – more Auggie!  Piper Perabo’s Anne Walker may be the star of the show, but Chris Gorham’s Auggie Anderson stole all the hearts of the fans.  Kudos for all the hard work and inspired stories this season.  It’s been a fun and wild-ride!

 
WEDNESDAY
A night of much more manageable TV viewing, Wednesday offered a nice light night of only six competition shows:  ROYAL PAINS, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS, FRANKLIN & BASH, MELISSA & JOEY, STATE OF GEORGIA and HAPPILY DIVORCED.  It was a night that also relied heavily on comedy to ease the weekly tensions as viewers found themselves mid-week and flagging a bit at the thought of two more work days.  Despite the prevalence of comedy and the quick success of HAPPILY DIVORCED, which has already been picked up for a second season, the show that was the break-out success was newcomer NECESSARY ROUGHNESS. 
 
A tale of a therapist swept up into the high-stakes world of competitive sports, viewers latched onto Dr. Dani’s unique brand of therapy and her adrenaline-junkie clientele.  It also helped that the one client threaded throughout the season was charismatic Mehcad Brooks who stole scenes any chance he got and made us think of out-of-control football stars as great people to have hanging around the house.  The addictive trio of the unorthodox Dr. Dani, the mysterious fixer Nico and the hot-headed, but heart-warming T.K. made NECESSARY ROUGHNESS the break-out show of Wednesday nights.
 

THURSDAY
As the week wound down, it was a night of easy delights as BURN NOTICE, ROOKIE BLUE and newcomer SUITS dazzled fans with their own blend of amped-up drama.  Whether it was explosions, gun-fights, cheating boyfriends, or a con man turned wanna-be-lawyer, Thursdays had exactly what viewers wanted as they raced towards the end of the work week – pure, unadulterated, octane-fueled adrenaline rushes. 
 
SUITS does not exactly sound like a show for which a word like adrenaline would be associated, but it’s tight-wire act teasing us with whether Mike and Harvey’s high-stakes game of the ultimate con be found out kept viewers breathless with anticipation.  While both BURN NOTICE and ROOKIE BLUE brought their A-game this season, SUITS stole the night.  It was impossible to not fall for the charming handsome duo of Mike and Harvey and their new take on a legal drama can be wicked fun. Another show that if you haven’t checked it out yet, be prepared to fall in love!
 

FRIDAY
Also an easy night of TV, with the sci-fi faves TORCHWOOD and HAVEN facing off and as FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS wound down its final season, Fridays were a delicious treat for world-weary TV viewers.  Real life can suck the life right out of you by Friday, so it takes special shows to infuse a bit of life back into viewers before they tackle their unruly weekends.  Fortunately, as the Emmy nominations proved, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS was exactly what viewers were in the mood for and it was a great way to say goodbye to a show that created a world that felt like a second home for most of us.  To this day, there are many savvy TV critics who still believe that there simply must be a real Coach Taylor and his wife Tammy living in a small town in Texas.  It felt that real and that special of a place.  Pray the Emmy voters get it right this year and crown FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS the best drama on TV.  It earned it.
 
So while FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS felt like home, the worlds of TORCHWOOD and HAVEN were nothing like any place we would ever dream of living.  Frankly, both those worlds scared the beegeebizes out of us.  TORCHWOOD’s “miracle day” where everyone on earth stops dying, only to find out that is a fate worse than death; and HAVEN’s isolated world where an entire town is plagued by a curse that makes them all wish they lived somewhere else – those were not exactly the places anyone wants to willingly go to.   Yet, funny enough, viewers still flocked to them.  Watching others suffer and endure mysterious torment is oddly appealing.  But, more likely, it was the captivating characters that kept viewers tuning in.  Without the magic and mystery of the relationships between Audrey, Duke and Nathan on HAVEN, and the star-crossed lovers Jack and Gwen on TORCHWOOD, surely the horror stories of each show would not have been enough.  But throw in a few people that fans are dying to see more of and you’ve got a Friday night hit.  So sci-fi Fridays are alive and well and we can’t wait to see where these gripping shows take us.  Don’t miss another second and be sure to tune in for both TORCHWOOD and HAVEN on Fridays – they offer an adventure like you have never seen before!
 

