Then Angela walks up and says she notices something different about Shawn. Is that a new shirt? Which was very funny to me because of the minute the scene opened and we were on Shawn sitting on the couch. I went, look at that shirt. I really, without knowing it was gonna come into play. I was like, that's a change of a shirt for Shawn. Like fully called it from a mile away. Which I just think is so funny. -Danielle

This moment I, it's funny 'cause when I saw it happening, I remember it, but I don't remember how it evolved. But where she takes the cup from me and drinks from it. Did you guys notice that? It's like a really interesting intimate moment, bonding moment. And I'm not sure if it was something Trina did or something Kendall suggested. But it is such a cool little unspoken thing that says, we're so comfortable with each other. That she can just do that and you can feel it. You can feel both of us. You know that chemistry that you're talking about is on display in that moment.  I can't remember how it occurred. Like I, I, I'm so curious if Trina remembers, but I do, once I saw it happen, it was like, oh, I remember that. Because we realized we were gonna keep that in. Like, she did it one take or somebody suggested it and she did it and we were like, that's so cool. Let's just keep that. And we never have to mention it. But it says volumes, you know about our intimacy and our comfort with each other. We're just in that moment where she's comfortable enough to drink from my cup and I, you know, take it back from her and don't even notice. -Rider

And at the beginning I didn't know where Nick was going to live. I was like I don't know where it was. And then the writing just kept putting it to Nick and Jess, Nick and Jess. And so I went there and then slowly when you're in scenes and every one of your lines ends with a question mark. Or she'll come in in overalls and it'll just go like, "Nick looks." And I'm like, all right. So when I'm with the guys I have to improvise. Or I'm gonna be here for seven years just going like, "you look great." And like that's just not that fun of a part. So like having me and her, that thing, you're like, oh, it's really nice, but Pepperwood,iit's clearly a season two Nick and Jess story. Season one early there is. And I talked to Justin Long about it when he came in season one. But you're like if you're playing that love interest there's just not a lot of meat on the bone your job is to be in love with that person. And so that wasn't a natural fit. It's not why, you know, I started getting paid. So my thought was, if I'm here and, I don't have lines, I'm gonna 'prov, I'm not gonna shut up. -Jake

And I have to say that last moment like this, the ending made me cry because because I could see the again, the genuineness between John and I. And if you watch that last hug that he gives me in the scene, he's whispering something in my ear and I don't know what it is, but my eyes are closed and he's giving me the biggest hug. And it made me cry because I watched it and I went, oh, that's not scripted, that's just the real moment that happened. And watching that scene between John and I, like we both were so in it and connected and it was just such a sweet scene. And also for me, like it made me emotional because I was like, this is a this is such an important lesson and it's such a like core part of that something that I believe in so wholeheartedly of like being kind to others and sticking up for people who are, you know, like being made fun of... And I just it made me really proud that we did such a great episode about being kind to others who are a little bit different, and that Steph was the one who was like not going to put up with it. I just I really it was an episode that I watched and I went, I'm really proud that that was who I got to be as the character and that she got to teach that lesson. And then you know, also watching the genuine, sweet kind moment between John and I and that last hug where I can tell it's just he's genuinely squeezing me because he loves me, and I'm genuinely giving him a hug that has nothing to do with Steph and Jesse, but is just a real sweet moment. And yeah, this episode really it hit me in the feels. -Jodie 

