In her appreciation of Panettiere,<\/a> culture critic Mary McNamara wrote of the Panettiere\u2019s candidness about her mental health struggles, which included bringing awareness to the realities of postpartum depression: \u201cPanettiere spoke up when she could have remained silent. She called out a truth that has been too long ignored and gave millions of women a chance to ask for help. She might not have saved the world, but she threw a big part of it a lifeline.\u201d \u2014 Yvonne Villarreal<\/p>\nTurn on<\/p>\n
Recommendations from the film and TV experts at The Times<\/p>\n
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Tracy Spiridakos as Anna Pigeon and Paulina Alexis as Zoey Bear Child in \u201cAnna Pigeon.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnna Pigeon\u201d (USA Network)<\/p>\n
This highly watchable, lightly addictive, woodsy episodic procedural dishes up meat and potatoes entertainment, or perhaps one should say \u201cpoutine,\u201d given that almost all the talent involved is Canadian, as is the impressive scenery. Tracy Spiridakos (\u201cChicago P.D.\u201d), just the right number of hairs out of place, plays Anna, a New York City stage manager turned federal park ranger after a personal tragedy. In Nevada Barr\u2019s series of novels, the heroine works at a new park from book to book; here, we\u2019re in Montana\u2019s Glacier Park (it does run right up to Canada), the setting of the 2001 \u201cBlood Lure,\u201d with Anna apparently ready to stay put as long as the TV series lasts. (The first Pigeon novel, \u201cTrack of the Cat,\u201d from 1993, informs the pilot, directed by Leah Thompson, not Canadian.) Missing persons, bank robbers, litterbug campers and an aggressive grouse bring the trouble. And murderers, of course. Community is a theme; there\u2019s a handsome bartender for romance, a rich villain to hiss. There\u2019s a talent show. The cherry on this sundae is Paulina Alexis, Willie Jack from \u201cReservation Dogs,\u201d as Anna\u2019s sidekick, enlivening the ensemble with her centered, serious, quietly humorous energy. \u2014 Robert Lloyd<\/p>\n
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Eve Myles as Annie Cassidy and David Morrissey as Michael Polly in \u201cGone.\u201d<\/p>\n
(James Pardon \/ Britbox)<\/p>\n
\u201cGone\u201d (Britbox) <\/p>\n
Like many British murder mysteries, \u201cGone\u201d opens in a picturesque portion of that green and pleasant land, in this case the rugby pitch of a stately boys school outside Bristol. Overseeing the home team is headmaster\/rugby coach Michael Polly (David Morrissey) who has the mien and manner of a perpetually disappointed tyrant. When Polly\u2019s wife, Sarah, cannot be found at the home they share with their adult daughter, Alana (Emma Appleton), it\u2019s difficult to tell how he\u2019s feeling, if anything. He certainly will not allow a missing wife to interfere with his task of molding boys into men, not with exams and a Very Important rugby final coming up. When he finally reports her absence to the police, it is pretty clear to everyone, especially Det. Sgt. Annie Cassidy (Eve Myles), that he knows more than he\u2019s telling. But is it British reticence, or something more sinister?<\/p>\n
Those accustomed to the speedy lab results and instant deductions of a standard police procedural may find themselves, at least initially, shouting out instructions and demands \u2014 how can the forensics report be so scanty? why is [fill in the blank] not brought in for questioning? But the show is, essentially, a psychological drama wrapped in a murder mystery. Anchored by splendidly counterintuitive performances by Morrissey and Myles, \u201cGone\u201d will wrap up its case over six tense and twisty episodes. But the questions it raises \u2014 about the insidious power of abusive relationships, the complexity of human emotions and the peril of considering secrecy as protection \u2014 linger long after immediate justice is served. \u2014 Mary McNamara<\/p>\n
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Conan O\u2019Brien in a segment filmed in Morocco for Season 3 of \u201cConan O\u2019Brien Must Go.\u201d<\/p>\n
(Team Coco \/ HBO)<\/p>\n
As a member of the growing subgenre of celebrity travelogue, Conan O\u2019Brien has cuddled with Javier Bardem in Spain, dressed up as Sigmund Freud in Vienna and faced off against a Muay Thai fighter in Thailand. The new season of \u201cConan O\u2019Brien Must Go\u201d has the frequent flier funnyman visiting India, the Netherlands, Morocco and the Philippines \u2014 meeting his international fans and testing how well his improvisational humor translates. I spoke with his longtime collaborator Mike Sweeney, co-writer and director on every episode, about this season\u2019s locations and O\u2019Brien\u2019s SPF needs. \u2014 Y.V.<\/p>\n
