Stalker Episode 1x18 "The Woods" April 27, 2015

STALKER
Air Date: Monday, April 27, 2015
Time Slot: 09:00 PM-10:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#118) "The Woods"

"The Woods" - Beth desperately fights for her life after her deranged stalker (Eion Bailey)
drags her to a remote cabin in Ojai, leaving Jack and Janice to frantically search for clues to their location. Also, the TAU waits for updates on Ben's prognosis after he was shot, on STALKER, on a special night and time, Monday, April 27 (9:00 PM, ET/PT) on CBS.

REGULAR CAST:

Maggie Q (Lieutenant Beth Davis)
Dylan McDermott (Detective Jack Larsen)
Victor Rasuk (Detective Ben Caldwell)
Mariana Klaveno (Detective Janice Lawrence)
Elisabeth Röhm (Amanda Taylor)

RECURRING CAST:

Mira Sorvino (Vicky Gregg)
Eion Bailey (Ray)
Chelsea Harris (Belle)

GUEST CAST:

Patricia Bethune (Hazel)
Stefan Marks (Peter Daniels)
Evan Arnold (Dr. Jacobs)
Bret Green (Barry Jacobs)
Dan Thiel (Agent Wheeler)
Rick Garcia (News Reporter #1)
Evelyn Taft (News Reporter #2)

WRITTEN BY: Sean Hennen

DIRECTED BY: Fred Toye

Here are the promo pics for ep 1x18:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKCF8OfozjU

There's a new sneak peek shown during this interview.
Why can't they just release, when those final three eps will air ...

Ok so maybe they air them after csi ends.

The crowd cheered nikita! she said it wore her out and was on a IV??

I just got a new version of Nikita S-1 and I am going to watch them again.

it has been about 5 years, I liked it when alex was still in division, wish that could have lasted longer.

T5000 wrote:

Ok so maybe they air them after csi ends.

The crowd cheered nikita! she said it wore her out and was on a IV??

I just got a new version of Nikita S-1 and I am going to watch them again.

it has been about 5 years, I liked it when alex was still in division, wish that could have lasted longer.

No wonder the crowd cheered, Nikita was a damn good series with an excellent cast. I still don't get it why it wasn't a huge success ...
What do you mean with "new version"?
When do you start watching again S1? If you are not binge watching, I might join you ... we could revive the old threats over there at your Nikita wiki ... might be fun to read the old posts again ...?

tscc1000 wrote:

T5000 wrote:

Ok so maybe they air them after csi ends.

The crowd cheered nikita! she said it wore her out and was on a IV??

I just got a new version of Nikita S-1 and I am going to watch them again.

it has been about 5 years, I liked it when alex was still in division, wish that could have lasted longer.

No wonder the crowd cheered, Nikita was a damn good series with an excellent cast. I still don't get it why it wasn't a huge success ...
What do you mean with "new version"?
When do you start watching again S1? If you are not binge watching, I might join you ... we could revive the old threats over there at your Nikita wiki ... might be fun to read the old posts again ...?

Well I got some higher quality versions as opposed to tv versions with channel logos and their little pop up ads.
I have the S-1 dvd's but cant play any dvd's currently.

I will go slow, because it is a show I have seen, and I have other new shows I like to watch.
It would be fun to discuss them again, but would rather do it here, as it would be easier and faster.
At same time it would be good to watch a ep post about it here then go to nikita wiki and read what we posted back then.
I think what we post seeing a 2nd time would be much different though.
We we see and notice things we did not the first time.

PS I just went to the nikita forum and read posts for ep 2, and they are all from a different perspective that what we will have after seeing all 4 seasons.

So I would rather just post here.

I will watch ep one soon, but I may want to watch 2 at a time.

No wonder the crowd cheered, Nikita was a damn good series with an excellent cast. I still don't get it why it wasn't a huge success ...,,, well I doubt more than 1 person in that audience had a nielsen box
when nikita was on tv. so they would not count in ratings.

Also some see a show in syndication, or hulu , dvd. netflix, so they may have seen it after it was off tv.

I think it had more than 1 mil viewers when it was on.

Just like walking dead, it is popular show, but the 15 mil is not right, could be way less, or way more than that.
People forget that nielsen is just a estimate based on what a few people watch.

They never say a "estimated" 15 mil watch WD they say it like it is a actual fact.
That is why I call it the neilsen crowd, because it is what that group likes that stays or gets the good ratings.

If we are fortunate they will like the shows we really like, because if not it will be canceled.

plus with nikita I think it skewed older than 34 alot, and older than 49, and more men than females.
All of those would affect the demo in a negative way.

So any smart show runner would think about how to get women 18-34 to watch their show and keep
them watching .
Most just think about making a good show, and never consider they have to have that one group watching or a large # of them watching.
Like ncis may have 19 mil viewers, and a 2.3 demo, and some other show has 5 mil and a 3.5 demo.
That means they have the women. and the 18-49 group.
Ncis skews old big time.

