Jia Tolentino

What was in it?

What was in it?

Yeah, it's like everyone gets scrambled. Like there are some people get their fortunes reversed completely. Some people like Belinda just ascend at the very last minute. Did you have a sense when you thought about putting Belinda back in, you were like, OK, like she's going to she's going to get hers at this season?

Yeah, it's like everyone gets scrambled. Like there are some people get their fortunes reversed completely. Some people like Belinda just ascend at the very last minute. Did you have a sense when you thought about putting Belinda back in, you were like, OK, like she's going to she's going to get hers at this season?

And Tanya and someone else, yeah.

And Tanya and someone else, yeah.

At the beginning of the season, we're introduced to the Ratliffs. I wonder if you can talk more about that plot line and the sort of, like, Southern Gothic, you know, like, dynamic between the siblings and the parents. You know, there's a lot going on with that family. I wonder if you could just talk about that.

At the beginning of the season, we're introduced to the Ratliffs. I wonder if you can talk more about that plot line and the sort of, like, Southern Gothic, you know, like, dynamic between the siblings and the parents. You know, there's a lot going on with that family. I wonder if you could just talk about that.

A bit of an Austro-Hungarian royalty vibes, yeah.

A bit of an Austro-Hungarian royalty vibes, yeah.

Death smoothie and rom-com, like, in the same 15 minutes. You can tell, though, like, after she comes back, she stops dressing like Wendy from Peter Pan and, like, puts on, like, a... Exactly.

Death smoothie and rom-com, like, in the same 15 minutes. You can tell, though, like, after she comes back, she stops dressing like Wendy from Peter Pan and, like, puts on, like, a... Exactly.

It's funny to hearing you talk about it. Right. It's like Lachlan he's, you know, these siblings have this idea of how the world should be approached. And Lachlan's like, yeah, Yeah, I'm going to go 200 times as hard on it as you have. And both Saxon and Piper are like, oh, actually, no, no, no, no, no. Like both of them immediately like, oh, they withdraw.

It's funny to hearing you talk about it. Right. It's like Lachlan he's, you know, these siblings have this idea of how the world should be approached. And Lachlan's like, yeah, Yeah, I'm going to go 200 times as hard on it as you have. And both Saxon and Piper are like, oh, actually, no, no, no, no, no. Like both of them immediately like, oh, they withdraw.

It's like he's the stress test for their ideology and both crumble instantly. Like, actually, don't jack me off. Actually, don't move to the monastery. I'm good. We're good.

It's like he's the stress test for their ideology and both crumble instantly. Like, actually, don't jack me off. Actually, don't move to the monastery. I'm good. We're good.

I wanted to ask about Mook and Guy Talk, who go from, you know, having this unbelievable sort of quiet intimacy and fondness. And they've known each other since they were kids. And, you know, you're really rooting for them. And then as their storyline develops, you're like, Mook's like, unless I see you kill someone, I will not even go to dinner with you.

I wanted to ask about Mook and Guy Talk, who go from, you know, having this unbelievable sort of quiet intimacy and fondness. And they've known each other since they were kids. And, you know, you're really rooting for them. And then as their storyline develops, you're like, Mook's like, unless I see you kill someone, I will not even go to dinner with you.

You know, like, I'm unhappy sitting across from you unless you were showing me that you're fluent in masculine aggression, which is what I want, and you be the bodyguard, et cetera.

You know, like, I'm unhappy sitting across from you unless you were showing me that you're fluent in masculine aggression, which is what I want, and you be the bodyguard, et cetera.