A pregnancy. A high- stakes shoot- out scene. A religious experience. Ray Donovan’s season three finale, “Exsuscito,” packed it all in, paving the road for new beginnings in the previously announced fourth season and placing many of its characters in jeopardy. After the Minassians put a hit out on Mickey (Jon Voight) the snitch and his family, it was Terry (Eddie Marsan) who wound up in critical condition with his life on the line. That forced Ray (Liev Schreiber) to seek solace with Father Romero (Leland Orser), culminating in one of the biggest character releases on the show to date. In order to dig into Terry’s near death, Bunchy’s (Dash Mihok) good news and Ray’s awakening, The Hollywood Reporter caught up with episode director, writer and showrunner, David Hollander. Did you always have that final shot of a wounded Ray being driven back to L.

A. The translation of the word is really “to awaken.” I wanted Ray to be in the most vulnerable place he’s ever been, in the hands of somebody who knew the truth about him. So that’s really where the season was emotionally driving. That image was the only image I had in mind for the end of the year. You see the promise of Los Angeles, and what Los Angeles means to Ray — the good and the bad. To be taken back to that place by this man who initially was his sponsor and imagined persecutor and now confessor and perhaps savior. Mickey was also driving off, this time to Vegas. What can you tease?

Mickey is grieving, so he’s taking an emotional turn. It’s never the end of Mickey. We have plans for him in many different ways next year, but Mickey of course will not be disappearing from Ray Donovan. What parallels between Bridget (Kerris Dorsey) and Ray were you hoping to achieve? Both Ray and Bridget are seeking a feeling state with their parent, and they’re not really getting what they want from them. Bridget wants to feel less controlled, Ray wants to feel less haunted or angry.

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Ray’s worst nightmare is that Bridget becomes like his sister. His controlling elements and the way that he lords over her and loves her felt really good to her as a young girl, now as a young woman it’s proving to be something quite different. Anytime a young person seeks an older person, as Bridget does, there’s got to be some element of looking for guidance and looking for a different feeling or way of being loved. The Minassians promised this wasn’t over before their deaths. Is this the end of that storyline? They got involved with a pretty serious group with pretty serious tentacles. It’s not my immediate interest to make that the forefront of another season, but it’s certainly something that will linger and always have its threat.

What about Paige (Katie Holmes) — will she be back next season? I’m never finished with anybody. But her family certainly is not going to be a centerpiece as a plot initially.

If something about it becomes relevant to the story and can be additive and bring up more places to explore, sure. I love those actors and characters. With Terry, the purpose of the story in a way was to bring Ray to an emotional place where he thought he needed redemption for his brother’s sake, and he realized he needed it also for his own. In doing that there’s kind of a mystical element in the thematic of that particular episode, where Terry gets an awakening as well. I felt comfortable writing it that way knowing this was all a bigger piece of the characters waking up or looking at some type of change. How do you feel you evolved Terry this season so the storyline with Abby (Paula Malcomson) was justified?

Terry, in many ways, is the voice of the mother in the story of Ray’s mother. And in a lot of ways we envision his voice being that voice that disappeared. He had a judgment on Ray’s behavior toward Abby and he has great care for Abby. It was never meant to be a love story, it was more meant as a comfort story and a deep, deep friendship.

That line being crossed was in a strange way devastating to Terry, but also I think in a way it was his way of showing comfort to Abby. Has Bunchy always been the Donovan most likely to have a normal family life? In my mind yes, because he was the only Donovan who didn’t suppress the truth. As scarred and broken a character as he is and is presented as, he was honest about his past and willing to be honest with others about his past. And in concocting this character that could sort of speak to his abuse and allow comfort in his sexual life, this felt like he was the guy who might have a shot of all of them at this type of a relationship.

How will he be as a father? Bunchy is probably going to be a spectacular father. He’s going to be a Donovan, always. The Donovan family because of the injuries and history is always going to be a family of origin that sticks together. That doesn’t always include putting their new families ahead of the origins family and that’s the trick and the hard part about being any of these brothers. As good a father as Bunchy will be, he will always be a Donovan brother. What else can you tease about season four?

Season four is going to look closely at Ray’s option or desire to go further with facing his own past, but that desire is going to lead him into a new form of relationship, a relationship that is going to open up his life personally and professionally in yet another large city. There will be new situations, a new family dynamic, and along the way that will really impact every member of his family and in a strange way conflate with Mickey again. We’re really excited about where we’re going in season four, it’s going to be an emotional, but big and loud and brassy and visually fun year.

With Los Angeles and another city becoming enforcer frames at the same time. Is Boston too obvious, and will L.

