Elizabeth Mitchell - Revolution Spoilers & Speculation #12: Give us some front row tickets for the Monroe Fight Club. - Page 3

Hamburgo1001 · 09-25-2013, 03:21 PM

From TVLine:

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Revolution Boss Previews 'Grimier' Season 2, Charlie's New 'Tude and 'Shattered' Mathesons

Revolution is getting a makeover, but things are only getting dirtier — in every sense of the word.

When the NBC drama returns for Season 2 on Wednesday at 8/7c, the characters will find themselves in dark (power’s out again, sorry), desperate (Rachel’s lost it, yikes) and grimy (hello, underworld) situations. But instead of trying to turn the lights back on, their mission shifts to battling a new, so-called patriotic enemy, executive producer Eric Kripke tells TVLine.

And there’s even more change ahead: With the Matheson clan splintered, Charlie takes off on her own — and gets a bit of a personality makeover! Read on for all the details.

TVLINE | At the end of last season, you turned the power back on. Are the power and the pendants all 100 percent behind us already?
We never had any intention of keeping the power on, because the show would very quickly lose any semblance of what it was about. The power was always on as a misdirect, just long enough to get these nuclear missiles in the air. As we begin Season 2, it’s just a worst-case scenario, which is: Bombs are in the air, the power is off. The power’s going to stay off. The pendants are not working.

We can just push through to another layer of character and storytelling, because the quest to turn the power on and the quest to turn the power off is both limiting and it’s not what the show’s about, in my mind. It’s about these characters and all the different facets of what it’s like to live in this modern, primitive world, and those were the stories we were interested in exploring.

TVLINE | For most of the first season, that goal of turning the power on, figuring this all out, drove the characters. Is that still their main motivation?
No, we wanted to get off it. It was inevitable, because so many of the characters were such a ground zero of why the power went off in the first place. So we dove with both feet into that mythology, and we took it to its logical end… Their driving impulse is these new bad guys that we have in Season 2 called the Patriots, this insidious conspiracy of people who are draping themselves in the American flag, but they’re not America. They’re planting their tentacles in all sorts of different storylines, and our heroes have to realize what they’re up to and stop them. The character Randall in Season 1 was the first of them, but he was just a vanguard of a thousand more of them that are out from Cuba. It becomes a more interesting story of trying to uncover the mystery and conspiracy of what this dark force is up to.

TVLINE | How are the dynamics different among Rachel, Miles and Charlie in the new season?
They’re shattered. We really play the reality that the season finale was a disaster for our heroes. They weren’t able to stop the nuclear missiles. They weren’t able to get the power on. It just resulted in the deaths of a lot more people, not the least of which was Nora. So they have been completely fractured. They have a very realistic reaction to how bad everything went. Charlie splits from the family. So a character who spent Season 1 doing nothing but trying to get her family together finds herself unable to be with them, and she peels off on her own.

Rachel has a complete and total nervous breakdown. We pick up Season 2 three months after the events of Season 1, and Rachel is just coming out of what was a very serious, occasionally catatonic state, and [she] is fragile as she has to face this new threat.

TVLINE | Not to make light of Nora’s death, but now that she’s gone… One of the things you tantalizingly hinted at last season was Rachel and Miles. What can we expect on that front?
[Laughs] Yeah. The chemistry between them is undeniable. Though there are great obstacles to their relationship — not the least of which is Nora, but also all the torture we’re about to put them through as Season 2 begins — they do have this pull towards each other. They have a really painful, fraught history that involves cheating on Miles’s brother, and we’re pretty sure there was at least an extended period of torture somewhere in there. And yet, they still find themselves drawn together. So we’ll continue to play that out.

TVLINE | You have a bevy of new faces coming in this season. Can you talk about these new characters and how they fit into the group?
A few of them are from this Texas town called Willoughby, which is a Twilight Zone reference. Willoughby is Rachel’s hometown, and it’s where Miles brings her in the aftermath of her nervous breakdown. They take her to her father, Dr. Gene Porter, played by Stephen Collins (7th Heaven).

Aaron, who also settles in this town, finds himself a love interest, who’s played by Jessica Collins (Rubicon). She’s a really interesting character, because she’s intelligent and funny and also devoutly religious. There’s a lot of people who have a real, reasonable point of view on God, and we thought it was interesting to explore that — especially in this world, where they’ve returned, in so many ways, to a simpler time.

Then on Neville and Jason’s side, they do head back to the East Coast to try to find Neville’s wife, and it’s through their eyes that we really see the devastation and the chaos that the East Coast has descended into since they lost the cities of Atlanta and Philadelphia. They meet the character that Nicole Ari Parker (Soul Food) plays, which is really one of the first of these Patriots who we get to know, who oversees a refugee camp. Her name is Secretary Allenford. She starts, like all of the Patriots [do], with this very benign mask, but there’s something much darker beneath it.

