Terra Nova - Season Spoilers

This is a great interview with the producers of Terra Nova. They reveal spoilers of what's to come and even a "beloved" character death is on the horizon. We may even be seeing more of 2149:

Via EW:

Terra Nova is about to get wilder. After experimenting with a couple stand-alone episodes, Fox’s dino-drama is taking a more serialized path for the rest of the season — solving key mysteries, introducing new dinos, and even killing off a character. (Don’t worry, we won’t say who.)

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Congratulations on the ratings uptick. I hear the show is going to get more serialized from here on?
RENÉ ECHEVARRIA: It does. We’re going to roll out the whole Sixer mythology this season. You’re going to see who sent them here and why, and it all comes to a head in the season finale.
BRANNON BRAGA: Whether it’s the strange markings on the rocks, or even the new thing we introduced Monday night with the container, all these things will culminate and be explored by the end of the 13. And it’s been fun doing that. As the episodes go on, the momentum will build with the ongoing storylines.

Will we see more of 2149?
RE: We don’t see a lot of 2149. We come to see the conspiracy with the Sixers is being orchestrated in 2149, and as we get toward the season finale we will go to 2149 and see that more explicitly. But most of our storytelling takes place in Terra Nova.
BB: When we dogo there, it’s very cool.

It’s a pretty cheerful show, usually. Was that a point of discussion — that to be a ‘family show’ it also needed a light tone?
RE: It’s the DNA of the show. It’s about a family with teenage kids and a really young daughter.
BB: There’s an optimism about the show that we like. Which isn’t to say things aren’t going to get pretty scary. Dramatic things are going to happen with big challenges to the family.
RE: Taylor and Jim are going to find themselves on a collision course about a secret Taylor is keeping.
BB: At it’s heart, this is not a cynical show. You called it “cheerful.” As René said, it’s in the DNA. It’s something we’ve always liked about the show — that even in its darkest hours it’s about a family that’s sticking together.
RE: You also want people to have that feeling — “I want to go to Terra Nova, I want to live in Terra Nova.” People die, bad shit happens, but you want to have that feeling. That’s one of the chords we’re trying to strike.

So can you tease to some of the cool dinos coming up?
RE: Halloween night teases “murder-by-dinosaur.” There’s a great new dinosaur described as a “shark on legs” called a Nykoraptor. It’s incredibly fast and can climb incredibly fast. It’s sort of our version of a velociraptor. It’s only about four-feet tall, but trouble.
BB:Then we have the biggest dinosaur we’ve done, the biggest in the fossil record. It looks amazing. We’re also doing an ancestral Komodo dragon.

It seems like the bigger they are, the harder they are to make real. Like the one that comes over the fence in the pilot, or even in Jurassic Park, the brontosaurus herd in the beginning. Maybe it’s because we’re not used to seeing animals that large.
BB: Broad daylight is also more of a challenge.
RE: That’s my theory. Most of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park were at night.

I hear you have a big cliffhanger planned for the finale?
RE: It’s kind of a cliffhanger. Everything is played out. All the elements come to a head, it’s a two-hour finale. The 11th Pilgrimage is scheduled to arrive — and who’s going to show up? The Sixer stuff gets answered and explained. We also tee up a new mystery, so in that sense it’s a cliffhanger.

So you guys are firmly betting on a second season?
RE:We are hopeful and betting. And maybe even feeling confident.

Can you guys kill a dinosaur?
RE: We can kill a dinosaur.

Will you kill a dinosaur?
RE: You will see a dinosaur die this season, yes.

Clearly Taylor can communicate with the future. Is how that happens something we’re supposed to know, or is that deliberately being held back?
BB: When the portal is open, we can talk to the future. We can exchange data. So every four to six months we can talk. But in between we’re cut off.

Ahhh, okay. If Terra Nova gets a second season, what’s your vision for the show moving forward?
RE: We’ve found the balance we’re comfortable with, the family, the mythology, the testosterone elements. It’s not for everybody. And I know there are moments where people who are there for the testosterone [action] are going to roll their eyes. And there are going to be some moments where families who tuned in are going to want to cover their kids’ eyes.

So if it comes back, will it be for another 13?
RE: We’ll be happy to deliver whatever number [Fox] says. There might be a number between 13 and 22. It might be hard to deliver 22 because we have this eight-week post-production period for the effects — the dinosaurs, the set extensions. Every time you step in the infirmary you have what’s on those [digital display] screens.

Anything else you’d like to add?
RE:We can say that a beloved character is going to die before the end of the season.

Important for Terra Nova fans: Brace your DVRs, because Terra Nova‘s schedule is about to get rocky: Terra Nova will not air Monday night (potential World Series preemption — boo). It will return for a Halloween episode on Oct. 31. It will also be off the air on Dec. 5. Then it will return on the 12th. The two-hour finale is Dec. 19.

I'm very happy at the news that the show will become more serialized. That was something I felt may have made the audience think they didn't have to watch every week.

A beloved character is going to die?? Well, right now I only love Jim's character and Maddy's cute boyfriend. My mom will be sooo pissed if Taylor dies.

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