WE ARE LESS THAN ONE MONTH FROM THE SEASON 4 PREMIERE…
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So, related news keeps coming. Which… and I might speak for more than myself here… is a true blessing to my Twitter feed, particularly in a week like the one we just had.
But what if you aren’t on social media? I know at least a few of you have indicated as much, so it’s for you especially that I’m doing the occasional TGD roundup… this week it goes like this:
· The first 30-second promo to contain (a few seconds of) new footage is out! Which is to say, it’s mostly old stuff overlaid with some new (?) critical raves. Lea appears twice (amongst the old stuff), so of course we’ll take it. Hopefully we’ll get a trailer with more S4 in it later this month.
· As for that new footage, we know it’s new because of one key feature: the name badge/lanyard that all the docs are wearing, at least for the “Frontline” 2-parter that opens the season with a pandemic-centric storyline. As this Entertainment Weekly article states, “the doctors now wear photo badges on top of their personal protective equipment so that their patients have something to relate to, since the doctors' faces are covered by masks.” The same article indicates those first two episodes will “follow Dr. Shaun Murphy through the months at the heart of the pandemic”, which of course piques the curiosity as to how many months will be covered through those first two episodes, and how Shaun and Lea’s relationship will be represented over that same timespan…
· In other news… and thank you Tony for mentioning this in last week’s comments… TGD cast and showrunners will be part of NYComicCon, which is a virtual event being held NEXT WEEKEND (October 8-11). TGD folks will join in next Sunday, October 11 at 7:45 PM EDT via YouTube! We’ll presumably get the rest of the needs-to-know for this exciting opportunity as the week progresses… but in the meantime… WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO ASK A CAST MEMBER OR SHOWRUNNER IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE? Post it in the comments!
· One more thing, for those of you on Twitter: might I suggest you follow @EndgameShea if you haven’t already? It’s the new Twitter account run by the same fabulous team that blesses Instagram under the handle shea.endgame. So the Twitter account is especially welcome if you don't do Instagram.
To pass the time until then, or when the world is too much (again) and you
need to expand your happy place…I’m here to remind you that YouTube is your
friend! And not just because Sheree Lynn Blizzard has released ANOTHER great
#Shea video since I interviewed her… (if you haven’t seen it yet, take a lookbut then hurry back)
Because… I’ve got a new batch of #Shea tribute clips produced by fans other than SLB for show and tell this week!
I displayed several such clips back in August, hoping to introduce fans to
at least a few of the better-done ones that hadn’t yet seen much of an audience…
and I’m happy to report that at least one of them (“The Scientist,” released in
July) has had a SIGNIFICANT boost in views since then: 78 when I posted about
it; over 1300 as of now! It might have done that whether or not it ever got
mentioned here (all social media word of mouth is valuable for something like
that), but it’s great to see nonetheless.
So as you take a look at the dozen clips on this list, I ask the same thing
I did last time… if some of you find a clip that’s new (to you, anyway) that
you really enjoy, I encourage you to go post about it on your social media of
choice. Let’s continue to signal-boost #Shea fans as much as we can!
Oh, and if you “know” any of these video creators… point them this way (to
the blog), if they aren’t reading already! (Special thanks to Sheree and others
who have already done this!) And if YOU YOURSELF happens to be behind any of
these… say so in the comments and take a bow!
NOTE: You may notice that some of these videos are better than others in
terms of editing, sound mixing, etc. I did too, but I’m not taking technical
quality into account very much.
On the other hand, I admittedly AM more likely to include a clip running, say, longer than two or so minutes because I know those generally take more effort to create, and to hold the interest of the viewer. I have made some exceptions; you’ll see those included as “Honorable Mention” videos.
