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TERENCE KNOX IN 'TOUR OF DUTY'

TELEVISION'S WAR COMES BACK TO TELEVISION

The Vietnam War, which infiltrated American households by seizing control of television in a way no other war had before, will try to capture the medium again this fall.

This assault, which begins Sept. 24, comes in the form of the first dramatic series centered on the war to be developed for network television. The war that was so much a part of newscasts of the '60s and '70s, will now be the center of a weekly hour on Thursday nights.

The series, "Tour of Duty," launched by CBS, will attack the prime-time schedule at its strongest point -- the 8 p.m. slot occupied on NBC by "The Cosby Show," arguably the strongest show ever to dominate a prime-time slot.

Point man for the show is Terence Knox, who plays Sgt. Zeke Anderson, first among equals in an ensemble cast.

And a suitable choice he is to head the cast of a show that almost certainly will sustain criticism. When it comes to word games, he is no one's noncombatant.

At a press conference in Los Angeles, a reporter challenged the presence of the Vietnam Veterans of America at a CBS press conference to discuss the show.

Knox's response to the suggestion of impropriety was immediate: "Yo' momma!" he said.

Terence Knox is a happy man. After being killed off in one television series ("St. Elsewhere") and having another series killed off "I'm in a real good spot right now," he said.

For several months that spot will be the non-tourist areas of Hawaii, where "Tour" is filmed. Amid the paradise of the islands, the "Tour" crew will work seven-day weeks turning out the series of one-hour shows.

"There are different stories to be told about Vietnam," he said, "depending on when you were there and where you were. Ours is a jungle setting in '67. There is still a lot of cameraderie and good faith. The troops still get along."

The two-hour pilot is an impressive piece of work, especially given the fact that it was filmed in just three weeks. The production expense is clearly on the screen, with a lot of explosions and swarms of helicopters filling the footage.

It won't be that way every week. "There will be helicopters and we have access to Army film footage," said Knox. "But you'll get to know the characters and there'll be fewer explosions -- they take a lot of time to set up." And besides, special effects are expensive.

But the continuing element of the show will be a cast of characters the audience will have a full season to get acquainted with -- if a sniper doesn't get them first -- and a certain underlying tension and uncertainty.

And there will no doubt be sniping from the viewing audience. The pilot episode played well in screenings before the Vietnam Veterans of America this summer, but the sensitivity of the show's subject matter, coupled with its early-evening timeslot, have raised other questions about the series: Will it be too violent for young viewers watching at 8? If the show is toned down for airing at 8, will it then project a sanitized view of warfare? And is the Defense Department exercising any control over the production?

At a press conference in Los Angeles, Zev Braun, the show's executive producer, acknowledged that he was shocked when CBS chose to air the show at 8 p.m. -- early in the evening for a show that might logically play at 10 with more adult fare; and, of course, it's opposite the awesome "Cosby Show."

"I thought it was a joke" when they said 8 p.m., said Braun. But nobody laughed, and ultimately Braun accepted the CBS logic that all the 10 p.m. slots were committed to other shows and that the grim tension of "Tour" would contrast nicely with the lighter "Cosby."

And, he said, the early timeslot, normally a place for young viewers' fare, isn't necessarily a curse. "There are young people who don't know about Vietnam. I take it as a challenge. I think it's important for young people to know that war's not like Rambo."

Braun acknowledged that the Department of Defense had been very helpful -- where else do you get all the uniforms, guns, and helicopters plus advice on how to use them? -- but said he didn't feel he had traded control of the show for munitions.

But the Defense Department did get a bit touchy, he said, when it came to depicting drug use and racism among the GIs.

"They didn't want grunts to be portrayed as dopers," said Braun. "I'm not sure it's important to actually see someone smoking a joint {on-screen}. But it is important to see racial conflict. It's important to know that drugs were an important part of the war. If we can't show racial conflict, we can't show racial healing."

In the opening episode, Knox's character, selecting platoon replacements, warns that he doesn't want any druggies to follow him into the jungle.

And Braun promises that racial conflict between black and white GIs will be dealt with in later installments.

But the overriding theme of the show will be the constant threat to life and the struggle to survive. "Not every episode will have the bombastic effects of the pilot," said Braun. "But there'll always be the ever-present threat of death -- even in a quiet moment there can be a sniper. It's both realistic and dramatic."

