document_title: A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)

question_text: who plays mrs. whatsit in a wrinkle in time

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text: A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Thirteen-year-old Meg Murry struggles to adjust to school and home life ever since her father Alex, a well-renowned scientist, mysteriously disappeared while he was studying astrophysics. Both Meg and her mother Kate believe he solved the question of humanity's existence and theorize he was teleported to another world.

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text: During the night, Meg's younger brother Charles Wallace welcomes a stranger in a large white dress named Mrs. Whatsit into the Murry family house. She mentions the tesseract, a type of space-travel Alex was working on, is real, and leaves soon after. The next day, one of Meg's classmates, Calvin O'Keefe, joins them to go to the house of Mrs. Who, another strange woman who speaks only in quotations and seems to know Charles Wallace.

text: When Calvin joins Meg and Charles Wallace in their backyard, Mrs. Whatsit appears with Mrs. Who and another woman, Mrs. Which, who is the oldest and appears as a giant. The three reveal themselves as astral travelers, and lead Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace through a tesseract taking them to a distant planet named Uriel.

text: Mrs. Whatsit transforms into a beautiful green creature, and takes the children up into the atmosphere, where they see a dark shadow known as The IT. Mrs. Which tells Meg her father's experiments resulted in his being captured by The IT, a malevolent entity plotting to take over the universe. Gaining the women's trust, Meg and the others tesser to another planet where a seer known as the Happy Medium resides.

text: The Happy Medium shows them Meg's father is trapped on a planet called Camazotz, The IT's homeworld. Mrs. Which also explains The IT represents all of the greed, anger, pride, selfishness, and low self-esteem in the world. Showing them examples of these characteristics, Meg learns that while Calvin is popular at school, he is neglected and bullied by his father and her school enemy Veronica Kiley is extremely self-conscious. The three Mrs. propose they travel back to Earth to regroup, but Meg's strong will to find her father overrides the tesseract, and she accidentally redirects them to Camazotz instead.

text: Upon arriving on Camazotz, Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Who are unable to stay because Camazotz's evil is stronger than their light. Before they depart, they bestow gifts upon Meg; these include Mrs. Who's glasses, the knowledge of Meg's faults, and the command to never separate.

text: The trio treks through Camazotz's hazardous traps before reaching a crowded beach where they meet the IT's bodyguard, Red. He offers the starving children food and tells them Alex is safe and happy. He reveals to them there is nothing to worry about here, but Calvin and Meg realize something is wrong when Charles Wallace proclaims all of the food tastes like sand. When Red starts repeating the times tables, Charles Wallace is hypnotized by the rhythm, allowing the IT to take full control of his mind.

text: When Meg and Calvin pursue Charles Wallace, they find themselves in a seemingly empty room. Using Mrs. Who's glasses, Meg finds an invisible staircase leading to the room where her father is being kept prisoner. After bringing him out of captivity, the IT's power allows Charles Wallace to forcefully drag them to finally meet his master. As Calvin and Meg fall under the IT's power, Alex opens another tesser and prepares to leave with the children, abandoning Charles Wallace. Meg refuses and projects out of the tesser herself, leaving her alone. When she confronts Charles Wallace in corruption, she realizes the IT uses deception and hatred for power. Using her love for her brother and the knowledge she is imperfect, Meg frees Charles Wallace from the control of the IT and releases the control of Camazotz from the evil entity. The three Mrs. return and tell Meg her time is here to tesser for herself.

text: Returning home, Meg thanks the women for their help and for rescuing her father and they part ways, while Veronica becomes nice to her. The film ends with the Murry family celebrating a joyful reunion and Calvin going home to confront his father.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Oprah Winfrey as Mrs. Which
Reese Witherspoon as Mrs. Whatsit
Mindy Kaling as Mrs. Who
Storm Reid as Meg Murry, a gifted young girl
Levi Miller as Calvin O'Keefe, Meg's classmate and friend
Deric McCabe as Charles Wallace Murry, Meg's prodigious adoptive 6-year-old brother
Chris Pine as Dr. Alexander Murry, Meg and Charles Wallace's long-lost father
Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Dr. Kate Murry, Meg and Charles Wallace's mother
Zach Galifianakis as The Happy Medium
Michael Peña as Red[10]

David Oyelowo as the IT, Red's true diabolical form[10]

André Holland as Principal James Jenkins[10]
Rowan Blanchard as Veronica Kiley[10]
Bellamy Young as Camazotz Woman[10]
Conrad Roberts as Elegant Man[10]
Yvette Cason as a teacher[10]
Will McCormack as another teacher[10]
Daniel MacPherson as Calvin's father[10]

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text: Production[edit]

text: In October 2010, it was announced that Walt Disney Pictures had retained the film rights for the 1962 novel A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle, which had previously been made as a 2003 television film. Following the financial success of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010), Disney announced that they had hired Jeff Stockwell to write the screenplay for Cary Granat and his new Bedrock Studios. Granat had previously worked with Disney on the Chronicles of Narnia and Bridge to Terabithia films.[11] The project's budget was slated to be $35 million, which the company compared to District 9 and Bridge to Terabithia, both of which were made for less than $30 million.[12] On August 5, 2014, Jennifer Lee was announced as the screenwriter, taking over from Stockwell, who wrote the first draft.[13][14] On February 8, 2016, it was reported that Ava DuVernay had been offered the job of directing the film, and she was confirmed to direct later that same month.[15][16] She became the first woman of color to direct a live-action film with a production budget over $100 million.[17]

text: On July 26, 2016, Variety reported that Oprah Winfrey had began final negotiations to join the film, to play Mrs. Which, the eldest of the three Mrs. Ws, celestial beings who help guide the children along their journey.[18] On September 7, 2016, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling were reported as being in talks to join the film, with Witherspoon to play Mrs. Whatsit, who presents as a chatty, grandmotherly hobo, and Kaling set for the quotation-reciting Mrs. Who.[19] On September 13, 2016, Storm Reid was cast in the lead role of Meg Murry, a young girl traumatized by the disappearance of her scientist father years before.[20] In October 2016, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Chris Pine were cast as the parents of Meg, Dr. Kate Murry and Dr. Alex Murry, respectively.[21][22] On November 1, 2016, more cast were announced, including Zach Galifianakis as the Happy Medium, André Holland as Principal Jenkins, Levi Miller as Calvin, and Deric McCabe as Charles Wallace, along with Bellamy Young, Rowan Blanchard and Will McCormack.[23] Michael Peña later also joined the cast to play the character Red.[24] The producers on the film are James Whitaker and Catherine Hand.[23]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Principal photography on the film began on November 2, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.[23][25][26] After Los Angeles, production moved to New Zealand for two weeks.[23] Tobias A. Schliessler was the film's cinematographer, Naomi Shohan its production designer, Paco Delgado its costume designer, and Rich McBride its visual effects supervisor.[23][27] During production, DuVernay asked McBride to be as flexible as possible on visual effects sequences to allow her to make changes and incorporate new ideas during shooting.[28]

text: Filming for A Wrinkle in Time took place in multiple locations including Eureka, California, in Humboldt County, starting on November 29, 2016.[29] Filming also took place at Eureka's Sequoia Park, located next to Sequoia Park Zoo. None of the film's major actors were present in Eureka.[30] In mid-December, Pine was spotted during filming in Los Angeles.[31]

text: During the last two weeks of February 2017, filming locations for A Wrinkle in Time were established to be in Central Otago, New Zealand.[32] Actors and crew involved were in New Zealand for the two weeks to shoot scenes in the Southern Alps, including at Hunter Valley Station near Lake Hāwea, with cast and crew treated to a traditional Māori powhiri and karakia.[33] Filming wrapped in New Zealand's South Island after two weeks, and DuVernay declared the cast and crew's love for New Zealand in an Instagram post.[34]

text: Music[edit]

text: On September 28, 2017, Ramin Djawadi was announced as the composer for the film, replacing Jonny Greenwood, who was initially chosen to compose, and scored the film.[35] On February 20, 2018, it was announced that the soundtrack would feature appearances from Sade, Sia, Kehlani, Chloe x Halle, Freestyle Fellowship, DJ Khaled, and Demi Lovato.[36]

text: Release[edit]

text: The film was released in the United States on March 9, 2018.[37] It was previously set for an April 6, 2018 release.[38]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: DuVernay announced a teaser trailer for the film would debut at the 2017 D23 expo; it was released on July 15, 2017.[39]

text: Home media[edit]

text: A Wrinkle in Time is scheduled to be released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray & DVD on June 5, 2018.[40]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: As of May 27, 2018[update], A Wrinkle in Time grossed $97.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $31.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $129.4 million.[5] With a combined $250 million spent on production and advertisement, the film needed to gross at least $400 million worldwide to turn a profit.[41][8][9] Following Disney's Q2 earnings report in May 2018, Yahoo! Finance deduced the film would lose the studio anywhere from $86–186 million.[42]

text: In the United States and Canada, A Wrinkle in Time was released alongside The Hurricane Heist, Gringo and The Strangers: Prey at Night, and was projected to gross $30–38 million from 3,980 theaters in its opening weekend.[43] It made $10.2 million on its first day, including $1.3 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $33.3 million, finishing second behind Disney's own Black Panther ($41.1 million in its fourth weekend).[4] In its second weekend the film made $16.6 million, dropping 50% to 4th place.[44]

