As some of you know, I recently spent ten days in Ireland filming for a travel show pilot series. From the start, I knew it was going to be a harrowing ordeal simply because our schedule/itinerary was brutal in print form, and it's always worse when you try to actually do it. I was right. But by far the worst of it was that our host's father passed away midway through the trip, and she had to fly back early. We only got about half our filming in the can, but this was obviously far more important. We still got enough to make a couple episodes, though.
Consequently, since I did not qualify for the bereavement fee waivers from American Airlines