Season Three
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Season Three
Thanks to Len for this article:
SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!
from SFWIRE:
UPN's 7 Days Steps Ahead
Thomas Ropelewski, executive producer of UPN's time-travel series 7 Days, told SCI FI Wire that the upcoming third season will switch gears to focus more on the show's current characters and introduce one new regular. 7 Days, which stars Jonathan LaPaglia as Frank Parker and Justina Vail as Olga Vukavitch, has its season premiere Oct. 11; it airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
"One of the things we learned in the second season is how flexible and malleable the style of storytelling in the show actually is," Ropelewski said. "Last year I would say was about experimentation in storytelling. We would jump genres. ... The third season is going to be more about characters and exploring our family of characters and their interactions."
This season, the show introduces a new character: Andrew "Hooter" Owsley, a boy computer genius played by Kevin Christy. Owsley will bedevil his mentor, Ballard, played by Sam Whipple. "He'll start at about episode five or six," Ropelewski said. He'll "bring a different kind of dynamic to the show, because he's this puppy dog in this high-technology toy store. ... Frank Parker is his hero. ... [Owsley is] filled with energy. ... And he needs a little guidance and training, and Parker will try to guide him."
Created by television veteran Christopher Crowe, 7 Days tells the story of a top-secret government project in which a chrononaut "back-steps" in time seven days to fix a problem. Vail won a Saturn Award this year for her portrayal of the brainy but sensual Olga.
Expect upheaval in the upcoming season, Ropelewski said. Donovan, played by Don Franklin, will act on his career frustration; Olga will have to deal with her attraction to Parker; Ramsey (Nick Searcy) may find himself in charge of the "Back-Step" program; and Talmadge (Alan Scarfe) may have to deal with a nervous breakdown. The third season may also see the return of a chrononaut from the future who was featured prominently in last season's finale.
Since its debut as an SF action-adventure series, 7 Days has evolved into a show about moral choices, Ropelewski said. "What the show has ... become is ... sort of like a Groundhog Day, where the questions it asks are, 'What would you do if you could live last week over again?' ... I think some of the best 7 Days episodes we've done are about moral choices. And I think it's probably the only show on the air that traffics in irony. ... Why [do] those small things that you change have huge significance that you don't even know about when they first happen?"
By Len on Monday, September 18, 2000 - 8:45 am: I think the Season is set to start on 10/11.
Also: who was Dawes? I forget what he did in that episode.
By ScottN on Monday, September 18, 2000 - 11:20 am: Wasn't Dawes the chrononaut from the future?
By Len on Monday, September 18, 2000 - 2:21 pm: SPOILER!!!
I thought that guy was shot and died at the end of that ep?
By Lee Jamilkowski on Monday, September 18, 2000 - 5:32 pm: He was shot, alright, but it was never said that he was dead. It was implied that he may not have survived. I guess he was more popular than they thought, and decided maybe he did survive. He should add some interesting twists to the team.
By Lee Jamilkowski on Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 10:20 pm: I may be wrong above. When The Cure airs next week, I'll rewatch the ending very closely. Even if Dawes dies, his timeline is altered. He may backstep again next season, but next time he may live only to be stuck in 2000. But, that's my feeling about it. We'll see in two weeks...
By Lee Jamilkowski on Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 6:58 pm: Well, Dawes DID die. Well, who knows? I predict now that the future has been changed, we'll be visited by Dawes again. Or we could even see a whole episode in the future. The possbilities are endless...
By LEn on Thursday, September 28, 2000 - 7:41 am: Wow..that WOULD be interesting..ANOTHER Dawes comes back an interacts with them again- and this way, the whole crew can remember him- no just Frank, because the current timeline is the one where he "died." You're right: endless possibilities!
By Len on Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - 7:55 am: I haven't been watching regularly this season - but did they ever have the Dawes epiosode? Or is it upcoming? or what?
By Lee Jamilkowski (Ljamilkowski) on Thursday, June 20, 2002 - 11:46 am: They never got around to the Dawes episode, once things like the Jonathan LaPaglia/Justina Vail conflict got into full gear. Not to mention, UPN then axed the show.