Isaac Aptaker
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225 appearances
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1 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard Mar 2025
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And no matter what the car is, like in my childhood, it was like an old Volvo, you know, but it just seems like the promise of all of these adventures and that kind of thing and that excitement. was so visceral for so many of us. And we just thought it was such a beautiful, relatable idea that she had and that that was it.
And then, and we loved the idea like that, you know, the previous episode is so emotionally explosive and sort of punches you in the face with how intense it is. And we felt like collectively our audience would need that exhale that you need when somebody dies. And that was sort of-
That was sort of the idea that like, let's all take, and it's still a really emotional episode, but let's all take that breath together and let's kind of mourn together and sort of make a plan to move forward, both for this family and sort of also for the series.
Well, let me ask this question because you guys were talking about the fulcrum and about sort of Rebecca taking, like being in the driver's seat, sort of like steering things forward. Because that is a, that's a huge sort of turn in our show. Because I think it's almost like when you watch, are you guys familiar with All My Sons? Yeah, great one.
I feel like it's always the mom's play, to be honest with you. People talk about Joe Keller and Chris Keller, but really it revolves around the mom. And I think that's sort of the secret sauce of Mandy Moore in our show too.
There's Jack and his passing away, and there's the big three and the kids or whatever, but the person that is holding this thing all together, who's played herself from 16 to damn near 90 years old, is Mandy Moore as Rebecca. And I'm curious, like in terms of like what happens to 15 on, like, cause I was asking you Mandy at one point in time, Mandy caught a lot of vitriol.
Rebecca caught a lot of vitriol for like, you better respect that good man. He's so good to you. And even Chrissy was saying that like, you know, Toby's great or, Or the Toby Kate thing was a little bit different sometimes, because sometimes they were like, I don't trust this dude. Right? You know what I mean? Those sorts of things. He's too horny. He's very horny.
Let's bring it down. But we just went through the episode where he clears the desk, because she came in and said she needed to talk. And he's like, I thought. Are we not? Are we not doing this thing?
But in terms of like that, how things change with regards to Rebecca being the fulcrum of the past or whatnot, like was there, I'm sure there was a conscientious thought about like, all right, we need to establish that like now it's her. And like whether or not she's comfortable with it or not comfortable with it at all times, I'm sure that's gonna vary from time to time over time.
But like talk to us just a little bit about like, all right, there was Jack, this is now Rebecca's time.
I mean, I think we always just aimed really high and we would, because the show was doing well and people loved it, we got a lot of goodwill really quickly. And that's how we got people like Sylvester Stallone and Ron Howard and like these people that maybe other people wouldn't even take the shot, but we were like, hey, we're This Is Us, we're gonna try. And then we did it.
And then like, what I love is like people like Dr. K, then these great actors would just give these powerhouse performances. And then when they would recur, like in re-watching the car, it's like, Dr. K enters and it's like, act break.
And it's like, everyone, the language of our show is like, people are so excited about this that they now need to exhale and have a commercial break because- Let me see a Target commercial. I'll come back. Dr. K is back. But it was real.
Like people would really be excited when these people would come back because they would just come in and visit us and give these stunningly beautiful performances.
Let me ask you one question, and this is not 215 specific, but I just wanna ask this one question. Because we were fortunate enough to be number one in the States, all six seasons that we were on the air or whatnot, Would you guys, how do you think you would have felt if that were not the case?
Do you think you would have just taken it in stride and been like, all right, well, we're still making a show? Or did you feel like it stoked you? Like, all right, we're on top. Like, how do we stay on top? Oh, it definitely stokes you, I think.
Oh, definitely. I mean, the expectation was not that we, the expectation was just like, we hope we make a good show and some people like it, you know? And then what happened, I think for all of us, I would imagine was pretty shocking. I don't think it's ever the expectation where you're just like, well, we're going to make this. We'll be number one. We'll make the number one show. Six years.
Yeah, six years, of course. But it was amazing. And then, of course, we wanted to constantly outdo ourselves and stay on top. And we really, it definitely lights a fire, I think. Yeah.
Thank you, guys.
That was us.
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