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Theres a lot of feelings involved.
In some ways Im probably dragging it out just because Im terrified.
In terms of the VFX, some shows have aged main characters more successfully than others.
His old-man characterization felt like a really different character to me.
Dominic said something like, Sarah challenged me in every way I could think of.
And I was like, Well, I could think of other ways.
We were behind the camera just basically enjoying it.
Are you anticipating how people might read into all that?I know.
Im getting ready for all of it.
Theres that classic aphorism: Nobody knows what happens in anybody elses marriage.
And I think thats basically true.
We make them for ourselves, and sometimes they dont make a lot of sense to other people.
Another big theme this season was inherited trauma.
I did start to think about inherited trauma early on in the process.
The idea of epigenetics definitely came in later.
Eddie being his name was the first component.
But some people actually picked up on that too, so I was pretty impressed with the audience.
I dont know if we ended up putting in too many, but I think its fine either way.
Hes part of the story, so if you saw it beforehand, its okay.
In terms of other speculative aspects, Joanie jokes to Noah that the Lobster Roll is like seafood purgatory.
Its not an active restaurant, there isnt anybody out here.
Its likeJoe Versus the Volcanoin Montauk.[Laughs.]
Once the past becomes the past, it becomes less real.
Its devastating when you think about it that way, because of the futility of it.
But yes, its the only way shes been able to survive.
Its not a show where people pay for their crimes in the way you want them to.
Thats not what this show is about.
But in not getting it, it sends her on this spiral back to Noah.
Ben going to prison or dying by her hand is not going to break the cycle of trauma.
Shes a child of so much abandonment, and then she breaks the cycle at the very end.
That feels like a betrayal of the meta-story were telling.
I wanted to it to be a story about how Joanie ends up changing her narrative about herself.
Im like, Well, I dont know how were gonna tell that part about the plane.
And someones like, Well, were just gonna show it.
Its like, Oh, fuck.
To be honest, I really like this sort of [POV] storytelling.
It provides a nice challenge and true character-based exploration of a story Im personally comfortable and happy in.
Im actually having an issue breaking out of that.
I think it was, yeah.
