not another happy ending is a 2013 british romantic comedy film directed by john mckay , starring karen gillan , stanley weber and freya mavor .

produced by claire mundell and wendy griffin , and written by david solomons , the film premiered at the edinburgh international film festival on 30 june 2013 .

it was largely shot in glasgow 's merchant city .

not another happy ending

karen gillan moves on from amy pond in romantic comedy not another happy ending .
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not another happy ending : a production case study by claire mundell and wendy griffin .
not another happy ending will première at the edinburgh international film festival on sunday , 30 june .
not another happy ending is a romantic drama about a young writer who is attempting to get her first novel published .
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the film ' s ending was indeed a happy moment , but not in the intended manner .
families can talk about how not another happy ending portrays the life of an author . why do you think so many movies portray writers as depressive types in complicated relationships ?
impeded by a weak script and poorly - drawn characters , not another happy ended is an all too often muddled and unsatisfying affair .
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not even the presence of two fine scottish actors , gary lewis ( as jane’s dad ) and kate dickie , can redeem the whole sorry mess . the film’s ending was indeed a happy moment , but not in the intended manner .
not another happy ending will close the edinburgh international film festival this year , the film’s producers have confirmed . the film , which stars former doctor who companion karen gillan alongside stanley weber , is an indie rom - com set in the scottish city of glasgow directed by john mckay .
it’s not just the protagonist who’s short of inspiration in “not another happy ending , ” a trifling comedy about writer’s block that aims for a blend of richard curtis - style cheeriness and arch literary satire , and winds up mostly drawing a blank . an unusual glaswegian setting and an appealing cast , led by rising star karen gillan as [ … ]
from the early stages of script development , to raising the finance , casting , shooting on location , post - production , and distribution , producer claire mundell and co - producer wendy griffin will talk through their experiences of producing not another happy ending , shot on location in glasgow in 2012 .
unless a rom - com has been written by the king of british romance , richard curtis , uk efforts don’t tend to get a lot of exposure , which is a shame because the glaswegian - set not another happy ending is one of the most enjoyable films i’ve seen from this genre in a while .
karen gillan played jane lockhart . she later played another character called jane in the devil you know .
it’s not his first foray with karen gillan either ; while she might be better known for her role as amy pond in aforementioned sci - fi doctor who , for which she finished shooting her final episodes earlier this year , she also played jean shrimpton in mckay’s fashion biopic , we’ll take manhattan . the film premièred on bbc two earlier this year , and it’s their experience that led to her casting in not another happy ending .
one of the more curious aspects of not another happy ending is the journey it made from script to screen , one which mckay credits to its “very clever producer” , claire mundell , who “made it happen by patch - working a bunch of different sources of funding together , none of whom interfered in any kind of way with the way the film turned out” .
it’s not just the protagonist who’s short of inspiration in “ not another happy ending , ” a trifling comedy about writer’s block that aims for a blend of richard curtis - style cheeriness and arch literary satire , and winds up mostly drawing a blank . an unusual glaswegian setting and an appealing cast , led by rising star karen gillan as a ditzy novelist whose reluctant crush on her editor stalls the follow - up to her bestselling debut , combine to wring some charm from a lean premise that inevitably disproves its title . commercially , however , a happy ending for this year’s edinburgh closer may prove elusive even in blighty .
don’t watch not another happy ending expecting anything deep and philosophical . that’s not its intended audience . the film is quirky , light - hearted and fun , made so thanks to a script that is quick in wit and an engaging main protagonist . and in the face of a genre which has been getting cruder with every release , it was nice to sit back and be swept away by an idyllic and romantic glasgow . for once .
the alternate ending was superficial and cliche . the ending they chose was the the perfect ending . it had the right blend of nuance , suprise . it was able to create a magical story , but infuse it with something strangely real . beyond cultural expectations i simply can ' t understand why people had a problem with the ending .
he highlights something interesting , though , bringing me back to a conversation i had a few moments after coming out of not another happy ending ’s press screening : what is a “scottish movie” ? even institutions like creative scotland seem unclear as to what defines a film as scottish , and especially what distinguishes a scottish film from a british film . i wondered if john mckay could share some insight .
david solomons has been writing screenplays for many years . his first feature film was an adaptation of ‘five children and it’ ( starring kenneth branagh and eddie izzard , with gala screenings at the toronto and tribeca film festivals ) . his latest film is a romantic comedy set in the world of publishing , ‘not another happy ending’ ( karen gillan , iain de caestecker ) , which closed the edinburgh inter
casual smoking a few times ; casual adult drinking throughout but not to excess .
sometimes love needs a re - write . . . novelisation by david solomons ( bafta nominated screenwriter of the fabulous bagel boys , five children and it ) of the quirky romantic comedy film not another happy ending , starring karen gillan ( amy pond in dr who ; nebula in the forthcoming marvel movie , guardians of the galaxy ) , french actor stanley weber ( therese desqueyroux , henry v , b
i agree . i don ' t really understand the fuss . i loved the storyline . sure , it was sad she died but life is often sad , and happy , just like the ending .
a fabulously fun rom - com about love , sponge cake and the trouble with happy endings ! * out now on dvd * is ‘not another happy ending’ as a movie with karen gillan { doctor who star } , which i am now excited to see having read david soloman’s book . this harlequin romance is sassy , sophisticated and full of heartfelt sincerity that will entertain for many hours and leave you feeling warm and fuzzy inside . if you enjoy classic chick - lit and humorous stories , such as amanda foreman or trisha ashley et
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with the headline : a royal wedding ? not quite , but britain is abuzz .
john mckay says that he’s “always wanted to make an indie movie in scotland” , and it looks like that aspiration is coming true : set in glasgow , starring doctor who star karen gillan , and funded through contributions from fans , not another happy ending begins shooting in the middle of next month and sounds very promising . we spoke to mckay on the phone earlier today to find out what you can expect from the indie rom - com .
you dont need to be a hater to dislike the ending . it was bad on so many levels
jane is a hardworking and devoted writer who has ethics about her work ; her father attempts to reconcile after a long split and abandonment . minor characters are largely selfishly motivated to one degree or another and not particularly compassionate .
ten years ago it would probably have received a warm reception , but there is quite enough misery to be found on the non - fiction shelves just now , so , in fiction , we’re currently very much into happy stories with happy endings .
it is not often that at book based on a screenplay turns out to be a winner , but not another happy ending proved itself to be one of those rare gems . author david solomon also wrote the screenplay for this quirky , set - in - scotland , romantic comedy that pokes fun at the publishing industry , so it is no surprise that the story survives the transition from screen to print . the film / novel tells the story of jane lockheart , a twenty - something aspiring writer and lover of all things miserable , whose no
when did i say that only haters dislike the ending ? in fact i mentioned that i realized that there are true fans of the show who really dislike the ending . clearly they aren ' t haters .
