I quickly glomed on onto the fact, thanks to Armin [Shimmerman] and the way he played Quark, that they were 20th century human beings. An exquisite, bloody masterpiece. I did find what I was looking fora Facebook friend referred it to me. Behr was born in New York City to a Jewish family. Which episodes of season 3 did you find slow? Its about who we are, who we think we are, who we want to be and who we dont want to be.. That it made an impact on her? The collaboration of writers Anne Kenney and Ira Steven Behr is a masterful collaboration for episode "The Hail Mary S2 E12. Was it the new writers room? Her work on the show is good (youre right about the amount of days between christmas and christmas eve but thats more of a technical error that I can overlook). television." Ira was greatly missed in season 3 particularly in the second half. [1] He studied at Lehman College in New York City. There, social imbalance has led to a homeless crisis across America about to break out into violent civil rights riots. Behr was involved with most of the early Ferengi-related episodes, and introduced the concept of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition and wrote most of the rules which appeared on the show. Moore.[18]. Yahoo!! As John Truby states in his book, The Anatomy Of A Scene, the beginning of the scene should frame what the whole scene is about. The power of two is invoked to provide structure and flow to the storytelling. Now, at the time, I was like, Do we need this? This is an excerpt from TV Guide Magazines Outlander Forever Special Collectors Issue, which is available to order online at OutlanderForever.com. Is there a way to post a screenshot? This is where Claire becomes trapped in BJRs game. Iras work on DS9 was largely under-appreciated during its run because it was so vastly different from the original vision ofGene Roddenbery,creator of Star Trek. We had them keep looking and pulling boxes with reels of film and send them to us, but every box is like ten reels. to have seen that scene before they killed off Frank. Hi Whitney! When I look at the homeless problem that were currently dealing with in Los Angeles and probably all over the country, yes, its kind of weird that we did Past Tense and said it was five years away. Claire's unexpected meeting with a British general turns tense when Captain Jack Randall arrives. Loved this, and I so heartily agree! I thought spending 2 full episodes on the boat was too much.did we really need a whole hour of Claire healing the sick on the boat? If one respects Ira as a writer, then this episode needs a second chance. Conversations are underway on both season seven and on a spinoff and I think were going to have good news on both those fronts before too long so I feel very optimistic about it. If God in in the details for every writer, then the characters are a golden opportunity to show those details. Not because he LOVED the books and is the biggest fan there is, but because he was challenged by making a viable character out of Black Jack Randall who otherwise would be nothing but a mustache-twirling villain as the book would have him be. Not to say that it was bad, or that it needed an overhaul it just felt different. I never felt the lack of this in the books, perhaps because in the books, we are WAY more in Claires head than we could possibly have been in the show? In fact, you could even argue its a distant cousin to Rons own triumphant series Battlestar Galactica. The Prophets, man, they gave us some major leeway. [8][9], Behr left Star Trek following the completion of Deep Space Nine's seven season run in 1999. Never My Love uniquely depicts Claires brutal rape: Visions of family members, like Murtagh and a not-blind Aunt Jocasta (Lacroix and Maria Doyle Kennedy in 1960s costumes), are Claires escapism into her mind to try to not deal with the reality of the horror thats happening to her, says EP Davis. The Shallow Pocket Project is a series of conversations with the brilliant filmmakers behind the independent films that we love. $17.80. Malva is in awe of Claire, Reynolds says, and becomes the healers new apprentice. Unlike the original Star Trek or Star Trek: The Next Generation, DS9 embraced a form of serialized storytelling that, while commonplace on television today, was something unexplored on Star Trek when the new series launched in 1993. A good example was the jump from Jamie and Claire in the shaving scene to being completely in the middle of a huge hurricane. despite the difficulty he found the camaraderie and the dedication in the writer's room rewarding and said that almost all of the writers would have been willing to do it again for another season if they had been given the chance. Ira says this of The Garrison Commander: I was originally going to write as my first script episode three, and episode six was broken by the staff. Having lived in France for three years I appreciated every costume, set, story line and all the characters. Ira's work on DS9 was largely under-appreciated during its run because it was so vastly different from the original vision of Gene Roddenbery, creator of Star Trek. Keep up with your favorite shows delivered to your inbox! If Im being honest, I have not rewatched any of the second half yet. Thats when I started to realize, Gee, you got to get serious about this thing. Its hard to say, says Avery Brooks Captain Benjamin Sisko in his emotional final scene. Despite himself, however, Behr does not half-ass anything. At the panel DS9 showrunner, Ira Steven Behr said he was attracted to the story pitch from writer Marc Scott Zicree because of how it dealt directly with racism, as well as how it was "about. While What We Left Behind is filled with new interviews with cast and crew (Brooks included), the doc offers an approach that Star Trek fans will find fascinating. Cool, right? II could see the beauty. Outlander has had its share of writer turnover. After season 2, it seemed that several fans were happy to see Ira go. "We're trying to be as truthful as we can," says episode writer Ira Steven. As showrunner, Behr reported to head executive producer and franchise chief Rick Berman. It sounds like a season seven pickup and possible spinoff(s) are in the near future, but nothing is 100%. We can only hope that Matt and Toni will continue to write and contribute throughout the run of the series. Now, considering BRJs erotic delight with Jamie, Id consider Claire threw poor Jamie (a wanted man) under the bus. Good article. 