TIM BAGLEY: I love being a part of this show.
I feel really lucky.
Ill see something and itll remind me of them.
I mean, what else would there be?
I used to play characters that didnt have names.
They were just named Waiter, or whatever.
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I got to play Joel, get to know Joel, and love Joel.
Im sad, but Im really, truly feeling such gratitude too.
Theres a lot of change happening for everyone this season.
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Do you guys embrace change?
Do you handle change better or worse than your character does?
BAGLEY: Thats a good question.
HILLER: I do embrace change.
My husband is like, I could never move.
And Im like, I wanna move.
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Lets find a new place.
I do have a go at do that with myself, but its never easy.
Some people just move forward very easily.
What have you most enjoyed about finding who Joel and Brad are together and figuring that out as actors?
BAGLEY: Its such a beautiful observation of life and figuring out how to blend as a couple.
It was really fun to play all that and it felt really authentic.
Sam is a true Kansan on the surface but beneath it all struggles to fit the hometown mold. As she grapples with loss and acceptance, singing is Sam’s saving grace and leads her on a journey to discover herself and a community of outsiders that don’t fit in but don’t give up, showing that finding your people, and finding your voice, is possible. Anywhere. Somewhere.
But I went home and I cleared away my kitchen counters.
I had a lot of stuff out and I just thought, You know what?
HILLER: Thats west coast privilege.
As someone who lives in Manhattan, I do not have that choice.
I also fight with my husband about how to do the dishwasher.
He thinks everything is top shelf only.
And he said, Everybody fights about the dishwasher, Jeff.
I think what that points to is that this is such a universal thing.
How do you work with somebody else?
How do you mesh?
How do you create a relationship, instead of there being just two separate people?
Its something that we all experience and we never see in film or television.
Its a story that is so relatable.
We all feel like, Thats spooky, thats just like me.
This is two people who have lived long lives before they got together.
No, Im kidding.
But I do think that is what happens in relationships.
All of that just felt so authentic.
Youre like, Oh, course, you have whatever you want.
Thats not important to me.
Its been so beautiful to watch the friendship between Joel and Sam evolve over the seasons.
HILLER: I love their familiarity.
I love that they have their own language.
I also love that theyre not perfect.
Thats her learning from him, but also paying him back and giving it back to him.
I love that they switched places, in that moment, at the end of episode six.
I could live in that scene for years, truly.
Shes so big in her personality, where hes so much more reserved.
Getting to watch the two of them figure out the song together was such a beautiful moment this season.
What was it like to perform that and to get to share that moment with Bridget?
Youve gotta get that visual of Bridgets face.
She was just so pure.
It was just a joy for me.
It was a beautiful exchange.
What were your favorite moments in the Thanksgiving episode?
HILLER: I really loved just staring Susan down.
BAGLEY: Its so real.
Its one of those things.
I have to give props to Lennon Parham, who was the director.
I connected emotionally to Brads past history that comes out.
She just gave me a simple note.
She was like, You know this story.
This is not an emotional experience for you.
Theres something really beautiful about that.
HILLER: That is beautiful.
BAGLEY: That is beautiful.
I like that, the continuum of life.
They did write such beautiful characters.
I watched this show, that first season.
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