text: Internationally the film opened in six countries alongside the United States and grossed $6.3 million in its opening weekend, Russia being the largest market with $4.1 million.[45]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 39%, based on 244 reviews, and an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A Wrinkle in Time is visually gorgeous, big-hearted, and occasionally quite moving; unfortunately, it's also wildly ambitious to a fault, and often less than the sum of its classic parts."[46] On Metacritic, which assigns normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 50 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[47] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it a 75% overall positive score; audience members under the age of 18 gave it a respective average grade of "A–" and positive score of 89%.[4]

text: Alonso Duralde of TheWrap praised the film's visuals and performances, writing, "Awash in bold colors, bright patterns and ebullient kids, director Ava DuVernay's new take on A Wrinkle in Time dazzles its way across time and space even if it doesn't quite stick the landing."[48] David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a "C+" and praised what he described as its ambition, saying: "It almost doesn't matter that the movie is too emotionally prescriptive to have any real power, or too high on imagination to leave any room for wonder; DuVernay evinces such faith in who she is and what she's doing that A Wrinkle in Time remains true to itself even when everything on screen reads false."[49]

text: Alex Hudson of Exclaim! gave the film a 5 out of 10, saying that it felt "like a missed opportunity. Rather than a family classic, all we get is a perfectly fine kids movie."[50] Vince Mancini of Uproxx gave the film a negative review, saying, "...if anything, the trouble with Wrinkle is that you never really get a sense of DuVernay's personal touch. In fact, it feels a lot like Brad Bird's big budget, equally smarmy 2015 Disney film, Tomorrowland. Both attempt to be so broad and universal that they feel disconnected from anything human. But universality doesn't work that way, no matter how much you tell everyone to think like a kid."[51]


document_title: Thursday Night Football

question_text: who sings the opening of thursday night football

text: Thursday Night Football

text: Background[edit]

text: Early history[edit]

text: The NFL Network's coverage was not the first time that NFL games were covered on Thursday or Saturday. Prior to the new contract, ESPN carried a handful of sporadic Thursday night games (usually those displaced from Sunday night) and the broadcast networks used to air several national games on Saturday afternoons in mid-to-late December after the college football regular season ended. Incidentally, the only reason the league is even allowed to televise football games on Saturday night stems from a legal loophole: the league's antitrust exemption, the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, was written when the NFL regular season ended in mid-December, and as such, it contains specific language that prohibits televising NFL games in most markets on Friday nights and all day on Saturdays between the second week of September and the second week of December, to protect high school and college football. Since most high school and college seasons have ended by mid-December, other than bowl games, there has been little desire to close this loophole, even though the regular season has expanded well beyond mid-December since the law's passage.

text: In 2005, when the NFL negotiated a new set of television contracts, Comcast-owned OLN offered to pay $450 million for an eight-year contract to carry NFL prime time games. In exchange, Comcast planned to add NFL Network to its digital cable lineup. The channel was added, but NFL Network decided to air the games itself, foregoing a rights fee.[4] The other television deals generated $3.735 billion per year over an eight-year period for CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN and DirecTV (owner of the out-of-market sports package NFL Sunday Ticket).[citation needed]

text: Thursday Night Football debuted on November 23, 2006, with the Kansas City Chiefs handing the visiting Denver Broncos a 19–10 Thanksgiving defeat. Each of the game broadcasts were titled either Thursday Night Football or Saturday Night Football, depending on the night on which it aired. This format carried over to the 2007 season.

text: Starting in 2008, NFL Network eliminated all but one of the Saturday night games and started their Thursday night package three weeks earlier. This was done to accommodate the earlier schedule and the league's antitrust exemption that prohibits Saturday games from being held for most of the season. In the following season, all references to Saturday Night Football were dropped, and any games that are not played on Thursday (such as in 2016, two Christmas weekend games and an NFL International Series game) have since been branded as "special editions" of Thursday Night Football, and later Thursday Night Special or NFL Network Special. The Thanksgiving matchup was moved from NFL Network to NBC's Sunday Night Football package as part of the new broadcast contract after the 2011 season. During Super Bowl week in 2012, it was announced that the Thursday Night Football package would expand from eight to 13 games and air on NFL Network, again soliciting and rejecting offers from Turner Sports and Comcast.[citation needed]

text: 2014–2015: partnership with CBS Sports[edit]

text: In January 2014, it was reported that the NFL was planning to sub-license a package of up to eight Thursday Night Football games to another broadcaster for the 2014 NFL season. The league had negotiated with its existing broadcast partners, along with Turner Sports. These eight games were to be simulcast by NFL Network, and reports indicated that ESPN planned to place the games on ABC in the event it won the rights, bringing the NFL back to the network for the first time since Super Bowl XL and the move of Monday Night Football to ESPN in 2006.[5][6][7][8] The remaining games would remain exclusive to NFL Network, due to carriage contracts with TV providers requiring at least eight NFL games to air exclusively on the channel per-season.[9] The decision came as the league wished to heighten the profile of its Thursday night games, which had suffered from relatively lower viewership and advertising revenue in comparison to other games.[10]

text: On February 5, 2014, the NFL announced that CBS had acquired the partial rights to Thursday Night Football for the 2014 season. Under the agreement, all of the Thursday Night Football telecasts would be produced by CBS Sports and called by the network's primary announcing team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms. The first eight games of the season were simulcast nationally on NFL Network and CBS; the remaining games in the package only aired nationally on NFL Network, but per league broadcast polices, were simulcast on local stations in the participating teams' markets. CBS affiliates were given right of first refusal to air the local simulcast before it is offered to another station (as had occurred in Cincinnati, Ohio where the market's NBC affiliate WLWT aired a game between the Bengals and the Cleveland Browns instead of CBS affiliate WKRC-TV). A Saturday doubleheader was also added on Week 16: NFL Network aired the early game, while CBS aired the second, prime time game.[11][12][13][14][15]

text: The NFL considered CBS's bid to be the most attractive, owing to the network's overall ratings stature (CBS had been the highest-rated broadcast network in the U.S. since the 2005-06 television season), a commitment to aggressively promote the Thursday games across its properties, and its plans to utilize CBS Sports' top NFL talent and production staff across all of the games in the package to ensure a major improvement in quality over the previous, in-house productions.[10] CBS staff also cited experience with its joint coverage of the NCAA Men's basketball tournament with Turner Sports as an advantage in its collaboration with NFL Network staff, as talent from both networks collaborate on pre-game, halftime and post-game coverage. During the games, a distinct graphics package co-branded with both CBS and NFL Network logos is used, certain players on each team wear microphones, and 4K cameras are used to allow zoom-in shots during instant replays.[14][16]

text: With the move of selected games to CBS, media executives expected more major match-ups to appear on Thursday Night Football than in previous years in order to attract better viewership; in the past, Thursday Night Football had been criticized for often featuring games between lesser and poorer-performing teams.[17][17][18][18] CBS and the NFL unveiled the games scheduled for Thursday Night Football in April 2014; CBS's slate of games featured a number of major divisional rivalries, including New York Giants–Washington, Green Bay–Minnesota, and its opening game on September 11, 2014, featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens.[13][19]

text: In the wake of the controversy surrounding Ravens player Ray Rice (who had been removed from the team and suspended from the NFL earlier in the week following the discovery of footage showing the player physically assaulting his wife, Janay, who was engaged to Rice at the time the security camera footage was recorded), changes were made to pre-game coverage on the first game in order to accommodate additional interviews and discussion related to the incident. Among these changes were the removal of an introductory segment featuring Rihanna (who was similarly assaulted by fellow performer Chris Brown in 2009) performing her song "Run This Town".[20][21] Following complaints by Rihanna on Twitter regarding the removal, the song was pulled entirely from future broadcasts.[22]

text: The rights were negotiated under a one-year contract valued at $275 million; on January 18, 2015, the NFL announced that it would renew the arrangement with CBS for the 2015 season, with its value increasing to around $300 million.[2][10][23]

text: 2016–2017: CBS and NBC[edit]

text: In November 2015, The Hollywood Reporter reported that in response to the success of the package under CBS, the NFL was planning to negotiate a long-term contract for Thursday Night Football, with CBS, Fox, NBC, and Turner Sports showing interest.[23] The New York Post reported that this deal would also include the sale of a stake in NFL Network itself.[9]

text: On December 16, 2015, it was reported that the NFL was shopping the Thursday Night Football package as a one-year deal with an option for a second year, similarly to the current arrangement with CBS; the league also requested that bidders outline goals for "growing" NFL Network. The league was also reportedly interested in selling non-exclusive digital rights to simulcast the games to another partner, such as Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Google, or Yahoo! (which exclusively streamed an International Series as part of a trial during the 2015 season, but would shut down its original video content service in January 2016).[24] In January 2016, it was reported that the NFL was considering splitting the Thursday Night Football package across multiple broadcasters in tandem with the possibility of expanding the overall package to 17 games. It was also reported that ESPN and Turner Sports were not interested in the package due to its short-term nature, and that Fox was attempting to outbid CBS.[25][26]

