That Was Us
A Lesson For Living | "A Manny-Splendored Thing" (S2E2) with special guest Hannah Zeile
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:30:00 -0000
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Join us as we revisit the episode where Kevin does a memorable taping of "The Manny," Kate finds her voice (literally!), and Randall and Beth consider expanding their family. We'll dive deep into Kate's struggle with self-doubt and the complex mother-daughter dynamics between her and Rebecca, sharing our own relatable experiences with parental relationships. Plus, we'll explore the ripple effects of fostering and how it impacts the entire family ecosystem, offering "a lesson for living," as Sterling wisely puts it. We're also thrilled to welcome the incredibly talented Hannah Zeile (younger Kate) to the podcast as she opens up about landing the role of Kate after a four-year acting hiatus – talk about a comeback story! That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Follow That Was Us on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, and X! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is the main topic of this episode?
On today's episode of That Was Us, we'll be discussing season two, episode two, A Manny Splendid Thing. Kevin is forced to swallow his pride during a taping of The Manny. Kate gets her first gig, but can't stop comparing herself to her mother. Randall and Beth are really contemplating their next steps regarding adoption. And Jack confronts his demons in the wake of his fight with Rebecca.
And with that, I say, good morning, lady and gentleman.
Good morning.
How are we doing today, gang? Doing very well. I'm very excited to be here. I'll tell you right now, I'm a little loopy. I was up. My wife had me. Well, not my wife had me. Let me say. I had some things to do when I got home. Let me tell you something about my wife.
Responsibilities.
Responsibilities with regards to my family. So I woke up early.
To watch these episodes.
To watch some episodes.
And...
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Chapter 2: How does Kate struggle with self-doubt?
I can't.
Let me show you my talent. The string is just hanging from the thing. And Kev's like, bro, you're so, and you're so protective. And even I was like, come on, man, you can't go do the yo-yo on stage.
Anyway, the thing that's really sweet about it is to see Sophie, like he gets up on stage as a young boy and he does the Mr. T and everybody's like, I don't know how I should feel about this or whatnot. But Sophie is just cracking up. Taken with him. And so we go to the future. It turns out that Casey, Andrew Santino's character, changed the ending of The Manny.
Do we know if he did it to embarrass him or not?
We do. Probably. We do. Because if you put a grown ass man. Andrew Santino looks happier in that moment.
than a pig in shit. It's like he just twisted the knife, put Kevin in a giant diaper.
In a giant diaper. In order to find a baby, you got to think like a baby. So he's crawling around like, baby, where are you? In a giant diaper. The whole audience is cracking up, though. But in particular, Sophie is just like, delighted.
And you realize that this big move that Kevin has made to... win Sophie back. In previous episodes, we talked about him saying, I didn't come here for this play, I came here for you. And then you realize it's always been for her. Everything has been for her. From the beginning.
And their rapport together is just undeniable. You're like, oh, this is, what? What happened?
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Chapter 3: What are the dynamics between Kate and Rebecca?
We'll get back to you, but it was really funny.
But Kate gets a call while she's sitting in the front row that she's been called for a show at a bar that night, so she has to leave and go do sound check.
Can we just like also do a quick little like touch on the first scene between you and Kate where you've made pigs in a blanket for Miguel?
Oh, yeah.
With the nut cheese.
My boy Miguel.
Yeah, you said we're both swarthy outsiders.
Yeah.
There's some line about you talking and I was like, oh, this is the first indication of Toby acknowledging like Beth, myself, Miguel, like we're all Pearson outsiders.
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Chapter 4: How does Randall and Beth approach adoption?
Yeah, truly. I remember in the moment, like, it's not over compensation. She truly means it. And she is trying to be helpful. But it's like, it's not warranted in that moment. Like you were saying with Andrew, like, or Amari, like taking a beat to be like, let them have their moment.
Yeah.
Let them revel in that. Yeah. And the next day or a couple hours later or whenever the conversation feels appropriate, you can maybe pepper in a like, oh, sometimes it's hard in a bar. People aren't paying attention. They're drinking, like whatever. But to do it right in the moment is like, it just is so cringy.
It was pretty great.
What is her reaction supposed to be, you know?
Yeah. It was a pretty great mom moment though when she starts singing and you're like shushing people in the bar. Hey, shh, quiet. She's singing. You like point up at the stage. That was good.
I loved it. So they kind of have it, you know, Kate lets it out and it's like, you know, trying to remember everything that she said because it was really beautiful.
Well, the big one was I felt the way I felt because of you. And she said, what do you mean because of me? Because you existed. Oof, yeah.
And so like, and also, now this is gonna, what I'm gonna remember of my first job. It's not the actual performance, it's this conversation. To which Rebecca comes up to Toby and she's like, are you seeing this? Like, did I do that? And Toby, this, now you wanna talk about a lesson for living. Like, delightful, kind, generous, boundary drawn. Yes.
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Chapter 5: What are the challenges of fostering children?
You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Excellent job.
But I love, too, that in the car... afterwards on the way home, Rebecca acknowledges that too. Like you're, you know, your fiance is pretty great. Like she, I think was able to sort of hear it and take a bit of accountability and recognize how wonderful it was that her daughter has such a strong partner.
Absolutely.
I liked that.
It was good. It was solid. I mean, it was, it was one of those moments where I was like, I should do, I should do that for my wife. My wife should do that for me. Like I, I, I got really excited. Yeah.
And your, and your cute little reaction when, yeah, you're like, yes.
You did that. And he also has the line before he's like, uh, shall we commence the awkward? Yeah. Okay. So those things happen. There is. Okay. Uh, R&B, Randall and Beth, they are going down this road towards adoption. They're getting ready to take their trip out to Los Angeles. He says to Beth, like, look, please laugh at my brother. He already thinks that you don't think he's funny.
And she's like, I don't. I don't think it's funny at all. She's like, well, please don't say that in front of him. He's sensitive about it. Please be kind. She's like, what are you going to do about these adoption forms?
Randall has been dragging his feet.
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