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National Basketball Association All-Star Game
Frequency
Annual
Inaugurated
1951
Most recent
2018 (Los Angeles)
Previous event
2017 (New Orleans)
Next event
2019 (Charlotte)
Participants
Eastern Conference and Western Conference All-Stars
Organized by
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association All-Star Game is a basketball exhibition game hosted every February by the National Basketball Association (NBA), matching a mix of the league's star players, who are drafted by the two players with the most votes. Each team consists of 12 players, making it 24 in total. It is the featured event of NBA All-Star Weekend. NBA All-Star Weekend is a three-day event which goes from Friday to Sunday. The All-Star Game was first played at the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951.
The starting lineup for each squad is selected by a combination of fan, player, and media voting,[1] while the reserves are chosen by a vote among the head coaches from each squad's respective conference.[2] Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players. If a selected player is injured and cannot participate, the NBA commissioner selects a replacement. The vote leaders for each conferences are assigned as captains and can choose from a pool of players named as all-stars to form their teams. The newly formed teams will also play for a charity of choice to help the games remain competitive.[3] On January 25, 2018, LeBron James and Stephen Curry became the first players to form their own teams according to the new selection format for the 2018 All-Star Game.[4]
The head coach of the team with the best record in each conference is chosen to lead their respective conference in the All-Star Game, with a prohibition against repeat appearances.[2] Known as the "Riley Rule", it was created after perennially successful Los Angeles Lakers head coach Pat Riley earned the right to coach the Western Conference team eight times in nine seasons between 1982 and 1990. The coach of the team with the next best record serves instead.
The 2017 All-Star Weekend was originally awarded to Charlotte, North Carolina. On March 23, 2016, North Carolina passed House Bill 2 as a remedy to Charlotte Ordinance 7056. This led to the NBA threatening to pull the game from Charlotte if the bill was not repealed or revised so as to not discriminate against the LGBT community. The NBA announced on July 21, 2016 that the game would be moved from Charlotte to New Orleans.
Contents
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1 History
2 Features of the All-Star Game
3 All-Star Game records
4 All-Star Game results
5 Other All-Star events
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links
History[edit]
The idea of holding an All-Star Game was conceived during a meeting between NBA President Maurice Podoloff, NBA publicity director Haskell Cohen and Boston Celtics owner Walter A. Brown. At that time, the basketball world had just been stunned by the college basketball point-shaving scandal.
In order to regain public attention to the league, Cohen suggested the league to host an exhibition game featuring the league's best players, similar to Major League Baseball's All-Star Game.[5] Although most people, including Podoloff, were pessimistic about the idea, Brown remained confident that it would be a success, and he even offered to host the game and to cover all the expenses or potential losses incurred from the game.[6] In the first All-Star Game, the Eastern All-Stars team defeated the Western All-Stars team 111–94.
Boston Celtics' Ed Macauley was named as the first NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, and the All-Star Game became a success, drawing an attendance of 10,094, much higher than that season's average attendance of 3,500.[7] In 2010, the NBA All Star Game attendance record was set when 108,713 fans jammed Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This shattered the existing attendance record previously held at Ford Field on Dec. 13, 2003 when 78,129 attendees watched Michigan State play Kentucky.[8]
On October 3, 2017, the NBA and NBPA announced the changes to the NBA All-Star Game format starting with the 2018 NBA All-Star Game. The vote leaders for each conferences will be assigned as team captains and will be able to select players from the rest of the starters and the reserves, regardless of the conference they play in, to form their own teams. This marks the first time, the conferences will not play against each other since the inaugural All-Star Game.[3]
Features of the All-Star Game[edit]
The starting five from each conference consists of three frontcourt players and two guards, selected by a combination of fan, player, and media voting. In 2017, the NBA moved from a pure fan vote to a weighted process wherein fan voting accounts for 50% of the total and player and media voting account for 25% each.[1] The league made the change in response to social media campaigns that resulted in mediocre players such as journeyman Zaza Pachulia nearly being voted as All-Star starters over more deserving players.,[1][9] Prior to 2013, fans selected two forwards and one center instead of generic frontcourt players.[10] The NBA in 2003 began offering All-Star ballots in three languages—English, Spanish and Chinese—for fan voting of the starters.[11]
NBA coaches vote for the reserves for their respective conferences, none of which can be players on their own team. Each coach selects two guards, three frontcourt players and two wild cards, with each selected player ranked in order of preference within each category. If a multi-position player is to be selected, coaches are encouraged to vote for the player at the position that is "most advantageous for the All-Star team", regardless of where the player is listed on the All-Star ballot or the position he is listed in box scores.[12] If a player is unavailable for the game due to injury, the NBA commissioner selects a replacement for the roster. If the replacement is for a fan-selected starter, the all-star coach chooses the replacement in the starting lineup, and is not limited to the commissioner's addition to the roster.[13] It is also possible for more than one All-Star to be selected from one team, but there has never been more than 4 All-Stars represent a team in the game. Most recently was the 2017 Golden State Warriors who had 4 players represent that team (Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson.) This has only occurred 8 times dating back to 1962 Boston Celtics and the 1962 Los Angeles Lakers.[14]
The Game is played under normal NBA rules, but there are notable differences from an average game. Since the starting All-Stars are selected by fan vote, players sometimes start the game at atypical positions. For instance, in 2007 Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady had the two highest fan vote totals among Western Conference guards. As both players normally play shooting guard, Bryant, who is 6'6" (198 cm), started the game as a point guard, despite him also manning the shooting guard position on his team.
