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(A timely allegory about prejudice, she answers.)
But Moira will not be deterred.
Every project has potential.
We wanted it to be impressive forher, Levy says.
I refrain from saying impressive generally, because its not.
He admits there was a moment when he wondered if theyd gone too far.
How are we going to pitch this to Catherine?
Hey, Catherine, so welcome back.
This episode youre gonna be in a nest dressed like a bird, he remembers thinking.
Wed sort of written ourselves into this position where we know she plays a doctor.
What I did not script was how Catherine would interpret that.
There was a lot of talk about how much beak, OHara says, chuckling again.
Is this really gonna lead to anything?
Do I look foolish?
All the things that I was feeling, OHara says.
Like Moira, she did her research.
She watched videos of crows.
She read about how smart they are.
She worked on copying their head moves, because they really dont stop moving them.
Like I want to [in Dr. Mandrakes voice] get the laugh.
Like, Look at me!
Look at what I came up with!
I save it, and then hopefully it works.
She neednt have worried.
The answer is simple: Because yourestunned, Levy says.
There does come a point where you should be laughing, but instead youre in awe.
And then, of course, we laughed.
By the second or third take I was laughing.
And then when I was editing, I laughed.
We are a very tiny show, and that is well beyond our production means, he says.
But no, you cant cut that.
The edit-room floor would just light on fire.)
TheCrowsmovie is finally her lifeline.
She has something to wake up for in the morning.
As a writer, what thats allowed us to open her up to this season is really quite something.
OHara sees it as Moira relaxing a bit more than she has since arriving in Schitts Creek.
She lets her guard down a bit, because she thinks shes out of there.
That movies gonna do it for her.
(Funnily enough, theCroweningBosnia crew T-shirt was part of our wrap gift this year.
It very likely will end up onRoseApothecary.ca, he says.)
It made him laugh just as hard.
Its another one that were thinking, What exactly is this one about?
And who did she star in it with?
And how did it end?
And what was the fight about with the actress that she was in the movie with?
Thats when we know weve got it right.
