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Appointment and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States
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The appointment and confirmation of Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States involves several steps set forth by the United States Constitution, which have been further refined and developed by decades of tradition. Candidates are nominated by the President of the United States and must face a series of hearings in which both the nominee and other witnesses make statements and answer questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which can vote to send the nomination to the full United States Senate. Confirmation by the Senate allows the President to formally appoint the candidate to the court.
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1 Nomination
2 Confirmation
3 Recess appointments
4 Tenure and vacancies
5 References
Nomination[edit]
Article Two of the United States Constitution requires the President of the United States to nominate Supreme Court Justices and, with Senate confirmation, requires Justices to be appointed. This was for the division of power between the President and Senate by the founders, who wrote:
he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint ... Judges of the supreme Court...
Upon the election of a new President, incoming White House staff prepare profiles of possible candidates for the Supreme Court, considering not only judges but also politicians and other individuals whom they consider appropriate for the role. Besides considering national figures whose views are well-known, they consider others who are less recognized. They go through published rulings, articles, speeches, and other background material to get an idea of candidates' values and views on constitutional issues. Age, health, race, gender, and likelihood of confirmation are also factored into considerations. Once a Supreme Court vacancy opens, the President discusses the candidates with advisors. Senators also call the President with suggestions. After a first choice is decided, the candidate is contacted and called on by the President to serve on the highest court. Staffers send a vetting form for the candidate to fill out. They visit the candidate to go over tax records and payments to domestic help. Candidates whom the President has never met are interviewed by White House officials before being sent to the White House to be interviewed in person by the President. After making a final decision, the President calls the candidate, who is told to prepare a statement for an appearance in front of the national press for the President's formal announcement.
Most Presidents nominate individuals who broadly share their ideological views.[1] In many cases, however, a Justice's decisions may be contrary to what the nominating President anticipated. A famous instance was Chief Justice Earl Warren; President Dwight D. Eisenhower expected him to be a conservative judge, but his decisions are arguably among the most liberal in the Court's history. Eisenhower later called the appointment "the biggest damn fool mistake I ever made".[2] Another Justice whose decisions ran contrary to what was believed to be his ideology was David Souter, who was nominated to the high court in 1990 by President George H. W. Bush. Many pundits and politicians at the time expected Souter to be a conservative; however, after becoming a Justice, his opinions generally fell on the liberal side of the political spectrum.
Because the Constitution does not set any qualifications for service as a Justice, the President may nominate any individual to serve on the Court. However, that person must receive the confirmation of the Senate.
Confirmation[edit]
In modern times, the confirmation process has attracted considerable attention from special-interest groups, many of which lobby senators to confirm or to reject a nominee, depending on whether the nominee's track record aligns with the group's views. The Senate Judiciary Committee conducts hearings, questioning nominees to determine their suitability. By convention, nominees avoid revealing too much about their views on potential cases that may come before the Court. At the close of confirmation hearings, the Committee votes on whether the nomination should go to the full Senate with a positive, negative or neutral report.
The Roberts Court (April 2017 - present). Front row (left to right): Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy, John Roberts (Chief Justice), Clarence Thomas, and Stephen Breyer. Back row (left to right): Elena Kagan, Samuel A. Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, and Neil Gorsuch.
The Committee's practice of personally interviewing nominees is relatively recent, beginning with Harlan Fiske Stone in 1925. Some western senators were concerned with his links to Wall Street and expressed their opposition when Stone was nominated. Stone proposed what was then the novelty of appearing before the Judiciary Committee to answer questions; his testimony helped secure a confirmation vote with very little opposition. The second nominee to appear before the Committee was Felix Frankfurter, who only addressed (at the Committee's request) what he considered to be slanderous allegations against him.[3] The modern practice of the Committee questioning nominees on their judicial views began with the nomination of John Marshall Harlan II in 1955; the nomination came shortly after the Court handed down the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, and several Southern senators attempted to block Harlan's confirmation, hence the decision to testify.[4][5]
Once the Committee reports out the nomination, the whole Senate considers it. A simple majority vote is required to confirm or to reject a nominee. Prior to 2017, a successful filibuster threat could add the requirement of a supermajority of 60 needed in favor of cloture, which would allow debate to end and force a final vote on confirmation. Rejections are relatively uncommon; the Senate has explicitly rejected twelve Supreme Court nominees in its history. The most recent rejection of a nominee by vote of the full Senate came in 1987, when the Senate refused to confirm Robert Bork.
Not everyone nominated by the President has received a floor vote in the Senate. Prior to 2017 a nominee could be filibustered once debate on the nomination had begun in the full Senate. A filibuster indefinitely prolongs the debate, preventing a final vote on the nominee. President Lyndon Johnson's nomination of sitting Associate Justice Abe Fortas to succeed Earl Warren as Chief Justice in 1968 was the first successful filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee. It included both Republican and Democratic senators concerned with Fortas's ethics. President Donald Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the seat vacated by Antonin Scalia was the second. Unlike the Fortas filibuster, however, only Democratic Senators voted against cloture on the Gorsuch nomination, citing his perceived conservative judicial philosophy, and the Republican majority's prior refusal to take up Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy.[6][7][8] This led the Republican majority to change the rules and eliminate the filibuster for Supreme Court nominations.[9]
Not every Supreme Court nominee has received a floor vote in the Senate. A president may withdraw a nomination before an actual confirmation vote occurs, typically because it is clear that the Senate will reject the nominee; this occurred most recently with the nomination of Harriet Miers in 2006 before Committee hearings had begun, citing concerns about Senate requests during her confirmation process for access to internal Executive Branch documents resulting from her position as White House Counsel. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan withdrew the nomination of Douglas H. Ginsburg because of news reports containing marijuana use allegations.