“i had a blast with karen on we’ll take manhattan , ” he says . “she played shrimpton very well , but shrimpton , in the way i portrayed her , is quite a quiet , intense , introverted person , and when i got to know karen , i got to know that’s not really her at all : she was acting that . actually , karen is a very bubbly , vibrant , energetic , funny , slightly clumsy person , and i realised that the script i had for not another happy ending was a great fit for her . ”
john mckay’s favourite scottish film is local hero , a popular choice amongst locals and outsiders alike , and he attributes that to writer - director bill forsyth’s ability to make “these really charming , smart movies that scots people like , but other people could really get behind as well” , which might explains his enthusiasm for not another happy ending , which he described as “ [ feeling ] much more like the kind of film i like coming out of america or france” .
how far can a film go based solely on the performance of its star ? turns out a fair distance if scottish rom - com not another happy ending is anything to go by . doctor who star karen gillan , in her first leading movie role , carries this film by the scruff of the neck with a quirky and well - measured performance as an up - and - coming novelist who ' s struggling to get the creative juices flowing on her second book .
ironical title . . . . completely but then again . . . . its chick lit ! ! ! i don ' t understand why is boy meet girl , they fall in love and lived happily every after concept so appealing to the masses ? ? ? why couldn ' t this genuinely have been a not so happy ending . . . . the book was going in the perfect direction and then the same cliche ending . loved the style but not so much the story of this one . the narrative techhnique the attention to detailed characterization and all is great but still doesn ' t make up for my disappointment in the ending .
certainly , no one seems to have suffered much while making “ not another happy ending ” : gillan and weber have no romantic rapport onscreen , but work with bright professionalism throughout on characters who demand little of them . ( “i don’t even know you , ” jane says to tom after an early argument , speaking for the audience in the process . ) of the uniformly underwritten supporting roles , ian de caestecker scores most winningly as tom’s cynical but soft - hearted roommate .
the last time i spoke to john mckay , cast rehearsals were just beginning for not another happy ending , as a crowdfunding campaign early in the challenge of financing the film came to an end . mckay enthused at the time about the hot french actor – stanley weber – that he’d picked up to play the male lead , and about co - star karen gillan’s bubbly personality . there was some expectation in my mind that the film would show up at the following year’s edinburgh international film festival .
like an overstuffed soufflã© , however , not another happy ending has a few too many ingredients to really register as a top - tier romantic comedy . plot threads dangle unfinished or underdeveloped , such as jane ' s relationship with her estranged father and a newbie author ( skins ' s freya mavor ) getting set up as a potential threat before getting swept under the carpet . naturally there ' s romantic tension between jane and tom , but this is never fleshed out in any kind of satisfying way .
it’s a predictable story , i grant you . i doubt anyone reading this synopsis will have any doubt about the film’s end , but considering the conclusion is a ) true of most rom - coms and b ) what we pay to see , we can let that point slide . what makes not another happy ending more charming than most rom - coms is the fact that it’s relatable , plausible , set in scotland ( which makes a nice change ) , and the chemistry between the two leads is palpable from the beginning .
i go with alt . i ' m not even mentioning that the makers packed all the important stuff into 1 episode during the official ending - some comments already cover that . something else is bothering me : although it ' s still a bit unfair , that robin didn ' t get her chance to be 100 % happy , the alt is still more soothing . sometime back i wanted ted and robin together but not like this . the official ending destroyed everything that was built through the series . all this talk about the universe paying back , all this talk about ultimate happiness waiting just around the corner and happy - ever - afters - to - be was flushed down the toilet . yes , ted , wait and suffer , the happiness will come , but then , no , wait , life happens . he still had his kids , but it was all so cruel . same with robin and barney . i rooted for them so much . i thought robin was the one who will make barney ultimately happy , and the other way around . but as it turned out - after they divorced - the only thing that was able to completely satisfy barney was a child . that means robin never had the chance to make him 100 % happy . tbh , i hoped her diagnosis would turn out false with barney , and they would have the 2 kids that were shown in one of the robin ' s episodes . summary - no happy endings . no happy ending in the show that was all about happy , unrealistic even , endings . i felt so betrayed .
chris fujiwara , artistic director of the festival , added : “speaking as somebody who , before coming to scotland , knew scotland partly through its portrayal in films , i’m really excited to find in not another happy ending a fresh , interesting , and almost idyllic take on the cultural vibrancy of scottish city life . the film also shows how well the time - honoured genre of romantic comedy can work in the contemporary scottish context . the film will add just the right note of celebration with which to close our festival this year . ”
given the cliffhanger we’ve been handed tonight whether laura palmer is really alive or not , and whether that leads to another season , it’s obvious lynch has a hard time quitting the homecoming queen , and moving on to another case . while x - files drew inspiration from twin peaks , it’s an understatement to say that lynch really never wanted to build something akin to x - files with its cases of the week in twin peaks .
ironical title . . . . completely but then again . . . . its chick lit ! ! ! i don ' t understand why is boy meet girl , they fall in love and lived happily every after concept so appealing to the masses ? ? ? why couldn ' t this genuinely have been a not so happy ending . . . . the book was going in the perfect direction and then the same cliche ending . loved the style but not so much the story of this one . the narrative techhnique the attention to detailed characterization and all is great but still doesn ' t make up for m
“we had a thing going on with not another happy ending in that we were trying to elude the two eminent styles of scottish filmmaking : the gritty , crime - and - drugs movie , and the vain nessie and greyfriar’s bobby movie . there are great examples of both of those movies , it’s just that it’s boring when there’s only two sorts you can make . if i had an ambition for us , it would be : a thousand flowers bloom . i think we should be making all sorts of stories in all sorts of styles . ”
she never should have died and barney and robin never should have divorced . i wrote a song about the crappy ending : urltoken
• david solomons was born in glasgow and now lives in dorset with his wife , author natasha solomons , and young son . his writing credits include screenplays for the great ghost rescue ( 2011 ) , five children and it ( 2004 ) and the fabulous bagel boys ( 2001 ) . this is an extract from not another happy ending , out now in paperback and published by mira . it is based on solomons’ own screenplay for the film of the same name , rom - com starring karen gilian ( doctor who’s amy pond ) and french actor stanley weber .
agreed . i don ' t mind that the mother dies . what i had an issue with is the robin and ted ending . while this new ending is one i would have rather seen . it doesn ' t really explain anything and ignores all those foreshadowing . bays and thomas really just did not know how to end their show after extending it to 8 years .
claire and mark are staying together using the tapes , which was maybe not what was expected . i’ve always liked the realistic , not - so - happy ending for that story , like with the sydney pollack character in husbands and wives who sees them back together and is like , “that doesn’t seem right , ” but it’s real . we had to wrap up so many things in that dinner scene , but we could’ve gone into that in more detail and shown how sad it is that they are back together .
the ending ( original and alternative too ) of himym was disconnected to the rest of the series . the series was a puzzle , but the puzzle was not solved at the end . they were not able to execute the genre , the authors have created . but that was not the only problem . barney , lily , marshall and even robin were irrelevant in the end . they dismissed the growth of the characters ( especially barney and robin , but also lily and marshall ) .
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david solomons has been writing screenplays for many years . his first feature film was an adaptation of ‘five children and it’ ( starring kenneth branagh and eddie izzard , with gala screenings at the toronto and tribeca film festivals ) . his latest film is a romantic comedy set in the world of publishing , ‘not another happy ending’ ( karen gillan , iain de caestecker ) , which closed the edinburgh international film festival . my brother is a superhero is his first novel for children . he was born in glasgow and now lives in dorset with his wife ( and novelist ) natasha , and son , luke .
to say that the finale surprised the heck out of some of the fans is a understatement . i think the finale was original and meaningful , while the fans are displeased because we all wanted the typical fairytale - happily - ever - after ending . i think the fact that so many of the fans felt incredibly sad that the mom died is knowing that we will never have another chance to meet the mom ( more ) , even though the season was clearly ending . i am not pleased by the ending when i first saw it , but i could agreed with bay and thomas by sticking to their decision back when they first decided to film himym . either way , i still love the show very much .
after that , there’s all the endings in a row . what was your thinking behind that — to give everyone a type of happy ending ? as is often the case , it seems , we are just making lemonade out of the situation we had . we had so many things we wanted to hit to wrap up this year , and so it kept piling on , and we were like , “this is way too many endings and way too much ending material , ” and then at a certain point , we were like , “okay , let’s lean into that . ” we were never quite sure how much to do that until we got into the edit . we were seeing this constant “one week later , ” “one month later , ” “one year later” being funny to us . i’m happy with the never - ending ending . that ties up what , as a viewer , i want to see .