text: On February 1, 2016, the NFL announced that Thursday Night Football would be shared between CBS, NBC, and NFL Network for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. CBS and NBC will each air five games (resulting in a schedule of 10 games on broadcast TV in comparison to 8 under the previous deal), followed by an additional eight games exclusively on NFL Network to satisfy NFL Network's retransmission consent contracts with cable providers; the eight NFL Network-exclusive games included six Thursday contests, a Sunday morning International Series contest, and a Christmas afternoon game. As with the previous contract, all games will be simulcast by NFL Network. Commissioner Roger Goodell stated that the league was "thrilled to add NBC to the Thursday Night Football mix, a trusted partner with a proven track record of success broadcasting NFL football in primetime, and look forward to expanding with a digital partner for what will be a unique tri-cast on broadcast, cable and digital platforms."[27][28] On April 5, 2016, it was revealed that Twitter had acquired non-exclusive worldwide digital streaming rights to the 10 broadcast television TNF games. The collaboration will also include streaming content on Twitter's Periscope service, such as behind the scenes access.[29]

text: Rogers Media, who owns television rights to the Thursday Night Football package in Canada through the end of the 2016 season but has not yet acquired digital rights (the majority of the NFL's media rights in Canada are owned by Rogers's rival, Bell Media), successfully forced Twitter to block the game streams in that country, overriding the league's insistence that the free stream be global.[30][31] Due to the streaming deal, over-the-top television providers PlayStation Vue and Sling TV are also required to black out the simulcast of the games on NFL Network.[32]

text: The first game produced by NBC Sports was broadcast exclusively on NFL Network on November 3, 2016, while the first game simulcast nationally on NBC aired on November 17. A cappella group Pentatonix recorded a reworked version of their song "Sing" ("Weekend Go") to serve as the opening theme song for NBC's Thursday Night Football telecasts,[33][34] NBC also commissioned new instrumental theme music by Jimmy Greco, "Can't Hold Us Down", which was performed by members of the orchestra from the Broadway musical Hamilton.[35] Both were retained for NBC's games in 2017.

text: On April 4, 2017, it was announced that Amazon.com had acquired non-exclusive streaming rights to the 10 broadcast television games for the 2017 season over their Amazon Prime Video service, under a deal valued at $50 million, a five-fold increase over the $10 million paid by Twitter. The streams will be exclusive to paid Prime subscribers.[3] The deal includes $30 million worth of promotion.[36]

text: Coverage[edit]

text: Game announcers[edit]

text: The initial NFL Network team consisted of HBO Sports' Bryant Gumbel as play-by-play announcer, NBC Sports' Cris Collinsworth as the color commentator for the Thursday telecasts, and Dick Vermeil replacing Collinsworth for Saturday telecasts. In 2007, Collinsworth replaced Vermeil alongside Gumbel for all games.

text: Gumbel left the network after the 2007 season and his then-HBO colleague Bob Papa, who is also the radio voice of the New York Giants, was brought in to replace him. Collinsworth stayed on until the end of the 2008 season, then left to take over for the retiring John Madden as lead analyst on NBC Sunday Night Football. NFL Network replaced him with Matt Millen, who returned to broadcasting in 2009, and then added former ESPN analyst Joe Theismann for 2010.

text: For 2011, then ESPN now CBS play-by-play man Brad Nessler took over the Thursday night broadcast. He was joined by NFL Network draft analyst and NBC Notre Dame color man Mike Mayock, and the pairing spent three seasons calling games.

text: As a result of CBS taking over production responsibilities for the Thursday Night Football broadcasts, its number one broadcast team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms took over the broadcast booth.[15] With NBC adding games in 2016, Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, the broadcast team of NBC Sunday Night Football, are required under league contract to do the same. NBC had initially hired former Monday Night Football play-by-play man Mike Tirico for Thursdays before the league nixed the idea of any separate broadcast teams for Sunday and Thursday nights. Tirico would eventually call three Sunday Night Football games, including the Thanksgiving night game which is in the SNF package, in order for NBC to allow Michaels over a week's rest before the end of the season.[28][37] Tirico would also call the December 22, 2016 TNF game alongside Collinsworth, as well as two NBC-produced Thursday Night Special game broadcasts on December 18 and Christmas Day, respectively, both alongside former USFL and NFL quarterback Doug Flutie.[38] On May 31, 2017, it was announced that Mike Tirico would replace Al Michaels full-time for NBC's Thursday Night Football games.[39]

text: For 2017, CBS hired Tony Romo as its lead color commentator. Numerous complications needed to be resolved, namely Romo's reluctance to cover both Sunday and Thursday nights as required under the Thursday Night Football contract,[40] and the fact that Simms remains under contract with CBS through the next several years.[41] However, the network confirmed via press release that Romo's duties would include Sunday and Thursday games.[42]

text: Pregame, halftime and postgame coverage[edit]

text: Each game telecast is preceded on NFL Network by TNF GameDay, which broadcasts live from the site of each game and currently features Rich Eisen as its host, with Steve Mariucci, Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin and either Marshall Faulk or Kurt Warner as analysts. The show generally begins two hours before game time (6:00 p.m. Eastern Time).

text: The game proper is preceded by a pre-game show; CBS games are preceded by Thursday Night Kickoff, hosted by James Brown, Bill Cowher, and Deion Sanders. NBC games are preceded by Football Night in America (renamed in reference of the host city of the game, such as Football Night in Tampa), hosted by Mike Tirico, Tony Dungy, and Rodney Harrison. CBS joined Thursday Night Kickoff at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time during its games.[16] This resulted in some controversy among viewers and the producers of syndicated programming in the locally programmed timeslot before network primetime, where the pre-game affects programs such as Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! and Entertainment Tonight (all distributed by CBS's sister syndication division CBS Television Distribution), along with several other programs, which then require pre-emption or slotting on lower-profile alternate timeslots or stations to air in markets where they are carried by CBS or NBC affiliates in order to accommodate the Thursday games.[43]

text: Radio coverage[edit]

text: Westwood One provides national radio broadcasts of the Thursday Night Football games, with Ian Eagle calling play-by-play, Tony Boselli handling color analysis and Hub Arkush as the sideline reporter.[44] Boomer Esiason, the Monday Night Football analyst for Westwood One, is a regular substitute should Boselli be unavailable due to other commitments (in some cases, Esiason would call the Thursday night game if he is unavailable for the previous/next Monday night game and/or if the Thursday game is in close proximity to his New York home.)

text: Game announcers[edit]

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text: Television[edit]

text: Current[edit]

text:
James Brown – CBS Host (2014–present)
Bill Cowher – CBS Analyst (2014–present)
Deion Sanders – CBS Analyst (2006–present)
Liam McHugh – Fill-in NBC Host (2016); NBC Host (2017–present)
Tony Dungy – NBC Analyst and Fill-in Color Analyst (2016–present)
Rodney Harrison – NBC Analyst (2016–present)

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Rich Eisen – Host (2006–present)
Chris Rose – Fill-in Host (2016–present)
Amber Theoharis - Fill-in Host (2017–present)
Dan Hellie - Fill-in Host (2017–present)
Marshall Faulk – Analyst (2006–present)
Michael Irvin – Analyst (2011–present)
Steve Mariucci – Analyst (2006–present)
LaDanian Tomlinson – Fill-in Analyst (2016–present)
Willie McGinest – Fill-in Analyst (2016–present)
Steve Smith Sr. - Fill-in Analyst (2017–present)

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Jim Nantz – CBS Play-by-Play (2014–present)
Tony Romo – CBS Color Analyst (2017–present)
Tracy Wolfson – CBS Sideline Reporter (2014–present)
Greg Gumbel – London, UK Special Play-by-Play (2017–present)
Trent Green – Fill-in CBS Color Analyst (2015); London, UK Special Color Analyst (2017–present)
Jamie Erdahl - London, UK Special Sideline Reporter (2017–present)
Mike Tirico – NBC Play-by-Play (2017–present); NBC Host & Fill-in Play-by-Play (2016)
Cris Collinsworth - NFL Network Analyst (2006–2008); NBC Color Analyst (2016–present)
Kurt Warner – analyst (2010–2011); Fill-in NBC Color Analyst (2017–present)
Heather Cox – NBC Sideline Reporter (2016–present)

text: Former[edit]

text:
Fran Charles – pre-game host (2006-2008)
Bob Costas – NBC Host (2016)
Jenny Dell – Fill-in CBS Sideline Reporter (2014)
Ian Eagle – Fill-in CBS Play-by-Play (2014–2015) Still calling Thursday Night Football on the Radio Side
Alex Flanagan – sideline reporter (2010–2013)
Doug Flutie – Fill-in NBC Color Analyst (2016)
Jay Glazer – pre-game analyst (2010–2011)
Trent Green – Fill-in CBS Color Analyst (2015)
Bryant Gumbel – play-by-play (2006–2007)
Tom Hammond – substitute play-by-play (2007)
Scott Hanson – sideline reporter (2009)
Kara Henderson – pre-game host (2011)
Harry Kalas – sponsorship announcer (2006–2008; deceased)
Mike Mayock – color analyst (2011–2013)
Al Michaels - NBC play-by-play (2016)
Matt Millen – color analyst (2009–2010)
Jim Mora – pre-game analyst (2010)
Brad Nessler – play-by-play (2011–2013)
Bob Papa – play-by-play (2008–2010)
Warren Sapp – pre-game analyst (2008)
Adam Schefter – sideline reporter (2006–2008)
Sterling Sharpe – pre-game analyst (2010–2011)
Phil Simms – CBS Color analyst (2014–2016)
Pat Summerall – sponsorship announcer (2009; deceased)
Joe Theismann – color analyst (2010)
Dick Vermeil – Saturday color analyst (2006)
Evan Washburn – Fill-in CBS Sideline Reporter (2015)

text: Radio[edit]

text: Current[edit]

text:
Ian Eagle – play-by-play (2008–present)
Boomer Esiason – color analyst (2013–present) Select Games
Tony Boselli – color analyst (2015–present) Select Games

text: Former[edit]

