ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: In the promo, we see where John is asked and/or told to kill The Founder, so clearly he has a dilemma to face this week. Where is his head at going into this episode?
LUKE MITCHELL: Going into this episode, he’s been taking a bit of a backseat. He’s not the leader anymore, and he’s just trying to make everything as easy for Cara as possible in that leadership position. Things are obviously still really tense, but this episode is kind of the lighting of the fuse for the end of the season really. Once we get into this episode, there’s no turning back. There’s very, very few detours from the main storyline, which I think most people will be excited about. Obviously we’ve seen now that Stephen’s found his father, but there’s going to be talk of trying to bring him back and that whole storyline, but also in 17, Jedekiah comes into play and tries to get in Stephen’s ear, and then Stephen tries to get in John’s ear, and John doesn’t want to [hear] it because there’s zero trust between John and Jedekiah. But because of the way things are ramping up, Jedekiah’s basically saying John’s been designed for a purpose, there’s a reason why he was designed to be able to kill and that time to fill that destiny is fast approaching, so John’s got a huge decision to face, whether he’s going to do it or not, which seems like a straightforward answer, on the one end yes, but when you’re talking about one of the most powerful Tomorrow People ever, it’s never going to be a simple equation of just killing them. I was so excited when I got the script. We reintroduce The Founder’s daughter back into the storyline, Cassandra, so yeah, it’s a really cool episode that by the end of the episode, the audience isn’t going to know who to trust. There’s going to be a division in terms of who’s the real bad guy and who’s faking it.
In terms of The Founder and Jedekiah or in terms of everyone?
Mainly in terms of The Founder and Jedekiah. This episode’s going to turn everything on its head. It just blows your head right off. It’s like, “Holy crap, okay, I’m nervous now because what I was thinking doesn’t appear to be true.” [Laughs]
LUKE MITCHELL: Going into this episode, he’s been taking a bit of a backseat. He’s not the leader anymore, and he’s just trying to make everything as easy for Cara as possible in that leadership position. Things are obviously still really tense, but this episode is kind of the lighting of the fuse for the end of the season really. Once we get into this episode, there’s no turning back. There’s very, very few detours from the main storyline, which I think most people will be excited about. Obviously we’ve seen now that Stephen’s found his father, but there’s going to be talk of trying to bring him back and that whole storyline, but also in 17, Jedekiah comes into play and tries to get in Stephen’s ear, and then Stephen tries to get in John’s ear, and John doesn’t want to [hear] it because there’s zero trust between John and Jedekiah. But because of the way things are ramping up, Jedekiah’s basically saying John’s been designed for a purpose, there’s a reason why he was designed to be able to kill and that time to fill that destiny is fast approaching, so John’s got a huge decision to face, whether he’s going to do it or not, which seems like a straightforward answer, on the one end yes, but when you’re talking about one of the most powerful Tomorrow People ever, it’s never going to be a simple equation of just killing them. I was so excited when I got the script. We reintroduce The Founder’s daughter back into the storyline, Cassandra, so yeah, it’s a really cool episode that by the end of the episode, the audience isn’t going to know who to trust. There’s going to be a division in terms of who’s the real bad guy and who’s faking it.
In terms of The Founder and Jedekiah or in terms of everyone?
Mainly in terms of The Founder and Jedekiah. This episode’s going to turn everything on its head. It just blows your head right off. It’s like, “Holy crap, okay, I’m nervous now because what I was thinking doesn’t appear to be true.” [Laughs]
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