At 36, Terence Knox appears more outgoing and irreverent than philosophical and introspective. But he seems genuinely caught up in both the work and the meaning of "Tour of Duty." A member of the Vietnam Veterans organization mentioned how Knox and other cast members signed "Tour of Duty" posters for two hours after one screening for the organization. And Knox spoke warmly of the VVA members he's met this summer.

On a promotional trip to Washington, he visited the Vietnam War Memorial. He looked up the name of an acquaintance -- "Actually, I didn't even like him much" -- and was touched when he found it.

"I was prepared to be impressed by the memorial," said Knox. "I was not prepared to be moved."

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Follows a platoon in the field during the Vietnam war. Genre: Television Rating: NR Release Date: 8-JUN-2004 Media Type: DVD

The first television series to depict the American soldier in combat during the Vietnam War, producer Zev Braun's Emmy-nominated Tour of Duty earned critical acclaim during its three-season run. Judging by the number of Internet sites devoted to the program, it also remains a fan favorite more than a decade after its 1989 cancellation; said fans should be pleased with this five-disc set, which compiles the entire 1987 debut season in a slightly altered format. What's untouched on this set is the drama and tension endured by the men of Company B, a racially and socially diverse platoon led by Sgt. Zeke Anderson (Terence Knox), as they serve their twelve-month tour in 1967. The 21 episodes of the first season (largely helmed by veteran TV writer-director Bill W.L. Norton) take the platoon from their formation at Firebase Ladybird ("Pilot") to the brutal battle to take Hill 1000 ("The Hill") that concludes the season on a downbeat note. What's missing, as longtime fans will immediately note, is the theme song (the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black") and much of the vintage rock music that played throughout the series. They've been replaced by generic (if effective) library tracks, which may lessen the impact of certain favorite scenes for viewers familiar with the broadcast versions. Also, no other extras are available on the disc, which is a slight disappointment, but for fans, simply having the entire first season might be satisfying enough. --Paul Gaita

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• Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Box set, Color, Full Screen
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 16 hours and 43 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ June 8, 2004
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey, Joshua Maurer, Steve Akahoshi, Tony Becker
• Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified
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Tour of Duty was an American drama television series on CBS . It ran for three seasons from 1987 to 1990. It was inspired by the Academy Award winning feature film, Platoon , making stories about The Vietnam War acceptable mainstream entertainment.

The show followed an American infantry platoon on a tour of duty during the Vietnam War. The story focused mainly on Bravo company's second platoon under the command of 2nd Lieutenant (later 1st Lieutenant) Myron Goldman (Stephen Caffrey), and Staff Sergeant (later Sergeant First Class) Zeke Anderson (Terence Knox).

The first season opens in 1967 and follows a standard light infantry platoon. In the second season, the troops found themselves relocated to a base near Saigon while conducting the typical "search and destroy" missions. Female characters were also introduced (in hopes of gaining more female viewership and because of the premiere of the ABC Vietnam Army Nurses drama China Beach which was aimed at a more female audience). In the third season, the remaining female character was killed off and the platoon was transferred to a SOG (Studies and Observation Group) unit under the command of Colonel Brewster ( Carl Weathers ), conducting covert operations in Vietnam and in Cambodia, culminating in the fictional version of the raid on Son Tay Prison. The third season was the show's last.

Tour of Duty contains examples of:

