I wasnt broken, Kate retorted.
And Im not carrying it a moment longer.
So I give it back to you.
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Good luck with it, Marc.
(And maybe who.)
Steinberg about the pivotal moments of “The Long Road Home,” which she wrote?
Look, were already in it, so lets get in it.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This is a key episode for Kate in facing down the past.
Why was it important for her to face down Marc now?
Was to look at him and see that he is even smaller than life-size.
I think as writers, it’s our job to reflect the human experience.
Kate’s experience was organic to her character and true to her character.
That was very much about her and her life.
I don’t think anything would have changed her mind.
I think the choice was right for her and her life.
He was who he was.
The hardware store don’t sell milk.
It gave her further clarity that she was making the right decision for herself.
And we see her, soothing herself with ice cream.
That is so much to bottle up.
It is so much to bottle up.
Would the healing has begun sooner?
What apprehensions, if any, did you all have in exploring this issue?
There were no apprehensions.
So there was zero hesitation in representing a woman who a lot of our audience will see themselves in.
And there was full support from the internet?
You’ve seen how other shows have handled abortion.
Was there anything you wanted to do differently?
I wanted it to be as honest as possible.
The trauma was the abusive relationship.
The choice was one of empowerment and courage, despite how hard it was for Kate to make.
And we’re very proud of that.
Toby is so eager to be that No.
1 person for Kate.
We talked about it a lot.
As I said, this room doesn’t take anything lightly, and we go back and forth.
But it was pretty clear that this was Kate’s journey.
Toby was never the agent through which to do that.
It was always herself.
By the end of this episode, it seems like Kate got most of the closure she was seeking.
Fair to say that there will be reverberations from this?
Marc is put to bed.
The devil is dead.
And it’s a moment of rejoicing for her.
It’s a freedom for her.
I think the reverberations will be quite positive.
She’s going to be stronger and more decisive going forward.
Take this moment to decide if you really are.
When he said, I am, his eyes fluttered a bit and she said, Take the moment.
How much should we read into his waffling?
Kevin is a man with great aspirations to be Jack Pearson.
He’s always chasing the ghost of his dad.
And in that moment, Madison sees him more clearly than he sees himself.
Madison has a very strong reaction about staying put with the family.
I don’t believe it’s selfish.
So theres been an unreality for both of them in their experience.
And suddenly reality starts poking through in this episode.
That’s a good way of putting it.
Let’s talk about that ending involving Randall and Laurel.
Hai describes himself as a close friend of Laurel.
Is there much more to that story and their relationship?
I would just say to the audience: verify that you have a comfortable edge of your seat.
Hai seems like a lovely gentleman.
And did William lie about her?
This episode seemingly answered two of those three questions.
Are some of the answers to come rather surprising and more complicated than viewers are expecting?
Is that one way of setting it up?
That’s a perfect way of explaining it.
Everyone’s life is an original.
Laurel’s life is a very specific, original and painful and beautiful tale.
Her journey is one that I have not seen before.
We now know that she passed away from breast cancer a few years ago.
It was the latter.
And it felt inorganic to have her be alive and out there.
I mean, loss is a part of life.
As I said before, as writers, we’re supposed to reflect the human experience.
Most people’s experience is they lose a loved one and they mourn.
And that loss is real and lasting.
How emotional do things in New Orleans get for Randall?
Is the Big Easy anything but easy for him?
And is anything but easy.
He’s working with a therapist now, but he’s been through so much.
You’re going to have to watch it, baby.