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Bonnie Bernstein – sideline reporter (2006–2007)
Randy Cross – color analyst (2009)
Dick Enberg – play-by-play (2006–2007)
Dennis Green – color analyst (2007–2008)
Mike Mayock – color analyst (2014)
Tim Ryan – color analyst (2015) Select Games
Sam Wyche – color analyst (2006)

text: Results[edit]

text: Thursday Night Football all-time team standings[edit]

text: This list shows the National Football League teams' all-time standings in the games they played on Thursday Night Football since 2006.

text: Standings are current as of December 25, 2016.

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Team
Games Played
Wins
Losses
Ties
Win Pct.
First Appearance
Most Recent Appearance

Indianapolis Colts
7
7
0

1.000
29 !November 22, 2007
defeated Atlanta 31–13
10 !October 8, 2015
defeated Houston 27–20

Kansas City Chiefs
7
5
2

.714
17 !November 23, 2006
defeated Denver 19–10
16 !December 8, 2016
defeated Oakland 21-13

Pittsburgh Steelers
9
6
3

.667
01 !December 7, 2006
defeated Cleveland 27–7
06 !December 25, 2016
defeated Baltimore 31–27

New York Jets
7
4
3

.571
25 !November 13, 2008
defeated New England 34–31
29 !November 2, 2017
defeated Buffalo 34–21

Los Angeles Chargers‡
6
5
1

.833
18 !December 4, 2008
defeated Oakland 34–7
30 !October 13, 2016
defeated Denver 21-13

Dallas Cowboys
9
7
2

.778
03 !December 16, 2006
defeated Atlanta 38–28
12 !December 1, 2016
defeated Minnesota 17–15

Philadelphia Eagles
7
4
3

.571
02 !November 27, 2008
defeated Arizona 48–20
20 !December 22, 2016
defeated N.Y. Giants 24–19

New York Giants
7
4
3

.571
04 !December 30, 2006
defeated Washington 34–28
07 !December 22, 2016
lost to Philadelphia 24–19

San Francisco 49ers
8
5
3

.625
09 !December 14, 2006
defeated Seattle 24–14
31 !October 6, 2016
lost to Arizona 33-21

Denver Broncos
9
5
4

.556
27 !November 23, 2006
lost to Kansas City 19–10
02 !October 13, 2016
lost to San Diego 21–13

Atlanta Falcons
7
5
2

.714
24 !December 16, 2006
lost to Dallas 38–28
28 !November 3, 2016
defeated Buccaneers 43-28

Chicago Bears
9
4
5

.444
30 !December 6, 2007
lost to Washington 24–16
05 !September 28, 2017
lost to Green Bay 35–14

Baltimore Ravens
9
6
4

.600
13 !November 30, 2006
lost to Cincinnati 13–7
14 !December 25, 2016
lost to Pittsburgh 31–27

Seattle Seahawks
5
4
2

.667
11 !December 14, 2006
lost to San Francisco 24–14
23 !December 15, 2016
defeated L.A. Rams 24–3

Green Bay Packers
6
5
1

.883
21 !December 21, 2006
defeated Minnesota 9–7
09 !September 28, 2017
defeated Chicago 35-14

Arizona Cardinals
5
3
2

.600
28 !November 27, 2008
lost to Philadelphia 48–20
03 !October 6, 2016
defeated San Francisco 33–21

Washington Redskins
5
2
3

.400
12 !December 30, 2006
lost to N.Y. Giants 34–28
32 !December 26, 2015
defeated Philadelphia 38-24

New England Patriots
6
5
1

.833
10 !December 29, 2007
defeated N.Y. Giants 38–35
15 !October 5, 2017
defeated Tampa Bay 19–14

Miami Dolphins
8
4
4

.500
06 !November 19, 2009
defeated Carolina 24–17
24 !December 17, 2016
defeated N.Y. Jets 34–13

Houston Texans
6
2
4

.200
07 !December 13, 2007
defeated Denver 31–13
17 !September 14, 2017
defeated Cincinnati 13-9

Oakland Raiders
7
3
4

.429
08 !December 23, 2006
lost to Kansas City 20–9
08 !December 8, 2015
lost to Kansas City 21–13

Cleveland Browns
7
2
5

.286
22 !December 7, 2006
lost to Pittsburgh 27–7
18 !November 10, 2016
lost to Baltimore 28–7

Cincinnati Bengals
8
3
5

.375
19 !November 30, 2006
defeated Baltimore 13–7
27 !December 24, 2016
lost to Houston 12–10

Carolina Panthers
6
2
4

.333
31 !December 22, 2007
lost to Dallas 20–13
21 !November 17, 2016
defeated New Orleans 23–20

Jacksonville Jaguars
7
2
5

.286
14 !December 18, 2008
lost to Indianapolis 31–24
13 !October 27, 2016
lost to Tennessee 36–22

Tennessee Titans
7
2
5

.286
16 !December 25, 2009
lost to San Diego 42–17
19 !November 19, 2015
defeated Jacksonville 36-22

New Orleans Saints
7
2
5

.286
23 !December 11, 2008
lost to Chicago 27–24
26 !November 17, 2016
lost to Carolina 23–20

Buffalo Bills
6
2
4

.333
26 !December 3, 2009
lost to N.Y. Jets 19–13
04 !November 2, 2017
lost to N.Y. Jets 34–21

Los Angeles Rams†
4
2
2

.500
05 !December 20, 2007
lost to Pittsburgh 41–24
01 !December 15, 2016
lost to Seattle 35–11

Minnesota Vikings
6
1
5

.167
15 !December 21, 2006
lost to Green Bay 9–7
11 !December 1, 2016
lost to Dallas 17–15

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5
1
4

.200
16 !December 17, 2011
lost to Dallas 31–15
16 !November 3, 2016
lost to Atlanta 43–28

Detroit Lions
1
0
1

.000
16 !December 3, 2015
lost to Green Bay 27-23
16 !December 3, 2015
lost to Green Bay 27-23

text: • †St. Louis Rams, 1995–2015 • ‡San Diego Chargers, 1961–2016

text: Reception[edit]

text: Carriage[edit]

text: Upon the original launch of the Thursday and Saturday night games, few television service providers carried the NFL Network due to disputes during the network's terms in its carriage contracts during negotiations. These disputes were magnified throughout the 2007 season, as two high-profile matchups were to be broadcast by the network. The first was a matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers which was scheduled for the week after Thanksgiving and saw both teams at 10-1, vying for the top seed in the NFC, and the second was Week 17 Saturday night game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants, where the Patriots had a chance to become the first team since the 1972 Miami Dolphins to end a regular season undefeated.

text: In the first case, fans were displeased that a matchup between two teams at such a critical point in the season was not available on broadcast television except in the Dallas and Green Bay markets. To avoid such a problem with the potential sixteenth victory for the Patriots, CBS and NBC bought broadcast rights to the game so it could be seen by a nationwide audience on both cable and broadcast television. This ended up causing another controversy, however, as the move by the networks infringed on the exclusivity that would normally have been enjoyed by WWOR-TV in New York City and WCVB-TV in Boston, which were the Giants' and Patriots' respective local over-the-air broadcasters for cable-televised games (the game aired on these stations, as well as on WCBS-TV, WNBC, WBZ-TV and WHDH in the teams' market areas).[45]

text: Game quality and viewership[edit]

text: Thursday Night Football games on NFL Network are among the lowest-rated nationally televised NFL broadcasts. Critics have argued that the games televised on Thursday Night Football have been of lower quality than other prime time games, as they often featured match-ups between lesser or poor-performing teams, and that the shortened rest between games triggered by Thursday games also has an effect on their overall quality.[17][18] In an analysis by Sports on Earth writer Aaron Roberts, it was determined that most Thursday games were of average or above-average quality in comparison to normal, non-prime time games, but that this was "by design" due to the leverage of other NFL broadcasters on how games are scheduled throughout the season (which traditionally prioritizes "major" games for either late-afternoon or Sunday and Monday nights).[46][47]

