Will the shows producers be forced to make do with a smaller budget?
Will the FX version ofDamagesdiffer from DirecTVs version?
Daniel Zelman:Basically, the answer is no.
DirecTV wants us to do the show that weve been doing.
If anything, they want us to push what weve been doing evenfurther.
Theyre encouraging us to be as bold as possible, which is something we strive for anyway.
There have been no discussions about altering the show in any fundamental way.
And that lends itself to the throw in of storytelling we do.
Will the shows budget be cut?
Daniel:The budget has basically been kept the same, which were very grateful for in this climate.
The season 3 finale easily could have worked as aseriesfinale.
Did you write it that way because the specter of cancellation was hanging over your heads?
Daniel:We want to bring every season to a satisfying conclusion.
As you know, we have a different case every season and we have different guest actors every season.
What can you tell me about season 4?
Whos returning aside from Glenn and Rose?
Daniel:Right now it really is just Glenn and Rose.
But if you know our show, were very creative about who we bring back.
Zeljko Ivanek died the first season and yet hes been back every season since.
Anyone in our show can make an appearance.
We would love to have Frobisher back in some form.
Daniel:That remains out there as an issue between the two of them.
One of the questions of the whole series is, Will Ellen ever really get past that?
And will that resurface to cause Ellen to take extreme action against Patty at some point?
That being said, theres always an element to our show thats heightened and hyper-realistic.
We see something mythic in their relationship.
But the real answer to that question is well see if Ellenreallyends up being okay with that.
When do you start production?
Glenn:Its scheduled for January.
Are you looking at season 5 as the last?
And really thats all were focused on right now.
Theres time to work that out and consider where it might go in a [possible] sixth.
