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Rectify Season 3, Episode 4, “Girl Jesus”

Written by Scott Teems

Directed by Scott Teems

Airs Thursdays at 10pm Et on Sundance

“What will I be when they put me back together again?” Daniel asks his sister during “Girl Jesus”, a thinly-veiled reference to the infamous, egg-starring nursery rhyme. Yet it’s a question that permeates every corner of Rectify’s third season, which has lifted Paulie from any sense of temporal reality, observing the town and its people as if frozen in time inside a snow globe. Shaking said globe is Daggett, of course, trying to loosen the bits and pieces of truth surrounding George Milton’s death – and as the facts, rumors, emotions, and preconceptions fill the air of Rectify‘s purgatorial setting, “Girl Jesus” begins to show characters fighting against the stasis of their lives, all looking for the unfamiliar, “more crooked path” to inner peace Amantha speaks of when having lunch with Jon.

Digital Spy has been given an exclusive look at the National Theatre Live broadcast of the play Of Mice and Men starring Chris O'Dowd and James Franco.

The pair appeared in the show on Broadway last spring as Lennie Small and George Milton, overseen by Tony Award-winning director Anna D Shapiro.

Based on the 1937 John Steinbeck novel of the same name, the play follows Lennie (O'Dowd) and George (Franco) as they search for work in America during the Depression.

Leighton Meester also appears as the flirtatious wife of ranch owner's son Curley.

Filmed by the National Theatre Live, Of Mice and Men was shown in cinemas internationally from late 2014, with UK screenings yet to be announced.

Franco has stayed with the works of Steinbeck after the play, directing his own adaption of the novel In Dubious Battle, about California's contentious labour movement during the 1930s.

It will star Nat Wolff,...

James Franco is a strange bird, and one who defies categorization. He effortlessly balances the careers of an actor, director, screenwriter, artist, musician, novelist, poet, and teacher simultaneously. Honestly, we don’t know where he finds the time. Does he have a Time-Turner or a flux capacitor? That’s got to be it, right?

Time-travel aside, whatever James Franco’s doing – Is he not sleeping? – it’s working, because he’s about to add another hyphen to his already multi-hyphenate name.

James Franco, stage actor.

Making his Broadway debut, Franco joins the cast of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men as George Milton. Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids) joins Franco as George’s well-meaning best friend Lennie, a role that garnered O’Dowd a Tony Award nomination.

Cineplex is delighted to present National Theatre Live’s premiere of Of Mice and Men this Thursday, November 6. An encore performance will take place next Thursday,...

Millions know him as part of C4's It Crowd or as the charming cop in Hollywood hit Bridesmaids. Now the versatile Irish actor is making his mark on the stage in Of Mice and Men

On the Cannes Croisette, in the foyer of the postmodern Jw Marriott hotel, a bundle of brightly polished people from the film industry are standing together in a roped-off area, enjoying a free drink and the illusion of celebrity. Slinking by unnoticed, trundling a small case towards the lifts, is a tall man in a hoodie, with messy hair and stubble.

Is he a TV cameraman or a seedy showbiz journalist? No, it is Chris O'Dowd, one of the most bankable stars to attend the film festival that year, 2012.

No matter how famous the Irish actor gets, following lead roles in Bridesmaids and The Sapphires (along with a disturbing television cameo in the acclaimed HBO series Girls), his ambling,...

The Bridesmaids star and the prolific American actor will appear together in a new version of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

Chris O'Dowd will make his Broadway debut alongside James Franco in a new stage version of John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men.

The It Crowd actor, who has made headway in Hollywood since his role in the hit comedy Bridesmaids, will play Lennie, a large ranch worker with learning difficulties, who is seeking employment alongside his friend George Milton.

Franco previously revealed to American chat-show host Stephen Colbert that the production was in the works, and he confirmed additional details at a live Q&A session at a theatre in California.

"I am going to do Of Mice and Men with Chris O'Dowd, directed by this amazing director Anna Shapiro, who won a Tony for the stage version of August: Osage County," he told the audience.

Star of 127 Hours reveals role in stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, on Stephen Colbert chatshow

James Franco has revealed he is to make his Broadway debut in a stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men.

The Academy Award winning star of 127 Hours told chatshow host Stephen Colbert that he will play George Milton, a migrant ranch-worker seeking employment during the Great Depression alongside his large friend Lennie, who has learning difficulties.

No further details of the production have been confirmed, but the actor joked that Colbert could take a role. "There's a character, Slim, we haven't cast yet," he said. "You could do it."

Steinbeck wrote an adaptation of his 1937 novel himself, though it's not clear whether the forthcoming production will use this or a new version. The play, which premiered shortly after the book's publication, was last seen on Broadway...

Another post-Doctor Who role is secured for David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor actor joins the cast of a Radio 4 production of John Steinbeck's 1937 novella Of Mice and Men which is set for broadcast next year. Commissioned as part of BBC Radio 4's Classic Serial slot, Of Mice and Men will see Tennant play the quick-witted George Milton opposite Liam Brennan as his educationally challenged friend and Lennie Small in the story of two migrant workers in 1930s Californiaand will be broadcast in...

David Tennant has signed up to star in a new radio production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. The Doctor Who actor will play George Milton, while Liam Brennan is cast as Lennie Small. It will be produced by BBC Radio Scotland and is scheduled to air on Radio 4 in early 2010. Steinbeck's classic novel about two migrants in 1930s California has been adapted on several occasions with Burgess (more)...

Steppenwolf for Young Adults continues its 2008-2009 season with Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, directed by Michael Patrick Thornton. The production, featuring ensemble member Robert Breuler with Robert Belushi, Ron Butts, Paul D'Addario, James D. Farruggio, Jessie Fisher, Richard Henzel, Keith Kupferer, Guy Massey and Andr? Teamer, runs April 21 - May 10, 2009 in the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted. Tickets are available to the general public for weekend performances only, with all additional shows reserved for school groups. The press performance is Saturday, April 25 at 11 a.m. John Steinbeck's classic tale of friendship follows two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression. George Milton looks after his mentally-disabled friend, Lennie Small, as they travel looking for work. The two men hope to one day settle down on their own piece of land, but their plans of living the American Dream prove difficult to achieve. Michael Patrick Thornton...