What would you do if you could cure cancer, stave off disease, or even live forever?
That is the driving force behind Foxs new dramaSecond Chance(neeLookinglass, neeThe Frankenstein Code).
(Kazinsky speaks at length about how Jimmy feels about thishere.)
Credit: Sergei Bachlakov/Fox
How has that evolved since then?
RAND RAVICH:It was kind of two things at once.
And they came together in this.
RAVICH:Just because it’s possible for you to do it, should you do it?
Can you control your creation?
GORDON:Its never been more real.
RAVICH:Treating death as an illness that is curable.
Do you want to live forever?
What does it mean overturning the natural order of things?
What happens to life when there is no death?
Talk about some of the other themes the series plans to explore.
Or would you go back and not study all over again?
Would you go back and make the same mistakes?
Would you go back and make different mistakes?
Does Pritchard take advantage of this opportunity?
To go back and to be able to do those again.
All those relationships are very interesting and very important.
Marys gotten a second chance, too, because of this guy.
But I mean, just this pure fun with the father and son thing.
[It] has become really rewarding.
I mean, its a pretty classic relationship.
He didnt ask for it.
RAVICH:We think Duval always emotionally knows the truth.
Then the fun of it is Duval was the little man of the house.
This man gave Duval his strength and his weaknesses.
Jimmy is tied to the Lookinglass.
Can you talk about some of the side effects hes facing and how hes handling this newfound power?
RAVICH:The tank is his kryptonite.
He is tied to his creator.
He cannot travel further away than 12 or 24 hours at a time from the tank.
GORDON:The idea that the physical process is ongoing and evolving, things are changing in their dynamics.
Its not like, Okay, Im Spider-Man.
I have my powers and thats what they are.
They do evolve sometimes unexpectedly, and that can include certain behaviors too downstream.
It really is an ongoing experiment.
He is, after all, an experiment and anything is possible.
Whats the dynamic like between creator, in this case Mary, and monster?
GORDON:Its hugely important.
RAVICH:Because they are tied by necessity.
He is saving her life.
He is tied to Lookinglass.
But then what is their desire for each other?
What is their relationship beyond those things is the important thing?
GORDON:That becomes increasingly threatening to Otto.
He may have saved his sister, but he may have destroyed the relationship.
Its the unintended consequences of saving his sisters life is losing his sister.
Is Pritchard driven to right his past wrongs?
So, being the sheriff was how he saw himself.
Now that hes back, he wants to be the sheriff again.
He really finds his value in his work for better or worse.
And so, now that hes back, he wants that more than ever.
GORDON:The show really soars when there is some reference point to something in his past.
In one case, he rejected the daughters boyfriend and did some damage to the daughter by never approving.
He gets to untangle some of the knots that he tied.
RAVICH:The fun of it, of course, is that they dont know him.
In a way, its like having invisibility without being invisible.
What do you say to them?
GORDON:First of all theyre spending money on reshoots, which is great.
There is not a better slot on Fox, so if thats not a show of faith.
It really is a scheduling issue.
They offered us 13 [episodes].
They said, Do 13, but we only have 11 continuously.
For storytelling purposes we said, So, then lets not do it.
RAVICH:You have these two freaky little episodes hanging out there, what do you do with them?
GORDON:We begged them
RAVICH:To reduce the order.
GORDON:We said, like, then give us a two-parter.
They couldnt give us a two-parter for that reason and we said, Fine.
It was our choice to cut the order.
Read our in-depth interview with Rob Kazinskyhere.
Second Chancedebuts Wednesday at 9 p.m.