The player introductions are usually accompanied by a significant amount of fanfare, including lighting effects, dance music, and pyrotechnics. Special uniforms are designed for the game each year, usually red for the Western Conference and blue for the Eastern Conference, but the 1997–2002 games allowed players the opportunity to wear their respective team uniforms, and until 2009 and from 2015 to the present, the host conference wore light uniforms. Originally players from the same team who share a number have the option to either keep or change numbers (e.g. Patrick Ewing trading his familiar #33 for #3 because of Larry Bird wearing the same number), but since 1997 players from the same team can keep their customary uniform numbers even if they share them. A major recording artist typically sings "O Canada" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" prior to tipoff. One of the more memorable performances was given by Marvin Gaye during the 1983 game; Gaye was accompanied by Gordon Banks, who played a tape from an all night session that used numerous elements of soul music and funk, and Banks still has that historic tape of the music to which Gaye sang his soulful version.
Gameplay usually involves players attempting spectacular slam dunks and alley oops. Defensive effort is usually limited and the final score of the game is generally much higher than an average NBA game. The coaches also try to give most of the reserve players some time on the court instead of using a limited rotation as they would in a normal game, but giving the starters more minutes because that's who the fans want to see most. The fourth quarter of the game is often played in a more competitive fashion, if the game is close.
Halftime is also longer than a typical NBA game due to musical performances by popular artists. Recent guests have included Michael Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Ariana Grande, Elton John, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, OutKast, Alicia Keys, Shakira, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Kendrick Lamar, Christina Aguilera, Pharrell Williams, Migos, and John Legend.
All-Star Game records[edit]
Main article: NBA All-Star Game records
All-Star Game results[edit]
This is a list of each All-Star Game, the venue at which it was played, and the Game MVP. Parenthesized numbers indicate multiple times that venue, city, or player has occurred as of that instance (e.g. "Michael Jordan (2)" in 1996 indicates that was his second All-Star MVP award). As of the 2017 All-Star Game (the 2016–17 NBA season)[update], the Eastern Conference leads with a record of 37 wins and 29 losses. The Western Conference has won the last 3 games.
Eastern Conference (37 wins)
Western Conference (29 wins)
Note: Stadium names are named based on the name at the day of the All-Star Game.
Year
Result
Host arena
Host city
Game MVP
1951 East 111, West 94 Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts Ed Macauley, Boston Celtics
1952 East 108, West 91 Boston Garden (2) Boston, Massachusetts (2) Paul Arizin, Philadelphia Warriors
1953 West 79, East 75 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, Indiana George Mikan, Minneapolis Lakers
1954 East 98, West 93 (OT) Madison Square Garden III** New York City, New York Bob Cousy, Boston Celtics
1955 East 100, West 91 Madison Square Garden III** (2) New York City, New York (2) Bill Sharman, Boston Celtics
1956 West 108, East 94 Rochester War Memorial Coliseum Rochester, New York Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks
1957 East 109, West 97 Boston Garden (3) Boston, Massachusetts (3) Bob Cousy (2), Boston Celtics
1958 East 130, West 118 St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri Bob Pettit (2), St. Louis Hawks
1959 West 124, East 108 Olympia Stadium Detroit, Michigan Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis Lakers
Bob Pettit (3), St. Louis Hawks
1960 East 125, West 115 Convention Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors
1961 West 153, East 131 Onondaga County War Memorial Coliseum Syracuse, New York Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals
1962 West 150, East 130 St. Louis Arena (2) St. Louis, Missouri (2) Bob Pettit (4), St. Louis Hawks
1963 East 115, West 108 LA Sports Arena Los Angeles, California Bill Russell, Boston Celtics
1964 East 111, West 107 Boston Garden (4) Boston, Massachusetts (4) Oscar Robertson (2), Cincinnati Royals
1965 East 124, West 123 St. Louis Arena (3) St. Louis, Missouri (3) Jerry Lucas, Cincinnati Royals
1966 East 137, West 94 Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio Adrian Smith, Cincinnati Royals
1967 West 135, East 120 Cow Palace Daly City, California Rick Barry, San Francisco Warriors
1968 East 144, West 124 Madison Square Garden III** (3) New York City, New York (3) Hal Greer, Philadelphia 76ers
1969 East 123, West 112 Baltimore Civic Center Baltimore, Maryland Oscar Robertson (3), Cincinnati Royals
1970 East 142, West 135 The Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2) Willis Reed, New York Knicks
1971 West 108, East 107 San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, California Lenny Wilkens, Seattle SuperSonics
1972 West 112, East 110 The Forum Inglewood, California Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers
1973 East 104, West 84 Chicago Stadium Chicago, Illinois Dave Cowens, Boston Celtics
1974 West 134, East 123 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, Washington Bob Lanier, Detroit Pistons
1975 East 108, West 102 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Arizona Walt Frazier, New York Knicks
1976 East 123, West 109 The Spectrum (2) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (3) Dave Bing, Washington Bullets
1977 West 125, East 124 Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin Julius Erving, Philadelphia 76ers
1978 East 133, West 125 Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia Randy Smith, Buffalo Braves
1979 West 134, East 129 Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, Michigan† David Thompson, Denver Nuggets
1980 East 144, West 136 (OT) Capital Centre Landover, Maryland George Gervin, San Antonio Spurs
1981 East 123, West 120 Coliseum at Richfield Richfield, Ohio Nate Archibald, Boston Celtics
1982 East 120, West 118 Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
1983 East 132, West 123 The Forum (2) Inglewood, California (2) Julius Erving (2), Philadelphia 76ers
1984 East 154, West 145 (OT) McNichols Sports Arena Denver, Colorado Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons
