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The second and final season of the American musical drama television series Smash premiered on February 5, 2013, on NBC and consisted of 17 episodes. On March 13, 2013, NBC announced they were moving the remaining season two episodes of Smash to Saturday nights at 9:00PM EST starting April 6 in order to play the full 17-episode order. The two-hour series finale aired on May 26, 2013, moving the show to a special Sunday slot. Production On March 22, 2012, NBC renewed Smash for a second season. Gossip Girl's Joshua Safran replaced creator Theresa Rebeck as showrunner, since Rebeck departed to focus on other projects. Rebeck did not return to the show in any capacity. However, she remained credited as executive producer. Not returning to the cast from the previous season were Jaime Cepero (Ellis), Raza Jaffrey (Dev), Brian d'Arcy James (Frank), and recurring cast member Will Chase (Michael), although James did make guest appearances in the first episode of season 2 and the series finale. Jeremy Jordan joined the series in the role of Jimmy. Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson had a recurring role as Veronica Moore, a Tony award-winning actress who affects the lives of Karen and Ivy. Jesse L. Martin was cast in a six-episode arc as Scott Nichols, the Manhattan Theatre Workshop's artistic director, whose story affected most of the cast. New Smash show runner/executive producer Josh Safran noted about the show's movement to Saturdays starting April 6 meant NBC was choosing to cancel the series, Safran said he was "saddened" and surprised by the move, "We're all aware the show is not successful, but I guess I had hoped we would see what happened when The Voice came back [or] maybe they'd move us to a better time slot. But I understand from the network's point of view. We hit a number and we stuck there." Safran said of the final episodes would be constructed as a series finale, "I don't want [viewers] to think they are going to be left hanging, because they won't be," he assures. "The season has a beginning, middle and an end... [And] it just gets better and better." Safran also said he and the other producers were still proud of the series. The two hour series finale aired on May 26, 2013. Smash's second season is a production of Universal Television in association with DreamWorks. The series has a large number of executive producers including Steven Spielberg, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Rebeck, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman serve as the composers and executive producers. Cast and characters Regular Debra Messing as Julia Houston, a successful Broadway lyricist and the musical's co-writer. She is married with a son, but had an affair with Michael Swift, who played Joe DiMaggio in the initial Marilyn workshop. Houston is based on creator Theresa Rebeck. Jack Davenport as Derek Wills, the director of the musical, who will stop at nothing to make the show a success. He has an on-and-off relationship with Marilyn workshop star Ivy Lynn, though he has also shown interest in Karen Cartwright and had a physical relationship with Rebecca Duvall during the Boston preview before she left the show. Katharine McPhee as Karen Cartwright, an ingenue from Iowa, who lands a successful audition and becomes a serious contender for the role of Monroe. Somewhat new to show business, her naiveté is generally scorned by her peers, though her talent is rarely called into question. She played Marilyn for the Boston preview, when Rebecca Duvall left. Christian Borle as Tom Levitt, a theatrical composer and Julia's longtime songwriting partner. He and Derek Wills have an acrimonious relationship stemming from a business fallout 11 years ago. Tom briefly dates a Republican lawyer but later becomes attracted to Sam Strickland, a dancer in the ensemble of Bombshell. Megan Hilty as Ivy Lynn, a seasoned performer who, at the beginning of the series, is working in the ensemble of Heaven On Earth, another Broadway musical that Tom and Julia wrote. Ivy is favored by nearly everyone on board with the production to play Marilyn Monroe, but after the workshop flops, she is replaced by a big movie star. Throughout the show, she's in an on-and-off relationship with the Bombshell director Derek Wills and finds herself constantly competing with Karen in many different situations, eventually losing the role of Marilyn to her for the Boston preview. Anjelica Huston as Eileen Rand, the musical's tenacious producer, who is dealing with divorce proceedings from her husband, Jerry, which could threaten the musical and forces her to think outside the box in securing funds for the show. A running gag throughout the series is Eileen throwing drinks into Jerry's