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Hi there.

Hi there.

If this is your first time listening to this show, I just want to to say I know there are a lot of

podcasts out there stuff that is maybe more catered to your specific interests but it

really means a lot to me that you stop by we're here at the beginning of our third season and I find

myself thinking about endings and expectations. What did I expect when I started this podcast? What did I expect when I start at this podcast? What did you expect when you first heard about it?

And where exactly are we headed?

It's totally understandable if you don't have a detailed recollection of the inciting incident at this point.

I generally take it for granted that we've talked about it enough on this show, but it's been a while.

The gist of it is that I was cast in a small speaking role in

episode five of Band of Brothers and the day before I was supposed to film, my agent's

assistant called me and said, Tom Hanks thinks you have dead eyes.

I was then brought to the production offices

near the set to re-audition in person, and of course was let go right after.

That's terrible, Connor.

Yeah, that's terrible.

Now, I talked to my agent from back then.

I'm sorry, dead eyes.

Why do you say that to an actor?

I also talked to her assistant, the one who relayed the dead eyes comment.

It feels terrible, Connor, but I don't remember it that vividly. Of course you're on the receiving end of this and it must have been incredibly acute.

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