Seeing everyone catch up with Gail really goes a long way to ground the opening minutes.
ANDY BOBROW:We had a lot more jokes here in the first draft.
Ed and Emily Spivey wrote that bit, and the longer it went on, the funnier it was.
The moment called for an appropriate amount of emotion.
Its nice to get to see a painting of the cow in this episode!
Got to keep her memory alive!
Originally Carol named her Cowrol, after herself.
Calf Ripken Junior was one.
That gigantic bowling visual gag also feels like a nice return to the shows more chaotic ways.
Did it feel like it had been a while since you destroyed something?
ANDY BOBROW:Yeah definitely.
We break lots more things coming up.
Were you getting a little stir crazy?
But on this show, whenever we decide to do a road trip, it feels good.
By the way, thats Ed Voccola up on the billboard as one of the real estate agents.
ED VOCCOLA:I told Will repeatedly that I didnt want to do it.
So enter Carlton Grasswillow: King of the Condo.
And if youre paying attention, hemayhave known Tandy pre-virus.
That was about it.
The college major and the charity work, that stuff we filled in for this episode.
We had filled in a lot more that didnt make it past the outline phase.
And the stress of all that stuff leading to a psychotic break, which explained the pills.
But so far thats all just head canon.
But its better in an article than on the screen.
More stuff about Melissa might come out in time, but only if it really pushes the story forward.
Meanwhile, Todd has a major breakthrough with Melissa.
This episode sees some good character combinations in play.
Its sort of nice to be able to see these guys break off and have independent missions here.
ANDY BOBROW:We agree!
Also its a really nice dynamic.
Gail is the goofball here, which is new and different and we love it.
And having Erica go along on her thing felt good too.
She hasnt ended up in many Tandy stories, and it seemed right.
At this point, Erica is the last person who still has some high-ground on Tandy.
Erica is the last judge weve got.
What was the story with this one?
ERIK DURBIN:There was an idea for a kid to appear in season one.
We actually had a whole episode written where Tandy met Jasper in Las Vegas.
That was when we were planning on Carol getting pregnant in season one.
When that element went away, so did Jasper.
ANDY BOBROW:Were not scared.
Okay, were a little scared, but the kind of scared that feels appropriate.
We are well aware of the potential shark jump of introducing a kid.
None of our characters is ready for a child.
Thats why we gave them one.
Having Melissa be bipolar actually makes a lot of sense.
and I asked for some help on it.
We just knew we would want to solve it at some point.
The name of the pill, rather than the illness itself.
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