The Senate may also fail to act on the nomination, which expires at the end of the session. For example, President Dwight Eisenhower's first nomination of John Marshall Harlan II in November 1954 was not acted on by the Senate; Eisenhower re-nominated Harlan in January 1955, and Harlan was confirmed two months later. Most recently, the Senate failed to act on President Barack Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland in March 2016 to fill the vacancy left by the death of Antonin Scalia; the nomination expired in January 2017, and the vacancy was later filled by President Trump's appointment of Neil Gorsuch.[10]
Before 1981 the approval process of Justices was usually rapid. From the Truman through Nixon administrations, Justices were typically approved within one month. From the Reagan administration to the present, however, the process has taken much longer. According to the Congressional Research Service, the average number of days from nomination to final Senate vote since 1975 is 67 days (2.2 months), while the median is 71 days (or 2.3 months).[11][12] Some believe this is because Congress sees Justices as playing a more political role than in the past.[13] The perceived politicization of the process has drawn criticism. For example, columnist George F. Will termed the defeat of Robert Bork's nomination "unjust" and, more generally, that the nomination process does "not delve deeply into the nominee's jurisprudential thinking."[14] Supreme Court nominations have caused media speculation about whether the judge leans to the left, middle, or right.[15] One indication of the politicized selection process is how much time each nominee spends being questioned under the glare of media coverage; before 1925, nominees were never questioned;[16] after 1955, every nominee has been required to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee and answer questions; and the hours spent being grilled have lengthened from single digits (before 1980) to double digits today.[17] Another example of the politicization of the process was the Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination, which remained before the Senate far longer than any other nominee.
Following is a table of the approximate number of hours that media sources estimate were spent on the questioning of Supreme Court nominees:
Supreme Court Nominees:
Hours Spent Being Questioned
Year
Nominee
Hours
1925 Harlan Fiske Stone 7000500000000000000♠5
1938 Felix Frankfurter *
1955 John Marshall Harlan II *
1957 William J. Brennan, Jr. 7000300000000000000♠3
1967 Thurgood Marshall 7000700000000000000♠7
1971 William H. Rehnquist 7000700000000000000♠7
1975 John Paul Stevens 7000600000000000000♠6
1981 Sandra Day O'Connor 7001120000000000000♠12
1987 Robert Bork (not confirmed) 7001300000000000000♠30
1987 Anthony Kennedy 7001110000000000000♠11
1990 David H. Souter 7001200000000000000♠20
1991 Clarence Thomas 7001250000000000000♠25
1993 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 7001200000000000000♠20
1994 Stephen G. Breyer 7001200000000000000♠20
2005 John G. Roberts, Jr. 7001200000000000000♠20
2016 Merrick Garland (not confirmed) 5000000000000000000♠0
2017 Neil Gorsuch 7001200000000000000♠20
Sources: The New York Times (2005, 2009), MSNBC (2005).[3][4][17]
Once the Senate confirms the nomination by an affirmative vote, the Secretary of the Senate attests to a resolution of confirmation and transmits it to the White House.[18] The President then prepares and signs a commission, and causes the Seal of the United States Department of Justice to be affixed to the document before the new Justice can take office.[19] The date of commission determines a Justice's seniority.[20] A ceremony is held in which the Justice must take the Constitutional Oath, which is used for every federal and state officeholder below the President, and the Judicial Oath used for federal judges before entering into the execution of their office.
Recess appointments[edit]
Potter Stewart, appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower, was the last Supreme Court Justice initially placed on the Court through a recess appointment.
Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution provides that:
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
Thus, when the Senate is in recess, the President may make a temporary appointment to any office requiring Senate approval, including filling vacancies on the Supreme Court, without the Senate's advice and consent. Such a recess appointee to the Supreme Court holds office only until the end of the next Senate session (always less than two years). To continue to serve thereafter and be compensated for his or her service, the nominee must be formally nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Of the ten Justices who have received recess appointments - two Chief Justices and eight Associate Justices - only Chief Justice John Rutledge was not subsequently confirmed for a regular appointment. No president since Dwight Eisenhower (who made three such appointments) has made a recess appointment to the Supreme Court and the practice has become highly controversial even when applied to lower federal courts. During the 110th Congress, the Democratic leadership of the Senate specifically blocked Republican President George W. Bush from making any recess appointments with the use of pro forma sessions.
