Ace and Nancy have a bit of a moment in the finale. What did that scene represent and how does it move things forward or not?
Landau: We love the Nace nation. We love all of our shippers for all of our characters, but there is something very special about Nancy and Ace because their relationship is founded on friendship and mutual respect, and the fact that they really care about each other. Whatever feelings they might be harboring for each other beyond friendship are not feelings that they want to let themselves act on haphazardly. There’s nothing casual, especially for Nancy, about the way that she feels about Ace. It might be a minute before anybody works up the courage or the life experience to try and make something else happen. There’s this unrequited feeling between them.
Hsu Taylor: Ace is in a relationship with Amanda, and he’s loyal. And Nancy is not going to disrespect another woman, let’s put that out there. But in our writers’ room, we frequently have lively debates about when certain things should happen and sometimes you’ll see people in the Zoom chat interjecting, “But Nace, I need to be fed, escalation point!” And then later on in the same session, the same person will interject in the chat, “I am fed.” In caps.
It sounds like a slow burn.
Hsu Taylor: It’s a slow burn with little Rice Krispie treats along the way.