document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Check out Mary & Blake's new podcast dedicated to This Is Us on NBC! Everyone looked at me and said, Well, okay, but were not doing that. Its hard to say, says Avery Brooks Captain Benjamin Sisko in his emotional final scene. I would have loved if they included that, especially since they killed off Frank. The following contains plot spoilers - read at your own risk. I thought spending 2 full episodes on the boat was too much.did we really need a whole hour of Claire healing the sick on the boat? I was shocked by the brothel scene as well, but I saw it as a way to show what an imbecile Prince Charles was. What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine began life as a Thank You to the cast and crew that fought in the trenches of fandom alongside Behr. I find myself doing such things garish work until I no longer recognize the man Ive become. Not in Scotland Anymore is the second episode of Season Two and eighteenth episode overall of the Outlander television series. Answered many of my questions/thoughts. It was an hour doc at the time, and it was not going to be a big deal.. I didnt care about that. I still dig the fact that the fans get all bent out of shape at a moments notice, he says. That is, not exactly in the form you might expect, but in a manner that Star Trek fans are all the better for having the chance to experience. I think you hit the nail on the head. Sophie Skelton, Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, and Richard Rankin look ahead to the shows seventh chapter in this group shot from behind-the-scenes. While you come up with your own answers, I immediately think of BJR being cold and calculating by tricking Claire during their conversation. Its not about sweeping changes for the shock value, though. Ira Behr. Born to a Jewish family,[1] Behr studied at Lehman College in New York City. Keep up with your favorite shows delivered to your inbox! I think all they could see was the horror. Behr also had a significant role in the development of the Ferengi alien race during his work on Deep Space Nine. Maybe yesterday. He was the executive producer and showrunner on Crash, executive producer on Syfy's Alphas, and a writer and co-executive producer on Outlander. Outlander was a FANTASTIC experience, but, yes, it was time for me to move on. Ron [Moore] and I were over at Outlander at the time and we were seeing each other every day, or every day that one of us wasnt in Scotland. Do you have a spare $25 million? he says. The little we did do was was a pain money-wise. I wish each book was given given 16 episodes like the first season told in two eight part editions. That being said, did you enjoy the back half as much as the first half? But I dont believe that level of writing has been matched by Outlander yet (except perhaps the confrontation between Claire and Frank in The Battle Joined,which, oddly enough, is written by none other than Ron Moore). For Star Trek fans, thats one of the true joys of DS9. What conversations have you had about expanding the show beyond that, whether its a season seven or spinoffs? His rescuing her and how their saving grace was that they were in the eye of the hurricane which took them to shore and the picture went up and up showing the whole hurricane.- just loved that. Please come back. Those last two episodes felt rushed and choppy. You know, that tech talk in order to justify the time traveling? I would have loved if they included that, especially since they killed off Frank. I may be a tad biased in my love of ISB but he brought a level of competence and writing skill that I dont think the new writers have quite yet. Being Star Trek, we dont doubt the possibility. Writers can make or break a TV show, and change up the vibe of a show from season to season. Balfe (getting a touch-up to Claires gray-tinged hair) has enjoyed playing Claire at different parts of her life as the show hopscotches through the years. Adding to that reinvigoration was Commander Benjamin Sisko himself. I love the show and will watch no matter what but I do miss the original writers who are gone. I mean, look, I get it. How exactly did she get from a woman of mystery, an activist to someone who bathed in blood and raped young boys? For Behr, serialization didnt mean mapping out a seven year story. How exactly did she get from a woman of mystery, an activist to someone who bathed in blood and raped young boys? Thats what we want to do. Would you mind telling me where that came from? [9], In February 2009, Behr was named head writer for the Starz TV series Crash (based on the Paul Haggis film) as it headed into Season 2, which aired in the fall of 2009. But thats not how I gauge our success that we predicted this. Hi Whitney! Diana may have created BJR and Dougal. I would like nothing better. Not because the books are bad but because books dont always translate well to screen. The series ran for four seasons, and Behr enjoyed the experience and thought "we did some really good episodes. We chat with restoration producer David C. Fein about assembling Robert Wises Directors Cut in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision. . Hunt him down on Twitter: We chat with the showrunner about his experience with the Star Trek fan community and how that relationship has evolved throughout filming his celebratory documentary. You didnt think of that at the time.'