Mireille, who was pregnant with her 2nd child on set, was dressed a little different than the Linden we usually see. If she was wearing 1 of her countless sweaters, you could not tell under the bright blue scarf that she was wearing over the front of her jacket which really did minimize how pregnant she looked, and surely that was the concept for the wardrobe idea.

Joel was dressed more like the traditional season 1 and 2 Stephen Holder we all are used to, and not the season 3 "working up to detective" look we saw last season.

THIS POST CONTAINTS NOTABLE SPOILERS FROM LAST NIGHTS FINALE OF AMC'S "THE KILLING". Do not read if you have yet to watch the episode & don't want any spoilers.
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So last night the season 3 finale of the AMC crime-drama "The Killing" was on. We finally got to the bottom of who was the Pied Piper, the person killing street kids & Trisha Seward.

In the end, Linden got her man......LITERALLY!

After going thru an assortment of Seattle's seediest people & Pastor Mike, the finale lead us down 1 more rabbit hole in Reddick before we came across the guilty mass murderer, Lieutenant James Skinner.

For weeks, many had the killer narrowed down to "either a cop or a corrections officer" and while that was a broad net to cast, since that entailed 1/2 the suspects, it made sense & in the end, was accurate.

As usual, the acting in last nights finale was stellar. The scene where Linden finally pieces together its Skinner, wow. You could almost literally read it going thru her mind, her processing the details, there was the shock, denial, confusion and eventually absolute certainty that the man she had been sleeping with was also the killer of at 21 (or more, he admitted there was more they would never find) girls.

The show was not with out flaws for me. I was a bit disappointed we didn't get our "Larsen family watching a video Rosie made" moment of closure for anyone. Danette, Kallie's mom, still doesn't know where her daughter is, although we all know now she is certainly dead as Skinners daughter had her ring. That was the only thing of note I thought was missing that season 2 had. If the writers really appreciate their fans, they will slip in 2 minutes into the season 4 (yes, I am cautiously optimistic it will happen) premiere to tie this loose end up. Get that woman her closure.

I also wasn't a fan of the IA scenes with Holder. I doubt if Skinner put in a complaint only an hour earlier they would have already come in & grabbed him without even talking to Reddick about it first. That felt unbelievable to me. But it gave Holder a chance to be his clever smart ass self. His trick to get Reddick back to the station by claiming there was a bomb in his car, brilliant. I laughed at his ability to think outside the box. It also helped advance the storyline when Holder realized Skinner was the killer, and managed to coerce Reddick to go look for Adrian while he tried to track down Linden & Skinner.

Of course there was some redemption. The Keystone Cop turned out to actually be a capable officer in the end. Carl Reddick, after making everyone hate him all season comes thru in the finale & finds missing Adrian Seward alive & well ( at least physically.). He even manage da couple great wisecrack remarks.

I felt some confusion as well. The Twitch & Lyric scenes left me unsure where that would lead. Twitch seemed willing to finally put his past behind him as we see him throw away a bag of drugs. Yet the last we see of Lyric, who seemed to be getting her life together as she now had an actual job, was smiling at a guy who clearly was looking to pick up a prostitute.

I thought it was interesting that this season ended with Linden making a massive error in judgment. I liked it. The reason, I just think its good to have cops with human emotion. They don't always make the right decisions. They too can be overwhelmed by emotions. She did, and it will be interesting to see how that's dealt with between now & season 4.

Season 3 of The Killing was, in my mind, even better than seasons 1 & 2. Although I felt the actual finale episode was a tad imperfect, the overall season was pretty much flawless to me. I REALLLLLLY hope whatever deal Netflix has with AMC to produce more episodes of The Killing already has a season 4 in there.

Below is an assortment of photos I took this season on the set of The Killing....Of course there was some Linden & Holder pics. But I also managed to catch Bullet, Adrian, Reddick & Skinner on set over the season. Including a few from the finale.

