Younger is officially back.
Everybody, I'm Taylor Strecker, and each week after the episodes
I'll be joined by our cast members and Younger insiders
who are going to help up process what we just saw,
and what it all means.
This is your Getting Younger after-show.
That was quite the season premier.
It left us with so much to discuss.
And here to get all the details with me
are Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Peter Hermann,
and Nico Tortorella. Hi guys.
Hi. Hi.
Hey. Hi.
First of all, congrats. Season six, I mean just ...
I'm so excited.
Thanks us too.
Yeah.
And that episode was everything and more, a lot to unpack.
We'll get into it in just a little bit,
but also Getting Younger is strictly for the fans.
So, we want all of you out there
watching to join the conversation
and in the comments,
and tell us what you think about tonight's episode.
So, let's get into this.
First of all, thanks to Page Six,
Liza still can't come clean publicly.
How do you feel about this turn of events, ladies?
Well, at the end of the last season
it was sort of the whole idea,
was him stepping down as publisher
so that our relationship could go public.
Quinn said she's going to celebrate my age, my real age.
It's all feeling super good, and then of course,
Quinn is Quinn, and just puts a kibosh on it.
So, yeah, Liza has to be younger for a little bit longer.
What do you think Kelsey thinks of this?
Do you think that she's slightly relieved,
or do you think she was ready for Liza to come clean?
The one thing that is between them
that's difficult for Kelsey is the lies.
I think she likes to live a lot cleaner than that.
You know, I think she really has worked hard for her career
and feels that those lies are going to keep bubbling up
and being a threat to their success
if we don't get if over with,
and get it out in the open, and not have anymore secrets.
That Quinn.
She's the worst.
Also, Diana officially knows about Charles and Liza,
and she is not taking it very well.
Show of hands, who's not surprised by that?
I'm not surprised. I mean, I knew she was-
That she doesn't take it well?
That she doesn't take it well? Oh, yeah. [crosstalk 00:02:03].
She doesn't take it well. Yeah.
I mean, the day we think maybe she would potentially-
No. No. With Charles? No, no, no, no.
Right.
But, I think she felt betrayed by Liza,
that she kept a secret from her.
Alison thought that Miriam played it so beautifully.
You see all of her. You see the-
So nuanced.
... deep, deep vulnerability and the armor.
And I think she keeps both of those things
in play all the time,
and it's just so elegantly done I think.
Oh, it broke my heart. Yeah.
Yeah, it really ... yeah it's-
That quick snap of her head.
That quick snap of her head. Just like the ...
And then she turns around and she's ...
It was so good. It was brilliant.
And she's devastated.
Oh yeah. Okay, Josh is going to be a dad.
Yes!
A-O. Nico, are you ready for this.
Is Josh ready for this?
Yes. I personally am very ready for Josh to be a dad.
He's wanted to take care of someone
or something for so long. I'm so excited.
It's adorable, but I have to ask the question.
Sure.
Was anybody hoping it wasn't Josh's baby?
Really? Why?
I knew Hilary was going to raise her hands.
I have to tell you.
Last season I was big into like, "I don't like Clare,
and now this season I like her more.
And it's hard because I like Phoebe so much,
but I don't like Clare. I think I always hold out hope
that you guys were still going to be.
And then I feel bad, because I've always been Team Josh
every other season, even though I love you
and I think Peter's actually all our real life crushes.
Totally.
I like it that way around.
[crosstalk 00:03:33]. As long as ... It's good.
But now that we get to see him a little like unbuttoned,
and you see them in their natural habitat
outside of the workspace and the secrets,
and like it's jumbling me all up inside.
I'm right there with you.
It's so messed up.
[crosstalk 00:03:48].
I mean this in the nicest, most amazing way possible,
but it's kind of like watching mom and dad kiss a little bit.
Oh my God, them's fighting words.
Them's fighting words.
Moms and dads kissing? [crosstalk 00:04:01].
Totally. It's ...
I feel a little competition on the road.
