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Made nearly a decade after the first film became a box office smash, Disney's animated sequel took on the allpowerful Oz and won. Zootopia 2 banishes Wicked: For Good to No. 2 spot with $156 million premiere at Thanksgiving box office Made nearly a decade after the first film became a box office smash, Disney's animated sequel took on the allpowerful Oz and won. By Ryan Coleman :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/RyanColemanauthorphoto0081ce8f0254478080f35972c433877b.jpg) Ryan Coleman Ryan Coleman is a news writer for with previous work in MUBI Notebook, Slant, and the LA Review of Books.

Made nearly a decade after the first film became a box office smash, Disney's animated sequel took on the all-powerful Oz and won.

Zootopia 2 banishes Wicked: For Good to No. 2 spot with $156 million premiere at Thanksgiving box office

Made nearly a decade after the first film became a box office smash, Disney's animated sequel took on the all-powerful Oz and won.

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- *Zootopia 2 *topped the Thanksgiving weekend box office with an astounding $156 million domestic gross and an additional $400 million abroad.

- *Wicked: For Good*, last weekend's big winner, fell to the No. 2 spot on both charts, but still scared up $62.8 million domestically in its second weekend.

- It isn't likely any title on next weekend's release calendar has the power to topple both *Wicked *and *Zootopia*, but one contender is horror sequel *Five Nights at Freddy's 2*.

If *Wicked: For Good *was going to fall from box office grace after only one week at the top spot, at least Elphaba will be glad that it was because of a bunch of talking animals.

*Zootopia 2 *ran wild at the box office this Thanksgiving weekend, topping the domestic chart with $156 million (including Wednesday and Thursday previews) and the international chart with $400 million, making for a staggering cumulative premiere gross of $556 million globally, per Comscore.

That represented a decisive victory against its big sequel competitor, which would have run roughshod over any other new release this season. *Wicked: For Good *still fared quite well, conjuring up a bounteous $62.8 million in its second weekend domestically ($93 million when expanded to five days). That makes for a 57 percent drop from its $150 million premiere last weekend, but there's no doubt this film has legs that will confidently walk it all the way through the holidays.

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Featuring the voices of stars like Shakira, Quinta Brunson, and Macaulay Culkin, *Zootopia 2 *likely performed so exceedingly well due to the relative recent dearth of family films on the release calendar. Before this weekend, the only studio to release animated family fare into theaters this month was Universal, and it was a limited, 25th anniversary re-release of 2000's *Chicken Run*.

*Zootopia 2 *not only bested *Wicked*'s thrillifying conclusion at the box office this weekend, but it far surpassed the proceeds from its predecessor's premiere. *Zootopia *opened to $75 million in 2016. Even taking out the preview revenue, *Zootopia 2 *still earned $96.8 million at the Thanksgiving box office. With a global start in excess of half a million, the sequel is on track to blow past the first film's global end-run of $1 billion.

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Elsewhere on the domestic and global charts, two holdovers proved their staying power. ****

*Now You See Me: Now You Don't* held fast to the No. 3 spot domestically with a week three take of $7 million, dropping only 22 percent from last week. That's after a reduction of 311 screens, too. In No. 4, *Predator Badlands *turned in a remarkably similar performance, dropping only 27 percent in week four with a $4.8 million take, but adding up to $85 million cumulatively, where the illusionist thriller threequel currently boasts $49.6 million overall at the domestic box office.

In the weekend's other new premieres, A24's afterlife rom-com *Eternity *scored a strong $5.2 million on its estimated $2 million budget, and Chloe Zhao's Oscar hopeful *Hamnet *earned $1.3 million in its one-weekend limited release.

Next week, *Zootopia 2 *and *Wicked: For Good *will likely block any would-be usurpers at the box office.

*Hamnet* opens wide, but given its scaling, subject matter, and targeting of awards voters, rather than general audiences, the chances of it leaping to No. 1 are virtually impossible. What may stand a chance, albeit a slim one, is Universal and Blumhouse's *Five Nights at Freddy's 2*.

The animatronic horror with a slight bend towards kids arrives in the long shadow cast by the first film's gangbusters debut. In 2023, *Five Nights at Freddy's *became a Halloween weekend hit with an $80 million premiere, resulting in a lifetime global gross of $291.5 million. Box office watchers will have to wait to find out if horror is the correct wedge to disrupt what looks from here to be *Wicked *and *Zootopia*'s assured dominance in the first weekend of December.

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Fox details the domino effect that his replacing Stoltz weeks into production had on the '80s classic in his new memoir, &34;Future Boy.&34; Why future Office star was fired from Back to the Future after Michael J. Fox replaced Eric Stoltz Fox details the domino effect that his replacing Stoltz weeks into production had on the '80s classic in his new memoir, &34;Future Boy.&34; By Ryan Coleman :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/RyanColemanauthorphoto0081ce8f0254478080f35972c433877b.

