The first episode of the new The Walking Dead spin-off, The World Beyond, has premiered, and the show immediately throws us into a new mystery. The limited series — scheduled to run for only two seasons and 20 episodes — is designed to answer this question: “What is the Civic Republic, and what are their motives?”

There’s a new cast of characters here, and an explosive secret between them, namely that Elton’s mom killed Hope and Iris’s mom on Monument Day ten years ago, while Hope accidentally killed Elton’s mom in retaliation. Now, Hope, her sister Iris, Elton, and Silas are all on a journey from Nebraska to New York to find the father or Hope and Iris, who is working in New York to help the Civic Republic find a cure for the zombie virus. Silas, meanwhile, appears to be zombie chum, but I suspect he’ll be the Carol Peletier of the group: a character who starts out weak but who evolves when confronted by zombies. Elsewhere, two other characters, Felix (head of security) and Huck, are tracking the other foursome.

Meanwhile, the end of the episode reveals that the CRM liquidated the Campus Colony in Nebraska. Elizabeth and the military, it appears, killed absolutely everyone there, which certainly suggests that the Civic Republic is made up of very bad people. But like a lot of other villainous groups we’ve seen in The Walking Dead universe, the Civic Republic probably thinks they are serving a greater good. They are, after all, ostensibly searching for a cure for the virus.

In the meantime, before Elizabeth — who is the head of the CRM — liquidated the Campus Colony, she had a conversation with Hope and Iris, in which she gave them a map and told them where their father is, which suggests that she wanted Hope and Iris to escape before everyone in the Campus Colony was killed. Why? That remains unclear.

However, there was one exchange between Elizabeth and Hope and Iris that’s very intriguing for fans of Fear the Walking Dead. “I have a daughter,” Elizabeth tells Hope and Iris. “She’s a bit older than you. She’s a soldier in the CRM. She’s away from me a great deal, and that makes me scared sometimes.”

Elizabeth doesn’t come right out and say her name, but it’s worth combining that exchange with what Scott Gimple said during Comic-Con a couple of months ago — namely that we will “find out more about Isabelle in the future.” Who is Isabelle? Isabelle is a CRM soldier (a little older than Hope and Iris), who we met on Fear the Walking Dead. She’s the CRM soldier who was searching for gas for her helicopter in Texas and fell in love with Althea.

It doesn’t take a big leap to put two and two together here and draw the conclusion that Isabelle is likely Elizabeth’s daughter. It’s worth noting, too, that Isabelle told Althea in Fear the Walking Dead that she is from Indiana, which could possibly answer one lingering question on The World Beyond: Where is the Civic Republic? Is it Indiana? Possibly. Elizabeth, after all, noted that she had to travel a long ways to get to the Campus Colony in Nebraska, and Indiana and Nebraska are 800 miles away from each other. That’s a “long way,” but not so long that the alliance of three — between Portland, Nebraska, and possibly Indiana — isn’t out of the question (Nebraska to Oregon, after all, is 1200 miles).

Likewise, remember what Isabelle told Althea? “If you see someone wearing this [CRM] jacket, you should be afraid…” That was made abundantly clear in the final seconds of The World Beyond premiere when the CRM took out hundreds of people. “We are a force who are not living for ourselves or for now. You have your stories, already making every day the past. We have the future,” Isabelle told Althea on Fear the Walking Dead. That language syncs perfectly with the damage that Elizabeth and the CRM did to the Campus Colony, which was almost certainly more about the future than the now.

I bet it won’t be the last connection between The World Beyond and the other two shows, either. Scott Gimple may have planted another future Easter Egg by having Huck and Felix spray-paint zombies blue to track how far they travel. I bet we end up seeing the odd blue zombie in the other shows in the future. We’ll find out in the coming weeks.

The World Beyond returns next week with its second episode, along with the sixth season premiere of Fear the Walking Dead on AMC.

Source: https://uproxx.com/tv/the-world-beyond-easter-egg-fear-the-walking-dead-isabelle-elizabeth-daughter/

LeBron James can be the best player in the world at any given moment. The Lakers star might not be quite the same athletic specimen that flew around the court, dunked everything possible, and made entire teams bend to his will as he was in his absolute prime, but he’s still LeBron James. That means that he can still lead teams to wins on his own. In Game 3 of the NBA Finals, he certainly tried with an impressive 25 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists performance (with eight turnovers), but it wasn’t enough though to overcome Jimmy Butler’s 40 point triple-double as Miami picked up a 115-104 win to make it a 2-1 sereis.

