Executive producers Issac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger take you inside ‘The Cabin’ and hint at what’s next.
and brought some bubbling-under tension to the surface in timelines past and present.
After abandoning Kate on the cold, dark drive into nature, things worsened at the cabin.
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Many people had traumatic or toxic early relationships and very few had perfect ones.
Or did he drop it as a bit of a test to see where he stood with her?
[Laughs]ELIZABETH BERGER:Yeah, weve been having a lot of mug conversations in our room.
Kate had a bad reaction when she saw him holding the mug.
[Laughs] All of that is playing out as hes standing in front of her holding that mug.
In our minds, she was out there at least an hour.
Kate seems to be in recovery mode after Rebecca ousts Marc.
Randall didnt outwardly respond.
And how close is he to reaching out for help?APTAKER:Its all that swirling around.
Also, hes been set in his ways for so long.
But he is going to try.
Hes worried about the girls, even though theyre in an incredibly safe situation.
Its becoming harder for him to ignore the fact that he needs help.
They seem to work through or at least put aside this issue for the time being.
And then theyre able to have smooth moments and smooth passages of time.
Its one of my favorite Kevin-Rebecca episodes that weve ever done.
So for Kate, that is the question of: Will she be able to repair with Toby?
In any case, Toby still has a lot to learn.
Hes holding the baby and keeping an eye on it!
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If readers take away one thing from this interview, I hope its that.
Lets jump ahead to the end of the episode, where viewers received a nice flash-forward surprise.
How significant was that pause?APTAKER:Hes heading back inside to a very emotional, loaded situation.
The family has all gathered, Rebecca is not doing well.
And hes also just sort of in a reflective space at that moment.
Weve seen the family return to the cabin in times of family crises or bonding.
Its clearly a special place for them.
Did it just seem fitting that this pivotal flash-forward scene should take place there?
And in terms of Why there?
So this was always in our head.
So there was some substantial movie magic.
Speaking of magic, it looks like Kevin hasnt really aged that much decades later.
I bet Justin was pleased with how he would look in the future.BERGER:[Laughs] Yes.
There were some previous looks he was less pleased with.APTAKER:I would say horrified.
Our first test, he was horrified: How could Kevin let himself go like this?
Doesnt he wear sunscreen?
It was a lot of that.
[Laughs]
It was tantalizing to be back in that flash-forward scene.
Its an emotionally powerful moment when the Big Three discover that Jack made a tape for them.
And to borrow from the Pearson time capsule, its another piece of the puzzle, of Jack.
How did that idea come to life?BERGER:It came from exactly what youre describing.
Getting to hear something they had never heard before just seemed so exciting.
Next weeks episode features the first appearance of Pamela Adlon as Randalls therapist.
But were very, very excited by the job shes doing.
To see what Sterling K. Brown revealed about that upcoming Randall-Kevin split,click here.