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- *Back to the Future *star Michael J. Fox recounted in his new memoir about the making of the film, *Future Boy*, how his replacing Eric Stoltz six weeks into production led to another recasting.

- Melora Hardin, who'd already shot a number of scenes as protagonist Marty McFly's girlfriend Jennifer Parker, was ultimately recast by Claudia Wells after being deemed too tall for Fox.

- "Bob Zemeckis thought perhaps the audience could look past our height difference, but when he quickly surveyed the female members of the crew, they assured him that the tall pretty girl in high school rarely picks the cute short guy," Fox wrote.**

Hollywood can be brutal. Sometimes you lose a promising part in an upcoming film because you're deemed the wrong fit, but you can even lose your part because your *scene partner *is deemed the wrong fit.

Melora Hardin, the future star of *The Office*, found herself on the wrong end of such a casting decision after she'd already shot weeks of footage for the 1985 sci-fi comedy classic *Back to the Future*. Franchise star Michael J. Fox recounted the series of dominoes that fell, eventually toppling Hardin's chance at her first big break, in his new memoir of the making of the film, *Future Boy*.

"My goal as a child was self-­preservation. Bullies often ridiculed my height, an easy target. I suffered the indignity of short jokes and prejudice against my smallness," he wrote. Fox found that his diminutive stature "worked in my favor when I was a teenage actor playing a younger kid, but it turned against me as an adult, when I went up for romantic leads opposite taller actresses."

That sword proved to be double-edged, however, when Fox replaced Eric Stoltz as the lead in Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg's time-traveling romp six weeks into production. Suddenly, it wasn't Fox who was too short, but Hardin, cast to play protagonist Marty McFly's girlfriend Jennifer Parker, who was too tall.

Elisabeth Shue in 'Back to the Future Part II'.

"I regret that this prejudice inadvertently affected another cast member in *Back to the Future *- Melora Hardin, the talented actress who had played Marty's girlfriend, Jennifer, opposite the perfectly tall Eric Stoltz," Fox explained. "Melora, several inches taller than me, was replaced in the movie after I took over as Marty. Initially, Bob Zemeckis thought perhaps the audience could look past our height difference, but when he quickly surveyed the female members of the crew, they assured him that the tall pretty girl in high school rarely picks the cute short guy."

Though he'd won one of the most coveted roles of the year among younger leading men, Fox, primarily known as the conservative wise guy Alex P. Keaton on the the NBC sitcom *Family Ties*, wasn't yet regarded as a true star. "No one asked for my opinion, but I would have risen to Melora's defense," he lamented.

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Hardin was ultimately replaced by Claudia Wells, Zemeckis' first choice for the role, and Wells was replaced by Elisabeth Shue in *Back to the Future Part II *and *Back to the Future Part III*. So Hardin's breakout was delayed — but not for long. A role in the core cast of the short-lived *Dirty Dancing *TV series eventually led to memorable parts in series like *Cover Me*, *Monk*, and the series that would provide her signature role, *The Office*.

The actress has revisited her *Back to the Future *sliding doors moment in the past. Earlier this year on *The Joe Vulpis Podcast*, Hardin explained that "everyone knew" her casting in the film was "a big deal," as she had signed up for a two-picture deal, which guaranteed a spot in any subsequent sequel, depending on the film's success.

"I went and did some promotional pictures and stuff. And then [weeks] into filming, they fired Eric and brought in Michael J. Fox," she recalled. "When they did that, it was apparently the two female executives at the time that thought that it was emasculating for their lead character male to be in scenes with a woman that was taller than him."

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Though Hardin has come to accept the executives' decision due to the pressures of the era ("The '80s was a really really hard time for women to be executives — I think they felt that they had to think in a masculine way because that was what was running Hollywood."), it wasn't easy to accept at the outset of her career. "At the time, at 17 years old, that was crushing for me, and very, very upsetting. Whatever! If I had done it, I'm sure it would have all gone in a different way. I wouldn't have done *The Office*."

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Wells too has reflected on the rounds of casting musical chairs that led to her finally stepping in as *Back to the Future*'s Jennifer.

"When I had to let it go, I had no qualms. And normally, if I didn't get a part that I wanted, I would have a lot of anxiety. But for some reason, I just felt a sense of peace," Wells told PEOPLE in 2015. The actress was initially sought for the role, but turned it down due to a prior commitment to the 1984 series *Off the Rack*.

