>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. WE ARE BACK WITH THE START OF
"DEAR EDWARD" AN APPLE TV PULSE, CONNIE BRITTON.
EVERYBODY LOVES YOU ON "THE WHITE LOTUS."
WE HAVE YOUR FRIEND AND COMPATRIOT MARY BARTLETT ON THE
OTHER NIGHT. HE WOULD LOVE TO BE IN SEASON
THREE OF THAT'S POSSIBLE WITH THE TIME MACHINE.
NO SPOILERS. ANY CHANCE WE WILL SEE YOU IN
SEASON 3? HAVE YOU TALKED ABOUT IT?
>> Connie: WITH WHOM? >> Stephen: MICHAEL WHITE.
>> Connie: MICHAEL WHITE. THE CREATOR OF THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE NOT ANSWERING MY QUESTION.
>> Connie: WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?
>> Stephen: ARE YOU GOING TO BE IN SEASON 3?
THERE'S A FAN THEORY BECAUSE IN SEASON 2, LAURA DERN'S VOICE
APPEARS IN SEASON 2 AND THERE'S A FAN THEORY AND CHECK MY MATH,
FAN THEORY THAT SHE'S YOUR CHARACTER'S SISTER.
CARE TO COMMENT? >> Connie: MMM.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO START FOAMING AT THE MOUTH,
ARE YOU? >> Connie: DID YOU KNOW OUR
BIRTHDAYS ARE A WEEK APART? >> Stephen: YOU AND ME?
>> Connie: NO, LAURA DERN. SAME YEAR.
A WEEK APART. >> Stephen: SO THAT IS A YES?
THAT IS CODE FOR YES. HERE IS SOMETHING, YOU MAY NOT
KNOW. UNI IT TURNS OUT WORKED
TOGETHER. HERE IS A CAST SHOT FROM THE OLD
HIT SHOW "SPIN CITY." THIS IS FROM 1996.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS.
BUT IN 1996 I AS A YOUNG ACTOR COWAS A GUEST PERFORMER.
THIS IS ME. THAT IS RICH KIND.
THAT'S ME ABOUT 50 POUNDS LESS THAN I WEIGH RIGHT NOW.
THE SAME WEEK JENNIFER GARNER WAS ON THAT EPISODE.
>> Connie: OH, I TOTALLY REMEMBER JENNIFER GARNER BEING
ON THE SHOW. [APPLAUSE]
THAT WAS THE SAME EPISODE? >> Stephen: SAME EPISODE.
SAME EPISODE. >> Connie: GOSH.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
>> Connie: I HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH YOU.
>> Stephen: I HAD FUN WITH YOU TOO.
>> Connie: THAT WAS SPECIAL. >> Stephen: YOUR NEW SHOW ON
APPLE TV+ IS CALLED "DEAR EDWARD."
TELL THE FOLKS WHAT IT'S ABOUT. >> Connie: "DEAR EDWARD" IS
BASED ON THE BOOK BY THE SAME NAME AND IT'S ABOUT A PLANE
CRASH AND BASICALLY EVERYONE ON THE PLANE DIES EXCEPT FOR ONE
YOUNG BOY. BUT THE SHOW IS REALLY ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY THAT COMES TOGETHER OF THE SURVIVORS OF ALL THE PEOPLE
WHO DIED ON THE PLANE. IT'S REALLY ABOUT GRIEF AND
PEOPLE DEALING WITH GRIEF AND COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT EACH
OTHER AND IT'S ABOUT RESILIENCE AND FINDING LIFE AFTER HAVING A
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AND LOSS. GRIEF IS A PART OF LIFE FOR
EVERYBODY. >> Stephen: THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
THE, THERE'S LOVED ONES OF PEOPLE WHO DIED COMING TOGETHER?
THAT'S THE IDEA? SORT OF A HEAVY SUBJECT.
WHY WAS THAT APPEALING TO YOU? >> Connie: I KNOW IT SEEMS
LIKE IT'S A HEAVY SUBJECT BUT HONESTLY I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TIME TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
GRIEF. BECAUSE WE HAVE KIND OF ALL GOD
THROUGH OUR OWN VERSION OF GRIEF IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, COMING
OUT OF THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC, GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS.
WE REALLY ARE, THERE'S A LOT OF KIND OF UNRESOLVED COLLECTIVE
GRIEF I THINK IN THE CULTURE. AND SO --
>> Stephen: AND WE ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> Connie: REALLY AREN'T. WE DON'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE FOR
IT. MY HOPE IS WITH THIS SHOW.
IT'S UPLIFTING IN THE CHARACTERS ARE GREAT.
I GOT TO PLAY THIS REALLY FUN CHARACTER.
SO I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S GOING TO GIVE PEOPLE A SENSE OF
FEELING LIKE "OH, I'M NOT ALONE IN THIS."
THERE IS LIFE BEYOND. IT'S THE POWER OF THE HUMAN
SPIRIT. [APPLAUSE]
>> Stephen: CONNIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
"DEAR EDWARD" PREMIERES TOMORROW ON APPLE TV+.
CONNIE BRITTON, EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
FORMULA 1 DRIVER DANIEL RICCIARDO.