The second episode of a television series is in many ways more challenging than the pilot.
The Chernin brothers had a pretty strong take on how they wanted this episode to play out.
Those slaps really set the tone for the episode and also our approach to the rest of the season.
Credit: Fox
When they were open to it, we all got very excited.
We knew everyone was on the same page.
We shot it in a small bathroom on the Fox lot at the end of a very long day.
She cares so much and gives every take her all.
Auditioning actresses to play Alba was tricky because the character doesnt have many lines in the pilot.
The guys ended up dusting off a scene that they had written years ago for another project of theirs.
And thats ultimately what were trying to do.
We trying to take you there.
And the third episode of a series, thats actually the most important one.
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