I’ve updated the Louise Lombard Fan Gallery with 720 HQ caps of her guest spot on Miami Medical. Seriously, it was SOOOO good to see Louise back on TV here, and I hope it’s the sign of more to come.
Looks like it’s a double feature for Louise fans on Friday night. Her episode of Miami Medical is set to air Friday, as well as her Episode of SGU Stargate. It looks like SGU airs at 9pm on SiFy, and Miami Medical airs at 10pm on CBS.
We’ve also got an airdate for Louise’s episode of SGU Stargate Universe, Human, which will air on the SyFy channel. The first airing will be April 23rd.
So it looks like we’re going to get 2 Louise appearances in April!
Lombard will play Karen, a woman who’s rushed to the hospital with her husband Frank (George Newbern) when the balcony of their apartment collapses. Once the doctors have a look, they learn her condition is worse than expected, but she mysteriously refuses treatment. The show premieres Friday, April 2 at 10/9c. Lombard’s episode is slated to air in late April.
Louise’s movie, Esther, has been re-released on DVD and is out today!
The biblical story of Esther, the Jewish woman who saved her people when they faced annihilation, is told in this production featuring British actress Louise Lombard in the title role and F. Murray Abraham as Mordecai, Esther’s cousin and foster father. As a girl living under Persian rule, Esther was essentially kidnapped and taken into the harem of the king, Xerxes. The king, taken by her beauty, made her his queen, and as dramatized in the film, she found herself involved in a delicate balancing act between the ruling Persians and her own Jewish people. While this is a fairly elaborate production with a solid supporting cast, it proceeds at a relaxed pace and never quite takes off dramatically. But it does provide a solid telling of Esther’s story, and if considered as something of a docudrama, it’s successful. The story is clearly told of how the king’s chief minister, Haman, had hoped to see the Jews annihilated, but thanks to Esther’s intercession the Jews were able to defend themselves and destroy their enemies (events which are celebrated at the Jewish Feast of Purim). The production does provide much of the period flavor of ancient life, and the major facets of the story and portrayals of the characters coincide with biblical accounts. –Robert J. McNamara