Kim Rosenstock

Yeah. I was wearing shoulder pads and I was like, get me Nikki Boyer on line three. I do remember the first time I met you because it was the last meeting I had before COVID. But we were kind of like, ah, what's this about? Like, well, you know, this will blow over.

Yeah. I was wearing shoulder pads and I was like, get me Nikki Boyer on line three. I do remember the first time I met you because it was the last meeting I had before COVID. But we were kind of like, ah, what's this about? Like, well, you know, this will blow over.

Yeah. And then once we met and sort of decided to do it together, I reached out to Kim because I was still working on the dropout and I needed like a partner on it. And Kim, is that when you listened to it for the first time?

Yeah. And then once we met and sort of decided to do it together, I reached out to Kim because I was still working on the dropout and I needed like a partner on it. And Kim, is that when you listened to it for the first time?

I mean, there was so much amazing stuff and there is still stuff that I really wish we could have had on the show. The tickle guy in particular. I think about him all the time. I'm so mad that we had to cut it. He almost made it. He was so close. He was so close to being hot.

I mean, there was so much amazing stuff and there is still stuff that I really wish we could have had on the show. The tickle guy in particular. I think about him all the time. I'm so mad that we had to cut it. He almost made it. He was so close. He was so close to being hot.

So, yeah, I mean, with anything that you're adapting, there are things that you just kick yourself about not being able to include. You know, we talked a lot about how are we going to understand what's happening for Molly now? while she's having sex or having these moments with these guys, but still also really tell Nikki's story too.

So, yeah, I mean, with anything that you're adapting, there are things that you just kick yourself about not being able to include. You know, we talked a lot about how are we going to understand what's happening for Molly now? while she's having sex or having these moments with these guys, but still also really tell Nikki's story too.

And we actually had voiceover in originally and then took it out and then it came back. I think at some point our director, Shannon Murphy, was kind of like, it doesn't matter what the rules are. You just have to kind of get the story out.

And we actually had voiceover in originally and then took it out and then it came back. I think at some point our director, Shannon Murphy, was kind of like, it doesn't matter what the rules are. You just have to kind of get the story out.

No, you didn't. We were really testing the limits of what we. Nikki, there are some things that like were, it'd be better that you like just didn't hear about.

No, you didn't. We were really testing the limits of what we. Nikki, there are some things that like were, it'd be better that you like just didn't hear about.

How cool would that have been, though? You would see, you would, like, be inside Molly's body.

How cool would that have been, though? You would see, you would, like, be inside Molly's body.

I just also want to say, Nikki, you gave us like an enormous amount of freedom and grace of just like being able to.

I just also want to say, Nikki, you gave us like an enormous amount of freedom and grace of just like being able to.

kind of make mistakes but also kind of needing to do our own work on who the characters are and there's some big differences between the Nikki character in the show and you and also Molly you know there are differences but I think our North Star was the spirit of Molly in the podcast like how do we get the spirit of what she was trying to find in herself and into the show.

kind of make mistakes but also kind of needing to do our own work on who the characters are and there's some big differences between the Nikki character in the show and you and also Molly you know there are differences but I think our North Star was the spirit of Molly in the podcast like how do we get the spirit of what she was trying to find in herself and into the show.

The other thing I wanted to just like pinpoint is how hard we worked on that first scene in front of the bodega where Molly tells Nikki that she has cancer. I think that kind of encapsulates how hard the sort of tone of the show was. And it was like, okay, we are starting this show with a scene where one woman tells her best friend that she has cancer, but it needs to be funny.

The other thing I wanted to just like pinpoint is how hard we worked on that first scene in front of the bodega where Molly tells Nikki that she has cancer. I think that kind of encapsulates how hard the sort of tone of the show was. And it was like, okay, we are starting this show with a scene where one woman tells her best friend that she has cancer, but it needs to be funny.