SONG: “I Can See Your Halo” by…J2 (cover of Beyonce’s “Halo”)
PRODUCER: Carolina Edits
RELEASE DATE: 4/5/20
LENGTH: 3:34
VIEWS TO DATE: 1.7K
“Carolina Edits” used
to be “Valentina Soler”, in fact, her video Dimelo was featured in my
August post with the old username. But by any moniker, she makes thoughtful
choices of video, voiceover (including music pauses here and there for said
VO), and effects. And if you watch this one, you’ll see just a hint of Spanish-language
Shaun and Lea around the 2:44 mark. (She did something similar with Dimelo.)
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SONG: “I Knew You Were Trouble” by Boyce Avenue (male cover of the Taylor Swift song)
PRODUCER: Shaun The Good
Doctor
RELEASE DATE: 4/3/20
LENGTH: 3:25
VIEWS TO DATE: 1.7K
Gotta include these upbeat songs whenever I can… and before you get all skeptical about the song title, we all know it fits their narrative in its own way. Take a look at the way the Striped-Tomato-hits-rock sequence from “Islands” is used here…works, doesn’t it? The video is also noteworthy for rarely-used clips from 2.4 “Tough Titmouse” (the one where Shaun hoped bringing Lea a donut would smooth things over for them)… and let’s just say the clip chose for the lyric “Now I’m lying on the cold hard ground” is very well-played.
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SONG: “Not Today” by Imagine
Dragons
PRODUCER: Minhas Musicas
RELEASE DATE: 4/10/18
LENGTH: 4:08
VIEWS TO DATE: 32.8K
It’s gotta get easier and easier somehow/But not today… is the understandable refrain on the song chosen for this creation, and that makes particular sense when you see that it was released in April 2018, when Lea had not yet returned from Hershey (unlike many of the others in this collection produced post Season 3 finale). No dialogue is featured; just a lot of lovely S1 greatest hits.
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SONG: “Kiss Me” by Ed
Sheeran
PRODUCER: Carolina Edits
RELEASE DATE: 9/29/20
LENGTH: 5:24
VIEWS TO DATE: 69
Don’t let the intro to this one fool you… it’s about 55 seconds into the clip, after the Shaun-asks-for-his-batteries-back scene, that it really gets started. The Friends and Family Embrace comes not long after that, and when you see and hear the lyrics chosen for that moment you’ll be quite taken by their utter accuracy. From there, it’s mostly about the song itself, and the selections made during the instrumental section (really good use of the S1 scene of Shaun standing on a crowded bus, looking at the “pine trees’ text Lea sent him, getting lost in the memory of her… SIGH). And yes, all the #Shea kisses are timed out beautifully with the “Kiss Me” refrain of the song.
And as you can see by the date on this, it’s a brand-new release from the one who gave us the “Halo” clip I mentioned earlier… let’s show Kiss Me some extra #Shea love!
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SONG: “Love Me Back” by R
I T U A L/ Tove Styrke
PRODUCER: Cutiejea
RELEASE DATE: 11/7/19
LENGTH: 2:58
VIEWS TO DATE: 1.6K
Another intriguing song choice; it’s a male/female duet and the resulting refrain “Please don’t love me back” could be used by both Shaun and Lea at different times (Shaun when he was still figuring it out for himself; Lea when she’d figured it out but feared what would happen once HE did). Only contains video through the 2.1 “Hello” episode, but that includes some lesser-seen bits from both parts of the “Islands” episode.
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SONG: “Snow” by Sleeping
at Last
PRODUCER: Miss Zombie
RELEASE DATE: 12/14/19
LENGTH: 2:41
VIEWS TO DATE: 9.9K
This song is holidayesque, but in a somber-as-snow-to-rain way. This tribute, which includes Friends and Family footage but is mostly about S1 and S2, captures some of fragility of Shaun and Lea’s relationship as well as its underlying strength.
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SONG: “The Light” by The
Album Leaf
PRODUCER: NatalieProductions
RELEASE DATE: 9/4/20
LENGTH: 5:40
VIEWS TO DATE: 2.4K
This is a completely different production from “Light” by
Sleeping At Last (the artists mentioned in the previous clip), which I featured
last time around. “The Light” is an all-instrumental entry by the fan
who gave us “The Scientist” earlier in the summer, and the music provides a
bright, shimmery backdrop as the #Shea-to-date story is recapped, mostly chronologically,
through dialogue and voiceovers.
