Lauren Miller
Staff Reporter
At the end of last season, “Greek” viewers were left with many unanswered questions. The Gamma Psi and Zeta Beta Zeta rivalry was just heating up when the ZBZ’s managed to burn down the Gamma Psi house. Dale and Rusty were nerd fighting over a huge grant for their science projects. Calvin was trying to get Grant to come out to their brothers so their relationship could be less of a secret. And Casey and Cappie finally rekindled their relationship. With all the possibilities, the Monday Jan. 25th premiere of “Greek” is destined to be full of drama and surprises.
Spencer Grammer, who plays Casey Cartwright, recently talked about the show via telephone conference. She gave some details on the upcoming season. A lot seems to be in store for the students at Cyprus-Rhodes University.
This season is the last year of college for a lot of the older characters, including Casey. “This season Casey focuses on going to Grad school and figuring out what she’s going to do with her life post college. She starts seeing what her specialties are. She is still interested in political science even though she and Evan had broken up years ago and is pursuing maybe going to law school,” said Grammer. “Her and Cappie are back together so that’s definitely becoming a pull for her and it’ll blossom as the season goes on.”
There are also a lot of guest stars who will be coming into the picture this semester. “From last season Nora Kirkpatrick, who plays Katherine, is definitely on the show. We have Lea Thompson; you meet Cappie’s parents and she plays Cappie’s mom,” said Grammer. “We also have Sam Page who was on “Mad Men” for a while. He was great. I worked with him for a couple episodes. We had some pretty great actors this year who are guest stars.”
There is one difference “Greek” fans will notice this season. The show got pushed back to the 10 p.m. time slot on Monday nights. “They (ABC Family) set up a block of their favorite shows. “Secret Life of the American Teen”, “Make It Or Break It” and “Greek”. The 10 o’clock time slot isn’t as competitive as the 9 or 8 spot and I think it’s showing ABC Family’s strong points by having these three successful shows,” said Grammer.
Although she’s not often in the Grant and Calvin story line, Grammer alluded to how their dealing with coming out to a fraternity house may be played out. “Grant is coming out for the first time and also hasn’t really explored what his idea of being gay is. Calvin has a way of being comfortable. Not every gay guy is flamboyant and loves dressing a certain way. They’re human beings. I think they’ll play with that a little bit. There’s a bunch of funny stuff where’s he’s doing his hair and trying on different outfits. The story is the ultimate acceptance of being gay and that not being a derogatory thing. Of course there’s going to be some from the Omega Chi house who are going to create conflict and of course people who are going to be accepting,” said Grammer.
Of course, the long awaited Casey and Cappie reunion will finally be played out on screen. “Casey and Cappie are together. You’ll see them dating. You’re gonna see where their differences are. Which happens when people are like “We’re gonna get back together” and “We’re gonna try to make it work” and it doesn’t work out the way you think it’s going to be. College is a growing period for people, you know, and I think they get to a point where Casey might be going one place and Cappie is not sure where he’s going yet. But love overcomes all in the end. You’ll see them dating and you’ll see them in their own lives,” said Grammer.
Also this season the ZBZs are working hard to secure their #1 spot in the sorority ranks again. “ ZBZ is focusing on still becoming the number 1 house so we’re still working on that,” said Grammer. “Casey is trying to get on Katherine’s good graces again (after turning down the VPJ spot).”
There’s also plenty more in store for “Greek” viewers this season including a princess party in the first episode, a Mardi Gras party, an 80’s party, Ashleigh giving Dale a nerd makeover of some sort and a possible relationship for Katherine and Rusty.
Don’t forget to tune into ABC Family every Monday night at 10 p.m. for new episodes of “Greek.”
