For much of the western world, war is either something of the past or something happening far away. Acts of wartime heroism and sacrifice are honored periodically throughout the year, but seldom are they deeply reflected upon.
Television and films have long tried to bring the realities of war to those who will never experience it themselves. Notable small-screen at tempts include “M*A*S*H” and “Band of Brothers,” but these seldom possess the grit found in big-screen depictions. 2017 saw the exception to this, with the premiere of Histo ry’s “SIX,” which has its season 2 premiere appropriately airing on Monday, May 28: Memorial Day.
“SIX” is a high-intensity, highstakes drama that takes its in spiration from the real-life SEAL Team Six, a prominent component of the U.S. Armed Forces military di vision focused on coun terterrorism. Each epi sode delves into the split-second deci sions that members of SEAL Team must make, and how those decisions have a lasting effect both for the team members involved and for the surround ing community. Although the team isn’t adverse to
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providing aid if possible, the mission at hand is always top of mind, with the nation’s security of primary importance.
SEAL Team Six is comprised of quite a diverse cast. Barry Sloane (“Longmire”) is Joe “Bear” Graves, the team’s senior chief special warfare operator. Providing support are Kyle Schmid (“Being Human”) as Alex Caulder and Juan Pablo Raba (“Narcos”) as Ricky “Buddha” Ortiz. Rounding out the cast are Jaylen
Moore (“Bad Moms,” 2016) as Armin Khan and Edwin Hodge (“Sleepy Hollow”) as Robert Chase III, fellow special warfare operators. After the events of season 1, SEAL Team Six required a new member, found in Eric Ladin’s (“Bosch”) role as special warfare operator first class, Trevor. Season 1 of “SIX” wasted little time wading into the moral grey zone of war, with senior chief special warfare operator Richard “Rip” Taggart (Walton Goggins, “The Hateful Eight,” 2015) quickly reduced to former senior chief special warfare operator after shooting a man who had claimed to have American citizenship. A few years later, while earning a living working in private security at a Nigerian school for girls, Rip was taken hostage, prompting his former team to find and rescue him. The team’s relentless hunt did not go unrewarded, but a betrayal resulted in a violent assault on Rip, filling fans with unease as they desperately longed to know the character’s fate.
If the trailers and promos are any indication, it does appear that Rip is still alive — for now, at least, as he appears to be comatose. Season 2 finds the team on the hunt for the man behind Rip’s shooter, a powerful figure known as “The Prince” (Nikolai Nikolaeff, “Daredevil”). The Prince is aware of SEAL Team’s quest for vengeance, but he will not hold back or compromise on his own personal de-
sires, seemingly fearless in the face of the six.
While Trevor may be the latest member of the SEAL team, Laden isn’t the only fresh face in season 2. Olivia Munn (“Miles from Tomorrowland”) plays the role of CIA operations officer Gina Cline, who seemingly has a tense past with some members of the team. While little is known about Gina pre-premiere, she appears to be a means of communication for the team, able to press captive terrorists into providing the information required to locate and take down The Prince. Her fearless, determined spirit makes her a formidable ally for the team, but for them to truly succeed, trust must be established.
Much of the show’s success stems from its gritty and authentic portrayal of covert military operations, particularly in terms of how the characters battle with their own sense of duty and morality. Rip’s actions right at the start of the series exemplifies this. During a promo spot for “SIX,” Goggins noted that Rip’s decision to shoot was merely him “reacting to the trauma he’s been under over the course of his time in the service.” Additionally, “SIX” doesn’t shy away from complicating traditional notions of friend and foe.
Even those initially seen as villainous can have understandable motives, and for Goggins this is essential. Viewers may have wanted to side with Rip, but Goggins believes that it was “as important to him to tell [his captor’s] story as it was to tell [his own] story.” Fleshing out both the terrorists and the SEAL Team members may put some at odds with the show, but such an act holds much significance in times like ours, when hero and villain are often simply a matter of circumstance and perspective.
In humanizing warfare and conflict, “SIX” challenges viewers not to forgive the violent actions of others, but to consider the trauma that may have led to someone committing such acts. The story always keeps SEAL Team Six at the forefront, but also reveals that even the toughest of soldiers battle internal emotions and are weighed down by the endless onslaught of despair, doubt and aggression. Redeeming moments are found when the team can conquer its tasked mission, validating the uncertainty of actions past and promising a rewarding future.