As the Heat dribbled out the clock with victory in hand they allowed themselves a 24-second violation. Before the violation could occur LeBron James, Rajon Rondo, and Anthony Davis began to walk off the floor. Once they realized that the game technically wasn’t over most of them returned to the floor. James did not. This actually resulted in a bit of a delay to the game ending as the Lakers had to scramble to get a 5th player on the floor — hello, Jared Dudley Finals minutes — so they could allow the clock to expire. James simply continued on to the locker room.

It is a moment that will garner plenty of discussion from talking heads, but maybe he just thought the game was over right? After the game, James was asked about it and he confirmed that he did think the game was over, but he also mentioned that a part of his walk off was his frustration with the loss.

“When you walked off the court with about 10 seconds left was that frustration or did you think the game was over?”

“Both.”

This really isn’t that huge a deal. It’s not like the Heat had just finished off the Lakers to win the series and James was escaping congratulatory handshakes. Players frequently leave losses without speaking to one another and James choosing to leave early, while not the best look in the world, is really minor in terms of ways to react poorly to a situation.

Of course, this is LeBron James we’re talking about here and everything he does is under a microscope. He has to be aware that every single decision he makes is going to become a talking point and a potential drama startup. James appears to have taken care of it pretty quickly by giving a clear “both” and nothing else about the walk off, but Miami, a team perpetually searching for fuel, will certainly have noticed it.

Source: https://uproxx.com/dimemag/lebron-james-lakers-game-3-court-walkoff-video-frustration-response/

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Jimmy Butler ensured that we at least get two more games of the NBA Finals with his 40-point, 13-assist, 10-rebound performance in Game 3 against the Lakers on Sunday. It was a Herculean effort from the Heat star, one they desperately needed with Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic both still out with injuries.

Butler had 10 of his 40 in the fourth quarter, including eight in the closing four minutes to keep the Lakers at bay as they pulled away for an 11-point win. As Butler walked to the bench after his final bucket to ice things, he was yelling “they’re in trouble!” at his teammates to their delight, and while it’s not out of character for Butler to talk his talk after a game like that, it did raise some eyebrows.

After the game, he was asked about that very moment by the NBA TV crew on site, and he explained that he was simply repeating something LeBron James told him in the first half.

I didn’t think it got much spicier than yelling “they’re in trouble” as a pretty strong underdog (even still with a 2-1 series deficit and injury questions) but it’s that much better that he was barking the same thing LeBron tried to tell him in the first half as the Lakers chipped away at Miami’s advantage.

We knew Butler and the Heat would fight in this series no matter what, but not too many thought they’d get a game without Adebayo and Dragic. Now that they have, with one or both of those players potentially returning to the court soon, things are very interesting and the chatter will only pick up if Miami can come out firing again in Game 4.

Source: https://uproxx.com/dimemag/jimmy-butler-lebron-james-heat-lakers-theyre-in-trouble-response-video/

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The Miami Heat entered Game 3 as 9.5-point underdogs to the Los Angeles Lakers as they were once again going to face the Lakers down a pair of their stars, as Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic missed their second straight game due to injuries.

Prior to Game 2, Jimmy Butler asserted that he would have to have a greater impact on the offense than he’s ever had, not just in his time in Miami but in his career, and in Game 3 he proved that to be the point in a spectacular and gutty 40-point, 13-assist, and 10-rebound triple-double to will the Heat to a 115-104 win and pull them to within 2-1 in the Finals.

It was an all-time performance from a player who has made a habit of fourth quarter takeovers in the Bubble, and with the potential for Miami to get some of its starpower back for Game 4, his performance in Game 3 makes things very interesting moving forward. Here are our takeaways from a stunning Game 3.

1. Jimmy Butler is an absolute dog

Butler played 45 minutes in Game 3, only sitting for a brief period in the first quarter and one minute to start the fourth, and from the outset he had his imprint on everything the Heat were doing. He was terrific all game, but it was his play in the fourth quarter that will be what’s remembered most, as he had 10 of his 40 in the final period, eight of which in the final four minutes after L.A. had cut the lead to six.

