This part of the walkthrough looks at the sixth episode from The Mick’s second season. Previous installments can be found here. In this installment, showrunners Dave and John Chernin are joined by the episode’s writer, Rob Rosell. Written by Rob Rosell; Directed by Richie Keen DEN OF GEEK: Mickey and Jimmy returning to their roots and learning a little more about their earlier years is a lot of fun. Were you excited to shed some light on that side of them? Well, I think it’s a telling development that Mickey has a hand in Jimmy’s stunted lifestyle and his lack of success. Do you worry about ever pushing things too far with how Mickey treats Jimmy? DAVE CHERNIN: It’s something that we thought about a bit with this one. At the end of the day Mickey is certainly someone that can come across as unlikable. It’s something that we’re going to continue to explore in future episodes.
Off of that, this episode goes out on a rather serious note between Mickey and Jimmy. Did you guys consider taking this in a different direction, or was it time for the two of them to reach this point? JOHN CHERNIN: I think that with everything that we did in this episode that it would feel false if we ended it in any other way. I think if we ask the audience to come along on this journey where Mickey has been lying to Jimmy for 15 years and it’s changed the direction of his life then a silly ending or something that tries too hard to be funny would just ring false. We like the opportunity when we’re able to lean into those more dramatic moments. ROB ROSELL: We also liked that these highly dramatic conversations are going on, but that they’re all about Jimmy’s burnt ass. We wanted it to be a serious drama about ass. That was kind of what excited us here. Sometimes our show gets so crazy that it’s also easy to forget that Scott, Kaitlin, and Rhys Coiro—who guest stars as Ed DeLuca—and all also just such good actors. DAVE CHERNIN: It’s also just fun for us. I mean, we get to see these actors do stuff all the time, but we get excited when these more dramatic moments go down because Scott and Kaitlin have such a huge range that they can show off. That whole bar scene with Jimmy—it was our last day of shooting and we were completely out of time. He got one take at that and Scott MacArthur is a master crier. He turned on the waterworks and it was a thing of beauty. Ed DeLuca is an interesting character. Could you see him returning to the show or even doing a flashback episode that looks at Mickey and Jimmy’s friendship with him back in the past? DAVE CHERNIN: I think we’d love to find a way to bring him back. That’s just such a fun character and Rhys is so good in the role. So yeah, we’ll definitely be looking for opportunities. Sabrina and Chip need to square off with younger bullies and it makes for a great side story. Talk a little on their experience in Warwick and playing into their privilege and differences. JOHN CHERNIN: I forget how we originally came up with this idea. I think we thought it’d be really funny to see Sabrina be so blasé and then outwitted by a bunch of little kids. I love that scene where the two kids try to convince Sabrina to flash them. Important stuff here: Are there really that many randomly dead stray birds throughout the streets of Rhode Island? DAVE CHERNIN: That’s a hard fact! We did our research. ROB ROSELL: Look alive, Warwick! Fix the problem!