By the time Fox replaced Stoltz, and producers went looking for a new Jennifer, however, the series had wrapped, leaving Wells free to reconsider. "I'm 5'3½", and Michael's 5'4", so I got my part back! How cool is that? It's absolutely fate."****

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The novel, titled &34;Galinda: A Charmed Childhood,&34; will chronicle the Good Witch's youth and serve as a &34;sister volume&34; to 2025's &34;Elphie: A Wicked Childhood.&34; Wicked author Gregory Maguire to publish Galinda prequel book The novel, titled &34;Galinda: A Charmed Childhood,&34; will chronicle the Good Witch's youth and serve as a &34;sister volume&34; to 2025's &34;Elphie: A Wicked Childhood.&34; By Wesley Stenzel :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/WesleyStenzelauthorphoto32b61793a2784639af623f2ae091477e.jpg) Wesley Stenzel is a news writer at . He began writing for EW in 2022.

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- Author Gregory Maguire is writing a *Wicked* prequel novel about Galinda titled *Galinda: A Charmed Childhood*.

- The book will chronicle the Good Witch's youth and serve as a "sister volume" to 2025's *Elphie: A Wicked Childhood*.

- *Galinda: A Charmed Childhood* hits shelves Sept. 29, 2026.

Let us be glad. Let us be grateful.

Gregory Maguire is picking up his emerald pen for another book in his *Wicked Years* series.

The author's next *Wicked* novel will be a prequel titled *Galinda: A Charmed Childhood. *Note the extra A in the sorceress' name, as the story will take place before she shortens her name as a tribute to Dr. Dillamond.

As the title suggests, the book will follow the future Good Witch of the North through her youth, when she was "both pampered and ignored" by her parents, according to an official description from HarperCollins. It will also feature "district dance competitions" amid a backdrop of "growing resentments of local merchants who disapprove of her family's business strategies."

The synopsis also implies that Galinda's father will play a prominent role in the novel, as the Upland patriarch "deftly pivots around the snares and nets laid for him by his competitors."

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*Wicked: For Good *briefly depicted Galinda's childhood at the beginning of the film. Scarlett Spears (*General Hospital*) played a young version of Ariana Grande's beloved character, who in her youth desperately wanted to impress her friends with magical deeds despite a lack of natural skills in the spells department.

Maguire's first *Wizard of Oz* retelling, 1995's *Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,* served as the inspiration for the *Wicked* stage musical and films.

The novelist has cranked out eight more installments in his ever-expanding *Wicked* universe since the musical hit Broadway in 2003, including mainline volumes like 2005's *Son of a Witch* (about Elphaba's son, Liir), 2008's *A Lion Among Men* (about the Cowardly Lion, Brrr), and 2011's *Out of Oz* (about Elphaba's granddaughter, Rain).

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Maguire also released a short story collection titled *Tales Told in Oz* in 2012. Nine years later, he followed the main tetralogy with the *Another Day* sequel trilogy, composed of 2021's *The Brides of Maracoor*, 2022's *The Oracle of Maracoor*, and 2023's *The Witch of Maracoor*.

The author most recently expanded the *Wicked* world with another prequel, *Elphie: A Wicked Childhood*, which was released earlier this year. Like *Galinda: A Charmed Childhood*, *Elphie* pulled back the curtain on its titular witch's early years. *Galinda* is described as a "sister volume" to *Elphie* in HarperCollins' official description.

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*Wicked: For Good* adapted the second half of the *Wicked *Broadway musical, bringing the story of Elphaba and Glinda to a close — for now. Though we don't know *how* the *Wicked *franchise will live on in film form, Universal's chief marketing officer, Michael Moses, told Vulture that the studio expects to bring more Ozian adventures to the big screen in the future.

"Because of *Wicked*'s success but also the fanship, we have almost a responsibility to figure out how we can continue in this universe," Moses said. "Have we figured it out yet? No. But there are things underway."

*Galinda: A Charmed Childhood* will hit shelves on Sept. 29, 2026.

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Summer movie season is officially one for the record books, thanks to big releases including *Superman* and Disney's live-action remake of *Lilo & Stitch*. *The Fantastic Four: First Steps*, *Freakier Friday*, Brad Pitt's *F1*, *Jurassic World Rebirth*, and *A Minecraft Movie* have all lured audiences into movie theaters.

But the year isn't done: Still to come in 2025 are some guaranteed hits, including *Wicked: For Good*, the second part of the movie musical starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, *Avatar: Fire and Ash*, the third movie in James Cameron's groundbreaking and box-office-shattering franchise.

And likely Oscar contenders will hit theaters, from the devastating Shakespeare family drama *Hamnet*, Dwayne Johnson as *The Smashing Machine*, Paul Thomas Anderson's *One Battle After Another*, and Sydney Sweeney in the boxing biopic *Christy*, to Timothée Chalamet in *Marty Supreme*, Jennifer Lopez in the musical *Kiss of the Spider Woman*, Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in *Deliver Me From Nowhere*, and many more.

