![]() ![]() She is somebody who has experience at different stations, and she’s preceded by the nickname of the Station Whisperer, meaning she has been dispatched to stations like Berlin that are in various states of disrepair, or moral or institutional brokenness, and she comes in to help get that back on their feet. Yates, who’s the new chief of station, replacing Steven Frost. Olen created the show and was with us on the writing staff for Season 1, but has been busy working on a novel this season.ĪX: You’re adding some major cast members this season. So I’ve been the show runner both seasons. WINTERS: I was show runner Season 1, and now on Season 2 again. creatively in this season.ĪX: What is the rundown this year behind the scenes at BERLIN STATION? Series creator Olen Steinhauer was very involved in Season 1. So there is very much a flipping of the tables M.O. It’s really a matter of picking up those pieces, and the idea behind the second season in some ways is the station taking power into its own hands, having been the subject of forces beyond its control. So I think there will be some fun surprises as to how that gets pulled off, but also, it is the show that it was, and the station that it was. We are bringing people back, and it was difficult, but that was also the exciting challenge of it, how to disrupt BERLIN STATION at the end of Season 1, do some dismantling of the ranks, and then how do we pick up the pieces, pick up where we left off at the start of Season 2, and continue to move forward with an ensemble. I mean, I can’t give away details, but we have worked hard to make everything fold naturally into the season, even against odds of, “Where’s this person and can that person be working in the station anymore?” Things like that. WINTERS: Well, that very question was what was sort of our own leading questions. So we tried to end Season 1 in a way that would give it that sense of closure, but also keep the door open for a season to come.ĪX: How are you bringing back characters who are no longer with the station, some of whom seem to be in hiding, and yet need to be in reach of the station if they’re going to be in the show at all? Executive producer Bradford Winters, who bears a striking resemblance to his actor brother Dean Winters, debriefs us on the characters, and much more.ĪSSIGNMENT X: Was the BERLIN STATION Season 1 finale written with the expectation that there would be a Season 2, or did you find that you had to write yourselves out of any corners?īRADFORD WINTERS: It was made in the hopes that things would go on, but at the same time, I think we gave Season 1 a kind of an ending where if it had gone that way, and thankfully it didn’t, it would have felt like a satisfying close. Top spy Daniel Miller (Richard Armitage) had been shot and badly wounded, station chief Steven Frost (Richard Jenkins) had been jailed (though later released) and fired, and operative Hector DeJean (Rhys Ifans) turned out to be leaking information to the press and was on the run.Īt the start of BERLIN STATION’s second season, beginning Sunday, October 15, one of the big questions would seem to be how all of those characters can find their ways back into the story. ![]() By the end of the first season of Epix’s crackling espionage drama BERLIN STATION, the C.I.A.
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