Question: How will the addition of Rachel [played by new cast member Heather Locklear] affect your characters?

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: Breckin, why don't you take the first question?

Breckin Meyer: Stanton always had this kind of blind threat to us, which was about the New York office, and I think by bringing Rachel in, he really has gotten a little close to us and it doesn't hurt to have somebody behind him, or next to him, who really doesn't like us.

Breckin Meyer (cont): I truthfully think Rachel knows we're good at our jobs, but I don't think she likes us very much, as opposed to Stanton who really does. And Stanton really does enjoy Jared and Peter. It reminds him of himself. And Rachel is much more of a corporate shill -- she does not like them, she doesn't like the way they do business, and she'll tolerate them if they can bring in good clients. But I think it actually helps Malcolm's character keep a tighter leash on us by having Rachel around and by having Rachel in his hip pocket, so to speak.

I also just bored myself to death answering that question -- the question was good, but it is my answer, I think, that is the problem.

Question: What crazy adventures can we expect when your characters move into a Malibu beach house?

Breckin Meyer: I'm going to give this over to Mark-Paul Gosselaar.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: All right, I'll try not to bore everyone with my answer like you did with yours.  

Well, can we talk about the circumstances of why we're living in Malibu, Breckin? Is that a big secret or is that something that we can talk about? 

Breckin Meyer: No, you can totally talk about it, but I've got to tell you you're off to a shit start of not boring them.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: I agree with that, totally agree. We need to move somewhere else. We end up moving into Stanton's old beach house, and it just gives it a different light, where we were in Silver Lake and now we're in Malibu. Of course, we're going to have different characters coming in.

One of the characters that actually comes in towards the end of the season is Rob Lowe. He's our neighbor and there's a little storyline with him that's sort of a runner that starts in the middle of the season and then ends at the finale.

But, yes, the boys are on the beach and, it's just a different atmosphere. Breckin gets to take off his shirt, which is going to bring in huge ratings and...

Breckin Meyer: Anybody want to see a skinny white guy?

Breckin Meyer: I personally like the Silver Lake feel. There was something sort of dark about it, but it might have been a little too dark and this kind of lightens it up -- the guys get to go surfing, the beautiful people, and it's Malibu. Who doesn't love Malibu?

Question: Was it nerve-racking or fun to strip in front of Heather Locklear?

Breckin Meyer: You know, we've both been (stripping) off-camera for so long with Heather that I think it was really comfortable. No, we did the season premiere with Piers Morgan, where we're naked and I was the one who drew the small straw, so to speak. I was sitting next to Heather with my little naked cover and pack over me and I realized while I'm sitting there that this woman's been married to Tommy Lee, who's not less endowed than me, but it was a little nerve-racking. And I think in general when you have to be naked on-screen or shirtless and stuff, it's not the most comfortable experience -- and being next to Heather who has been around larger men...

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: Well, Piers Morgan was a good sport, as well. We had to actually physically stand up in front Piers pretty much naked, and he was a good sport about it.

Question: Well, Heather, on a call earlier today, said you guys had nice butts, so...

Breckin Meyer: Well she's not wrong.

Question: Has it been a lot of fun working with Heather Locklear? Was it just kind of clicking right away?

Question: How long in the season are the guys going to stand for having their office split up by a wall?

Breckin Meyer: Not long.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: Yes, that goes on for quite a bit. I don't know, depending on how we air the shows, how long that wall stays up, but it stays up for at least three episodes or so. Yes, a little longer than the boys would have liked, but it's definitely a tactic used by Rachel to try to split them up and really just to show that she has the power to do it more than anything else. Breckin? 

Breckin Meyer: Yes, I believe what you just said. The guys don't like the wall just as much as Mark-Paul and I didn't like having the wall there. So we definitely tried to get it down as quick as possible.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: That's true.

Question: Because of Rachel, will your characters have to grow up a little?

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: I don't think they necessarily grow up; there's just now someone that's pushing back. What happened in the last season is that there were no boundaries for the guys. They kind of ran amuck, especially being equity partners with the firm, but there needed to be someone above them.

I think the show is its best when Franklin and Bash are up against some form of authority, someone above them. And whether they get that from a judge or whether they get that from Rachel, I think it strengthens our show. So I don't necessarily think they grow up. They kind of discuss the fact whether they're going to continue this lifestyle forever. They are in talks about whether we move separately or are we going to live together? But growing up? I think they are pretty grown up. They just have a different approach to things.

Question: Can you tell us more about the blonde girl moving in next door?

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: Yes Nicky, played by Nicky Whelan. She and I have sort of a romantic little thing going on that sort of travels throughout the whole arch of the show this season. She's a single mother, she's a kinesiologist, she's blonde, and she's probably a perfect woman for Bash. And, yes, they try to make things work throughout the whole season. It's a fun little relationship color that we throw in this season. And then Breckin actually has...

Breckin Meyer: My relationship. We had a guest on the first season, Rhea Seehorn, who plays D.A. Swatello, whose big quote that I loved from the first season was she wanted to stab herself in the eye with my tiny little body, because she just hated Jared and hated Peter -- we always beat her in court.

Breckin Meyer (cont): Rhea was on WHITNEY, so we couldn't get her that often, and now we were lucky enough to work it out that she could come and do a couple of episodes. I think I speak for Mark-Paul and I both, she is one of our favorite guest stars we've had on the show. She's just so game and so much fun and she's such a fun adversary for Jared and Peter.