. That it made an impact on her? We decided that Jamie could not put on the red coat, that Jamie had to be forced to put on the red coat, says EP Roberts. Perhaps hes slightly artistic because he draws her, and theres a major disregard for the clean authority to which he must abide as he pours out the ever important Claret. 12.5K subscribers Ira Steven Behr joined us for our May 15 live chat with Alexander Siddig to answer fan questions about DS9 including his thoughts on Bashir and Garak's relationship, why. I kinda wish she would have kept that bolt so she could have used it to give . I thought that I might be the only person whom missed the contributions of ISB to Outlander. There are a couple of shots that are still in SD because they had special effects in there that they couldnt find. In fact, you could even argue its a distant cousin to Rons own triumphant series Battlestar Galactica. Claire and Jamies world became fuller and richer. Im so glad you mentioned the Garrison Commander, because it is one of my favorites. Ira continued: And thats when I really got into the character and started to come up with all of these little pieces that interested me It was the small details: the pouring of the wine out the window, the line the truth bears the weight that no lie can counterfeit. I mean there were things that I just discovered along the way that made it these little things that started to fascinate me and I realized just what a complicatedI never really thought about Black Jack much or that he was a complicated character, except for that he had a wicked dark side to him. I loved season 1 and the depth to which the characters were developed. Put either Black Jack Randall in The Garrison Commander,or even Dougal in Prestonpansin your minds eye. But more importantly, he knows that Claire is lying to him about her sad story of being lost in the woods. His contributions to Outlander were equally impressive and his episodes, particularly The Garrison Commander and Prestonpans, are among the best. Graduate of Lehman College in New York City, Behr studied Mass The scene then funnels down to a single point, with the most important word or line of dialogue stated last. In other words, lets think of it like an upside down triangle starting off with a broad line that forms the framework of the scene, and it becomes more pointed as the scene goes along to allow the whole thrust of the scene to be pierced by one line. Star Trek remains due to the voracious appetite of its enthusiastic fanbase and the franchises ability to morph its core concept without betraying its original ideology. Im a little stunned that a global hit likeOutlanderthat is based on such beloved novels hasnt by season six already had two or three spinoffs. Ira Steven Behr was born on 23 October, 1953 in New York, New York, United States, is a Television producer and screenwriter. I cannot make an excuse for the dildo scene in Not In Scotland Anymore. That episode was garbage. Behr served as writer and executive producer on the short lived series Bob Patterson (2001) which was created by and starred Jason Alexander. When not rambling about movies here, he's rambling about comics as the co-host of Comic Book Couples Counseling. Voyager is doing it. Claire and Jamie set about . Why am I so confident in saying this? I said, No, he passed away. Its even one thing to include all the bit points the books have to offer (see the back half of OutlanderSeason 3). The fact that you can admit to it is yet another hopeful sign. Claire: You cannot undo the things you have done, but it is not too late to bring back your humanity. [6] He remained good friends with Michael Piller and wrote the season 4 episode Qpid as a freelance writer. Some of the plot lines and tangents in Dianas books are not great and when the show follows the weaker links, it suffers. But I will be back.. In The Search, Claire looks for a kidnapped Jamie with the help of his fiery older sister, Jenny Fraser Murray (Laura Donnelly) who had given birth only days earlier. [6] At the start of the second season, Behr was promoted to co-executive producer. Consequently, Trek fans were hesitant to accept the kinds of conflict, humor, drama and all-out war Ira and his writing staff (which included Ron Moore) wanted to explore. He thought UPN did not really want the show, and that it was not