
As a show on a small budget, Forever Knight did not—could
not—have a large number of permanent interior sets. There was a limited amount
of space in which they could be built. Almost every episode required additional
scenes shot on location, since, like all cop shows, Forever Knight also had to
film the murder scenes, homes, and work places that were specific to the mystery of the
week. Furthermore, since the series was not made by a major studio, there was no
back lot of permanent exterior sets. Pretty well all exterior scenes also had to
be shot on location.
Having said this, though, some places appeared in all (or
nearly all) episodes; and others in a fair few. These were the places associated
with the daily life of the regular characters—where they lived and worked. For
these, of course, permanent sets were built.
In writing transcriptions of the episodes of Season IV, I needed to
know as exactly as possible what these permanent sets looked like. Only then could
I work out how the things on the set were located relative to one another, and how an
actor—or a camera—would have to move in order to get from one place
to another. What route, for example, would Tracy take from her desk to the coffee machine? How
would Nick go from his refrigerator to turn on the television set? How would Natalie
go from her desk to view an X-ray? Or Reese from his own desk to the filing cabinet
in his office?
To appreciate the plots of the episodes, you do not need to
know this detail. But to interpret the description of movement as I have written
it, it might be helpful. Therefore, in 2004, when this site was started, I wrote a
webpage for each of the permanent sets that I used in Season IV; and, so far as possible, I
illustrated these with pictures from the actual episodes.
Subsequently, I copied all the completed descriptions to the
Forever Knight Wiki, where I had the space to considerably expand them with both additional
text and more comprehensive illustration. The links
below will therefore take you to the appropriate pages in the wiki. The exception is the
page for LaCroix’s study, since that set is not from the actual
series but particular to Season IV.
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Permanent Sets for Season IV
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