2 (Original Television Soundtrack), Outlander: Season 2 (Original Television Soundtrack). But, to me, it was about what we found within the story within each season without freaking people out In terms of Deep Space Nine, I liked to know going in each season what I thought it was going to be about and have some vague idea where it was going to end up. (season 3 Galis to me was ruined. But by twisting that theme with a sound never heard on Outlander before, its a sonic cue for the listener that what we are watching on screen is off, foreign, and completely opposite of what we love and/or trust. Were not meant to be futuristic. I totally agree with you. We look at the impact of losing Ira Steven Behr after Season 2. For quite a long time, I placed responsibilityfor the changed dynamic on elements that were added to Season 3. My gut rings with a resounding, no. I dont know, maybe its just me but her characterization just feels thin. It gave me the chills. I would have loved if they included that, especially since they killed off Frank. So ultimately, this scene is about tricking Claire, uncovering what she knows, and that he will not give up until he sees the weight of her truth. Ira Steven Behr, the showrunner and executive producer on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, was utterly done with toiling around the final frontier. Thanks to Diana, always. How she said Frank lost his temper? I just dont believe in that, he says. Silas Lesnick is the Senior Editor of Moviebill. In the nearly 20 years since its final episode aired, however, the fan base for Star Trek has finally started to recognize the art, originality and incredible writing acumen behind DS9s thematic and character work. Consequently, Trek fans were hesitant to accept the kinds of conflict, humor, drama and all-out war Ira and his writing staff (which included Ron Moore) wanted to explore. Diana created BJRs cold calculation of Claire. Thank you!! As a non-fan, non-book reader, he helped maintain the balance that Ron & Maril so badly needed in the writers room. Usually ships within 4 to 5 days. It aired on UPN directly after Star Trek: Enterprise,[11] and ran for a single season of 42 episodes. Ironically, Behr was initially against the idea of doing anything to celebrate the Star Trek three decade milestone. All true. I miss the excellent directors from S1 and S2, although Matts directing debut S3E13 was phenomenal! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Check out Mary & Blake's new podcast dedicated to This Is Us on NBC! He is responsible for some of the most memorable moments in the entirety of Outlanders run so far. I will be excited not to wear a wig and a cap, he says. Yeah, I am too. Behr described the fast production turnaround as insane but Not Ira. Reuniting with fellow screenwriters, Behr offers a glimpse into a hypothetical eighth season writers room, continuing the story DS9 twenty years later. Scroll through for a peek behind the curtain at what productions like for Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, and the rest of the cast and crew. Theres always truth to what he says.. Sticking too close to the book is a major problem for me. Its a pithy juxtaposition of the sumptuous decadence and ultimate trivality of the French court. I liked most of season three but felt two episodes, The Doldrums and Creme de Menthe dragged a bit. //]]>Avery had made this big deal about [the documentary], says Ira Steven Behr, DS9 showrunner and, alongside David Zappone, director of What We Left Behind. Put either Black Jack Randall in The Garrison Commander,or even Dougal in Prestonpansin your minds eye. Star Trek is all about the technology, but if you have aliens with incredible abilities, suddenly youre okay with magic.. Those last two episodes felt rushed and choppy. Some of the plot lines and tangents in Dianas books are not great and when the show follows the weaker links, it suffers. In other words, the proper stones theme represents all that is magical and wondrous about Outlander. Since then he moved on to produce a wide range of programs in a variety of genres, including Bob Patterson, Dark Angel, Alphas, and Outlander. As a standalone episode, its not terrible especially when you look at it like a satire almost. What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine began life as a Thank You to the cast and crew that fought in the trenches of fandom alongside Behr. Still, with details scarce, she also looked at practical concerns like climate. This is the exact reason why we have the blog, to help people figure out that why of it all . Posts about Ira Steven Behr written by Your friendly neighbourhood ABOotlanders. . He is telling her right from the beginning. Neither of them worked on Season 3 as far as I know. Behr did his tour in the convention circuit when the show was on the air, but he avoided the arena from 1999 to 2012. Another fascinating aspect of our podcast conversation was when we learned how much trust Ron put into Iras hands because, as Ira stated it, it was his job to run the writers room in Rons absence. Even if Ron were present, Ira still had to help smooth issues the other writers couldnt handle. Yes, I liked season