TVLINE | Since Charlie’s on her own, I’m guessing there’s not a whole lot of hope for her and Jason.
They’re about 1,000 miles apart from each other. We spent time in Season 1 taking Charlie from an adolescent to an adult, and then we really felt that the final step of that is she had to step out from her parents’ shadow, which was Rachel, and then Miles as her de facto father. So she had to go off on her own and be her own person and grow up and have sex and just be an adult. So she’s both a more wounded Charlie and a cooler and more comfortable-in-her-own-skin Charlie. It’s been fun for Tracy [Spiridakos] to play because I think she was chomping at the bit for the character to not be so young anymore.

TVLINE | When we last we saw Bass, he was all on his own in the middle of this field. How is he faring?
Not well. He basically loses his kingdom. His forces are in disarray, his city is gone. He is ambivalent about whether he would ever want to lead them anyway, and so when we find him, we find a man who’s really brought low. He’s indulging in women and alcohol and trying to drink and screw away the pain. We find him in a really surprising and fun place, and that’s very much the opposite of the guy sitting in a giant office in Independence Hall. He’s in a much grungier, grimier place, as are all our characters.

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Hawthorn · 09-25-2013, 06:12 PM

So, this gave me hope:

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"But by the end of the season, around the time that we had drone strikes, I was watching along with everyone else and asking myself what is this show about? I just don't know what this show is about anymore."

But then he started talking about the superpowers of the nanomachines, and says that he read the complains about Charlie but thinks Tracy is killing it, and mentioning a lot of things that seems attempt to see if something sticks so they can run with it.
Hmm.

The idea of Monroe and Miles being forced to team up and the trouble it will cause is potentially awesome, but if they execute it as heavily as they did with some of their scenes that season, they'll end up ruining the one dynamic that get me some excitement last year.

Promo for next week's episode:

So Aaron died, and came back to life.
Okay.

Hamburgo1001 · 09-25-2013, 07:03 PM

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So, this gave me hope:

But then he started talking about the superpowers of the nanomachines, and says that he read the complains about Charlie but thinks Tracy is killing it, and mentioning a lot of things that seems attempt to see if something sticks so they can run with it.
Hmm.

Doesn't that more or less apply to almost everything we have seen on the show so far?

Thanks for the promo for next week's episode.

I'll have to see if I can download the episode tomorrow. I completely forgot to look for a live stream until 20 minutes into the episode and figured it wasn't worth tuning in anymore.

Hawthorn · 09-26-2013, 06:07 PM

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Doesn't that more or less apply to almost everything we have seen on the show so far?

Once again, you're totally right.

I haven't watched the S2 premiere, so my contribution to the discussion will be zero for today.

Promo pics for the third episode:

Revolution - Episode 2.03 - Love Story - Promotional Photos | Spoilers

Heiots · 09-26-2013, 07:07 PM

NBCRevolution replied some questions on Twitter, or well, Eric Kripke answered them. I'm not sure if it should be here, but if it's not, someone can move it.

Q1 from @heiots: How would you describe the relationship between Bass & Rachel, & will we get to see them interact in S2?
Q1: Yes they will interact. It’ll be pretty explosive because she still harbors incredible amounts of fury for him & that will only increase

Q2 from @iJTxy: Will we see bits and pieces of the California Common Wealth this season?
Q2: Eventually we’ll see all of North America, but for now we’re focusing on TX. 1 spoiler...hopefully our characters can speak Spanish

Q3 from @Nerduoso: Will flashbacks still play a big part in the show?
Q3: Yes they will - we see them almost every episode.

Q4 from @aaronhusk: Will what happened to Aaron be answered soon?
Q4: It will definitely be answered, but after we wring as much mystery out of it as possible

Q5 from @zaffuto234: The fireflies, what happened?!
Q5: It’s part of the larger mystery, which is what’s going on with the nano-tech and what happened at the Tower.

Q6 from @DrgnQLrd: What is Ex-Monroe Militia officer Neville plotting against the "U.S. Government"?
Q6: That will be revealed, but let's just to say you don’t wanna be on Neville’s bad side.

Q7 from @tadousay: Who was the band for the Crazy Train cover on @NBCRevolution last night?
Q7: The band’s name is “Bob Schneider’s Texas Bluegrass Massacre” & Shakey Graves performed the song, "Tom Sawyer."

Q8 from @melisakbulut: Did Bass Monroe take his name from the fifth president James Monroe?
Q8: Good question! YES. I was looking for a name that sounded very American and presidential.

Q9 from @smity1020: Will we see Grace again? What happened to her?
Q9: We’ll definitely see Grace again. We’re writing that script as we speak!

Q10 from @MichaelRCross: Do the fireflies have to deal w/ Aaron's revival from the dead?
Q10: Yes, everything is connected to the nano-tech.

