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TVLINE | If Season 1 was about introducing us to the 2nd Mass and Season 2 was about them meeting and aligning with others, what would you say the theme is for Season 3?
A lot of Season 3 is about taking action, and the theme that we’re actually playing with is “What price victory?” In other words, how much are you willing to sacrifice? And since we follow Tom Mason, it’s really his dilemma. Here he is now, “the President of the New United States,” whatever that means. He has decided to align himself with aliens [the Volm] who seem to have the technology and know-how to beat back [the Espheni]. But at the same time, his family is in a number of crises that he’s not really paying attention to. And his own moral compass is sorely tested also, because just out of revenge or whatever, he wants that final victory and seems to be using any way to get it.
TVLINE | The season opens with a sizable time jump, seven months. What do you gain with that?
First of all, I think you can tell the story of getting to know new aliens, of Tom deciding to stay and become president, Anne getting more and more pregnant and learning how to run alien devices, but thought it would be more exciting to jump right into the middle of it and let the audience catch up. I also thought it would be a way to really get right to the moment of the big crisis that Tom’s facing.
TVLINE | What does making Tom president change for the character? Because he’s still going into battle, no matter what other people say.
As a professor you talk a lot about other presidents, you seem to be able to put history into some sort of context and linear order. So I think there is something interesting about an academic suddenly deciding to do the real job. Tom is an interesting leader character in the sense that I think we identify with him as an Everyman in some respects — I mean, he’s a smart guy, he’s a courageous guy, but for the most part he’s not Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’s not an action hero that kills everything in its path and thinks about it later. So to see him making crucial decisions is very interesting, and certainly Noah does a wonderful job of showing his struggle to find the right path.
Source: Full Article @ TV Line
A lot of Season 3 is about taking action, and the theme that we’re actually playing with is “What price victory?” In other words, how much are you willing to sacrifice? And since we follow Tom Mason, it’s really his dilemma. Here he is now, “the President of the New United States,” whatever that means. He has decided to align himself with aliens [the Volm] who seem to have the technology and know-how to beat back [the Espheni]. But at the same time, his family is in a number of crises that he’s not really paying attention to. And his own moral compass is sorely tested also, because just out of revenge or whatever, he wants that final victory and seems to be using any way to get it.
TVLINE | The season opens with a sizable time jump, seven months. What do you gain with that?
First of all, I think you can tell the story of getting to know new aliens, of Tom deciding to stay and become president, Anne getting more and more pregnant and learning how to run alien devices, but thought it would be more exciting to jump right into the middle of it and let the audience catch up. I also thought it would be a way to really get right to the moment of the big crisis that Tom’s facing.
TVLINE | What does making Tom president change for the character? Because he’s still going into battle, no matter what other people say.
As a professor you talk a lot about other presidents, you seem to be able to put history into some sort of context and linear order. So I think there is something interesting about an academic suddenly deciding to do the real job. Tom is an interesting leader character in the sense that I think we identify with him as an Everyman in some respects — I mean, he’s a smart guy, he’s a courageous guy, but for the most part he’s not Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’s not an action hero that kills everything in its path and thinks about it later. So to see him making crucial decisions is very interesting, and certainly Noah does a wonderful job of showing his struggle to find the right path.
Source: Full Article @ TV Line
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