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SONG: “I Like Me Better”
by Lauv
PRODUCER: Mari
RELEASE DATE: 1/17/19
LENGTH: 2:19
VIEWS TO DATE: 7.7K
For those of us who adore seeing Paige Spara in the official music video for this hit by Lauv, here’s a shorter edit of the song intercut with S1 & S2 clips from the show. Those who voted this same song to be part of our #Shea Ultimate S.O.S.Playlist are sure to enjoy!
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SONG: “You’re My Sunflower”
by Shaun Reynolds (Feat. Esmée Denters) (Cover of “Sunflower” by Post Malone/Swae Lee)
PRODUCER: M O O D
RELEASE DATE: 4/12/20
LENGTH: 2:49
VIEWS TO DATE: 55.9K
AS FOR THE HONORABLE MENTIONS…
SONG: “Every Little Thing
She Does Is Magic” by Sleeping At Last (Cover
of The Police song)_
PRODUCER: QUINN
RELEASE DATE: 1/15/18
LENGTH: 1:52
VIEWS TO DATE: 16.8K
Apparently #Shea fans are also Sleeping At Last fans—3rd
time that band appears here! Anyway, with this clip running less than 2 minutes
it clearly doesn’t have as much content (and time invested) as other ones. But it’s
lovingly crafted just the same, and gets bonus points for a very good video choice
on the “even though my life before was tragic” line. Dang, the whole song is
such a good fit for Shaun’s POV…
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TITLE: Lea falling for Shaun
for 2 Minutes Straight
PRODUCER: ItsGigiBitch
RELEASE DATE: 5/18/20
LENGTH: 2:01
VIEWS TO DATE: 1.7K
Exactly what the title says it is. It’s “not perfect”, as the descriptor beneath the video will tell you—audio levels are too hot and the edits are a little wonky—but the sentiment is pure.
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TITLE: Lea Dilallo
| scene finder [S1] (also S2 and S3 available)
PRODUCER: scene seekers
RELEASE DATE: 2/26/20
LENGTH: 1:18
VIEWS TO DATE: 3.4K
Last but definitely not least, here’s one of my favorite discoveries of late…
a supercut for each season of TGD featuring JUST Lea speaking, reacting, etc.
at a brisk pace. The marvelous detail to look for is in the top left corner of
the screen, where each clip is accompanied by both the episode number in which
it was featured AND the time into the episode that it occurred! Apparently the scene
seekers channel does this for multiple characters in multiple TV series… I’m
just glad they’ve chosen to give Lea a place of her own in that universe. I’m
only posting the S1 clip here, but if you follow the link over to YouTube, you
should find S2 and S3 easily.
This one might be for LeaGeeks only, but maybe you qualify…? I surely do.
4 comments:
"I Like Me Better" and "Kiss Me" are AMAZING! I haven't watched any of the others yet.
And Paige is a #Shea shipper! Shea.endgame posted a clip of an interview with her from 2019 on their IG page where she was asked if she would want to see Shaun and Lea--as Paige, not as Lea-- and she said that yes, she thinks so, and THEN she even went so far as to say, "I believe that you should marry, or could marry, your best friend, and I think that's really important, and I think that would be lovely: to see those two people find each other."
I too am wondering what we'll see of Shaun and Lea's relationship in the season-opening 2-parter. Will Lea be considered non-essential personnel since she's a computer tech, and be stuck working from home while Shaun is in the trenches at the hospital treating patients? Will they be Skype-ing as when he wanted her help deciphering that emoji from Carly last season? Will they be on the phone as they were during Hubert's brief life? Texting each other as they did about the toilet paper? Will Lea be allowed to come to work and be masked and gloved up? I don't know how much physical contact we'll get in general, but I at least need there to be SOME kind of acknowledgement in the season opener of the shift in Shaun and Lea's relationship. Lea telling Shaun to be careful, take care of himself, an "I love you." If Lea is allowed to come into work, Shaun checking to make sure she's properly social distancing and wearing her mask and gloves. I just want something small, you know, some sort of acknowledgement that hey, they're a couple now in addition to being best friends, and after Lea's behavior when Shaun was in what was left of the brewpub after the earthquake, there's no way she's not going to be concerned about him being on the front lines of COVID at St. Bonaventure for most of the day every day for months, which is what I took to mean the season opener will cover, is months of serious pandemic.
