00:00 I always tend to think of Atwater as the most kind of reliable or steady cop in the unit.
00:05 Really?
00:06 Yeah.
00:08 They I mean, you know, you know, that that means a lot.
00:13 That means a lot. You know, I think, you know, Atwater is built a certain way, you
00:18 know, and it's great that you feel like that.
00:22 I think I think that's the that's the intention.
00:24 You know, obviously nobody's perfect, but I got I got a great note.
00:30 From a big homie of mine before the season started, Michael T.
00:36 Williamson, who who we know, you know, played a very pivotal role as an adversary to
00:43 Voight, you know, I'm saying in seasons prior, I was talking to him just trying to get
00:48 some, you know, direction or advice about how to approach the season.
00:51 And he told me something interesting about exploring my imperfections more.
00:57 Which I think, you know, for historically, I fell into.
01:02 An easy trap being the only, you know, the prominent black character on a show like
01:10 this, I think there can there can be a pressure sometimes to want to hold the whole
01:16 culture on your shoulders.
01:17 And so I would approach every every scene, you know, ready to challenge the writers to
01:26 make that water more righteous.
01:28 And, you know, there were moments when I think I needed to be that precious.
01:34 But I think there are also moments where I didn't have to be and where my imperfections
01:40 could have been explored a little more because I'm learning that audiences relate more
01:46 to mistakes than than righteousness, especially when they're redeemable.
01:50 Right. So with that being said, that's.
01:55 That was that was an approach that I walked into this whole season with and it really
01:59 helped me in this episode, make some decisions that I didn't love, but I could live
02:03 with, you know, it helped me take some pages out of which playbook where, you know, you
02:10 apply a dark pressure, but you but you get the bright results you need.
02:15 And yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:19 So I'm grateful.
02:20 I'm grateful for T for for opening that up for me, because I think exponentially it
02:24 helped me in a lot of different other ways.
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