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And this one it required a little it required another layer where it was sort of like, now you have to show that you're interested, that you really want her, but you know, be a little bit secretive about it, so it's not so super obvious and it doesn't turn her off. And and uh, that's what I enjoyed about it. It It was that sort of banter, that going back and forth. I mean he would go from dismissive to kind of relaxed and accepting to a little bit of a smile, like just like that, and then move in for a kiss and get interrupted and and then take you know, I liked that hit of beer I took when she left. I was like, jeez, I need a drink. I almost kissed her. It's like almost and denied again. I mean that's the second or third time he's been denied by an annoying town member...The universe conspiring against me. [The chemistry is so palpable. It's just so cool. And are you feeling that when you're acting those scenes, almost like you get pumped up by it? What does that feel like when you're just ping ponging and having those scenes? What is that like?] It feels great? It's fun it yeah, it feels like a couple of tennis players playing a nice point, you know, just like hitting the ball, hitting shots, hitting shots. But I think it's because I think that relationship works. And this is this is what is dawning on me a little bit here as I watched these episodes, is that Lorelai's a very rebellious personality. She just is and that's why we love her because she's unpredictable and she's rebellious and you never know what's going to come out of her mouth, but you know it's going to be something funny, or it's going to be something a little bit of reverend and that kind of a thing. And she does it in the in the in the beginning the dinner scene again, which I thought was just brilliant hysterical...When she encounters me, she's encountering somebody who is even more rebellious and more irreverence, so it almost makes her look and feel lighter. it's a good it's a good chemistry because I'm a sort of a darker, heavier presence, but still rebellious and irreverent with a heart not like her. She's got a heart for everybody. I've got a heart for her and Rory, and that's pretty much about it, you know. So I'm very limited in how I can use my heart. So it's like, you know, the chemistry is that she's going to be able to focus her heart maybe on me in a romantic way, and that she will open up my heart so I can lighten up and love other people as well as her. So I think that's the the sort of yang yin and the yang of it. -Scott

Um, but you know, it was just more of the tension, the sexual tension that was playing out. It's kind of the dance that they do before the consummation end. And that she convinced him to do it, and that she right, that was pretty major and it's such an excuse for them to spend all this time together. Had he not felt a certain depth of feeling for her, there's no way he would have agreed to that. And she handled it, uh, with real finesse. She was very careful about it, even to the point where she said, well, we're not going to paint over that that order that your father scribbled down. We'll do it the right way. So yeah, he was just like, man, I just want to kiss her. I just want to kiss her. I just want to kiss her. I just want to kiss her. I mean, he wants to kiss us so bad it pisses him off. That's probably why he's cranky all the time. You know, it's like he just wants to plant one on her. Man, he wants her. It's getting pretty good. Yeah, so we saw, you know, we saw, we got to see other parts of the diner in some detail and even talk about some of the things that were up on the shelves that he was in no way, shape or form going to give in on and getting rid of them at her request. There was no way. It was like, I'm I'm gonna let you do this painting thing, but you know, you're not going to change me completely. So it was like pretty much telling her, we get into a relationship, I'm willing to sort of compromise with you, but not 100%. So he's his own man. He's his own guy, you know, and he's i think entering a relationship or potentially in any relationship, you've got to establish the ground rules that yeah, I'll meet you halfway, but that's it, you know. So he's a he's a hardass. He wants her, but he's a hard ass for sure. He's as strong as she is. He's as tough as she is. I think she yeah, I think she likes the fact that he's never going to change and that she can't change him very much, you know, that's the that's this, that's how I approached it. I wanted him to be a rock of Gibraltar. He's got to be the rock he can't break ever. -Scott

And I like getting to see somebody figure that out. Like what the proper alignment is in all the dumb shit we ever did on this show. I think that this is like one of the truest things we've ever done. Mm. Yeah. And I think that's why when you walked into the airport and you were like, I could feel your heart fluttering through the screen. I burst into tears. You guys like friends at home, we watched this episode and Hilarie walked into that airport to run toward Chad and I was like, what is happening? I just sobbed...So romantic and so true. Yeah. It's satisfying. It was beautiful. -Sophia

I think I had stayed away from Chad intentionally when we were shooting that because I I know we were both excited that it was Lucas and Payton like, because I don't know that he knew either. And we had really fallen into a good rhythm with one another in the previous seasons with the work that we'd done. And I think we were excited to finally just like buckle down and do the damn thing. And I remember really feeling excited that I got to run through that airport and like run up to him like, like we were so fucking pumped to be able to be together. It really, and there was nothing romantic going on in our friendship at all. Yeah. It was just, we were excited 'cause we knew the fans were gonna be excited and we couldn't wait to just like, bring it to life. I don't miss a lot about acting, but moments like that where your teammate and you are just like at the same place. -Hilarie

You've been investing in something for so long, you've been watching, you know, you have been building these characters for so long that to see something happen for those characters that you've fallen in love with and invested so much of your heart and soul and guts into to see them get what they want, it feels good. -Bethany

And I, I mean I ran through that airport, I was like, y'all need to get out of the way, just move. And the only other time I've done that in my adult life was at my wedding when everyone was like, you walked down the aisle really, really fast. -Hilarie

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