Review of first season of Walker: A Journey of Self and Family
4:30 Discuss typecasting and all eyes were on Jared to see if he can make a post-SPN career work and the answer is "yes!". "It was really good season of television."
8:00 Praises Jared for creating two distinct characters from each other, Sam Winchesters and Cordell Walker, and leading an amazing cast. Calls the show an "enjoyable ride".
18:10 Discuss how Cordell's psyche was affected by his own mismanagement of his grief and then going undercover for months where he had to be a new person.
24:05 Discuss the extra 5 episodes that surprisingly organically worked, especially considering it was neither like the 1st or 2nd season.
The last half discuss the ensemble cast: "Hoyt is our boy" in a stripper costume. Geri is sus. Poor Micki and her mother issue. Relates to August during his idiot teenage phase. Rebellious Stella just wants her dad home.
54:55 "Cordell has so much on his plate trying to keep everyone together. At the end of the day, Cordell was trying a lot and that's where the point of credibility comes into play. 'Jared sold the role very well'. Cordell is not the one to give orders, he receives orders even though he has a rebellious side. That makes him a much more engaging, fun character to see week to week."
57:50 "I really, really enjoy Walker. The creative team and Jared Padalecki knew what they were doing with this interpretation. It was not a CW Walker, it was Walker on the CW. You can see what they were doing, but at the same time it keeps you surprised on what they were able to do and what they wanted to do in every given moment on the show."
