Since I've written so much about Garret Dillahunt and Milch's writing, I'll take time to write about the rest of the cast.
Rebecca De Mornay is a scene-stealer, especially in the episode where Shaun gets to meet his mother (she recognizes she might be replaced even though she's the only person holding the Yost's together, but her character can be unbearable to her family and friends, not to say I as a viewer feel this but its shown by the fellow characters).
Ed O'Neill plays an ex-cop who is sort of a mentor to Shaun, and it feels like Milch wrote the character for him (Since writing for Hill Street Blues and co-creating NYPD Blue, Milch has a huge fascination with cops being played by old stiffs, I have yet to see O'Neill in Milch's last cop serial Big Apple* NOTE: He technically had more cop stories in him when he shot the pilot for The Last of the Ninth where Ray Winstone played another Sipowicz descendant).
Also, John is Dougie Jones plus Kevin Garvey. It's amusement to see him react to the world but scary to not know why he has supernatural abilities. John's moments aren't always shiny, but Milch and company recognize that its the responses of the normal characters that initiate the story.
And Matt Winston's dialogue with the teddy bear. Gold!
Also, the motel residents and the folks from the cafe uniting for the sake of Shaun's safety is fantastic. Deadwood already had reasons to have the residents of the South Dakota town interact with one another, but here Milch had to task himself with making sure there's a motive for it this time around and although it's too coincidental the dialogue and companionship between these characters make up for the fact that these people would never be in the same place at the same time (Who's taking care of the surf shop?)
Review by DeletedBlockedParent2020-06-04T04:21:35Z
Since I've written so much about Garret Dillahunt and Milch's writing, I'll take time to write about the rest of the cast.
Rebecca De Mornay is a scene-stealer, especially in the episode where Shaun gets to meet his mother (she recognizes she might be replaced even though she's the only person holding the Yost's together, but her character can be unbearable to her family and friends, not to say I as a viewer feel this but its shown by the fellow characters).
Ed O'Neill plays an ex-cop who is sort of a mentor to Shaun, and it feels like Milch wrote the character for him (Since writing for Hill Street Blues and co-creating NYPD Blue, Milch has a huge fascination with cops being played by old stiffs, I have yet to see O'Neill in Milch's last cop serial Big Apple* NOTE: He technically had more cop stories in him when he shot the pilot for The Last of the Ninth where Ray Winstone played another Sipowicz descendant).
Also, John is Dougie Jones plus Kevin Garvey. It's amusement to see him react to the world but scary to not know why he has supernatural abilities. John's moments aren't always shiny, but Milch and company recognize that its the responses of the normal characters that initiate the story.
And Matt Winston's dialogue with the teddy bear. Gold!
Also, the motel residents and the folks from the cafe uniting for the sake of Shaun's safety is fantastic. Deadwood already had reasons to have the residents of the South Dakota town interact with one another, but here Milch had to task himself with making sure there's a motive for it this time around and although it's too coincidental the dialogue and companionship between these characters make up for the fact that these people would never be in the same place at the same time (Who's taking care of the surf shop?)
Two episodes to go and I don't want it to end.