• Advertised Extra : Kevin Conroy was a member of the main cast for the first season, but the writers could never figure out how to properly integrate him into the storylines, as his character was a commander who normally stayed on base. Stuck in Hawaii with nothing to do for most of the working week, he set up a small stand on the beach and sold sketch portraits to tourists out of boredom. His character was dramatically killed off before the end of the season.
• Anyone Can Die : The series did not shy away from killing off major characters, often without warning, highlighting the arbitrary and unfair nature of combat.
• Booby Trap : Practically anytime the squad is out on patrol, you can expect one (or more) to make an appearance. Some are averted, some....not so much.
• Horn is introduced as a pacifist and conscientious objector who'd rather play the harmonica than fight what he sees to be an unjust war. His character arc depicts his realizing the necessity of killing to survive in an environment that doesn't care about his philosophical views and his gradual transformation into a stone-cold killer. His final episode shows him suffering a crisis when he realizes what he's become.
• Butt-Monkey : Baker. Lampshaded towards the end of the first season: “I try to do everything right…everything wrong happens to me!”
• Communications Officer : PFC Roger Horn. Due to his pacifist beliefs and refusal to fight (at first), Anderson makes him the RTO so he can be kept close to him and the LT.
• Dies Wide Open : Capt. Wallace
• Finally, the last episodes of the series are all around depressing. Lt. Goldman is completely disillusioned and has stooped to the same tactics he testified against a friend for. Zeke, with nobody to return to, is given another batch of young idiots to watch die. Taylor, now the last of the old squad, is wounded in a firefight. Pop loses his son and is badly wounded. Griner comes home blind. Hockenbury's pacifism costs the life of a comrade and he is stuck in a care center watching wounded men die. Ruiz and Percell both struggle to adjust to life back home, and McKay is grounded from combat flight, has difficulty getting a job, and when he does he can find no joy in flying in a civilian capacity. The series saved its emotional gut punches for last.
• The Dreaded Toilet Duty : One episode features Percell being put on latrine duty as punishment for an infraction. The officer overseeing this delights in making this already horrible task even worse, berating and mocking Percell as he's burning the waste in the drums, and even taking a dump in one of the toilets before Percell's had a chance to put the drum back under the hole. When it's all said and done, Percell walks back into the barracks to get cleaned up and the other soldiers recoil from him due to how bad he smells.
• During the War : During The Vietnam War to be precise.
• Ensign Newbie : 2nd Lt. Goldman is this at the start of the show. He gains experience and maturity quickly over the course of the first season.
• Haven't You Seen X Before? : Private Alberto Ruiz: What's the matter? You niggers never seen a spic before?
• Honor Before Reason : In Gray-Brown Odyssey , Lt. Goldman and a female VC prisoner, whom he holds at gun point after a prior ambush that also leaves him temporarily blind, come across a wounded communist sympathizer and his starving family. After hearing the VC explaining about the plight of the said family of four, Goldman gives them all his rations and is about to move on. The VC, knowing that Goldman does not understand Vietnamese language, not only tells the family that Goldman has just offered them food but also asks the family to mob the blind Goldman and help her escaping. A girl from the family grabs a knife to free the VC...... only to be prevented from going through with it by her wounded father, who thanks Goldman for the food and allows him to leave with the VC still his prisoner.
• Just Plane Wrong : In a "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" moment from the episode "Soldiers", a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter can be seen being towed in the background when Percell, Taylor, and Ruiz are walking to board their plane. The Blackhawk didn't enter into service until 1979 - 12 years after the episode time period was set.
• Randy "Doc" Matsuda was Bravo Company's designated medic during the first season, before becoming a victim of Anyone Can Die .
• Hockenberry becomes the platoon's new medic in the 3rd season, though his pacifist ways and smartass mouth don't make him very many friends at first.
• Of Corpse He's Alive : One of the new guys gets drunk in town and jumps to his death. His comrades initially plant the body in the jungles with the intention of shooting him in order to make it look like the VC killed him. The platoon sergeant, however, finds out, but not before the base is attacked by the enemy. The new guy's corpse startles a VC sapper who fires at the body before being killed. The dead soldier is honored for fighting bravely in the base's defense.
• Rank Up : Myron Goldman goes from 2nd lieutenant to 1st lieutenant between first and second seasons, Staff Sergeant Anderson is promoted to Sergeant 1st Class, and Johnson is promoted to Sergeant, both in season 3.

