Here it is, the pilot that started it all....
(I had to cut the big performance at the end bc if I edited it in, it would be too big to post. :( but you all know what I'm talking about regardless)
1. If you were to tell my younger oblivious 11 y.o self if she had seen this aired pilot for the first time & the first opening segment of our four main guys running away from a group of screaming erratic girls, I would initially think, “oh... they must be really hot s**t, they're already had an adoring crowd chasing them.” But really, they're about to pull a prank and got beaten up for it. (Rightfully so). I respect the fact that guys were made to look and act like fools for certain occasions. Makes them more endearing in a way, learning from their mistakes. The best 5 minute cop out in a pilot like this, well played Scott Fellows.
Reminds me of that one episode of Suite Life when Zach & Cody accidentally poke a hole in the wall and their friends start spying on a girls soccer team next door then all got poked in the eyes. Funny episode BTW.
2. How confident you must be for the very first episode of your show to include two celeb cameos? One from Sway Calloway, Mr. MTV himself, and the another being Nicole Scherzinger from famed girl group The Pussycat Dolls? (BTW: I think the first question I would ask her is what's her haircare routine bc her hair always looks straight out of a Pantene or Garnier commercials, fr.) It's amazing to think about how the Nick executives and the big suits back then somehow had really good faith behind this show to make it the best it could be, so much so that kids would rather miss a day of school on Monday if they missed an episode. For context: I heard that last statement from recent podcast interviews involving Stephen Glickman, and it goes to show just how much effort everyone involved put in, while having fun doing it too. It holds up really well, and you can tell by watching the show in general.
3. Perhaps I'm that easily swayed (and I've said this before in a past post) but thank God for Kendall and I'm forever grateful that he's apart of BTR after the unaired pilot. That audition scene, insulting Gustavo in song & dance while defending his friends is absolutely gold and never gets old. If not for BT Guru in season two (for some reason) and obviously BT Bad Boy, that moment would sold me on him immediately, professionally and personally as my personal standout.
4. Something about the Minnesota scenes just hit for me. Probably bc there's less sound effects in this pilot than the rest of the show, but I would somewhat see the appeal if it was a straight up musical dramedy. I would love to see some scenes of the boys school/home lives pre-BTR, pre-LA, etc., but I guess that's what fanfiction/AO3 is for. (BTW: if anyone had seen or read these kinds of stories, or even do some fanart around that concept, please send them my way, my ask box/DMs is open @btr-project!! I'm not that well-versed into the BTR fanfiction/headcannon universe anyways, so that would really help me fill that void.)
More season one posts/random rumblings coming your way!