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Just when you thought every single angle of the crime-solving genre had been explored, along comes 'Endgame.' The new show stars Shawn Doyle ('Big Love', 'Lost') as an eccentric Russian world chess champion named Arkady Balagan who hasn't been able to leave a swanky five-star hotel since his fiancee was gunned down outside of it. Since he can't leave the hotel, he has to get creative about earning money, and falls into becoming an unusual brand of private detective.

He uses his mighty brainpower to explore every possible outcome for each mystery that needs solving, and often uses his imagination to transport himself to the scene of the crime. Arkady enlists help from a few friends, like adoring fan Sam (Torrance Coombs, 'The Tudors') and pretty hotel bartender Danni (Katherine Isabelle, 'Supernatural') to help him do any legwork that may be required in the real world.

Patrick Gallagher ('Glee', 'True Blood') co-stars as the pesky hotel security manager named Hugo who acts as a major thorn in Arkady's side. We caught up with Doyle and Gallagher to chat about everything from chess to man love to Doyle's new feathered blond hairdo.

Coach Tanaka is taking his broken heart and moving on from Lima, Ohio. Yes, 'Glee' has parted ways with Patrick Gallagher and the lovelorn football coach he portrayed.

Yesterday, TV Guide reported the addition of Dot Jones in the recurring role of a female football coach, leaving audiences to assume she'd be working with our favorite lovesick coach, but now comes word from the same source that Gallagher has been dropped from the series.

A bit weird to announce his replacement before his departure, right?