face. Leslie Odom Jr. as Sam Strickland, an ensemble member, a good friend of Ivy who is gay and very much into sports. Due to their mutual friendship with Ivy, he forms a connection with Tom. Jeremy Jordan as Jimmy Collins, a working-class man from Brooklyn who is on the brink of self-destruction. Andy Mientus as Kyle Bishop, a poor kid from Brooklyn with dreams of writing for Broadway. Krysta Rodriguez as Ana Vargas, Karen's new roommate who is looking for her big break. Recurring Jennifer Hudson as Veronica Moore, a Tony Award-winning Broadway star who has had to pay a price to reach her Broadway dream. Ann Harada as Linda, the stage manager of the musical. Becky Ann Baker as Karen's mother. Dylan Baker as Roger Cartwright, Karen's father. Michael Cristofer as Jerry Rand, Eileen's soon-to-be ex-husband and former producing partner. Wesley Taylor as Bobby, an ensemble member who is not afraid to say what is on his mind. He is a friend of Ivy and later, Karen. Savannah Wise as Jessica, an ensemble member and friend of Ivy and later, Karen. Jenny Laroche as Sue, an ensemble member and friend of Ivy and later, Karen. Thorsten Kaye as Nick Felder, Eileen's boyfriend who is sent to jail early in the season. Daniel Sunjata as Peter, a dramaturg (script doctor), who is brought in to help Julia iron out problems with the Bombshell script. Nikki Blonsky as Margot, Jerry Rand's assistant. Daphne Rubin-Vega as Agnes, Bombshell's publicist. Emory Cohen as Leo, Julia's son Brian d'Arcy James as Frank, Julia's husband. Mara Davi as Daisy Parker Special guest stars Sean Hayes as Terrence "Terry" Falls, a comedic television and film star who is making his Broadway debut in the musical Liaisons, based on Les liaisons dangereuses. Luke Macfarlane as Patrick Dillon Liza Minnelli as herself. Bernadette Peters as Leigh Conroy. Reprising her Season 1 role, as Ivy's mother. Jesse L. Martin as Scott Nichols, artistic director of the Manhattan Theatre Workshop, Julia's new love interest. Jamey Sheridan as Richard Francis, an editor at the New York Times, Eileen's new love interest. Rosie O'Donnell as herself. Lin-Manuel Miranda as himself. Cameos Brenda Braxton, Tony-nominated actress Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theatres Michael Riedel, the.... Discover the Julia Derek popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Julia Derek books.
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Cuckoo Strapped
Julia DerekTHEY'D BETTER GUN FOR IT OR IT'S OVER Fugitive Yvonne Landis looks forward to some muchdeserved peace and quiet for her life in the shadows. Her teenage son Gabe’s molester is d...
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Haunted Hardbodies
Julia DerekCeleste Jones always dreamed of becoming a gym owner. So, when the opportunity arises to buy SixPacks for peanuts, she’s thrilled. The previous owner claims the place is haunted, b...
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Showdown
Julia DerekDetective Gabi Longoria has started to date a psychopath named Jonah in order to find his father. Jonah’s father, Otto Stenger, is the leader of a worldwide conspiracy to replace t...
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Born Evil - The Evil trilogy
Julia DerekWHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU FOUND OUT YOUR CHILD IS A PSYCHOPATH? One night when Jennifer Hanson returns home, she catches her 12yearold son Shane stabbing their cat to death. Thankfu...
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Fatal Fixation
Julia DerekLOVE IS BEAUTIFUL. UNTIL YOU REALIZE SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOUR LOVER.... Sparks fly when struggling actress Nina Tyler meets lawyer Dylan Whitman. Their chemistry is so intense ...
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ON THE EDGE
Julia DerekA FAMILY ON EDGE. ONE DAY IT ALL COMES TO A HEAD. 16yearold Gabe was once abducted and severely abused. Having gone through significant therapy, he is almost back to normal. Except...
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Denial
Julia DerekWhen trainer Ariel Rafaeli is found strangled outside a restaurant, Detective Gabi Longoria is thoroughly confused. Gabi is undercover as a trainer at the health club where Ariel w...
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The Truth
Julia DerekWhen Detective Gabi Longoria discovers that her coworker Emma is dead, she’s heartbroken. Gabi feels she could have saved her if only she had stayed with the depressed woman.&...
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Cuckoo Unleashed
Julia DerekHOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT YOUR CHILD? Seventeenyearold Gabe Landis has issues. Anger issues, due to severe trauma. If he doesn’t address his everpresent anger, he’ll explode....