No one expected anything less from Butler in terms of effort, but few predicted that he’d be able to execute as well as he did. Butler has always prided himself on his work ethic and ability to play harder than his opponent, but on this night he wasn’t just the hardest worker, he looked like the most skilled. Butler was a maestro offensively, which isn’t something you often hear about the All-Star. He was a hammer when he needed to be, bludgeoning the Lakers defense with drives to create contact and get to the line 14 times, but he also showed the finesse and precision that isn’t always thought of in Butler’s game. He carved into the lane to fling passes out to the perimeter to set up shooters — sometimes to a frustrating degree given he would pass up apparent open layups — and he orchestrated the offense to get just about whatever he wanted in terms of matchup, something we’re used to seeing from his counterpart in LeBron James.

It was as good an individual effort as you will see in a Finals game and that he was able to help the Heat to a win under the most improbable of circumstances will only grow the legend of Jimmy Buckets.

2. Kelly Olynyk: Difference Maker

Prior to the series many, including myself, wondered if this would be the series where Erik Spoelstra had to turn to Kelly Olynyk for major minutes, and in Game 3 we saw the benefits of doing so. Olynyk came off the bench to give Miami 17 points and seven rebounds in 31 minutes of play, and even came up with a pair of steals — including a critical one late in transition as LeBron James brought the ball up. While Olynyk isn’t the best defender and is someone Miami wants to avoid ending up on Anthony Davis and LeBron too often in isolation, he opens up their offense in a way that no other big on the Heat roster can.

Olynyk is a legit threat from deep as a 40 percent shooter on the season, and in Game 3 he was 3-of-5 from downtown and 5-of-9 from the field.

His presence helps to push L.A. to playing small-ball — Howard was the only center to play in this one and played just 15 minutes — and Miami took advantage of those small-ball lineups by drawing Davis out of the paint or attacking Markieff Morris and Kyle Kuzma in switches. We’ll have to see if Olynyk can continue this level of play for the rest of the series, but expect his minutes to be extended, certainly until Adebayo returns, and even after he figures to get the most burn off the bench until Spo sees some adjustment he doesn’t like from the Lakers.

Tyler Herro’s 17 points will, rightfully, get headlines as he came up big again late alongside Butler, but that’s what we’ve come to expect from the rookie swingman — who also needed 18 shots to get there. Olynyk’s production, however, is a much bigger deal because that’s the third option that Miami needs with their top guys out and in Game 3 he gave them exactly what they needed.

3. The Lakers need to clean things up

It was a disastrous game for the Lakers, who seemed unable to match Miami’s effort in Game 3 and were simply too sloppy to have a chance. They opened the game with turnover after turnover, finishing with 19 on the game to help fuel the Heat offense with transition opportunities. Anthony Davis and LeBron James combined for 13 of those, with James having eight by himself, in a horrible performance from the Lakers two top stars. Davis finished with 15 points, five rebounds, and three assists in 33 minutes of play, battling foul trouble and just not looking like the assertive, dominant force we saw in the first two games.

James had 25 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists, so his numbers were certainly there, but his impact simply wasn’t what we’re accustomed to, in large part because of the turnovers. Miami did a great job to keep the Lakers stars off of the free throw line, particularly late, as they had just 11 combined and Davis accounted for just two of those. It was, for lack of a better word, an unacceptable performance from Davis in a game where the Heat didn’t have anyone to match up with him one on one, but did a great job of sending timely doubles and pushing him off his spot so he didn’t catch the ball with good positioning.

The Lakers got some excellent bench contributions from Morris and Kuzma, who had 19 points each and effectively kept L.A. in the game with their shooting, but they were the lone bright spots in an otherwise dim night for a Lakers team that had a chance to put this series to bed. It looked as though the Lakers — like, admittedly, many of us — felt like all they needed to do was flip the switch and they could erase any Miami lead with their talent advantage. However, Miami showed they still have plenty of talent to go along with their will down the stretch, and now the Lakers have let the Heat not only get a win but build confidence going forward with the potential bump of the return of one of their top players.