three too. Its the anti-Outlander. As far as 2.02 I was not a huge fan. Since, however, we are talking about antagonists, lets put Season 3s part-time antagonist to the same test we gave Ira for BJR. He also was so pleased with the dildo scene in season 2. Outlander Cast: Joining us today is Ira Steven Behr, a television producer and screenwriter most known for his work on Star Trek:The Next Generation but especially on Deep Space Nine, on which he served as showrunner and executive producer. Style! Sure, he had to read the book for background, but his job was to keep the room focused on adapting the beloved book into a captivating television series. Bear McCrearys use of the Yialli Tanbur to create an alien, metallic sounding perversion of the stones theme to be used as Geillis theme tells us volumes more about the kind of sick, crazed, and perverted character she is. Sometimes, as a writer, you just run into one. BJR: I know one thing, madame, I am not the man I once was. The truth is revealed about both our main characters and the plot of the story is forever, and irrevocably, changed. Can we see the same level of writing? He was on The Ed Sullivan Show the night the Beatles premiered and he spent the rest of his career, him and his wife, claiming that that destroyed their career because the Beatles just took all the publicity. We look at the history of Starship registry numbers and why the latest may be a controversial addition to the canon. Historical drama! Ron taking less of an everyday role on the show? But her work on BSG has made her untouchable IMO she knows how to tell a great story and I find myself having a sigh of relief when she writes an episode. I kinda wish she would have kept that bolt so she could have used it to give . It was Charlie Brill and it was the most ridiculous thing that ever happened to me.. After that, it was just easy.. I enjoyed S3, but I thought a couple episodes to be slow and lacking the style that made the episodes of S1 and S2 exceptional. (Speaking about DS9 in the, What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. One of my goals was to remove as much of it from Deep Space Nine as I could. I see the scripts and look at the cuts and give feedback to Matt and then he goes off and takes the notes or doesnt. Filmmaker Ira Steven Behr co-directs and produces the documentary, 'What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Deep Space Nine.' Previous experiences are never truly over, as the past has a way. "Part of the subtext of why I did this doc, and why the film is as long as it is, is that it was repairing my relationship and feelings towards the fans," he says. He gave off a lethal combination of clinical sadism and artistry. He felt burned. (it looks fantastic by the way) and thats why he chose to leave. Whether its the one act play of The Garrison Commander,or that incredible scene with Dougal and Lieutenant Foster in Prestonpans,one always knew what they were getting with Iras work: professionally written, expertly crafted, inventive and textured words that could be translated easily to the screen. It sets up Claire to marry Jamie, BJR to discover Jamies whereabouts and, ultimately, puts our couple on the run, leading down the path to our next and inevitable meeting between them: Wentworth Prison. Life in Paris is not without its trials as Jamie struggles to triumph over the traumas of his past. Good article. Factory and Fathom Events are proudly bringing to the big screen the retrospective documentary What We Left Behind, a two-hour plus look at the series that forever changed Star Trek, not by contradicting Gene Roddenberrys vision of a perfect future, but by exploring notions of contradiction inherent in that idealism. Blind fools. Sophie Skelton, Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, and Richard Rankin look ahead to the shows seventh chapter in this group shot from behind-the-scenes. Its a sound we know, love and trust. Time travel wound up being a key element in one of DS9s most famous episodes, the fifth season Trials and Tribble-ations, timed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Trek. Yes, it expertly unfolded BJR as a sadist. My god, its full of stars. Never before have I fought someone with the fitness of Sam Heughan, says stuntmanactor Flint Eagle, who played exiled Cherokee Tskili Yona. Ira continued: And thats when I really got into the character and started to come up with all of these little pieces that interested me It was the small details: the pouring of the wine out the window, the line the truth bears the weight that no lie can counterfeit. I mean there were things that I just discovered along the way that made it these little things that started to fascinate me and I realized just what a complicatedI never really thought about Black Jack much or that he was a complicated character, except for that he had a wicked dark side to him. Its one thing to make a word-for-word faithful adaption of Outlander. Perhaps he could do no wrong in her eyes, but he did act that way and she forgave him. [17], From 2014 to 2016 Behr served as writer and co-executive producer on Outlander, alongside fellow Deep Space 9 contributor Ronald D. Get it Dec 8 - 13. "[7][12], In 2017 Behr produced the feature film Lucky starring Harry Dean Stanton. Im sure many fans would be pleased with that. What spinoffs do you think are possibilities in the Outlander world? Yes he is definitely missed. I still dig the fact that the fans get all bent out of shape at a moments notice, he says. Okay. Starz "Prestonpans" details that stunning, bloody, and controversial victory for the Jacobites over the British. We also lost Anne Kenney as a fine writer in S3 and I think that contributes. Tinkering beyond the sell-by date leads to heartache for all parties involved. 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