34 May 16 • 2019
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BIG BANG’
S FINAL BLAST
The series finale of the hit sit-com Big 
Bang Theory airs at 8 p.m. 
Thursday, May 16, on CBS. 
It’
s a two-part, one-hour 
show. A half-hour look-back 
special show, featuring cast 
interviews, will air imme-
diately after the two final 
regular episodes. 
I liked Big Bang, one of 
the most “Jewy” shows 
on TV. The show’
s cre-
ator (Chuck Lorre, 66) is 
Jewish, as are four of the 
main cast members (Mayim 
Bialik, 43; Kevin Sussman, 
48; Melissa Rauch and 
Simon Helberg, both 38). I 
suspect that Raj, the Indian-
American main character, 
will marry in one of final 
episodes. If so, we will 
probably see Raj’
s father, 
a recurring character. Raj’
s 
father is played by Brian 
George, 66, who was born 
in Israel, the son of Indian/
Iraqi Jewish parents. 
 
AT THE MOVIES
A Dog’
s Journey is a film 
sequel to the hit 2017 film 
A Dog’
s Purpose. Both are 
based on a series of novels 
that tell their story from 
the dog’
s perspective. The 
novels/films center on a dog 
named Bailey who changes 
the lives of his human fam-
ilies. Josh Gad, 38, returns 
as the voice of Bailey. Opens 
Friday, May 17.
Trial by Fire tells the 
true story of Cameron Todd 
Willingham, who was exe-
cuted in Texas for killing his 
three children after scien-
tific and expert testimony 
that bolstered his claim of 
innocence was suppressed. 
Laura Dern co-stars. The 
film was directed by Edward 
Zwick, 66 (Glory, Defiance). Opens May 
17, Landmark Theater, Royal Oak. 
 
ON TV AND STREAMING
Blood and Treasure, a new CBS series, 

premieres on Tuesday, May 21. The first 
two episodes, “The Curse of Cleopatra 
— Parts I and II,” are shown together on 
the 21st (9-11 p. m.). Two good-looking 
people, Matt Barr and Sofia Pernas, star 
as, respectively, a brilliant antiquities 
expert and a cunning art 
thief who team up to catch a 
ruthless terrorist who funds 
his attacks through stolen 
treasure. Israeli actor Oded 
Fehr, 48, who is best known 
for co-starring in the hit 
movie The Mummy (1999), 
has a co-starring role as 
the terrorist Karim Farouk. 
Appearing in a recurring 
role (Roarke) is Canadian-
American actress Anna Silk, 
45. She met her husband, 
Scott Cooperman, at a Los 
Angeles acting workshop 
in 2007. They wed civilly 
in 2009 and in a Jewish 
ceremony in 2011, after Silk 
converted to Judaism. They 
now have two young sons, 
Samuel and Levi Aaron. 
An original Hulu series, 
Catch-22, begins streaming 
on May 17. Of course, it is 
based on the famous satiri-
cal novel (1961) of the same 
name by Joseph Heller 
(1923-1999). The novel 
was inspired by Heller’
s 
own experience in WWII. He 
enlisted at 19 and flew 60 
combat missions on a B-25 
as the plane’
s bombardier. 
His novel (and the series) 
centers on Yossarian, a bom-
bardier. Yossarian’
s big prob-
lem is that the number of 
missions he has to fly until 
he is rotated home keeps on 
being raised. There is a lot 
of other nasty and/or absurd 
mishegoss going on and the 
novel’
s description of that 
misigash caught the wave 
of the anti-establishment 
sentiment of the ’
60s and 
made the novel a favorite of 
the hip. Will it play as well 
today? We’
ll see. The series 
was produced by George Clooney and he 
has a co-starring role. Grant Heslov, 55, 
who has been Clooney’
s producing part-
ner for decades, has a big supporting role 
as Doc Daneeka. ■

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