Carl Deuker -- Books, Movies, TV

 Tanya and new characters in Sicily. Harper & Ethan, rough patch in marriage despite new wealth Daphne and Cameron, slick couple, Cameron a cad, Daphne at peace with it. Separated one night, C & E have hookers over.  C sleeps with them; E doesn't.  Harper finds condom pack . . . accuses E.  He denies. In revenge, she (probably) has sex with C.  In revenge, E probably has sex with Daphne. Tanya set up for murder by Greg, husband.  Gay guys in Sicily will show her a good time (sex with gigolo) and then kill her.  She ends up shooting all of them and then drowning when she tries to get off the boat. Portia, her assistant, is with her lover, a bad boy who probably was supposed to kill her but instead takes her to the airport and tells her to get away Family visiting ancestral home.  Dad is sex addict on outs with wife.  Son is Stanford grad, a bit of a dufus. Grandad cynical old guy with old guy values.  Two hookers set up the young ...

 Lots of padding.  Deborah Vance gets cancer and says she wants assisted suicide.  This comes after a triumphant performance at Central Park having been thwarted at Madison Square Garden. All's well that ends well. Jimmy & Kayla take over Dad's agency (he's a crook, stealing voices, and they more or less blackmail him to get the company. Ava's idea for her TV series is accepted. Marcus opens new casino in Las Vegas. Deborah decides on Chemo instead of suicide. Fun, but a weaker season.

 Kevin Branagh again, and again excellent.  Henry V battles the French (Agincourt), wins against tremendow odds, marries Katherine, King of France's daughter to ensure peace. He is no longer the drunken sot who hung out with Falstaff. Great scene where he threatens town with murder, rape, destruction if they don't surrender.  After the surrender, he demands his soldiers treat the city with respect. Odd ending, in a way.  Henry V dies soon after and the peace doesn't last.

 Tom Stoppard film version of play Two characters summoned.  They mill about as Hamlet is (sort of) performed.  They come in for their parts, wondering exactly what the whole thing is all about.  They aren't even sure which one of them is R and which is G.  Created by someone else for some purpose they only vaguely surmise. Scene of Gonzalo's death is fantastic.  Interesting if somewhat tedious as times.  I read this in college and had no clue.  Now I have a clue.