• The show had an odd tendency of killing off anyone who was 'getting short' (ie: Was about to complete their mandatory one-year Tour and be sent home). Even the main characters weren't always immune to this .
• Played with when one character was only grievously wounded when he found out he was 'getting short'. In a much later episode, we find out that said character later recovered in hospital, re-enlisted, got promoted, and returned to combat...only to be Killed Off for Real this time.
• Sergeant Rock : Staff Sergeant (later Sergeant First Class) Zeke Anderson, especially in the first few episodes when Goldman was more an Ensign Newbie . He is a grizzled veteran who has the respect of all of the men in The Squad .
• Shown Their Work : In the first season, particularly, the show went to great lengths to show accurate weapons, equipment, and tactics as well as creating a fictional yet believable military unit with its own backstory.
• Sleeves Are for Wimps : Anderson rarely wears his uniform shirt when out in the field, preferring to wear his equipment harness over a tank top, so his well-muscled arms are on full display.
• The Squad : The focus of the series is very much on 2nd platoon Bravo Company, complete with nicknames for almost every platoon member.
• Squirrels in My Pants : In the episode "Angel Of Mercy", Baker is suffering from diarrhea and has to go off into the bushes while standing watch to drop his pants. While he does so, a large toad jumps onto his dropped pants. At the same time, he happens to see some Vietcong slipping out of a tunnel to evade the American soldiers. Baker quickly yanks up his pants and Hilarity Ensues .
• Temporary Blindness : In "Brown-Gray Odyssey", Lt. Goldman temporarily loses his sight after his Jeep hits a mine, and the fire extinguisher backfires. He has to be guided by a female VC prisoner he is holding at gunpoint.
• Tokyo Rose : The series briefly featured a Vietnamese equivalent, note  Trịnh Thị Ngọ, better known as Hanoi Hannah with one GI asking another why he listened to that stuff. He replied that the propaganda was annoying, but that the music they played was actually pretty good.
• War Is Hell : Like most series about The Vietnam War made after Platoon , Tour of Duty focuses a lot on the horror of combat.
• Weapon Tombstone : Captain Wallace has one made for him, and several others, at Firebase Ladybird.
• In "Notes From The Underground", Sgt. Anderson and Lt. Goldman are maneuvering through underground tunnels. Anderson spots a snake up above them, and Goldman jumps back in time before it strikes. The LT is terrified of them but gathers enough courage to kill it. He then tells Anderson he's been afraid of snakes ever since he was a kid. Anderson says “you’d be nuts if you weren’t”.
• In the season 1 finale “The Hill”, Taylor and the newbie Mitchell take cover from small arms fire. All of a sudden, Mitchell starts screaming, saying a snake bit him. Taylor tries in vain to calm him, but in a matter of seconds Mitchell starts choking and dies. Horn: Dammit...that Pit Viper’s venom kills you faster than the electric chair.
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Tour of Duty

Tour of Duty was a CBS network drama series created by Steve Duncan and L. Travis Clark.

The show aired from September 24, 1987 to April 28, 1990, lasting for three seasons & 58 episodes. It was produced by Braun Entertainment Group and New World Television.

• 3 Accolades
• 4.1 Season 1
• 4.2 Season 2
• 4.3 Season 3

The series followed an American infantry platoon on a tour of duty during the Vietnam War.

• Stephen Caffrey as Myron Goldman
• Terence Knox as Clayton Ezekiel "Zeke" Anderson
• Kim Delaney as Alex Devlin
• Tony Becker as Daniel "Danny" Percell
• Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Marcus Taylor
• Ramón Franco as Alberto Ruiz
• Stan Foster as Marvin Johnson

Accolades [ ]

"Tour of Duty" won an Emmy Award in 1988 for "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series" and was nominated again in 1989 & 1990.

Emmy Award nominations

• 1989: Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series (for "I Wish it Could Rain")
• 1990: Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series (for "And Make Death Proud to Take Us")

Eddie Award nominations

• 1988: Best Edited Episode from a Television Series (for the pilot episode)

Episode lists [ ]

Season 1 [ ].

• Notes from the Underground
• Dislocations
• Sitting Ducks
• Burn, Baby, Burn
• Brothers, Fathers and Sons
• The Good, the Bad and the Dead
• Battling Baker Brothers
• Nowhere to Run
• Pushin' Too Hard
• Under Siege
• Gray-Brown Odyssey
• Blood Brothers
• The Short Timer
• Paradise Lost
• Angel of Mercy

Season 2 [ ]

• Saigon part 1
• Saigon part 2
• For What It's Worth
• Non-Essential Personnel
• Sleeping Dogs
• I Wish It Would Rain
• Popular Forces
• Terms of Enlistment
• Promised Land
• Lonesome Cowboy Blues
• Sins of the Fathers
• Sealed with a Kiss
• Hard Stripe
• The Volunteer

Season 3 [ ]

• The Ties That Bind
• Lonely at the Top
• A Bodyguard of Lies
• A Necessary End
• Thanks for the Memories
• I Am What I Am
• World in Changes
• Green Christmas
• Odd Man Out
• And Make Death Proud to Take Us
• Dead Man Tales
• Road to Long Binh
• Acceptable Losses
• Vietnam Rag
• War is a Contact Sport
• Three Cheers for the Orange, White & Blue
• 2 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
• 3 My Three Sons

