Baby Love

One of our favorite quotes of Jarod’s, that we ended up using in the main titles in subsequent seasons, was “life is a gift”. And that was heavy on our minds as we developed this episode.

No one can understand why someone would leave a baby in a dumpster, and for a character such as Jarod, who had such a respect for life, it was unfathomable. We knew when we heard this idea we had to do it. It turned out to be one of our favorite episodes of the first season.

Jarod and the baby on screen were money in the bank. They had such chemistry it was almost magical. This storyline of a hero saving and protecting a child, stood in such nice contrast to the Centre story, which had overtones of stealing children for research, and one child in particular – Jarod himself.

Jarod leads Miss Parker, Sydney, et al to discover that a secret sublevel in the Centre they had never known existed, was in fact there. SL-27. They go into the burned out bowels of the Centre, where Mr. Raines had carried out bizarre studies, and while in the belly of this secret beast, they also discover files and other evidence about Jarod’s parents and his abduction.

Often when filming with babies they will cry unless they are in their mother’s hands. And it was just that way on this episode, the babies cried their heads off when they were picked up by anyone, anyone that is except Michael T. Weiss. For him they were angels, the chemistry they had truly was magical.