1985 West 140, East 129 Hoosier Dome Indianapolis, Indiana† Ralph Sampson, Houston Rockets
1986 East 139, West 132 Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas Isiah Thomas (2), Detroit Pistons
1987 West 154, East 149 (OT) Kingdome Seattle, Washington† (2) Tom Chambers, Seattle SuperSonics
1988 East 138, West 133 Chicago Stadium (2) Chicago, Illinois (2) Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
1989 West 143, East 134 Astrodome Houston, Texas† Karl Malone, Utah Jazz
1990 East 130, West 113 Miami Arena Miami, Florida Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
1991 East 116, West 114 Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina Charles Barkley, Philadelphia 76ers
1992 West 153, East 113 Orlando Arena Orlando, Florida Magic Johnson (2), Los Angeles Lakers
1993 West 135, East 132 (OT) Delta Center Salt Lake City, Utah Karl Malone (2), Utah Jazz
John Stockton, Utah Jazz
1994 East 127, West 118 Target Center Minneapolis, Minnesota Scottie Pippen, Chicago Bulls
1995 West 139, East 112 America West Arena§ Phoenix, Arizona (2) Mitch Richmond, Sacramento Kings
1996 East 129, West 118 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Michael Jordan (2), Chicago Bulls
1997 East 132, West 120 Gund Arena Cleveland, Ohio Glen Rice, Charlotte Hornets
1998 East 135, West 114 Madison Square Garden*** New York City, New York (4) Michael Jordan (3), Chicago Bulls
1999 Canceled due to the league's lockout.
The game was originally set to play at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[15]
2000 West 137, East 126 The Arena in Oakland Oakland, California Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers
2001 East 111, West 110 MCI Center Washington, D.C. Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers
2002 West 135, East 120 First Union Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (4) Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
2003 West 155, East 145 (2 OT) Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia (2) Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves
2004 West 136, East 132 Staples Center Los Angeles, California (2) Shaquille O'Neal (2), Los Angeles Lakers
2005 East 125, West 115 Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado (2) Allen Iverson (2), Philadelphia 76ers
2006 East 122, West 120 Toyota Center Houston, Texas (2) LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
2007 West 153, East 132 Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, Nevada* Kobe Bryant (2), Los Angeles Lakers
2008 East 134, West 128 New Orleans Arena§ New Orleans, Louisiana LeBron James (2), Cleveland Cavaliers
2009 West 146, East 119 US Airways Center (2) Phoenix, Arizona (3) Kobe Bryant (3), Los Angeles Lakers
Shaquille O'Neal (3), Phoenix Suns
2010 East 141, West 139 Cowboys Stadium Arlington, Texas#† Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat
2011 West 148, East 143 Staples Center (2) Los Angeles, California (3) Kobe Bryant (4), Los Angeles Lakers
2012 West 152, East 149 Amway Center Orlando, Florida (2) Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
2013 West 143, East 138 Toyota Center (2) Houston, Texas (3) Chris Paul, Los Angeles Clippers
2014 East 163, West 155 Smoothie King Center (2) New Orleans, Louisiana (2) Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers
2015 West 163, East 158 Madison Square Garden (2)*** / Barclays Center New York City, New York (5) Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder
2016 West 196, East 173 Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario Russell Westbrook (2), Oklahoma City Thunder
2017 West 192, East 182 Smoothie King Center (3) New Orleans, Louisiana (3) Anthony Davis, New Orleans Pelicans
2018[3] Team LeBron 148, Team Stephen 145 Staples Center (3) Los Angeles, California (4) LeBron James (3), Cleveland Cavaliers
2019[16] TBA vs. TBA Spectrum Center Charlotte, North Carolina (2)
2020[17] TBA vs. TBA United Center Chicago, Illinois (3)
2021[18] TBA vs. TBA Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana (2)
Notes
* denotes a city without an NBA team in play during that calendar year.
** denotes game played at the "third" Madison Square Garden on 8th Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, which the first three NBA All-Star Games played in Madison Square Garden (1954, 1955 and 1968) were.
*** denotes game played at the "fourth" (or current as of 2017) Madison Square Garden that runs from 31st to 33rd Streets from 8th to west of 7th Avenues above the western half of Penn Station in Manhattan that opened in February 1968, approximately one month after the 1968 game was played in the "old" MSG.
† denotes an NBA All-Star Game that is held at an NFL or MLB stadium.
§ denotes a stadium or arena whose venue name has since changed AND the venue has hosted a subsequent NBA All-Star Game under the alternate name.
Portland, Sacramento, Memphis, and Oklahoma City are the only current NBA cities that have not yet hosted an NBA All-Star Game.[a]
New arenas that have not hosted the All-Star Game are BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, United Center in Chicago (set to host the 2020 game), TD Garden in Boston, American Airlines Arena in Miami, Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis (set to host the 2021 game), American Airlines Center in Dallas, Spectrum Center in Charlotte (set to host the 2019 game), AT&T Center in San Antonio, and Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
# Arlington, Texas does not have an NBA team within its city limits, but it is a part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex that has an NBA team (the Dallas Mavericks).
Other All-Star events[edit]
Main article: NBA All-Star Weekend
The All-Star Game is the featured event of All-Star Weekend, and it is held on a Sunday night. All-Star Weekend also includes a number of popular exhibition games and competitions featuring NBA players and alumni as well as players from the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and NBA G League (G League).