Source: https://uproxx.com/dimemag/jimmy-butler-heat-lakers-game-3-video-highlights-takeaways-finals/

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A storyline that from Robert Kirkman’s source material that we have been teasing for almost three years now has finally arrived. In 2018, I predicted that the Commonwealth storyline would be teased in the 11th season finale, so I was off by one season. However, in what was supposed to be the 10th season finale, we finally got a glimpse of the Commonwealth, or at least a group of Commonwealth soldiers.

It comes in the final seconds of “A Certain Doom,” the 16th episode of the 10th season, and the episode originally designed to be the season finale before the pandemic rearranged the series’ schedule. Eugene, Yumiko, Princess, and Ezekiel travel to West Virginia to meet Stephanie, a woman with whom Eugene has been communicating over the radio for quite some time. They arrive late, however, and Stephanie is nowhere to be seen. Eugene makes the assumption that she has left, but redoubles his efforts to find her (because he’s that “horny,” Princess jokes), which is when a group of Commonwealth soldiers pop out and surround Eugene and Company.

Did Stephanie even exist? Or was she just a character played by someone to lure newcomers out to West Virginia to be abducted by Commonwealth soldiers? That is unclear, but I can say that the Commonwealth is a huge community of 50,000+ people, who live very similarly to the way they lived before the pandemic. They have electricity, and sports teams, a military, and rock concerts, etc. They function as a fairly normal society within the zombie apocalypse.

If it sounds too good to be true, it’s because it mostly is. The Commonwealth is a highly functioning society, but the community has also set up a caste system, of sorts, based on the professions/jobs of those within the community before the zombie apocalypse. So, despite everything else that’s going on in the world, lawyers, doctors, entertainers, etc., are still wealthier than everyone else and treated as such. In other words, the Commonwealth had a chance to start all over again, and in most respects, it appears that it just continued the same old ways as before.

Is the Commonwealth related to Rick Grimes’ whereabouts or the CRM? That is unclear. Thanks to The World Beyond, we now know that CRM stands for Civic Republic Military, but we do not know what the Civic Repubic is or where they have taken Rick Grimes. The Commonwealth and the Civic Republic are likely not related, and it’s still very unclear as to whether the events of The Walking Dead will ever intersect with Rick Grimes again, even in the movies.

It is worth noting, however, that The Commonwealth storyline is the last of Robert Kirkman’s source material before he finally ends the story. We will, however, get to know The Commonwealth very well over the next 30 episodes and two years.

Source: https://uproxx.com/tv/the-walking-dead-the-commonwealth-soldiers-surrounded-eugene/

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It’s been over a month since Chadwick Boseman suddenly passed away, having kept his battles with colon cancer a secret from everyone but close family and friends. Tributes and stories continue to pour in, the latest from Boseman’s two brothers, one of whom told The New York Times about what would prove to be their final conversation.

Derrick Boseman, who at 54 is his oldest brother, is a pastor, and their last chat perhaps inevitably wound up being spiritual. He said Chadwick was starting to lose faith that a recovery was possible, telling him, “Man, I’m in the fourth quarter, and I need you to get me out of the game.” That’s when Derrick realized “that he was tired. He was ready to go.” So Derrick changed up his game. “When he told me that, I changed my prayer from, ‘God heal him, God save him,’ to ‘God, let your will be done,’” he said. “And the next day he passed away.”

Boseman’s other brother, Kevin, 48 and a dancer in the stage version of The Lion King, wanted to tell people what it was like to know the real him. “I have been trying to remember Chad and not Chadwick,” Kevin told the Times. “And there’s just been a lot of Chadwick in the air.”

Kevin recalled letting the future Black Panther star stay with him in his Brooklyn apartment when the latter first moved to New York City, hoping to make it. Their father at one point expressed concern that success was proving elusive. “A lot of people think making it means becoming an A-list movie star,” Kevin said. “I didn’t force that. I just knew that if Chad wanted to work in the arts, he would find a way and take care of himself.”

Turns out all Chadwick had to was work hard and be patient. “He always did his best,” Kevin added. “His best was incredible.”

(Via The New York Times)

Source: https://uproxx.com/movies/chadwick-boseman-brothers-final-conversation/