Long Time...... No Post

Well, it's been a while since either Alex or I posted on our blogs, and information about season three of Horizon has been leaking out fairly slowly. Rest assured, all is going extremely well along the lines of production, and with the ideas, outlines, drafts, and finished scripts we have so far, it looks like this season should turn out to be a strong one... So I hope. For one thing, we now have a seven person writing staff: Alex Rubit, Mike Coakley, Vincent Dedoyard, Cindy Clark, Solomon Tubbs-Foster, John Kennedy, and Marc Broadbent. With each of us working on one or more episode, things are proceeding along smoothly.

Let's see, where shall we start? Just days after "Revolution" was done and released, Alex began developing ideas for, and working on, the first episode of season three: "Rogues." Originally, it was meant to be the first of a three-parter, but it actually ended up being the first part of two two-parters that make up the four episode arc. Confusing? Of course it is, but it should all become clear when the episodes are released. Needless to say, the first four episodes making up this arc: "Rogues," "The Circle," "The Search, Part One," and 'The Search, Part Two" include lots of action, revelation, and character interactions. Alex has done a great job writing the Saunders character he mentioned, although I can't say much about his role.

As for episodes currently being worked on, Alex's latest endeavor is the fifth episode of the season, "Preservation." In many ways, the episode is similar to "In Times of Despair" in that there are several small arcs going on throughout the story. Alex mentioned the possibility of tiny grey aliens with black eyes, and I think you know where we're heading with this. In addition to that, we'll get to focus more on the relationship between Lenori and Kayla, seeing as this has been more or less in the background since "Contagion." We all know that Lenori has a few issues due to recent happenings, if you catch my drift.

Next up in the episode order is the sixth episode of the season, "Trepidation." The concept for this episode was pitched around the end of season two in the hopes that it might be used early on in season three. Cindy liked the idea, and she was happy to pick it up. The story has been reworked a few times already, mainly due to a certain Atlantis episode that had a few parallels to the story we had in mind. Thankfully, the story still works, and we've got what looks like it's going turn out to be a great "Through the gate and get screwed" episode. It's in outline stage now, but Cindy's working at it vigorously.

After that is the episode that I had been working on for some of the summer, which I finally finished when I came home for the summer. "My Enemy's Enemy," despite the title, doesn't focus on the giant aliens from "Crystal Skull," but a bit more so on a certain group of enemies Horizon has made in the past. There are definitely a few guest characters worth mentioning, but I'm not going to yet for the sake of keeping things, for the most part confidential. I can say now that this episode will have a few shades of grey when it comes to good and evil, and that I enjoyed writing the white draft for it.

3.08 and onward, as it stands, have been kept under wraps. Solomon had a great idea for some insight into one of our characters for the eighth episode of the season, followed by another episode by Alex that he mentioned before as the "Pleasure Planet" episode. Following that is Marc's episode that focuses mainly around one of our recurring characters and one of our regular characters. Then comes 3.11, written by John, which is another stand-alone episode that I just know will be a great read. I get to write my own two-parter for the midseasoner, and it's looking like a possible 90-minute episode or rework into three-parter might happen there, since we can't seem to condense these alrge stories. Lastly, Vincent has two stories that he'll be writing so far, both of which seem to be most of the intriguing of the season. One picks up on something from "Catch 22," and the other from "In Times of Despair."

In the art department, great progress is being made. Nick has been away for a while, but he assures us the Horizon model is still on its way. Beth posted up some great models for a few ships and a certain planet destroying space station, both of which will hopefully be ready soon. Simon has also had quite a few ideas, and the entire art department is working on some great stuff, that we'll finally get to see!

So, expect the prequel for season three to show up soon, followed closely by season three itself. I think it'll be a great season, but only fan reactions come October 26th will tell.

In the mean time, read some Stargate: Destiny. They're out of their hiatus and working toward the finale of a so-far great first season!