See also[edit]
National Basketball Association portal
List of NBA All-Stars
WNBA All-Star Game
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Although Brooklyn has not hosted an All-Star Game, New York City has hosted at the third and current Madison Square Gardens, both home to the New York Knicks.
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c "How NBA's new voting format determined All-Star starters, snubs". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
^ Jump up to: a b "Anthony snubbed when All-Star reserves announced". espn.com. Associated Press. February 1, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2007.
^ Jump up to: a b c "No more East vs. West as NBA revamps All-Star Game format". NBA.com. October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ Barnewall, Chris. "NBA All-Star Game draft results: LeBron James, Stephen Curry select their teams". CBS Sports. CBS. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
Jump up ^ Goldstein, Richard (July 3, 2000). "Haskell Cohen, 86, Publicist; Created N.B.A. All-Star Game". The New York Times. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
Jump up ^ Forrester, Paul (February 16, 2007). "That's entertainment; Counting down the top 15 All-Star Weekend moments". Sports Illustrated. Time Warner Company. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
Jump up ^ Penikis, Andrejs. "57 Memorable All-Star Moments–1950s". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 5, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
Jump up ^ MacMahon, Tim. "Jones, Cuban hoping to break 100,000". ESPNDallas.com.
Jump up ^ "Players and media can now vote on NBA All-Star starters". SBNation.com. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
Jump up ^ Beck, Howard (October 24, 2012). "The All-Star Center is Officially Extinct". New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2012. The N.B.A., bowing to new realities in a multi-positional era, has eliminated "center" from its All-Star ballots for the 2012–13 season. Instead, fans will vote for three frontcourt players and two guards.
Jump up ^ Vecsey, George (January 12, 2003). "Fans in Shanghai Are Voting in the Mainstream". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 2, 2011.
Jump up ^ Stein, Marc (January 18, 2013). "1. Reserve Judgment: Stein's All-Star Benches". ESPN. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013.
Jump up ^ "DeMarcus Cousins to replace Kobe Bryant in 2015 NBA All-Star Game" (Press release). NBA. January 30, 2015. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Trivia:NBA Teams with 4 All-Stars".
Jump up ^ Steele, David (December 9, 1998). "NBA Drops All-Stars — What's Left? February game in Philly latest casualty of lockout". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
Jump up ^ "Charlotte to host NBA All-Star 2019". NBA.com. May 24, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Chicago to host NBA All-Star 2020". NBA.com. November 9, 2017.
Jump up ^ "CIndianapolis selected to host NBA All-Star 2021". NBA.com. December 13, 2017.
External links[edit]
NBA All-Star Game at NBA.com
NBA All-Star Game at Basketball-Reference.com
NBA All-Star Game at ESPN.com
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The Wedding of River Song
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Doctor Who episode
The Doctor reveals his escape to River Song by use of the Teselecta.
Cast
Doctor
Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor)
Companions
Karen Gillan (Amy Pond)
Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams)
Alex Kingston (River Song)
Others
Frances Barber – Madame Kovarian
Simon Fisher-Becker – Dorium Maldovar
Ian McNeice – Emperor Winston Churchill
Richard Hope – Dr Malokeh
Marnix Van Den Broeke – The Silent
Nicholas Briggs – Voice of the Dalek
Simon Callow – Charles Dickens
Sian Williams – Herself
Bill Turnbull – Himself
Meredith Vieira – Herself
Niall Greig Fulton – Gideon Vandaleur
Sean Buckley – Barman
Mark Gatiss – Gantok[1]
Emma Campbell-Jones – Dr. Kent
Katharine Burford – Nurse
Richard Dillane – Carter
Mark Sheppard – Canton Delaware
Production
Directed by
Jeremy Webb
Written by
Steven Moffat
Produced by
Marcus Wilson
Executive producer(s)
Steven Moffat
Piers Wenger
Beth Willis
Incidental music composer
Murray Gold
Series
Series 6
Length
45 mins
Originally broadcast
1 October 2011
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by →
"Closing Time" "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"
Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989)
Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)
"The Wedding of River Song" is the thirteenth and final episode in the sixth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and was first broadcast on BBC One on 1 October 2011. It was written by lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat and directed by Jeremy Webb.
In the episode, alien time traveller the Doctor (Matt Smith) attempts to escape his apparent death at the hands of the Silence. River Song (Alex Kingston), whom the Silence had programmed to kill the Doctor, refuses, and they end up in an alternative timeline where all of time is running simultaneously and beginning to disintegrate. The Doctor tries to restore the universe with the help of River and the alternative universe versions of his companions Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill). It is revealed that he had already planned escape by posing as himself using the shape-shifting Teselecta.
"The Wedding of River Song" concludes the story arc of the series and reveals what really happened at the start of the season premiere, "The Impossible Astronaut". The episode features many returning characters. It also pays tribute to the classic series character Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart following the death of the character's actor Nicholas Courtney. One of the last episodes to be filmed for the series, production for "The Wedding of River Song" finished in April 2011. The episode was watched by a total of 7.67 million viewers in the UK, and received positive to mixed reviews from critics. While visual elements were praised, the characters and resolution of the episode received a mixed reception.
