I have a confession to make. I once watched an episode of Becker. When it was over, I watched another. Not because I enjoyed it, but because in the 30 minutes I spent enduring it developed a thing for Shawnee Smith. She’s kind of like Ali Larter, but if Ali Larter wasn’t slowly morphing into a two-by-four.

These days the stink of Becker is behind her and she’s probably best known for showing up in the Saw franchise. She’s been in every Saw movie so far and according to an announcement posted her she’ll be in the next one too. I suppose that’s great news for Saw fans and might be good news for me too, if I had any intention of seeing a Saw VIl. But I think I’d rather watch Becker.

The sixth Saw flick starts shooting on March 30th in Toronto and Shawnee will again be on set to play Amanda. Expect it in theaters for Halloween. If it’s Halloween, it must be Saw.