atlanta's european tour came to a close
this week in paris season three ended
with a genuine wtf moment van was in
paris living her best life as a carefree
amelia escangenu french accent and all
when she bumped across her buddy candace
remember her from the party at drake's
house in season 2's champagne papi
candace and her pals were led on a crazy
excursion by van which included a
baguette pounding a banquet of fried
human hands and alexander skarsgard
banned sadly acknowledged to candace
that she was only attempting to reinvent
herself after going into a terrible
psychological malaise when candace
challenged her according to executive
producer stefani robinson it answered a
lot of issues viewers had about van this
season and the atlanta writers had the
same questions they knew they wanted van
to accompany erne al and darius to
europe but the issue was okay what is
she doing here so they came up with a
theory what if she was having an
existential crisis a mental breakdown or
an identity crisis and we portray that
via a set piece that starts out
lighthearted and amusing but quickly
turns grim because van was the one
tagging along with candace and champagne
pappy robinson says that bringing
candace back was an opportunity to
emphasize how much fan had changed that
turnaround is so fantastic because it's
such a reversal of just how we perceive
van in general and of most of the female
relationships that she's been in she
says noting season 1 episodes like value
in juneteenth in which van was pushed to
the side she's in charge here and she's
the one who's ultimately making these
decisions and going on this crazy goose
chase and a really intriguing life says
the character we've never seen her like
that we've never seen skarsgard dance to
a shanty before or appreciate van's
newfound confidence with a grin robinson
recalls we had a list of fantasy persons
who would be able to fill out the job
but he was clearly at the top he simply
put himself in there he didn't appear to
be hesitant to carry out the
instructions if anything he made it
better fans may have anticipated the
season finale to center on earn al and
darius but robinson confesses she had no
idea when she wrote the episode that it
would be the season finale however she
feels it brings some form of closure and
answers these questions that we've been
asking all season ban is going through
what we're talking about this season
which is being away from home and
breaking out of your comfort zone this
season we looked into the question of
what it means to be black what does it
mean to travel as an american what does
it mean to be white in america during
this time of racial reckoning so i
believe the van of it all has something
pleasant and definitive about it it's
finally being able to admit that i have
no idea who i am is it all right in that
manner i believe it adequately
summarizes the season earned it appear
in a post-credits scene when he received
a piece of misplaced baggage that wasn't
his and opened it to find a framed
portrait of a white guy and his family
robinson says that the white guy in the
row boat in the season premiere is the
same person who killed himself in season
three's reparations episode she claims
that while the standalone episodes this
season appear to reside on some
dreamlike level tying them to earn's
tale demonstrates that the storylines
we've been witnessing actually may be
quite real there is some overlap here
the way a lot of individuals are
reacting to these bottle occurrences
suggests that they aren't that random
they exist as a kind of undercurrent to
what we're experiencing regarding those
reactions fans have been divided about
season 3 solo episodes which see
atlanta's core 3 on the sidelines for 5
of the season's 10 episodes or over half
of the season even though everything
appears chaotic and random robinson
tells us i believe there is some meaning
behind it each season is like an album
she says quoting siri's star and creator
donald glover i believe that's a
fantastic approach to look at atlanta's
seasons each episode has a connection to
the others yet it may also feel like its
own entity they compete against one
other and share information it's quite
spooky but i believe a fantastic bookend
she says of the last moment with the
framed photo is closing the chapter on
season 3's tale thanks for watching and
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