Terence Knox

• Born December 16 , 1946 · Richland, Washington, USA
• Birth name Terry Davis
• Height 6′ (1.83 m)
• Terence Knox was born on December 16, 1946 in Richland, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for Tour of Duty (1987) , Best Years Gone (2021) and The Pretender (1996) . He was previously married to Susan Gay Knox.
• Spouse Susan Gay Knox (August 28, 1967 - 1977) (divorced)
• Most likely known for his roles as Dr. Peter White on St. Elsewhere (1982) and Sgt. Zeke Anderson in Tour of Duty (1987)
• Frequently plays police officers or murderers or both
• Low, gravelly voice
• Was a former Inland Gloves champion, with 56 wins and 1 loss.
• Knox and Kate Mulgrew auditioned together for the lead roles of Mitch Quinn and Laura Scofield, respectively, for It Had to Be You (1993) . They were not cast. The series, however, was cancelled after six episodes.
• Had a 1965 Austin-Healey.
• Has worked on two separate series with Boy Meets World (1993) cast members. He appeared with William Daniels on St. Elsewhere (1982) and William Russ in the Tour of Duty (1987) episode War Lover (1987) .
• Around 2003, he had a fiancee named Erin. The relationship eventually ended.
• Learning how to keep rhythm was a big deal in my life.
• [From a 1987 interview with "Soldiers" magazine, a U.S. Army publication, on the challenges of shooting Tour of Duty (1987) in Hawaii] I've got no room to complain. No matter how hard it gets filming here, it ain't !@#$ to what it was really like for the guys who served in Vietnam.
• [on his supporting role as Dr Gardner in 'Bestseller' - October 2013] After all these years since St. Elsewhere, I finally get a chance to play a GOOD doctor.

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Zeke — portrayed by Arlen Escarpeta — keeps the lights on via his sizable trust fund, and he also knows how to hack into everything from security cameras to mobile devices. This technological expertise isn't exactly legal, but it allows the team to circumvent warrants and other legal red tape that would stall a traditional missing persons investigation in its tracks. Moreover, Zeke's line of work couldn't be father from that of his influential father (Dwight Hicks), a Senator on the Subcommittee overseeing criminal justice.

Created by Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Found centers around a tight-knit crisis management outfit started by Gabi Mosely ( Shanola Hampton ), which specializes in tracking down individuals who have gone missing — either because they've been ignored by the system or because the trail has gone cold. Each member of the firm, Zeke included, grapples with trauma as the victims of kidnappers, abusers, and hostage situations.

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With the show returning to NBC for its second season on Thursday, October 3, NBC Insider sat down with Escarpeta to learn how he gets into Zeke's headspace, what's really in those shot glasses during the "Welcome home!" toasts at the end of each episode, and why he sees Gabi and her crew as a team of Avengers-like superheroes.

Found star Arlen Escarpeta takes us behind the investigative escapades of NBC's hit missing persons drama

How was the character of Zeke initially described to you?

Arlen Escarpeta: The description of Zeke was that he was a part of a very special team. He was obviously agoraphobic, but also [they didn't want] to lean into any preconceived notions of what that means. One of my main things with Zeke, even when I read the script and character breakdown, I was like, ‘I don't want Zeke to just be a talking head. Zeke needs to be a fully, fleshed-out character from from top to bottom — from his demeanor, to his energy, to his hair, to his clothes. I want to see a full character.' And God bless [series creator and showrunner Okoro Carroll] and NBC . They’ve given me nothing but the space to make Zeke just that.

What was the process for getting into the head of a character with agoraphobia?

Getting into Zeke's headspace for me wasn't necessarily hard. I'm very much a homebody, but what I realized, doing some of my research, is that agoraphobia does not always mean you're just afraid to leave the house. It can manifest itself in many different ways. It's as simple as, "Oh, I can't drive down that street," or "I don't do this," or "I don't do that."

It's different for everybody, and truth be told, I think we all carry a little piece of something we do for ourselves to feel safe. That was my main thing, finding a safe place for Zeke. A lot of my safe place is my childhood; my childhood cartoons for me are safe, Nintendo was safe. Things of that nature that made me feel feel safe and comforted as a little kid. Tapping into Zeke was very much tapping into his childhood and allowing for the unhealed trauma and the little boy that is still there. As long as I take care of Zeke's younger self, I feel I'm always very much connected to the unhealed part of him.

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The show has gradually revealed information about Zeke’s background and the trauma that drew him to Moseley & Associates. Did you get the whole story up front?

