Exclusive Interview with Mark Ghanimé for Helix on March 26, 2014
Interview by Jamie Ruby
Written by Jamie Ruby

Sergio Balleseros, played by Mark Ghanimé, is one of the most interesting characters on Syfy's Helix. Throughout the season it has been difficult to ascertain where his loyalties truly lie (other than to himself). The season finale, which aired tonight, continued in that vein.

Ghanimé talked one on one with Jamie Ruby of SciFi Vision earlier in the week about the season finale and other key moments of the series for his character.

Today many fans, myself included, rejoiced when in time for the season finale tonight, Syfy officially announced that Helix will return for a second season. In my opinion, Helix is the best of what Syfy has to offer. I really feel that television has been lacking lately in smart serialized shows, and the fact that it's science fiction makes it even better. Too many networks shy away lately from airing complex shows that aren't episodic or procedural. I love the fact that you can really immerse yourself in the show and that I find myself questioning what's truly going on, long after the episode has ended for the night. That being said, it's also great to see such as series, that as much as it poses new questions every week, it has answered a great majority of them throughout the story.

Exclusive Interview with Kyra Zagorsky of Helix
Interview by Jamie Ruby
Written by Jamie Ruby

Tonight Syfy airs the first season finale of Helix. In the show, Kyra Zagorksy stars as Julia Walker, a cellular biologist who accompanies her ex-husband, Alan Farragut (Billy Campbell), to the Arctic Biosystems research facility after a deadly virus has been released, infecting his brother Peter (Neil Napier), who she previously had an affair with.

During the course of the season, Julia is infected with the virus as well, and like Peter, starts to change into something else. She is saved, however, by Hatake (Hiroyuki Sanada), who she discovers is her father, and is now apparently immortal like him.

Just for fun, I've been creating some fan art Helix icons. I decided to post them on the site for the season finale for anyone who wants them to use for Twitter, or whatever. Enjoy:)

 

Join me tonight for Fandom Access when I talk to special guests Cameron Porsandeh, the creator of Helix, Mark Ghanime (Sergio Balleseros), and Neil Napier (Peter Farragut)! The show starts at 10pm ET so be there. You can also call in with questions or join the chat and post there! The call in number is (914) 338-0314.

Join us!

*UPDATE* You can now stream or download the podcast at the same link.

By Jamie Ruby

Thursday night Fox premieres its new comedy series Surviving Jack. In preparation leads Christopher Meloni, who plays Jack Dunlevy, and Rachael Harris, who plays his wife Joanne, talked to the media on Monday about their new series.

By Jamie Ruby

Last week another contestant was voted off of American Idol, MK Nobilette. The twenty year old from San Franciso made the top ten and will be a performer in the concert series for American Idol XIII.

Last October the digital press visited the set of Helix as part of the the Syfy Digital Press Tour. Part of the photos had been embargoed, but as such have now been released in time for the season finale.

The third Helix set location (see parts 1 & 2) was actually a real life research facility. We started off down to the underground base where the door to the facility was surrounded by fake snow. Director/executive producer Brad Turner picked up the cord to demonstrate how the characters hold on to it to move around outside. 

By Jamie Ruby

Last Sunday NBC premiered its new series Crisis. Star Dermot Mulroney, who plays Francis Gibson, recently talked to the media about his character and what fans can expect moving forward.

Mulroney talked to SciFi Vision about not knowing the full storyline from the beginning of filming. "It is true that I had very little knowledge of what was coming moments later. We'd get the scripts about four or five days in advance. The thing is, we did the whole season as planned - 13 episodes, so now I know everything and it's awesome. There's some really good semi sci-fi twists in our story too that I think people are going to love...It comes unexpected and it's not alien mother ships or anything but, you know, there're some touches. It's really enjoyable in terms of those types of stories."