[ SECRET POST #1558 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1558 ⌋

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Comments

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Okay, I... think you and I just have different opinions on what makes an "ensemble cast," then. The point is that in those episodes early on, even though it's Lassiter or Vick who initiates the plot, the main action of the episode by far is on Shawn and Gus solving the case, Shawn and Gus's friendship, Shawn and Gus's teamwork, etc. Even Lassiter's tearful confession -- nothing major comes out of that for him in that episode. It's an episode about Shawn and Gus.

Later on, the show would actually begin to start having episodes that were about Lassiter, Henry, and Juliet, and to a lesser extent, Vick. That, to me, is an ensemble cast. Most shows have side characters who do some lifting every now and again, but when 90% of the focus is on two people, I don't consider than an ensemble.

Like, Due South had the police/Consulate staffers, Starsky and Hutch had Huggy Bear, The X-Files had The Lone Gunmen and Deep Throat and Skinner, Xena had a whole assortment of side characters... I don't think any of them qualify as ensemble shows. An ensemble show is something like Criminal Minds, The Office, Grey's Anatomy, Friends, Battlestar, etc. where there are several characters getting equal or nearly equal weight. I think you can argue that Psych is now sort of becoming one of those shows, but definitely not when it started.

ETA: SAG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award_for_Outstanding_Performance_by_an_Ensemble_in_a_Comedy_Series) take (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award_for_Outstanding_Performance_by_an_Ensemble_in_a_Drama_Series) on the subject, for example.