One good thing about having the “Eureka” season split into two halves is that the break in between the first and the second half of season three has allowed actor Colin Ferguson to step into the director’s chair.
Ferguson directed the upcoming episode “Your Face or Mine.” According to SciFi Wire, the episode was the first filmed coming out of the hiatus of season three. It won’t be the first episode shown, however. The production staff decided to move it up to give Ferguson, a first-time-director, extra time to prepare for his directing debut.
“I know where the cameras go in these sets, or where the cameras hopefully end up despite where everyone tries to put them,” Ferguson said. “So a lot of those things I didn’t have to learn, but it’s really different once you step into the helm of it and really are responsible for what happens on set. I loved it. I loved every second of it.”
“Your Face or Mine” gets Sheriff Carter out of the main action quickly, so that Ferguson could spend more time behind the scenes. As part of annual re-certification, Carter must take a series of tests at Global Dynamics, so he’s away when a lot of the episode takes place. The writers designed the episode this way for Ferguson’s benefit.
“I was really grateful, because I wanted to have a full experience as a director,” Ferguson said about the writers scripting the episode to allow him to direct. “When you’re on camera, it’s fine, but you really are leaning on everyone around you. I mean, you’re not watching. You’re not watching the screen. You’re not watching what went down, so it was important to me.”
The episode will center on Jo Lupo, Carter’s second-in-command at the sheriff’s office.
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