Agree to Disagree | "The Most Disappointed Man" (S2E7) with special guest Debra Jo Rupp
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What is the main topic of this episode?
on today's episode of that was us we will be discussing season 2 episode 7 the most disappointed man Randall adjusts to the foster system Kate and Toby take the next step in their relationship Kevin visits Sophie in New York and Jack and Rebecca finalize Randall's adoption
Hello, friends.
How's it going, everybody? Welcome to That Was Us, the five-star hotel of podcasts.
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The three Michelin star restaurant of podcasts.
As high as it gets?
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How are you guys doing today?
Well. Doing good. How are you?
I'm doing well as well. It was a joy to dip into this episode. It's funny because you remember the show, but on a macro level, but then when you get granular again, you're like, oh, that happened. Right. Oh, that happened in this episode. Right.
What challenges did the cast face while filming with children?
That sort of thing.
Deborah Jo Rupp. Oh, Delroy Lindo. Popping up as our social worker in the present day. But let's talk about the past.
Yeah, this episode was like a surprise to me how emotional it was. Because I do remember the filming of it. As I was watching it, I was like, oh, this episode. It was challenging with children. Children are always challenging. And I think the trick of this show is obviously if you're an audience member and you're watching... Oftentimes when we have flashback scenes to the children being quite little, like toddler age and maybe even younger than that, they're different kids all the time. And so sometimes children are children. They're toddlers. They're not supposed to be on-camera talent that listen to direction.
They have huge demands. They demand naps.
Huge demands.
They demand juice boxes. How were these young babies? How many did you have to work with as well?
There were, I think it was the same three for maybe two days of work that was split up, taking the pictures, which was sort of something that happens in the beginning of the episode. We're taking like family pictures. And then the actual courthouse scenes, like in front of the judge, it was the same children. And they're they were wonderful and so adorable, but they're also kids and they're cranky because their naps are being pushed in weird directions and stuff. So I just remember it being maybe one of the more challenging shoots with kids that are, you know, one or one and a half or something.
Didn't require a lot of acting.
It didn't require a lot of acting in terms of like juggling the children. So yes, I remember that. And I remember obviously working with the incredible Delroy Lindo. Milo and I had some scenes with him and he was very intimidating, which was perfect. I'm not sure if he was in character the entire time or if this is just... His presence, his life.
He's a large and powerful man.
Yes.
He's a large and powerful man. So, okay. Well, you guys are cleaning the house at the beginning of the episode in preparation for your social worker to come.
Our social worker, Paula, is coming over. And Jack and Rebecca want to make the best impression, obviously. They are just, they want to mind their P's and Q's and do everything right and keep it tight. And this is their child. So whatever they have to do to sort of get over the finish line.
Yeah, and we have a montage because we have the first time that she comes, and then she has a couple other subsequent surprise visits, I believe, right, that were not announced. Because you have one announced with, like, this kid's trying to take my nipple off, and you're like, oh, snap. Hey, yeah. You're here. I was here. Right. But she has nothing but good things to say about you guys. It's a formality. Everything's going to go according to plan.
Yeah. So she sets us up to go to the courthouse thinking like the judge is going to rubber stamp this, sign some papers and we're done.
Before you get to the judges, because you do say, I think we need to take new family pictures because they always have the pictures of families up. And this is my own personal anecdote to add to this.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic of this episode?
0:12–1:19
2
What challenges did the cast face while filming with children?
1:19–7:07
3
How did the courtroom scene impact the storyline?
7:07–19:06
4
What lessons about race and parenting are discussed?
19:06–27:50
5
How does Kevin's addiction storyline unfold in this episode?
27:50
6
What emotional moments are highlighted between Randall and Deja?
25:09–28:35
7
How do the characters navigate their family dynamics?
28:35–1:09:43