text: The move of selected games to CBS brought improved ratings: the inaugural game was the highest-rated program of the night, with an audience share of 13.7 and an average of 20.7 million viewers, representing a 108% increase in ratings over the first NFL Network game in 2013. The game, whose ratings were boosted by coverage of the Ray Rice scandal, also brought CBS its highest prime time ratings on a Thursday night since May 2006. While lower, at 9.6 million viewers, the Week 3 game between the Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers was also the highest-rated program of the night.[48][49][50][51] The first four games of the package, however, featured blowout victories.[52][53] In total, average viewership of the games increased from around 7 million to around 11.8 million in the 2014 season.[54]

text: Controversy over ratings and the quality of play in Thursday night contests escalated when on November 28, 2016, a report circulated that the league was considering ending the franchise. The NFL, however, denied this rumor.[55] The subsequent game on December 1, 2016 between the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings was the highest rated Thursday Night Football of the season.[56][57]

text: During the 2016 season, current and former players including Richard Sherman,[58] J. J. Watt,[59] and Charles Woodson [60] expressed their dislikes for Thursday Night Football, with Richard Sherman calling it a "poopfest".[61]

text: Player safety[edit]

text: As mentioned, a team needing to play a Thursday night game can result in a shortened rest period for players between games.[17][18] On October 6, 2014, Arian Foster, then of the Houston Texans, made a statement considering it hypocritical for the NFL to emphasize the safety of players (particularly in regards to concussions) while allowing its players to play a game on only three days' rest, which he considered to be equally "dangerous".[53]

text: On January 29, 2015, the NFL released its health and safety report, which states that an average of 4.8 injuries were sustained during Thursday games compared to 6.9 injuries per game on Sundays and Mondays.[62]


document_title: Luke Cage (season 2)

question_text: who plays piranha on luke cage season 2

question_tokens: who plays piranha on luke cage season 2

text: Luke Cage (season 2)

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.overallNo. inseasonTitle [a]Directed byWritten byOriginal release date141"Soul Brother #1"Lucy LiuCheo Hodari CokerJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
Luke Cage, the bulletproof defender of Harlem, has become a celebrity. His friend D.W. Griffith attempts to earn him some money through merchandise and an app that tracks Cage's whereabouts. He spends his nights trying to stop a group from distributing drugs under his name. Following the secret battle at Midland Circle, Misty Knight is recovering from the loss of her arm and does not intend to return to police work, until she discovers that up to 30 of the criminals she previously sent to prison have now been released due to her late corrupt partner Rafael Scarfe. One of these criminals is Dontrell "Cockroach" Hamilton, who is looking to buy Mariah Dillard's criminal empire alongside drug smuggler Arturo "El Rey" Gomez III and Jamaican gang leader Nigel Garrison. Griffith helps Cage identify El Rey as the "Luke Cage" drug cartel leader and turns him over to Knight's captain Tom Ridenhour, while Garrison is murdered by John "Bushmaster" McIver, who survives several gun shots and has arrived from Jamaica planning to take Harlem from Dillard.

Joi,[2] D-Nice, and Donald Harrison perform.
152"Straighten It Out"Steph GreenAkela CooperJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
Bushmaster visits holistic doctor Tilda Johnson to get ingredients for augmenting the plant nightshade, which he uses to heal his wounds and increase his strength. Johnson is Dillard's daughter, and is also visited by her mother who wants to publicly reunite with Johnson, after years apart, to improve her image. Dillard wants to transition to a legitimate business woman, which is why she is selling her gun business. She organizes for El Rey to be released on bail and sends her lover Hernan "Shades" Alvarez to complete the sale with him. When El Rey refuses, and disrespects Dillard, Shades kills him. Knight is now on "light duty" and unable to pursue leads, but directs Cage to Cockroach. Cage believes he is indestructible, but Cockroach is able to injure him with the force of a close-range, high-power gun. This bothers Cage's girlfriend, former nurse Claire Temple, who is struggling with her inability to help Cage as well as his reluctance to mend his relationship with his estranged father James Lucas. Johnson agrees to give her mother another chance.

Gary Clark Jr.[3] and DJ Mister Cee perform.
163"Wig Out"Marc JobstMatt OwensJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
When Cage is tipped off that Cockroach is beating his partner and son, he goes to their apartment and severely beats Cockroach himself. A horrified Temple calls Knight, who lets Cage leave the scene before her rival detective Nandi Tyler, as well as Tyler's partner Mark Bailey, arrive. Knight is later reprimanded for this, but Ridenhour explains that he cannot suspend Knight due to her high status within the department as a disabled hero. Knight later practices fighting with one arm, and lets out some frustration, with Colleen Wing (who Knight had been defending when she lost her arm). With El Rey dead and Cockroach in the hospital, Shades turns to Garrison; he finds Bushmaster instead, who is more than willing to pay Dillard the money. Cage later arrives looking for Garrison, and fights several gang members who are armed with different weapons. Bushmaster secretly films this and trains in front of the footage. After meeting with Lucas, Temple confronts Cage about his anger, and he lashes out. She asks him to leave, and he runs into Bushmaster.

Esperanza Spalding performs.[4]
174"I Get Physical"Salli Richardson-WhitfieldMatthew LopesJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
Bushmaster knocks Cage unconscious, and footage of their fight spreads across the internet. Seeing this and recognizing Bushmaster, Johnson begins investigating the ingredients she sold him. When he wakes up, Cage decides to further investigate the Jamaicans and returns to the site of his fight with the gang members along with Knight. They discover Garrison's body, and Knight is able to talk to the owner of the building who grew up with Bushmaster and explains that he intends to right the perceived wrongs committed against his parents. From evidence at the building, Cage visits Johnson and she gives him medicine to help with his concussion. Bushmaster visits Dillard, and reveals that his ancestors were once in business with hers. Shades follows him back to a restaurant run by his acquaintances, while Shades' friend Darius "Comanche" Jones—who has been clashing with Dillard—secretly reports to Ridenhour. Cage's friend Bobby Fish leaves to serve as an organ donor for his sick daughter, and Cage is served by a process server.

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram performs.[5]
185"All Souled Out"Kasi LemmonsIan StokesJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
Cockroach sues Cage for attacking him, and Cage agrees to pay him $100,000 rather than risk going to court. Broker Raymond "Piranha" Jones invests the money from Dillard's sale to Bushmaster in the plastics company of Mike Higgins, who Dillard blackmails into agreeing to a corporate merger that increases the profits of her new shares considerably. Higgins subsequently disappears, while Dillard uses her new "legitimate" fortune to open a Family First center in Harlem. She reveals all of this to Johnson, hoping that they can run the center together. Piranha throws a party to celebrate their successful venture, and hires Cage—who is looking for a way to pay Cockroach—to appear at the party. Cage ultimately saves Piranha when some of Bushmaster's men attempt to kidnap him. Knight is gifted a robotic arm by Wing and her billionaire boyfriend Danny Rand. She considers framing Cockroach before finding his body. At the opening of her center, Dillard discovers the severed heads of Cockroach, Higgins, and Shades' employee Ray Ray.

Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge perform.[6]
196"The Basement"Millicent SheltonAïda Mashaka CroalJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
Dillard refuses to cooperate with the police, despite a shared history with Ridenhour. Knight confesses to Ridenhour about wanting to frame Cockroach, but when he chooses not to discipline her she quits out of guilt. Cage and Piranha go into hiding as Bushmaster's men scour the neighborhood for them. Cage insists that he will take Piranha to the police, despite Piranha wanting to pay Cage as a "hero for hire". After a discussion about their respective fathers, Cage decides to take Piranha to Lucas's church for protection. Shades and Comanche unsuccessfully search for Piranha, and reminisce about their relationship in prison. Comanche believes that Shades should get rid of Dillard and become the crime lord of Harlem himself. Shades later tells Dillard about following Bushmaster to the restaurant, and she plans what they will do to his acquaintances once they find Piranha, who has control of their money. Cage contacts Bushmaster, and the two meet to fight, ending with Cage paralyzed by a holistic substance and kicked into a river to drown.
207"On and On"Rashaad Ernesto GreenNicole Mirante MatthewsJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
The paralysis wears off in time for Cage to swim to the surface, and he returns to the church to find Piranha missing. Ridenhour attempts to convince Knight to return to work, and tells her about having an informant working for Dillard. She instead works with Cage to find Piranha. Dillard realizes that Ridenhour has an informant herself, and questions the loyalty of her men. Meanwhile, Bushmaster captures Piranha, uses him to take all of Dillard's money and assets, and then kills him. Cage and Knight find the body. Ridenhour meets with Comanche, who is panicking about potentially being caught, but Shades follows Comanche to this meeting. Comanche kills Ridenhour, and then Shades shoots Comanche and makes it look like Ridenhour did it. Dillard rushes to go into hiding with Johnson, but is caught by Bushmaster who leaves them in a burning house as revenge for the Stokes family burning his mother alive. Bushmaster then claims the Stokes family's nightclub Harlem's Paradise as his while Cage saves Dillard and Johnson.

