When I tell you I am still so speechless over this episode.
When I tell you I am thinking about Mark who we know really ingrained Nolan's speech back in s1, only see that Nolan looks like he meant every word. That Mark was replaceable, his mother was just a pet. When I tell you I'm constantly thinking about Mark, who only saw his father cry over a planet he's only known for months, and not the family he's had for years. When I tell you I'm thinking about Mark finally calling Nolan 'dad' again only to be immediately choked and yelled at. When I think about the parallels of s1's fight and this one.
"i think i miss my wife" is such a beautiful humanizing moment. it's the stupidest most petty thing nolan could be thinking about in that moment but if you were in his place, would you not be missing your wife? he loves and he misses and he regrets just like the rest of us. get humanized idiot
This whole scene with Allen talking to Nolan in the prison was so good on its own merit, finally getting to hear how Nolan himself had internalized everything he did back on earth during the S1 finale had not only affected him, but his son as well, and he feels absolutely TERRIBLE about it.
But that last bit of dialogue he says right before the screen cuts to black caught me so off guard, left me speechless for a moment.....
The way JK Simmons delivers the line, it's a line of honesty but of total surprise as well. The way his voice softly quivers and trails off as he starts to realize this, like he wasn't expecting to feel this way, after everything he had said about her and how painful was for Debbie to even hear those words.
After all of that, he still misses her.
Way to go, JK. You are a GOAT for voice work like this.