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For their first mission, the Arrows are thrust back into the hormonal corridors of high school, to bring together the quirky drama teacher, Rosa and straight-laced principal, Daniel.
Matchmaking is proving to be harder than they thought – and for Katerina, it’s time to confront some ugly colours from her past…
Running time approx 22 minutes
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Read after you have watched the episode, as this may contain spoilers!
Whew – I can’t believe I’ve finally finished it! The final product comes to about 22 minutes – much longer than the pilot. But I think the length was necessary. There was just a lot in this episode that I needed to establish. A lot about Kat, and I also needed there to be enough in there to develop the Rosa/Daniel story.
A HUGE thank you goes to all my cast members: Jeni_H (Kat), Abductee (Aaron), Jared Boucher (Connor), Leisawessa (Rita). And a very special thank you to Tolmek, who is my new Cupid, and was an absolute gem for doing the lines in such short notice. The rest of the cast – thank you to you all for lending me your talents: Laroling (Rosa), Blackessence (Lucy), futureactorjon (Evan), kiddicliche (Zara), cowxhugger12 (Jackie) and timnop (Ben).
This was a very difficult episode to do, in terms of the story arc – I had to rewrite the script quite a few times. I originally had totally different subplots, revolving around a drama production of a Shakespeare play (ah no, not Romeo and Juliet – that would have been far too cliche for Kat, it would have been one of the tragedies 
). But that suplot began to engulf Kat’s story, and so I had to change it. R.I.P Anna and Blake (the two characters you will never meet, hah).
When I think about the series as a whole, this episode is probably not as strong in terms of its storyline (compared to the rest) – but there were some things I really needed to establish at this stage, which I hope will make sense by the time I’m done with the series.
The flashbacks! I have to talk about these for a bit, as this introduces the structure of future episodes. I always intended the series to be more about the characters than their missions; their missions are more a way they figure out certain things about themselves and each other. So it is more about the arrows than their missions, but the missions play a very important role . Some, more than others, as will become apparent in later episodes (hehe). So each episode will delve into portions of each Arrow’s life alongside the various missions.
One thing I am hoping that people note in this episode is that even though Kat doesn’t have her happy ending with Evan, she still steps away from her clique. Hopefully, this tells you a lot about her character – and the person she is on the road to becoming. This first flashback is not the definitive explanation of who Kat is; it is simply the beginning of an important sequence of events in her life.
So, I hope you guys enjoy the episode. I hope the episode played out the way I envisaged it in my head. I had a lot of fun making it, and working with my wonderful voice actors. I am now exhausted, so will take at little break before I jump straight back into things. But hopefully, the wait won’t be as long this time. But I won’t make any promises. This episode took 2 months to make, with me working regularly on it. But I think I’m getting faster!
Please do let me know what you think of it, I always appreciate comments and constructive criticism.
- Serenity
It was a terrific episode to watch. I loved it!
I loved how you potraited Kat as a teen. And the story behind her (may I say it?) bitchyness. Though I wasn’t all that surprised that she didn’t end up with him, but I however WAS surprise to find out that she managed to get another pair-up while trying to pair up Rosa and Daniel. She might be the best Arrow of all. hehe. I’m actually looking forward to Aaron’s past and previous life, but I know I have to be patient. Hope you’ll be able to post it soon (or at least sooner than you did with ep.2 ^p^)!
I remember stumbling onto your series a few months back and then I had to find it again to see if you had updated. And you had! It was wonderful. I watched the pilot again and then Episode 1.
I am really enjoying the series and I love what you’ve done with the whole cupid slant. It’s refreshing to see something like this. I kept thinking to myself, “Wow, this would make a great tv series.” If only the Sims went to television. Maybe in the future!
Thank you for all your hard work. I am certainly looking forward to future episodes and discovering the backgrounds for these characters, who they were and what road led them to that moment in time when Cupid showed up.
What was interesting, I found was how all three of them seem to have some sort of failing when it came to relationships and now they are appointed match makers. The irony is delightful.
Again, I can’t say enough how much I enjoy this series.
I love your show everybody should have voice overs please email me when you make new shows
Adore the shows, and whenever you need an extra voice over e-mail . I also lay the role as Diana Grace in RS Production’s Me and the Others. E-mai: andreaxoxogyamfi@hotmail.com