with her debut novel ,
happy ending
, jane lockhart ( karen gillan ) pulled off that rare double - critical acclaim and mainstream success . but now , with just the last chapter of the follow - up novel to write , she encounters crippling writer ' s block . she has no idea how her story ends . . . this is not good news for her publisher , tom . his company is up against the wall financially and the only thing that will save him is a hit , in the form of jane ' s next novel . when he discovers that his most important author is blocked , tom knows he has to unblock her or he ' s finished . everyone knows you have to be miserable to write well , and tom realises that the only way he ' s going to get her to finish the novel is to make her life a misery . with the help of his best friend and cynical , child - hating high school teacher , roddy , he sets about trying to dismantle the things in jane ' s life that make her happy . meanwhile , jane ' s block spirals out of control - to the point where her fictional characters , twiddling their thumbs in the not - happening novel , intrude into her real life . her heroine , darsie , is terrified that jane won ' t give her the ending she desires because jane has given up on her own happy ending . will tom , or darsie , manage to get jane writing again , and create a happy ending for everyone ?
i had no idea that this was the book of a film when i picked it up , so i started reading with no precoceptions . half way through i saw that there was a film of the same name , and assumed that the book came before the film . now i know that the film came first , i ' m even more impressed . the transition from page to screen , or screen to page , is never an easy one , but although i haven ' t seen the film yet , the book of not another happy ending works so well . i read a lot of na and ya books , but i do ha
kaitlin , i agree with your assessment on the alternate ending . usually i have things i want to comment on but i am in total agreement .
not another happy ending is shot beautifully , with ireland as its backdrop . the characters are pretty vivid and quirky but often flat and lacking the necessary chemistry . but the premise here - - of a publisher finagling with his writer ' s everyday happiness so she will write better , aka more miserably - - is simply too fantastical to get behind , and it ' s a key component to the movie ' s major plot . plus , the myth of the depressive author is just that - - a myth - - and here , the genre and its shorthand stereotypes about the writing life are missing the fresh take that might make this more memorable .
the creators forgot they were making a romantic comedy . with a rom com , sure you have heartache and heartbreak , but not at the freaking end ! the ending is uplifting , the ending is supposed to give you hope and put a smile on your face . let me ask you this , remember the ending of friends ? when rachel was taking a plane to another job and another life and there was a moment of uncertainty about whether she would instead get off the plane and return to the love of her life ross ? she did , she got off the plane and the show ended with them together again . but imagine if instead she had decided to leave . or even worse , imagine if the plane had crashed and she had been killed . do you think that friends would still have the enduring cult status it does or would people have turned against it when the 10 years of devotion turned to ashes in their mouths ? the creators forgot they were making something that is enjoyable to watch and instead tried to make a drama about how love isn ' t what you think it is and not where you look for it . we don ' t want realism . we want escapism . we want a goddamn tv show , not real life .
the end was horrible and im still not over it . but not just because of ted and robin . there was sooo much wrong with it . marshall and lily ' s story was never really shown . what are the names of their kids ? what does lily work as now etc . barney who suddenly acts like 10 years ago and then the most cliche story with the baby . . . . so at least people got angry about the ending because i bet if that robin and ted scene would have not happened no one would have probably cared that much
ideal ending given the circumstances : the mother dies , the camera cuts to ted saying
and that , kids , is how i met your mother ,
fade to black , cue end credits . no getting back together with robin , no cheesy history montage , just that . though i liked the ending that aired . the final narration in that ending was a perfect summary of the show ' s thesis , and didn ' t need to be the recap version .
you asked us to complement that list with one like this that counts down happy endings . not just “the show got cancelled and the gay lady was still alive” endings , but truly triumphant story resolutions . lesbian and bisexual characters who received fitting and worthy send - offs that were comparable to the ones the show’s straight characters received .
to the credit of not another happy ending though , karen gillan getting her kit off was less contrived . suffering from writer’s block , jane decides to take her boyfriend’s advice and write in the buff , in the hope it will help free her inhibitions and in turn her mental block . in other words , the perfect set up for tom to walk in and catch her . still , its inclusion does appear to be purely for the purpose of titillation , and therefore gillan’s insistence the experience was actually alright to shoot , is tainted by the disappointment they resorted to that old trick and made her do it in the first place . the film was lovely as it was and didn’t need that addition .
when a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked he knows he has to unblock her or he ' s finished . with her newfound success , she ' s become too damn happy and she can ' t write when she ' s happy . the only trouble is , the worse he makes her feel , the more he realises he ' s in love with her .
parents need to know that not another happy ending is a british romcom about a writer ' s maudlin memoir about her father ' s abandonment , with brief mentions of her mother ' s death and father ' s subsequent addiction . it features brief nudity ( female rear end , side boob ) , a few instances of
f - - k ,
profanity throughout , casual drinking , and implied casual sex . it focuses heavily on the isolating writing process , writer ' s block , and aspects of being published or having work adapted to the big screen . nothing particularly shocking here , but the language , relationship stuff , and paternal abandonment make it a tad heavy for a romantic comedy and best for older teens .
i hated the original . i agree that bays and thomas never intended for it to end any other way and i wouldn ' t be surprised if they scrapped that ending together after the finale wrath . i saw it when it was up and it was super corny but at least it was a happy ending . ted and robin may be happy for some fans , but the divorce and death to get there were very depressing . the show is essentially a romantic comedy and should end that way . the wire could end on a melancholy note because the show definitely wasn ' t a ball of sunshine . the tone of the last episode didn ' t match the series and that ' s why it fell flat to me .
when a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked he knows he has to unblock her or he ' s finished . with her newfound success , she ' s become too damn happy and he thinks she can ' t write when she ' s happy . the only trouble is , the worse he makes her feel , the more he realises he is in love with her . . .
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it may not have the bite of a bridesmaids , but in gillan ' s sparky performance there ' s enough to keep you engaged for the duration .
tulip talks to god , and it’s not a pleasant conversation , and we learn a little more custer family history in one of season three’s funniest episodes .
seems every one who was outraged - a season later , which can be a lifetime , have cooled their jets and seem content with the ending that aired . . . .
one thing to keep in mind , is that this was always meant to be the ending . this is ending was created before filming of the show even started , and the scene of the kids calling out ted for being in love with robin was filmed between filming of season 1 and 2 . this ending was always the ending they were going to go with , no matter who ted ended up with . that ' s why through the entire show it is referenced that ted is supposed to end up with robin ; marshall ' s
not yet
when robin and barney get engaged , robin ' s insistence after the engagement that she ' s sure she was supposed to marry ted , ted ' s constant return to being in love with robin at least once a season . the creators did all this on purpose , because this was the plan since the show was in development .
the ending has two sections , so let’s first start with the reveal that reagan’s nuclear threat was a trick . how did that come up ? my best recollection is that we just did a lot of brainstorming . we knew early on that we wanted this plot involving the nuclear bomb and the president and all that , and somewhere in the earlyish stages of plotting out the season , the idea came up to make it a game , not so much to explain the insanity of it , because there’s plenty of insanity already in whas , but to give it a good ending . i remembered seeing the movie the game by david fincher and i thought the movie was okay , but the ending made it great .
i hate barney and robin’s divorce , i hate it i hate it i hate it . but the main reason i don’t like original ending , is because we don’t know what happens to barney , robin , or marshall & lily . characters we know and love , we never hear from again . they clearly rushed the ending , to finish off the series , instead of how we wanted it , slowly , just like the rest of the series . even if it takes a few more seasons . other than that , the original ending was perfect .
it was so rushed that is seemed like the wrote it in 15 minutes , even though they probably knew this ending 9 years earlier . m & l ; never should have gone to italy . it was too predictable that she would get her way and that his judgeship would somehow be waiting for him . i wrote a song about how bad the ending was : urltoken
the printer spewed out another copy of the manuscript , and as she waited for the four hundred pages of her thus far ill - starred debut to stack up she hoisted the sash window , leaned on the sill and took a deep breath .
some people didn ' t liked finale coz ppl expects normal and happy ending for all the characters , which actually is far from reality . and if ted & tracy have been together forever , there was no meaning or sense on starting the pilot from the time ted met robin . the finale make perfect sense and even after knowing finale , i love to read repeated telecast . kudos to bays & thomas .
still , the middleton sisters apparently generate millions of clicks , and papers need to be sold . and everyone wants a happy ending . maybe , after the soon - to - be mrs . matthews drifts off into the sunset on her honeymoon this weekend , the feverish interest will die down for a while . until she starts trying for a baby , when the whole circus will begin again . bottoms up !