In 1960 the Senate passed a resolution stating that it was the sense of the Senate that recess appointments to the Supreme Court should not be made except under unusual circumstances.[21] Being a resolution, it has no legally binding effect, but was intended as an expression of the position of the Senate and as a guide to executive actions. The resolution passed by a vote of 48 to 37, mainly along party lines.[21] [22]
Following is a list of recess appointments that have been made to the Supreme Court:
Justice Appointed by Date of
Appointment Date of
Nomination Date of
Senate action Senate
action
Johnson, ThomasThomas Johnson Washington 000000001791-08-05-0000August 5, 1791 000000001791-10-31-0000October 31, 1791 000000001791-11-07-0000November 7, 1791 Confirmed
Rutledge, JohnJohn Rutledge
(as Chief Justice) Washington 000000001795-07-01-0000July 1, 1795 000000001795-12-10-0000December 10, 1795 000000001795-12-15-0000December 15, 1795 Rejected
Thompson, SmithSmith Thompson Monroe 000000001823-09-01-0000September 1, 1823 000000001823-12-05-0000December 5, 1823 000000001823-12-09-0000December 9, 1823 Confirmed
Woodbury, LeviLevi Woodbury Polk 000000001845-09-20-0000September 20, 1845 000000001845-12-23-0000December 23, 1845 000000001846-01-03-0000January 3, 1846 Confirmed
Curtis, Benjamin RobbinsBenjamin Robbins Curtis Fillmore 000000001851-09-22-0000September 22, 1851 000000001851-12-11-0000December 11, 1851 000000001851-12-20-0000December 20, 1851 Confirmed
Davis, DavidDavid Davis Lincoln 000000001862-10-17-0000October 17, 1862 000000001862-12-01-0000December 1, 1862 000000001862-12-08-0000December 8, 1862 Confirmed
Holmes, Jr., Oliver WendellOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. T. Roosevelt 000000001902-08-11-0000August 11, 1902 000000001902-12-02-0000December 2, 1902 000000001902-12-04-0000December 4, 1902 Confirmed
Warren, EarlEarl Warren
(as Chief Justice) Eisenhower 000000001953-10-02-0000October 2, 1953 000000001954-03-01-0000March 1, 1954 000000001954-03-01-0000March 1, 1954 Confirmed
Brennan, Jr., William J.William J. Brennan, Jr. Eisenhower 000000001956-10-15-0000October 15, 1956 000000001957-01-14-0000January 14, 1957 000000001957-03-19-0000March 19, 1957 Confirmed
Stewart, PotterPotter Stewart Eisenhower 000000001958-10-14-0000October 14, 1958 000000001959-01-17-0000January 17, 1959 000000001959-12-05-0000December 5, 1959 Confirmed
Tenure and vacancies[edit]
The ability of a president to appoint new justices depends on the occurrence of a vacancy on the Court. The Constitution provides that justices "shall hold their offices during good behavior" (unless appointed during a Senate recess). The term "good behavior" is well understood to mean Justices may serve for the remainder of their lives, although they can voluntarily resign or retire. A Justice can also be removed by Congressional impeachment and conviction. However, only one Justice has been impeached by the House (Samuel Chase, in 1805) and he was acquitted in the Senate. Moves to impeach sitting justices have occurred more recently (for example, William O. Douglas was the subject of hearings twice, once in 1953 and again in 1970), but they have not reached a vote in the House. No mechanism presently exists for removing a Justice who is permanently incapacitated by illness or injury, both unable to resign and unable to resume service.[23]
Because Justices have indefinite tenure, it is impossible to know when a vacancy will next occur. Sometimes vacancies arise in quick succession, as in the early 1970s when Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were nominated to replace Hugo Black and John Marshall Harlan II, who retired within a week of each other. Sometimes a great length of time passes between nominations such as the eleven years between Stephen Breyer's nomination in 1994 and the departures of Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (by death and retirement, respectively) in 2005 and 2006.
It is also theoretically possible for Congress to create additional vacancies by expanding the Court itself. The United States Constitution does not specify the size of the Supreme Court, but in Article III it authorizes the Congress to fix the number of justices. The Judiciary Act of 1789 called for the appointment of six justices. As the country grew geographically, Congress increased the number of justices to correspond with the growing number of judicial circuits. In 1807, the court was expanded to seven members, allowing Thomas Jefferson to appoint Thomas Todd as a new Justice. The expansion to nine members in 1837 allowed Andrew Jackson to appoint John Catron, and Martin Van Buren to appoint John McKinley; and the addition of a tenth seat in 1863 allowed Abraham Lincoln to name Stephen Johnson Field to the Court. However, at the request of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, Congress passed the Judicial Circuits Act (1866) which provided that the next three justices to retire would not be replaced; thus, the size of the Court should have eventually reached seven by attrition. Consequently, one seat was removed in 1866 and a second in 1867. However, this law did not play out to completion, for in the Judiciary Act of 1869,[24] also known as the Circuit Judges Act, the number of justices was again set at nine, where it has since remained. The new seat created in 1869 was filled the following year by Ulysses S. Grant's appointment of Joseph P. Bradley - the last justice to be appointed to a newly created seat on the Court.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to expand the Court in 1937, seeking to appoint an additional justice for each incumbent justice who reached the age of 70 years 6 months and refused retirement; under Roosevelt's proposal, such appointments would continue until the Court reached a maximum size of 15 justices. Ostensibly, the proposal was made to ease the burdens of the docket on the elderly judges, but the President's actual purpose was to pack the Court with justices who would support New Deal policies and legislation.[25] This plan, usually called the "Court-packing Plan", failed in Congress and proved a political disaster for Roosevelt.[26] The balance of the Court shifted with the retirement of Willis Van Devanter and the confirmation of Hugo Black in August 1937. By the end of 1941, Roosevelt had appointed seven Supreme Court justices and elevated Harlan Fiske Stone to Chief Justice.[27]
Despite the variability, nearly all Presidents so far have been able to appoint at least one Justice. The four exceptions are William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Andrew Johnson, and Jimmy Carter. Harrison died a month after taking office, though his successor (John Tyler) made an appointment during that presidential term. Taylor likewise died early in his presidential term, although his successor (Millard Fillmore) also made a Supreme Court nomination before the end of that term. Johnson was denied the opportunity to appoint a Justice by a contraction in the size of the Supreme Court, which Congress may dictate. Jimmy Carter is the only President who completed at least one full term in office without making a nomination to the Court during his presidency.
