Jia Tolentino

Yeah. He takes it. He immediately beforehand says, I would rather die than go to prison. And so I was like, OK, he's going to take the gun. Yeah.

Yeah. He takes it. He immediately beforehand says, I would rather die than go to prison. And so I was like, OK, he's going to take the gun. Yeah.

It's tremendous, yeah. But it also – I was like this is also giving me when I was 25 trying to follow the conversation at brunch when I was hungover. Do you know what I mean? You know when you're like at a wedding event after the wedding on Sunday and like you're like trying to talk to somebody's mom and you're just like –

It's tremendous, yeah. But it also – I was like this is also giving me when I was 25 trying to follow the conversation at brunch when I was hungover. Do you know what I mean? You know when you're like at a wedding event after the wedding on Sunday and like you're like trying to talk to somebody's mom and you're just like –

Yeah, but your eyes are kind of wandering off in different directions.

Yeah, but your eyes are kind of wandering off in different directions.

But it's also kind of a I mean, there's a joke aspect to it also. Right. Where it's like the show is playing with exactly, you know, you're just going to keep seeing the gun and it's just not going to be doing the thing that you think that you expected it to do. Right. Like it's like you're going to see the gun, but it's not going to be the mass shooting or whatever. That's right.

But it's also kind of a I mean, there's a joke aspect to it also. Right. Where it's like the show is playing with exactly, you know, you're just going to keep seeing the gun and it's just not going to be doing the thing that you think that you expected it to do. Right. Like it's like you're going to see the gun, but it's not going to be the mass shooting or whatever. That's right.

Starting episode one.

Starting episode one.

And now we're so excited to talk to Jason Isaacs.

And now we're so excited to talk to Jason Isaacs.

So I'm from Texas and I went to college in Virginia. And so the character that you are playing, I feel like I've known him my whole life because I have known versions of him my whole life. And I wanted to ask you about playing this archetype. Like, were you familiar with this?

So I'm from Texas and I went to college in Virginia. And so the character that you are playing, I feel like I've known him my whole life because I have known versions of him my whole life. And I wanted to ask you about playing this archetype. Like, were you familiar with this?

He comes off the boat as someone you think you know, right? He's giving, like, golf dad in finance, you know, taking this break. But I wanted, you know, how did you go about inhabiting not the archetype, but this...

He comes off the boat as someone you think you know, right? He's giving, like, golf dad in finance, you know, taking this break. But I wanted, you know, how did you go about inhabiting not the archetype, but this...

In your mind, as Tim is unraveling, you know, there's so much in the story about the Ratliff family values and what they stand for and how important that is.

In your mind, as Tim is unraveling, you know, there's so much in the story about the Ratliff family values and what they stand for and how important that is.

Well, yeah, and the way that you are not talking is incredible. That's like when Parker Post is like, say something and you're like, oh, you know. But I was wondering, as you experienced it, do you think that Tim is reevaluating those values or is he simply thinking about how can I not lose my house? You feel something building, such as like perhaps

Well, yeah, and the way that you are not talking is incredible. That's like when Parker Post is like, say something and you're like, oh, you know. But I was wondering, as you experienced it, do you think that Tim is reevaluating those values or is he simply thinking about how can I not lose my house? You feel something building, such as like perhaps