“Silent Mode”

And Just Like That...The Writers Room

HBO Max Podcasts

After Shows, Tv & Film

4.1 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Co-executive producer Samantha Irby returns to join executive producers Michael Patrick King, Elisa Zuritsky, and Susan Fales-Hill in breaking down this drama-filled episode. From Aidan’s shocking revelation to Lisa’s sudden loss, there’s a lot to process. The writers discuss the importance of Charlotte’s Pollyanna attitude, guest star Jennifer Lewis and the “Pippin funeral,” and the expectation that Carrie would mess up with Aidan (again). Plus, MPK shares the Miranda line that he can’t stop saying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Join us. Leave your tears and sorrow.
0:09.0	Spoke to so.
0:11.0	Join us. Leave your field to flower.
0:13.1	Pippin? It's a Pippin funeral.
0:16.5	Hello, lovers, and welcome back to End Just Like That, the Writers' Room, the official companion podcast of And Just Like That from Max.
0:23.9	I'm Michael Patrick King, writer, director, and executive producer of In Just Like That.
0:27.9	And in the writing room with me, today is the executive producer and writer Alisa Zoritsky.
0:33.9	Hello.
0:34.6	An executive producer and writer Susan Fails Hill.
0:37.4	Hello. And co-executive producer and writer Samantha Irby. Hello. And executive producer and writer Susan Fails Hill. Hello.
0:38.3	And co-executive producer and writer Samantha Irby.
0:41.3	Hi.
0:42.3	Hi everybody.
0:43.3	Well, the title of this episode, this is episode six, and it's called Silent Mode.
0:49.3	So in view of that word silent, I would like to now caution everyone who hasn't seen this episode
0:55.4	to put us on silent right now and go and look at it, because this episode, in particular,
1:00.6	has a lot of surprises and reveals in it.
1:04.6	So, Susan, you want to talk about the title, Silent Mode?
1:07.0	Well, the title comes from your iPhone and putting it on silent mode, but it's also a symbol of the ultimate silence, which is death.
1:19.6	And also interesting enough, there are two characters in this episode that are being silent.
1:24.8	Charlotte is not talking about something, and Aidan is not talking about something.
1:28.8	So it's one of those titles that sort of has roots in every storyline.
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