Today, for the first time, I joined the ranks of Brothers & Sisters scribes featured in the "Writers Room" -- the neat little interviews ABC online does with the writers of episodes. Normally the video is posted immediately following the corresponding episode's airdate, but "The Missionary Imposition," the script I co-wrote with Brian Studler, was aired over a month ago, and we didn't have a chance to do one back then. Why? Oh, just this little thing called the Writers Strike. But we did them for 211 and 212 today, so you should be seeing them up in the next few days.
I want to respond to a couple of questions I've been reading over and over on the blog.
1. Are we coming back?
Yes, God yes, of course. As soon as we have a firm airdate, you will have it too.
2. Is there a Season 3 in the future?
We have already begun mapping out the long arcs for the Walkers in Season 3, and we've hired three new writers to help us with this: Jennifer Levin, Nancy Won, and Michael Foley. In the coming weeks I'm hoping to feature little interview-lets with them. Or maybe I'll just force them to write personal statements. I got heft like that.
3. When is the "McCallister & Me" blog returning?
Okay, no one actually asked that. But the triumphant return of Leonard Koplitsky will precede our first new episode by roughly three days.
4. What happened to the B&S Softball Team?
We had an inspiring run, finishing the regular season at 7-3 and handily defeating Family Guy -- the No. 1 seed who were previously undefeated (10-0) -- in the first round of the playoffs. Pyper pitched maybe the most dominating game I've seen in high-arc softball, and our offense led us to a 15-2 win. For my part I was 3-4 with a walk, I think. Unfortunately, then the holidays came. We had three weeks away from the diamond -- so did everyone else -- and when we returned to face CSI, we played like we were rehabbing after surgery. Which is to say, we were atrocious. The game was so depressing that after Pyper drove me back to Silver Lake from Sherman Oaks, I vomited on my street corner. We were pretty down for about a week. But hey, there's always next year...
On an unrelated note, I had the privilege of attending a lip-syncing contest held by Sarah Jane Morris's (Julia Walker) theater group in Echo Park last Thursday. Emily VanCamp was there, as was Pyper (Joe Whedon) and David Burke (who played Jack Bishop, the "White Chair" from Red, White & Blue in Season One), and of course Sarah Jane, clad in purple tights -- who, with the help of two other brilliant lip-syncing dancers, reinvented Heart's classic "These Dreams"... and very deservingly won 1st prize! The performance somehow managed to be both totally hilarious and oddly touching.
A photo:
Okay that's all for now -- talk soon.
Your pal
Dan
