Rob Mahoney

It's really brilliant.

I'm totally with you, Jodi, in terms of the focus of this sort of episode is quintessential industry.

I think it's something this show does better than almost any other one

When you think about the solo episodes of The Bear, for example, I found them really frustrating the more they did them.

And the more they did them, it felt like a ploy.

This didn't feel that way at all.

This felt like quality time spent with characters who were invested in and became more invested in.

I think it's brilliant.

I think it's mean and sharp and also kind of soft in all the right places, to be honest with you.

The one thing, and Joe, you mentioned this as something that worked for you, Ghost Dad.

It really, really took me out.

I got to say, like, it really bugged me.

I think some of it's not even like, oh, it's so clear.

You should have been onto it from the beginning.

I think for me, it was more like, this is totally needless.

Like you don't need a ghost to tell us this man is haunted.

You're already going to show us the flashback of child Henry watching his father go off to commit suicide.

And so to me, it just felt so silly to make the episode in some ways about that moment, right?

It felt like it was building and building to this reveal that wasn't,

Silly to me because it was obvious, but silly because it was completely unnecessary.