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List of Z Nation episodes
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Z Nation is an American horror-comedy-drama/post-apocalyptic television series that airs on Syfy, created by Karl Schaefer and Craig Engler, and produced by The Asylum. The first season of 13 episodes premiered on September 12, 2014.[1]
On November 29, 2016, Syfy renewed the series for a 13-episode fourth season.[2] It premiered on September 29, 2017.[3]
As of November 3, 2017,[update] 49 episodes of Z Nation have aired.
Contents
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1 Series overview
2 Episodes
2.1 Season 1 (2014)
2.2 Season 2 (2015)
2.3 Season 3 (2016)
2.4 Season 4 (2017)
3 References
4 External links
Series overview[edit]
Season
Episodes
Originally aired
First aired
Last aired
1 13 September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12) December 5, 2014 (2014-12-05)
2 15 September 11, 2015 (2015-09-11) December 18, 2015 (2015-12-18)
3 15 September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16) December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)
4 13 September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) December 22, 2017 (2017-12-22)
Episodes[edit]
Season 1 (2014)[edit]
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1
1 "Puppies and Kittens" John Hyams Karl Schaefer September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12) 1.58[4]
Hammond and Murphy make their way to Camp Blue Sky en route to a high school in Sleepy Hollow, New York, where they expect to be airlifted to Mt. Wilson Laboratory in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Citizen Z is the sole occupant of an NSA outpost in the Arctic after the rest of the crew is killed during a botched evacuation. Hammond and Murphy link up with several other survivors after Blue Sky is overrun. The high school is abandoned, and the only survivors appear to be a baby and a mysterious stranger, Cassandra. The baby unexpectly turns into a zombie and kills Hammond. The group then encounters another mysterious survivor, later revealed to be 10K.
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2 "Fracking Zombies" John Hyams Michael Cassutt September 19, 2014 (2014-09-19) 1.62[5]
The group attempts to refuel their vehicles at the "Jersey Devil Refinery" in northern New Jersey after being tipped off by a suspicious survivor. They use a music box to distract the zombies. Cassandra is revealed to have run away from a group, with its leader Tobias sending people to find her. Murphy reveals to Doc that he has a phobia of the zombies as a result of being bitten. From the Arctic Circle, Citizen Z is still keeping an eye on everyone, instructing Garnett to bring Murphy to California. The group make a narrow escape from an explosion at the refinery, as 10k runs up to the truck with fuel. Citizen Z finds a dog in the snow outside.
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3 "Philly Feast" Luis Prieto Eric Wallace and Karl Schaefer September 26, 2014 (2014-09-26) 1.14[6]
In Philadelphia, the team meets the group Cassandra has been trying to escape from. Cassandra reveals that she was previously part of a cannibalistic cult, acting as a prostitute to lure people so the cannibal group could kidnap and eat them. This group, led by a man named Tobias Campbell, wants Cassandra back. As Addy is trying to contact Citizen Z, she is abducted by members of the cult, who take her back to Tobias. The team confronts Tobias and trades Cassandra for Addy. Doc poses as a customer looking for Sunshine, while the team leads a horde of zombies toward the cult, blasting music from their truck with the help of Citizen Z. The team drives off, leaving the cult to fend for themselves.
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4 "Full Metal Zombie" Michael Robison Eric Bernt October 3, 2014 (2014-10-03) 1.55[7]
Citizen Z informs the team that General McCandless in McLean, Virginia may be able to give them an airlift directly to California. The survivors fight a large zombie soldier with a metal plate in his head, which renders him immune to head shots. The general is insane and his helicopter is no longer able to fly.
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5 "Home Sweet Zombie" Luis Prieto Dan Merchant October 10, 2014 (2014-10-10) 1.26[8]
The team goes to Warren's hometown of Castle Point, Missouri (mistakenly listed as in Illinois), as Warren tries to find closure about her husband Antoine. Meanwhile, a zombie tornado threatens the entire mission.
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6 "Resurrection Z" John Hyams Craig Engler October 17, 2014 (2014-10-17) 1.57[10]
The group arrives in Hannibal, Missouri and takes shelter in a base led by Garnett's former squadmate, Joe Williams. A cult led by a man named Jacob has been indoctrinating people to do their deeds. Several cult members infiltrate the base by returning and pretending to renounce the cult. As zombies and Jacob's people overrun the compound, Garnett is killed by Jacob while blocking a bullet for Murphy.[9]
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7 "Welcome to the FU-Bar" Abram Cox Jennifer Derwingson October 24, 2014 (2014-10-24) 1.34[11]
In western Kansas, the team stops at a saloon called the Fu-Bar, just as a giant zombie herd heads into town. Mack and Addy get separated and head off on their own. Some traveling salesmen they met in episode 1 are in town to hold a zombie shooting contest. 10K enthusiastically enters and wins. The prize is a Barrett M82 rifle, which he decides to give to Brittany, the girl who came in second. Murphy discovers his saliva renders a normal human immune to the zombie virus when he bites a man in a fight who is later killed and does not reanimate.
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8 "Zunami" John Hyams Dan Merchant October 31, 2014 (2014-10-31) 1.10[12]
The group is forced to hunker down in a Nebraska town as the zombie tsunami comes in. Citizen Z encounters a Russian cosmonaut who seems to be at Northern Lights for a purpose. This cosmonaut is revealed to be a figment of his oxygen-deprived imagination, which is trying to warn Citizen Z about the failing air supply.
