SUBURGATORY’s Emily Kapnek Talks Season 1 

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We have to talk about Dallas, because it’s kind of amazing how plausibly this character has come this season.
Emily Kapnek: One of my favorite things about the Dallas character is the emotional growth she’s had in our first season. Who she was in the pilot versus who she winds up being towards the end…I just feel like she’s learned a lot from George and Tessa.

We have this great arc with Alicia Silverstone…she also is an opportunity for George to refresh his eyes and ears on Chatswin because he’s sort of acclimated and fitting in. And here comes this woman who is like, “Is that what you want exposed to your daughter?” And he’s able to step back and go, “Oh, wow, did I get too comfortable? Have our values shifted?”

And that’s interesting, because there is an attraction between George and Dallas, and yet he doesn’t want his daughter to be like her.
EK: I think it’s part of George’s growth. When asked to look at the bigger picture, I think George would have to say Dallas is a pretty good role model. Even though there’s all of those trappings, all of the superficial stuff, maybe the over-sexualizing her daughter…but when you hold a mom up against Tessa’s actual mom, I think you have to feel this is a woman who would do anything for her kid. And how do you not fall in love with that? But I do think if George and Dallas ever got together, she’d be a candidate for a make-under. She’s a lot! But I think her heart is pure and George knows that.

We’re just trying to grow the relationship between George and Dallas so if we go there, ultimately, it really feels warranted, because they are so unlikely. The more you watch them go through together, the more you watch them be there to support each other, it just starts to feel more viable. We’re really just doing our best to give them a lot of history and make it run deeper than you might expect.

Drama shows seem to be notoriously hesitant to pull the trigger on will they/won’t they couples, but comedies seem to be a little more relaxed about that. What’s your feeling on possibly getting George and Dallas together earlier in the series versus dragging it out?
EK: I’m huge fan of “shit happening.” I get really frustrated when [shows] keep plots at bay and give you sub-storylines. I think, jump in, you never know how many [episodes] you’re going to get, you never know how long you’re going to be around, so just get in there and tell your stories, your best stories. And hopefully it’ll inspire more stories.

I wanted George and Dallas to sort of hook up. We talked with the studio, we talked with the network and I don’t think anyone fully envisions a scenario where they’re a blended family. No. But I want to get to a place where it’s viable that the two of them…I think there’s a lot to get out of it. I wouldn’t necessarily feel like we would have to undo [a coupling] immediately, either. I think we can do it, but the most important part for me is that it feels really organic when we go there, so it doesn’t feel like too much too soon.

I loved the Christmas kiss, because they could explain it away, but Dallas turns around and we the audience know it wasn’t that. And we get to see him be jealous when she started dating. Trying to sort of explain that when they come together, it’s great. And in my mind, I’ve already thought of how fun it’ll be when Dallas decides it’s time to seduce George. How hilarious would that scene be. It’s nothing to be done casually, but if you do it, do it right.


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“[Dallas’s] character is so different from Alicia’s, so I think it’s double [tough on her]— like, not only did I choose to be with someone else right when she’s available, but I chose to get serious with someone who’s the opposite kind of person. So it definitely feels like the possibility of us getting together takes two steps backwards,” he revealed.