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Hunt Evil
Julia DerekHOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO SAVE YOUR SISTER FROM EVIL? Shane Hanson is living a nightmare. Not only is his mother an escaped prisoner out to kill him, but he also suspects that his pr...
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Sea of blood
Julia DerekWHAT IF YOU FOUND YOUR FRIEND MURDERED AND REALIZED YOU MIGHT BE THE KILLER? Kirsten Elk walks into a nasty surpriseher friend and adviser Mona Silberger is stabbed to death ...
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The Scientist
Julia DerekIn her first trimester, Special Agent Gabi Longoria gets a disturbing email. It informs her that the baby she's carrying has serious genetic defects. Basically, it will become a bl...
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Girl Undercover - The Box Set
Julia DerekBooks 14 of the Girl Undercover Series: LAPD Detective Gabi Longoria returns home one night to a nasty surpriseher husband has been brutally killed. A note next to his body says: "...
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No More Fear
J D WildeA GIRL JUMPS TO HER DEATH. OR WAS SHE PUSHED? Things are tough for Brandy Francine Baker. Yes, she did manage to leave her abusive husband Jasper, but life as a single mother...
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Girl Undercover
Julia DerekSHE CAME FOR REVENGE. SHE UNCOVERS A WORLDWIDE CONSPIRACY. LAPD Detective Gabi Longoria returns home to an unspeakable crimeher husband has been brutally killed. Her captain refus...
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The Cuckoo Series
Julia DerekONLY SHE CAN PROVE HER INNOCENCE Yvonne Landis has escaped from a mental institution, where she was treated for psychosis. Accused of murder, she will stand trial once psychiatrist...
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No Way Out
J D WildeBRANDY IS IN OVER HER HEAD. SHE MIGHT END UP DEAD. Brandnew private eye Brandy Francine Baker has yet to officially open her P.I. business when a socialite named Dana Donovan appro...
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Girl with a Secret
Julia DerekHER SECRET COULD LEAD TO HIS DEATH... When Sam visits his new girlfriend, Yasmine, he discovers that she has hanged herself. Devastated, he gets drunk instead of calling the author...
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Mortal Sin
Julia DerekWhen wealthy lawyer Martha Moran is found strangled to death in Central Park, Detectives Cooper and White believe the murder was premeditated as well as personal. They have three p...
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True Evil
Julia DerekWHAT WOULD YOU DO IF SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU WAS A PSYCHOPATH? Shane Hanson was set up for a double homicide when he was only 13 years old. His relative did it because she blames him ...
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The Diary
Julia DerekA HAPPY MARRIAGE. TERRIBLE SECRETS. Happily married Lexi Woods thought losing a child would be the worst thing that could ever happen to her. She was wrong. It turns out that...
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The Child Trilogy
Julia DerekYOUR ABDUCTED CHILD IS MIRACULOUSLY RETURNED. TOO BAD HE'S NOT THE SAME. Stayathome mom Yvonne Landis enters her kitchen one day to meet a huge surprise: seated on a chair is...
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Spooky Hardbodies
Julia DerekCeleste Jones has a lot on her platenot only is she the new owner of SixPacks, a floundering gym, but she’s also promised her new pal Lennie the ghost to help him solve crimes so h...
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The Joker
Julia DerekA gang of bank robbers known as the Jokers has the authorities scratching their heads. The FBI believes the bank robbers consist of metahumansgenetically engineered humans with sup...
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BORN EVIL
Julia DerekWHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU FOUND OUT YOUR CHILD IS A PSYCHOPATH? One night when Jennifer Hanson returns home, she catches her 12yearold son Shane stabbing their cat to death. Thankfu...
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Spirited Hardbodies
Julia DerekIt was only yesterday that SixPacks gym owner Celeste Jones helped its resident ghost Lennie solve a third murder. Little did she know she unwittingly signed up to be the sleuthing...
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The Model Child
Julia DerekYvonne Landis wakes up in a hospital bed and learns she has become a widow. She and her husband were out on date night when the fatal car accident happened. The airbag that saved h...
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Deadly Dreams
Julia DerekWHAT IF YOU KILLED SOMEONE IN YOUR SLEEP? When Lily Hartman goes to wake Annie, a visiting family friend, she discovers to her horror that the woman isn't sleeping in the guestr...
