Looks like we’ll get to see Tricia back on Two and a Half Men sooner than we thought! According to TV Guide, Tricia Helfer will be reprising her November 2009 guest role of Gail on the hit CBS sitcom already on March 22. That means we’re still in Season 7, and the episode is no. 18 “Ixnay on the Oggie Day”. Episode summary from TV Guide:

Episode Synopsis: Tricia Helfer returns as Chelsea’s college friend, whom Charlie meets again; and Alan has a surprising effect on a patient (Frances Fisher).

Please note that March 22 is less than two weeks away! Don’t forget to tune in.

Katee Sackhoff, Tricia Helfer’s Battlestar Galactica co-star and one of her best friends, was recently interviewed for 411Mania.com, during which she announced that she and Tricia are planning to do an online motorcycling documentary series, currently called simply “The Untitled Tricia-Katee Documentary Trek,” from which the proceeds will be going to charity. From 411Mania.com:

Katee Sackhoff: [...] Tricia Helfer and I are in pre-production right now on a documentary web series we are producing that we’ve called, “The Untitled Tricia-Katee Documentary Trek.” We’re going to drive cross country on our motorcycles. It’s inspired by the Van Buren sisters, who were two socialite sisters in 1916 who, to relieve the burden from men serving in World War 1, volunteered to be motorcycle mail carriers, which at the time was a job men had to do on top of their other duties. They were denied and the Army stated women didn’t have the strength or stamina to ride motorcycles, so these two socialite sisters got on 1916 Indian motorcycles and drove cross country to prove that women could do it. They drove the first two wheeled vehicle to get to the top of Pike’s Peak in Colorado, they were arrested in Utah for wearing men’s clothing; they were pretty amazing. They got to San Francisco they day they said they would get there, which in the mail delivery business is pretty important, and this took months. This was 1916 and even today the documentary is going to take us 25 days. They reapplied after they finished the journey and were denied again.

Because the sisters were trying to help the military, we decided we would raise money for the military with our ride. We decided we should give back. We’re kicking around doing a simultaneous on-line auction.

As some will recall, some year ago Tricia Helfer filmed the FOX drama pilot Inseparable as a result of her April 2008 talent holding deal with the network. The pilot, however, was unfortunately not picked up for FOX’s Fall/Winter 2009-10 lineup.

Although we are likely not to hear anything more from this pilot on an official level, we’ve today been able to update the gallery with 10 rare, site-exclusive photos of Tricia shooting the pilot episode in September 2008 in Vancouver, Canada. This is likely to be the first and last look we’ll ever get at Tricia as Rae Wicks (or Mason Wicks, according to some reports), so we do hope you enjoy this special treat from us.

New Photo Albums:

• Television Work > ‘Inseparable’ (2008) On Set September 16 2008

In the absence of fresher news, we instead have a lovely little update on last December’s 2nd Annual Fur Ball at the Skirball Kitten Rescue Fundraiser, which Tricia Helfer attended alongside husband Jonathan Marshall. The event was hosted by The Office-actress Jenna Fischer, and was also attended by Tricia’s Battlestar Galactica co-stars Tahmoh Penikett and Katee Sackhoff.

We’ve updated the gallery with 7 medium-res photos of Tricia and Jonathan at the event, courtesy of the Kitten Rescue Flickr photo stream. These are the first photos we’ve had from inside the event venue (and of Jonathan at the event), and particularly nice since there has been only a handful of photos available to us from this event to begin with. The pictures furthermore reveal that Tricia and Jonathan purchased the $1,250 “Angel Table” for the event.

Finally, please consider making a donation to Kitten Rescue, the Los Angeles-based no-kill animal shelter and one of Tricia’s dearest animal charities:

Kitten Rescue spends nearly $300,000 a year on its cats and rescue programs. Most of this money comes from the generosity of private donors like you. Whether you are visiting us from just around the corner or from across several continents, you can touch the lives of the many deserving, wonderful animals in our care. There are many ways you can help, and every dollar means so much. The kitties thank you for your support!

Please visit KittenRescue.org to donate!

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• Appearances in 2009 > 2nd Fur Ball at the Skirball Kitten Rescue Fundraiser on Dec 5

“You know what? I’m all filled up on crazy.”
- Molly McNamara

We’ve just updated the gallery with some more HD replacement caps of Tricia Helfer’s various television guest appearances. First off, we have for you 327 HD screen captures of Tricia as Gail in the Season 7 episode “Gorp. Fnark. Schmegle.” of the hit CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men from November 2009. As we reported earlier this month, Tricia has recently filmed a second episode for the show, which will presumably air next season.

We’ve furthermore uploaded 984 HD screen captures of Tricia’s appearance as Molly McNamara in a Season 2 episode of the CW’s popular Supernatural series, as originally aired in March 2007.

Please remember to refresh your browser for the new thumbnails/intermediate picture if you have viewed either albums before, as they have all been updated with these new caps. Other than that, enjoy!

Updated Photo Albums:

• Television Work > ‘Supernatural’ Episode 2.16 (2007) Screen Captures
• Television Work > ‘Two and a Half Men’ Episoe 7.08 (2009) Screen Captures

Very exciting news, you guys! Tricia Helfer will reportedly be joining the cast of the TNT action/drama series, Dark Blue! Tricia’s official site confirmed the news earlier today with the following news update:

Tricia is excited to be joining the cast of Jerry Bruckheimer’s TNT drama, Dark Blue.

