Behind the Scene
by LDEJRuff
Chapter 2 - Thinking About the Christmas Episode
Later that day, Bryan was in his trailer, looking at himself in the mirror, make-up still on him, thinking about what's going to happen next for his character. Not only was he an actor, but he was also a writer for the show. And without his character on the show, what was he going to do next now that he killed off his own character? That was for him to determine within the time of his surgery.
"Hey, Bryan."
Bryan looked behind himself upon attention. It was Vincent who spoke in an Italian-American accent like he was from Brooklyn. His breed looked like a cross between a German Shepherd, a Pit Bull and an Italian Greyhound, and his fur was a greyish brown (more of like a champagne tan) with some cream white from his nose all the way to his belly, and he wore a black collar with a gold tag.
"Hey, Vincent," Bryan replied, smiling. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be ready for your on-screen debut?"
"I just wanted to say thank you for teaching me all you knew about acting," Vincent replied. "Of course, it's pretty tough for the show crew now that your character's dead."
"Yeah," Bryan agreed. "It's too bad, though. I just wish there was something I can do to help keep the ratings up. But it's a good thing I also wrote the following episode to have you in my stead."
Long pause.
"Wait a minute," Bryan continued. "I just came up with an episode idea. And since the next episode ends on Thanksgiving, it will not only be a Christmas episode, but also a miracle."
"A miracle?" Vincent repeated.
"Yeah," Bryan replied. "I'll bring back my character, Brian, through the use of Stewie's time machine return pad."
"But if you did that," Vincent said, "my character, Vinny, will have never met the Griffins."
"Don't worry, Vincent," Bryan assured. "We'll figure something out in time. But right now, it's time you got to the pet shop scene."
"Very well," Vincent replied. "Just tell me after we finish shooting the scene."
With that, Vincent left for Vinny's big debut. Bryan smiled back as he took off his collar and washed the make-up from his face.
"Good luck, Vincent," Bryan whispered.
After shooting was done for the scene, Vincent left the set while Bryan got out of his trailer. He put his collar back on.
"So, how was it?" Bryan asked.
"It was terrific," Vincent replied. "Had to do a few retakes, but terrific nonetheless. Though I have to say the actress who played the pet shop worker looked and acted a bit like Cruella DeVille. Now, how are you going to bring Brian back to Family Guy?"
"Well, first, let's add an extra scene to cut this episode's time," Bryan said. "It just came to me while I thought about the Christmas episode's B-plot-Stewie devising a plan to get the one and only thing he wants for Christmas."
Vincent smiled.