ANDY BOBROW: Yes, especially if you believe that God is a character on this show. Or if you don’t want to call it God, just call it The Big Irony. It doles out rewards and punishments, sometimes logically, sometimes not. But I mean, whether it’s Tandy’s reward or not, it’s just plain cool to see the look on his face.

The journey that Todd has been on is definitely a transformative one. It feels like he’s about to snap at any minute now. The idea of one of these few people being really damaged and displaying real issues is fascinating in this sort of situation.

ANDY BOBROW: It just started happening naturally. We had Gail drinking and shagging that doll, and we had Melissa eating sequins, and of course Tandy talking to balls. And even though we were just looking for funny stuff, there was an emotional truth to it. When we saw someone come unhinged on camera, we could see that it just made sense in this world. So yeah, it’s Todd’s turn to go down the rabbit hole here.

Similarly, Gail’s baggage gets unpacked this episode a little with her trying to sober up. It’s a nice moment for the character since drinking has defined a lot of her personality. Do you look for these larger character beats as you close out a season?

EMILY SPIVEY: 100 percent. We are trying to get closure on issues for both the viewer’s sake and our sake. We had been talking about dealing with Gail’s drinking head on for a while. And then it dove tailed nicely into Gail seeing the drone and no one believing her.