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9 "Die Zombie Die ... Again" Tim Andrew Dan Merchant & Karl Schaefer November 7, 2014 (2014-11-07) 1.30[13]
Mack and Addy debate abandoning the rest of the group and the mission. Mack believes a zombie has killed Addy at their campsite, but he repeatedly awakens from a nightmare in a manner reminiscent of Groundhog Day. All of these repeating episodes turn out to be a dream that Addy is having, and she realizes the flashbacks she has been experiencing are a repressed memory of killing her reanimated mother.
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10 "Going Nuclear" Nick Lyon Craig Engler & Michael Cassutt November 14, 2014 (2014-11-14) 1.49[14]
The group takes a detour through South Dakota to avoid the zombie tsunami. In Edgemont, a nuclear reactor is about to melt down, an occurrence that Amelia and her father are desperately trying to thwart. When the father is killed, the group's only resort is to turn to another former worker, Homer Stubbins. Homer has isolated himself in his fortress since his son was killed at the onset of the outbreak. Amelia agrees to fly Murphy out of the fallout zone should the reactor melt down. Murphy learns he can influence the zombies' actions.
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11 "Sisters of Mercy" Rachel Goldenberg Jennifer Derwingson November 21, 2014 (2014-11-21) 1.40[15]
Mack and Addy reunite with the rest of the group. They encounter an all-female commune whose leader, Helen, agrees to shelter only the three women of the group, as she believes all men are evil. The group discovers that the commune's boys are forced to leave when reaching age 13. A man who abused his wife is thrown into a barn to be eaten by a zombie bear.
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12 "Murphy's Law" Tim Andrew Michael Cassutt November 28, 2014 (2014-11-28) 1.61[16]
Murphy is kidnapped by three survivors: Zimmerman, Janis, and Henry. They drive to a zombie-infested Mesa Pharmaceuticals warehouse, planning to use Murphy's immunity to help them steal drugs. Murphy discovers he has mind control abilities over humans as well as zombies by spitting in his abductors' canteens.
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13 "Doctor of the Dead" John Hyams John Hyams & Karl Schaefer December 5, 2014 (2014-12-05) 1.44[17]
In a series of pre-apocalypse flashbacks, a man is shown extracting brain matter from a Krokodil addict, a Liberian Ebola patient, a Haitian voodoo zombie and an inspector at the Russian bioweapons facility at Semipalatinsk. The team expects to meet Dr. Merch at a facility in Fort Collins, Colorado, but arrives to find the personnel have been killed. They discover that this lab is where the virus was first transmitted from lab monkeys to humans. The man from the flashback arrives instead of Dr. Merch and explains that he will take Murphy the rest of the way to California. Murphy gives mercy to patient zero, a lab technician who has been an inanimate zombie hybrid for three years. The season ends with a cliffhanger, as Murphy's exit from the containment lab without proper decontamination triggers the launch of tactical nuclear weapons, shown headed for the lab as well as the NSA site from which Citizen Z operates.
Season 2 (2015)[edit]
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1 "The Murphy" John Hyams Karl Schaefer September 11, 2015 (2015-09-11) 0.94[18]
The team is split up as they try to outrun the impending blast. Citizen Z finds himself battling thawed zombies and unable to communicate with the team. In a desperate attempt to help them out on their quest to get to California and the CDC, Citizen Z issues an on-air bounty for Murphy. Warren nearly dies before reuniting with Doc, 10K, Mack and Addy. They travel to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where they find Murphy and Cassandra. They also encounter several bounty hunters, the most prominent being Vasquez, who engages the group in conflict over who will take Murphy to the CDC. Murphy and Cassandra escape during the ensuing shootout.
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2 "White Light" John Hyams John Hyams September 18, 2015 (2015-09-18) 0.88[19]
The group is attacked by various bounty hunters and are caught in a shootout. Each member of the group goes through near-death experiences as they are almost killed by anonymous bounty hunters. Vasquez saves Warren from a bounty hunter. Mack is bitten after being caught in a zombie-infested stairwell. Addy shoots Mack in the head immediately after he turns.
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3 "Zombie Road" Dan Merchant Dan Merchant September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25) 0.99[20]
As they escape Cheyenne, the group encounters a convoy heading up to Edmonton, Alberta. They hitch a ride with this convoy, but soon encounter trouble in the form of blasters: radioactive zombies created from the nuclear blast and fallout. Doc, Murphy and Cassandra are introduced to "Z weed" by a convoy member. The leader of the convoy has been affected by radiation poisoning, and the group has to escape as the convoy is overcome by the blasters. Murphy again separates from the rest of the group and, joined by Cassandra and a survivor from the convoy, drive to a lab in Minneapolis.
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4 "Batch 47" Alexander Yellen Michael Cassutt October 2, 2015 (2015-10-02) 0.90[21]
Murphy and Cassandra arrive at a greenhouse that is infested with zombie-plant hybrids. The source of "Z weed," the greenhouse also contains Batch 47, which the lab's resident leader claims will cure the zombie virus. The leader sends in volunteer after volunteer to attempt to retrieve a sample, but no one has succeeded thus far. Due to his telepathic connection with zombies, Murphy is able to retrieve a sample of Batch 47. Initial test results on a decapitated zombie look promising, but they eventually find out that it also turns humans into zombies. Meanwhile, Citizen Z transmits the coordinates of the CDC lab to Addy, but due to static interference, she copies down the wrong coordinates. Shortly after leaving the greenhouse, the group encounters Serena, a girl who is pregnant with Murphy's unborn child.