This season she's back and Jared and her go toe-to-toe. It gets a little heated in the argument department and then it gets a little heated in the bedroom, which is nice and fun. And so Jared has some angry sex this season, which is also another show coming to TNT called ANGRY SEX.

Question: Does that mean we get to see you with your shirt off again?

Breckin Meyer: My shirt's definitely - well now, you know, once they moved us to the beach that was kind of a given. Once they said we were going to the beach we both went to the gym.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: Speak for yourself, buddy.

Question: Will we see Claire Coffee again as a guest star?

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: She did not make an appearance this last season. She's kind of busy.

Question: Who would you like to have as a guest star on the show for next season?

Question: Is the on-screen rapport between your characters scripted or do you do any improv?

Breckin Meyer: You know, there's a lot of...

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: No, we do improv quite a bit. Breckin is obviously talented in writing, so he sort of can write. I don't really know what your process is, but I think you do write a little bit at night, like alternates and stuff like that. And I kind of riff off of your alternate. And we...

Breckin Meyer: The creators of the show and the exec producers know now. We kind of have all banded together. We know we're all very comfortable with who these characters are and it's now gotten to a point where we stray a bit for just the fun kind of ins and outs of scenes. We riff a lot. The night before, I'll go over something and come up with an idea or maybe just an alternate reference or something, if it's a pop-culture thing or whatever.

But we always clear it with the producers and say, "Hey what do you think of this?" And it's such a collaborative environment down there that we just start riffing and to me that's some of where, even if it's just for us to keep it exciting and interesting, that's something where the best stuff on the show, in my opinion comes from is just the relationship between Jared and Peter, the little riffing they do; the capping on your friend; the goofing off.

And a lot of that comes on the day with Mark-Paul and I. Once you do the scene a couple of times, you find something new, you find something fresh and it works. So we've been given a lot of leeway to be able to riff a bit.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: And the producers and writers know that we do it pretty selflessly, and a lot of the times if there's a note from you and I to each other; it's for the other person. Like, if there's an alternate, we sometimes hand over that alternate to the other character saying, "This would be funny if you did this." So they know that we're doing it for the betterment of the show, and we're not doing it in a way to be selfish and bring the spotlight onto one character or the other.

Question: Can you talk about how your working relationship on FRANKLIN & BASH translated to MEN AT WORK?

Breckin Meyer: It's rare, but Mark-Paul and I have such a good working relationship and a personal relationship that it makes going to work just fun. We have such a short hand with each other and we definitely know each other well enough to know when to leave the other one alone, or to bug the other one or not. We have just a great time.

The second we started MEN AT WORK, it wasn't a matter of if, it was just a matter of when, can I have Mark-Paul on the show and what would be the right role. There were a couple of times and finally schedules lined up for the season finale when Mark-Paul was available.

Breckin Meyer (cont): It was great, because it's a fun episode with a ton of people. I mean there's J.K. Simmons, Kevin Corrigan, and Meredith Hagner. It's a big wedding thing and Mark-Paul is there and it was kind of like our big fun LOVE BOAT premiere; so I was glad to be able to bring him.

As far as our working relationship, honestly, Mark-Paul can tell you if it's different, but it's really similar to how we work on FRANKLIN & BASH. We just we both kind of just collaborate all of the time.

Question: What challenges you the most?

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: Working with Breckin. That's pretty challenging. It's been three years now. He hasn't really changed. I thought that from when we filmed the pilot that he would change. You know, we dated, then we had the marriage, and in the marriage he just never changed. So that's been pretty challenging. What about you, sweetheart?

Breckin Meyer: Honestly, I've never done an hour-long drama and never done something that's gone past season one or two. I think keeping it fresh and interesting -- not just for the audience, but also for the actors. You want to keep adding things and you want to keep the show going. You want it to be true to what it was, at the same time finding ways to make it new and exciting and interesting. I think that's always a challenge with shows that go on and knock on wood we get to keep doing it and hopefully keep evolving the characters.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: All kidding aside though, showing up to work is not a problem. We absolutely love the people that we work with, we like playing these characters, we come to work prepared and ready to work. It's a shame that we only get to do ten [episodes] because we always say ten goes by very quickly for us. We would love to do more because we have such a great time on the set, and we have a great time with each other, and with the writers, and the producers, and the cast and the crew. We just have a great environment to work in. So there's not much of a challenge for us to work on this show.

Question: What's Malcolm McDowell like to work with?

Breckin Meyer: Well he's great. Really, this show lives or dies with Malcolm, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and I's relationship. And ever since the beginning, Malcolm's just so game. He's been doing this so long he's kind of been through all of the bullshit, and he's seen prima donnas and whatnot and he just loves working and he loves having a good time and he really enjoys the character. Mark-Paul and I both just adore him.

Breckin Meyer (cont): We went up to Ohio to go golfing with him, and we were just kind of giddy that we get to. I love that I can call Malcolm McDowell my buddy.

He sets a really great tone on the set, which is know your stuff and we can have fun, but know your stuff. He's just fantastic. Mark-Paul do you want to add anything to that?

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: Everyone always asks, "Is he as terrifying in person as he is on the screen?" And I mean he can be, I guess, but you just realize what a terrific actor he is and just a terrific person in general. Family man, you know, with his three little boys and his wife and they're all lovely. I mean you can't say a bad thing about Malcolm.