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...Embassy, the post-9/11 shift was pronounced. Executive producer James D. Parriott initially conceived the show as Emma Brody, a story about the life and loves of a young American woman (Arija Bareikis) who takes a job at the U.S. embassy in London after her fiance cheats on her. Yes, hard reality sometimes intruded--a terrorist bomb exploded outside the embassy--but the pilot hewed closely to the coming-of-age-drama mantra: It's All About My Feelings...
After 9/11, though, the producers decided the Zeitgeist required less Emma and more embassy. "Self-involvement doesn't really wash since 9/11," says Parriott. "Emma needed to be more involved with the Americans she dealt with and in service of the citizens." The show got a new name, newsy story lines (will Emma approve a suspicious Algerian's visa?) and promos decked out in enough stars and stripes to choke a bald eagle. (Of course, just as in real life, 9/11 didn't change everything: Episode 2 finds Emma dealing with posttraumatic stress--not from the bombing but from...
...guess who the (temporary) victim is this time, can't you? And maybe you can guess--this question is a little harder--why the bride keeps running away. She renounces her needs in order to fit her current man's ideal. The script by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott makes these jilted guys plausibly awful, so we agree with Maggie's decisions to dump them...