You can find all my photos from this season here http://canadagraphs.weebly.com/6/category/the%20killing/1.html

THIS POST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR SEASON 8 PREMIERE OF "PSYCH". Do not read on, or view photos if you do not want to know anything prior to seeing the episode.
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The cast & crew for the current longest runnng show on the USA Network, the comedy-drama crime show "Psych" are back to work on their 8th season already.

I caught up to them filming on 2 different occasions in their opening week.

First I caught them just a block off of Sunset Beach in Vancouver filming scenes that included Lassie (Timothy Omundson) at an apartment. At the time, I thought very little of the apartment till I stumbled across the trailers & found a trailer for....MARLOWE. This got me thinking, is this where the Lassiter-Viccellio love nest is? Only time will tell.

This past week USA Network officially confirmed Marlow weould be back in season 8 for a guest role, as well as the Cary Elwes character Pierre Despereaux.

A few days later, I was told about them being in New Westminster. After a long exhaustive game of "follow the bread crumbs" I found the set in uptown New West, a quiet neighbourhood of above average value houses.

On set that day, I saw Shawn & Gus (James Roday & Dule Hill) along with Juliet (Maggie Lawson). I also saw another cast member there. Unfortunately, I have no photos of this cast member on set at this time, because the specific person in question asked me not to post photos of them there that day, as it was a plot point that hasnt come up yet (and I instantly knew this person was right, having watched the show enough). Also on set on this day was, the blueberry. The scenes were all indoors while I was there, so I didnt see any filming...but here is my 1st pics of Psych cast & crew back at work for the 8th & likely final season (if James Roday & Dule Hill were telling it like it is at the Upfronts last week)..

A little over a month ago, Back To The Future & Family Ties star Michael J. Fox was given an honourary degree at the Justice Institute Of B.C. in New Westminster.

Here is his speech (Apolgies in advance for shaky camera work at times. Audio is also hard to follow sometimes)

When I was growing up, there was few bigger stars in Vancouver for homegrown talent than Michael J. Fox.. The Edmonton born, Vancouver raised actor probably is responsible for creating many of the TV stars we have now.

About a month ago, the 4x Golden Globe & 5X Emmy Winning actor was in Vancouver for his annual charity golf tournament.

Michael also picked up an honorary degree for Doctor Of Laws from The Justice Institute of British Columbia in New Westminster while he was in town this time.  This was actually the 2nd time Mr. Fox had recieved a Doctor Of Laws honourary degree in B.C. The 1st being in 2008 at UBC.

The former Back To The Future, Family Ties, Teen Wolf & Spin City star comes back to Vancouver every year to take part in a charity golf event & dinner for his charity, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research
 https://www.michaeljfox.org/ the disease he himself has.

The amazing thing about Michael is that he deals with this disease everyday, a condition that causes him discomfort, shaking & focus problems, and he still finds the time to meet with fans, give autographs & take photos. Not once, not twice, nor even 3 times, but FIVE times over his short stay here I met him & every time he stopped to sign for the 3-15 people that were there on these encounters.

I meet countless celebrities with NO REASON to be rude/mean, who simply think people are below them & that they dont need to give back to fans...and while there isnt any law saying they HAVE to, it is, for the most part, a good jesture to keep or develop new fans for your future projects. Michael, has every reason in the book to ignore people if he felt like it. Hes won a truckload of awards & honours, he isnt currently promoting any show/movie to try & buy fans/viewers for, and most importantly he suffers from a debilitating degenerative condition that makes signing an autograph or stopping to take a photo a sincere challenge....and he does it with grace & respect. He should be what most celebrities look up to wanting to be like.

I liked also that during his stay here, talking with others, everyone seemed to like him from different things. While most seemed to remember him as Marty McFly in Back To The Future films, there was some who recalled him as Teen Wolf, and of course, my favorite character if his, Alex. P. Keaton from Family Ties. The new generation of viewers know him as Stuart Little. He simply touches almost every corner of the entertainment spectrum. The man even has a Grammy Award.

Below is some photos of Michael from his short stay here, including some from his Honourary Degree ceremony & his golf event (where I didnt see him too much). I also have a video of Michael giving a speech at the Justice Institute, I will post it eventually... assuming there is some demand for it from you all.