In
an interview to Collider, Will& Grace star, Eric McCormack talks about the
season 2 of Perception, starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Arjay Smith.
“…
What
can fans expect from the premiere?
McCORMACK: Well, the premiere is somewhere about eight or
nine months after we finished, last time. We really hinted at where it
was going. The real-life manifestation of Natalie (Kelly Rowan),
Caroline, and Pierce are now dating, which is a very big deal. It’s a
very big deal that he’s on his meds. It’s a very big deal for anyone
living with paranoid schizophrenia, even when they’re on their meds, to be able
to connect like that. So, he’s in a great place, but of course, within an
act or two, he screws it up. As he warned us, from the pilot on, he
doesn’t like how it feels to be on meds. He doesn’t like how it feels to
be controlled. That’s a problem that a lot of people living with the
condition have. They feel better for a while, and then they feel put
down. They feel freer and truer to themselves when they’re off it, so he
goes off. So, by the end of the episode, we recognize that. He’s
not going to stay sane. I heard the greatest quote from Dr. Elyn Saks,
who is someone I based a lot of the character traits on. She’s a USC
professor living with paranoid schizophrenia, and she wrote a book, called The Center Cannot Hold, that was really
informative. She said that, “If you take away my demons, you take away my
angels, too,” and that’s how it is with Natalie. When the symptoms go,
she goes with them. And as she said to him, at the end of last year’s
season, “You have to let me go,” he doesn’t really want to.
…
Will
Daniel Pierce be in peril, this season?
McCORMACK: Yes, I would say more so this year than last
year. If I’m just a detective that’s doing pretty good this week, then
what’s the show. There are several episodes that he’s very imperiled by
his involvement. It’s been a great ride. The one about collective
blindness is one that is very bad for him. And then, the one that we’re
about to start shooting is called “Asylum.” That’s not good for him,
either.
…”
Perception
opens season 2 on TNT on June 25th.
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