'Palm Royale' creator Abe Sylvia talks us through the season finale cliffhangers, from Norma's bombshell, to Maxine's tragedy, to Robert's fate.
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You're absolutely reading them correctly. So, this person whose approval Maxine sought, most of all, the person who never saw her as a worthy wife to Norma's darling Douglas is actually the biggest imposter of all. They're actually peas in a pod at the end of the day, Norma and Maxine. That's why Norma sees how dangerous Maxine can be. She sees a lot of herself in her.
It's certainly spun out of her control. But in the very last moments, Norma very much enjoys Maxine's public humiliation and the perhaps dissolution of her marriage. She enjoys the utter demise of Maxine's hard-won place wearing the crown at Norma's party. She's enjoying that very much until it turns, and her beloved Robert, is the one who becomes perhaps gravely injured because of it.
Maxine, like a lot of people in a long marriage, continues to double down on her faith in the other person, even as the signposts are flashing a warning. That's a real sign of love. There is a certain amount of blind faith that goes along with love, and she keeps choosing this relationship because it's a source of identity for her. She's turned a blind eye.
My favorite surprise and delight of the season was the relationship between Evelyn and Eddie . They are an unlikely duo, but there is clear chemistry there. Do they have a future? You just have to wait and see, but gosh, one of my favorite episodes of television ever is the Todd Haynes-directed episode ofDiane Ladd and Laura Dern are so extraordinary in that episode. I pulled Laura aside multiple times and was just like, "You have to tell me all about shooting that episode." I think it's the finest episode of television, probably, in the last 20 years.
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