Contents
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1 Plot
1.1 Teaser
1.2 Synopsis
1.3 Continuity
2 Production
2.1 Writing
2.2 Filming and effects
3 Broadcast and reception
3.1 Critical reception
4 References
5 External links
Plot[edit]
Teaser[edit]
A prelude to the finale was released online 24 September 2011 after the previous episode, "Closing Time".[2] It shows Area 52 with the clock stuck at 5:02 p.m., where Silence are kept in stasis and River Song is wearing an eye patch in the same fashion as Madame Kovarian.[3]
Synopsis[edit]
The Doctor, aware of his imminent death at the fixed point of time on 22 April 2011 at Lake Silencio in Utah, attempts to track down the Silence to learn why he must die. He encounters the Teselecta shapeshifting robot and its miniaturised crew who are currently posing as one of the members of the Silence; they offer him any help within their power as he faces his death. Through them, the Doctor is led to the living head of Dorium Maldovar, one of the Doctor's allies taken by the Order of the Headless Monks ("A Good Man Goes to War"). Dorium reveals that the Silence are dedicated to averting the Doctor's future, warning him "On the fields of Trenzalore, at the fall of the Eleventh, when no living creature can speak falsely or fail to answer a question will be asked—one that must never be answered. And Silence must fall when the question is asked." ("The Time of the Doctor") The Doctor continues to refuse to go to Lake Silencio until he discovers his old friend Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart has died, at which point he accepts his fate. To avoid crossing his own time stream, he gives the Teselecta crew four invitations to Lake Silencio for Amy and Rory, River Song, Canton Everett Delaware III, and a younger version of himself.
As shown in "The Impossible Astronaut", the Doctor joins his friends at Lake Silencio and then approaches the astronaut, now known to be a younger version of River Song, Amy and Rory's daughter, trained to kill the Doctor by the Silence and Madame Kovarian. River does not want to kill him but is unable to fight the suit's control, and the Doctor says he forgives her and reminds her that the event is inevitable. River, despite his warning against interfering with a fixed point, surprises the Doctor by draining the astronaut suit's weapons systems and averting his death. Time becomes "stuck" as a result and begins to disintegrate; all of Earth's history begins to run simultaneously at a fixed moment of 5:02 p.m. on 22 April 2011. In London, Holy Roman Emperor Winston Churchill takes the Doctor, his "soothsayer", out from his locked cell to ask him about the condition of time. The Doctor explains the preceding events, as tally marks begin appearing on his arms, indicating the presence of the Silence. After noticing a Silence nest overhead, they are rescued by Amy and a squad of soldiers under her command. Due to the effects of the crack in her bedroom, Amy is cognizant of the altered timeline, though she is unaware that her trusted captain is her husband Rory. Amy takes the Doctor to "Area 52", a hollowed-out Giza pyramid, where they have captured over a hundred Silence and Madame Kovarian. River is also there; aware of the consequences of her actions, she refuses to allow the Doctor to touch her, an event that would "unfreeze" time and allow it to resume. They all wear "eyedrives", external memory eye patches which enable them to avoid the Silence's effect of erasing themselves from memory.
They realise that this was a trap arranged by Kovarian, as the Silence begin to escape confinement and overload the eyedrives (including Madame Kovarian's), killing their users. The Doctor and River escape to the top of the pyramid while Amy and Rory fight off a wave of Silence and Amy realises who Rory is. Madame Kovarian dislodges her own eyedrive as it begins to overload, but Amy forces it back in place with the intention of killing her as revenge for Kovarian taking her child (Melody Pond) away. Amy and Rory regroup with River and the Doctor. River tries to convince the Doctor that this frozen timeline is acceptable and that he does not have to die, but the Doctor explains that all of reality will soon break down. River claims she'll suffer more than anyone else in the universe if she has to kill the Doctor, despite his horror at the idea. To stop it, the Doctor marries River on the spot and whispers something in her ear, declaring that he had just told her his name. He then requests that River allow him to prevent the universe's destruction. The two kiss, and reality begins to return to normal.
Sometime later, Amy and Rory are visited by River, shortly after the events of "Flesh and Stone" in River's timeline. When Amy explains that she had recently witnessed the Doctor's death, River reveals that the Doctor lied when he said he told her his name; instead he had said "Look into my eye". The Doctor had asked the Teselecta to masquerade as him at Lake Silencio, and the Doctor and his TARDIS had been miniaturised within it. Elsewhere, the Doctor takes Dorium's head back to where it was stored and explains that his perceived death will enable him to be forgotten as he had been getting "too big" and drawing too much attention. As the Doctor leaves, Dorium warns of the prophecies that still await him and the question which Dorium calls out after him: "Doctor who?"
Continuity[edit]
The Doctor mentions the possibility of visiting Rose Tyler and Jack Harkness.[4] He also says that Queen Elizabeth I is still waiting to elope with him as hinted in The End of Time; this explains why she was so angry in "The Shakespeare Code".[5] Amy's office contains the model of the TARDIS she made as a child ("The Eleventh Hour"), along with drawings of various monsters and scenes from her adventures with the Doctor.[4] River Song states that she used her hallucinogenic lipstick on President Kennedy, a possession of hers that was introduced in "The Time of Angels".[5]
One of the Silence calls Rory "the man who dies and dies again", a reference to the many times he appears to die.[4] The episode's main plot centres around the damage caused by River when she tries to re-write a fixed point in time. The concept of "fixed points" in history which may not be altered, even by the Doctor or his companions, was introduced in The Aztecs (1964) and was named and explored in the new series with episodes such as "The Fires of Pompeii" and "The Waters of Mars".[4][5] When River meets Amy for a bottle of wine, she is wearing military fatigues and says that she "just climbed out of the Byzanthium", and that she saw Amy there. This refers to events in "Time of Angels" and "Flesh and Stone" (the "crash of the Byzanthium" first being mentioned in "Silence in the Library".)[6]
Production[edit]
Writing[edit]
The episode pays tribute to Nicholas Courtney's character Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart after Courtney died in February 2011.