Mark your calendars, and check back as we update this article throughout the year.

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**JAN. 24*****Brave the Dark* - In theaters***Flight Risk* - In theaters***Inheritance* - In theaters***Presence* - In theaters**

**JAN. 30*****You're Cordially Invited* - Prime Video

**JAN. 31*****Companion* - In theaters***Love Me* - In theaters

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**FEB. 7*****Heart Eyes* - In theaters***Love Hurts* - In theaters***Parthenope* - In theaters

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**FEB. 14*****Captain America: Brave New World* - In theaters***The Gorge* - In theaters***Paddington in Peru* - In theaters**

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**MARCH 27*****Holland* - In theaters**

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**MARCH 30*****The Life List* - Netflix

**APR. 4*****Eric LaRue* - In theaters***Freaky Tales* - In theaters***The Friend* - In theaters (wide release)***Minecraft* - In theaters***A Nice Indian Boy* - In theaters**

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**MAY 16*****Final Destination: Bloodline*s - In theaters***Hurry Up Tomorrow* - In theaters**

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**MAY 30*****Bring Her Back* - In theaters***Karate Kid: Legends* - In theaters***The Phoenician Scheme* - In theaters

**JUNE 6*****Ballerina* - In theaters***Dangerous Animals* - In theaters***I Don't Understand You* - In theaters***The Life of Chuck* - In theaters***Predator: Killer of Killers* - Hulu***The Ritual* - In theaters***Straw* - Netflix

**JUNE 12*****Deep Cover* - Prime Video**

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**JUNE 27*****F1* - In theaters***Ice Road 2* - In theaters***M3GAN 2.0* - In theaters***Ponyboi* - In theaters***Sorry, Baby* - In theaters

**JULY 2*****40 Acres* - In theaters***Heads of State* - Prime Video***Jurassic World Rebirth* - In theaters***The Old Guard 2* - Netflix**

**JULY 11*****Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight* - In theaters***Sovereign* - In theaters***Superman* - In theaters***Tyler Perry's Madea's Destination Wedding* - Netflix**

**JULY 18*****Eddington* - In theaters***Guns Up* - In theaters***I Know What You Did Last Summer* - In theaters***Smurfs* - In theaters

**JULY 25*****The Fantastic Four: First Steps* - In theaters***Happy Gilmore 2* - Netflix***The Home* - In theaters***Oh, Hi!* - In theaters***Shoshana* - In theaters**

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**AUG. 1*****The Bad Guys 2* - In theaters***My Oxford Year* - Netflix***The Naked Gun* - In theaters***She Rides Shotgun* - In theaters**

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**SEPT. 12*****Code 3* - In theaters***Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle* - In theaters***Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale* - In theaters***The History of Sound* - In theaters***The Long Walk* - In theaters***Looking Through Water* - In theaters***Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues* - In theaters***Tin Soldier* - In theaters**

**SEPT. 19*****Adulthood* - In select theaters***A Big Bold Beautiful Journey* - In theaters***Doin' It* - In theaters***Him* - In theaters***London Calling* - In theaters***The Lost Bus* - In select theaters***The Man in My Basement* - In select theaters***Plainclothes* - In theaters***The Senior* - In theaters***The Summer Book* — In theaters***Swiped* - Hulu***Waltzing With Brando* - In theaters***The Wrong Paris* - Netflix**

**SEPT. 26*****All of You* - In select theaters, Apple TV***Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie* - In theaters***Dead of Winter* - In theaters***Eleanor the Great* - In theaters***Long Shadows* - In theaters***I Really Love My Husband* - In theaters***One Battle After Another* - In theaters***The Strangers — Chapter 2* - In theaters

**OCT. 1*****Play Dirty* - Prime Video**

**OCT. 3*****Anemone* - In theaters***The Lost Bus* - Apple TV***The Smashing Machine* - In theaters***Steve* - In theaters

**OCT. 8*****Maintenance Required* - Prime Video**

**OCT. 10*****After the Hunt* - In select theaters***A House of Dynamite* - In select theaters***If I Had Legs I'd Kick You* - In theaters***Kiss of the Spider Woman* - In theaters***Roofman* - In theaters***Soul on Fire* - In theaters***Tron: Ares* - In theaters***Urchin* - In theaters***The Woman in Cabin 10* - Netflix**

**OCT. 15*****Ballad of a Small Player* - In select theaters***It Was Just an Accident* - In theaters**

**OCT. 17*****After the Hunt* - In theaters (expands wide)***Black Phone 2* - In theaters***Blue Moon* - In select theaters***Frankenstein* - In select theaters***Good Fortune* - In theaters***The Mastermind* - In theaters***Truth & Treason* - In theaters**