Dark Blue is a drama series starring Dylan McDermott, Omari Hardwick, Logan Marshall-Green and Nicki Aycox about a “crack undercover team of LAPD officers who are so covert, many of their own colleagues do not even know they are involved.” The series premiered on TNT in July 2009, and has been confirmed for a ten-episode second season. Check out the show’s official site for more information.

As of yet, we have no additional information to offer on Tricia’s upcoming contribution to the show, including whether she is joining the cast as a regular or just has a (recurring) guest role. I think we can presume, however, that she will debut on the show in its upcoming second season, the premiere date for which remains to be set. We’ll keep you posted either way!

As promised, if a little later than planned, here’s our remaining media coverage of Tricia Helfer’s January guest stint on FOX’s Human Target. The gallery has today been updated with 851 HD replacement screen captures of Tricia’s appearance on the show, while 12 site-exclusive video clips of her performance have been uploaded to our media archive.

All clips are in .MOV format, which is playable in e.g. QuickTime and VLC. Please remember that although our gallery is open to everyone, access to the video section of our media archive requires user registration and/or logging in. Finally, the screen capture album has been updated with new thumbnails/intermediate pictures, so don’t forget to refresh your browser if you suspect you might still be looking at the old ones. Thank you.

On January 17, Tricia guest starred in the pilot episode of FOX’s brand new action series, Human Target, starring Mark Valley, Chi McBride and Jackie Earle Haley. Tricia starred in the episode as Stephanie Dobbs, “human target” Christopher Chance’s latest client and the engineer of the California bullet train whose life is unexpectedly threatened for an unknown reason.

New & Updated Media Albums:

• Photos > Television Work > ‘Human Target’ Episode 1.01 Screen Captures
• Videos > Television Work > ‘Human Target’ Episode 1.01 Video Clips

More great project news! Tricia Helfer will be reprising her November ‘09 guest role of Gail in a new episode of the popular CBS sitcom, Two and a Half Men, starring Charlie Sheen and John Cryer. According to Tricia’s official site, she is currently filming the upcoming episode (presumably belonging to an 8th season of the series):

‘Gail’ returns to the Harper house as Tricia is currently filming a second episode of the hit CBS show, Two and a Half Men.

Tricia debuted as Gail on the show last November, when she guest starred in episode 7.08 “Gorp. Fnark. Schmegle.” as Charlie’s girlfriend Chelsea’s sexy old schoolmate, coping from a difficult break-up by staying over at the Harper house.

Since the news comes from Tricia’s official site, we can call this as good as confirmed. As always, we’ll be posting specifics on Tricia’s upcoming guest episode as soon as such become available to us. Say tuned for updates!

As promised, we’ve updated the media archive with new clips today. Check out 11 new site-exclusive video clips of Tricia Helfer reprising the role of humanoid Cylon Number Six in Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, the Edward James Olmos-directed second BSG TV movie that was released on Region 1/North American DVD and Blu-Ray last October and premiered on TV January 10 2010 (via Syfy, of course). Among other Six copies, Shelly Godfrey and a new “Tough Six” make prominent appearances in The Plan.

Personally, although I’m never one to say no to new Battlestar Galactica, The Plan just didn’t live up to my expectations. To me, the mystery that revolved certain characters, events and phenomena was such a pivotal part of the entire series that I thought the entire approach to the BSG universe in The Plan, to explain all the previously unexplained, wasn’t really what I would’ve liked to see. Although Tricia as Six was an enormous pleasure to watch as always, her contribution to The Plan as a whole isn’t considerable (though she does have a truly great scene as Six copy Gina, with Grace Park’s Boomer).

All clips are in .MOV format, which is playable in e.g. VLC and QuickTime. Please remember you must be a registered and logged in media archive user to access our collection of video clips; unlogged users will not be able to view said material. Registration at our media archive is free and only takes a moment. Thank you.

Spoiler Warning: Please note that some of the following clips contain major spoilers as to the outcome of this film and Battlestar Galactica in general.

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• Television Work > ‘Battlestar Galactica: The Plan’ (2009) Video Clips

“Funny, my phone has the same ring… Strange, don’t you think that we both have the same… Wait a second. That is my phone. You stole my phone.”
- Stephanie

Despite last night’s exciting Golden Globes, we hope you were nevertheless able to tune in to the Human Target series premiere, as aired yesterday on FOX. As most of you will know, Tricia Helfer guest starred in the episode as Stephanie, the client. Here’s our recap of the episode; as always, please highlight to read as it contains spoilers:

Four weeks after an explosive case, “human target” Christopher Chance is approached with a new assignment by Stephanie, a bullet train engineer whose life has come under threat for unknown reason. Chance is immediately on board, and infiltrates Stephanie’s entourage as her new translator, fluent in Japanese. On the train’s maiden voyage, Chance plans to lure out the killer by exposing Stephanie to him, and when he finally strikes, Chance is able to take him out. But with the train’s brakes being sabotaged and suffering critical damage, it now becomes uncertain whether any of them will make it off the train alive, all the while Chance and his friends try to figure out who’s really trying to get Stephanie killed…

What did you think of the new pilot? Personally, I was expecting it to be a lot more like USA Network’s Burn Notice, and was pleased to see the pilot instead held its own. Tricia Helfer was also great in her role, even though she didn’t get a lot of meaningful things to say; most of the punchlines were given to Mark Valley’s Christopher Chance.

Media coverage-wise, we’ve updated the gallery with 783 medium-res screen captures of Tricia on the show. We’ll be replacing these caps with HD ones as soon as possible, and will also upload video clips from this episode soon, so do check back with us for those. In the mean time, enjoy the first caps!

New Photo Albums:

• Television Work > ‘Human Target’ Episode 1.01 Screen Captures