the series if filled with red herrings so you could never trully say tracy was dying , fake outs are common so why not got the extra mile ? also if people where expecting tracy to die . . . would it be pointless to call it a twist ? the ending with bob saget is the perfect book end to the series it ' s more even my only regret is they changed the songs in the end , despite how crappy the ending was . . . those songs where a bright spot in all of this . . .
wtf . . . . . this show had happiest end ive ever seen . . . . . u need 2 rewatch whole series , not over 9 year period .
i agree that the alternate ending leaves a lot of unanswered questions , like what the heck happened to barney and robin . that being said i have a problem with the entire finale episode not just the ending . they spent season 8 & 9 developing this incredible love story for barney and robin only to squash it in this episode ; barney and robin have epic chemistry all through out the season and would have made perfect sense for them to get married . two , they killed off the mother who was actually perfect for ted , with all the build up from 8 seasons ; she was accepted and killed at the same time . the season should have had the alternate ending in my opinion , but the story should have also let barney & robin be together .
i think the original ending of the series is perfect . ted ' s kids are right - - the show is about ted and robin , so it makes sense that they would end up together . the ending also gives the title of the show another meaning if robin ends up marrying ted . of course , it ' s all in the viewer ' s imagination , because we don ' t know what happens next . but the show is about hope , it ' s about letting go of the pain of the past and moving forward and trying to make the most out of each day . that ' s what the last season was about also . it was not about robin and barney ' s wedding ; it was about ted and tracy letting go of the past . it was also about ted still loving robin and loving her enough to let her go . it seems people are upset that the creators had an ending in mind early on and stuck to it . what ' s wrong with that ? no matter how many seasons the show lasted , they brought everything together in the last season and told the story they wanted to tell . i can ' t think of another show as creative and clever and funny . i think people are just pissed it ' s over .
the original ending was almost perfect . the only real problem was robin and barney ' s divorce . as has been pointed out by others , it completely obviated the progress they both made to be able to commit to one another . i don ' t wish to outrage anyone , but wouldn ' t it have been a great plot twist if robin and barney got divorced because barney had an epiphany and realized he was gay ? they parted as loving friends and no one judged barney badly . robin reconnected with ted as part of the process of dealing with the loss of her marriage . ted and robin fell in love again when they discovered they were ready for each other in ways they had not been ten or fifteen years earlier . i ' m not sayin ' , i ' m just sayin ' .
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yeah , the ending shouldn ' t have pissed you off as much as the last five seasons . personally i liked the ending because it meant it was over . we should have alternate endings on the nightly news - - wouldn ' t that be great ? nah , no one was killed in an extremely lucky turn of events . alternate endings . . . just the way life is . . .
it certainly did ; it’s nothing other than this year’s closing film , earning it a fancy world première at edinburgh’s festival theatre , with the red carpet rolled out for its stars . “i’m pretty happy with the film , ” says mckay , but it’s hard to believe that’s not an understatement . i asked him if it came out how he expected . “nothing ever turns out how you imagine it’s going to turn out . ”
i felt like the finale , although sad , was fitting for the show . we always knew that ted wasn ' t completely over robin , he was successful in creating an organic love with the mother of his kids . this show always did have a tragic feel to it underneath all the laughs , and while i absolutely loved the mother , i was satisfied with the ending . the alternative ending just didn ' t pack the emotional punch that the finale did . although i understand why some people either felt cheated or took too much of an emotional hit by the mother ' s death , that was a reason why i loved the ending .
you edited it to not have a clear ending ? yeah . there were different tweaks we made just to pitch it in exactly the right way , but she does say in the dinner scene , “i’m going to use the money to do something for a friend , ” which to me is an implication that she’s going to spend the money to cure mitch of his canned fate . that’s one possible interpretation .
does this new , alternate ending change my opinion of the finale ? no—while it doesn ' t anger me as much as ted ending up with robin , it ' s essentially a cop - out that doesn ' t really commit to anything . do i like it more than the original ? sure , in theory . but even though it was ( presumably ) finished before the series finale aired , it comes off as an attempt to appease fans who felt jilted by the ending that bays and thomas ultimately chose . i can ' t fault the folks behind himym for wanting to mend fences , because a lot of fans were very upset by the finale ; it potentially
ruined
the series for some people . but i do wonder whether they ' d always planned to release this ending , or whether it was included as a dvd extra to soothe the burn .
oh , and by the way , seems like audrey horne is still missing in the netherworld , a white room . that’s another cliffhanger . if you remember at the end of episode 16 , she flashed out of the bang bang bar after doing her dance , just as a brawl ensued .
i think we can all admit that the bomb girls movie was a mess , but it did give betty a mostly happy ending . no one knows for sure if kate moved into the house betty bought for her because she finally reciprocated betty’s big gay feelings , but everyone can say for absolute sure that betty bought a house , a thing she’d been trying to do since the very beginning of season one ! and she did it by winning a boxing match like a regular ol’ rocky balboa !
okay , i may not actually read this book for two reasons : 1 . it is not readily available locally . 2 . it turns out that it is a novelization of the movie , when i was hoping the movie was based on a book . i just watched the movie online and it had the feel of an adaptation that maybe had to leave some things out . still , i liked the movie well enough . it was a nice , little , fluffy rom - com . it was relatively clean , though there was one person ' s naked backside , but done in a slapstick , funny way , not in
i think they should have added a scene where tracy reminds ted that after her boyfriend max died she learned to love again ( with ted ) and that she encourages him to do the same . that would soften the ending a bit .
jane lockhart has a whole pile of rejections from publishers . in fact she has them pinned up on the wall and refers to it as her board of pain . however she’s not giving up – although she’s exhausted most of the publishers and agents , she prints yet another copy of her manuscript and takes it to tristesse books , a local publisher in glasgow . it’s owned and run by a frenchman named tom duval who is famous for falling out with authors he’s published . and several that he hasn’t . despite what he sees
' ' why is it that the saddest endings always seem the truest ? in the stories i told myself i was always the heroine - always reaching for my happy ending . ' ' this is a delightful , cute , deliciously quirky love story . a story of two young people who are complete opposites . an intelligent and talented writer and an obnoxious , fierce publisher . it is an engaging light read for a bookish person that doesn ' t really enjoy romance that much . jane is a wonderful character , her thoughts and motions mirrori
a man punches another in the face , knocking him out and bloodying his nose ; a woman imagines banging a man ' s head against his typewriter ; two men joke about killing a woman ' s dog to make her sad ; a woman throws a book and an award at a man ' s head out of anger .
i had no idea that this was the book of a film when i picked it up , so i started reading with no precoceptions . half way through i saw that there was a film of the same name , and assumed that the book came before the film . now i know that the film came first , i ' m even more impressed . the transition from page to screen , or screen to page , is never an easy one , but although i haven ' t seen the film yet , the book of not another happy ending works so well . i read a lot of na and ya books , but i do have a penchant for a bit of chick - lit too , which is how i would classify this book . it ' s not deep , it ' s not going to change anyone ' s life , but it is a really good , enjoyable read . the characters are brilliant , which i guess in hindsight may be because they already exist in the film . but they have really been brought to life in the book as well . the story is interesting and fun , and while there ' s a certain amount of will - they / won ' t - they , it does have a bit of originality to it . you ' ll laugh , you ' ll cry , you ' ll shout at the rude , sexy frenchman , and you ' ll inevitably go ' ahhhh ' . i really , really want to see the film after reading the book , which can only be a rather marvelous endorsement of it .
james matthews was educated at uppingham school but did not go to college , instead initially following his father into motor sports . he then entered a finance career as a trader in london , before setting up eden rock in 2001 .
i never cared why ted was telling the story - to me after nine years all that mattered was seeing the moment
how ted met the mother
. i didn ' t care one bit about what happened after that . so after all that build up - they totally ruined that moment by not making it the biggest moment of the show . the sad thing is the exchange between ted and the mother was great but completely tossed aside for another ted still isn ' t over robin - just shoot me in the head moment . ruined the entire series for me .