"The Wedding of River Song" concludes the story arc of the Doctor's apparent death which began in the series opener, "The Impossible Astronaut" and resolves more pieces of River Song's timeline.[7] Despite this, it leaves ambiguous whether the Doctor and River are legitimately married.[8] Showrunner and episode writer Steven Moffat described it as "a big roller coaster ride of Doctor Who madness".[7] One of the "mad idea[s]" he included in the episode, "Live Chess", came because Moffat wanted to make chess — which he called "one of the most boring games in the world" — into a dangerous spectator sport.[8] Originally, the script did not include the brief scene with a Dalek;[8] Moffat had intended to rest the Doctor's most famous adversary for the sixth series.[9] Amy's confrontation with Madame Kovarian, a scene which shows what she might have been like had she not met the Doctor, was also added into the script later.[8]
Following the death of actor Nicholas Courtney, the Doctor learns in the episode that Courtney's character Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart has died peacefully in a nursing home.[10] Moffat said of the reference, "In a story about the Doctor going to his death, it seemed right and proper to acknowledge one of the greatest losses Doctor Who has endured."[10] Moffat has confirmed that the eyedrives are also a tribute to Courtney, who wore an eye patch when playing an alternative version of the Brigadier in Inferno (1970).[4] Several characters reappear in the episode, including Charles Dickens (Simon Callow) from "The Unquiet Dead", Winston Churchill (Ian McNeice) from "Victory of the Daleks", the Silurian doctor Malohkeh (Richard Hope) from "The Hungry Earth"/"Cold Blood", the Teselecta and Captain Carter (Richard Dillane) from "Let's Kill Hitler", and the Headless Monks and Dorium (Simon Fisher-Becker) from "A Good Man Goes to War".[5] McNeice felt there was room for his character to return, as "Victory of the Daleks" had hinted that he and the Doctor knew each other well.[8]
Filming and effects[edit]
"The Wedding of River Song" was one of the last episodes filmed for the series; 29 April 2011 was the last day of filming.[8] However, a scene from "Let's Kill Hitler" was delayed and shot on 11 July 2011, making that the last day of filming for the series.[11][12] American television hostess Meredith Vieira recorded her report of Churchill's return to the Buckingham Senate in front of a green screen while filming a segment for The Today Show's "Anchors Abroad" segment in May 2011.[13]
Mark Gatiss, who played Gantok, was credited in this episode under the pseudonym "Rondo Haxton", a homage to the American horror actor Rondo Hatton on whom the character's look was based;[14] Gatiss underwent prosthetics to play the part.[15] Gatiss, who has written for Doctor Who, also played Professor Richard Lazarus in "The Lazarus Experiment" (2007)[4] and provided the voice of Danny Boy in "Victory of the Daleks".[16]
The cast found working with the eye patches strange as they had to act with one eye; Kingston remarked that it made her "slightly dizzy".[8] Gillan was allowed to fire a specially-made machine gun used for films.[8] Churchill's Roman Buckingham Palace was filmed in the Cardiff's City Council building.[8] The script called for an Indiana Jones style tunnel for the Headless Monks' chamber, but as that kind of location was not available in Cardiff a set was built instead.[8] The skulls were hand-crafted and required a lot of preparation, so it was one of the first things started for the episode's production.[8]
Broadcast and reception[edit]
"The Wedding of River Song" was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 1 October 2011[17] and on the same date in the United States on BBC America.[18] Overnight ratings showed that the episode was watched by 6.1 million viewers, the third most-watched programme of the evening and an improvement upon preceding weeks of Doctor Who as well as the previous series finale.[19] Final consolidated figures by the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board were 7.67 million viewers, the seventh highest for BBC One and the second most-watched programme for 1 October.[20] It was given an Appreciation Index of 86, placing it in the "excellent" category.[21] However it was the lowest rated finale since the revival of Doctor Who, with the others scoring an AI of 88 to 91.[22]
Critical reception[edit]
The episode received positive to mixed reviews from critics, with some reservations over the resolution and character interactions. Dan Martin of The Guardian gave a positive review, believing that the episode "moves along the bigger, 50-year story and effectively reboots the show". He particularly praised it for being simplistic, as well as the visuals of all history running together at once.[23] Rachel Tarley, writing for Metro, praising the "gripping race" against time and noting that the script was "snappy and witty throughout, but the episode had its eerie and touching moments where necessary, too".[24] The A.V. Club's Keith Phipps gave the episode an A, calling it "pretty close to a perfect season finale" for those not looking for all of the answers.[25] Morgan Jeffery of Digital Spy wrote, "As a piece of Saturday night entertainment, it works — packed full of strong performances, stunning visuals and sharp dialogue. And as the resolution to a series-long arc, it's mostly satisfactory — though the episode poses as many questions as it answers."[26]
Dave Golder of SFX gave the episode four-and-a-half out of five stars, explaining that he was in conflict whether to rate it five or four stars and calling it "about nine tenths a great, great episode". He referred to the many concepts of the episode as a "sumptuous confection made mostly out of the finest ingredients" and found the Teselecta resolution a "cool twist" at first but it meant " the whole episode is just an elaborate version of the classic Star Trek: Voyager alternate timeline shtick complete with reset button".[27] IGN's Matt Risley rated "The Wedding of River Song" 8.5 out of 10, writing it "managed to tie together plot threads and character arcs without too much Deus Ex Maguffiny predictability and with a whole host of trademark sci-fi spectacle to boot". Though he thought the wedding "felt a little too rushed to leave any lingering emotional aftertaste", he praised other emotional moments in the episode and the fact that everyone thinks the Doctor is dead will help the show explore a new angle.[28]
Gavin Fuller of The Daily Telegraph called it an "uneven ending"; he praised it for being "visually clever" and liked the way the Silence were handled, but thought the Teselecta solution was "a bit of a cop-out".[29] Neela Debnath of The Independent was displeased with the episode, calling it a "brainteaser" that "refused to tie up the loose ends neatly", and that as a finale it was "underwhelming in terms of drama and overwhelming in terms of information". However, she praised the fact that Moffat appears to be spreading storylines over several series, believing it "strengthens the show".[30] On the other hand, HitFix's Alan Sepinwall thought that the resolutions from the wedding on were "excellent", but felt it could have done without another alternate universe, as it was similar to the previous finale "The Big Bang".[31] Maureen Ryan of TV Squad criticised the episode for having too many "bells and whistles" which undermined the emotional moments, especially the wedding, which she did not believe showed that the Doctor was really in love with River. However, she did enjoy "callbacks" to previous episodes such as Churchill and Amy and Rory's relationship.[32] Charlie Jane Anders of io9 thought it was better than the previous finale, "The Big Bang", as there were more answers, fun, and a satisfying resolution. However, she was critical of the reason River had to kill the Doctor as well as their relationship, and believed that Amy's killing Madame Kovarian was "no substitute" for Amy's dealing with what Kovarian had done to her child.[33]
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"The Decembrist"
The Blacklist episode
Episode no.
