Let’s get straight to the pointe.
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Everything was very muchnotbeautiful at the ballet.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What is it that makes Jack offer Cheyenne this job?
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The suggestion comes from quite the unwelcome place in donor Crispin Shamblee [Simon Callow].
AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO:Because it’s the right suggestion.
But in the end, the longevity of the company is the most important thing.
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And it needed something original.
It needed the pop of energy.
And she’s the future.
Lou de Laâge as Cheyenne in ‘Étoile’.Philippe Antonello/Prime Video
So the decision he makes in episode 8 is not a decision he would’ve made [before].
When we first met him, he was much more conservative.
But now Genevieve showed him how to take risks.
Yanic Truesdale and Charlotte Gainsbourgh in ‘Etoile’.Philippe Antonello/Prime Video
Crispin has been a thorn in Jack’s side all season and he’s a corrupt billionaire.
So what are his actual intentions for the theater?
Is he just in it for the glory?
Luke Kirby and Lou de Laage in ‘Etoile’.Prime Video
Does he genuinely care about ballet?
AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO:Yeah, he makes it very clear.
So that can’t be good.
Gideon Glick and Ivan du Pontavice in ‘Etoile’.Prime Video
DAN PALLADINO:Or did she?
Tobias and Gabin finally kiss.
Does that mean they’re a couple going forward?
Lou de Laage in ‘Etoile’.Philippe Antonello/Prime Video
It doesn’t seem like Tobias is maybe that capable of being in a relationship.
DAN PALLADINO:We haven’t really talked about where we would go from here.
AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO:First of all, it depends if we get a second season.
Luke Kirby in ‘Etoile’.Philippe Antonello/Prime Video
DAN PALLADINO:There is that.
It’s part of what makes this all still interesting and fascinating for us.
Why does Gael end things with Cheyenne?
It feels a little unprompted.
DAN PALLADINO:Oh, really?
Because she’s very dismissive of him.
I mean, she grabbed him when he was unaware of what was happening.
She acted in a cliche way that TV and film dudes sometimes do.
But she’s used to having her way and being the one to end it.
Tais Vinolo in ‘Etoile’.Philippe Antonello/Prime Video
AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO:There’s also unfinished business with his ex.
When he unceremoniously dumped her like that, she suddenly understood why.
It was the first time she was starting to have feelings for somebody.
And that explained to her, “Oh, I know what this ballet is about.”
And now the ballet is calledI Married Myself,which is basically about being alone.
Jack comes in to reassure her, and then they acknowledge that hooking up is a bad idea.
DAN PALLADINO:I would say probably really bad.
But we don’t know.
We’ve never told the audience exactly what happened the first time.
And we would probably hear more about that.
Jack had feelings for Genevieve earlier in the season.
AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO:If we get a second season, there’s a possibility for just about anything.
DAN PALLADINO:It became a triangle in the very last moment of episode 8.
Is Nicholas a father figure to him in some ways, would you say?
DAN PALLADINO:Oh, totally.
He learns that later.
AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO:No, we didn’t want him to die.
But don’t worry."
We’ve seen how fragile his health is.
So I assume that this recovery could be short-lived if you get a second season?
AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO:If we get a second season, we’ll see how short-lived it is.
DAN PALLADINO:Until we get the second season, he should eat a lot of fiber.
AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO:Just some pushups.
DAN PALLADINO:Yeah.
We want him healthy until we start the second season, at least.
In terms of where we leave Cheyenne, is this ambition thwarted?
Is she realizing a whole new world that she didn’t know was open to her?
We started her journey with she was a woman who was wondering if she had anything left in her.
She’s in a horrible emotional state at the end.
She read into her slip the coming of the end of her career.
And she cares for Genevieve too.
She’s also acting rashly.
So there’s a lot of tidying up emotionally to do.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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