shield for murder is a 1954 film noir crime film co-directed by and starring edmond o'brien as a crooked police detective .

it was based on the novel of the same name by william p. mcgivern .

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' shield ' actor convicted of murder in killing of wife verdict in trial of michael jace of ' the shield ' came after a week - long trial . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
update with prison sentence the shield actor michael jace was sentenced to 40 years to life today in a los angeles court for the murder of his wife april jace two years ago .
an affidavit for 17 - year - old brooke higgins , who pleaded guilty last month to solicitation to commit murder and conspiracy to commit murder , was released friday .
verdict in trial of michael jace of ' the shield ' came after a week - long trial .
shield . for murder . is always damned with . faint . praise . but . i find it a very entertaining . movie . and paul . dunlap ' s . excellent . music . score . is . . .
the murder of curtis lemansky marked the beginning of the end for the strike team . they soon began spiraling toward their eventual demise .
michael jace , who played a police officer on ' the shield , ' in court in los angeles on may 31 , 2016 .
actor michael jace , right , was convicted of second - degree murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of his wife , april . jace appeared in several movies and was a regular on the hit fx show
the shield .
the murder of rapper tupac shakur remains unsolved . shakur was shot and killed in las vegas in september 1996 .
the editor of an exploitation newspaper commits a murder and assigns his protégé to investigate hoping to divert attention away from himself .
after a brain - damaged man confesses to murder and is committed , dr . ann lorrison tries to prove his innocence .
at this moment , the motive of the murder is believed to be domestic violence ,
a police statement said .
michael jace , who played a los angeles cop in tv ' s
the shield ,
has been arrested in the fatal shooting of his wife , police said tuesday .
previous actor michael jace has been found guilty of second - degree murder in connection with the shooting death of his wife two years ago . jace , who played a cop on 89 episodes of fx’s the shield , will be sentenced on june . 10 . he faces up to 40 years in prison .
in march , after the murder of his colleague , valdez tweeted : “let them kill us all , if that is the death sentence for reporting this hell . no to silence . ”
jones was taken into custody immediately following her interview on preliminary charges of murder and robbery . on monday , prosecutors filed formal charges of murder and robbery against her and broadus , who also faces a misdemeanor count of carrying a handgun without a license .
the cory vallee murder trial has offered a fascinating glimpse into the violent world of the notorious united nations gang and its targets .
former ‘united nations’ gangster - turned - witness tells b . c . murder trial he was paid $ 300 , 000 by police
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the remote arctic town of fortitude promises a home that is both peaceful and safe - promises which are shattered by a horrifying murder .
an fbi agent investigates the murder of his partner by taking over the 3 cases he was working on , determined to find his killer .
when 2 detectives steal $ 80 , 000 from a dead robber , one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder .
kavanaugh believed that vic killed lem and tried to frame him for lem ' s murder . however , kavanaugh ' s attempts to frame vic backfire as he is eventually exposed by dutch and claudette and sent to prison .
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although i’ve had threats before , it is still disturbing that in canada , journalists can be at risk for violence or death just for doing our jobs .
according to the affidavit , broadus denied having anything to do with mckinely’s murder and said he didn’t “even know where brookside is , to be honest with you . ”
( cnn ) actor michael jace , who played a police officer on the hit fx drama
the shield ,
was convicted tuesday of shooting his wife at their los angeles home in front of the couple ' s two young sons .
eventually , vic finds out the truth about lem ' s murder after reaching to a conclusion that neither guardo nor antwon mitchell could have been involved in lem ' s murder . vic read a dossier on lem ' s murder put together by kavanaugh , revealing that , contrary to his earlier claims , shane was not followed the night lem died , which gives vic ample evidence , motive , and a time frame to accuse shane of the killing . vic called shane out at the same location where lem was killed .
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he said that after the leclair murder in february 2009 and the slaying of jonathan barber in may 2008 , he wrote anonymous comments suggesting the bacon brothers were behind the killings .
mad men develops impressively complex arcs for its ensemble cast , leading us through their successes and tragedies as they each fight for their place in the upper reaches of their industry .
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the first series stars matthew mcconaughey and woody harrelson as two mismatched cops investigating a ritualistic serial murder , and draws us into a beautiful landscape haunted by conspiracy and an unsettling hint of the supernatural .
rafferty didn’t tell anyone about geiger’s murder , but he did describe it in a poem dated august 16 , 2011 , that was later found on his hard drive . it was titled “midnight shift” :
, dorian is able to pursue his debauched activities knowing his respectable appearance and unblemished looks will shield him from accusations of depravity . his ability to have the best of both worlds – the continued acceptance of his peers and the ability to fulfil his basest desires – becomes in itself an important part of his fascination with events . when attending a society gathering only hours after having committed a murder we are told dorian ‘felt keenly the terrible pleasure of a double life’ ( ch . 15 ) .
the shield
offered the biggest role in jace ' s 22 - year acting career . he appeared in 89 episodes as julien lowe , who started as a rookie officer in an inner - city los angeles police precinct and was promoted to a detective before the series ended in 2008 .
jace faces up to 40 years to life in prison at his sentencing , scheduled for june 10 .
indianapolis - - a plot to rob an alleged drug dealer in the brookside neighborhood in april ended with his murder over a bag of weed and meth , according to new charges filed monday in marion county .
los angeles — a jury on tuesday convicted an actor who played a police officer on tv of second - degree murder in the shooting death of his wife that was partially witnessed by their two young sons .
citations [ 1 ] william j . krouse and daniel j . richardson , “mass murder with firearms : incidents and victims , 1999 - 2013 , ” congressional research service , july 2015 , p . 15 .
cory vallee is a member of the united nations gang . he has a violent history and is known to carry firearms . he is wanted on a canada wide warrant for the slaying of rival gang member kevin leclair and the slaying of an innocent party , jonathan barber . vallee is also wanted for the conspiracy to murder the bacon brothers and / or their associates . submitted photo : ihit [ png merlin archive ]
a wild trigger finger . . . a lust for big money . . . and a weak spot for fast blondes hurled him from the straight - and - narrow to a crooked one - way road !
the verdict in the trial of michael jace , who appeared on the fx series the shield , came after a week - long trial in which los angeles jurors were told the actor shot his wife , april , in the back and then twice in the legs with a revolver that belonged to her father .
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[ 43 ] “aurora century 16 theater shooting after action report for the city of aurora , colorado . ”
mike lambert , seeking a mining job , instead becomes the patsy for a femme - fatale ' s schemes .
the rumour of a prison break revival has left us with a strong sense of nostalgia for the explosive drama .
“there should be no place in society for racism , white supremacy and neo - nazis , ” she wrote .
' there is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book’ : oscar wilde’s manuscript drafts of epigrams , here titled ' dogmas for the use of the ages ' , later used for the preface to dorian gray .
charlottesville mayor michael signer blamed mr trump for inflaming racial prejudice while he was running for president , saying , “i ' m not going to make any bones about it . i place the blame for a lot of what you ' re seeing in america today right at the doorstep of the white house and the people around the president . ”
[ 38 ] see , for example , lisa l . spahr , joshua ederheimer , and david bilson , “patrol - level response to a suicide bomb threat : guidelines for consideration , ” police executive research forum , april 2007 .
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a jury convicted brogan rafferty of two dozen criminal counts , including murder , robbery , and kidnapping . judge lynne callahan told rafferty that he had been “dealt a lousy hand in life” but that he had “embraced the evil , ” and sentenced him to life without parole . in april 2013 , richard beasley was also convicted of murder and was sentenced to death . throughout his trial , he maintained that he was innocent . ( both beasley and rafferty are appealing their convictions . )
lieutenant jon kavanaugh : upon hearing of lem ' s death , kavanaugh was enraged and taunted vic , implying that he was behind lem ' s death since vic already killed terry and lem ' s death ends kavanaugh ' s investigation . kavanaugh tries to frame vic for lem ' s murder , but his attempts backfire and he is arrested and sent to prison .
