That links her to her dad, maybe even unconsciously. They can just get away with stuff. And if she were caught, she could probably talk her way out of it. Someone like Robert would capitulate. Especially sober Robert.
For Gus, we wanted to tell a story about a guy who has gone from boarding schools to Oxford and Pierpoint and is then given an opportunity to not be in the institution, plays around with it for a while, and then realizes, actually, he has to get a job because the institution keeps breathing down his neck. Then he thinks, naïvely, he might actually be able to do good — and then, again, there’s the reverting-to-type thing. You’re unable to break the cycle.
Aside from actual families, there are a lot of daddy and mommy dynamics at play in season two. You have these characters who both want to be adults and have to play the child in reference to someone more powerful. Were you thinking about those generational tensions in building season two?: We didn’t realize we were writing about intergenerational tensions in season one and then, in season two, it became very clear.
mnadown konradmkay McHenryJD The penultimate episode really is exquisite telly.
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