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Nadine Velazquez Talks About Rios’ Introduction to Major Crimes
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In a new interview with TV Guide, new cast member Nadine Velazquez discusses her characters icy welcome to the squad, and how D.D.A. Rios’ “ambition” and drive to win the Phillip Stroh case will cause tensions to rise.
“They’re not gentle and they’re not holding my hand in any way,” Velazquez tells TVGuide.com of her character’s interaction with her new colleagues. “I’m a fish out of water, and they’re showing me what the environment is like. So I just get thrown into these situations, and I learn quickly — maybe the hard way.”
But there’s a reason Emma doesn’t exactly get off on the right foot with the unit: She has been assigned the Philip Stroh case and is dismayed to learn her chief witness, Rusty (Graham Patrick Martin), is living under Capt. Raydor’s roof. Emma believes she has a better chance of winning the case if Rusty is removed from Raydor’s home, but you can guess where Raydor comes down on that argument. “The Stroh case is the big one, and she wants to win,” Velazquez says. “Both [women] are ambitious, and that’s where it conflicts. Emma knows the law, but Sharon is the Captain [with the] authority. Captain Raydor is so collected and calm, but yet she’s firm. She never lets it throw her off, which is something Emma hopes it would do. But it doesn’t work with her.”
Read the entire interview here.
Major Crimes and Drama- Q & A with GW Bailey, Mary McDonnell and Tony Denison
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This past weekend our friends at RizzlesUnlimited attended TNT’s Armchair Detective Weekend, and took the opportunity to talk to GW Bailey, Tony Denison and Mary McDonnell about what we can expect in season 2- and found out that they don’t always agree on what might happen next on Major Crimes.
Q: How will the Captain’s need for control of her environment and the people around her degrade or change as she continues to work with the detectives and the outside influences of her personal life start to come in more and more? What should we expect to see as far as her need for control?
Mary McDonnell: I’m not sure exactly which direction it will go in, but I would say that the balance between growing by letting go and holding on too strong, that sort of tightrope is part of what’s at the core of her. But what’s been already obvious to me in the season we’re playing now is that [the detectives’] influence on her has already been positive in that, to be really working directly with the detectives on a crime rather than working with other detectives on detecting whether or not they did well on a crime, is really gratifying for her. It’s opening her up emotionally in a different way than being in Internal Affairs allowed her to. … If you’re friends with [the detectives], you’re not doing your job. So, so far, it feels to me like it’s having a positive effect, but there will be some trouble, I’m sure.
G.W. Bailey: In paradise.
Mary McDonnell: Because it’s a drama.
G.W. Bailey: And it’s TNT.
Everyone: And we know drama! (laughter)
Q: Will the fact the entire department is more-or-less raising Rusty eventually cause strife, or will it continue to be a unifying factor for them?
Tony Denison: I don’t know. Right now, it’s starting…
Mary McDonnell: Both.
Tony Denison: Yeah, both. It’s kind of both right now. You know, who knows which way James is going to go with this? But I’m sure, just as it’s going really great now, no matter what direction it takes or if it decides to split the baby the whole way down, it’ll be great either way, and the kid, Graham who plays Rusty, is wonderful. He’s wonderful, a nice kid, and really good actor to work with.
Q: We’ve noticed that your character, Tony, has started to become the Captain’s number 2 as the series has progressed. He’s sort of the go-to guy for that as opposed to Provenza, who has seniority on that. Why is that? Why are you the go-to guy as opposed to your partner?
Tony Denison: Because he’s super grumpy. (chuckles)
Q: Besides that! Is this something we’re going to see it expanded more where your character winds up being more and more at the number 2 spot while G.W.’s character evens it out?
Tony Denison: That won’t ever happen. The balance of the show is… I mean, it may happen in a way where it becomes annoying to him [G.W. Bailey] so that there’s more friction…
G.W. Bailey: It’s interesting what perceptions [are out there] because we [he and Tony Denison] won’t talk about this, but he and I have very strong opinions about…
Tony Denison: Yes.
G.W. Bailey: About this very issue and who is emerging as what we call the…
Tony Denison: The go-to.
G.W. Bailey: Corey Reynolds…
Tony Denison: David Gabriel.
G.W. Bailey: Gabriel. Gabriel had nothing to do with seniority. He was the youngest of all of us and wasn’t even made a detective. He made detective grade on the show. [He] was [Raydor’s] kind-of partner. He was her right hand, so it really has nothing to do with seniority at all. But there’s somebody on the show that we think is taking that position, but it’s neither one of us [Flynn or Provenza].