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Cuckoo Conflicted
Julia DerekTWO BROTHERS AT ODDS. ONE MOTHER, ONE CHOICE. Fugitive Yvonne Landis is shocked and furious: her 14yearold son Joey has been brutally assaulted and is in a coma. She can’t wait to...
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A Criminal Mind
Julia DerekRose Nichols’s husband Mark is shot to death while walking the dog one night. When Rose learns what’s happened, she’s shocked but not sad. Mark used to beat her so much she started...
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Stopping Harry
Julia DerekWhen Manhattan socialite Marisa Azzat walks home one night, a huge piece of machinery falls from the scaffolding, nearly crushing her. Someone is trying to kill her. Or are they? S...
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THE LOST BOY
Julia DerekYOUR ABDUCTED CHILD IS MIRACULOUSLY RETURNED. TOO BAD HE'S NO LONGER THE SAME. Stayathome mom Yvonne Landis enters her kitchen one day to meet a huge surprise: seated on a chair i...
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The Smiley Killer
Julia DerekA GORGEOUS BOY. UNSPEAKABLE CRIMES. Riley has been fascinated with crime investigation since she discovered Law & Order on TV. So, when it’s announced a serial killer is ...
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Cuckoo Crafty
Julia DerekCONTROL HIS URGES OR DIE Killing someone doesn’t produce the terrible guilt fugitive Yvonne Landis had thought. That's the takeaway after she shoots her dangerous expsychiatrist. B...
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Cuckoo Uncaged
Julia DerekFrom the author of bestselling psychological thriller Born Evil comes a new domestic thriller for fans of Freida McFadden, Gillian Flynn, and Rachel Abbott. A mentally ill woman a...
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Ghostly Hardbodies
Julia DerekHaving solved a second murder with Lennie the ghost in a matter of days, Celeste Jones decides she needs a timeout or she'll have a nervous breakdown. For now, she'll focus all her...
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Cuckoo Tailed
Julia DerekNEVER LET YOUR GUARD DOWN... Fugitive Yvonne Landis is settling into her new life being her son Gabe’s partner in crime. His mood is stable and her online erotica sales climb highe...
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Finding Emily
Julia DerekMarisa Azzatformerly known as mentally ill fugitive Yvonne Landisis still grieving her husband. He was killed during their secret childtrafficking investigations. Her goal in life ...
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Cuckoo Killer
Julia DerekTO KILL OR NOT TO KILL When fugitive Yvonne Landis learns that her younger son Joey is stalking her and her angerplagued older son Gabe, she freaks out. She must stop him from d...
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The Crucifier
Julia DerekA SERIAL KILLER IS ON THE LOOSE. AND IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFEAT HIM. When the FBI assigns the Crucifix Killer case to Special Agent Gabi Longoria and her partner/lover Ia...
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Sea of Lies
Julia DerekSHE HAD THE PERFECT LIFE. NOW SHE CAN TRUST NO ONE, LEAST OF ALL HER OWN MOTHER. Reality TV star Eden Elk is shocked to learn she was born a man. Well, that's what the Nation...
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Blood In, Blood Out
Julia DerekA MURDERED HUSBAND. A DANGEROUS PAST. Stayathome mom Kate Martinez’s life is turned upside down when her husband is stabbed to death, leaving her with no means to suppor...
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The Traitor
Julia DerekTwo years ago, FBI Agent Gabi Longoria thwarted a conspiracy from taking over the world and filling it with metahumansgenetically engineered human beings who are betterlooking, hea...
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Missing Gabe
Julia DerekShe lost her husband, but she won't lose her son. Widowed tutor Marisa Azzat leads a double life in New York – she’s a vigilante whose goal in life is to root out human trafficking...
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Saving Ana
Julia DerekFrom the author of bestselling psychological thriller BORN EVIL comes a new crime thriller for fans of Freida McFadden, Gillian Flynn, and Rachel Abbott. A strong woman with an un...
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Cuckoo Avenged
Julia DerekKARMA HAS NO DEADLINE Gabe Landis didn’t expect to bump into one of the men who molested him years ago when rescuing Yvonne, his missing fugitive mother. Yvonne reveals why the pri...