The Oscar-nominated actor makes a surprise appearance on the acclaimed FX series as Rick, the estranged father of Devery Jacobs’ Elora
Hawke plays this moment of recognition so perfectly, in a way that sets up everything that follows. Elora has assumed that her father wanted no part of her, but that isn’t exactly true. As he explains over the course of their day together, he and Cookie got together very young, were surprised by the pregnancy, and then broke up and reunited multiple times.
Jacobs’ script is so, so smart about digging into this secret history of Elora’s childhood without assigning too much or too little blame anywhere. Cookie didn’t want Rick around — and, after she died, grandma Mabeldidn’t want him around — but he also admits that he wasn’t ready for parenthood, and that, like the daughter he never really got to know, he had a bad habit of running away whenever things got hard.
The push and pull between these characters, and these two great actors, is marvelous, and allows us to see their relationship grow first in increments, then in leaps. In the beginning, Elora wants nothing from Rick other than to help her complete the financial aid application. But when she isn’t looking, he stares at her, trying to fill in many years of blanks, and she finds herself doing the same to him moments later.
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