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after a phone conversation with shane ' s lawyer , who tells shane that it is inevidable for shane and mara to be sent to prison , a desperate shane then phoned vic and asked him for help or else he would tell everyone about all the crimes they committed together . vic , however , in turn told shane that he has striked a deal for immunity with ice .
the only others present were undercover police , sheriffs , 10 lawyers , the court clerk and justice janice dillon . and of course there was vallee , accused of conspiracy to kill the bacon brothers , as well as the murder of their pal kevin leclair .
ronnie gardocki : ronnie himself was shocked and distraught upon hearing of lem ' s murder . upon finding out that shane killed lem , he stopped being his friend and didn ' t try to hide his disgust and hatred of shane for what he did to lem . ronnie was still shocked after learning that shane committed suicide , even though shane killed lem and tried to kill them .
one week after arresting brogan rafferty , investigators made a deal with their 16 - year - old suspect . if he agreed to testify against beasley , he would be charged only with complicity to murder and attempted murder , respectively , in the cases of david pauley and scott davis . he would not be charged with two other homicides that had by now been uncovered . later , rafferty would back out of the deal , but the plea - deal interview was recorded and the judge allowed it to be played at rafferty’s trial .
higgins and alleged co - conspirator , 16 - year - old sienna johnson , planned the massacre at mountain vista high school for dec . 17 , 2015 , because they thought it would be “the most traumatic” for everyone , the 22 - page affidavit revealed .
music impresario phil spector , left , was sentenced to 19 years to life in 2009 for the shooting death of actress lana clarkson .
senator orrin hatch wrote that his brother “didn ' t give his life fighting hitler for nazi ideas to go unchallenged here at home” .
the fx police drama
the shield
was the biggest and longest - running role in jace ' s 22 - year acting career . he appeared in 89 episodes as julien lowe , who started as a rookie officer in an inner - city los angeles police precinct in 2002 and rose through the ranks to become a detective before the series ended in 2008 , according to the internet movie database .
he asks for immunity in return for offering his blacklist on some of the world ' s most powerful and dangerous criminals and his assistance in bringing them to justice , demanding a rookie profiler on her first day on the job as his partner . but what is his endgame ?
that week , pauley went to the men’s bible - study group he’d been attending since he’d moved into richard’s house . for weeks he’d been praying—never to win the lottery or get a girlfriend , always for steady work . everyone there agreed that god had finally heard his prayers .
vic then warned shane that he would kill him the next time he sees him . shane drove away , but not without calling vic a hypocrite . knowing that vic will try to murder him as revenge for lem , shane takes several measures to ensure his survival , beginning with a detailed description of the past crimes of the strike team , including names and photos , and threatened to make it public if vic acted against him .
in addition , shane also informed ronnie about vic ' s murder of terry crowley , attempting to drive a wedge between the two and possibly hoping to gain an ally . the news instead has the opposite effect , as ronnie approached vic , reproached him for not trusting his loyalty , and even tells vic that he would have done a better job of keeping the murder secret than shane ever could have . he then asked vic how they will be able to put their problems with shane behind them forever . during their interactions together , ronnie makes no attempt to hide his disgust and hatred of shane for what he did to lem . in one episode , where shane and ronnie are on stakeout together , when shane attempts to make idle conversation , ronnie bluntly cuts him off , telling shane
you want to chat up a buddy ? go find one .
jones told police someone who mckinley had reportedly “set up” on a robbery had informed her that she could hit mckinley for a big pay day .
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the next day , shane discovers to his horror that lem never had any intention of ratting out on the strike team . as a result , shane ' s justification for lem ' s murder was stripped away and he was consumed with guilt for killing lem . shane spends a moment , crying to himself over the fact that he murdered lem with no justification and appears to be on the verge of committing suicide when he is interrupted by officer danny sofer , who has arrived at the barn to take care of some paperwork and to show off her son . shane briefly holds the child before reuniting with the team .
this film - noir piece , told in semi - documentary style , follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop .
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deputy district attorney tannaz mokayef told jurors the actor was waiting for his wife , shot her in the back and taunted her before shooting each of her legs .
a jury of six women and six men deliberated about two hours before finding jace , 53 , guilty of second - degree murder in the may 19 , 2014 , death of april jace , according to the los angeles county district attorney ' s office . jurors also found true the special allegation that jace used a firearm .
april jace had worked for the past year as a financial aid counselor at biola university , a private school in la mirada , california , according to the school .
hicks previously told jurors the actor accepted responsibility for killing his wife , but he should be convicted of voluntary manslaughter because he shot her in the heat of passion .
on may 15 , javier valdez was gunned down in culiacán , mexico , where he had been bravely reporting on the sinaloa cartel and victims of its violence for years .
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an electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss , and takes over operations when his boss is murdered . his greed leads him on a deadly destructive path .
the white house has said donald trump condemns white supremacist groups , after the president received backlash for what critics viewed as an equivocal response to a white nationalist protest that turned deadly .
law enforcement officers search for the suspects of the mass shooting in san bernardino , california , on december 2 , 2015 . ( patrick t . fallon / afp / getty images )
corrupt cop barney nolan ( edmond o ' brien ) is hard up for cash , so he shoots a bookie , relieves him of $ 25 , 000 and makes it look like an accident . unbeknownst to nolan , however , the entire episode is witnessed by a deaf - mute from across the street . while nolan struggles to keep the crime a secret from his girlfriend , patty winters ( marla english ) , a series of loose ends pop up , and nolan soon learns that , although committing a crime is easy , getting away with it is murder .
while most of the brawling resulted in cuts and bruises , a car bearing ohio license plates slammed into a crowd of counter - protesters , killing a 32 - year - old woman . more than 30 people are reported to have been injured , at least 19 in the car crash . james fields , 20 , the alleged driver , has been charged with second - degree murder .
vic was determined to find lima . knowing that lima wasn ' t involved in lem ' s murder and because guardo and his girlfriend are expecting a child , shane tried to dissuade vic from his pursuit of lima . shane ' s pleas were ignored , however as vic lured guardo out of hiding by kidnapping guardo ' s girlfriend , kidnapped guardo himself from his safe house and took guardo to a secluded area . there , vic proceeded to brutally beat guardo with chains and finished him off with a bullet to the head as
revenge
for lem ' s death .
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armored vehicles provided protection to officers in san bernardino and orlando from rounds fired by the terrorists . in orlando , a ram affixed to an armored vehicle was used to breach exterior walls for the purpose of rescuing hostages and neutralizing the assailant . eod resources rendered the secondary device ( ied ) safe in san bernardino and were used to search the irc and the assailant’s suv . eod resources were used in orlando to search the assailant’s vehicle and the nightclub for ieds as well as in an attempt to breach an exterior wall for the purpose of rescuing victims and neutralizing the assailant .
there was no way , maul thought to himself , that pauley would take off for pennsylvania without telling him . the two men had been best friends since high school , when they’d bonded over their mutual distaste for sports and love of cars . over the years they’d moved to different cities , gotten married , gotten divorced , but they’d stayed “constantly in touch , ” maul said .
it wasn’t long before beasley met a man named ralph geiger , who for many years had run a thriving maintenance business , but for whom jobs had gradually dried up . geiger , 56 , was staying at a shelter and looking for work , and beasley told him about the caretaker job he’d invented . geiger had lived on a farm when he was younger , and he leapt at the opportunity . rafferty remembers beasley quizzing geiger about his size and appearance : how much do you weigh ? you look a lot like me , except your hair is a little bit darker .
soon , the police swarm the area , with vic and ronnie also appearing . enraged and saddened by lem ' s death , vic briefly fought with kavanaugh ( who believed vic killed lem as lem ' s murder effectively puts an end to kavanaugh ' s investigation against the strike team ) . as vic was led away by ronnie and shane , vic vowed to find and kill those responsible .
