The Road to Damascus: A REMNANTS Interlude from Scott Fogg on Vimeo.

15 days after the bombings and 7 days after the events that took place at the Fisher house . . . the Internet has been restored. People are allowed to travel once again. Phone lines have been reopened. But the safest way to communicate remains delivering messages by hand.

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The most frequently asked question about Remnants is some variation of “what’s going on?”  Sometimes it’s directed at a particular character:  ”What is she doing?”  Sometimes it’s directed towards the unforeseeable future:  ”What’s going to happen next?”  Sometimes it’s directed at a particular event:  ”What does that mean?”

All I can say to those questions is, I know the answers but I’m not telling you.

Yet.

We’re pushing forward with this story.  On Friday, August 13th, we’re going to shoot the next chapter.  It’ll be a single episode story arc involving some new faces as well as one familiar, returning face.  It’ll bridge a bit of the gap between Season 1 and Season 2, setting up multiple story arcs that we’ll be exploring with the next 10 episodes.  And all that can be said about those 10 episodes is that they’ll be bigger, longer, and feature many more characters.  Because ultimately, Season 1′s relationship to the overall story is the same relationship your little toe has with the rest of your body.

So here’s to the future.  Hopefully it’ll be a bit brighter than the one we’re exploring in Remnants.

I very much like the idea of doing “specials,” little short stories that would take place between the seasons of Remnants. I very admittedly got the idea from Doctor Who, a fantastic show that has had a history of doing Christmas specials (as well as other national and bank holidays). Sometimes the shows set-up the next season or introduce a new character that will come back later. Other times they’re just fun one-shot stories.

Remnants is a pretty serious, dramatic thriller of a show. It might be nice to have little moments in between the seasons that contribute to the overall story but are generally lighter in tone — dare I say “fun?”

I’ve already written the first one, a three-part love story involving messengers (in the tradition of Pheidippides). Now it’s all about finding the right time to shoot it.

Tags: Doctor Who | Pheidippides | Remnants | Special