Which now makes for two very important necklace stories in this family.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I guess my first question is…
Thank you for not killing anyone else in the Pearson family this week?
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KEN OLIN:Yes, I know.
No, we didnt kill anybody else off.
I dont think the intention has ever been to just keep shocking the audience.
A couple weeks ago, people were asking, Are you going to do this major twist every week?
I dont think thats the intention.
This episode did feel a little lighter in tone.
I understand thats not coming down until a little later down the road.
Well, I would say we definitely know how, but… its a surprise.
We dont get the sense that this romantic connection is over.
Nothings over from this episode.
He decides to put that on hold to help Randall achieve his own aspirations.
How much will that deferment take its toll on the family and his relationship with Rebecca?
Yeah, its a great thing about the way that theyre writing Rebecca and Jack.
Its not predictable in terms of their response to things.
And always you come back to: They really and trulyloveeach other.
Maybe they see things the same way ultimately, but they come from a very different point of view.
But in some way they keep coming back to how deeply they love each other.
And I think that remains to be seen.
We keep touching on those things, which is so cool.
They get past it because they really love each other.
Thats certainly what theyre both dealing with: Okay, how do we become grown-ups?
And I think were going to continue to always explore that balance.
And its interesting because unlike in the things Ive seen, we dont do it chronologically.
And then we go back, and wait, this was happening when they were 3.
Its amazing because Dan sees the world like that to some extent; these things they reverberate.
You dont just get out of a cycle.
You just dont get out of a way of thinking or being.
Its not that simple.
It doesnt just grow in a line.
NEXT: Theres going to be a price paid for that.
Randall is special and needs a certain kind of attention.
What was your favorite element of that story line?
Thats a great moment… What I love about that is its just something todiscuss.
Its what we all have to discuss with our kids.
And then you add the fact that hes adopted and how important it is that he feel equally loved.
But theyre all different; maybe it isnt about all being the same.
Maybe its about them all being different.
What it always comes back to, and what I love about this, is our characters are limited.
The thing with Randall is, theyre trying to figure out the right thing to do.
They dont know the answer, and they keep trying to work their way through it.
Thats a perfect example of, What is the right thing to do with this kid?
How to make him feel really loved?
And also, how to give him the opportunity to be extraordinary?
The re-entry of William in Randalls life continues to shape his identity, or cause him to question it.
Was that a bit of soft knock at William… or just an evolved Randall?
Its just one of those odd things, and I think thats whats so fun about him.
He has these justoddways of looking at things, and fundamentally, issounartistic.
You know how that just happens, and that becomes more central to who Randall is now.
With Jack, I think that was very clear.
Theyre just really close.
For Randall it also becomes him continuing to explore his relationship with William, which is so complicated.
From his dad, he got the tie.
What can you hint about what will see in Kates relationship with her mother?
Weve seen that Rebecca managing her food, making her more aware of her issues.
Is there blame to go around on both sides?
These questions are great by the way because actually theyre all part of the exploration.
One of the great things is I think Kates father saw her the way Kevin sees her.
And we hinted at it, and we saw it when Kates 8 in the second episode.
Its one of those things that as a mom, you suffer when your kids are suffering.
And you see it in the third episode when theyre at the pool, the mom suffers.
Maybe its because he doesnt want to, but he doesnt.
NEXT: Believe me, we will explore Miguel and his wifes marriage and what happened.
And now that were starting to know a little more about Kate and Rebecca.
Yes, you begin to see that in the next episode.
We hint at it.
We really begin to look at the distance between the two of them.
Kevin then took care of himself.
He seems and he appears so classically as a little bit of an unevolved kind of male.
He was really good looking.
He became an actor.
With Kate, that relationship, as a lot of I think mother/daughters relationship, its fraught.
I think Kate and Rebecca communicate, but I think its fraught.
I dont think shes as aware of how that impacted Kevin as he is.
And every time you get to see something new, you go, Oh, wow, that happened.
Because we really explore marriage.