Great collection of videos! I've seen several of them, but it was great to add some gems. Much thanks and credit to all of these video creators!
I can't wait until next Sunday evening. I've been looking at the site to see if they would add a "Meet and Greet" option, but I think we're just getting the panel next Sunday evening. Even so, that is still a VERY special treat, and I would love it if one of our questions gets answered! I will post a couple of my prospective questions later in the week, so stay tuned :-)
I have a lot of the same curiosities, Amy. I agree that there are a lot of things Lea could theoretically do at home as "tech support," including the manual takeover of one of the hospital's computers if needed. And we know that Paige posted a shot from the apartment they once shared (and hopefully will once again, at some point).
But then again, there was just an earthquake, and there could be a need to evaluate the hospital's technological assets. Even moving beyond that, specifically with respect to the virus, many places have had to make drastic increases to their bandwidths and remote networking abilities. So in my mind, it really could go either way.
And of course, I am intrigued at the idea of the "months" being described in the summary.
Oh, and I love that Shea.endgame IG account. You might have seen my comment about Paige keeping an upbeat spirit in that early-season interview, despite barely appearing in the early part of Season 3. Just another "little thing" that really makes me root for Paige, just I root for Lea. I wonder if there were any deleted scenes from those first 5-6 episodes that didn't make it to the DVD???
Enjoy your week, everyone! I'll be back here soon!
Thanks for the reminder, Tony! I hope I can view the panel this weekend.
I too LOVE the Shea.endgame IG account. And I agree with you that it could go either way, with Lea working at the hospital or working from home, or from Shaun's. I just hope we get at least one good scene with them in the season opener. Something that acknowledges their new relationship, like I said.
As promised, Kelli, I'm back to provide a few questions I've been considering asking the panel on Sunday.
- For David Shore: Occasionally, one or more regular characters are absent from an episode. Is this strictly due to storyline/screen time constraints, or has actor availability ever been a factor?
- For David Shore: With the prospect of Shaun and the 4th-year Residents supervising younger Residents in Season 4, will the reason given why we didn't see Shaun being supervised by a more experienced Resident during HIS first year?
- For David Shore: Given that the "Frontline" 4th Season Premiere and its focus on the pandemic, is the plan for the pandemic to be contained within those two episodes? Or will the long-lasting reality be reflected - at least in the background - of subsequent episodes as well?
- For Freddie: Has there ever been a plot/subplot that you wanted for Shaun that DIDN'T happen, such as the patient that Shaun DIDN'T get for that particular episode?
- For Freddie: How long does it take to shake off a highly-emotional scene - such as the one in the Wyoming motel - and move on to the next thing? Or are these types of scenes among the last filmed for that day?
- For Freddie: Do you feel that you get a good balance of time spent with your co-stars? Or do you feel that we need some more "Shaun and ____" time?
- For Paige: In addition to the Shaun/Lea relationship, the Lea/Glassman relationship still has such an interesting dynamic. Do you see "Sassy and Glassy" getting a chance to better understand each other and grow throughout Season 4?
- For Paige: Will we get to see more moments between Lea and other characters beyond Shaun and Glassman - such what we saw with Morgan and Lim late last season - now that Lea is working at the hospital?
- For Paige: Your character might be the single-most-debated among fans of the show. Do you see it more as Lea being a complex hidden-depths character, or as Lea simply being misunderstood?
With so many fans online asking questions, there's certainly no guarantee that any of my questions will get answered. But it certainly won't be a result of me not asking!
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