Season Seven Production To Stop Again

According to various reports, production on Season Seven will take a 2 week break on September 25th after Episode 18 is done filming. The reason cited is that Howard Gordon isn’t satisfied with scripts and story ideas for the final 6 episodes, and given they’ve almost got 18 episodes of the season proper done with regular episodes not due to start airing until January it would be stupid not to pause to catch breath.

This is far from the first time production has stopped or been delayed on Season Seven, while in pre-production several different storylines and arcs where dismissed as “the wrong direction” or simply “too expensive”, which meant a delayed start to Production. Then came the writers strike which hit with only between 6 and 8 episodes written, which forced Fox to put back the season by a whole year.

It’s been extremely hard to judge the positives and negatives of the previous halts to production, but this one is entirely positive, and quite frankly was surely a no-brainer. Noises from the Kiefer and various Exec Producers have been very happy about the season they’ve produced up to this point, and what trailers we’ve been given certainly grabbed us. Hopes are high, the fate of a potentially lucrative franchise will live or die with this season. If it’s not almost pitch perfect it’ll be the swansong, get it right and a big screen outing is only a matter of time. And so if your not entirely happy with the last 6 episodes, then you’ve got to take a step back.

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2 thoughts on “Season Seven Production To Stop Again”

  1. All I have to say is that I look forward to the new season and I trust the writers that they will do a great job. Especially with the amount of time they have to write the final 6 episodes. Before they didn’t have the time they had before to write scripts for episodes in the previous Days. Can’t wait and I’m counting down the days.

  2. Wow, I just saw the last 2 shows. They were great. Straight
    from today’s headlines. I loved both of them. I love Kiefer.
    What he said during the Senate hearings really should start a dialogue. He is just proving to us what Bush has done to keep us safe for the past 7 years is correct both morally and idealogically. You don’t give in to terrorist. Just like on the
    days of the playground, you must stand up for yourself or they will continue to beat you up…..
    I am counting down the days till the next episode…
    The ends do justify the means….

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