I like it. [crosstalk 00:04:09].
I'll just take a little sit over here.
But I will say though, in response to your
it's like watching mom and dad kiss comment
that I will answer gently, and with love,
is that I find it deeply unnerving
to see how absolutely beautiful the two of you
are onscreen together.
Well, also-
No. Don't look at each other like that.
You're a little competition-
You made me.
... between you guys being Team Josh and Team Charles.
Wow. [crosstalk 00:04:36].
If only life were this way.
And also, something I'm so here for.
Charles and Maggie finally have a scene together.
I know.
And abs.
And one thing that I love about the writers
is that they manage to very elegantly stitch all of us,
very organically stitch all of us together.
And it's not just,
"Oh, these two people haven't had a scene together.
Let's somehow put them together."
It actually feels very elegant.
Also, one of my personal favorite scenes,
Marie's Crisis scene.
So good.
How fun was it to shoot, guys?
It was fun.
Marie's Crisis is about the size of this carpet,
like it's super small.
Yeah, a shoebox.
But it was amazing, and I love the writers
for creating a way for the three of these characters
to come together musically.
It's nice that Liza knew her enough to know
what was going to grab her and bring her back to us.
And also, I'm a huge fan of Marie's Crisis.
Like it's my favorite place, and the fact you guys have shot
there twice is just the audience was epic.
They're really protective over that space,
so that's a nod to you guys and how much they love the show.
I've never been off like when we're not shooting.
Yeah, I've never been either.
Oh, really?
Oh, well I don't think she should set foot in there.
She will get attacked. That's fresh.
Well, what about you? What are you talking about?
I know, right? I think we'd both get attacked.
They all could do ...
Show tunes. Show tunes.
Exclusively.
That's this lady. That's my genre.
9 to 5 is a show tune.
Well yeah it is.
Yeah, they did 9 to 5 on Broadway, didn't they?
Yeah, they sure did. [crosstalk 00:05:58].
They could care less about me in there.
Oh man.
I don't about that, but [crosstalk 00:06:03].
How about I tweet it out and go and see?
Yeah.
Okay, let's get a bit deeper
on some things we saw on the episode.
L-bombs were dropped, first unexpectedly
and a little nervously by Liza.
And then, of course, you sort of eloquently came in and said,
"15 years is long enough to know."
Swoon, obviously swoon.
So, what's the fastest any of you have ever fallen in love?
Oh girl, give me a couple of hours and I ready to go.
I was going to say, "Who here fall's in love the quickest?"
Definitely me.
Yeah, you probably fall in love the fastest.
Yeah, for sure.
Second fastest?
I fall in love pretty quickly.
You do? Yeah. All the time.
Yeah. I feel like we all are deep lovers.
What is that? To fall in- Great question.
You know, to fall in love.
Let's say romantic love.
I fall hard, but I think it takes me a minute.
I think I'm a little more cautious.
Cautious, yeah.
But actually to walk the road of love with someone long-term,
that's a totally different thing.
You know?
I think it's really important
that we get a definition of love from Peter Hermann right now.
Because I'm ready for some poetry, aren't you?
Peter Hermann, what is love?
Tune in next week.
Tap out.
Okay, we have to talk about Josh's comment to Liza
about timing. Yes.
Speaking of love. Timing.
He says the only reason that weren't together
was because she wanted him to have a baby.
Well, now there's a baby with Clare.
And the audience actually wants to know,
does this open a pathway for the two of you reconnecting?
Earmuffs.
Possible rekindling? I think it's a sweet moment.
I don't think it's like could've been. You know?
Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Should Team Josh just let that go?
I mean this whole Team Josh, Team Charles thing, you know,
this a show where we are always talking about celebrating women,
and female friendships. Like, enough with making this
about the men on the show, personally.
I think at the heart of two camps looking at,
"Is this person better for this woman?"
At the heart of that is a woman,
and I think that that people aren't rooting
for either one of us,
they're rooting for you and what's best for you.
And we've always said that I blame this-
Sorry. My pants are very loud.
