Vance is aware viewers may watch Mental to learn about mental disorders as well as to be entertained and thinks the writers have tried to weave both aspects into the story. He noted, "When you’re doing a ... TV drama, there are two things you’re really trying to do: one is to entertain and one is to inform. The trouble with that is we’ve only got an hour. We can’t become a documentary. We’re very aware of that when we were dealing with the various phobias and psychoses and disorders involved, and we can’t cover everything, which was and is frustrating at times. But given the show that we’ve made, I think the writers have done a marvelous job at drawing a balance between the two."
Asked what he thought viewers would enjoy about his character, Vance suggested Jack’s maverick methods would be fun to watch. Audiences will get a taste of those methods in the premiere when the doctor has to shed his clothes to reach a patient. The actor laughed about filming the scene, saying “It was a hoot running around in front of 40 extras and all of the cast and crew. It was one of the first things we filmed down there in Bogota so it was a real icebreaker, you know.”
With that to look forward to, audiences will want to tune in for the premiere on Tuesday, May 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET. FOX will be repeating the show on Fridays at 9:00 p.m. ET.
Article comments
1 - Izzy
The country of Colombia is spelt with an 'o', not a 'u' like in British Columbia.....
2 - Lina
Is Bogotá, Colombia no Columbia please!!!!