Mallory Rubin

How very Boardwalk Empire, my goodness.

How very House of the Dragon.

Indeed, quite.

It's incest season, baby.

It's, yeah, it is really incest season here at the House of Ars.

It so often is.

Something to think about.

Interesting.

Something to consider.

Yeah, I just am so interested in this and excited about this.

And one of the things that was so fun to talk about with you when we gift swapped and I got to watch season two and we got to talk about it briefly was, like, you know, in general, I think, obviously, the way that this story is about, like, in some ways the most...

intimate acts and relationships and nature of communing.

And then in other ways, really about like seeking a way to express yourself, right?

Whether it's through those direct relationships or your coven, your following or your theater troupe or whatever.

So this feels like a writing, right?

Speaking in an interview.

Like it's so much about like, what are you trying to communicate and how and who will receive it and how?

And so this feels just so totally of a piece with that, but also like a new wrinkle and a new flavor, which is great to be able to like root something in the core aspect of the show and reinvent at the same time.

Like that's a perfect balance.

But one of the things that I love so much about season two was like this idea of