Stephen Marley performs.[7]
218"If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right"Neema BarnetteNathan Louis JacksonJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
When Bushmaster learns that Cage saved Dillard, he plans to increase his strength with more nightshade. Cage takes Dillard and Johnson to the police precinct, where Knight—who had not officially completed her resignation—is now in charge. Shades arrives, and Knight deduces that he likely killed Comanche and/or Ridenhour, but she does not have any evidence that he did. Dillard and Johnson are shot at by Bushmaster's men outside the precinct, but Cage helps them escape. Knight uses this to get a search warrant for Harlem's Paradise, but they find nothing incriminating. Concerned for the safety of his loved ones, Cage attends a service at the church and is there to protect his father when Bushmaster's men arrive. At the same time, Dillard and Johnson are attacked while Dillard is explaining how she had been forced to give her daughter up to her cousins the Johnson family by Stokes matriarch Mama Mabel. Knight and Tyler arrive to protect them, shortly followed by Cage and Lucas, and Cage asks Knight to call Rand for help.
229"For Pete's Sake"Clark JohnsonMatt Owens & Ian StokesJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
Knight gets Cage, Lucas, Dillard, and Johnson to an unfinished building belonging to Rand Enterprises, where Dillard agrees to testify against Bushmaster in exchange for immunity. Knight and Cage are against this, but agree that they can only fight one at a time. Knight returns to the precinct, where Deputy Chief Priscilla Ridley is now in command. Cage tells Johnson that Dillard murdered their cousin Cornell Stokes, and Dillard admits to this when Johnson confronts her. Dillard explains that Stokes was taunting her about how she had been raped as a girl by their Uncle Pete, and reveals that this was how Johnson was conceived and why Dillard does not love her. With Bushmaster putting up a large bounty for Dillard, Tyler tips him off to the group's location. There, Cage is able to defeat Bushmaster. Dillard escapes and reunites with Shades, who has captured Bushmaster's uncle Paul "Anansi" MacIntosh. Bushmaster also escapes, by setting off a grenade and then forcing Johnson to heal him. Cage begins to reconcile with his father.
2310"The Main Ingredient"Andy GoddardAkela CooperJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
At the request of Temple, Rand—who defends the rest of Manhattan as the Immortal Iron Fist—meets up with Cage and insists on helping him find Bushmaster. Realizing that he would need to be healed following his escape from the police, they begin searching for Johnson but do not find her at her shop or at Harlem's Paradise. Working with a tip from Turk Barrett, they investigate an abandoned warehouse where the Jamaicans are attempting to grow more nightshade, but it requires the conditions of Jamaica. Cage and Rand fight their way through the men there, and destroy the lab when they do not find Johnson or Bushmaster. Knight and Ridley discover Tyler's betrayal and arrest her. Because Piranha was tortured before giving Dillard's money and assets to Bushmaster, these are legally returned to her and she reclaims Harlem's Paradise. Embracing her Stokes heritage, she has everyone at the Jamaican restaurant murdered, and then burns Anansi alive to send a message to Bushmaster. Shades is unsettled by her new behavior.

Faith Evans and Jadakiss perform.[8]
2411"The Creator"Stephen SurjikNicole Mirante Matthews & Matthew LopesJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
As a boy, Bushmaster had been the only child out of a group to survive a bad vaccination. After the business deal between his father, Quincy McIver, and Samuel "Buggy" Stokes broke down in the 1980s and led to their deaths, Bushmaster's mother Gwen tried to sue the Stokes family and Buggy's wife Mabel burned down Gwen's house in response. Bushmaster survived, but was shot by Pete Stokes. He was saved by nightshade, and now Johnson is able to heal him with it again. She warns that it is close to killing him through organ failure. He allows her to leave. Meanwhile, Cage finds Anansi's wife Ingrid, who survived the restaurant shooting, but she refuses to testify against Dillard. He takes her to see her husband's body, where they find Bushmaster; he and Cage agree that their next fight will be their last. Going against a Stokes family rule, Dillard makes a deal to start selling heroin in Harlem. Shades confronts her about her recent actions, leading to an altercation and an end to their relationship. He chooses to surrender himself to Knight.
2512"Can't Front On Me"Evarado GoutAïda Mashaka CroalJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
Dillard takes the lead of a coalition of gang leaders from throughout New York, promising to take out Bushmaster, who is angered by the use of his name on the new heroin supply. He attacks the refinery where the drugs are being produced, shutting it down with Cage's help. Bushmaster flees when Cage refuses to let him destroy evidence of the drugs. Cage then visits Dillard, and tells her that he will no longer protect her. Dillard announces a free concert at Harlem's Paradise to ensure that there will be enough people around that Cage will show up to protect them from Bushmaster anyway. Johnson offers to help Bushmaster kill Dillard, showing him a secret entrance to the club and giving him extra nightshade as a final boost of strength. Shades confesses all he knows to the police, but they need proof that Dillard owns the gun used to kill Anansi. He goes to the club during the concert, and is with Dillard when Bushmaster attacks. Cage and Knight are able to stop Bushmaster, but he gets away when Cage refuses to kill him. Dillard is arrested.

KRS-One performs.[9]
2613"They Reminisce Over You"Alex Garcia LopezCheo Hodari CokerJune 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)
With Dillard in prison, the other gang leaders go to war in the streets of Harlem. Shades suggests to Cage that he replace Dillard to prevent a new crime boss taking over. Cage threatens Italian boss Rosalie Carbone, ensuring she stays out of Harlem. In prison, Dillard makes moves to gain power and orders the murders of all of her former contacts and employees. Johnson helps Bushmaster begin to recover from his nightshade use, and he chooses to return to Jamaica. He tells her that Dillard must still burn. Johnson decides to visit Dillard, who tells her that Harlem's Paradise is her birthright. Johnson then gives Dillard a slow-acting poison, and she eventually dies while Cage is visiting. Johnson has her mother cremated. With Dillard dead, Shades' deal no longer holds and he is arrested. When Dillard's will is read, it has been changed so the club now goes to Cage. This angers Johnson, and concerns Knight who worries that Cage will become a criminal like Dillard. Cage still accepts the club, and establishes himself as the new "sheriff" of Harlem.

Rakim,[10] Adrian Younge, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad perform.

text: Jump up ^ Each episode is named after a Pete Rock & CL Smooth song.[1]

tag: ol

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Mike Colter as Luke Cage[11]
Simone Missick as Mercedes "Misty" Knight[11]
Theo Rossi as Hernan "Shades" Alvarez[11]
Gabrielle Dennis as Tilda Johnson[11]
Mustafa Shakir as John "Bushmaster" McIver[11][12]
Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard[11]

text: Featured[edit]

text:
Jessica Henwick as Colleen Wing[13]
Finn Jones as Danny Rand / Iron Fist[14]
Stephen Rider as Blake Tower

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Reg E. Cathey as James Lucas[15]
Ron Cephas Jones as Bobby Fish[16]
Peter Jay Fernandez as Tom Ridenhour[17]
Dorian Crossmon Missick as Dontrell "Cockroach" Hamilton[17]
Kevin Mambo as Sheldon
Thomas Q. Jones as Darius "Comanche" Jones[18]
Jeremiah Richard Craft as D.W. Griffith[17]
Chaz Lamar Shepherd as Raymond "Piranha" Jones[17]
Sean Ringgold as Sugar[17]
Tarah Rodgers as Stephanie / Billie
Sahr Ngaujah as Paul "Anansi" Mackintosh
Danny Johnson as Ben Donovan[19][20]
Antonique Smith as Nandi Tyler[19]
Justin Swain as Mark Bailey[21]
Heather Alicia Simms as Ingrid Mackintosh
John Clarence Stewart as Alex Wesley
Karen Pittman as Priscilla Ridley

text: Notable guests[edit]

text:
Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple[11]
Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson[22]
Frank Whaley as Rafael Scarfe
Darius Kaleb as Lonnie Wilson
Tijuana Ricks as Thembi Wallace
Jade Wu as Connie Lin
Andrew Pang as Chang
Joniece Abbott-Pratt as Etta Lucas
Rob Morgan as Turk Barrett
LaTanya Richardson Jackson as "Mama Mabel" Stokes
Curtiss Cook as "Pistol Pete" Stokes
Henry Yuk as Hai-Qing Yang
Jayden D. Brown as Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes
Ninja Devoe as Aisha Axton
Cassandra Freeman as Patricia Wilson
Sedly Bloomfield as Joel Spurlock