Her and dylan are engaged now so I guess they came out of the show a winner even though the show
wasnt.
it sure happend quickly ??

CSI: Cyber

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8.06

1-04 25/Mar/15 Fire Code

ratings are already down to where stalker was in only 4 eps, hoping it goes down
to 1.2 this week. right now stalker seems to be the stronger show.

I looked for a return date and maggie had confirmed a return at end of march, but
I think they meant end of april.
csi ends april 22nd. so apr 29 it may be stalker back.

OK so they moved it to mondays, where Scorpion was.
may 4,11,18
 3 eps and maybe a decent ending.

tscc1000 wrote:

CBS Announces Season Finale Dates for 'The Big Bang Theory', 'NCIS' & More; 'Stalker' Returns May 4 April 27

CBS changed the schedule for Stalker ep 1x18:

Stalker Season 1 Finale

Stalker returns to the CBS Schedule on Monday, April 27th! What will the last three episodes of the first season hold? Don't miss Stalker's return and the first season finale on Monday, May 18th at 9/8c on CBS.

Source: Stalker @ CBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8sejvmTLD0

I also added the synopsis and promo pics for ep 1x18.

Great to see it coming back., I really missed it. Great orders Janice!

webruce wrote:

Great to see it coming back., I really missed it. Great orders Janice!

Good to see you back, webruce!
You haven't often been around here lately. I hope everything is fine?

I really liked the episode. It was suspensful and Maggie could kick Ray's ass several times. The ending with the fire was pretty adequate to conclude Beth's background story. She can move on now.
I'm just wondering, why they wouldn't air this ep (together with ep 1x17) as the season/series finale. Instead we'll get probably two more "cases of the week" for the final eps. Also it was beyond any reason to split ep 1x17 and 1x18 with that lame-o hiatus of more than 2 months. It feels like CBS wanted to make sure that Stalker would be done in any case.
After all it was nice to have Maggie back an screen and though it's far from the quality of Nikita, I wouldn't mind to see more of Stalker beyond S1. Sadly everywhere I read they are saying Stalker is a goner.

They tried to make it look like a full circle ending for Ray because he burned Michelle's family in a house fire too.  And so it looks like he himself died in a burning house too.  So appropriate.  But there was no body!

Clearly, Ray is still alive.  He escaped from the burning building.

The last SWAT guy who came out said he saw one body but he couldn't get to it.  That must have been the original guy in the cabin Peter Daniels who was killed by Ray at the beginning.

If the SWAT guy said he saw two bodies, then I would believe Ray had died.

I know Vicki Gregg ordered the police to surround the cabin to make sure no one got out the back, but maybe Ray went out through a basement or crawl space or they simply missed him.

termi-ninja-tor wrote:

They tried to make it look like a full circle ending for Ray because he burned Michelle's family in a house fire too.  And so it looks like he himself died in a burning house too.  So appropriate.  But there was no body!

Clearly, Ray is still alive.  He escaped from the burning building.

The last SWAT guy who came out said he saw one body but he couldn't get to it.  That must have been the original guy in the cabin Peter Daniels who was killed by Ray at the beginning.

If the SWAT guy said he saw two bodies, then I would believe Ray had died.

I know Vicki Gregg ordered the police to surround the cabin to make sure no one got out the back, but maybe Ray went out through a basement or crawl space or they simply missed him.

Wait ... you are the one termi-ninja-tor I know from the "Red Wiki" and from T5000's Nikita wiki!? ... Wow, that's a nice surprise! Welcome!!

You are right, there is this TV law, that as long as there's no body, death is never sure.
Well, I thought, that the final fight and the fire took place in another cabin, not the one, where Ray killed that guy and brought Beth first. So there would have been only Ray's body and he might actually be dead.  But maybe I didn't pay enough attention and they actually met back at the first cabin ... I probably have to re-watch some scenes to be sure ...

Jack called in the address to Vicki. Was it different from the original cabin -- posted on the lone mailbox?

termi-ninja-tor wrote:

Jack called in the address to Vicki.  Was it different from the original cabin -- posted on the lone mailbox?

I watched the scenes again and now I'm pretty sure that it was a different cabin. When Jack found Beth injured, he saw the light of a cabin in the distance of 100 yards, so he told Janice on the phone to meet there. Right after that phone call Ray threatened Janice with his gun to take him to that other cabin too.
So yeah, definitely another cabin with no second dead body in it. I think Ray is officially supposed to be gone, especially considering that Stalker with high probability won't be renewed for another season.

This interview with the Stalker showrunner is quite interesting. He has plans for a second season and it becomes clear that Ray is dead and Beth's past is meant to be left behind. But it also sounds like his hopes for a renewal are not that high ... 



Stalker Boss Breaks Down Beth vs. Ray Showdown, Chances for Season 2

OK. I give up. Ray is dead.

The handicappers all have Stalker canceled. If so, we have just two more episodes, then finis.