I don’t want to undercut it with that, but it’s true! I love our other directors, but for these episodes specifically, it was really nice to have that symbiotic pussy power, I guess. It felt like I was protected and safe, and Lennon was walking through it with me. It goes back to that comforting thing that was so welcome on “Lady Dynamite.” For these episodes specifically, it felt nice to have a feminine energy behind the camera. But she was also ready to go with her own thoughts and ideas. So thoughtful of me and Paul Thureen and Hannah Bos, and Carolyn Strauss, and how we like to do things. For the two episodes she directed, Episode 5 and 6, she was so prepared. It makes total sense to me for Sam.Įverett: I can speak specifically to Lennon’s touch on the episode. But as Tricia says, “This is what you do, you shut people out.” And then Sam does that. That would feel embarrassing and shameful. There is a shame in knowing that everybody in your life doesn’t think you can handle the reality of their lives, so they protect you from their hard stuff. Parham: In the next episode, you will hear her talk about it. The loss of her sister has left this big valley, and if she gets too close, it’s easy for her to backslide. The way that manifests with the people who are there, it feels very human to me. Is it the way I would react now? No! But I think Lennon hit on something really important, because she is mad at somebody she can’t really be mad at. I understand that, I have compassion for that. If one thing goes off, she can’t handle it because she doesn’t have the tools. How did you reconcile what we know about this character with what happens in this episode?Įverett: There was a time when I could relate to Sam, in that feeling that one person has betrayed me so they are all going to betray me. The episode, while still funny, is really devastating because it shows Sam’s relationships better than they’ve ever been, only to implode them minutes later. I just had to let her know where we were, because we were shooting things out of order, and then just get out of her way. It doesn’t happen the way you want it to happen. He was withholding it from her because he knew it would be hard for her, and that’s life. If that stuff hadn’t happened, would she have handled the Joel stuff differently? I don’t know. I mean, Sam really gets walloped in this episode, because she is betrayed by a person she can’t be mad at anymore because they are gone, and betrayed by Tricia, with whom she is building back up the space for their relationship, which felt really special to me. Lennon Parham: All of the elements that you find in this episode were all throughout Season 1, so I felt like I had a point of view for how the show would address it. Lennon, considering this was your first episode as director, what was it like stepping into this show as that subtle tension was coming to a head? As we talked about it in the writers’ room, we came to see Episode 5 as when the zit was ready to pop. We don’t move at a very fast clip on this show, and so it kind of takes awhile to rev up to this moment and what is going to be a big fallout for Sam and the people around her. She has really stepped back into life as much as she can from being as shut down as she was in Season 1. Was it all setting the stage for this moment when she pushes away those closest to her?īridget Everett: I think the intention was to see Sam and Joel in a bubble this season. This season, Sam has found stability in many of her relationships, even if there have been a few cracks along the way, like her singing lesson breakdown. “There is a shame in knowing that everybody in your life doesn’t think you can handle the reality of their lives, so they protect you from their hard stuff,” says Lennon Parham, who makes her “Somebody Somewhere” directing debut with the episode.Īhead of the final two episodes of the season, Variety spoke with Everett and Parham (who also directs next week’s penultimate episode) about understanding Sam’s pain, letting the big moments breathe and why the return of the beloved car scene between Sam and Joel almost didn’t happen.
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