That big twist wasn’t always in the pilot.
But while Cody was always marked for death (thanks to the source material, C.J.
Box’sThe Highway), there was some debate about just when he should meet his grisly end.
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And if the pilot was too soon.
executive producer Ross Fineman revealed during the show’s PaleyFest LA panel.
“Every episode has moments where when you’re reading the script you go, ‘You’re kidding me!
Where are they going to go from here?
How is that possible?’
And it just keeps going and going.”
Still, that pilot twist ran the risk of alienating viewers.
Particularly Phillippe’s fans who came to the show specifically to see him.
“That was the reason for doing it.
But it did come at the suggestion of the online grid, and it was a correct one.”
A partnership we’ll see more of whenBig Skyreturns to ABC April 13.
Watch the fullPaleyFest conversationfor more.
