Seven
Episode 101
Straighten up and fly right.
The guinea pig for the first show was a commercial airline pilot named James. He was a tall, handsome man with a kind smile and bright white teeth. Trevor and Steven chose him for the pilot episode—not only because he was a pilot, very punny—because he wanted to propose to his girlfriend, a children’s librarian named Sonja. A good emotional hook for the first episode.
Steven, as director, had given me the shooting schedule along with a few notes and suggestions for James’s wardrobe. But the moment I saw James I knew the suggestions were wrong.
This man who spent his life in a boring uniform did not need a wardrobe of sleek black suits and dull oxford shirts. He needed clothes with color. With flair.
“Pour les Hommes,” I declared as I ext