SATURDAY
No matter how you look at it, Saturday nights are the slowest night of TV.  Other than the occasional Syfy or Hallmark movie of the week, the only network dipping its toe into Saturday night programming is BBC America, which offered both DOCTOR WHO and OUTCASTS on Saturday nights this summer.  DOCTOR WHO teased fans by starting the summer, then going on a short hiatus, and then will return on August 27th to finish off its 6th season.  This was a double-edged sword of disappointment as fans were outraged to have the mid-season interruption just when the show was picking up steam and left everyone shell-shocked over the identity of River Song, and that it was replaced by a show that was already announced to only extend one short season.  So OUTCASTS already had a death-knell hanging over it and DOCTOR WHO fans were chomping impatiently at the bit to get their show back.  The clear winner of Saturdays was DOCTOR WHO – and its tale is not over yet.  With its next episode entitled, “Let’s Kill Hitler” and knowing perfectly well the mystery of River Song is nowhere near being concluded, DOCTOR WHO promises to recapture hearts and imaginations all over again.  Is it August 27th yet????
 
Summer viewing has been long mistaken as a time that dead shows come to die and new shows come to debut to less competition.  While both those premises may be true, for the television connoisseur, it is a time of discovery and a chance to embrace and celebrate shows that would be overshadowed the rest of the year.    For the summer of 2011, it was like opening up a treasure chest with each piece more dazzling and delightful than the last. So I invite you to savor these last few weeks of summer TV and appreciate the final episodes of the season.  Summer of 2011 was simply spectacular!

Catch up on past episodes of your favourite summer shows for free at clicktowatch.tv

Tiffany Vogt is a contributing writer to The TV Addict. She has a great love for television and firmly believes that entertainment is a world of wondrous adventures that deserves to be shared and explored – she invites you to join her. Please feel free to contact Tiffany at Tiffany_Vogt_2000@yahoo.com or follow her at on Twitter (@TVWatchtower). Tiffany also writes as a columnist for NiceGirlsTV.

In the new USA Network series SUITS, Gina Torres portrays Jessica Pearson, a name partner at a New York City law office, whose hot-shot legal protege Harvey Specter has just hired a savant con man to pose as a new lawyer at their office.  The ensuing legal gamesmanship and high-powered chess match leads them all down a path, which either leads to their redemption or an ethical morass that could jeopardize them all.
 
In portraying Jessica, the woman who mentored Harvey, what do you think motivated her to take on such an endeavor? Was she motivated by an altruistic reason, personal reason or just plain curiosity? 
Gina: I think what moves anybody to mentor somebody, who turns out to be as big a pain in the ass as Harvey, is potential. You see an undeniable potential in someone and if you feel that you can bring it forth, if you can nurture it in some way and have this person realize have this self-realization and the professional realization that they deserve, then I don’t see how you can turn away from that challenge or that experience.
 
How would you describe Jessica and Harvey’s professional and/or personal relationship? 
Gina: Oh God. Harvey.  It’s complicated, as the movie says. I think like all great relationships, and I’m hoping that we have the time to prove that this is one of those great relationships that we can in later years turn to and go, ‘Oh God, that’s like – that so Jessica and Harvey.’  It is more than just one thing. It is both deeply intimate and personal, as well as mysterious. I’m his mother, I’m his sister, I’m his priest, I’m his confidante. I’m all of those things, as he is for me.
  
On the surface this is a series about the relationship between two men. But then we have other people that come into play, like Donna and Jessica. How do you see, like, the role of women in this show? 
Gina: I think and I believe — as has been my experience in life in general — that a strong man doesn’t get very far without a strong woman beside him – not behind him, beside him. I think Donna is a fantastic example of that. And Jessica is certainly a fantastic example of that, as we establish very early on that Harvey would not have the career that he has now if Jessica didn’t believe in him.  So, having said that, I, Aaron Korsh and all the other writers on the show have done nothing to shortchange that reality. I think the women in this series are depicted very intelligently, powerfully and also without shortchanging their femininity. I mean, [Mike and Harvey] are all-men and [Donna and Jessica] are all women, and they’re all in this together.
 
You’ve played a whole history of strong female characters. Have you drawn on any of that to prepare for this role as Jessica?
Gina: Jessica is kind of a culmination of so many characters and women and just the life experience that I’ve had over the years. It’s great at this point in my career to sort of arrive at [this character] at this moment in time.  It all goes into the pot.
 
