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Producer Brannon Braga on dramatic twists in CBS's Threshold; New time-slot


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From Sci-Fi Wire:

Brannon Braga, co-creator and executive producer of CBS' SF drama Threshold, told SCI FI Wire to expect dramatic twists in upcoming episodes, including a scary change in a main character. "I will say that in an upcoming episode one of the regulars will completely come unraveled, and it's going to be one of the three: Molly [Carla Gugino], Cavennaugh [Brian Van Holt] and Lucas [Robert Patrick Benedict], who were exposed to that videotape," Braga said in an interview. Will one of them turn to the alien side? "I would say that that is a very strong possibility," he said. "I don't want to give too much away. One of them is going to become unraveled, and one of them is going to turn."

Threshold is currently off the air, but will return in a week, on Nov. 22, in a new 10 p.m. ET/PT Tuesday timeslot. Braga said that the show, which focuses on Dr. Molly Caffrey and her team of experts as they try to contain an alien threat, is wrapping production on its 12th episode and prepping the 13th. CBS has ordered three more scripts, but is awaiting a decision on whether to order nine more produced episodes until it sees how Threshold performs in its new timeslot.

"I would imagine that they'd expect bigger numbers than what we've been getting, considering the timeslot," Braga said. "Though our numbers have been decent, and our demographic has been decent. And we haven't dropped. In fact, we've built slightly week to week. So the indications are good. But I think we would definitely have to gain some new eyeballs."

Braga added: "If we get that back order, there are lots of big twists and turns coming, and big escalating things happening both plotwise and characterwise that we want to do. Molly's going to lose control of Threshold. She's going to ... find herself in a position where she may completely lose control of the entire operation. Ramsey 's [Peter Dinklage] going to be going down a very dark path as he starts turning to his vices more and more. ... And ... we're going to find out more about what these aliens are doing. Unfortunately, right around the time our team starts to figure it out, we figure out that what they plan is infinitely more terrifying than what we've seen so far."

The Nov. 22 episode, "Progeny," deals with alien influence in a fertility clinic and features guest star Elizabeth Berkley (in real life, a close friend of Gugino's). Until Threshold returns to the air, fans can catch up with the show on CBS.com, which is streaming past episodes.

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More spoilers for CBS's Threshold; JAG's Catherine Bell guest stars
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Threshold Executive Producer and former Trek writing veteran Brannon Braga reveals more spoilers and some casting news for the CBS series in an interview at StarTrek.Com:

"The [Threshold plan] is an incredible plan: [Molly has] got every imaginable problem outlined. But there are going to be times when she needs to modify the plan. There's a case coming up in the next couple of episodes where Fenway, Brent Spiner's character, is getting very overwhelmed with the amount of genetic research he has to do. So they bring in another Red Team member, who is a genetic engineer, played by Catherine Bell from JAG. Her character is named Daphne. So there are going to be times when yes, the team is expanded. Threshold is just going to get bigger and bigger as the threat grows larger. More people are going to have to be brought in, more resources, more money, more troops, etc."

"...There is a storyline that actually began two episodes ago where she is forced to kill her mentor, and boss, National Security Advisor Angela Hatten (Diane Venora) because she's become infected, along with several senators and several aides, and she has to shoot down her plane because she has no choice. In the premiere of this episode" [which will air on the show's new day, Tuesday, starting November 22], "we're introducing a new National Security Advisor, a guy named Ed Whitaker [Maurice Godin]. This guy — unlike the last one who was a real mentor to Molly — he's rewriting her plan, questioning her plan and qualifications. And this guy is going to end up going head-to-head with Molly. I don't want to give away too much, but let's just say Molly is going to find herself no longer involved with Threshold. I won't say how it happens, but there is going to be a real shocking development coming up where she finds herself completely losing control of her own operation. So there are those that think she is totally unqualified."

"To quote this Whitaker character, he tells Molly: 'You've written a brilliant plan, but it's not perfect.' He begins to question her and there's going to be some major stuff going down as a result."

Read more from Brannon at StarTrek.Com.