a good fit for the network. As evidenced by this scene, all his other works on Outlanderand, especially, his time on Deep Space Nine, hes simply an old school writer who understands what it takes to create an effective scene that makes the most out of the protagonist and antagonist characters and all within a specific time frame. she has the wherewithal to find that door to the outside, unbolt, unlock and leave it. Another fascinating aspect of our podcast conversation was when we learned how much trust Ron put into Iras hands because, as Ira stated it, it was his job to run the writers room in Rons absence. Even if Ron were present, Ira still had to help smooth issues the other writers couldnt handle. Now, pretend youre having a conversation with someone whos never seen Outlander, and describe BJR or Dougal (using examples from those episodes alone) WITHOUT saying what they look like, what they wore, what their profession is, or their role in the show. Some art wont let you leave. Theyre all the same. And this is truth, as always with Avery. I think both those things are probably going to happen and hopefully well be able to say something about it before too long. Hi Diane! I especially went wow when I saw Jamie and Claire in the water. Outlander has had its share of writer turnover. Maybe a year. It was Charlie Brill and it was the most ridiculous thing that ever happened to me.. He was the executive producer and showrunner on Crash, executive producer on Syfy's Alphas, and a writer and co-executive producer on Outlander . I have read each book several times and could not imagine anyone else portraying the main characters. Well, lets do a little exercise in what I mean by character work.. Posts about Ira Steven Behr written by Your friendly neighbourhood ABOotlanders. Hes incredibly brave, if not prone to showmanship given his desire to test the marsh of the battlefield as he raised his arms to taunt the British. She doesnt have any announced projects so its hard to see why. But the effect one screenwriter can have on a film, or even a television show, should neither be understated nor underestimated. That was my first thought. Now she finally realizes how much trouble she really is in. Yes he is definitely missed. Yes, I liked season three too. ALTHOUGH, I will admit Claires romp through the jungle in Uncharted was terrific. 2 (Original Television Soundtrack), Outlander: Season 2 (Original Television Soundtrack). But by twisting that theme with a sound never heard on Outlander before, its a sonic cue for the listener that what we are watching on screen is off, foreign, and completely opposite of what we love and/or trust. Its a living, breathing organism, a TV series, if its a good one. It felt very rushed and disjointed. He was also a producer on Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1989 to 1990. Within the framework of a six-minute scene, the whole of the story to come, and the fine details that make our characters living and breathing creatures are completely laid out. I never understood that attitude. Whether its the one act play of The Garrison Commander,or that incredible scene with Dougal and Lieutenant Foster in Prestonpans,one always knew what they were getting with Iras work: professionally written, expertly crafted, inventive and textured words that could be translated easily to the screen. I felt the last scene of Season 3 was particularly weak. Such a reengagement with his art and those fans/nonfans of the work must have driven Behr to some level of catharsis, but the director is still too far into the weeds of selling What We Left Behind to commit to any kind of greater understanding. In it, Sisko is accidentally sent into the past alongside Terry Farrells Dax and Alexander Siddigs Bashir, specifically to the year 2024. As an illustration of my point, I can only say that I have watched Season 1 and 2 hundreds of times and ep. As those responsible for establishing that quality move on, may the writing, directing, costuming, etc. I enjoy the writers interpretations and it is giving many the opportunities of writing for a Great Show. Ira Steven Behr spent eight years in the Star Trek universe, working as a writer-producer for one season of The Next Generation and, later, all seven seasons of Deep Space Nine.To this day, he remains a lightning rod of praise and criticism for DS9.Over time, Behr emerged as that series' show runner, introducing extended arcs, particularly the Dominion War storyline, that enthralled or . He is a phenomenon.. "The Garrison Commander" is the title of . "Avery had made this big deal about [the documentary]," says Ira Steven Behr, DS9 showrunner and, alongside David Zappone, director of "What We Left Behind". The first line is: BJR: The crowd had to look away. He gave off a lethal combination of clinical sadism and artistry. 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