Let’s rewind the season and get some answers.
Warning: This article contains spoilers about Blockbuster season 1.
But he was in no mood to hear it.
Melissa Fumero as Eliza, Randall Park as Timmy.Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix
And Hannah (Madeleine Arthur) suddenly has video evidence of Eliza’s crush.
So we called up creator Vanessa Ramos to see if she could shed some light on our burning questions.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: We end on this note with the store in tatters, and Timmy seemingly giving up.
Will Blockbuster be saved and live to see another day?
Is this the bottom for Timmy?
VANESSA RAMOS:That’s maybe a better question for my execs at Netflix.
Until we get a season 2, I don’t let myself dream a bit.
There’s no world where this show gets made."
I feel a little bit like I’m playing with house money and don’t want to jinx it.
Well, what prompted you to end on such an ambiguous note?
It’s a guy running a Blockbuster in 2022.
We wanted him to have somewhat of a win before that with the solar storm.
And Tim being like, “Yeah, Blockbuster’s back baby.”
He gets to feel what he felt in its heyday.
Something about it felt right for this character.
To learn and grow, he needs to bottom out.
How close were they to actually confessing how they feel if things had gone a little better?
Had things gone better, Eliza would have maybe worked up the nerve.
In other timelines, she would have gotten it out.
How much might everything that transpired this episode prove a further setback to them?
That’s hard to say.
It depends on what Timmy’s journey is emotionally after being broken.
I don’t know specifics, but he maybe is just going off the grid for a while.
We haven’t really explored that.
It’s hard to tell anybody that you like them like that and to feel exposed.
Like, “This is not the right time because this is big thing.”
They’re also looking for a trapdoor out because it’s something that’s hard.
I don’t think so.
She’s seen this exact thing before Aaron on one knee with a ring.
If knowing what she knows now, would she go back into that moment and do it differently?
We got her answer.
Especially given everything he put her through.
She tried to give him a chance for [their] daughter.
Can you hint at what that final beat with Hannah might mean?
It wouldn’t mean much beyond there’s somebody who knows something.
Because Carlos and Percy know Timmy’s feelings, but now there’s somebody that knows Eliza’s feelings.
Hannah went to collect the video that she set up.
But Hannah is in her own world, and she loves rom-coms.
But she’s a little bit less put together than Carlos.
Now that Hannah has this information, will she tell Timmy?
Or will she confront Eliza about it?
We have a bit of a loose cannon now with this information.
This is such a funny answer based on how you phrased that question I don’t know.
I don’t know what I’m setting up.
We started the season going like, “Okay, where are we going?”
And then devised little breadcrumbs emotionally to see how we would get everybody there.
It’s like, “Okay, we’ve just got to get to Episode 10.”
And then anything beyond that is a season 2 problem.
Hopefully, we’re in a position to figure it out.
What does his future look like now that he’s had this setback?
Might he give a shot to make an independent film on his own?
That’s the one thing that’s safe to say.
I got started as a stand-up.
There’s nowhere to go but up.
Rejection is a part of life.
Percy has such a complicated relationship with Timmy.
Is there any impetus within him to help them bounce back?
I know he’s got to pay his bills.
It’s tricky because we think of Percy as putting on his store owner hat and his friend hat.
Percy is falling into old habits, the way they were in high school.
But he is learning to remind himself that Timmy is an equal.
He’s not just the kid you would dare to do stuff because he would say yes.
Is Connie ever going to learn the names of the actors in the movies she recommends?
I don’t think so.
How much of your mom is in Connie?
It’s heightened to an extent.
My mom is terrible with actors' names.
I can’t imagine anyone else portraying my mother and bringing such love to it.
Because had we not, it would’ve seemed very sinister or very suspicious.
I was prepared for some pushback on that.
They were just like, “Okay guys.”
Do you have things on your wishlist for season 2?
Someone in Connie’s world would be fun.
She was Rita Moreno’s sister onOne Day at a Time, so why not?
That was the one thing that gave me hope.
Halloween came about because I figured it was their like Black Friday with people coming in and renting movies.
Christmas was not planned when we started.
So, I wouldn’t mind figuring out another holiday to tackle.
That ended up being a lot of fun.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
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