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12. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the ___” (1991 film)
13. Board game of world conquest
14. Chop down
15. Lennon’s in-laws
16. Actor Richard, who played Thorin Oakenshield in “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” (2012) and its sequels
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25. Engine supercharger
28. Illegal burning
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30. Watch again, as a movie
31. Exterminate, as the Pied Piper
32. River to the Rhone
33. Actress Cannon, who earned an Oscar-nomination for “Heaven Can Wait” (1978)
34. Rat-___-___
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48. On the safe side, at sea
49. Third word in a limerick, frequently
50. Samuel Adams and others
51. Suffix with Congo Down
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2. Top-of-the-line
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4. Likeness between siblings
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6. Sources for 8 Down
7. American mil. branch
8. It may leave a mark
9. “Silk Stockings” (1957) leading lady Cyd
10. Brain scan, for short
11. Get behind
17. Worldly
19. Fowl place
23. Person of action
24. Old knife
25. Mrs. Lincoln’s maiden name
26. Manhattan Project scientist
27. Uncommon find
28. Opera highlights
34. Texas A&M athlete
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37. Mex. miss
39. Monty Python member Eric
40. Rejections
41. Kind of school club
42. “The Young Pope” star Jude 43. Time period 44. Popular way to get
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There’s no shortage of cooking competitions on television, but there aren’t any others that are quite like “MasterChef.” It’s been a summertime staple on Fox for eight years now, and all the Mystery Boxes, Pressure Tests and wow-worthy dishes return for a ninth season on Wednesday, May 30.
This season finds another change in the judges lineup, albeit one that’s bringing back a familiar face. Chef Christina Tosi took over as the competition’s third judge in season 6, following the departure of restaurateur Joe Bastianich, and
after three seasons of witnessing both inspired culinary genius and spectacular kitchen disasters, she’s bowed out herself.
Tosi’s replacement is none other than Bastianich himself, returning to the job that made him famous. He joins returning judge chef Aarón Sánchez, who first joined as a permanent judge last season, and chef Gordon Ramsay, who’s been the series’ face-man since the very beginning.
“MasterChef” is an amateur cooking competition like no other. Every year, thousands of talented home cooks try out for the chance to impress Ramsay and the other judges, but only the best cooks (and the best for TV — this is reali-
ty television, after all) get invited to actually compete. Unlike in, say, “Hell’s Kitchen,” another series with Ramsay at the helm, in “MasterChef,” the notoriously foulmouthed culinary icon is far more toned down and quite a bit more helpful.
It makes sense; the challenges here are grueling, and the competitors aren’t culinary professionals by any stretch of the imagination. They’re everyday people with a zest for cooking and dreams of turning that passion into a career.
Ramsay and the other judges definitely ride them hard and expect superb, restaurant-quality dishes, but at the end of the day, it isn’t surprising when the contestants struggle to run a restaurant kitchen for a busy dinner service — after all, none of them have ever done this sort of thing before. But that right there is a big part of what makes “MasterChef” so special: it’s just ordinary people with extraordinary cooking skills being given their first taste of life in the culinary world.
One year after her husband, Kane (Isaac), an Army Special Forces soldier, went missing while on a mission, biology professor Lena (Portman) is shocked to find him at home with his health rapidly worsening. She learns that he’d been sent to investigate an anomalous electromagnetic field called The Shimmer, which appeared without explanation three years prior, and he was the only survivor from among a number of military teams sent into the anomaly. Due to her expertise in cellular
biology, Lena is recruited for an expedition into The Shimmer, but once they are inside the anoma lous bubble, the members of the team find themselves forgetting pieces of time and come under attack by animals with bizarre and dangerous mutations. As the members of the team push to wards the lighthouse where the growing anomaly first appeared, the level of danger escalates, putting them all at extreme risk.
Director:Alex Garland. Stars: Natalie Portman,Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh,Gina Rodri guez,TessaThompson,Tuva No
votny,BenedictWong,Sonoya Mizuno. 2018. 115 min.Adventure.
Miss Stevens
A young high school teacher (Rabe) takes three of her students to a drama competition in California for a weekend, bonding with all three of them, but especially with Billy (Chalamet). She discovers the two have a lot in common, including a lack of friends or romantic interests in their lives. As her weekend with the three teenagers drags on, she’s forced to confront her own issues with her life as she sees it thorough the eyes of her students, even as she pushes all
three to persevere through some of life’s more difficult moments.
Director:Julia Hart.Stars:Lily Rabe,Timothée Chalamet.2016. 86 min.Comedy.
The evolution of electronic dance music is chronicled in this documentary, primarily through examining the lengthy careers of Martin Garrix and Carl Cox. Through interviews with artists and industry insiders, the music genre’s relationship with pop culture is closely examined and its pervasiveness explored.
Directors:Bert Marcus,Cyrus Saidi.Stars:Carl Cox,Martin Garrix. 2017. 94 min. Documentary.
