Collider: How do you feel about the entire season dropping at once?
Are you excited to see how people react to that?
TANYA SARACHO: It was my idea.
Not a lot of days happen between episodes.
Sometimes its one or two days, but sometimes its right the next day.
This show is about millennials of color, and millennials of color binge, too.
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The way were releasing it, I hope the experiment works.
Hopefully, this will answer that.
I dont know what else to say.
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I never had to defend the world.
I never had to do that.
That plays out in staffing the writers room and staffing an all-Latina season of directors.
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This season, we have all Latina directors, queer Latino cinematographers, and all-female editors.
It makes a difference.
Were woman-ning the show.
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It just feels different.
It feels like you dont have to defend anything.
Here, other stuff can shut you down, but not your gender, and that feels good.
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What was it like to jump from six episodes to ten episodes, this season?
What were you most excited about, as far as what that extra two hours would give you?
I so respect my fellow showrunners who have 22 episode.
I dont know how they do that.
As a consumer, I like eight, ten or twelve episodes.
In that area, you’re free to really tell a good story.
You have an orgy scene to kick off the season.
SARACHO: When I wrote in the first script was that I wanted the worlds saddest orgy.
Theyre coming down from their high.
Its probably smelly because theyve been partying all day.
Every sex scene has a purpose.
She is shifting away.
That gets her started in the season.
Thats gonna be her struggle, this season.
Until the last episode, no one believes in her, even herself.
She keeps trying, but she keeps doubting herself.
What better way to show that, than the worlds saddest, most pathetic orgy.
I hope people can smell it.
This is what rock bottom looks like.
SARACHO: Oh, good!
Were gonna break her out of that, this season.
SARACHO: You know, I never think about how serious we get.
Other people think about that for me.
No, we just dont worry about that so much.
So, for this season, we followed the plan, as Emma would.
The first basic phase is to clean the bar.
We didnt want to come back and have it just be amazing because thats not realistic.
Nine days have occurred, between Season 1 and Season 2, and they dont have the money.
Every penny has to be accounted for.
SARACHO: They hate each other!
What can audiences expect from that relationship?
What did you want to bring to the show with that dynamic?
Baco does not like how Emma presents herself.
He thinks shes snooty, and he tells her, and I love that.
The neighborhood is not shy.
Whatever theyre trying to serve, no one is buying.
And youve got to have somebody that tells you that, once in a while.
SARACHO: Yes, and Emma is not used to that.
Shes used to men doing whatever she wants.
Actually anyone, not just men.
Shes showing her colors, when she brings up the to-do list.
She tries to do everything professionally, and that is not how people do things.
Shes from there, so she really should know that.
SARACHO: I dont know!
Thats not a good answer, but its real.
I know it will get done, but it might take me a little bit.
I dont how these things happen.
