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Geek goddess Sonya Walger is coming back to TV: The Lost and FlashForward star has landed a series regular role in USA’s upcoming Common Law.
In the buddy cop drama, Warren Kole and Michael Ealy play homicide detectives whose constant quarreling gets them sent to couples therapy. Their shrink? Walger, who will co-star as Dr. Emma Ryan, a smart, attractive psychiatrist with a keen sense of humor. She graduated at the top of her class and started a practice in Beverly Hills but started to feel like a pill dispenser to her rich clientele. To fill the void, Dr. Ryan started offering low-cost Alcoholics Anonymous and couples’ group therapy at the local community center where she applies her strong insight into the relationship between these two police partners.
Walger famously played Penny on Lost and has also been in In Treatment and Tell Me You Love Me. Common Law starts production from CBS TV Studios in New Orleans next month for a 2012 premiere on USA. Led by White Collar and Covert Affairs, the network just had its most-watched third quarter in the network’s history — averaging 3.5 million viewers and easily ranking as the most-watched cable network.
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I’ll find you, Penny!
I’m the real Desmond, brotha.
Sod off, imposters!
See you in another reply, brotha.
Shut up- we’re all dead and together!
We gotta go back!!!
Dude!
This cracked me up. Thank you!
Easy, Scottie, everything’s cool!
I think you are all hot.
WALT!
This is the best thread I’ve read in years!
For sure the best thread ever!
What if … everything that happened here happened for a reason?
We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto…..
Character Development my shiney ridiculous cork! The show was about me. And yet I was completely neglected. The whole story should have taken place on the friggin moon!
Oh no you didn’t Island. Believe me, I watched the entire series and I’m glad I don’t have to relive the pointlessness of that silly story every day!
I was the victim of bad casting.
I want to see Jack and Kate in a porno together.
I’m gay!
Sawyer has a nice behind.
How’d I wind up dead with Shannon? I’m too cool for this.
Anyone want to join the island’s NAACP? I’m the only member!
I’m hot!
I wish I could’ve been around to see this.
I am a mature and air force man. i just think here is a good place to meet friends. i just wonder if i can meet a sweet girl there, because i wanna have a long relationship..i uploaded my hot photos on —-
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Just because a brother hits puberty and grows a foot, he has to get written off the show… heck, my dog gots a meatier role than I did….. Vincent!!!
Ruh roh!….. (pants)
To Mr “Vincent”:
“Ruh Roh” is a patented line created by yours truly to which you did not request permission for use. My lawyers will be in touch with you soon regarding royalties compensation…. $1 million in milk bones will be appropriate… SD
Who could resist that wonderful smile?
It’s NOT eyeliner!
you need me to make you a mixed take?
I’m coming with you…
No you’re not.
(goes anyway)
why am I still a baby when I die? Can someone change my diaper?
Wheres my baby!
Am I still dead?
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLT!
(Silence)
other than the rustle of a teddy bear patched with duct tape being dragged across leaves…….
Ok, got killed off early without ever getting a chance to bag my hot but spoiled step sister, but now I get to play a hot bad boy vampire who is a lot like Sawyer and my weenie brother is a lot like (me) Boone….
Id rather see the BEAUTIFUL n talented elizabeth Mitchell!
SERIOUSLY.
I wish she would make a sexy R rated movie and show the world her hot bod.
Both Sonya Walger and Elizabeth Mitchell have already been naked on film.
Walger in Tell Me You Love Me, and Mitchell in the 1998 film Gia, she did some scenes with Angelina Jolie.
Elizabeth Mitchell? She purses her lips, and makes her eyes go huge like a muppet. That’s what she does.
That’s not the only thing she makes go huge.
Lol. Shes definitely a looker n a great actress. I cried when Juliet died!
Shut up- we’re all dead and together!
Okay, Stay Puff.
Jack…
Yes, Kate?
Please take your hand off my boob.
She needs to have her own LOST spin-off with Henry Ian Cusick about their life after the events of the show. Sure, it may be a lot less exciting, but I’d watch an hour of those two cuddling; they’re that adorable!
Not Pennys boat
Hated her in Fast Foward !
Not Penny’s boat.
I loved her as Penny on Lost, but I hope she doesn’t have to try to do another American accent like she did on FlashForward.
She’s actually pretty good at it though, relatively speaking.
You are her relative?
I thought she did an excellent American accent, but I love British accents, so the more we can get on American tv the better.
It was good (better than Joseph Fiennes’ accent), but I like her regular British accent so much better.
I like her, but there’s no way I’m watching this.
well i won’t lie, before the article came up, i was hoping that this was going to be a new show for Dominic Monaghan (who also starred in lost and flash forward).
yeah he was a REAL LOST star not a guest..Come on Ew.
Awesome! Didn’t they do another show together?
Is everyone that was in Lost considered a star? When I read the headline she was way down the list of people I thought they were referring to.
Yes, major stretch…
One of the Others that was shot in the woods just got a role in Glee as a janitor.
That’s obviously not true… or they would have made it the lead story
The smoke monster landed a gig for Marlboro ads in Hustler. Really.
She’s kind of a fan favorite, so make of that what you will.
I like her but, yeah, I get what you’re saying. Remember when that “Lost star” married a 16-year-old? The “star” who was in, like, 2 episodes? Yep, they sure took that ball and ran with it.
Matthew Fox with all his ‘assault’ drunken problems was a REAL LOST STAR not this girl, ha !
I absolutely HATED that Hutchinson dude, and cringed every time that they called him a “Lost” star!! YUCK!!
Penny on a different show I don’t think Desmond will like the idea
Penny Widmo’!
so like bones from dr.sweets view?
^Totally my first thought
I love Penny, but I’m a rich millionnaire and … just kidding, where are the spammers?
hahaha
Well played.
Sonya Walger was also on Sleeper Cell with Michael Ealy playing his case agent. They were both good on that show and her American accent was fine.
i just mentioned that below…glad someone else got the connection (EW is lazy) of 2 actors working together again on a different show. BTW Sleeper Cell was excellent!
great………….
Pennyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
This seems like a lame show.