Barb Oates, Author at StayTuned Magazine

Nurse Jackie recap episode 9 – Zoey and Jackie take a road trip

June 7, 2015 Barb Oates

Nurse Jackie recap Season 7, Episode 9 “Serviam in Caritate” (original airdate June 7, 2015) Jackie and Zoey take an emergency road trip in search of Grace. Prince is the rockstar of the community at All Saints and Eddie comes to Akalitus’ aide. Episode 9 of Nurse Jackie was a bit of a wild ride. The episode starts with Dr. Prince and Jackie. “You could stick that fucker in my eyeball if it would buy me another six months,” Dr. Prince (Tony Shalhoub) tells Jackie (Edie Falco) as she inserts him with a needle of his experimental treatment. Prince has […]

We talk with the boss! Mary McDonnell gives Major Crimes season 4 preview

June 5, 2015 Barb Oates

Come on, major crimes division — how could you have let Phillip Stroh get away on that deal? We last saw the sadistic killer escaping via Uber. Season 4 of Major Crimes is themed around courage and we will see more shakeups in relationships, more Flynn and Sharon, and, yes, more Phillip Stroh (Billy Burke). We talked with Capt. Sharon Raydor — Mary McDonnell — on what to expect this season as Major Crimes returns Monday, June 8 at 9pm ET/PT. Obviously Phillip is still around, so what can you share on that? There is a Phillip Stroh element to […]

Matthew Modine on TNT’s “Proof” and life after death

June 4, 2015 Barb Oates

What if you had all the money in the world and all you wished for was one question to be answered? Cancer-stricken billionaire Ivan Turing has a short time left on Earth and needs to know if death truly is the end, so he sets out to hire his own researchers. That’s the premise behind TNT’s new thought-provoking drama Proof, starring Matthew Modine and Jennifer Beals. “He, like Steve Jobs, began his business working out of his garage, tinkering, building things that the world has never seen or imagined before, and he’s parlayed that into an incredibly successful industry,” says […]

Nurse Jackie recap episode 8 – weddings, death and Donna Summer?

May 31, 2015 Barb Oates

Nurse Jackie recap Season 7, Episode 8 “Managed Care” (original airdate May 31, 2015) We start with a little mommy/daughter one-on-one time with Grace (Ruby Jerins) and Jackie (Edie Falco) shopping. Grace can’t pick between two outfits. Jackie suggests she gets them both. Grace knows all too well, and reminds she doesn’t have money for that. Plus, she usually only buys her things when she feels guilty. Neither is the situation this time, so Jackie springs it on her. “I’m getting married to Eddie.” Grace ain’t digging that idea. When Jackie tries to defend Eddie as a good man, Grace digs […]

Outlander season finale recap: How to save someone who doesn’t want to be saved

May 30, 2015 Barb Oates

Outlander season finale, episode 16 “To Ransom A Man’s Soul” (original airdate May 30, 2015) Sam Heughan and Tobias Menzies both deserve Emmy consideration, as they translated the most horrifying and graphic material from the novel into one of the most scaring episodes we’ve ever seen on TV. Heugan left us jaw-dropped and pained as season 1 of Outlander came to a brutal and emotionally charged ending. The episode begins with the beating of drums and a marching-flute melody playing in the background as we see the British army gather outside Wentworth Prison. Inside the walls cameras follow the cracks […]

Nurse Jackie recap episode 7 – help from some shrooms and a pill mill

May 24, 2015 Barb Oates

Nurse Jackie recap Season 7, Episode 7 “Are You With Me, Doctor Wu?” (original airdate May 24, 2015) OK Jackie, we are proud of you. When we left Jackie last week, I wasn’t 100% confident that Grace truly did save her from a relapse. I envisioned Jackie taking Grace’s call and then turning back to take the hit she was offered. Glad I was wrong. We start Episode 7 with Jackie (Edie Falco) and Kevin (Domenic Fumusa) meeting with a school counselor to discuss Grace’s future. “May I say you two did something right,” the counselor says pointing to Grace […]

Texas Rising on History is the TV event of the year, we talk with Bill Paxton, Ray Liotta & more

May 21, 2015 Barb Oates

The enormity of the talent involved in History’s exhilarating new historical drama, Texas Rising, was more than evident as Bill Paxton, Olivier Martinez, Ray Liotta, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Roland Joffé walked into a hotel cottage in Pasadena earlier this year to talk to us about the 10-hour event series. It’s truly the TV event of the year with an emotionally riveting story and a cast list that extends beyond the aforementioned, which includes Brendan Fraser, Thomas Jane, Christopher McDonald, Jeremy Davies, Chad Michael Murray, Max Thieriot, Robert Knepper, Rhys Coiro, Crispin Glover, Jeff Fahey, Rob Morrow, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Trevor […]

Interview: #RichKids of Beverly Hills talk season 3 (Hoff’s daughter joins the gang)

May 20, 2015 Barb Oates

The sexy, sassy and oh-so-selfie obsessed #RichKids of Beverly Hills return for a new season on E! beginning Sunday, May 24 at 10pm ET/PT. As expected, Season 3 promises plenty more drama – so much so that the series has been expanded to one-hour episodes. Joining Dorothy Wang, Morgan Stewart, Roxy Sowlaty, Jonny Drubel, EJ Johnson and Brendan Fitzpatrick is reality newbie Taylor-Ann Hasselhoff — yes, it’s Baywatch star David Hasselhoff’s daughter. We caught up with the majority of the group (less Dorothy, who was in China visiting family) for a quick chat on what we can expect from these […]

Nurse Jackie recap Season 7 Episode 6 “High Noon” – Bring on the angry Viking princess

May 17, 2015 Barb Oates

Nurse Jackie recap Season 7 Episode 6 “High Noon” (original airdate May 17, 2015) We get a bit of a psychedelic start to this episode, where Jackie plunges (literally) into her fridge chasing the only item in it — a bottle of pills. It was a craving dream and the start of her insomnia, which brings her to All Saints three hours early. There she finds a very hung over Dr. Prince. But he seems to have the cure for both of them. Jackie (Edie Falco) and Prince (Tony Shalhoub) share some one-on-one time while rehydrating (true nurse style) compliments […]

Recap: Outlander episode 15: Wentworth Prison proves worse than imagined

May 16, 2015 Barb Oates

Outlander episode 15 “Wentworth Prison” (original airdate May 16, 2015) As the noose gets raised, one prisoner after another gets a swift shove off of a platform to meet their final fate at Wentworth Prison. It’s eerily silent, where the cracking of necks is echoed throughout the courtyard where Jamie (Sam Heughan) and MacQuarrie (Douglas Henshall) await, their turns nearing. The two muse about the aftermath of the noose, as MacQuarrie tries to find the bright side. But Jamie wants to make one final run at freedom and tells MacQuarrie that when they come to get him he’ll wrap his […]