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: In January 2015, Netflix CCO Ted Sarandos stated the series was "eligible to go into multiple seasons for sure" and Netflix would look at "how well [they] are addressing both the Marvel fanbase but also the broader fanbase" in terms of determining if additional seasons would be appropriate.[23] In July 2015, Sarandos said some of the Defenders series would "selectively have multiple seasons as they come out of the gate."[24] Regarding a second season, showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker stated he had "a few ideas", including possibly exploring the "Hero for Hire" aspect of Luke Cage, though noted he was not taking "any of this for granted" in terms of feeling a second season renewal from Netflix was guaranteed.[25] Actor Mike Colter also felt "Heroes for Hire" could be explored in future seasons, as well as further exploring Cage's lifestyle change regarding his relationship with Jessica Jones and introducing the couple's daughter.[26] In December 2016, Netflix renewed the series for a second season,[27] of 13 episodes.[28]

text: Coker compared the season to A Tribe Called Quest's second album The Low End Theory saying, their first album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm "was great, but then Low End Theory was the record that everyone says ... when they think of A Tribe Called Quest taking it to the next level. That’s my hope for season 2, is that we have some of the similar sounds, but we go in a deeper direction." Coker also noted that music would continue to be an important element for the season and that Harlem would still be "at the heart and its center" for the series.[29]

text: Writing[edit]

text: In July 2017, Colter said the writing for the season was different from the first, because "we know the show now. We know the world that we’re in and we know sort of what works and what doesn’t work and we’re just gonna double down on that stuff, so look forward to a very exciting and very relevant and pop culture-heavy show."[30] He added that after the first season and the crossover miniseries The Defenders, Cage would have "a whole new outlook on life" and would not be dealing with the judicial system anymore.[31] Coker explained that the storyline for the season did not come from any particular iteration of the comics, and instead was based on the characters that appear: "who is Luke Cage and getting much deeper into that, but also finding out different things about Mariah Dillard, also finding out things about Misty Knight," including getting her mechanical arm "and what that entails from an emotional standpoint." In particular, the new villains introduced for the season and their abilities impacted the story in terms of "what that represents against Luke".[32] Each episode of the season is named after a Pete Rock & CL Smooth song,[1] just as Coker named each episode of the first season after a Gang Starr song.[33]

text: Casting[edit]

text: Colter returns to star as Cage,[34] along with Simone Missick as Misty Knight,[11] Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple,[35] Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard,[11] and Theo Rossi as Hernan "Shades" Alvarez.[36] In July 2017, Marvel announced the casting of Mustafa Shakir as John McIver, and Gabrielle Dennis as Tilda Johnson.[11]

text: Thomas Q. Jones reprises his role as Comanche in the season,[18] along with Danny Johnson as Benjamin Donovan,[19] and Justin Swain as Mark Bailey.[21] In October 2017, it was revealed that Finn Jones would be reprising his role as Danny Rand / Iron Fist in the season.[14] Colter explained that there had been interest from fans to see more of the previously established relationship between Cage and Jessica Jones, but for this season they "went out on a limb" and decided to give to the fans of the "Heroes for Hire" instead by having Cage and Rand team up for part of the season. He added that Finn Jones "will bring some fresh blood in the new season".[37] Jessica Henwick also reprises her Iron Fist role, appearing as Colleen Wing.[13] Following the death of Reg E. Cathey in February 2018, Marvel revealed that his final performance was as Luke Cage's father James Lucas in this season.[15] The character appeared briefly in the first season portrayed by an unnamed actor.[38]

text: In March 2018, Annabella Sciorra was announced to have been cast in the "key role" of Rosalie Carbone.[39] The next month, Antonique Smith joined the cast as Detective Nandi Tyler, a longtime rival of Misty Knight.[19] Additionally, Elden Henson reprises his role as Foggy Nelson from previous Marvel/Netflix series.[22]

text: The season also features cameo appearances by ESPN personalities Michael Smith, Jemele Hill, and Stephen A. Smith, and New York Jets head coach Todd Bowles, doubling as the head coach of the fictional Harlem Jets. As Coker is a sports fan, he decided to include the ESPN personalities and was partially motivated to reach out to Michael Smith and Hill out of "professional admiration". Coker noted the additional difficulty in getting the duo to appear because of Marvel's confidentiality requirements, meaning they could not see the scripts beforehand. Dialogue was written for the personalities, though each improvised some of it to make it sound like their own voice. Before reaching out to Bowles, Coker was going to ask David Shaw, head coach of the Stanford University Cardinal football team, since Shaw and Coker were college roommates, but the timing did not work out, as Shaw was recruiting students on the other side of the country. Coker then approached former Jets head coach Herm Edwards, since Edwards had one of Coker's "favorite coach meltdowns of all time", but Edwards also could not coordinate an appearance, resulting Coker approaching Bowles.[40]

text: Writer, author, and educator Jelani Cobb also cameos in the season, appearing as himself on a talk show speaking to Luke Cage's ability to fix Harlem. Cobb, who has "an ambivalent relationship" to the character of Luke Cage, "went back and forth" on whether he would appear in the season. He noted, "I really like the show and thought it’d be a fun thing to do, but I also think that sometimes it’s important for journalists to keep a separate line from what they’re actually doing versus the imaginary stuff that they’re doing, especially in the era of fake news." Cobb discussed the potential appearances with "some of the people I respect in the field" for their opinion, and after gaining their approval, agreed to appear.[41]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Principal photography began by June 10, 2017,[35][34] under the series' working title Tiara.[34] Production wrapped that November.[42]

text: Music[edit]

text:
Music is at the center of every decision I make for the show, probably to the point where it annoys most people.
—Showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker on his use of music in Luke Cage[43]

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text: In July 2017, Colter said that the second season would have "another feel to it" in terms of the music, praising the season's musical guests and explaining that he and Coker had chosen a "certain type" of music for the season after listening to it at a birthday party and agreeing that there had "not been one bad song" played.[31] Coker later explained that the season would explore the roots of hip-hop with blues and reggae, after the first season introduced hip-hop to the MCU. He added that the season would explore "the entire diaspora of black music" along with different cultures.[32] Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad again composed the score for the season, working out of Younge's studio Linear Labs. Their music for the season included a "50-minute epic" for one of the episodes.[44] Coker described the pair as being as "important to the success of the show as anyone in the cast, anyone directing, anyone writing, producing, period."[43]

text: Coker wanted to have live musical performances in the season again after the first, and hoped that some musicians who had turned him down for the first season would be happy to join the second after getting to see the series.[45] He noted that the idea of performing in the series was not a "home run in terms of the music community" during the first season, and he had to call in a lot of favors from his time as a music journalist to get the performers who did appear. For the second season, he was able to show footage of the first season performances as well as point out where musicians who performed on the show received "immediate streaming bumps" from fans discovering them through the series. With Coker subsequently having his "choice of acts", the season includes live performance from Faith Evans, returning from the first season, along with Joi & D-Nice, Gary Clark Jr., Esperanza Spalding, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Ghostface Killah, Stephen Marley, Jadakiss, KRS-One, and Rakim. The latter wrote an original song for the series, which he performs in the season finale. The season also includes music from Nina Simone and Mobb Deep.[43]

text: Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins[edit]

text: Following the death of Captain Ridenhour, high-ranking detective Brigid O'Reilly is mentioned as having recently moved to New Orleans, in reference to that character's role in the series Cloak & Dagger.[46][47]

text: Release[edit]

text: The second season of Luke Cage was released on June 22, 2018,[48] on the streaming service Netflix worldwide,[27] in Ultra HD 4K and high dynamic range.[49]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: An advanced screening of the season was hosted by Spotify, Netflix, and the Kennedy Center on June 19, followed by an after-party featuring musical performances by KRS-One, Younge and Muhammad, and surprise guests.[43] The season had its red carpet premiere in New York City on June 21, 2018.[50]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 84% approval rating with an average rating of 7.33/10 based on 49 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Marvel's Luke Cage surpasses the successes of its debut season with a satisfyingly complex narrative and a solid ensemble cast led by Alfre Woodard's standout performance as the archvillainess Black Mariah."[51] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 64 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[52]

text: Awarding the "excellent" season four stars out of five, Olly Richards of Empire said, "Most of Marvel’s superhero series suffer a mid-season sag, without enough plot to fill their episode quota. This season never succumbs to that because it’s not rooted in plot but character. There are episodes where little happens in terms of event, but characters deepen and crack, becoming less who they want to be and more who they have to be, even Luke. Luke Cage could now remove any superhero elements almost entirely and still function as a series."[53] David Betancourt of The Washington Post felt the season was "spectacular, full of unforgettable performances, and has not one but two top-notch villains". Though he felt the season started slow, the later episodes are "where the magic happens".[54] Alison Keene at Collder felt the "last few episodes are fantastic — it just takes a lot to get there." Keene also felt "There are plenty of things this season does well, really well, but there is so much filler and narrative dragging of feet in between that it’s hard to recommend it outright," awarding the season three stars out of four.[55]

text: CNN's Brian Lowry was more critical of the season, feeling the season was "weaker" than the first, noting it was "not bad, overall, but still experiencing the equivalent of a sophomore slump."[56] Similar to Lowry, Alan Sepinwall at Rolling Stone gave the season two stars out of four, noting the 13-episode season had "only three or four episodes' worth of story at best".[57]


document_title: You're the Worst

question_text: who plays gretchen on you're the worst

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text: You're the Worst

text: Plot[edit]

text: Jimmy and Gretchen meet at the wedding of Vernon and Becca Barbara. Jimmy, whom Becca turned down when he proposed two years earlier, is convinced Becca only invited him to rub her marriage to Vernon in his face. He nevertheless showed up, determined to ruin Becca's day as payback. Gretchen came as the guest of Becca's sister, Lindsay, who is Gretchen's best friend and enabler of her sex, drugs and rock-and-roll lifestyle. Gretchen is the publicist for a rap trio and lives in a chaotic apartment, while Jimmy can support himself in upscale Silver Lake and drive a BMW, despite having published only one novel, written during his post-breakup depression, that has sold little and been remaindered at the local bookstore. He supports himself by writing for glossy magazines, in addition to the tiny royalty checks that occasionally arrive in his mailbox.

