Neal Baer

It's like, it's not easy.

It's like, it's not easy.

Well, I like to engage them and then they're surprised when it doesn't go their way, but it's not jumping the shark. It's not duex machina. It's, oh, of course, that turn, of course. I didn't see that coming, but it's because... I was with that character and I believed what they were believing. I believe that person who was lying.

Well, I like to engage them and then they're surprised when it doesn't go their way, but it's not jumping the shark. It's not duex machina. It's, oh, of course, that turn, of course. I didn't see that coming, but it's because... I was with that character and I believed what they were believing. I believe that person who was lying.

How many times have we been lied to in our lives by people we're close to? It happens. So in plot, I'm more interested in. So we talk a lot about procedurals and characters. So I've done procedurals. ER is a medical procedural. SVU is a detective crime procedural procedure. Under the Dome is really not a procedural. It's about fascism.

How many times have we been lied to in our lives by people we're close to? It happens. So in plot, I'm more interested in. So we talk a lot about procedurals and characters. So I've done procedurals. ER is a medical procedural. SVU is a detective crime procedural procedure. Under the Dome is really not a procedural. It's about fascism.

Stephen would say that, King as well, who's going to run the trains under the dome ultimately. And Designated Survivor is a procedural, political kind of procedural where every episode there's an issue he has to deal with or problem, but character drives it. So it's not so much about the plot that I'm

Stephen would say that, King as well, who's going to run the trains under the dome ultimately. And Designated Survivor is a procedural, political kind of procedural where every episode there's an issue he has to deal with or problem, but character drives it. So it's not so much about the plot that I'm

most interested in i'm interested in how the plot can ignite reflect and refract who our characters are so in other words when george clooney in year two i did an episode about a kid who wanted to be allowed to die who had cystic fibrosis yes he's end stage he's under 18. And George is like, I got to save this kid. I got to save this kid. And Laura Innes' character says to him, who is this about?

most interested in i'm interested in how the plot can ignite reflect and refract who our characters are so in other words when george clooney in year two i did an episode about a kid who wanted to be allowed to die who had cystic fibrosis yes he's end stage he's under 18. And George is like, I got to save this kid. I got to save this kid. And Laura Innes' character says to him, who is this about?

You or the kid? What does the kid want? It was a big turning point in the story arc of his character. And so he ultimately doesn't intubate the kid when he's dying. And the mother comes in, wonderful Veronica Cartwright from Alien and The Birds when she was a child. Leave it to Bieber as a child. She says, intubate him. And she has the authority then.

You or the kid? What does the kid want? It was a big turning point in the story arc of his character. And so he ultimately doesn't intubate the kid when he's dying. And the mother comes in, wonderful Veronica Cartwright from Alien and The Birds when she was a child. Leave it to Bieber as a child. She says, intubate him. And she has the authority then.

It's changed a bit now in the United States, not so much in Europe. And George is forced to do it. So the plot is pretty straightforward. I just told you the plot. But what the plot gave me, what the story gave me is, how do I find some medical story that will illustrate what Clooney is going through in year two now? Or year three, I should say. So he's always like, I'm saving the kid.

It's changed a bit now in the United States, not so much in Europe. And George is forced to do it. So the plot is pretty straightforward. I just told you the plot. But what the plot gave me, what the story gave me is, how do I find some medical story that will illustrate what Clooney is going through in year two now? Or year three, I should say. So he's always like, I'm saving the kid.

And the year two, I did where he saved a kid in the tunnel, and he was the hero. And I thought, you know, now I want to go deeper with him. And so I constructed a plot where he's forced to choose, is it about him, as Laura Innes says, or is it about the kid? But the point was, is that plot serves my characters always. So that's how I think about it.

And the year two, I did where he saved a kid in the tunnel, and he was the hero. And I thought, you know, now I want to go deeper with him. And so I constructed a plot where he's forced to choose, is it about him, as Laura Innes says, or is it about the kid? But the point was, is that plot serves my characters always. So that's how I think about it.

The best example is Will and Grace and Modern Family and Gay Marriage, I think. It's like, they're just like you and me. They're just like, they have kids, they have a family. Modern Family and Will and Grace really changed, I think, the way people viewed gay marriage because

The best example is Will and Grace and Modern Family and Gay Marriage, I think. It's like, they're just like you and me. They're just like, they have kids, they have a family. Modern Family and Will and Grace really changed, I think, the way people viewed gay marriage because

They didn't really challenge people in ways that maybe some queer activists wanted them to in the sense that they didn't go into the wide range of cultural, behavioral, social things that queer people might do that might quote, quote, quote, quote. offend, but they did really show that there's really not that much difference. They want the same thing. They want families.

They didn't really challenge people in ways that maybe some queer activists wanted them to in the sense that they didn't go into the wide range of cultural, behavioral, social things that queer people might do that might quote, quote, quote, quote. offend, but they did really show that there's really not that much difference. They want the same thing. They want families.