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5 "Zombaby!" Rachel Goldenberg Jennifer Derwingson October 9, 2015 (2015-10-09) 0.88[22]
The group travels to a Mennonite community in time for Serena to give birth to a baby girl. 10K and Addy are infected with anthrax. Despite the Mennonites being helpful and cooperative to the group, Warren is forced to rob the Mennonites of their remaining rations of antibiotics in order to save 10K and Addy. A zombie horde attacks the group shortly after the baby is born, and in the ensuing fight, Serena is bitten and has to be shot by Warren.
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6 "Zombie Baby Daddy" Tim Cox Craig Engler October 16, 2015 (2015-10-16) 0.84[23]
The group winds up in Springfield, Illinois, where they fight off zombies. Murphy separates from the group out of fear that they may take the baby away and kill it. Vasquez separates from the group, and when he fails to return, Warren tracks him down. The two are injured and wind up at an abandoned hospital, where Vasquez reveals that he was searching for the man who killed his wife and kids. Under orders from Murphy, Cassandra stops the group from looking for Murphy. 10K is forced to kill Cassandra when they wind up in conflict. Murphy finds a couple in an isolated home, bites them and leaves the baby in their care before rejoining the group.
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7 "Down the Mississippi" John Hyams John Hyams October 23, 2015 (2015-10-23) 0.76[24]
The group travels south by boat along the Mississippi River towards Memphis, Tennessee. They encounter a jam of zombies in the river that attack the boat. The group dive into the river to escape, and 10K is separated. While searching for the group, 10K encounters two men, Sketchy and Skeezy, who convince 10K that they know how to find his group. The trio come upon a settlement and, due to a misunderstanding, are tried for theft and lying and sentenced to death by hanging by the group's leader, known as Escorpion. Luckily, 10K befriended one of the group members earlier, and told her where he was planning to meet his group. She finds and leads them to rescue 10K.
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8 "The Collector" Dan Merchant Dan Merchant October 30, 2015 (2015-10-30) 0.87[25]
Murphy wanders from the group and falls into a trap set out by a zombie collector. While in captivity, Murphy is forced to recount the entire history of how he came to be the person that he is now. The rest of the group searches for Murphy in a small town. 10K finds him, but is also captured by the zombie collector. The rest of the group arrive to rescue Murphy and 10K.
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9 "RoZwell" Jason McKee Craig Engler November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06) 0.84[26]
The group encounters a community of people near Roswell, New Mexico. It is led by a woman named Bernadette, who claims to be in contact with aliens. 10K believes that there is a hidden underground base, which Warren deduces could contain potentially working radio equipment or transportation to get to the CDC lab faster. They ask Bernadette to lead them to this underground base. Along the way, they encounter and kill what appears to be a zombified alien. Eventually, they confront two alien life forms, one of which attempts to abduct Bernadette. They fatally injure the alien abductor, who turns out to be one of the community members dressed in a special suit. He was also the last test pilot of the hidden base before it was overrun by zombies.
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10 "We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon" Juan A. Mas Eric Bernt November 13, 2015 (2015-11-13) 0.67[27]
The group is traveling about 100 miles north of Flagstaff. Citizen Z warns them of a zunami horde approaching. The RV that they are driving breaks down and the group is forced to split up to look for more transportation. Murphy, Warren, Vasquez and Addy encounter a group of Native Americans at a casino, led by Danny. 10K and Doc are captured by a different Native American group, led by Danny's estranged son, Gordon. Gordon leads 10K and Doc into a trap and leaves them to die, but they are rescued by Gordon's sister, Ayalla. Meanwhile, Warren advises Citizen Z on how to operate a rocket launcher to kill off the last remaining zombie at the station. Ayalla convinces 10K and Doc to travel with her to warn Danny of the zunami horde. Danny tells his group to join Gordon's group in the cliffs, but decides to stay behind himself to honor his dead wife's memory. The zunami horde destroys the casino and heads towards the group at the cliffs. At Doc's suggestion, the group works with Gordon's group to successfully enact a plan to divert and drive the zunami horde off the cliffs.
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11 "Corporate Retreat" Jodi Binstock Micho Rutare November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20) 0.77[28]
The team encounters a group of survivors at a hotel who had been there since the outbreak. Led by Gideon, the group governs itself by group decisions based on facilitating trust and dialogue. The team separates to further investigate the hotel. Both Murphy and one of the other group are shot, bringing everyone to the scene. While unconscious, Murphy has visions. Zombies converge on the hotel, telepathically drawn by Murphy's dreams. The two groups convene to determine who shot Murphy. Gideon decides Iggy is guilty and banishes him. The real shooter is still at large, and attempts to shoot two more people, including Doc. All are trapped in the main lobby as the zombies from the hotel break out of their rooms. In a panic, the shooter identifies himself and attempts to leave with Dana, but is shot by a half-turned zombie. Iggy returns and kills Gideon. Both groups leave the hotel and go their separate ways.