The series is a chance for Conan to interact with international fans, particularly those that have been on the podcast. Why do you think Conan\u2019s style of humor travels so well? <\/p>\n
He\u2019s fearless. I think that helps. He genuinely loves people, and he has to make people laugh. He has to make people laugh all the time in the United States. And then if you put him in another country, he\u2019s going to figure out how to get his laughs over there, even if no one speaks English. It\u2019s literally like being thrown in a room where he\u2019s got to find his oxygen, and he\u2019s gonna find it by getting laughs everywhere he goes. I\u2019m sure the fact we have a camera with us, people are curious. They tend to attract people who want to open up and play around. People can spot him from a mile away. That also helps. That\u2019s another key to a good travel show \u2014 have a really tall orange-haired host.<\/p>\n
The first episode is set in India. Things start with him trying to get on a crowded commuter train. What were some moments from that episode that stand out to you? <\/p>\n
Yes, we wanted to go in the famous Mumbai commuter trains. Boy, the amount of red tape to get permission to even go down on the platform was crazy. We had to do it several months out. But we loved that [segment]. We loved playing street cricket. He had a young man teaching him, named Veer [Pandey], who was very funny and kind of dismissive of Conan, and that\u2019s kind of Conan\u2019s sweet spot. <\/p>\n
Some countries have incredible restrictions \u2014 you might need permits to talk to people in the street, you\u2019re dealing with curveballs. And a lot of what Conan does is improvised and you don\u2019t want rules to get in the way. How how do you deal with that?<\/p>\n
It varies from country to country. You get a feel for it early on and go, \u201cOh, we need figure things out far in advance here. You\u2019re getting to a very important point, which is: How much red tape is there in each country? India \u2014 a ton. We knew that because we almost shot there in 2018 [for \u201cConan Without Borders\u201d] and it fell through ultimately because of all this red tape. We knew we really had to have a running start with India. But the Philippines, they were pretty cool. Same with the Netherlands. You know what the big issue is nowadays? Drones, where they let you shoot with drones. <\/p>\n
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Conan O\u2019Brien during a Bollywood segment in his travel series.<\/p>\n
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What\u2019s it like doing a travel show as the current administration puts stress on international relations? Did you notice any shifts this season on how you were either received or what\u2019s possible to get cleared because you\u2019re an American show?<\/p>\n
Not overtly. Nothing was represented as like, \u201cOh, you want to come shoot here? Well, we\u2019ll teach you a lesson.\u201d I\u2019d say really surprisingly, it was business as usual in terms of getting permissions to shoot. What\u2019s going on in the crazy United States really wouldn\u2019t come up that much because the things we\u2019re doing are apolitical, which is usually how we like to do it. It\u2019s Conan connecting with people and, in a way, be a political statement because it comes down to respecting other cultures and wanting to learn about other cultures and bridging gaps that way. <\/p>\n
There was that moment on the commuter train where a passenger rebuffs Conan by saying, \u201cFake a\u2014 liberal media.\u201d And Conan just rolls with it.<\/p>\n
Yes, it\u2019s just like, \u201cOh, they they even have people calling stuff out like that over here.\u201d It was almost like, \u201cOK, I feel at home. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n
We all saw that Conan, famous for his red pompadour hairstyle, recently made headlines for a slick, oily hairdo, which was the result of a severe scalp sunburn. In the Morocco episode, there\u2019s a sun-heavy segment. Were you worried about his scalp then? How much budget goes to Conan\u2019s SPF needs? <\/p>\n
He\u2019s self-regulating because he has to be that way in California. He has to be that way on a cloudy day in Cape Cod. It\u2019s just ingrained in him, his sun protection. I don\u2019t even think about it. It was business as usual for him in Morocco.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s a show you\u2019re currently obsessed with or recommending to people? <\/p>\n
We loved \u201cWidow\u2019s Bay\u201d [Apple TV], of course. I sound like everyone else, but also Katie Dippold is great. She was an intern at \u201cConan,\u201d and I\u2019ve seen her a few times over because we kind of lived near each other in Los Feliz. But she\u2019s just delightful. We\u2019re so happy for her, and plus that show was just amazing. And my wife and I dipped back into \u201cSlow Horses.\u201d <\/p>\n
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