**OCT. 22*****The Hand That Rocks the Cradle* - Hulu/Disney+***Hedda* - In select theaters**

**OCT. 24*****Blue Moon* - In theaters (wide release)***Bugonia* - In theaters***Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc* - In theaters***Deliver Me From Nowhere* - In theaters***A House of Dynamite *- Netflix***Last Days* - In theaters***Regretting You* - In theaters***Shelby Oaks* - In theaters**

**OCT. 29*****Ballad of a Small Player* - Netflix***Hedda* - Prime Video***Stitch Head* - In theaters**

**OCT. 31****Nouvelle Vague - In select theaters***The Thing With Feathers* - In theaters

**NOV. 7*****Bugonia* - In theaters***Christy* - In theaters***Die My Love* - In theaters***Frankenstein* - Netflix***Nuremberg* - In theaters***Peter Hujar's Day* - In theaters***Predator: Badlands* - In theaters***Train Dreams* - In select theaters***We Forgot to Break Up* - In theaters

**NOV. 11*****Sentimental Value* - In theaters

**NOV. 12*****Playdate* - Prime Video**

**NOV. 14*****Arco * - In select theaters***The Carpenter's Son* - In theaters***Come See Me in the Good Light* - Apple TV***In Your Dreams* - Netflix***Jay Kelly* - In select theaters***Keeper* - In theaters***Nouvelle Vague* - Netflix***Now You See Me: Now You Don't* - In theaters***Rebuilding* - In theaters***The Running Man* - In theaters***Sirāt* - In theaters***Trap House* - In theaters**

**NOV. 21*****The Family Plan 2* - Apple TV***Rental Family* - In theaters***SISU* sequel - In theaters***Train Dreams* - Netflix***Wicked: For Good* - In theaters

**NOV. 26*****Eternity* - In theaters***The Secret Agent* - In select theaters***Zootopia 2* - In theaters

**NOV. 27*****Hamnet* - In theaters (limited release)

**NOV. 28*****The Thing With Feathers* - In theaters

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"The Chair Company" ending explained: Who's behind Red Ball Market Global? Randall ColburnDecember 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM 0 Tim Robinson as Ron in the season 1 finale of 'The Chair Company'Key Points The Chair Company is an HBO series about a project manager who spirals down a conspiracy rabbit hole after an embarrassing incident at work. Tim Robinson, Lake Bell, Sophia Lillis, and Joseph Tudisco lead the cast. The season 1 finale promises an even darker and more circuitous second season.

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The Chair Company is an HBO series about a project manager who spirals down a conspiracy rabbit hole after an embarrassing incident at work.

Tim Robinson, Lake Bell, Sophia Lillis, and Joseph Tudisco lead the cast.

The season 1 finale promises an even darker and more circuitous second season.

TV is awash in elaborate criminal networks and conspiracies these days, but no show is leaping into the rabbit hole quite like The Chair Company.

The HBO series, which Entertainment Weekly's Kristen Baldwin lauded as "wonderfully weird," was created by Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, the duo behind Netflix hit I Think You Should Leave. Robinson leads the gonzo comedy as Ron Trosper, a project manager for the Fisher Robay development firm who stumbles upon a vast conspiracy after his chair breaks during a work presentation.

The Chair Company's first season saw Ron investigating chair manufacturer Tecca and its parent company, Red Ball Market Global (RBMG), which he suspects of refashioning old chairs and selling them as brand new. His obsession brings him face-to-face with several shady characters affiliated with Tecca and RBMG, all while putting his job and family at risk.

The season 1 finale raised as many questions as it answered, revealing that Ron's supposed grasp of the conspiracy isn't as ironclad as he thought. Also, several of those in his orbit — like his boss, Jeff (Lou Diamond Phillips), and ally Mike (Joseph Tudisco) — contain secrets of their own that Ron will be forced to confront.

So, what happened in The Chair Company season 1 finale? Let's break it down.

Who is Alice Quintana?

Tim Robinson and Lake Bell in the season 1 finale of 'The Chair Company'

In the penultimate episode, Ron deduced that Alice Quintana (Kathryn Meisle), the Delaware City assistant purchasing director, was behind the fraud occurring at Tecca. The problem? Alice is also the primary investor in the business of Barb (Lake Bell), Ron's wife. To expose her would threaten Barb's livelihood.

As Ron sees it, Alice is only investing in Barb's business because she wants Ron to stop looking into Tecca and RBMG. That's enough to satisfy him, as it means his investigation meant something. He's even happier when he finds out from a friend that Barb knew about his efforts to expose Tecca, and was impressed by them. He feels like a hero.

