Title courtesy of PG15. I know this isn't officially a script yet as they are still throwing out ideas but I think it needs it's own thread.
Looks like a new story dealing with Sheppard and Earth seems to be in the works:
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...y-21-2007.html
Another Sheppard-centric episode isn't a bad idea, and more backstory is always good. So it looks like he goes back to Earth and others might go with him. Sounding good so far.
UPDATE thanks to PG15
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...y-22-2007.html
UPDATE 2 again from PG15 and thanks to prion as well for transcribing it for everyone!
http://wraithfodder.livejournal.com/85558.html
UPDATE 3
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...st-2-2007.html
UPDATE 4 thanks to PG15 yet again :
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...st-3-2007.html
UPDATE 5 Looks like they finally broke the story:
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...st-7-2007.html
UPDATE 6 thanks to watcher652 and PG15
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...st-8-2007.html
UPDATE 7 from JM's blog thanks to, you guessed it, PG15
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...st-9-2007.html
UPDATE 8 thanks to Redhooks!
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...t-13-2007.html
UPDATE 9 Just some confirmation on the episode title:
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...t-14-2007.html
UPDATE 10 Hm...I wonder who...
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...t-15-2007.html
UPDATE 11
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...t-16-2007.html
UPDATE 12
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...t-23-2007.html
UPDATE 13 Looks like we may learn more about Sheppard's parents in this episode:
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...t-27-2007.html
UPDATE 14 Finally a new update
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...er-2-2007.html
UPDATE 15 A little more from JM's today:
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...er-3-2007.html
UPDATE 16
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...er-4-2007.html
UPDATE 17 Here's one for the whumpers! Courtesy of PG15
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...er-5-2007.html
UPDATE 18 Just a little one
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...er-6-2007.html
UPDATE 19 Again, nothing huge
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...er-8-2007.html
UPDATE 20 Hehe just some clarification....
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2...er-9-2007.html
UPDATE 21 MASSIVE update from the Gateworld main page concerning the main plot points of the episode.
UPDATE 22 Bates is back!!!! Thank you to TheWarrior for the heads up.
UPDATE 23 Art Department stuff
UPDATE 24 Thank you prion
UPDATE 25 Park scene!
UPDATE 26 HUUUUUGE Update, Ex-Wife scene and more!
UPDATE 27 More Updates
UPDATE 28 More pics
Looks like a new story dealing with Sheppard and Earth seems to be in the works:
We spent the better part of the morning spinning Joe F.’s notion into the actual beginnings of a story. Due to a schedule sleight-of-hand, Marty G. will be taking a break from that troubled trio script to tackle this one. We discussed the basic premise, the type of story to tell, and also started hashing out some of the Sheppard backstory. What brings Sheppard back to Earth? Who goes with him? Which individuals from his past will put in an appearance? What’s at issue? How will the action progress? Although we didn’t get around to actually breaking the story, we’re all pretty happy with the direction we’ve taken.
Another Sheppard-centric episode isn't a bad idea, and more backstory is always good. So it looks like he goes back to Earth and others might go with him. Sounding good so far.
UPDATE thanks to PG15
Anonymous #1 writes: “ I'm very excited about the Joe Flanigan pitched script. So when he comes to you with one, is it just a vague idea that all the writers hash out or does he have a more developed plot ?”
Answer: In this case, it was a very vague idea that we are hashing out.
Anonymous #3 writes: “On the Shep back story and going to earth, very cool. Its got to be pretty drastic, we're talking about a guy who didn't feel the need to send a message home to anyone with everyone else, nor has shown to have any links back on Earth that he wishes to keep.”
Answer: Indeed. Odd, no?
Answer: In this case, it was a very vague idea that we are hashing out.
Anonymous #3 writes: “On the Shep back story and going to earth, very cool. Its got to be pretty drastic, we're talking about a guy who didn't feel the need to send a message home to anyone with everyone else, nor has shown to have any links back on Earth that he wishes to keep.”
Answer: Indeed. Odd, no?
UPDATE 2 again from PG15 and thanks to prion as well for transcribing it for everyone!
Question: I know that Joe Flanigan wanted to do more Sheppard backstory, but will fans really see it?