text: He and Gretchen meet as Jimmy is being thrown out of the wedding reception after whispering something offensive to Becca, while Gretchen has decided to run off with one of the bride's wrapped gifts, which turns out to be a blender, to her disappointment. Claiming to have no interest in a relationship, the two hook up that night. Over the next few weeks, despite setting out to just "hang out and have fun" without obligation, they find themselves coming closer together.

text: In a parallel story, Lindsay is married to Paul, her affluent, conventional husband. Paul is a decent but plain man with somewhat nerdy tastes who does not need to work for a living, instead indulging in his hobbies of astronomy, beer brewing and cycling. The loveless marriage was mainly an attempt by Lindsay to outdo her older sister Becca by getting married first and having more material goods. The marriage falls apart when Lindsay returns to taking drugs and drinking, and cheats with another man. For her part, Becca is no happier with her husband Vernon, an immature man who is only interested in hanging out with friends in his man cave, drinking and watching sports and videos.

text: Jimmy also has a friend named Edgar, an Iraq War veteran suffering from PTSD, living in his house. Throughout the first season, it is hinted that Jimmy expected the arrangement to be temporary and he sometimes wonders aloud when Edgar will move out. As time goes on, it becomes clear that Jimmy has come to rely on Edgar's housework and cooking, as well as his friendship.

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Chris Geere as Jimmy Shive-Overly, a selfish and insensitive British writer living in Los Angeles.[2] Jimmy excuses his insensitive behavior as merely "telling it like it is".[2]
Aya Cash as Gretchen Cutler, a cynical and reckless music PR executive with clinical depression she mostly keeps hidden.[2]
Desmin Borges as Edgar Quintero, an Iraq War veteran suffering from PTSD and Jimmy's best friend and roommate.[2]
Kether Donohue as Lindsay Jillian (née Cottumaccio), Gretchen's "loose" best friend who "sold out" by marrying a nerdy man for his money.[2]

text: Recurring[edit]

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Janet Varney as Becca Barbara (née Cottumaccio), Lindsay's sister and Jimmy's ex-girlfriend.
Todd Robert Anderson as Vernon Barbara, Lindsay's brother-in-law and Becca's immature husband. Vernon is an orthopedic surgeon who "performs hip replacements for old ladies".
Allan McLeod as Paul Jillian, Lindsay's independently wealthy husband. Officially, Paul works for a bank as "Executive Vice President of Wealth Management", but he seems to have no duties to take up his time.
Shane Francis Smith as Killian Mounce, Jimmy and Edgar's pre-teen neighbor. By the end of season 2, Killian's parents have split up and he hangs out at Jimmy's house. In season 3, Killian tells the group his father left home with no explanation.
Brandon Mychal Smith as Sam Dresden, Gretchen's main client. Sam leads a rap trio and projects a "street" image, but his tastes run to Craft Movement furniture and fittings.
Darrell Britt-Gibson as Shitstain, a member of Sam's rap trio and his friend. His real name is Dale.
Allen Maldonado as Honeynutz (season 1-3), another friend of Sam and a member of his rap trio. His real name is Zachary. In season 4, it is revealed that Honeynutz is 45 years old, which causes Sam and Shitstain to dismiss him from the trio.
Colin Campbell as "Barfly", often seen drinking when the action takes place in a bar.
Collette Wolfe as Dorothy Durwood (season 2–3), Edgar's girlfriend, whom he meets while working with an improv comedy troupe as part of his therapy for PTSD. A frustrated actress, she breaks up with Edgar and returns home to Florida at the end of season 3.
Stephen Schneider as Ty Wyland (season 1–2, 4), a movie director who was Gretchen's lover before she met Jimmy, and who occasionally attempts to re-insert himself in her life, to Jimmy's dismay.
Mageina Tovah as Amy Cadingle (season 2), Paul's girlfriend after he leaves Lindsay.
Tessa Ferrer as Nina Keune (season 2), former champion skier and owner of Jimmy's favorite bar, who takes a romantic interest in Jimmy.
Giovonnie Samuels as Brianna (season 1), Gretchen's assistant at the PR agency.
Steve Agee as Dutch (seasons 1–4), a character who misinterprets a chance remark as an invitation to abandon his current job and begin a new venture.
Doug Benson as himself (seasons 3–4); Edgar begins working for him as a sketch writer.
Samira Wiley as Justina Jordan (season 3), Gretchen's therapist.
Kathleen Rose Perkins as Priscilla (seasons 3–4), a stylist who hires Lindsay as her assistant.
Colin Ferguson as Boone (season 4), friend of Ty's who also befriends Gretchen. Gretchen begins to have sex with him to get back at Jimmy.
Anne Dudek as Whitney, Boone's ex-wife. (season 4)
Brendan Jennings as Neil (season 4), Whitney's current husband, who is bullied mercilessly by Boone.
Johnny Pemberton as Max (season 4), a fellow sketch writer for Doug Benson and Edgar's new work friend.
Phil Abrams as pretentious "NPR Host" Steeb Corniglia (season 1 and 4).

text: Notable guest stars[edit]

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Thomas Middleditch as Hipster Ringleader, a man who becomes Edgar's rival during Sunday Funday (season 1)
Sandra Bernhard as herself (season 1)[8]
Henry Rollins as himself (season 2)
Ben Folds as himself (seasons 3–4)[9]
Brian Posehn as himself (season 3)
Raymond J. Barry as Burt, a resident of a trailer park retirement community whom Jimmy befriends (season 4)
Dee Wallace as Gail, Burt's neighbor at the retirement community (season 4)
Merrin Dungey as Candace, Jimmy's new publishing rep (season 4)
Zosia Mamet as Heidi,[10] Gretchen's friend from middle school. (season 4)
Robin Riker as Faye Cottumaccio, an actress who is also Lindsay and Becca's mother (season 4)
Lou Diamond Phillips as himself, who fictitiously is one of Faye's former lovers (season 4)[10]
Lucy Montgomery as Katherine, one of Jimmy's former classmates from England (season 4)
Amy Pietz as Adrienne, an author of erotica whom Jimmy encounters at a book expo (season 4)
Andy Daly as himself (season 4)

text: Production[edit]

text: Production on the pilot for You're the Worst, written by Stephen Falk, was first announced on July 17, 2013.[11] It was announced that casting was completed on September 19, 2013.[2] The network announced that it had ordered the pilot to series on January 24, 2014, ordering an additional nine episodes for the first season.[12] On December 2, 2015, the show was renewed for a third season,[13] which premiered on August 31, 2016.[14]

text: Most scenes are shot on-location.[15] The house representing Jimmy's home is in Silver Lake, Los Angeles.[16] For season 3, a replica of the interior of the house was constructed on a sound stage, slightly enlarged to improve camera access.[17]

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
10
July 17, 2014 (2014-07-17)
September 18, 2014 (2014-09-18)

2
13
September 9, 2015 (2015-09-09)
December 9, 2015 (2015-12-09)

3
13
August 31, 2016 (2016-08-31)
November 16, 2016 (2016-11-16)

4
13
September 6, 2017 (2017-09-06)
November 15, 2017 (2017-11-15)

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: Season 1[edit]

text: On Metacritic, season one has a score of 65 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." It also ranked 14th on critics' favorite TV shows of 2014.[18][19] Rotten Tomatoes gave the show a critic rating of 81% based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 7.26/10. The site's consensus reads, "You're the Worst uses clever writing – and its stars' palpable chemistry – to balance comedic elements against its realistically pessimistic tone."[20] The A.V. Club listed You're the Worst as one of the ten best shows of the year.[21]

text: Vanity Fair named it one of best shows of 2014 and called the show, "The perfect love story of our time."[22] David Wiegand of San Francisco Chronicle called it the best sitcom of 2014.[23]

text: Season 2[edit]

text: The second season received a Metacritic score of 82 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "universal acclaim."[24] Rotten Tomatoes reported a 97% approval rating, based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Expertly balancing character growth against edgy humor, season two of You're the Worst elevates the show's excellent writing and talented cast to a new level."[25]

text: Season 3[edit]

text: The third season received a Metacritic score of 85 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "universal acclaim."[26] Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating, based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 8.24/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "You're the Worst continues to chart serious territory with intelligence, heart, and noxious wit in its third season, even as the anti-rom-com's damaged narcissist protagonists slowly start to get over themselves."[27]

text: Season 4[edit]

text: The fourth season has received very positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, it has a score of 84 out of 100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[28] Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating, based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 8.42/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "You're the Worst remains smartly idiosyncratic in its fourth season, deftly balancing its dramatic elements against some of the sharpest laughs on television."[29]

text: Accolades[edit]

text: For the 5th Critics' Choice Television Awards, it was nominated for Best Comedy Series.[30] For the 6th Critics' Choice Television Awards, it was nominated for Best Comedy Series, Aya Cash was nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and Kether Donohue was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.[31] For the 32nd TCA Awards, the series was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy and Aya Cash was nominated for Individual Achievement in Comedy.[32]