Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT "The Word 'Coma' Bugs The Hell Out Of Me"
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 10 | Aired on 01.17.2007
CB: I would agree with you there. The directorial choices added a lot to "Donut Run." RT: I really love the final moments of Duncan driving away with Vinnie Vanlowe, and I felt like those touches were better. One of the reasons I directed "Spit And Eggs" is that I wanted to experience directing action. I wanted to learn it by doing it. And there are moments that I'm proud of -- Mercer's monologue in the room, I like how it's performed and I like how it's shot. So there were moments in that episode that I thought were nice touches, but I didn't think it had as much visual flair. CB: I loved that monologue, because you basically convincingly sold his entire motivation in one speech. RT: Yeah. And the tricky thing about our show [is that] there are lots of detective cases where you get to meet the bad guy, see him wringing his hands -- it's cat and mouse, and you know who the bad guy is, and it's the cop catching him -- you get those moments of understanding the bad guy's motivation. In a show like ours, where it's a whodunit, the only time you get to do that is after the fact. So you're forced into those scenes that you don't know how to get around -- and I liked the finale of Beaver on the rooftop -- but you are forced into those moments of explaining the case while the killer is holding the weapon. The reason you end up with that is that, in a whodunit, there's no other place to put it. So you try to find the least cheesy way of getting that out, you try to find the one that you think is palatable or interesting, in a way that doesn't make you think, "Wow! The rapist is talking out loud to an unconscious body!" So yeah, I liked that moment because I thought it was the right length. It didn't drag on and on, and he didn't explain all the cases; he summarized it in a way that I thought was cool, and really devilishly performed. CB: Yeah. I thought Ryan Devlin was really great. RT: By the way, here's a fun fact I don't think I've told anyone. The Moe character, before scheduling conflicts made it impossible, was supposed to be Michael Cera. CB: Ah! A lot of posters wondered about that. RT: I don't believe I've ever come out and confirmed it. CB: That would have been great. Even in the one episode he did, his character seemed just a little off. RT: But that kid is really amazing. I can't really say enough about him. CB: So as I understand it, before the decision was made to bring back Veronica Mars for a third season, you were offered the showrunning position on Friday Night Lights. That must have been very gratifying. Were you tempted to take it?Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22Next