“So What’s the Purpose of a Platypus?,” the April 6th episode of Saving Grace, delivers a good-sized wallop, both literally and figuratively.
During the hour, a vicious attack on Maggie (special guest star Kathy Baker) at Louie’s interrupts her plans to marry Grace’s brother-in-law Doug (Chris Mulkey). Meanwhile, Johnny and Rhetta’s letter-writing campaign to save Leon Cooley’s life hits a snag of its own when a damaging video surfaces.
The sneak peek for the episode is available in the earlier preview post, and follow the jump for a slew of stills that reveal quite a bit about the latest developments in …read more

Preview photos for “But There’s Clay,” tonight’s brand-new episode of Saving Grace, are here.
The hour features marvelous guest star Kathy Baker, whom I’ve adored since her Picket Fences days back in the 1990s. Saying that I’m looking forward to her performance on the series is definitely an understatement. Baker will return this season to reprise her role; yet, I wouldn’t mind her hanging around as a recurring or even regular player.
But enough about what I want. Check out a sneak peek for the episode in the earlier preview post and follow the jump for those stills.

Sadly to say — at least for those of us who thoroughly enjoyed Christina Ricci’s recent guest stint as Grace’s temporary partner Abby Charles — it’s back to Dewey and Darko on the next episode of Saving Grace, March 23rd’s “The Live Ones.”
Butch’s partner Bobby also reaches the end of his undercover assignment, although there’s no way to predict whether that’s a good or bad thing, and Clay’s new friend Benjamin Cooley, played by terrific 16-year-old Lost actor Malcolm David Kelley, helps out at the police department, too.
As for the case of the week, it involves a dead woman found …read more

Tonight’s episode of Saving Grace called “Take Me Somewhere Earl” is currently the last one scheduled for stellar guest star Christina Ricci. And, if the sneak peek is anywhere near accurate, her character Abby Charles is going out (for now) just as I would expect: strong, independent, intriguing, and imperfect.
When the squad investigates the death of a drug dealer at an apartment complex, Ham and Butch run into Bobby, who is still undercover. Elsewhere, the cold shoulder Abby receives from her fellow officers leads Grace to dig up some information about why Abby was placed with the squad. …read more

The next new episode of TNT’s Saving Grace is March 16th’s “Take Me Somewhere Earl,” and I believe this is the one that marks the end of Christina Ricci’s excellent guest-star arc … for now. I add the last part because I wouldn’t be surprised if show runners arrange to bring Ricci’s Abby Charles back later since both the actress and her character have added so much to the series during their too brief visit.
Now that Grace’s Catholic priest brother Johnny has learned that she and death-row inmate Leon Cooley share last-chance angel Earl, he teams up with Rhetta …read more

Episode 2.08: The Heart of a CopOriginal Air Date: March 2, 2009
Grace meets her new temporary partner, 28-year-old officer Abby Charles, onboard for a required 28-day rotation with the detective squad. Abby also goes to law school at night because she ultimately wants to join the FBI, has a 12-year-old son she gave birth to at 16, and seems really eager to work with and be liked by Grace, whom she describes as one-half of the legendary Dewey and Darko detective team.
Meanwhile, Ham is partnered with Butch while Butch’s partner Bobby remains undercover from the end of the midseason. …read more

The next new episode of Saving Grace, March 9th’s “Do You Believe in Second Chances?,” should be a fairly exciting one, if the preview photos after the jump are any indication.
In addition to showing Grace and her current partner Abby looking pretty tight, there are a couple of shots with their fellow male cops participating in some serious gunplay. I’m sure nobody gets hurt, but it’s always more dramatic when weapons are pulled and crooks get apprehended by force. All the action just makes the adrenaline flow, you know.
As mentioned in the earlier sneak peek post, the episode’s …read more

TNT just posted the preview for the March 9 episode of Saving Grace a few hours ago.
The installment is called “Do You Believe in Second Chances?,” and it’s all about teenagers with way too much time on their hands and parents who are way too lenient and incompetent. I never would have gotten away with the kind of crap they do when I was growing up and thus wouldn’t have even considered trying.
The “crap” in question are the so-called drug parties, labeled a Scavenger Party on Grace, where kids steal prescription medication from their parents’ medicine cabinets at home …read more

The second-midseason premiere of Saving Grace happens tonight on TNT at 10pm EST.
During “The Heart of a Cop,” we meet multi-episode guest star Christina Ricci (Ally McBeal, The Addams Family), who plays police officer Abby Charles, Grace’s new partner while Ham works out his demons.
There’s also a suspected serial killer in the mix, and Grace has to deal with angel Earl, who insists she help Leon Cooley before his rapidly approaching execution date finally arrives.
Preview the episode in the photos after the jump. Inevitable growing pains aside, Grace and Abby look well-partnered, not to mention armed and very dangerous, …read more

Don’t forget, my fellow Brenda Johnson groupies, that tonight TNT presents The Closer’s fourth-season finale “Double Blind.”
Brenda and Fritz’s wedding is only a day away, but both of them have their minds on their jobs more than their impending nuptials. Fritz is called to a stakeout in the hopes of finally arresting a drug lord known as El Jefe, and Brenda gets tied up in an investigation into a robbery and murder at an escort service.
Unfortunately for us longtime viewers, with Brenda’s parents and Fritz’s sister dealing with the wedding details, the question remains whether the bride and groom will …read more