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The writers and producers (Co-Executive Producer Kenneth Biller, Executive Producer/Writer René Echevarria, Co-Producer/Writer Moira Kirkland Dekker and Director Jeff Woolnough) wanted to add a male X5 to the cast since Season One. They liked the idea of having someone who contrasted with Max in that he grew up at Manticore and was amoral, fun and initially not so much interested in saving the world (a lot like Max in Season One.) This character, Alec/X5-494, was also created as a love interest for Max. But Alec might have been introduced as potential love interest for Max but given what has been said in the audio-commentaries to the later episodes, other DVD extras and the content of the tie-in books to the series, which are based on informations the authors got from the producers and the FOX network, there wasn't much left from the original intention at the end of season two.

Episode 2.21: “Freak Nation”<br />Commentators: Richard Gunn, Rene Echevarria, Charles H. Eglee, Kenneth Biller, Moira Kirland Dekker<br />Kirland Dekker: “We would have played off the mythology, cured the virus, found Sandeman!”<br />Kirland Dekker: “I was wanting to play off the Alec/Asha thing and get rid of the lie that Max has told Logan”<br />“Alec and Normal would have consummated their relationship, possibly.”

* No one had seen Jensen do anything but very, very heavy drama and yet they didn't ask him to audition, nor did he ask for a rundown of the character. They had absolutely no idea whether he could do comedy or what his timing would be like. They all just agreed that they'd love to work together. When the dailies for the mating partners scene came out, which was the first scene he shot as Alec, everyone breathed a huge sigh of relief. They chemistry was immediately apparent and working. Jessica had been unsure about some of the cast changes so it helped that she had liked working with Jensen in the first season.

* The fight between Max and Alec at Logan's apartment in Designate This, took roughly 10 hours to shoot, over two days. The script was unhelpful since it just had two words for those 10 hours: “They fight.” The Jensen-Jessica throwdowns were always great, so it was worth it. Jensen and Jessica were both pretty handy and could do a lot of their own fighting.