{"id":20269,"date":"2012-01-18T22:59:25","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T06:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/?p=20269"},"modified":"2012-01-18T23:25:35","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T07:25:35","slug":"interview-christopher-barbour-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2012\/01\/interview-christopher-barbour-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Christopher Barbour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight’s\u00a0CSI: Crime Scene Investigation<\/em>\u00a0ended with a bang–literally–as the show prepares to see the exit of Catherine Willows in next week’s episode. Executive Story Editor Christopher Barbour<\/strong>\u00a0talks with CSI Files’ Shane Saunders<\/strong>\u00a0about tonight’s episode “Ms Willows Regrets,”<\/a> part one of Marg Helgenberger<\/strong>‘s two episode departure.\u00a0Spoilers after the jump!<\/p>\n

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CSI Files<\/strong>: We talked<\/a> back in November about how\u00a0“Freaks & Geeks”<\/a> was your first major episode for Catherine (Marg Helgenberger), but now you’ve done three Catherine-focused episodes in the first half of the season. What was the process like getting into the rotation for her final episodes?<\/p>\n

Christopher Barbour<\/strong>: Her exit episodes really were a team effort. For me I was fortunate to take point on the final two episodes, that was really not necessarily the plan because a lot went into creating the final two episodes. We had input from Marg, the writing staff, and there was a lot of discussion on how to take her out of the show in a way that would seem fitting. What I was interested in personally though was to touch some base with elements from the past because before I worked here I was a longtime fan of the show, so there were elements that I was keen to see. The show is really a team effort–the only way I can explain it is I took point with Don<\/strong> [McGill<\/strong>, Executive Producer], and Rich<\/strong> [Catalani<\/strong>, Co-Executive Producer] but it was a team effort.<\/p>\n

CSI Files<\/strong>: How did you guys ‘break’ the story?<\/p>\n

Barbour<\/strong>: Don and I focused on the first episode and then it was really a group effort on the second. We all sort of contributed scenes together.<\/p>\n

CSI Files<\/strong>: You guys knew at the beginning of the season what her two final episodes would be, correct?<\/p>\n

Barbour<\/strong>: We had an inkling of what it would be. There were some factors that we were sort of not sure would be a part of it, but the overall arc of the three episodes we had a pretty good sense of. We weren’t exactly sure how she would say goodbye in terms of her having a scene where she would say goodbye to everyone.<\/p>\n

CSI Files<\/strong>: Anita Gillette<\/strong> was back as Catherine’s mother Lily Flynn, but there was no sign of Lindsey (Kay Panabaker<\/strong>). Any reason why she was not involved in the final episodes?<\/p>\n

Barbour<\/strong>: It was partly to do with story and also in terms of Catherine not necessarily needing to say goodbye to her daughter. It was more about focusing on the CSI family.<\/p>\n

CSI Files<\/strong>: Vartann (Alex Carter<\/strong>) isn’t in Episode Twelve, but he was there tonight in Episode Eleven. Are there plans for him to come back?<\/p>\n

Barbour<\/strong>: He’s actually in Episode Fourteen, “Seeing Red.” He will return. He’s a terrific guy and I’m hoping there was some sense of him possibly being in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

CSI Files<\/strong>: That brings up another good point. It seems whenever Catherine connects with a guy, bad things always seem to happen. Does Catherine not know how to choose the right person?<\/p>\n

Barbour<\/strong>: [Laughs.] There’s some deep explanation for what she needs to do. She has been unlucky in love. I think the relationship with Vartann was a strong relationship but it was not the<\/em> relationship. I can’t really explain that… it’s difficult for her because the job was very important for her. It was difficult to balance those things at times.<\/p>\n

CSI Files<\/strong>: Hodges’ (Wallace Langham<\/strong>) mom has a new boyfriend that was mentioned in the episode, and I recall there being something at the beginning of the season about the possibility of introducing her on the show. Are there plans for her to show up for an episode?<\/p>\n

Barbour<\/strong>: There are plans to possibly meet Hodges’ mom. We’re trying to figure out a way to meet her.<\/p>\n

CSI Files<\/strong>: Maybe she hangs out with Mrs. Robbins and the two of them find another dead body in a bed?<\/p>\n

Barbour<\/strong>: [Laughs.] Right now we’re just mulling it over, but we might meet his mom.<\/p>\n

CSI Files<\/strong>: You’ve worked on a lot of episode this season. Do you have any others coming up?<\/p>\n

Barbour<\/strong>: As you know I worked on Episode Fourteen and I’m hoping to do one more before the end of the season. It may be one of the last episodes.<\/p>\n

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Shane Saunders is a freelance writer and reviewer. His work can be seen on EDGE Network and ShaneSSaunders.com. Twitter:\u00a0@ShaneSSaunders<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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