the teens planned to change the date of the shooting until after the new year to give them time for target practice , the affidavit read . prosecutors allege johnson had already bought a bb gun .
next pauley called his twin sister , deb , who lives in maine . she told him that she hated the thought of him sitting alone on some farm for christmas and made him promise that he’d come visit her for the holidays . he told her that his new boss was a preacher and said he felt like the lord was finally pointing him toward the place where he might “find peace . ”
[ 31 ] department of homeland security , office of health affairs , “first responders guide for improving survivability in improvised explosive device and / or active shooter incidents , ” june 2015 , p . 9 .
davis instinctively threw up his arms to shield his face . the pistol didn’t jam the second time . as davis heard the crack of the gunshot , he felt his right elbow shatter . he turned and started to run , stumbling and falling over the uneven ground . the shots kept coming as davis ran deeper into the woods , but none of them hit home . he ran and ran until he heard no more shots or footsteps behind him . he came to the road and crossed it , worried that if he stayed in the open he’d be spotted by his would - be killer . he was losing a lot of blood by now , but he hid in the woods for several hours , until the sun was low , before he made his way back to the road and started walking .
meanwhile , lem was forced to abandon vic ' s original plans for hiding him after he risked his freedom to help out a young child who had been left alone by his parents and had seriously hurt himself in his home ' s kitchen . lem ultimately contacted vic and arranged for a meeting with his friends , with vic preparing the final details to get lem across the border and into hiding in mexico .
meanwhile , vic strikes a deal with ice - he confesses to every crime the strike team committed , in exchange for immunity and shane and ronnie going to prison for life . using shane ' s memoirs as a guide , vic confessed to killing detective terry crowley , margos dezerian , guardo lima and his many other crimes . vic also tells agent olivia murray that it was shane who killed lem with the grenade .
the trouble with you , you ' re always trying to be as smart as me , but now i ' m walking away clean and you ' re the pathetic asshole headed for antwon mitchell - ville .
april jace , 40 , was a financial aid counselor at biola university . she was married to michael jace for nine years and they had two sons , who were 8 and 5 at the time of her death .
“tell me now ! ” he screamed into the phone . “tell me right fucking now ! ” as he explained to me , “i knew . because that would be the only explanation for him not calling us . ”
the first thing beasley wanted was a new identity , and he began hanging around a local homeless shelter searching for someone who looked like him . he had by now come up with the perfect lure for a male victim in post - recession america : he would present himself as a beneficent but exacting employer , one with the power to alter a man’s fortunes by granting him the “job of a lifetime” as the caretaker of a sprawling farm .
when a brutal police detective lt . murders a bookmaker ' s runner for $ 25 , 000 in cash , a deaf mute sees him do it , and now he finds he must kill again to cover his tracks .
james spader is captivating as raymond ' red ' reddington , a former navy officer who went rogue and has been on the fbi ' s most wanted list for decades . . . until the day he turns himself in .
[ 8 ] “aurora century 16 theater shooting after action report for the city of aurora , colorado , ” tridata division , systems planning corp . , april 2014 , available online at the police foundation’s critical incident review library .
the fear of being sent to prison and losing your family as well as vic ' s threats over the phone lead to shane losing all hope of escaping with his family and as a result , shane poisoned his own family with painkillers to spare them the pain of being torn apart and then went to the bathroom and started writing a suicide note . he couldn ' t finish the note , however , as his former colleagues from the barn kicked down the doors and entered the house to arrest shane for all the crimes he committed , including the murder of lem . intending to avoid capture and join his family , shane proceeded to shoot himself in the head , committing suicide .
in february 2011 , beasley was arrested in ohio on a variety of drug - related charges . while he was in jail , investigators were building a prostitution case against him . he was released on bond in mid - july . but after he failed to check in with authorities in texas , where he was still on parole for his earlier crimes , the state issued a warrant for his arrest , and he was deemed on the run from the law .
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the hit failed , however as the hitmen only managed to kill rezian and his henchmen , but not shane who manages to survive and vowed revenge against vic and ronnie . shane blackmailed / hired a convict to kill ronnie ( ronnie had assaulted the convict ) , while shane waited inside vic ' s house to personally murder him . after the failed attempt on ronnie ' s life , vic was notified as to what happened and spared his own life by never entering his house .
a vicious cop kills a bookie ' s runner and steals $ 25 , 000 from the corpse . he then frames everyone in sight in order to keep the money to buy a new home for his would - be lounge singer girlfriend .
cnn has been unable to find the name of any lawyer jace may have hired to defend him in this homicide case . he is not expected to appear in court before thursday , a spokeswoman for the los angeles county district attorney said .
mostly , though , his letters are full of longing for family , for his dad and his half - sisters , his dog , whiskey , and his cats , cow and monkey , his mom and his grandma and grandpa and his aunts and uncles . the raffertys are an old irish clan , with a coat of arms hanging in the living room . rafferty draws that coat of arms sometimes in prison , along with the two tattoos he wants to get , one that says
walter pater’s conclusion to studies in the history of the renaissance ( 1873 ) heavily influenced aestheticism . note his reference to ‘art for art’s sake’ in the last line . pater’s emphasis on pleasure and passion alarmed critics and it became associated with homosexuality .
if the interview went well , jack might tell the applicant that he was a finalist for the job . but if the applicant gave any sign that he did not meet one of jack’s criteria , the meeting would end abruptly . for one candidate , everything seemed on track until he mentioned that he was about to get married . jack immediately stood up and thanked him for his time . george , the man who’d written the e - mail about being raised on a farm , told jack that he’d once been a security guard and was an expert in martial arts . he figured this would be a plus , given that he’d have to guard all that property when no one else was around . but the mood of the interview immediately changed for the worse . jack took the application out of george’s hands before he even finished filling it out and said he’d call him in a couple of days . if george didn’t hear anything , he should assume that “someone else got it . ”
shane vendrell : shane immediately regrets murdering his friend , but still believed that it had to be done . he was overcome with guilt , however , after he found out that lem wasn ' t going to testify against the team . he even considered suicide , but was interrupted by officer danny sofer . upon finding out that shane killed lem , vic and ronnie stopped considering him a friend and threatened to kill him , however , shane predicted this and threatened to make public a list of all the crimes the strike team committed over the years . in season seven , vic and ronnie attempt to kill shane and avenge lem , but they fail as shane survived and in turn tried to kill them , however the police find out about the murder plot and he and his family become figutives . shane eventually killed his family and committed suicide after learning that vic striked a immunity deal with ice and had told them every crime they committed , even telling them that shane was behind lem ' s murder .
pauley was cruising online job opportunities when he came across the craigslist ad in october 2011 . usually pauley looked for jobs only around norfolk . but his best friend since high school , chris maul , had moved to ohio a couple years earlier and was doing well . he and maul talked dozens of times a day on the nextel walkie - talkies they’d bought specifically for that purpose . if maul , who was also divorced , could pick up and start a new life , why couldn’t pauley ?
two other witnesses told police they had visited mckinley’s home to buy drugs earlier that afternoon . they said he sold heron and methamphetamine , and that he had a large amount of marijuana for sale because he had just bought a new batch to sell .
jace ' s attorney , jamon hicks , said his client is remorseful for killing his wife . the actor may speak during his sentencing hearing to express his remorse , but he wants to be respectful of april jace ' s family , the lawyer said .
the terrorist attacks in san bernardino and orlando , as well as other incidents in the west , have provided a number of additional lessons for police forces in the united states when it comes to command at the scene , communication , equipment , and medical capabilities .
around 2009 , beasley founded what he told friends was a halfway house to help reform addicts , runaways , and prostitutes . beasley would cruise the streets of akron at night , picking up strays and bringing them back to the house . if they were in trouble with the law , he would vouch for them in court , saying they had turned their lives over to christ . a few times , rafferty asked beasley whether they could go out and look for his mother , yvette , who rafferty always worried was in trouble .