Season 2
Episode 8
Directed by
Michael Watkins
Written by
Jon Bokenkamp
John Eisendrath
Original air date
November 10, 2014 (2014-11-10)
Guest appearance(s)
Peter Stormare as Berlin/Milos Kirchoff
Alan Alda as Alan Fitch/The Decembrist
Scottie Thompson as Jennifer/Zoe D'Antonio
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"The Decembrist" is the eighth episode of the second season of the television series The Blacklist, which aired on NBC on November 10, 2014. The episode was directed by Michael Watkins and written by Jon Bokenkamp and John Eisendrath.[1] This episode serves as the season's fall finale; the show returned on February 1, 2015 after the 49th Super Bowl.[2]
The Blacklist number for this episode is No. 12.
In this episode, Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader) reveals the whereabouts of his rival Berlin's (Peter Stormare) long-lost daughter, and attempts to hunt down the person responsible for his belief that she was dead. Elsewhere, Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) ponders whether or not to kill her ex-husband Tom Keen (Ryan Eggold), whom she has held captive for four months.
Upon airing, the episode was watched by 9.75 million viewers and attained an 18-49 rating of 2.5,[3] placing first in its time slot and second for the night, behind only its lead-in show The Voice.[3]
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Reception
2.1 Ratings
2.2 Critical reception
3 References
4 External links
Plot[edit]
The episode begins with a flashback to when Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) shot her husband Tom Keen (Ryan Eggold) after he tried to kill her. She then tells Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader) that he should leave the room so she can finish him off; she instead kidnaps him and takes him prisoner to a boat on the docks, and makes him reveal important details regarding Red's nemesis and former KGB member Berlin (Peter Stormare) and several other people on Red's Blacklist. It is revealed that Elizabeth has held Tom captive for four months.
Elsewhere, Red meets with Berlin and reveals to him that his daughter Zoe (Scottie Thompson) is in fact alive, and he presents her to him, thus making their feud pointless, as Berlin believed that Red killed her. Red asks Berlin who told him the lie; he reveals the person's identity as The Decembrist. Red and Berlin hunt down several people in order to find out The Decembrist's true identity. They eventually find a name: Alan Fitch (Alan Alda), an associate of Red's. After finding out who it is, Berlin decides to hunt him down and kill him, something Red is not keen on doing.
Red later reveals to Elizabeth that he is in fact working with Berlin and that he knows that Tom is not dead. This angers her, as she has spent months trying to find Berlin; Red expresses disappointment that Elizabeth did not trust him enough to tell him about Tom. Back at the boat, Tom tells Elizabeth that she will not kill him despite her supposed desire to. A security man arrives to check out a report about the boat, and Elizabeth has to capture him. Tom then kills him as a way to remove witnesses; Elizabeth watches in horror as her associate holds her back. Elizabeth then demands to know where Berlin is: Tom says if she lets him go, then he will reveal the information. Elizabeth asks for Donald Ressler's (Diego Klattenhoff) assistance, which he provides despite his reluctance. The two allow Tom to escape into the city unseen after he reveals Berlin's last known whereabouts. Before letting him go, Ressler warns Tom that he will hunt him down.
Berlin later takes Zoe out to lunch. Zoe is visibly uncomfortable being there, especially with Berlin's men keeping watch. Berlin orders his men away, and Red then drops in and demands to know what Berlin's men did to Alan, as he has gone missing. Berlin realizes that his daughter has set him up. The FBI later finds Alan with a hi-tech bomb strapped around his neck. He is escorted to FBI headquarters and locked in the same box that Red was sent into after first being detained by the FBI in the first episode. There, several bomb squad officers attempt to disable the bomb. Eventually, Alan announces he does not want any more blood on his hands than he has already, and asks the bomb squad office to leave, which he reluctantly does. Alan knows he is going to die, as the bomb can go off at any time. Alan then asks to speak with Red. Red stands outside the box, and Alan asks if he has "The Fulcrum"; Red merely says that he cannot stop the bomb. Alan then says that his death will trigger a series of events, which will make it harder for the moderates to resist the extremists, and predicts that by 2017, conditions will get worse. Alan then tells Red the combination to a safe he has hidden away in St. Petersburg, but is unable to tell him the exact location within the city before the bomb explodes.
