Joelle Monique

Whenever he was on screen, I was clicking back in.

And I think it's just because of the character, really.

Brendan's doing a great job, but as Stacey was saying, everyone's doing a great job.

But that character feels the most grounded in a noir world.

universe.

He's an older guy who's losing his perceived control.

He's still the ruler, but he's like, are people questioning me?

Are they not showing up?

Like, am I being put out to pasture before I'm ready?

No, I'm still the boss.

That's really interesting.

Brendan Gleeson's character, Silvermane, has this relationship with Cat Hardy.

She's like a lounge singer who's kind of almost like a doll for him.

Yeah.

he just like amasses this control over her life.

It's strictly about you wear these clothes, you perform in my club, that kind of situation, which I found really compelling for her.

Like for the women in this series, you know, they get really interesting starting points, but I feel like where they go, they don't, they can kind of just stay in the same place.

To me, here's the biggest sin of the show.

Noir, at a time when, you know, women were going through a lot, we'll say, had really interesting, vibrant female characters all through the canon.

Like, really great upfront, incredible, like, biting dialogue, difficult situations they had to maneuver.