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12 "Party with the Zeros" Abram Cox Lynelle White November 27, 2015 (2015-11-27) 0.92[29]
The group is near the Mexican border, surrounded by zombies. They are rescued by Escorpion, who leads them to meet "La Reina," the Queen of the Dead. As a bounty for Murphy, La Reina offers the group a choice - leave with a reward or stay and join her group. Vasquez warns Warren that it is a trick and they will be killed if they try to leave. The group accepts the offer to join La Reina's group. During the party held to induct the group as members, Vasquez has recognized Escorpion as the killer of his wife and daughter, and attempts to shoot Escorpion. Warren stops him to save the mission. Kurian claims to have used Murphy's blood to generate a cure for the zombie virus. La Reina picks Vasquez as the test subject to prove whether the cure will work.
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13 "Adios, Muchachos" Abram Cox Jennifer Derwingson December 4, 2015 (2015-12-04) 0.97[30]
Warren suggests to La Reina that Kurian should be the first test subject and he is forced to inject himself. Kurian is then bitten by a decapitated zombie, but survives. La Reina and her followers are all injected with the cure. Kurian reveals that everyone who was injected with the cure will come under Murphy's control after an incubation time. Escorpion tortures Vasquez to find out Warren's true intentions. Murphy exerts control over La Reina and has her order Escorpion to be seized. Murphy's influence on La Reina's group starts to wear off as the team rescues Vasquez and Kurian attacks Murphy. Warren and the team, pursued by La Reina and her minions, arrives in time to behead Kurian. Murphy frees a mass of imprisoned zombies to stop La Reina's group. The team escape only to be followed by Escorpion. Vasquez and Escorpion fight until Vasquez throws Escorpion down hatch to be eaten by zombies. The team finds five Chevy El Caminos and drive toward California.
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14 "Day One" Dan Merchant Michael Cassutt December 11, 2015 (2015-12-11) 0.83[31]
In a flashback prologue, Simon Cruller (Citizen Z) recalls how he wound up at the North Pole. As the group makes their way across California, each member has a flashback about what they were doing on day 1 of the zombie outbreak. Meanwhile, someone has hacked the system at the North Pole, and while tracking down the hacker, Citizen Z discovers that he is being used to find Murphy. The group arrives at the coordinates of the CDC lab to find a decrepit house. Warren and Vasquez enter the house, to be greeted by a lady who is hiding some weapons.
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15 "All Good Things Must Come to an End" John Hyams Karl Schaefer & Daniel Schaefer December 18, 2015 (2015-12-18) 1.10[32]
Citizen Z tries to warn the group to abort the mission because the location has been compromised, but is unsuccessful. Meanwhile, another group arrives at the house and tries to claim the bounty for finding Murphy. In the ensuing conflict, 10K is shot. The woman signals for Dr. Merch to come to the house. A group of armed men led by the captain of the submarine and Dr. Merch arrives to escort Murphy (and 10K) away. After they leave, a group of armed men led by La Reina arrives, looking for Murphy. Warren's group retreats back into the house, where the woman provides them with a stash of hidden weapons. Meanwhile, the captain reveals to Murphy his intentions to take them to Zona, which is an island that is free of zombies. Dr. Merch reveals that they attempted to develop a zombie cure but had mixed results, but now Murphy's blood will help them to achieve success. La Reina confronts Warren, demanding to know where Murphy is. In the ensuing conflict, La Reina is about to kill Warren, only to be killed by Escorpion. Vasquez disarms Escorpion, and threatens to kill him. In the end, Vasquez spares the repentant Escorpion's life but decides to leave the group. Escorpion joins Doc, Addy and Warren as they arrive at a beach to see the submarine on fire. They also see Murphy leaving in a boat with Dr. Merch, the captain and three of the crew, just before they are captured by some foreign guards. 10K is nowhere to be seen. The final scene shows Murphy's daughter having a tea party with some zombies. On Netflix, this episode is called "End Times".
Season 3 (2016)[edit]
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2 "No Mercy" Abram Cox Karl Schaefer & Daniel Schaefer September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16) 1.06[33]
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3 "A New Mission" Dan Merchant Dan Merchant September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23) 1.03[34]
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4 "Murphy's Miracle" Alexander Yellen Michael Cassutt September 30, 2016 (2016-09-30) 0.86[35]
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5 "Escorpion and the Red Hand" Jason McKee Steven Graham October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07) 0.85[36]
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6 "Little Red and the WolfZ" Juan A. Mas Jennifer Derwingson October 14, 2016 (2016-10-14) 0.80[37]
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7 "Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Dan Merchant Tye Lombardi October 21, 2016 (2016-10-21) 0.77[38]
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8 "Welcome to Murphytown" Jodi Binstock Jodi Binstock October 28, 2016 (2016-10-28) 0.72[39]
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9 "Election Day" Andrew Drazek Delondra Williams November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04) 0.87[40]
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10 "Heart of Darkness" Abram Cox Michael Cassutt November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11) 0.92[41]
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11 "They Grow Up So Quickly" Alexander Yellen Craig Engler November 18, 2016 (2016-11-18) 0.77[42]
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12 "Doc's Angels" Youssef Delara Natalia Fernandez November 25, 2016 (2016-11-25) 1.01[43]
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13 "The Siege of Murphytown" Dan Merchant Dan Merchant December 2, 2016 (2016-12-02) 0.74[44]
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14 "Duel" Jennifer Derwingson Jennifer Derwingson December 9, 2016 (2016-12-09) 0.76[45]
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15 "Everybody Dies in the End" Abram Cox Abram Cox December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16) 0.87[46]
Season 4 (2017)[edit]
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1 "Warren's Dream" Abram Cox Karl Schaefer September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) 0.58[47]
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2 "Escape from Zona" Abram Cox John Hyams October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06) 0.55[48]
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3 "The Vanishing" Alexander Yellen John Hyams October 13, 2017 (2017-10-13) 0.58[49]
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4 "A New Mission: Keep Moving" Keith Allan Delondra Williams October 20, 2017 (2017-10-20) 0.62[50]
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5 "The Unknowns" J.D. McKee Craig Engler October 27, 2017 (2017-10-27) 0.60[51]
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6 "Back From the Undead" Alexander Yellen Michael Cassut November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03) 0.58[52]
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7 "Warren's Wedding"[53] TBA TBA November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10) TBD
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8 "Crisis of Faith"[53] TBA TBA November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17) TBD
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9 "We Interrupt This Program"[53] TBA TBA November 24, 2017 (2017-11-24) TBD
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Aarti Mann
Born
Arti Majumdar
(1978-03-03) March 3, 1978 (age 40)
Connecticut, U.S.