I got pieces of the story , and I was also very careful. When I was speaking to Nkechi and [co-showrunner] Sonay [Hoffman], I told them I didn't want to know too much too soon. As an actor, you don't want to play the end. Zeke is still holding a lot of what happened close to the vest, close to the heart, and I don't think a lot of folks know exactly what happened as of yet. Just to protect myself as an actor, I didn't want to know fully just yet.

I'm actually very excited to find out when we get to that point, the nuances, the details of what truly happened with Zeke. For now, I get to play Zeke with the mask; the mask that he wears to protect himself; the mask he wears to do the job that he does; the mask he wears to fit in and be a part of this team. Then I also get to play with those moments when the mask is off and Zeke is having those quiet moments by himself; when he's watching everybody at M&A toasting 'Welcome home!' and he's there by himself. Or the moments where he can't get out the house to be helpful. Those are the times where I get to take the mask off and play with the nuances that I have been aware of.

Speaking of the “Welcome home” toasts at the end of each episode, what’s actually in those shot glasses?

[ Laughs ] It’s funny, I don't drink at all. I think I’ve got some iced tea. They're sweet with it. They'll ask you, ‘What do you like?’ For me, it's either iced tea or it's just some cold mint tea. It's whatever's clever.

Zeke is obviously the resident hacker at Moseley & Associates. How tech-savvy are you in real life?

Let me be honest [ laughs ], I'm decent. There are times where I do have to reach out to my fiancé and say, "Hey, how do you do this?" Because she's very much on her phone and her computer all the time. There are times where I gotta tap her for some of these things. But I will say, I am extremely handy. I will YouTube and DIY something that [ snaps his fingers ] fast. If there is a way to get something done, I'm not afraid to take something completely apart and build it back up. So, in that sense, Zeke and I very much the same.

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Do you hang out with your co-stars a lot?

We hang out when we can. Obviously, we all have family, so everyone's always on off time [or] we're traveling and moving, but when we are working, we are a unit. When I'm filming at Zeke's, everybody will pop over [to that set], even when they're not supposed to be over there just to hang out. If I'm in between takes, I'll shoot over to Mosley & Associates to hang out with them. We have a really, really good time.

How similar are your fellow actors to their characters on the show?

I think we all bring a level of ourselves to our characters. Shanola [Mosely] is definitely the boss. There's no question. And when I say "boss," [I mean] the boss, because she is a phenomenal number one. She leads by example. The things that she's able to accomplish in that small amount of time and still come to work ready to go is mind-blowing. The same way we're enamored and just amazed by what Gabi does, we are the same with what Shanola does.

Karan [Oberoi; Dhan Rana]…it’s crazy, because he and Zeke don't always get along, but in real life, we clicked just like that. He is clearly my offscreen best friend throughout the entire cast. 

Gabrielle [Walsh; Lacey Quinn] and I click like nobody's business. We will battle each other for anything and everything. If there's a race to be had, we’re racing. We're very, very competitive.

Kelli [Williams; Margaret Reed] is the sweetest. She cares. She's quiet, but she's very observant — just like Margaret.

Brett [Dalton; Detective Mark Trent] is kind of the wild card. He’s a father, he's a phenomenal actor. And then when he comes in, he really does make you feel at all at home. I think Brett's character disarms you sometimes with his niceness and you don't know what's there behind-the-scenes until you get to know him. Then you peel back the layers and get to know a great person.

What about Mark-Paul Gosselaar?

Mark-Paul [Sir] carries the best kind of weight. You’re thankful to have him there. Anytime that our show gets a little bit too floaty, he comes in and levels it down. He’s interesting to watch onscreen, he’s interesting to speak to in person; he’s full of information and knowledge. And obviously, I think a lot of us grew up watching him on TV , so it's a blessing to have him there.

Do you have a favorite case from Season 1?

I don't know if I have a favorite case. I will say this, one of the best moments that we all share are those moments of discovery when we are piecing things together like a puzzle as a team. I feel like [we're] superheroes, I feel like we are assembling this team of Avengers, and we all get to bring something different and special to the table. It's just a great process, especially for actors. We get these however-many-page scenes, and we start cooking. You watch each of us nail the moment. It’s mixing in a bowl and then we get to the end of the scene and you hear Shanola say, ‘Boom! That’s it! I don't know if we can do it any better!’ That is probably my favorite thing being on this show — just working with a great team.

Found Season 2 premieres Thursday, October 3 at 10 p.m. ET on NBC. Stream all of Season 1 on Peacock  right here !

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