TVLINE | In this week’s episode, “The Pickett Line,” what sort of obstacles do the Mason men face on their way to finding Anne and the baby?
Well, the Picketts, for one. We get ambushed by this band of brigands, thieves, and they all turn out to be from the same family – a dad and his kids, just trying to survive. But unlike the Masons, they don’t have the structure of the 2nd Mass or anything like that, so they are desperate to get whatever they can. But we’re also desperate, because we don’t have much time. So after they take all our stuff, we have to sort of “counter-attack” them, but that raises all these questions, since because of the situation, we’re sort of made to be the enemy.
TVLINE | Right — and the Masons also see these “parallels” between themselves and this other family — what they might have been…
…if we hadn’t joined up with the 2nd Mass, yeah. Our scope has opened up a lot, but for the Picketts, life is the same as it was during the invasion. It’s still a faceless, nameless enemy they’re fighting.
TVLINE | Is this also an opportunity for the Masons to look at each other and take stock of who they’ve become? What each of them is capable of now?
One of the interesting things this season is that the Masons are all up to stuff, but unlike previous years, we rarely ever do anything together. Hal’s obviously been doing his own thing, Tom is dealing with Cochise and with governing this little “country,” Matt is up to his own shenanigans with friends, and I’m on my own with Denny. And now, finally, we unite back together and yes, it gives us a chance to look at the Mason family “six months later,” so to say.
TVLINE | Are you glad that Ben decided to keep his spikes?
I won’t comment on whether or not I think it was a smart decision [for him], but for me, spikes mean superpowers — and superpowers means fun stuff to shoot. It makes my job more interesting!
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Well, the Picketts, for one. We get ambushed by this band of brigands, thieves, and they all turn out to be from the same family – a dad and his kids, just trying to survive. But unlike the Masons, they don’t have the structure of the 2nd Mass or anything like that, so they are desperate to get whatever they can. But we’re also desperate, because we don’t have much time. So after they take all our stuff, we have to sort of “counter-attack” them, but that raises all these questions, since because of the situation, we’re sort of made to be the enemy.
TVLINE | Right — and the Masons also see these “parallels” between themselves and this other family — what they might have been…
…if we hadn’t joined up with the 2nd Mass, yeah. Our scope has opened up a lot, but for the Picketts, life is the same as it was during the invasion. It’s still a faceless, nameless enemy they’re fighting.
TVLINE | Is this also an opportunity for the Masons to look at each other and take stock of who they’ve become? What each of them is capable of now?
One of the interesting things this season is that the Masons are all up to stuff, but unlike previous years, we rarely ever do anything together. Hal’s obviously been doing his own thing, Tom is dealing with Cochise and with governing this little “country,” Matt is up to his own shenanigans with friends, and I’m on my own with Denny. And now, finally, we unite back together and yes, it gives us a chance to look at the Mason family “six months later,” so to say.
TVLINE | Are you glad that Ben decided to keep his spikes?
I won’t comment on whether or not I think it was a smart decision [for him], but for me, spikes mean superpowers — and superpowers means fun stuff to shoot. It makes my job more interesting!
Read Full Article @TV Line
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