[ l ] the international association of chiefs of police and the president’s police physicians section , the president’s task force on 21 st century policing , and the national tactical officers association have all recommended some version of tactical medical training and equipment for local law enforcement agencies .
the pauley money quickly dwindled , but beasley wasn’t all that concerned . he already had a still - better victim lined up in scott davis . before davis had even hit the road for ohio , beasley told his landlord that he’d won a bid on a fantastic storage unit that contained a flat - screen tv , a computer , some lawn - care equipment , and , best of all , a harley . he told rafferty that he thought he could net $ 30 , 000 on this kill , enough for him to make it through the winter .
mads mikkelsen is simultaneously creepy and charming in the iconic role , paired with unstable and unwitting fbi special investigator will graham ( hugh dancy ) to assess and assist him . while hannibal ' s diet is no secret , the mystery behind his motivations keeps us coming back for more .
meanwhile , some democrats suggested that mr trump was unwilling to alienate the racist segment of his voter base . the alt - right – a name given to the group that has rejected mainstream conservatism in favour of white nationalism – drew considerable controversy during mr trump’s bid for the white house .
jack seemed drawn to applicants who were less formal in their e - mail replies , those who betrayed excitement , and with it , vulnerability . “i was raised on a farm as a boy and have raised some of my own cattle and horses as well , ” wrote one . “i’m still in good shape and not afraid of hard work ! i really hope you can give me a chance . if for some reason i wouldn’t work out for you no hard feelings at all . i would stick with you until you found help . thank you very much , george . ”
jack painstakingly designed the ad to conjure a very particular male fantasy : the cowboy or rancher , out in the open country , herding cattle , mending fences , hunting game—living a dream that could transform a post - recession drifter into a timeless american icon . from the many discarded drafts of the ad that investigators later found , it was clear that jack was searching for just the right pitch to catch a certain kind of man’s eye . he tinkered with details—the number of acres on the property , the idea of a yearly bonus and paid utilities—before settling on his final language : “hilly , ” “secluded , ” “job of a lifetime . ” if a woman applied for the job , jack wouldn’t bother responding . if a man applied , he would ask for the critical information right off the bat : how old are you ? do you have a criminal record ? are you married ?
“the president said very strongly in his statement yesterday that he condemns all forms of violence , bigotry and hatred and of course that includes white supremacists , kkk , neo - nazi and all extremist groups , ” the white house said . “he called for national unity and bringing all americans together . ”
edin concluded that for men who are failing the traditional tests of marriage and parenting , this kind of intense emotional connection “is the last form of identity available . ” it’s a way to maintain a sense of family if you can’t be a reliable breadwinner , or even keep up with child support .
april ' s radiant personality brought great energy to the financial aid office ,
financial aid director geoff marsh said .
her love for helping students and families and her great work ethic earned the respect and love of her coworkers . her smiling face and helpful spirit will be missed by all .
responding to the traffic stop and the shootout , self - deployed officers parked their cars and blocked ingress and egress for other emergency vehicles . this issue has been identified in a number of after action reports—including those for dorner , 7 aurora , 8 stockton , 9 the navy yard , 10 and paris 11 —and should be addressed through policies , procedures , and training as it poses a risk to those who are injured and need lifesaving evacuation . additionally , the bottlenecks can prevent important assets such as armored vehicles and explosive ordnance disposal ( eod ) equipment from a timely arrival on scene to address or mitigate threats to officers and civilians .
jace appeared to be suffering severe financial strain in recent years , according to court documents obtained by cnn . the actor filed for chapter 13 bankruptcy in march 2011 , citing $ 500 , 000 in debts and an annual income of around $ 80 , 000 from residuals from his tv and film work , the documents said .
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davis , 48 , had left his girlfriend behind in south carolina , given away the accounts for his landscaping business , and put most of his equipment in storage . he’d packed his other belongings—clothes , tools , stereo equipment , his harley - davidson—into a trailer , hitched it to his truck , and driven to southeastern ohio . he’d told everyone that he was moving in part to help take care of his mom , who lived outside akron and whose house was falling apart . moving back home at his age might seem like moving backward in life . but the caretaker job he’d stumbled across online made it seem more like he’d be getting paid to live free and easy for a while—a no - rent trailer plus $ 300 a week , in exchange for just watching over a farm with a few head of cattle outside the town of cambridge . jack had reminded him in an e‑mail to bring his harley because there were “plenty of beautiful rural roads to putt - putt in . ”
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savoy brown , an adult son of april jace , said the family was pleased with the verdict . he said watching michael jace has been difficult for the family , and he is hoping the actor , who bit his bottom lip when the verdict was read but showed no other emotion , will show his feelings when he is sentenced .
[ 36 ] adam nossiter , “response to paris attacks point to weaknesses in french police structure , ” new york times , december 31 , 2015 ; “the attacks on paris : lessons learned—a presentation of findings . ” one of the recommendations in the report was “enhanced counter - terrorism training for patrol officers . ” see p . 8 .
in his e - mails to jack , kern had described himself as single and “available for immediate relocation , ” but hadn’t said much about his sons . in truth , kern was ambivalent about the caretaker job he’d been offered—he described it on his facebook page as a “good offer” but with “drawbacks , ” because he would be more than two hours away from his sons and wouldn’t have cellphone service . kern and his ex - wife tina had divorced in 1997 , and zach and nick were already 19 and 17 . but kern made a point of seeing them nearly every day , even if that meant waiting around the corner from their house until after tina left for work .
the actor appeared to be under severe financial strain in the years before his 2014 arrest , according to court documents obtained by cnn . jace filed for chapter 13 bankruptcy in march 2011 , citing $ 500 , 000 in debts and an annual income of around $ 80 , 000 from residuals from his tv and film work , documents said .
version was used by opposing counsel in evidence against wilde in two of his trials in an attempt to show him guilty of ‘a certain tendency’ . for many people oscar wilde the artist – with his flamboyant public persona and his secretive private life – and his novel with its two distinctly different versions and its duplicitous central character mirrored each other from the start .
a few days later , pauley got an e - mail back from jack saying that he had narrowed his list down to three candidates , “and you are one of the 3 . ” jack asked his usual questions—was pauley married ? had he ever been arrested for a felony ? —and told him that if he was chosen , he’d have to start immediately .
that no one would come looking for the divorced , unsettled , middle - aged men he was targeting . but he should have known better . like his victims , beasley was himself divorced , and lived apart from his child , and was only sporadically employed . and like them , he too had created an intense surrogate family relationship , with brogan rafferty .
beasley , meanwhile , was constructing a life as ralph geiger . he dyed his hair brown and found a room to rent . he went to a doctor to get prescription painkillers for the injuries he’d sustained in his car accident . in september , he landed a job as a quality inspector at a company that made liftgates for trucks . but it didn’t last long . beasley’s back still hurt , and he became worried that parole officers would somehow catch on to him . still , he couldn’t survive without a steady income . perhaps that’s when the idea came to him . the geiger killing had gone so smoothly that he could turn it into a career of sorts , preying on other men who’d fallen out of the economy .
wanted : caretaker for farm . simply watch over a 688 acre patch of hilly farmland and feed a few cows , you get 300 a week and a nice 2 bedroom trailer , someone older and single preferred but will consider all , relocation a must , you must have a clean record and be trustworthy—this is a permanent position , the farm is used mainly as a hunting preserve , is overrun with game , has a stocked 3 acre pond , but some beef cattle will be kept , nearest neighbor is a mile away , the place is secluded and beautiful , it will be a real get away for the right person , job of a lifetime—if you are ready to relocate please contact asap , position will not stay open .
at the trial , the local press seized on the story of how , at age 5 , when he was in kindergarten , brogan would eat breakfast alone , get himself dressed , and make his own way to the bus stop . “he raised himself , in my opinion , ” one grade - school counselor who knew him told the jury . but things weren’t quite so simple : michael explained to me that he worked an early shift at a machine shop and had to leave the house by 6 : 30 a . m . before he left , he laid out clothes for his son , poured his favorite cereal in a bowl , and left him a little pitcher of milk . then he gently woke him up and left for work .