Isn't "SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENS TO LAURIE" kind of like the show tag line?
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Isn't "SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENS TO LAURIE" kind of like the show tag line?
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What kind of things does Maggie like to paint ? Does she feel at home in New York ?
Maggie paints colourfully. That's the best way to describe it: contrary to everything about the decor (or complete lack thereof) seen at her workspace, her art is an explosion of colour, creativity and expression. Most of what she paints are concepts more than "things", feelings and thoughts on canvas, but she also paints fantastical landscapes and skies, as well as the rare person. When she paints people, I've always imagined her paintings to look something like this:
Fun Fact: the painting above is titled "Mad World", which was the song playing in Laurie's apartment the first time Maggie was there, in one of their earliest original scenes. On the topic of apartments, Maggie's art covers hers; this "location" of Partnered hasn't been seen by many.
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The park was spacious to begin with but now, as Maggie led the way into new territory — off the path, straight onto grass — even the looming trees became a thing of the past. Here, in the very heart of the park, and thus the heart of the city itself, the whole vicinity completely, utterly opened up: a vast expanse of green pasture, open in every direction and only blocked eventually by distant trees below the city's skyscrapers.Maggie walked a good dozen paces onto the field's acreage before she came to a stop. She pulled the borrowed sunglasses off and blinked, not unpleasantly, in the sun that meant to wash her pale face in its rather tremendous brightness. "It's fifty-five acres of just … space," she said, reflective; a simple field, and she looked out into it with pure admiration. "The Great Lawn. I know it's not a big secret, or anything, that it's here… but…" Lips pressed together, momentarily disappearing, before she went on. "Everything else in this city is walls. All of these buildings, and thousands of people just … forced together with no room to breathe, and you can't see the horizon. Where I'm from… it's all beautiful plains and," a fond smile, "wide, open space for miles where you can see the clouds forever. In contrast… New York can be like a prison." It was only then that her gaze found Laurie. "So… when I miss home. And I can't leave the city. I come here."She wasn't the only one. In the warmth of the day, picnic blankets and frisbees were abundant, people here and people there, all strewn across the landscape rivaling even the allure of a good beach. For the wanting, Turtle Lake glimmered off to one end. Yet shared or unshared alike, Laurie took his first step onto the grass as reverent as though treading into the most private of sanctuaries. Serenity did not clear his face, nor the sun bother it; he gazed out somewhere in-between. Found by Maggie, he'd taken a few more strides forward. "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage." Turning, his vision changed from the panoramic required to take in the whole Lawn, to a distinct touch of blue on Maggie alone. Only her, in all the park — in all the cage of New York. Haloed by the sun, he smiled not to match its brightness — his lips stay closed — but in a wistful sweetness meant only for the singular target of his gaze. Only. "I like that."Such a personal touch, sincere without needing to be serious, to come from the consultant. More than the view seen clearer beyond the trees.And just like that, gone. Head moving idly forward, he breathed deeply but forcefully, inflating his chest and motivating his hands from hanging to propped at his sides. Past all the other people, their signs of merrymaking, the grass, to a truer horizon than usual, he squinted. Nodded towards that far point even while turning to issue Maggie a second look, shallower, and more touched with mischief. Back to form, he could be said to really be grinning more this time around."Race you."
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I ship Kotowski/Jordan. I can't be tamed.
It ships itself, tbh.
"Over the announcement of their joyous reunion, he turns his head to flash his partner with an endearingly affectionate look — softer than his usual, but no warmer; he's never hid an ounce of it before..."
Best show that didn't exist in 2011 [x] Partnered
I need to believe But I still want more Touch my face A hopeless embrace (x)
Fact: Christmas Special
MAGGIE: "This might be… one of the strangest things I've done on Christmas…"
LAURIE: "That doesn't set up a very positive platform for me to ask what you've been doing previous years…"
MAGGIE: "I did say might. But mostly, they didn't involve very questionable medical procedures. At least not in the kitchen."
LAURIE: "Sounds like these other Christmases didn't have very good taste."
Because every series deserves a holiday episode now and again, Maggie and Laurie once spent a whole Christmas together (and Christmas Eve -- speculate at will; Kotowski did).