Residence
Los Angeles, California[1]
Nationality
American
Other names
Aarti Majumdar[1]
Education
Shady Side Academy, New York University[1]
Occupation
Actress
Years active
2006 – present
Known for
Priya Koothrappali in The Big Bang Theory[2]
Home town
Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania[1]
Television
The Big Bang Theory
Spouse(s)
Purvesh Mankad
Children
Nikita (daughter)[1][3]
Parent(s)
Vasanti Majumdar (mother)[1][3]
Aarti Majumdar (born March 3, 1978), better known by her stage name Aarti Mann, is an American actress. She has starred in several television programs, including a part in the sci-fi drama Heroes. She is best known for playing the role of Priya Koothrappali in The Big Bang Theory.[1][3]
Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
5 References
6 External links
Early life and education[edit]
Mann, which is an abbreviation of her married name,[1] was born in Connecticut[1] on March 3, 1978, and is a second-generation[1] Indian American[4] ancestry.
When Mann was still a toddler her family, which consisted of her parents, an older sister, Kruti, and younger brother, Nishad, moved to several places around Pennsylvania.[1] When she was a young child she lived in Pittsburgh, Mt. Lebanon, Wexford before settling in Fox Chapel.[1] Her mother, Vasanti Majumdar, a graduate out of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Passavant, still lives in Fox Chapel and is a physician specializing in Obstetrics and gynaecology.[1][3] Mann's father, who was also a physician,[4] died while she was in high school.[1]
Despite Mann having never acted in plays during high school at Shady Side Academy in Point Breeze, she graduated with a degree in film writing and directing from New York University where she practiced acting.[1][3]
Career[edit]
Mann began acting in the mid-2000s, initially playing minor roles. She uses both Aarti Majumdar and Aarti Mann as her professional names.[1][4][3]
I'm the daughter of two Indian, immigrant doctors and I have an older sister and younger brother and none of us has pursued medicine as a career. We're all over the artistic side of things.[1][3]
Mann's brother Nishad is a journalist and her sister Kruti helped influence her decision to switch to acting. Kruti, who also lives in Los Angeles, is a filmmaker and cast Mann in her 2006 film The Memsahib. While filming her scenes, Mann said she "got bit by the bug" to act and enrolled in acting classes in Los Angeles.[1][3]
Mann appeared in a commercial for Volvo and other roles followed, including a part in the web/TV series "quarterlife," which aired briefly on NBC in 2008. She was also a guest star on Heroes in 2009. Mann appeared in the season two winter premiere of Suits on the USA Network. Mann was originally cast in the role of Stephanie for the USA pilot "Paging Dr. Freed", but did not appear in the final version because the network envisioned a different type for the character.[1][3]
Personal life[edit]
Mann currently lives in Los Angeles with her daughter Nikita and her husband Purvesh Mankad, who works in finance.[1][4][3]
Filmography[edit]
Film roles
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2006 The Memsahib Mirabai
Monsoon Radio announcer Short film, Uncredited
2007 The Punching Dummy Judy Short film
2009 Ner Tamid Laura Mann Short film
Todays's Special Henna
2011 Pox Mirabai
Worker Drone Neela Short film
2012 The Monogamy Experiment Rebecca Behari
2015 Danny Collins Nurse Nikita
I'll See You in My Dreams Dr. DaSilva
2018 Love Sonia Jiah
2018 sharon 1.2.3. Heather
Television roles
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2008 Quarterlife Sarita 1 episode
2009 Heroes Shaila 1 episode
2010 The Young and the Restless Doctor 1 episode
2010–11 The Big Bang Theory Priya Koothrappali Recurring role (Seasons 4–5); 12 episodes)
2012 Leverage Waitress Amy Pavali 1 episode (Season 5, Episode 8): The Broken Wing Job
2013 Suits Associate Maria Monroe 1 episode
Wendell & Vinnie Gina 1 episode
Scandal Agent Laura Kenney 1 episode
2015 NCIS: New Orleans Nehir 1 episode
2017 Grey's Anatomy Holly 1 episode
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Owen, Rob (May 11, 2011). "Former Pittsburgher's role in 'The Big Bang Theory' comes to a head in finale -- post-gazette.com". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
Jump up ^ Darrell, Ezabeth (22 January 2014). "Can Aarti Mann link Hollywood and the lucrative East Indian market". fansshare.com. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "Biography of Aarti". BeerTripper. 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Cohn, Paulette (13 May 2013). "What Ethnicity is Aarti Mann?". American Profile. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
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