24: Legacy Episode 11 Sneak Peek – Leverage

My theory? Most of the season was already filmed and they began to panic and fear that people would hate it (they were, of course, correct) and decided to throw in Tony at the last minute. Carlos Bernard is close friends with the writers/creators and the easiest choice to call up for a role. They had him film in a couple areas and split it up into several episodes. This would greatly explain why he spends, like, three episodes in the same damn room and doesn’t really interact with much of the cast or main storyline.

As for his possible role increase in Episodes 11 and 12, they were likely still filming those episodes when Carlos was brought on. So, they simply had him film his interrogation scenes and then jump into filming of the final two episodes. Their hope was that Tony’s presence would draw in viewers. Little did they realize, we require more than some half-baked cameo that stretches out over four episodes.

I mean–you could excise Tony’s scenes and almost change nothing in the narrative of the episodes. His scenes feel EXACTLY like what they likely were: tacked on at the last minute.

Seriously–combine his interrogation scenes together and you get maybe ten minutes of footage. They could have pulled in Otto and Smits on a weekend to film their few minutes of footage with Tony and boom–you have enough footage to stretch out over three episodes. I bet you that’s exactly how it happened or close to it.