Earlier today, it was announced that former “Chuck” star and noted hard-to-spell-last-name-haver Yvonne Strahovski would be joining the Showtime serial killer drama “Dexter” for a multi-episode arc in the show’s seventh and very necessary season. TV Line has the details:
She will play the role of Hannah McKay, a strong, independent woman with a past that she’s struggled to put behind her. As a turn of events leads Miami Metro Homicide to ask for her help in solving some old cases, Dexter works with her and begins to wonder if there’s more to this woman than she’s professed.
I liked Strahovski on “Chuck,” but I’m having a hard time getting excited about this. I mean, I’m sure(-ish) that the people at “Dexter” plan on rounding out her character a little more before they turn on the cameras, but that is honestly one of the most generic character descriptions I have ever read. “A mysterious woman who comes to town and may have a secret” is sitting on the same shelf as “hooker with a heart of gold,” “a loose cannon detective who plays by his own rules,” and “an adorable wise-cracking child” in the television stock character warehouse. They’re one or two steps away from bringing in a dog who rides a skateboard and wears sunglasses.
Speaking of Yvonne Strahovski and dogs, look what I found on Shutterstock just now. Take note, red carpet people. This is how you do things from now on.
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“noted hard-to-spell-last-name-haver Yvonne Strahovski…”
And to think she changed her last name to the phonetic spelling because she thought Strzechowski was too complicated. (Cool story, bro…)
She is a very good actress. Hopefully the writers don’t blow it like last season.
I used to like Chuck for some unknown reason.
It started out sort of cute. But then it felt like it was never going to go anywhere and I lost interest.
I feel like Chuck would have made a much better USA show. It was kind of out of place on NBC.
Oh come on Dexter! I had swear to stop watching you after those last two terrible seasons… but Yvonne’s hotness is stronger than my willpower, damn it!
The only way I’ll watch this is if Strahovski reprises Jaime Murray’s “pardon my tits” moment.
It just occurred to me that I never finished the last season of Dexter. I didn’t even purposely give up on it; I just sort of forgot. That makes me sad, because I used to really enjoy it. Maybe I’ll take another stab at it over the summer.
Haha, stab.
That’s what I did with Chuck. My DVR was having a freak out and deleted some stuff – including parts of the last season of Chuck – and I never bothered to go find replacements & just stopped recording the remainder.
“She will play the role of Hannah McKay, a strong, independent woman with a past that she’s struggled to put behind her”
Going to be hard to top the “Deb struggles to put her profanity behind her” gripping plotline of last season.
Well played with the Deb plotline. This year I hope they add to that with the provocative “Batista goes hat shopping…bye bye oversized fedora” theme. Can you say, heart-wrenching?
We may get some titties out of this, fellas.