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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Is Elizabeth Keen really dead?
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When did you first hear this is what the writers were going to do?
That was so long ago.
Jon Bokenkamp, John Eisendrath, and myself are usually talking before a season ends.
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Do you recall your reaction though?
For me, it was a matter of timing.
The whole second half of the season was a matter of timing.
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And then, when we do acknowledge Elizabeth Keens pregnancy, that the pregnancy not get away from us.
I think we just made it.
I pretty quickly move from an idea to possibilities for execution.
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But then also how it serves the show.
How will Red react in the wake of this?
Does he want vengeance?
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Hes faced with a very complicated set of circumstances.
Hed certainly come to terms with it for himself.
Does he regret not being more forthcoming with Liz about who he really is to her?
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You know, its funny.
Not just what is the way forward, but is there a way forward?
He has certainly said that to Elizabeth Keen again and again.
With Liz gone, what does Reds dynamic look like with the team?
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