To follow-up on the whole strong female character thing. That seems to the theme on USA shows. Did you take that into account when you took this role, that you were going to be playing the strong female character?
 Gina: I believe my initial reaction was, ‘Oh, another strong female character.’ More strong female character questions. It is something that follows me. I’m so happy that it does, I have to say. They are great fun to depict. It’s also great fun to find the chink in the armor. As much as I am enjoying playing Jessica and in all of her unapologetic feminine fabulous authority, it’s just as much fun to unearth and find those things that make her vulnerable – that make her human – and I think ultimately make her more interesting.
 
What do you think female viewers will learn from Jessica?
 Gina: Oh gosh. I think that’s a very personal sort of individual thing. Certainly on the surface, if you work hard and if you’re committed and if you really believe in what you’re doing and conduct yourself with a kind of grace and conviction that you can get as far as you want to.  It’s about choices in your life.  Sometimes you make good choices, sometimes you make bad choices, and you just have to wait and see which ones turn out to be which.
 
What I did want to know is how did you get this role? Was it one of those things where you had to go out for it and audition and really fight for it, or were you lucky enough to have it offered to you?
 Gina: I was lucky enough to have it offered to me. That’s not to say that I didn’t have to jump through a couple of hoops. But having said that, I was on a very short list. I had, because of my long list of strong female portrayals that that preceded me, I’d already had a kind of a relationship and a rapport with USA Network based on some things that I had done with them previously. So my name came up for this part and they asked if I was interested. And I was. I was really only interested because she’s not a gatekeeper. She’s just not the babysitter watching these guys swing, as it were.  She plays an important part in their consciousness — which I’d like to believe, since I go to work every day. . . .There is also a promise of developing [Jessica] as a fully realized woman and what makes her tick, and what makes her interesting. So that’s that’s what I’m hoping viewers will get to see.
 
In the pilot Harvey comes in and he pretty much blackmails Jessica to get his senior partnership back. And Jessica almost seems proud of the fact that he used this maneuver to get his position back. Is that a correct interpretation of that scene and how does that play into the relationship between Harvey and Jessica?
Gina: I think as the series starts to unfold, more and more about that particular scene is revealed.  It’s less about pride and more about knowing and expecting Harvey to react in a certain way. I think she’s very familiar with how he plays ball, and she needs him to play ball in a certain way.  So Jessica sort of has a plan and and Jessica’s plan for Harvey is that she really needs him to grow a soul. I think as the series progresses more of that is revealed as you get to know how they relate to each other and what the work actually means to them as individuals. As much as she respects the kind of lawyer that he is, I think she’s still on the fence a little bit about the kind of a man that he is.  So we’ll be seeing that play out over the season.
 
Will we be meeting the other named partner at any time and will there be kind of some other interoffice politics and we will we be delving into more of the personnel at the law firm?
Gina: We’ll definitely be looking into more of the people and certainly delving into more of the regular cast and getting to know them and what those interrelationships are.  As far as the silent partner, we have yet to meet him. But there’s still a few episodes that we have yet to shoot, so who knows? Mr. Harden or Ms. Harden might show up.
 
According to Gabriel Macht, in Harvey’s backstory, he’s kind of created for his character and he said that Jessica likely had a really big hand in creating him as the man that he is. Would you say that that is true to his backstory? Is that the reason why Jessica lets him away with so much that most other people would not let a lawyer like that get away with?
Gina: Yes,  I think that’s actually very true that Jessica had a great deal to do with who he is and where he is. And she’s not done raising him. Though it might appear that she lets him get away with a lot. What’s so interesting and fascinating about this world that we are in is that there are no absolutes. There’s no black and white.  You have to take each case and each situation as it comes.  It’s really much like life — take each individual case for its merit and the job that needs to be done. We all become guilty of blurring the lines and the boundaries.  So who’s to say what is right and what is wrong? We’re all just trying to figure it out.
 
The thorny world of Pearson Harden, the games just got murkier and yet more intriguing.  How long can this ‘house of cards’ last?  Tune in to find out.  SUITS airs Thursdays at 10:00PM on USA Network.

Full of enthusiasm and exuberance that mirrors her character on the show, Brooke D’Orsay could barely contain her excitement over the upcoming third season of ROYAL PAINS.  She was only too happy to share what she loves about Paige, the Paige/Evan relationship and what may lie ahead for the two love birds.

