Joanna Robinson

You know, Mallory and I were talking about this a lot when we were doing our Buffy season four coverage.

When you move out of high school into college or with Friday Night Lights, when you move characters out of the high school setting or whatever the case may be.

Yeah, those organic, like, we're all hanging out in the library moments are harder to come by.

The parents, you know, like, you know, Eric Dane, who is in this season but has since passed away, but he will be in this season.

Paula Marshall is listed for this season who plays Nate's mom.

Alana Yubak, who I think is

Standing on this show.

Season two is very much her season.

Queen of the reaction shots in the audience of the play.

You know, just like having a great time.

But yeah, a lot of key characters are gone.

Yeah.

We'll have new, you know, Sharon Stone is here, as you mentioned.

We'll have some new additions to the cast.

But I'm very curious, like, how much this show still feels like Euphoria, or does all it need is, like, Rue and Zendaya's voiceover to make it feel like Euphoria?

We'll find out together.

Final two retrospective questions for you before we get into this premiere.

Was there a standout episode for you of your rewatch?

They've told a lot of stories about how hellacious that shoot was.

It was like, you know, they had to build this whole thing.