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Film Description: An out of control party leads to a series of problems. Film History: This segment contains spoilers for episodes 4 and 5. You’ve been warned! This is probably my favorite episode out of the first season. I believe it was well written and showcased all of the cast equally. It was an episode I think everyone had fun with. Of course the big thing here was the ending. When Josh and I started writing this series, we knew we wanted to kill one of the characters. It’s not because we’re two morbid bastards (even though we are), it mainly came down to wanting to try something new. As my partner in crime says: anyone can do comedy, but to pull off a convincing drama is a challenge. So the decision to kill Chris was made for a couple of reasons. First of all, Chris was one of the main characters. Killing a secondary character like Erin, Kayla, or Nicole wouldn’t have made much of an impact (not during this season anyway). Second, Chris was a likeable character. Steven and Joseph are likeable, however Chris was the most down to Earth “nice guy”. In the early stages of the series it was decided that we would kill Erin. However, as things progressed, we knew if we were going to do this right, we had to kill Chris. Anyway, other then the ending, I feel this episode had many memorable moments. Joseph and Kayla’s antics are hilarious, meanwhile Steven is confined to the kitchen for the whole episode as stuff ensues around him. The background actors are funny, such as the lonely janitor breaking into Erin’s room to steal her underwear. And of course we have the “Full House moment” where Erin interacts with her roommate, giving her advice on how to enjoy life. I feel it was a well rounded episode and may sometimes be underrated. Yes, Episode 3 is also a great episode, but this one just has a better feel to it (in my opinion anyway). As the director for this episode, it was an interesting experience. With 13 actors on the set at the same time, it got a little crazy. With people waiting in the other room to do their scenes and such, things got noisy and so on. However, this also allowed me to step up and actually direct. Staying on top of things and focusing on the goal can be difficult in these situations, but the goal was accomplished. And of course I had help to keep things under control (such as Scott Rojic yelling out “quiet on the set!” before each take). We planned to film the entire episode in one afternoon, however due to bad weather, the scene with Chris and Erin on the swings had to be postponed a week. Film Information: Title: Roomies - Episode 4 - Season 1: Changes
Genre: Comedy
Released: April 26th, 2006
Available: Download
Director: Chad Troftgruben
Writers: Chad Troftgruben, Josh Nichols
Cast and Crew: Bennett Gackle as Steven
Josh Nichols as Joseph
Ivan Mazala as Chris
Lydia Johnson as Erin
Amy Tichy as Kayla
Kimberly Finnicum as Nicole
Michael Nodine as Party Goer #1
Cody Weflen as Party Goer #2
Scott Rojic as Party Goer #3
Josh Wirtzfeld as Party Goer #4
Missy Maenle as Party Goer #5
Cassandra Moos as Party Goer #6
Casey Neumiller as Party Goer #7 Videos: 
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