The finale, however, throws him a few curveballs. The first? Alice isn't the mastermind he thought she was. When he finds paperwork listing out the executives behind RBMG, she's nowhere to be found. Secondly? Barb did know about his investigation, but she wasn't as smitten with his work as he was led to believe. In fact, she apologizes for making fun of him behind his back for "running around like a dumb detective."

No longer the hero, Ron is ready to burrow back into his rabbit hole. It's a clever and perceptive twist, as conspiratorial thinking is so often a refuge of the narcissist.

Who is behind Red Ball Market Global?

Lou Diamond Phillips as Jeff in the season 1 finale of 'The Chair Company'

Early in the season, Ron discovers the executives listed on RBMG's website are all fake, and that the individuals in their headshots are all actors. By the end of the finale, though, Ron learns who's really behind the shadowy conglomerate. One of them is a mysterious figure named Stacy Crystals (more on him later). The other is his boss, Jeff.

Coming into the finale, Ron and Jeff are on the outs after an enraged Ron pushed Jeff at a worksite, leading to him being suspended. Jeff is still seething about it, and it doesn't help that his employees characterize the incident as Ron "overpowering" Jeff and nearly "throwing him down a hill like a rag doll." Jeff is a man's man, and doesn't like not being perceived as an alpha.

As HR tries to determine whether this was an "isolated freak impulse" or a larger pattern of behavior, Jeff rebuffs recommendations that Ron be replaced as project manager for the Canton Marketplace at Bear Run development. He calls Ron, asking if they can "hash it over a beer" and figure out a way for Ron to return to the company. Ron is resistant, as Barb is encouraging him to forge a new path for himself that makes him happy, but he's also feeling financial pressure after his son Seth (Will Price) decides he wants to study stop-motion animation at the Rhode Island School of Design. He decides to meet with Jeff.

They link up at a karaoke bar, where Jeff has brought along his macho pal Grego (Tim Smallwood). The vibes are weird, with Jeff embarrassing himself after a failed attempt sing Bill LaBounty's "Livin' It Up." To prove to Ron he's a good singer, he forces Ron listen to some of his original songs. One of them sounds strangely familiar, and Ron realizes where he's heard it before: RBMG's hold music. It's an interpolation of Jeff's song, but the same melody and voice.

This prompts Ron to bail on karaoke and break into Jeff's office. There, he stumbles upon a secret file cabinet containing RBMG paperwork that lists Jeff as its chief financial officer. To Ron's dismay, Alice is nowhere to be found in the paper. Stacy Crystals, on the other hand, is...

Who is Stacy Crystals?

The Chair Company finale begins at the wedding of no one we've ever met before. There, the father of the bride gets too drunk and embarrasses himself. While drowning his sorrows at the hotel bar, he meets Stacy Crystals (Peter Reznikoff), a silver fox who gasses him up after learning that the sad sack writes and performs his own music. Stacy goes on to say that he knows some studio musicians in Los Angeles who could help him lay down some tracks.

It's clearly a scam, likely the kind of talent scouting scheme portrayed in Craig Zobel's fantastic Great World of Sound (2007). As he exits the hotel, a teenage boy pulls a 3D-printed gun on Stacy.

"You wrecked my dad's life," the kid says before shooting Stacy.

Later, Ron discovers a photo of Jeff posing with Stacy and a "movie star" named Danny Donovan. We also see Jeff getting a call about Stacy's attack.

"Does Danny know?" he asks.

The nature of this trio's relationship — and how RBMG factors in — is still murky, but it seems as if the conglomerate is involved in more than just manufacturing shoddy chairs.

Who is Baby's real owner?

In a strange detour, Ron loses his new dog, Baby, in the woods. He tracks her to a house, where a strange man informs Ron that Baby is actually his dog and that someone stole her from his yard. Her name isn't Baby, we learn, but Minnie Mouse.

He then asks Ron to come to his shed, where he reveals a "brand new shape" that's "never been done before." Ron is impressed, but when he turns around, the man — now with black paint around his eyes — bares his teeth menacingly and Ron passes out.

Ron wakes up on the man's couch, assuming what he saw was just a dream. He asks the man if he'll share on social media that Ron saved Minnie Mouse's life. He does, but Ron is horrified to read in the Instagram replies that people had actively tried to free Minnie Mouse because her owners "SCREAM AT HER EVERY NIGHT."

Who's the man in Mike's apartment?

Tim Robinson as Ron and Joseph Tudisco as Mike in the season 1 finale of 'The Chair Company'

The Chair Company ends with a chilling image: a man handcuffed to a toilet in the apartment of Mike, Ron's enemy turned ally. We don't know who he is, exactly, but we previously saw him in last week's episode trying to convince Mayor Greg Braccon (Tom Alan Robbins) to leave a campaign event.

