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That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

That's rude. Just to give you, I mean, Chris Sullivan is, consistently outstanding in this television show called This Is Us. And for his character to have an episode that focuses on him, long overdue or what have you, but you shine, brother. You shine in the most beautiful way.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And I know you guys were talking about this a little bit before, like the sort of attention to detail with regards to being off your medication. and sort of not feeling like yourself, right? There was nothing about it that felt overplayed. And I say this all the time because Brown overplays everything, especially in This Is Us.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And I know you guys were talking about this a little bit before, like the sort of attention to detail with regards to being off your medication. and sort of not feeling like yourself, right? There was nothing about it that felt overplayed. And I say this all the time because Brown overplays everything, especially in This Is Us.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And I know you guys were talking about this a little bit before, like the sort of attention to detail with regards to being off your medication. and sort of not feeling like yourself, right? There was nothing about it that felt overplayed. And I say this all the time because Brown overplays everything, especially in This Is Us.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

The opposite.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

The opposite.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

The opposite.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

I found it so just, there was this internal tension knowledge of, I know I need to move. I know I need to be present. I know I should be doing something. Taking care of my wife. You could see it in your head. And then there was just this physical manifestation, but I can't. I can't move. I know what I'm supposed to do, but I don't physically know how to do it.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

I found it so just, there was this internal tension knowledge of, I know I need to move. I know I need to be present. I know I should be doing something. Taking care of my wife. You could see it in your head. And then there was just this physical manifestation, but I can't. I can't move. I know what I'm supposed to do, but I don't physically know how to do it.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

I found it so just, there was this internal tension knowledge of, I know I need to move. I know I need to be present. I know I should be doing something. Taking care of my wife. You could see it in your head. And then there was just this physical manifestation, but I can't. I can't move. I know what I'm supposed to do, but I don't physically know how to do it.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

So because of that, I just will be still. That was incredibly arresting to me to be like, oh, this poor guy. He wants to, like you can see it. He's so locked in himself. But he just can't do it. So I'm curious, because you guys were having a little bit of a conversation about like tonally how upbeat or down you want it to.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

So because of that, I just will be still. That was incredibly arresting to me to be like, oh, this poor guy. He wants to, like you can see it. He's so locked in himself. But he just can't do it. So I'm curious, because you guys were having a little bit of a conversation about like tonally how upbeat or down you want it to.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

So because of that, I just will be still. That was incredibly arresting to me to be like, oh, this poor guy. He wants to, like you can see it. He's so locked in himself. But he just can't do it. So I'm curious, because you guys were having a little bit of a conversation about like tonally how upbeat or down you want it to.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

So I'm sure you did different takes with regards to this thing that I'm talking about. Talk to me a little bit about navigating it.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

So I'm sure you did different takes with regards to this thing that I'm talking about. Talk to me a little bit about navigating it.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

So I'm sure you did different takes with regards to this thing that I'm talking about. Talk to me a little bit about navigating it.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

Yeah, little Rodney Dangerfield. Little Rodney Dangerfield. It starts off with him just sort of like doing lines from Ghostbusters. And you see the beginnings of Toby. Like Toby is a nerd. You know what I'm saying? He's got his own homemade, what do you call these things? What is it? The flux capacitor, whatever it's called.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

Yeah, little Rodney Dangerfield. Little Rodney Dangerfield. It starts off with him just sort of like doing lines from Ghostbusters. And you see the beginnings of Toby. Like Toby is a nerd. You know what I'm saying? He's got his own homemade, what do you call these things? What is it? The flux capacitor, whatever it's called.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

Yeah, little Rodney Dangerfield. Little Rodney Dangerfield. It starts off with him just sort of like doing lines from Ghostbusters. And you see the beginnings of Toby. Like Toby is a nerd. You know what I'm saying? He's got his own homemade, what do you call these things? What is it? The flux capacitor, whatever it's called.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

Proton blaster, excuse me. Excuse me, he's got the goggles on and you think he's just being silly. And then in the background, you see, he's just trying to drown out the noise, right? His parents are arguing, played beautifully by Wendy Malek and Dan Lauria. And he's just trying to find a way to escape from it. Later on, you see he's laying in bed and he's got the fan blasted.