A. We are going to be drawn to places that have the kind of audacity that Los Angeles has and kind of suburbanize that other place as almost an offshoot of Los Angeles. Ray Donovan returns for season four in 2. What did you think of the finale?

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Law & Order SVU Recap 4/2. Season 1. 8 Episode 1.

So make sure to bookmark this spot and come back from 9 PM – 1. PM ET for our Law & Order SVU recap. She’s about to be interviewed. She is nervous. Olivia is there to talk about workplace sexual assault. The show also has an actress by the name of Devina, who was raped on the set of a movie. She was performing an unscripted scene and was supposed to act organically. The love scene actually turned into a rape scene.

She was too afraid to say anything so she pretended like nothing happened. The female anchor confesses to being raped to Olivia when the show goes to commercial.

One of the producers walks up so she changes the subject. She pretends she needs to go to her dressing room, leaving Olivia standing there. Olivia heads back to the station where she talks to the team about what she learned about Heidi being raped by her coworker Harold. Heidi will not return Olivia’s calls. A man arrives at the station to talk to Olivia. He saw the news cast. His wife was also raped by Harold and committed suicide.

Harold had videos of her and he was blackmailing her. Fin and Carisi head to the news station to find out the story. One of the producers shares that the man’s wife was up for promotion and didn’t get it, that’s why she committed suicide. Olivia visits Heidi. She doesn’t want to press charges or do anything.

Olivia heads back to the station. The chief arrives he tells her she better have a damn good reason if she is looking into this because the news station is well known for suing the police.

That night, Heidi shows up at Olivia’s. She was passed up for a promotion and replaced with a younger news woman named Marjorie. Harold told her to get down on her knees if she wanted the job that bad. Next day, Heidi goes to the station to sit down and detail the harassment to Olivia and Allison.

For years she was forced to take part in a sexual relationship in order to keep her job. He continuously blackmailed her with videotapes he had of her. She tried to warn Marjorie. Olivia and Allison had to present Marjorie who has her lawyer with her. They ask Marjorie about what Heidi told her.

Marjorie has no idea what they’re talking about. Fin and Carisi talk to Heidi’s co- anchor involved that Heidi has been off for months. The chief arrives at the station again. Olivia updates him on the case. He wants to go with her the new station to talk to them. She is insulted that he thinks she can’t handle it. They arrive at the studios to talk to Harold and his lawyer.

Harold details a relationship with Heidi that is full of mutual respect. Olivia questions him on certain dates when he was alone with Heidi. Harold acts shocked. Harold accuses Heidi of making up lies because she was passed up for a promotion. Harold threatens to fill the studios new cycle with stories of Mike’s death and corruption at the precinct. The chief doesn’t back down he will continue to investigate with Olivia. Marjorie goes on here to defend Harold.

Olivia’s with Heidi, she is very depressed about what is happening. Marjorie is the only person she confessed to what was happening. Olivia gets a text. Watch A Murder Of Crows Streaming.

She was also raped and harassed by him. Fin comes in. They are in court. Harold pleads not guilty. The judge will let him out on $2 million bill and he must surrender his passport. He slew of women record their interactions with Harold. How they were harassed and raped.

Motions court begins. Barba fights to have all of the women’s videotaped testimonies included as evidence in Heidi’s case.

The female judge declines. Olivia hits the stand in court. She details her interaction with Heidi in the observation she made of Heidi’s behavior on the day of her interview. Heidi takes the stand next. She details the last time she was raped by Harold.

Meanwhile, Carisi gets a text. Heidi’s co- anchor is refusing to testify after Harold threaten to expose his daughter and her drug history. Marjorie takes the stand. Marjorie tells the jury that Heidi was always happy. Court goes into recess. Heidi sees Marjorie in the home. Heidi goes after Marjorie to ask her if she has a conscience.

Marjorie says that she needs to be loyal to Harold. Olivia interjects, telling Marjorie that she is going to be in the same boat if she doesn’t do something now to stop Harold. Marjorie arrives at Harold’s house. He is already celebrating his victory.

Marjorie reminds him that the investigation is an over. But she would like to celebrate. As a show of good faith she would like her tape back from Harold.

He tells her that he would never use the tape against her. She gets angry and intern he demand she get on her knees. The next day, Marjorie brings video of the incident to Olivia.

Barba shows the tape to Harold and his lawyer. Olivia. Olivia visit Heidi at a construction site. Heidi used her settlement money to build a location to empower women. The chief confesses to Olivia that he has been avoiding SVU because every time he comes in the door he thinks he’s going to see Mike. The chief confesses to Olivia that he has been avoiding SVU because every time he comes in the door he thinks he’s going to see Mike.