Basically, Ron had a plan to confront the controversial mayor at the event with questions about the Tecca conspiracy, but got hung up at a party. He asked Mike to try and keep the mayor there until he could swing by, but another man was pressuring the mayor to leave so they could go in his hot tub. It appears, in his devotion to Ron, Mike kidnapped the hot tub guy and is now holding him hostage.

This revelation comes on the heels of Ron learning that Mike is more dangerous than he realized. Earlier in the episode, Ron learned from Mike's daughter, Lynette (Amy Zubieta), that she's not really his daughter, after all. Her real father donated his organs after dying, and Mike received his heart. But Mike became obsessed with Lynette and her mother, believing that having her real father's heart made him part of their family. His fixation resulted in them getting a restraining order against him.

"He's a scary man," she tells Ron. "Don't let him near your family."

Too late. And now Mike's fanatical devotion to Ron's conspiracy could lead to Ron having blood on his hands.

Who's the Unknown Caller?

Tim Robinson as Ron in the season 1 finale of 'The Chair Company'

Throughout season 1, Ron received several threatening phone calls from an unknown number. He'd assumed the caller was affiliated with RBMG, but in the finale we learn that's not the case. The caller turns out to be the boyfriend of Amanda (Amelia Campbell), Ron's mousy coworker.

When Ron finally meets the mystery man (Jeffrey Bean) in person, the caller removes a hockey mask to reveal an uncanny, heavily made-up face that evokes the mask from the 1976 slasher Alice, Sweet Alice.

The mystery man, credited as "Jason," claims that Ron didn't fall out of his chair by accident.

"This was all set in motion when you were a boy," he says, explaining that Amanda has long resented Ron for a time in high school when Ron spit a gummy bear into her cleavage. It was Amanda who broke Ron's chair, he declares, adding that she did it with her mind. Amanda, apparently, is telekinetic.

Or is she? The rabbit hole just gets deeper and deeper.

Where can I watch The Chair Company?

The Chair Company is now streaming on HBO Max.

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Why Did "Boston Blue" Recast Donnie Wahlberg's OnScreen Son? All About the Decision to Replace "Blue Bloods"' Andrew Terraciano Samantha StutsmanDecember 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM 0 Patrick Harbron/CBS via Getty ; Christos Kalohoridis/CBS Andrew Terraciano as Sean Reagan in Blue Bloods ; Mika Amonsen as Sean Reagan in Boston Blue.

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Mika Amonsen now plays Sean Reagan, replacing Blue Bloods' Andrew Terraciano

Co-showrunner Brandon Margolis said the recasting is symbolic of the father and son's "different" relationship

Boston Blue's major casting shake-up has fans divided.

In July 2025, PEOPLE confirmed that Andrew Terraciano would not be returning to play Sean Reagan, the son of Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg), in CBS' new series Boston Blue — a spinoff of Blue Bloods.

The decision came as a shock to many viewers, considering Terraciano played Sean on Blue Bloods for 14 seasons from 2010 to 2024 alongside Wahlberg. Ahead of the premiere of Boston Blue on Oct. 17, 2025, co-showrunner Brandon Margolis spoke to TVLine about bringing actor Mika Amonsen on board as Sean.

"First of all, we love Andrew's work from the original series and loved watching him grow up on TV," he said. "But once we realized we were telling a very new chapter in this character's life, creatively it made sense to find an actor with a different energy."

Here's everything to know about why Boston Blue recast Donnie Wahlberg's on-screen son.

Why did Boston Blue recast Donnie Wahlberg's on-screen son?

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Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan and Andrew Terraciano as Sean Reagan in Blue Bloods.

Co-showrunner Margolis told Variety in October 2025 that the decision to recast Amonsen as Danny was made solely for creative reasons.

Boston Blue introduces major changes for the Reagan family. In the spinoff, Sean is now a patrolman with the Boston Police Department, eager to uphold the Reagan legacy while forging his own path.

Danny also relocates to Boston and joins the local police force, creating a fresh on-screen dynamic: father and son serving in the same department for the first time. This new setup allows Danny and Sean to navigate the challenges of family life and police work side by side — territory they never explored during Blue Bloods.

"Really, it came down to we're telling a new chapter in both of their lives. It's not just Sean who has joined the family business as it were and is turning over this new leaf, but now Danny is the father to a cop, which he's never been before," Margolis explained to the outlet.

He continued, saying, "There are all these new storytelling lanes to explore. It felt like there was an organic opportunity to bring in a new performance with a new energy, to help dramatize that change. It is the same character, it's the same relationship, but it's also completely different."

What was the fan reaction to the Boston Blue recasting?

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Andrew Terraciano as Sean Reagan in Blue Bloods ; Mika Amonsen as Sean Reagan in Boston Blue.

