Finally, we return from our hiatus with the entire original crew and enough capital to finish the season! Our sixth “official work week” of filming Squatters and we’ve got Jim, Sean, Erik, Cooper and myself all back together for a reunion…well, I did hire all of them for the FHF commercial, so it hasn’t been that long, but you get the point! Squatting returns!

We rented a cheapish sound stage south of LA for the dozens of random locations that I have learned never to write into my script again. I don’t want to “give away” the fun of which locations are real and which ones we created from nothing in a sound stage, but after today, I have amazing respect for what you can get away.

After working around such tight restrictions, time crunches and noise issues at our office location, I was excited to breath a little and get a true “day” of filming. However, poo hit the fan when we got to the sound stage and realized NONE of the sets were free-standing and camera ready. I was so shocked because the last time we were there, everything was perfect! With talent on the way, we frantically dressed over a dozen sets and fought hard to stay on schedule.

Much much thanks to George Kimmel who gave us his day to turn over rooms while we were filming. I’m exhausted, but relieved. We didn’t miss a single set up! We’re back tomorrow for more…man your battle stations!