Elizabeth Berger
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207 appearances
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1 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard Mar 2025
Elizabeth Berger’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We definitely call one of the perks of like, obviously Dan got first dibs on episodes and then we got second dibs. So we called this one pretty early. I remember that we were like, obviously he's writing Jack's death and then we want, we want the aftermath.
Yeah, and also, I mean, it's an episode about Rebecca, like literally and metaphorically getting into the driver's seat and taking on these kids by herself. And like, so sort of seeing the, making the car this very literal manifestation of that felt like it set up this, lovely ending where Mandy is sort of taking on these three kids and she's determined to take them into the future without Jack.
It's a beautiful metaphor to focus on. I have a love of automobiles, obviously. I have a love for this automobile. I still have the first car I ever bought. It's a Mustang that I sold.
You bought it back, right? Yeah, I remember this story.
I found it, tracked it, sold it. regretted it instantly, and 10 years later, found it. I remember the family car that my parents had that was like a literal death- Family member? Yeah. Yeah. And they drove it to 300,000 miles. Wow. And when they sold it, it was like, what? do we need the four grand that bad? You know what I mean? But also why hold onto it?
Cars are just very interesting things because they are one of the inventions of the human race that is a human. It involves care. It takes fuel. It has a heart. It beats blood. It has blood running through its system. And so this- That was good.
That was like full Don Draper car commercial right there.
But this car, and I can only, this car in particular, the 1990, Grand Wagoneer holds a place in people's minds, even if they've never had one.
And it sits in this sweet spot of like, it's not like a classic car. Like it's not unattainable and it's not irresponsible. Like it's not a hot rod, it's not a Model T. But it's also not new. The newest thing on it, it has a digital clock. You know what I mean?
And I get so many people, having nothing to do with the show, who need to talk to me about this car, who need to touch it, who need to photograph it, who have questions about it. Happened twice today already. Happens every time I go out. Every stoplight. And it connects people. It's a fascinating thing.
Once it's happened. And did they ask if it was the car? Yes.
Once people recognized me and the car, we're like, is this the, yeah. But yeah, so it's a fascinating, and it's also such a subtle, connector in our show. Like, there it is in the background. There it is in the driveway. Like, it's always there. As we get into the teenage years, there it is under a tarp in the driveway. Like, the eras that this vehicle has seen
He was so horny in the beginning. He was very horny. I was just wondering. That's a little less horny. First few episodes, shockingly horny. Whoa, Toby.
Oh yeah, 100%. I think that this episode is that turning point in the series. And I think it's really intentional that Rebecca talks in the episode about being unsure if she wanted kids. And Jack was the one who saw it and really, and she is so glad she had them, but now she's left with these three and it's like, it is all on her from here on in.
And there's that scene with Dr. K where he gives her what she needs to get in that driver's seat and face her fear of bridges, but really, of course, much more than bridges. Yeah. And yeah, and just be there and raise her children.
Dr. K is an interesting... segue into this, we've talked about it a lot about the population of our show as far as the actors go. And it's completely populated with people from television history. Oh yeah.
Is that intentional?
Television goats. Television goats that make it feel, but it's so like seamlessly done, but it makes it feel like this is my, you're watching, this is my world. I know these people.
maybe i can't play from brad garrett and yeah yeah which was so hard to get them because the show hadn't been on and no one knew and we were like we really want to set a precedent here that we can get great tv stars to do these parts and somehow we got them and then from there on it was this a constant discussion about who like how can we how can we take you know these these tv goats as you as you call them and and place them strategically through the show or
How did that play out?
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