Later, Red meets with Berlin in a warehouse and the two share a bottle of vodka as Berlin reminisces about better times during the Cold War. Just after Berlin finishes the bottle knowing he is going to die, Red shoots him four times, killing him. Elizabeth goes back to the boat where Tom was and finds Red waiting for her there; he reiterates his disappointment in her not trusting him. Elizabeth tells him how frustrated she is that she could not kill Tom, and Red says that love is still a factor and a power she cannot control. He then embraces her.
That night, Tom meets Red in a restaurant, and Red gives him an envelope, telling him twice that "You are never to see her again." Before he leaves, Tom tells Red that during his captivity, he never told Elizabeth about them, which suggests that Tom has worked for Red in some capacity.
Reception[edit]
Ratings[edit]
The episode was watched by 9.75 million American viewers, and attained an 18-49 rating/share of 2.5/8.[3] This marks an increase in viewership and 18-49 ratings from the previous episode, which was watched by 9.30 million viewers and attained an 18-49 rating/share of 2.4/7.[4] However, this also marks a significant decrease in viewership and ratings from the first season's fall finale, which brought in 11.67 million viewers and an 18-49 rating/share of 3.2/9.[5] The show placed first in its timeslot, and second for the night, behind only its lead-in show The Voice.[3]
Including DVR viewing, the episode was watched by a total of 15.96 million viewers, and attained an 18-49 rating of 4.5.[6] The Canadian broadcast received 1.99 million viewers, making it the third most-watched telecast of the night and the twelfth of the week.[7]
Critical reception[edit]
Commentators gave the episode highly positive reviews, saying that the episode lived up to its anticipation. Jodi Walker of Entertainment Weekly gave the episode a highly positive review, commenting mainly on the episode's anticipation paying off, saying "Does The Blacklist still have it? This season's self-proclaimed "huge reveals" have all been largely foreshadowed in previews and Voice commercial breaks: Tom behind the door, Zoe as Berlin's daughter, Fitch as Berlin and Red's common enemy. But, The Blacklist stuck the landing where it counted tonight, when we finally got to see what all of those reveals mean to the world of Red and Lizzie,. After the plethora of reveals in the last 10 minutes—or as NBC marketing would say, "You won't believe the. LAST. TEN. MINUTES"—my jaw has resumed its formerly gaping position."[8] Brent Furdyk of ET Canada said "the gripping thriller ended the first half of its second season in true over-the-top fashion with two major characters biting the dust."[9]
Jim McMahon of IGN gave the episode a 7.2 out of 10, saying that the show's midseason finale "goes out with some potentially big plot developments and a small bang."[10]
Sean McKenna of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.6 out of 5, saying "Perhaps it being a fall finale helped amp things up, but it was so satisfying to get the entire hour focused on the bigger story. This was the engaging episode that I’d been waiting to get again, and I’m so glad how it turned out."[11]
Andrea Reiher of Zap2it gave the episode (and the first half of the season) a positive review, saying "The first season [...] sometimes suffered from putting too much emphasis on the case of the week, leaving the overarching mythology barely present or even nonexistent. But Season 2 has pulled off the masterful job of providing cases each week that are wrapped up within the hour while most weeks also connecting in some way to the larger picture. It has made the drama more serialized and it became apparent during the fall finale that the season is neatly divided into acts (probably three), the first of which has come to a close with some events that perfectly set up Act II."[12]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Listings - BLACKLIST, THE on NBC". The Futon Critic. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
Jump up ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (May 11, 2014). "NBC 2014-2015 Schedule: 'Parenthood' Renewed; 'State of Affairs' & 'Marry Me' To Air Post-'Voice'; 'The Blacklist' Moves Midseason + 'Parks and Recreation' Final Season Benched". TV By the Numbers. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Bibel, Sara (November 11, 2014). "Monday Final Ratings: 'Dancing With the Stars' & 'Castle' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
Jump up ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (November 4, 2014). "Monday Final Ratings: 'The Voice' Adjusted Up; 'Jane the Virgin', 'Dancing with the Stars', 'The Originals' & 'Countdown to the CMAs' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
Jump up ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (December 3, 2013). "Monday Final TV Ratings: 'How I Met Your Mother' Adjusted Up; 'The Blacklist' & 'The Voice' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers.
Jump up ^ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/12/02/the-big-bang-theory-has-biggest-adults-18-49-ratings-increase-the-vampire-diaries-tops-percentage-gains-the-blacklist-leads-viewer-gains-in-live-7-ratings-for-week-8-ending-november-16/334672/
Jump up ^ "Top 30 Programs (November 10-16, 2014)" (PDF). Numeris. November 25, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
Jump up ^ Walker, Jodi (November 11, 2014). "The Blacklist recap: 'The Decembrist'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
Jump up ^ Furdyk, Brent (November 11, 2014). "'Blacklist' Bloodbath In Fall Finale". ET Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
Jump up ^ McMahon, Jim (November 11, 2014). "The Blacklist: "The Decembrist" Review". IGN. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
Jump up ^ McKenna, Sean (November 10, 2014). "The Blacklist Season 2 Episode 8 Review: The Decembrist". TV Fanatic. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
Jump up ^ Reiher, Andrea (November 11, 2014). "'The Blacklist' fall finale sets up Season 2's second half perfectly". Zap2it. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
External links[edit]
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"The Decembrist" at TV.com
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