Dan Levy co-created and starred in Schitts Creek, a show we loved around here, and now he's

back with a new comedy on Netflix. That's got a very different vibe. In big mistakes, Levy and

Taylor Ortega play a hugely dysfunctional brother and sister who get drawn deeper and deeper into

the world of organized crime,

even as their mom, the great, Lori Metcalf, runs for public office.

I'm Glenn Weldon, and today we're talking about big mistakes on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining me today is Kristen Mineser. She co-hosts the Nightly, a Bedtime Podcast for Pop Culture Lovers. Hey, Kristen.

Hey, Glenn. Nice to be back. Nice to have you. Also with us is the former host of Slate's

internet culture podcast, I see YMI, and former Pop Culture Happy Hour producer Candice Lim. Hey, Candice.

Hello. Hello. Let's get to it.

This will be an interesting conversation.

In big mistakes, we meet Nikki and Morgan, two siblings who are not where they want to be.

Nikki is played by Dan Levy.

He's an uptight pastor forced to keep his relationship with his boyfriend a secret from his parishioners.

Morgan is played by Taylor Ortega. She's a

teacher whose dreams of making it as an actor in New York fizzled out. After some business involving

their dead grandmother and a diamond necklace, Nikki and Morgan find themselves doing odd jobs

for a criminal organization. And as they struggle to extricate themselves from their new lives

of crime, their mother Linda is running for mayor. She is played with a comic intensity so fierce that it can only be called Lori Metcalfian

by Lori Metcalfe. Sometimes I get scared that your closest relationship is with God. And don't take this

the wrong way, honey, but God isn't touching your body for pleasure.

All right.

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