You know, and or season two is extraordinary television, and they absolutely stuck the landing.

But I got to admit, I have a very specific problem in regards to these three final episodes.

And my problem specifically relates to the fact that these are the three final episodes.

What kind of lunatic would end such a perfect show? I ask you,

why? Howdy. I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A. My agenda is simple. Each week,

I plan to bring you in-depth insight into the creative process of storytelling. And okay, I can tell you

why, because there's actually a movie you could watch right after these three episodes, and the story

just keeps going.

And as we all know, Cassie and Andor lives happily ever after.

But speaking of happy things, today's guest is screenwriter Tom Bissell.

He wrote the final three episodes.

And this is not the end of Andor coverage in this podcast,

because I am pleased to announce that we will have Tony Gilroy with us next week to recap pretty much the rest of the season since when

his first interview left off, kind of going in and out of things that we've talked about a little

with some of the other writers, but getting Tony's unique take on it because he also was rewriting

them and I'm sure has a few things to say.

So there's a little more and or still left for us to discuss.

But today's chat with Tom Bissell was a lot of fun.

And Tom is a very insightful writer.

You could tell just how much research he did and how much these characters and the storyline meant to Tom. And without a doubt,

he was very forthcoming about his creative process. So I know you'll dig this episode. And speaking

of things to dig, I hope you check out Backstory Magazine. We've turned 13 this year and we

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