Thread by @rianjohnson

Alright. POKER FACE! This is it. Episode 10, The Hook. Written by me. This is the first thing I have ever gotten made that I’ve written and not directed, and I was very lucky to have the amazing Janicza Bravo at the helm. I learned so much watching her work.

The episode was shot by @jaronpresant who along with Christine Ng did the lord’s work all season. Edited by @glenngar who also has a terrific podcast where he interviews editors, check it out! This is a photo I took of Jaron. Man can wear a hat.

Tangent: the email chain with all the departments cc’d where we dialed in the design of the dick ring is an epic piece of literature and will hopefully be published by Taschen one day

Ron Perlman is the man. Not much else to say about that. Just the coolest dude on the planet. Look at the stone cold coolness represented at this table. No ice required in those drinks.

I love this beautiful man so much. When I hired Benjamin Bratt for the pilot I convinced him to do it by pitching him the finale, and oh my god he devours this ep. Giving him room to run after the whole season felt so good.

Was very happy to have the great @simonhelberg back, a great actor and true hero for wearing a three piece suit in the summer in upstate NY. And I was over the moon to have Rhea Perlman join us. She rules. We have not seen (heard?) the last of Beatrix Hasp.

Maybe my favorite scenes in the whole show are the ones with @cleaduvall and @nlyonne. Working with friends you go back with is always the best, and these two going head to head was really beautiful to watch.

Tangent: my personal Poker Face playlist. Lots of stuff that ended up in the show and other stuff that just had the right travels-with-Charlie vibe. open.spotify.com/playlist/62kSU…

One last shout out to our production designer Judy Rhee, our costume designer @TrayceGigiField, props master Duke Scoppa, our hair maestro Marcel “the shell with shoes on” Dagenais and makeup magician Amy Forsythe. And our whole NY crew. Heroes all.

Massive love to our incredible showrunners @NoraZuckerman & @lillazuck, our incredible room of writers, all our directors and Iain B. MacDonald our fabulous producing director.

And much love to our stunt coordinator Thomas Place, and especially to stunt artist extraordinaire Becca GT.

Lastly and opposite of least, it’s been one of the great pleasures of my life to be friends and collaborators with @nlyonne. That we built this thing together is cool, that we got to hang out and have the best time doing it, that’s as good as it gets. ♥️

I’ve got a cool little video of the last shot, I’ll post it separately so it doesn’t get buried in this thread. Thanks for watching and spreading the word all season, love you guys. Till S2… POKER FACE!