Q11 from @anna31031: Can you tell me what's been going on? My TV broke.
Q11: Sure. Lots and lots of nudity.

Q12 from @LynnePlaisance: Will there be flashbacks as to why Charlie now has a sexual tude and will she see Jason again?
Q12: She will indeed see Jason again, and her tude just comes from the fact that she’s growing up.

Q13 from @JerryStoller: Mr Kripke, Say hello to your dad from an old high school frat brother!
Q13: Hey Jerry, I will!

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Very vague answers, and once again, I got an answer I really didn't expect.

The more I think about it though, the more I like it. At least I can count on DL and EM making all that anger and angst into a great scene.

That's how it has always been, but it's interesting because I thought things would get better after Bass saved Charlie.

Hamburgo1001 · 09-27-2013, 12:24 PM

Thanks for the promo pics and the Twitter Q&A.

Hm, I wonder what's going to happen that's going to make Rachel's resentment of Monroe increase. I thought that part of the story was behind us. Maybe it will be something related to Charlie.

Hamburgo1001 · 09-27-2013, 03:16 PM

Official press release for episode 4:

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"REVOLUTION"

"PATRIOT GAMES"

10/16/2013 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Wednesday) : WOUNDS HEAL, WHILE NEW BONDS FORM - Monroe (David Lyons) and Charlie's (Tracy Spiridakos) dynamic begin to evolve. Meanwhile, wounds of Miles (Billy Burke) and Rachel (Elizabeth Mitchell) begin to heal, yet her curiosity and heightened awareness could be her undoing. Neville’s (Giancarlo Espositio) manipulation of Patriot power brokers makes Machiavelli look like a cherub and Aaron’s (Zak Orth) mind works overtime awake or asleep with mind-blowing effectiveness. Rachel and Miles begin planning a resistance to what they believe might be the Patriot occupation.

Also starring JD Pardo, Stephen Collins, Nicole Ari Parker, Jessica Collins, Jason Douglas, Richard T. Jones, Steven Culp, Matt Ross and Damon Carney.

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Heiots · 09-27-2013, 04:10 PM

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Thanks for the promo pics and the Twitter Q&A.

Hm, I wonder what's going to happen that's going to make Rachel's resentment of Monroe increase. I thought that part of the story was behind us. Maybe it will be something related to Charlie.

I'm going to bet it is. With the latest news about the episodes, apparently Monroe and Charlie are together, and they're probably planning something. Rachel's probably not going to be happy that he's involved her daughter in it. But Charlie's already growing up. Rachel can't keep her under her wing forever.

And you're welcome.

Hawthorn · 09-27-2013, 07:47 PM

Thanks for the tweets and the press release!

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Neville’s (Giancarlo Espositio) manipulation of Patriot power brokers makes Machiavelli look like a cherub

No, but seriously - who the heck writes these things?

My guess would be that Monroe drags Charlie into some crazy mission/plan, too. Rachel won't be happy to see him fueling her already reckless tendencies.
The spoilers also said that when Bass and Miles are forced to team up to take down the Patriots, they'll have very different takes on what must be done. Monroe could convince Charlie to side with his take on things.

Also. I had completely forgotten about Rose until I saw her name mentioned above.

And to think that I like her character.

Hawthorn · 09-30-2013, 06:29 PM

The first sneak peek for the second episode is out - Miles and the sheriff in captivity:

Revolution - Episode 2.02 - There Will Be Blood - Sneak Peek | Spoilers

Okay show, you got me this time. I didn't see that joke coming.

Hamburgo1001 · 10-01-2013, 03:32 AM

Thanks for the sneak peek.

Short synopsis for episode 5:

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Revolution - Episode 2.05 - One Riot, One Ranger - Synopsis

Aaron and Rachel consider the effects of Nano technology; a man from Miles' past reappears and offers an opportunity to take the Patriots down.

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It always amazes me how many past acquaintance of Miles have survived considering that billions have died due to the blackout and now the nuclear weapons.

Hawthorn · 10-01-2013, 04:19 PM

I see that at least one aspect of the first season has carried over into S2 - everybody from Miles' past has something for him. Be it a knife to stab him with, or information.

I know I should get curious about the whole nano technology storylines, but I just can't bring myself to. Still too pissed that some people die because they didn't get medical aid in time, and others were resurrected by mutant fireflies.

I haven't sent questions to Ausiello & co. in forever - should I ask for something in specific if I do it?

Hawthorn · 10-02-2013, 06:48 PM

Promo for next week's episode:

Heiots · 10-02-2013, 07:21 PM

Rachel!!!

I know she'll probably be all right, but I still had a "Juliet-fell-down-the-shaft" moment.

Fran, what would you like to ask about?

Hamburgo1001 · 10-03-2013, 03:00 AM

Yeah, Rachel will definitely recover in no time at all and the same thing goes for Miles and his crushed hand.

Promo pictures for episode 4


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