Andy Greenwald

character-based nuance has come from the moments that we haven't seen yet.

When Belikova's father shows up and the way he treats her, the references to Irina's bad marriage, the things that are happening outside of Star City contribute to the idea that though some characters like Valya's wife, who's

tanya tanya uh you know chafing against the limitations within star city dance dreams of moscow and listen to listen to records you know just really just like us it's a really cool detail that she's getting contraband lp or singles smuggled in on x-rays yeah that can only be played four times before they degrade yeah that's pretty cool um i my favorite robert pollard solo album was also issued only on x-ray that could only be played four times but sorry you missed out

I invited you over to listen to it.

But yeah, there's levels to this society.

That Star City isn't some achievement and within its walls everything is possible.

That Star City is an exemplar of

best and the worst of a larger society and the largest larger society is knocking at the door in various ways so i feel immersed i mean it's it's it's an excellent show and it is a remarkable pressure valve that it has that if it starts to feel a little too kitchen sink pot boiler they can just go to the moon and when i was watching that moon sequence i was feeling something that is probably baked into every frame of the seasons of for all mankind that i haven't watched which is man

It's cool to see something in which space travel is really hard and really scary.

Not, you know, ah, time to take the cruiser to Naboo or whatever.

Do you think you'll wear the same clothes on Thursday when we talk about Widow's Bay?

Because I was planning to.

It's Andy Greenwald!

That was a joyful opening for what might be a sad show.

I wanted to let you know that I have accepted an offer to run 60 minutes.

Um...

I feel qualified to do this based on... You have a little bit of a built-in vibe to you, you know?

Wow.

In what sense?

Just gadfly.