Fans had mixed feelings about Amonsen stepping in to replace Terraciano as Sean in Boston Blue.

"There was absolutely no reason to recast him," one user said in the Boston Blue Instagram comments. "The change does a real disservice to fans who have grown up alongside the original actor."

Another user echoed that same sentiment, writing, "I miss the real Sean."

Meanwhile, others filled the comments with praise for Amonsen and the uptick of father-son moments in the new series.

"The father/son interactions with Danny and Sean have been my favorite part of the series so far, and I hope these scenes continue!" one fan wrote on Instagram. "It's great to see Danny adapting to being the father of a cop."

What has Mika Amonsen said about the recasting?

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Mika Amonsen attends the screening for "THANKSGIVING" on November 14, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

Amonsen has acknowledged that his casting as Sean has drawn "some negativity" from fans, but he's choosing to focus on the positive responses he's seen on social media.

"When I look under those posts that have the negativity, there's a lot of fans rallying for Sean and people saying that they really enjoyed this character that I've created — or my version of character," he told Us Weekly in November 2025. "That makes me happy."

Amonsen also admitted that stepping into Terraciano's role came with "a ton of pressure." To prepare, he binged Blue Bloods and made sure to preserve certain defining traits of Sean, like his hair styling and upbeat energy.

"I really want to maintain Sean as close as I can out of respect for this character that everyone loves — but also the character Andrew built," the actor added.

What has Andrew Terraciano said about the recasting?

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Andrew Terraciano at the 40th Artios Awards on February 12, 2025 in New York.

While Terraciano hasn't commented on the Boston Blue recasting, he seemed at peace with closing the chapter on Sean when Blue Bloods finished filming its final season in June 2024.

"It feels like, after 15 years, 'family' isn't a big enough word for all of the people at Blue Bloods that have changed me, and helped me, and grown with me," he wrote on Instagram. "I am so unbelievably grateful to every single person that has guided me and provided me with wisdom and lessons that I will hold with me."

He continued, writing, "To the cast and crew, tell everyone you can how fantastic this was, because it was fantastic, and consider this a formal thank you to each and every one of you. I look forward to seeing everything you all go out and do. Sean Reagan, I let you go."

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Madonna slams Donald Trump for canceling World AIDS Day: 'It's absurd, it's unthinkable'

Madonna slams Donald Trump for canceling World AIDS Day: 'It's absurd, it's unthinkable' Sydney BucksbaumDecember 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM 0 Dia Dipasupil/Getty; Andrew Harnik/Getty Madonna, Donald Trump Madonna is hung up on President Donald Trump's decision to not publicly acknowledge World AIDS Day this year. On Monday, the "Like a Virgin" singer celebrated the international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic with a powerful message on social media that slammed the current administration for refusing to commemorate the day.

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Madonna is hung up on President Donald Trump's decision to not publicly acknowledge World AIDS Day this year.

On Monday, the "Like a Virgin" singer celebrated the international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic with a powerful message on social media that slammed the current administration for refusing to commemorate the day.

Madonna shared her emotional message on Instagram to honor the day amidst the silence from the POTUS, marking the first time the U.S. hasn't commemorated the day since it began in 1988.

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"Today is World AIDS Day. For four decades, this day has been internationally recognized around the world by people from all walks of life, because millions of people's lives have been touched by the HIV crisis," Madonna wrote in the post. "People have lost lovers and husbands and wives and girlfriends and boyfriends and mothers and daughters and children to this deadly disease, of which there is still no cure."

Madonna, who has been a longtime advocate for the AIDS/HIV crisis, went on to declare her disappointment in the government's silence on such an important day of awareness for a disease that continues to impact many citizens.

"Donald Trump has announced that World AIDS Day should no longer be acknowledged," she wrote. "It's one thing to order federal agents to refrain from commemorating this day, but to ask the general public to pretend it never happened is ridiculous, it's absurd, it's unthinkable. I bet he's never watched his best friend die of AIDS, held their hand, and watched the blood drain from their face as they took their last breath at the age of 23."

Madonna continued, "The list of people that I have known and loved and lost to AIDS is pretty long. I'm sure many of you out there can relate. Let me say it one more time — there still isn't a cure for AIDS and people still die from it. I refuse to acknowledge that these people have died in vain. And I will continue to honor World AIDS Day, and I hope you will honor it with me."

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World AIDS Day occurs annually on Dec. 1 since its inception in 1988. It is one of 11 official global public health campaigns from the World Health Organization.

Last week, the U.S. State Department sent an email to employees that stated, "The U.S. Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year."

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The email declared that government funds could not be used to celebrate or promote awareness of the day in any way. Employees were also told they must "refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches or other public-facing messaging."

The announcement follows recent federal funding cuts to efforts battling the AIDS/HIV crisis.

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