Emily Fox didn't set out to create a show about the 1990s when she wrote "Hindsight." She simply wanted to explore a question that everyone has consider at one point in life - What if you could go back in time and do it all over again?
Fox describes the marketing behind her show on VH1 as a "Trojan horse." The audience came to indulge in the '90s nostalgia, but found a compelling story about fate and free will.
"We beckoned people with something that mostly looks fun and looks like it will be trip down memory lane and then turns out to be something really profound," the creator and executive producer of "Hindsight" tells Headlines & Global News.
"That I think is reflective of the fact that this really wasn't designed initially to be a show about the 90s. It was designed to be a show about this girl and her experience and entertaining the fantasy of what would you do if you have a chance to correct the mistakes of your past."
Was there a discussion in the writer's room about incorporating major historical events that maybe Becca can't talk about?
The show was never designed to be a geo-political thriller. One young woman's quest is not meant to change the course of history. That's not the story we set out to tell. The plot would get so thick. A lot of people are like, "Why doesn't she buy stock in Apple?" First of all, she's seen "Back to the Future II." She knows you can't do that. The worst thing you can do with the opportunity to time-travel is to get rich quick. Everybody knows that.
We have deliberately tried to keep the scope of this story very intimate and keep it focused on her, her friends and family, and her decisions that are of a much more personal nature. You mess with one thing, you mess with everything and I think she learns that pretty quickly.
What's ahead in the final episodes?
The last few episodes are thrilling and devastating and funny and sad. What we will get to see are a lot of the ramifications of Becca's actions coming to bear and a lot of the consequences playing out. It's going to be fun to watch it all slip through her fingers and see how she deals with it. She's a very resourceful person and she's getting her sea legs in this familiar yet unfamiliar territory. She's got some help but she's really on her own. In that sense, she really is a proxy for all of us, going out into the world and trying to live on our own and figure it out. The ultimate quest for her and for everyone is how do I follow my heart and do the right thing at the same time. And is that possible? That's the question the series really is asking.
"Hindsight" airs on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on VH1.
