Some pre-episode-11 links

[jae]

An interview with the showrunners following last week's episode.

Two interviews with Holly Taylor (Paige): From the Hollywood Reporter and Yahoo.

An interview with Matthew Rhys.

An interview with Annet Mahendru (Nina).

An interview with Costa Ronin (Oleg).

And finally, one with Alison Wright (Martha).

Todd VanDerWerff at Vox wrote a piece on last week's episode and builds a case for the notion that the current run of episodes is following the structure of a Shakespearean five-act tragedy.

Entertainment Weekly has a piece on Paige and her Christian faith, and nominates Holly Taylor as a runner-up for Most Valuable Player last week.

Salon talks about the way the show tests our limits.

Mother Jones has a little piece trying to get people to watch the show.

Sound on Sight nominates Nina as among its six TV characters worthy of a spin-off.

And finally, a little video with a bunch of the cast from the show's Emmy Magazine cover shoot.

Comments

[lovingboth]

Good showrunners one, thank you.

[saraqael]

Todd VanDerWerff's Vox article is wonderful. I agree with his assessment that the show is structured as a classic five act arc. Much as I'd like to watch the show for years, I can picture the situation in the story to start to go to hell in S4, and wrap (tragically I expect) in S5.

[(Anonymous)]

Based on Tootsie, they're right near the beginning of 1983. Two more seasons would presumably put them at 1985, right as Gorbachev came to power. Makes sense the show would end around then.

[jae]

I have always said that I wanted the show to last until 1990, myself (not 1991, because it would be too hard and too sad, but 1990 would be interesting).

-J