Bryan Greenberg: The Sixth Episode of October Road Can't Be the Last

Originally Published March 29 2007 I39m going to start this off with a shameless plug No not one for October Road we39ll get to that one shortly but for Bryan Greenberg If you know Greenberg it may be because you watched him play Meryl Streep39s son and Uma Thurman39s boyfriend in the movie Prime Or maybe you39ve watched him on the hit show One Tree Hill Or perhaps you know him from what I call quotthe best new showquot October Road Now you need to know him for his music His quotnot totally modern got a 39vintagey39 qualityquot music as Greenberg describes it His album comes out on iTunes this week and in my opinion it39s totally worth buying If you want to try it out first check out his MySpace I39ll embarrass myself now and admit that his song quotSmall Townquot is my MySpace profile song Don39t go thinking quotOh 39Small Town39 eh Did he write that to hype October Road or vice versaquot He didn39t Greenberg wrote the song which describes his own feelings about growing up in a small town after returning home to Omaha Nebraska for a wedding a few years agoAnd that39s what brings us to October Road As Laura Prepon so perfectly embodies her character of Hannah Greenberg knows Nick He39s been there He39s been in his shoes Greenberg explained quotI can relate to that I came from the Midwest then moved to New York City and then to LA After that I can certainly relate to wanting to do more in life than wanting to be in this small townquot Greenberg added that October Road quotspoke to me where I was at in my life at that time Being the same age as this character and having some success early on but not really being where you want to be at in life or not sure where you39re going Being from a small town I really related to the characterquotIn a show that is all about the characters it39s imperative that the characters feel real to the audience and that the audience feels drawn into the characters39 lives enough that they feel the need to know what happens week after week If you stick with October Road you39ll see that it accomplishes that goal with perfection It does take two or three episodes to lay the groundwork and to introduce viewers to the characters But once that39s done you can39t stop watching As Greenberg put it quotIt39s not a context show It needs time to warm up and have people fall in love with the charactersquotIn reference to October Road being a show about people Greenberg admitted quotI knew that going into it and I was kind of worried at first because all the shows like Lost and 24 are highly stylized It39s the same even with Ugly Betty It39s kind of tweaked in style This is just about normal people There are no aliens or countdowns or CSI cases that have to be solvedquotBecause October Road is so charactercentric it39s important for people to love or at least understand the characters Some viewers think it39s selfish of Nick to return home after ten years of no communication with his friends and act like life and his relationships are as he left them Greenberg who truly understands Nick commented quotWe talk about it in the sixth episode and in the first episode he said 39Once I stayed away staying away became the way39 What I chalk it up to is his mom died He was 17 He didn39t know how to deal with that He took off He had a lot of things inside of him He kept in touch with his family and not necessarily his friendsquotGreenberg feels for Nick He knows what it39s like to leave your small hometown and move away and then return quotI think there39s a little bit of selfishness with Nick and the choices he chooses The thing I like about Nick is he39s not malicious He has the best intentions He doesn39t want to hurt anybody but he just acts so impulsively In doing so he creates problems for himself and everyone around him and he39s constantly having to pick up the piecesquotOne situation in which Nick is most likely going to have to pick up the pieces His blooming relationship with Aubrey Greenberg said quotI think the Hannah situation is pretty complicated considering she39s with Big Cat and she39s got a son and she39s made it clear she doesn39t want Nick anywhere near them In the Aubrey situation he39s very physically attracted to her she can hang she39s very smart she39s got a unique perspective He hasn39t hurt her She39s new She doesn39t know him from the past She39s a very good sounding board She39s kind of wise beyond her years He39s kind of tornquotOnce again Greenberg isn39t just spouting off about his character It can39t be reiterated enough that he knows Nick quotWhen you leave a town it does sort of feel like time pauses even though it hasn39t I39ve had that feeling going home You think it39s the same but then these little things creep in and you realize time movesquot Who better to play a character than an actor who knows what makes that character tickOctober Road is the type of show that has been sorely needed on television And now it needs the viewers39 help So far six episodes have been completed by the cast and only four of those are set to air Viewers need to be sure to tune in and comment below if they love the show so that we can help to have it stay on the air Greenberg added quotA lot of stuff does go down in the sixth episode that will have people wanting more I for one think it can39t be the last episode There39s too many stories to tell in this town Everything starts heating up in Knights Ridgequot quotNow that the characters are established and the storylines are so much more established everything gets heightenedquot Greenberg assertedEven just episode four will leave you wanting more I guarantee it ends with enough of a quotwhoaquot moment that you won39t want it to end there This show has the possibility to go so many places with the stories of these characters Once you start watching you won39t be able to stop

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