It was both unplanned and not exactly traditional -- Maggie stitched up Laurie with thread meant for horses while he made fudge.
MAGGIE: "I'm going to stab you now. If you're doing anything very delicate over there, you should be careful."
LAURIE: "Stabbing! Now it's beginning to look like Christmas."
Maggie: "You could have stayed."
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Mini-Excerpt: The One in the Hotel
"— I'm sorry."
"I'll give him some time," Maggie explained solemnly, stuck in the moments past. Her thoughts were still on the case they had drawn toward a close so recently with a new sense of finality, not on Laurie's unexpected apology. She was left with a gentler frown. It curled into a sad smile of her own empathy, and it didn't go anywhere when, as she took a step back in the hallway, she searched his face.
"What are you sorry for?" she asked. Her head turned toward the door, only to look up and down at Laurie with rare evasiveness of gaze. She spoke up again before he could answer, reluctant and quiet. "How much of that was true in there… about what you think of me." Her smile flickered and forced a lighter, joking grin."You know— except the part about how I could kick your ass. I know that's true."
"Ohhh, rough," Laurie groaned and grimaced exaggeratedly. "Would you like to include how you could get me fired? You know— pad your obvious dominance in this relationship some more?"
A nod in that direction invited her to follow down the corridor, and she did. She hung her head down in thought as they walked, a slide of blonde-on-blonde obscuring her face. Laurie's eyes weren't ahead, either; he contemplated Maggie more than their destination. "Actually— I meant that it turned out this way. For you. Sometimes," his hand gestured openly in front of her then pocketed, "it's easier to have a clear cut bad guy that you can grab, handcuff— lock away— than… emotions we can't grasp tearing a young woman apart."
"I'm glad I have no one to arrest," Maggie admitted. She was nothing but earnest. "People could be blamed along the way, or Lisa for tearing herself apart… but in the end, what happened… it was a tragic accident. There's no justice in the end, and it's not fair, it's not black and white, and— maybe this will sound strange, but … that's still easier to reconcile than murder."
Laurie's pace slowed to a stop, allowing her to catch up to him. Facing her, he smiled a strange little smile down at the blonde detective in the sweet stillness of the open courtyard atmosphere. There was no one else there to disturb them, and that was fitting to the private way he studied her. "You know, you're not the usual homicide detective mold." Slowly, fingers dragged out along the insides of his pockets, found air and— stopped there. He only fluttered in a soft gesture at her. "How interesting."
Maggie smiled.
I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner. (x)
Okay, I have a ton of questions written down somewhere (did you see this coming? :D ) but for now I'll ask one.I saw on one of the latest posts that Mark Wahlberg was the first casting choice for Kotowski, but then you replaced him with Eric Close. Were Elizabeth Mitchell and Mark Pellegrino your first 'casting choices' for Maggie and Laurie, or were there other changes in the cast list? There are more questions to come. :)
(A TON OF QUESTIONS?! ♥)
Ahem.
Elizabeth Mitchell was the first, and only, choice for Maggie.
There was a somewhat windier path for Laurie. In fact, the character's very first spark of origin was not this character at all -- which is sort of a paradox, but bear with me -- but my wily threat one day that I would stalk the Elizabeth Mitchell character of Maggie with one cast as Michael Emerson, just for kicks. He progressively grew into a larger, and more real, idea.
The exact point of divergence is lost to me, but somewhere in the planning, the character's background began calling for a more physical-minded, and particular kind of look. Which lead me to Mark Pellegrino. By the time his name was Laurence, he was Mark. So, in a sideways way, the answer is both "yes" and "no".
Once again, Laurie refuses to conform.
Bonus: Laurie has a 'poor man's' casting, as back-up.
Casting Call
Paul Kotowski (currently played by Eric Close)
Kotowski was originally 'cast' as Mark Wahlberg, leading to increasing descriptions of his short stature and shorter fuse. When it came to putting "Partnered" out to the public, however, Wahlberg seemed to clash with his would-be costars. He would then be replaced by Close's camaraderie with already cast actor Enrique Murciano (Jordan). But history still labels Wahlberg as 'Kotowski' and Eric Close as the 'poor man's choice', despite the actual outcome.