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May 24 - 30, 2021 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Role on "Chicago Fire" (2) 10. Jai __ 11. "To Tell the __" 12. Kitten's cry 13. Broke a fast 14. __ for tat 16. Game show host (2) 18. Galloped 20. "__ Trek: Voyager" 21. Singer Horne 22. Diminish 23. Part of speech: abbr. 24. "Crimson __"; 2015 fantasy horror film 25. __-do-well; bum 27. Jamaica's official language 28. Alana __ __ __ of "FBI" 32. Prefix for night or wife 33. "__ Miserables" 34. "Second __"; 2018 Jennifer Lopez movie 37. Billiard ball bounce 39. "Two and a Half Men" role 40. Actress on "The Conners" (2) DOWN 1. Role on "Cheers" 2. Suffix for text or project 3. "__ & Order" 4. "Star Wars: Episode __ - Return of the Jedi"; 1983 sequel 5. Ending for Paul or Ann 6. Make tea 7. Urich's initials 8. Singer James & her namesakes 9. Number of seasons for "King of the Hill" 13. Glen Campbell's state of birth: abbr. 15. Item in an Earl Grey box (2) 16. Genetic letters 17. High school annual: abbr. 18. Save; deliver 19. __ Huston 21. "Promised __" (1996- 99) 24. Tiny vegetable 26. Role on "M*A*S*H" 29. As easy as falling off __ __ 30. Do's followers (2) 31. Catch some __; snooze 34. Tavern order 35. "__ 54, Where Are You?" 36. Explosive letters 38. Initials for Acuff 39. __ negative; rarest blood type Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By George Dickie Alan Arkin may be gone but Michael Douglas' ac- tor-turned-acting coach Sandy Kominsky will get a new sparring partner — and it's an old friend — as "The Kominsky Method" returns for its third and final season. Premiering Friday, May 28, on Netflix, the new season of the Chuck Lorre-created sitcom opens with the funeral for San- dy's long-suffering agent Norman Newlander (Arkin, who elected to not return after Season 2). Now forced to face the future and aging without his acer- bic best friend, he receives word that his ex-wife Roz is coming to town to spend time with their daughter Mindy (Sarah Baker) and meet Mindy's much-older boyfriend Martin (Paul Reiser). And Roz (played by Douglas' former "Ro- mancing the Stone," "The Jewel of the Nile" and "The War of the Roses" co-star Kathleen Turner) is a formi- dable woman. A physician just off a stint with Doctors Without Borders, she's smart, capable and knows just how to push Sandy's buttons, so much so that on his cellphone, her caller ID comes up as "Queen of Pain." But it's also obvious that they still care about each other. Much of what made "The Kominsky Method" go in Seasons 1 and 2 was the chemistry between Douglas and Arkin. But it was always Arkin's in- tention to do two seasons and leave, so when the time came to find another co-star, Douglas already had his old friend in mind. Lorre, who had worked with Turner, signed off. "Chuck Lorre asked me to do a character on 'Mom,' " Turner explains, "and so I guess he liked what I did there. And then of course there was the one scene in Season 2 (of 'Kominsky'), when she's in Bolivia in a tent. And yeah, they just called me up and said, 'Here's the storyline I'm thinking about. Would you be interested?' And I went, 'Yes!' In fact, I said, 'Wait a minute, wait a minute. Chuck, you're telling me that you're writing a series where these two adults learn, change and grow?' I said, 'Isn't this television?' Anyway, he laughed." And much like in their previous films, the chem- istry between Douglas and Turner is obvious as the characters bicker and banter like an old married couple. Turner and Doug- las have known each other since 1983, when they filmed "Romancing the Stone" in Mexico, and she says their friendship came easily. "It's just always been that way," she says. "In 'Romancing' and 'Jewel of the Nile' and 'War of the Roses,' it was Danny DeVi- to, also, kind of the three of us. But no, Michael and I have always had an easy- going kind of friendship." Sandy gets a new foil as Kathleen Turner joins 'The Kominsky Method' for final season The identity of the featured celebrity is found within the answers in the puzzle. In order to take the TV Challenge, unscramble the letters noted with asterisks within the puzzle. Advertise Here! (574) 533-2151

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