By Jamie Ruby

Bates Motel, the contemporary prequel to the film Psycho, is currently in its second season on A&E. Norma Bates (Vera Farmiga) may not have a normal relationship with her son Norman (Freddie Highmore), but her relationship with her son, Dylan, played by Max Thieriot, is also quite rocky. This was made worse when it was recently revealed on the series that Norma's estranged brother Caleb, played by Kenny Johnson, is Dylan's real father.

Thieriot and Johnson recently talked to the media about their work on Bates Motel.

The two talked to SciFi Vision about working together on the series. Johnson said, "It was kind of amazing for me, because when I showed up on the set, Max came right up to me and said, "It's going to be a pleasure working with you, and I can't wait." And he was really down to earth and connected, and I had been a huge fan of this show the prior season and really been intrigued by his character. So I had this whole thing honed in on Max prior to getting offered this role.

"So there were some striking similarities and mannerisms and things that were going on between us that made it real. It just seemed familiar, and it made it incredibly real for me and for the character Caleb. He's been seeking and searching a connection with his family member, and when he finds out, obviously, Max is Norma's son, this is something that opened up and happened naturalistically between the two, for me. I thought it was pretty wild."

Exclusive Interview with Neil Napier for Helix on March 27, 2013
Interview by Jamie Ruby
Written by Jamie Ruby

Neil Napier stars as Peter Farragut in the new Syfy series Helix, which just aired it's season finale. Peter is a very integral part of the plot of the series. At the beginning of the season, Peter was the first living person found infected by the Narvik virus at the Artic Biosystems research facility. It was discovered that he was infected with strain B, which rather than killing him, altered him so he became what they call on the show a vector, and in his case the king of the vectors. Peter is also the brother of Alan (Billy Campbell), a scientist at the CDC who was called in to help try to stop the outbreak. And with Alan came Julia (Kyra Zagorsky), Alan's ex-wife who also had an affair with Peter. And as the way good stories often go, that isn't even the half of it.

Exclusive Interview with Mark Ghanimé for Helix on March 26, 2014
Interview by Jamie Ruby
Written by Jamie Ruby

Sergio Balleseros, played by Mark Ghanimé, is one of the most interesting characters on Syfy's Helix. Throughout the season it has been difficult to ascertain where his loyalties truly lie (other than to himself). The season finale, which aired tonight, continued in that vein.

Ghanimé talked one on one with Jamie Ruby of SciFi Vision earlier in the week about the season finale and other key moments of the series for his character.

Today many fans, myself included, rejoiced when in time for the season finale tonight, Syfy officially announced that Helix will return for a second season. In my opinion, Helix is the best of what Syfy has to offer. I really feel that television has been lacking lately in smart serialized shows, and the fact that it's science fiction makes it even better. Too many networks shy away lately from airing complex shows that aren't episodic or procedural. I love the fact that you can really immerse yourself in the show and that I find myself questioning what's truly going on, long after the episode has ended for the night. That being said, it's also great to see such as series, that as much as it poses new questions every week, it has answered a great majority of them throughout the story.

Exclusive Interview with Kyra Zagorsky of Helix
Interview by Jamie Ruby
Written by Jamie Ruby

Tonight Syfy airs the first season finale of Helix. In the show, Kyra Zagorksy stars as Julia Walker, a cellular biologist who accompanies her ex-husband, Alan Farragut (Billy Campbell), to the Arctic Biosystems research facility after a deadly virus has been released, infecting his brother Peter (Neil Napier), who she previously had an affair with.

During the course of the season, Julia is infected with the virus as well, and like Peter, starts to change into something else. She is saved, however, by Hatake (Hiroyuki Sanada), who she discovers is her father, and is now apparently immortal like him.

Just for fun, I've been creating some fan art Helix icons. I decided to post them on the site for the season finale for anyone who wants them to use for Twitter, or whatever. Enjoy:)

 

Join me tonight for Fandom Access when I talk to special guests Cameron Porsandeh, the creator of Helix, Mark Ghanime (Sergio Balleseros), and Neil Napier (Peter Farragut)! The show starts at 10pm ET so be there. You can also call in with questions or join the chat and post there! The call in number is (914) 338-0314.

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*UPDATE* You can now stream or download the podcast at the same link.

By Jamie Ruby

Thursday night Fox premieres its new comedy series Surviving Jack. In preparation leads Christopher Meloni, who plays Jack Dunlevy, and Rachael Harris, who plays his wife Joanne, talked to the media on Monday about their new series.

By Jamie Ruby

Last week another contestant was voted off of American Idol, MK Nobilette. The twenty year old from San Franciso made the top ten and will be a performer in the concert series for American Idol XIII.