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Q: I've recently seen David Morse in a couple of TV shows and reminded of a series called "Hack" that ran many years ago. Is it hidden somewhere in a streaming catalog or just lost forever? It was an interesting, short series with a great actor.

A: “Hack” originally ran on CBS for two seasons in 2002-04. Morse, known for “St. Elsewhere” and other projects, played Mike Olshansky, a disgraced former cop who now drove a cab — and helped others along the way. The cast was impressive, including a couple of crime-show veterans, Andre Braugher from “Homicide: Life on the Street” and, in the first season, George Dzundza of the original “Law & Order” cast. All 40 episodes are on YouTube. The first season has been released on DVD, although it can be hard to find.

Q: To me, one of the funniest sitcoms of the last 10 years is "Loudermilk." They did three superb seasons, and then COVID kind of ended it all. But I hear they might come back for more. Any truth to that?

A: There was a lot of admiration for the series starring Ron Livingston as the leader of a support group for substance abusers, but also a lot of difficulty keeping it going. It began in 2017 on the old Audience Network and remained there for two seasons, but Audience was shut down before a completed third season could air. The third season found a home on Amazon Prime, but no new episodes were ordered. In 2024, Netflix began showing all three seasons of the series and, according to Screen Rant, “viewers discovered the hidden gem and the show experienced a major comeback.” While “Loudermilk” creator Peter Farrelly has said he has plans for a fourth season, Netflix did not order one, and it no longer lists the old episodes. Although hopes remain for more of the show, there are no announced plans.

Q: I am looking for a movie I saw many years ago. It was about an Egyptian pharaoh who was to be buried in a pyramid. And I believe that there was a huge procession of important people close to the pharaoh who were to place the pharaoh into the pyramid, only they didn’t know they were supposed to stay in the pyramid. The part of the movie I really liked was the way the pyramid was closed. Large vessels were broken, allowing the sand to pour out, which allowed the structure to start settling and closing up!

A: I believe you are thinking of “Land of the Pharaohs,” from 1955. The cast included Jack Hawkins and Joan Collins. William Faulkner was one of the writers, and Howard Hawks directed. It was a grandiose production, notes the Turner Classic Movies site; there were 10,000 extras and “shooting locations included the actual pyramid at Giza, a limestone quarry outside of Cairo, and a granite quarry near Aswan.” But costs were high, reviews were mixed and it lost money. According to TCM, Hawks later said, “I don't know how a Pharaoh talks. And Faulkner didn't know. None of us knew. We thought it'd be an interesting story, the building of a pyramid, but then we had to have a plot, and we didn't really feel close to any of it."

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