When last seen at the end of the second season, Paige and Evan were embarking on a European dream vacation.  As the series picks up nine months later, Paige and Evan return to life in the Hamptons still as in love and happy as ever.  As Brooke teased, “They did go to Europe. We start a year later at the beginning of the following summer. So they’ve been dating a year now. The first year everything is new and exciting, but this new year brings complications for their relationship.”  The balloon has not exactly burst, but real life issues begin to encroach in their cocoon of bliss.

Talking about the one thing that really stands out and describes who Paige is as a person, Brooke said that the word that best describes her is “benevolent.”  As she explained, “[Paige] has such a good heart and is so generous. She always tries to act in the best interest of others.”  Even when it may not be in her own best interest, such as hiding a secret.

Yet despite this altruistic streak in Paige, Brooke really admires Paige’s ease with life.  She tried to explain it as, “I admire her ease –her sense of ease. She always does the right thing.”  That instinct to do the right thing will be tested soon enough when there are conflicting things that weigh upon Paige as the third season reveals.

The growing depth and expansion of her role has even surprised Brooke who exclaimed, “I was really surprised! [Paige] was originally in one episode, possibly two.”  The fact that the show has embraced her and the character so warmly and made her an integral part of it has been a dream come true for Brooke.  Not only is the storyline going to take some surprising twists this season, but it has also offered her the chance to explore facets that she never envisioned.

Brooke also loves the rich and diverse wardrobe that Paige gets to wear on the show.  She shared that her favorite costume piece so far was an Elie Tahari dress that she wore in the scene where Brooke said goodbye to her parents.  In fact, she happily shared, “I actually went out and bought it! Caroline Duncan is the best at creating wardrobes. I don’t have to add any input because the outfits are perfect!”

Looking back over this past season and all the fun moments she got to be a part of on the show, Brooke said that the one moment that really resonated with her was when Hank said, “A person is rich who manages to do well and good.”  She said, “It was the best line. I loved it!”

As for how much fun it is to work with her co-star Paulo Costanza, Brooke was just as effusive in her admiration of him.  She gleefully noted, “He’s the best! He is so much fun and we have such a good time. I really do enjoy his company.”

Brooke is so happy with where her character arc is going, she sees a world of opportunity ahead for Paige and Evan.  When asked if she thought there may be a wedding ahead in their future, she exclaimed, “I certainly hope so! I feel like it could go that way. I wouldn’t be surprised.”  She also has thought about the wedding and what it would be like and speculated, “I think it would be non-traditional. It would be fun and youthful. Outside of the box but still nice.” 

In addition to the fun scenes that she has with Paulo, Brooke just loves her co-stars Reshma Shetty and Jill Flint, who play Divya Katdare and Jill Casey respectively.  They are bit of a ‘girl’s club’ and Brooke revealed, “I love those girls! We do dinner and drinks all the time.”  She also said that it would be fun to have an episode focusing on the ‘girls’ for a change, such as “We need to have a CHARLIE’S ANGEL episode!”

Finally, for DROP DEAD DIVA fans, Brooke also teased that she will be making another appearance on the show in either episode 6 or 7 this season, which is a flashback with both Jackson Hurst and April Bowlby.  So be sure to keep your eyes peeled for that special appearance as well.

To find out what secrets Paige may be hiding and what kind of wrinkle that puts in her future plans with Evan, be sure to tune in to ROYAL PAINS starting Wednesday, June 29th at 9:00PM on USA Network.

Tiffany Vogt is a contributing writer to The TV Addict. She has a great love for television and firmly believes that entertainment is a world of wondrous adventures that deserves to be shared and explored – she invites you to join her. Please feel free to contact Tiffany at Tiffany_Vogt_2000@yahoo.com or follow her at on Twitter (@TVWatchtower). Tiffany also writes as a columnist for NiceGirlsTV.

Tiffany Vogt is a contributing writer to The TV Addict. She has a great love for television and firmly believes that entertainment is a world of wondrous adventures that deserves to be shared and explored – she invites you to join her. Please feel free to contact Tiffany at Tiffany_Vogt_2000@yahoo.com or follow her at on Twitter (@TVWatchtower). Tiffany also writes as a columnist for NiceGirlsTV.

Tiffany Vogt is a contributing writer to The TV Addict. She has a great love for television and firmly believes that entertainment is a world of wondrous adventures that deserves to be shared and explored – she invites you to join her. Please feel free to contact Tiffany at Tiffany_Vogt_2000@yahoo.com or follow her at on Twitter (@TVWatchtower). Tiffany also writes as a columnist for NiceGirlsTV.