Joe Mallozzi: In fact, actually, that’s what we were talking about on Friday. We’re spinning Sheppard’s backstory, specifically the fact that in “Letters from Pegasus,” he didn’t really seem to have anyone out there and the question is sort of ‘why?’ and it’s something we discussed on Friday and we’ve got something really cool planned which I’m not at liberty to reveal right now, but Joe [Flanigan] came up with a great springboard for a story. We’re going back to Earth-
Joe Flanigan: Was that the one that’s not scrapped? I just wanted..
Joe Mallozzi: You’ll love it, trust me, you’ll love it.
Joe Mallozzi: In fact, actually, that’s what we were talking about on Friday. We’re spinning Sheppard’s backstory, specifically the fact that in “Letters from Pegasus,” he didn’t really seem to have anyone out there and the question is sort of ‘why?’ and it’s something we discussed on Friday and we’ve got something really cool planned which I’m not at liberty to reveal right now, but Joe [Flanigan] came up with a great springboard for a story. We’re going back to Earth-
Joe Flanigan: Was that the one that’s not scrapped? I just wanted..
Joe Mallozzi: You’ll love it, trust me, you’ll love it.
UPDATE 3
Finally, we will get around to breaking that Sheppard on Earth story next week along with what we hope will be the season finale.
UPDATE 4 thanks to PG15 yet again :
PG-15 writes: ...2. You mentioned breaking the Shep-on-Earth story next week, but I thought you guys have already spun it out, or at least broken it already? 3. So, Martin Gero is doing "Harmony"? Wow, so he's writing his "Three's Company" episode, the JF-pitched story, AND Harmony? He's going to be busy.”
Answers: ...2. We started spinning the story but took a break to work on Harmony, then will switch gears again to work on the Sheppard on Earth story next week. 3. Martin was writing the Sheppard on Earth story but, having finished Trio (formerly Three’s Company), he will start on Harmony while Alan McCullough assumes writing duties on the JF-inspired eppy.
Answers: ...2. We started spinning the story but took a break to work on Harmony, then will switch gears again to work on the Sheppard on Earth story next week. 3. Martin was writing the Sheppard on Earth story but, having finished Trio (formerly Three’s Company), he will start on Harmony while Alan McCullough assumes writing duties on the JF-inspired eppy.
UPDATE 5 Looks like they finally broke the story:
Back in the office today and we broke the JF story today. More on it, some snaps from Kindred II, and the mailbag tomorrow.
UPDATE 6 thanks to watcher652 and PG15
Still looking for a title for the Sheppard on Earth story we finished breaking yesterday. To those of you who are using the bio on the Sci Fi website as a guide, stand advised - the reference to his father being a Cold War Colonel is not canon. I’m not even sure where it came from. So, expect some insight into Shep’s past relationships late in season four.
Anonymous #1 writes: “It does make me wonder if he had not approached you with this plot, would we have gotten any Sheppard back story at all this season?”
Answer: Delving into Sheppard’s backstory was one of the things on our To-Do list at the beginning of the season, and Joe’s idea gives us the perfect scenario in which to do it.
Grey writes: “On the SciFi website, for Sheppard's character it describes him as "the son of a respected Cold War colonel". In the upcoming Sheppard-on-Earth storyline, might we learn anything about said father (ie: dead, alive, disowned) or is that something initially thought of that doesn't fit the character anymore?”
Answer: That didn’t come from us.
Answer: Delving into Sheppard’s backstory was one of the things on our To-Do list at the beginning of the season, and Joe’s idea gives us the perfect scenario in which to do it.
Grey writes: “On the SciFi website, for Sheppard's character it describes him as "the son of a respected Cold War colonel". In the upcoming Sheppard-on-Earth storyline, might we learn anything about said father (ie: dead, alive, disowned) or is that something initially thought of that doesn't fit the character anymore?”
Answer: That didn’t come from us.
UPDATE 7 from JM's blog thanks to, you guessed it, PG15
Anonymous #1 writes: “Will Shep's ex wife be mentioned in the backstory?”
Answer: She will be making an appearance.
Answer: She will be making an appearance.
UPDATE 8 thanks to Redhooks!
PG15 also writes: “…mind telling us the episode order for the second half of Season 4?”
Answer: Be All My Sins Remember’d, Spoils of War, Quarantine, Outcast, Trio, Midway, Harmony, Kindred I, Kindred II, Finale.