Mary McDonnell: And you know what? I just want to say that, from my point of view, both as the actress and Raydor, that’s not now I’m experiencing it at all, that there’s any one person. There’s been an interdependence to each one of them at different points that I felt very strongly. I don’t have that consciousness. Do you know what I mean? I’m not quite seeing what you’re [G.W. and Tony] seeing, perhaps, but maybe I don’t want to? (Laughs)
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News Briefs: Major Crimes Season 1 Marathon and Mary McDonnell Discusses Season 2
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- TNT will be airing an encore of Major Crimes season 1- all ten episodes- before the season 2 premiere on June 10th. Check local listings for the exact start times, but in most markets the marathon, starting with the season 1 premiere episode “Reloaded” will begin at 11am, and continue all day until the season 2 premiere at 9pm/8c.
- In a new interview with Celebrity Extra (part of a larger piece that will be released later this week) Mary McDonnell talks about her character’s long-estranged ex-husband, Jackson Raydor, that Tom Berenger has been brought on to portray.
“We’ve worked together before, so we knew that working together again would be awesome,” she said. “He’s been on the set for the past couple of weeks, and it’s been absolutely great! It is exciting because we learn more about Raydor’s past. As we learn about her and how she deals with this personal relationship in her life, we get a much more revealing picture of the woman. The more I find out about her past, the more I understand her present.”
About the new season, McDonnell also says: “We are about to finish shooting episode No. 5, so we have a good sense of at least the beginning of the season, and I can tell you we’re pretty excited. It’s fantastic. It’s new, and it’s interesting, and it’s complicated. I don’t want to give away too much, but let’s just say there’s a lot to be learned, and it’s been tremendous fun to shoot.”
Summer Returning Favorites: Major Crimes
Only one week away from the Season 2 Premiere of Major Crimes, and this weeks issue of TV Guide’s “Summer Returning Favorites” includes some information (and slight spoilers) for what we can expect in season 2 :
Major Crimes (TNT)
Premieres: Monday, June 10 at 9/8c
Where We Left Off: Capt. Raydor & Co. teamed with the FBI to bring down a sniper. Rusty’s abusive father tried to reconnect with his son, but the entire Major Crimes bands together to force Rusty’s father to waive his parental rights and make Rusty a ward of the state.
What’s Next: Just as Raydor finally gets to good place leading the team, Deputy D.A. Emma Rios (new cast member Nadine Velazquez) threatens to challenge Raydor’s guardianship of Rusty. That confrontation gets even more complicated when Rusty receives a threatening letter and Emma demands he be relocated. Meanwhile, Raydor’s estranged husband of 25 years (guest star Tom Berenger) returns to L.A. to work as court-appointed attorney.
2.11- “Poster Boy”
“Poster Boy” – Monday, August 19, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
The team works strategically to capture a spree killer who has put everyone on high alert. Trying to solve the case quickly, Raydor is torn between two seemingly right decisions, each of which comes with major consequences. Meanwhile, Rusty is given some extra freedom, but more threats leave him afraid to stray far from home.
Directed by Michael M. Robin
Written by Leo Geter
Created by James Duff
Behind-the-scenes advance photos, shared by James Duff
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- “Yes, the crime is so awful, it requires the personal attention of Captain Raydor and Chief Taylor. And the murders pile up….” Photo Credit: James Duff
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- “Buzz and Rios in a corner” Photo Credit: James Duff
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- “This is not a guy you want staying at your house. Not giving anything away. Actor Chris Woods scares the living daylights out of people in Poster Boy!” Photo Credit: James Duff
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- “Investigating a murder in the finale” Photo Credit: James Duff
Production Stills
2.10- “Backfire”
“Backfire” – Monday, August 12, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
In a case that hits a little too close to home for Rusty, a 19-year-old prostitute is brutally murdered. The squad rushes to reach a deal with the remorseless killer they believe is part of a larger criminal enterprise. Their efforts, however, do not sit well with the judge assigned to the case.
Directed by Sheelin Choksey
Written by Adam Belanoff
Created by James Duff
2.09- “There’s No Place Like Home”
“There’s No Place Like Home” – Monday, August 5, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
Provenza faces possible permanent desk duty while the squad investigates the suspicious death of a loathsome ICE agent which brings them into contact with the residents of an ancient apartment complex nicknamed La Shangri-la. Tim Conway, Paul Dooley, Ron Glass, Doris Roberts, and Marion Ross guest star. Paul McCrane and Kathe Mazur also appear in the episode.
Directed by Leo Geter
Written by Duppy Demetrius
Created by James Duff
