9-1-1: Lone Star romance roundup: Tarlos, Marjan, and Paul updates from showrunner Tim Minear
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You mentioned to us ahead of this episode that "bumps in the road are not going to be roadblocks" for TK and Carlos as the head toward their wedding, so what was the goal of this brief conflict about having kids or not?
TIM MINEAR: This was a chance to explore Carlos' issues with his own father. And he has some doubts about himself — places he hasn't been stretched or tested. He's feeling like he doesn't want to make the same mistakes that he feels like maybe [were] made with him, or that he's not equipped to be a good dad. I think the thing that Carlos needs to figure out, and that he's starting to figure out over the course of this episode, is that nobody has it figured out. And that's what figuring it out is about: realizing that you don't know what you don't know, and to maybe not close off possible avenues out of fear. It's the first two steps on that journey.
And then TK, who I think historically has been impatient, has now matured to a place where he's willing to let his partner take his own steps at his own pace. Nobody's tricking anybody. Nobody is demanding anything of the other. They both realize that what's important is wherever the journey may lead, that this is a journey that they're going to take together.
Anything else you can tease coming up?
Yeah, there's going to be a big gay wedding. [long pause]
Oh yeah? Whose? [laughs]
The TK and Carlos wedding is happening. In typical Lone Star fashion, it's going to be an emotional combination of deep feeling and some epic stories.
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