Mandy Moore

And then just like, it's like, here's the keys.

live a happy fulfilled life now that I'm giving you this piece of your history is like it just was remarkable to me I loved like the shot in the water of the two of you of the version of Laurel just before she passed and then the younger version like the juxtaposition of that it's just like it's just gorgeous I'll tell you one thing for a first time director or what not

We had Jennifer in here a couple episodes ago, but now having rewatched this episode so recently, she is extraordinary.

Extraordinary.

Again, when you get cast on this show, thinking that you are a day player perhaps,

You have a few lines in one episode, and you're grateful for that, and you just never think you're ever coming back to be called upon three years later.

Isn't that crazy?

Isn't that crazy?

To have that first episode, right, in 501, and for the episode to have ended the way that it did, and then to be brought back on a few episodes later for an episode that is entirely based around you.

To step into those shoes with such confidence and grace and you can't take your eyes off of her.

She imbued this woman with such humanity and gave us all, again, this more fully realized picture of a woman...

who lived a real life and for us to be able to like leave feeling like so filled by, by all that we did not know.

It's just like kudos to her for what she did.

And, and, you know, Vian, all of the actors.

In 42 minutes.

Yeah.

So I just had to mention that because I just, we had her in here and it was so wonderful to see her and we had seen her a little bit in 501, but now to have this, the whole picture of this entire episode.

You killed it, Jennifer.

Yeah, Jennifer was just unbelievable.

How we got there.