Answer: Be All My Sins Remember’d, Spoils of War, Quarantine, Outcast, Trio, Midway, Harmony, Kindred I, Kindred II, Finale.
UPDATE 9 Just some confirmation on the episode title:
Yet Another Flanigan Fan writes: “Is "Outcast" the Sheppard backstory episode proposed by Joe Flanigan and written by Alan McCullough?”
Answer: Yep.
Answer: Yep.
UPDATE 10 Hm...I wonder who...
Marty G. pitched out a special guest star for Outcast, a character we haven’t seen since his debilitating injury in season. Won’t the fans be surprised. Well, probably not as I’m sure you’ve figured it out.
UPDATE 11
O1 writes: “Can you give us a hint about outcast and whether it is going to be an action episode, a character driven episode or an angsty episode?”
Answer: Hopefully, all of the above.
Answer: Hopefully, all of the above.
UPDATE 12
On the work front: shooting continues on the big team-up eppy, finished the polish on Harmony, almost finished my producer's cut of Kindred I as I await the completion of the Previously On sequence, an exhausted Martin completed his latest (and last) rewrite of Trio, read the first draft of Outcast, and watched the episode with the engagement scene (I have a feeling the fans will love it).
UPDATE 13 Looks like we may learn more about Sheppard's parents in this episode:
Linzi writes: “Will we learn about Sheppard's parents? That is to say, will we find out if they're dead or alive?”
Answer: We will.
Answer: We will.
UPDATE 14 Finally a new update
PG15 writes: “Which episodes have yet to be filmed? Are all of the episodes being written/finished being written?”
Answer: Outcast is being re-written as we speak and there’s a first draft out of the season finale, The Last Man. We are partway through filming Harmony and will be moving on to Trio next. Outcast will follow Trio and then we’ll be finishing up with season finale.
Answer: Outcast is being re-written as we speak and there’s a first draft out of the season finale, The Last Man. We are partway through filming Harmony and will be moving on to Trio next. Outcast will follow Trio and then we’ll be finishing up with season finale.
UPDATE 15 A little more from JM's today:
Jedi writes: “Will we find out if Sheppard has any siblings in S4?”
Answer: We will in Outcast.
Answer: We will in Outcast.
Redtwin writes: “Why is "Outcast" being rewritten?”
Answer: No script is perfect in its first draft so, yes, all scripts are rewritten to various degrees
Answer: No script is perfect in its first draft so, yes, all scripts are rewritten to various degrees
UPDATE 16
Paul is now doing is pass on Outcast.
UPDATE 17 Here's one for the whumpers! Courtesy of PG15
PG15 writes: “1) Can we expect some major Emotional Shep Whump (ESW) in Outcast? 2) In fact, would you say that season four has more Shep whumping than the other seasons?..."
Answers: 1) There will be definitely be some emotional shep whump in Outcast. 2) Yes.
Answers: 1) There will be definitely be some emotional shep whump in Outcast. 2) Yes.
UPDATE 18 Just a little one
And while they were shooting, I was in the office reading Paul’s pass on Outcast (offering up a more vulnerable side of Sheppard),
UPDATE 19 Again, nothing huge
Susan the Turtle writes: “Does this mean your big trip to the great outdoors is at an end?”
Answer: Yup. Trio will take place on our standing set while Outcast will take me out and about again, but to heavily forested surroundings.
Answer: Yup. Trio will take place on our standing set while Outcast will take me out and about again, but to heavily forested surroundings.
UPDATE 20 Hehe just some clarification....
Ruffles writes: “ Since the shoot of Harmony seems to have been in heavily forested surroundings, did you mean to say that Outcast would NOT take you there?”
Answer: Oops. Yes, that’s what I meant.
Answer: Oops. Yes, that’s what I meant.
UPDATE 21 MASSIVE update from the Gateworld main page concerning the main plot points of the episode.
UPDATE 22 Bates is back!!!! Thank you to TheWarrior for the heads up.
UPDATE 23 Art Department stuff
UPDATE 24 Thank you prion
UPDATE 25 Park scene!
UPDATE 26 HUUUUUGE Update, Ex-Wife scene and more!
UPDATE 27 More Updates
UPDATE 28 More pics
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