Comments on: EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Charlie Jade Headwriter Alex Epstein

By: EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Charlie Jade’s Michael Filipowich | Pop Critics - Movies|TV|Comics|Music|Reviews|Recaps

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:01:06 +0000

[...] When I spoke with Alex Epstein (ed: PC Inteview), he said he didn’t think there was any magical reason you were different from verse to [...]

By: Renato Pagnani

Renato Pagnani — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:03:14 +0000

The way my girlfriend and I (I recently introduced her to the series after watching its original run in 2004 in Canada) interpreted the three taps was that each tap contained water from the three different verses, and 01 used water from a certain verse to get into that verse. So, if he needed to get to Gammaverse, he's use the tap which contained water from Gammaverse, or if he wanted to go to Beta, the tap with water from there, and so on. This is actually the theory my girlfriend (a very clever girl) came up with, and while it doesn't pan out that way, it's an interesting theory nonetheless.

Although Charlie Jade has a lot of retconning, and at times it seems like the show doesn't know where it wants to go, or will go, it's still one of my favourite shows ever.

By: Charlie Jade recap: “Betrayal” | Pop Critics - Movies|TV|Comics|Music|Reviews

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:00:33 +0000

[...] Before we jump in, don’t forget to check out our exclusive interview with head writer Alex Epstein. [...]

By: elfie

elfie — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:30:47 +0000

Oh gosh. Well I held off reading as long as I could (not very long eh?) because of spoilers. Great interview Richard & Alex! I hadn't noticed any of the mentioned items (the 3rd tap in particular), so I'm glad to have that little insight before watching the coming eps. It just seems there was enough to keep the story going for another 10 years…possibly exploring the different Charlies, etc. I'm happy to have another 11 or 12 eps to look forward to even knowing that at this point it doesn't look good for the continuation, except possibly in a spin-off. YAY! I'll be coming back to read again as the story progresses.

By: R.A. Porter

R.A. Porter — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:34:03 +0000

Do NOT feel alone. I felt exactly as stupid when Alex told me that. I never noticed the extra tap.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:26:02 +0000

If I didn't already look like an idiot as it is, I was coming back here to finally get the courage to ask you again what the heck you meant but I finally understand. lol

I understood the pipe with dripping water. I remembered that but the three taps is what had me confused. I'll have to go back and watch that.

Thanks for explaining it R.A. Porter. Appreciate it.

By: Massimo Savino

Massimo Savino — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:35:29 +0000

Thanks! Great interview, very insightful questions. I always felt that CJ never got the praise it rightfully deserved and that it was very unlucky in quite a few respects — because it was a great show.

By: Dontlk

Dontlk — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:46:39 +0000

Ah right, 01's shower – three taps.
Thanks Richard.

By: R.A. Porter

R.A. Porter — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:22:22 +0000

The Vex-Cor reactor/link station out in the desert. Remember back in "And Not a Drop to Drink" when Charlie talks to Jody and her mom? Then he heads to the town buried under the sands and finds that single, oddly placed pipe dripping water.

That whole storyline, with Jody's family leaving town because of the water and Aaron Bridger being blamed for it by dumping old cough syrup, is about the runoff from the Vex-Cor link site. The original writers obviously intended for there to be something special about the water running through/used by the link.

So if you look in the shower at the Glass Door, you'll see that there are actually three taps. 01 has installed a special one other than the hot and cold that obvious contains that runoff water.

By: Dontlk

Dontlk — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:07:34 +0000

In which episode ? What plant ? When ?