Wow.
I'm sorry.
I didn't want to interrupt this sweet moment,
but I really had to cross-
No, no. Now I'm aroused.
The German, right? That's the German in you.
It's just that Hilary has some plastic pants,
and there's something nice.
And I love both of you. You know?
I know, right. Yeah, see? So-
I'm just sitting here. Hi.
Hi.
I love you all.
No love. In your plastic pants.
in my plastic pants.
I love zee pants.
Well, here's some love for you. Okay.
The book that's being pitched in the episode
is called The Glass Cliff, and it talks about this idea
that women are put in positions of leadership
just when a company is about to go under.
Are we worried about Kelsey?
Yeah, I think there's a lot of deceit going on this season,
and it's not coming from this one for once.
Well, that's the question though.
Who do you think is trying to put you
in that kind of losing situation?
I don't know if it's like,
"I'm going to place her here to watch her lose."
I think he is taking care of himself,
and wanting something to happen for his business
and his life that he's seen for a long time.
And he's going to make it work out for everyone,
but it's going to stress Kelsey out for a long period of time.
Yeah, she's going ride that emotion
for a minute there for sure.
But you know what? It's making her tough,
and I think that he always believes in her.
But, I think that she's stepping into something
that was lot worse than she expected.
Right.
And I think that, in the world, it's one thing if that's done
if those things are made consciously
to put women in those positions.
The sad truth of it is, is that it's unconscious.
It's just an underlying gender bias that's-
So much of [crosstalk 00:09:49] is unconscious.
Yeah, it's just in the air, it's in the water,
and that's why it's as problematic as it is.
Yes. [crosstalk 00:09:57].
We're tired of hearing that it's unconscious.
You know? Yeah.
Why are we not thought of more?
That's true, yeah.
I was thinking it through though.
Is it Quinn's fault? Right?
She's ... Everything's her fault.
It's her fault.
Is it Charles' fault, or is it society?
So, it's definitely, it's an issue.
We're working on it, guys. We're talking about it. Right?
Yeah, we're talking about it.
It's zeitgeist, so that's good. Guess what? Game time.
Game time. [crosstalk 00:10:17].
Yeah. So-
What are we playing?
It's called, Who's That Baby?
Who's That Baby.
So, now the Younger is having a baby.
Let's play a little game in honor of Josh's new dad status.
I've asked the whole cast,
you guys and everybody else, okay,
to provide photos of themselves as cute little bubbas.
And now, we're going to bring them up
and try to guess who's who, and it's going to be
basically the most adorable thing in the entire world.
Awesome. Okay. Here we go.
Let's play the game. Oh.
Oh my gosh. Molly?
Molly. Molly.
And the answer is Molly. What gave it away?
Such a cutie.
She's probably burping or just about burping.
It's the eyes. It's the eyes that give it away.
That's like her at a table reading.
Yeah. Yeah, totally.
And she's doing a fist bump.
Yeah. It's like ready to go.
Oh my God.
Okay, next up.
Is it Nico?
Nico, look at me.
Oh, Nico's being very quiet.
That has a Look, so that's Nico.
Yeah, that's Nico. Because, Peter wouldn't do that.
That's me. Is it really?
That's definitely me. That's Nico. Yeah.
Peter wouldn't do what? [crosstalk 00:11:12].
He's got a Look on it,
and Peter doesn't have like Instagram or anything.
Instagram, yeah. [crosstalk 00:11:18].
Yeah, those are eyes. Those are your eyes for sure.
Well, I mean-
Hold on. Hold on. What's on your head?
It's my babushka.
You were a stylish guy.
You've been styling since day one.
[crosstalk 00:11:25].
Come on, that is a look. Come on now.
Back in your [crosstalk 00:11:29]
mamuśka. It was nice.
Non binary fashion since '89.
We got Charles Michael Davis.
That's Charles.
Cutie, he's so cute. Cutie.
Cutie patootie. Right?
And he's already like dreamy and mysterious sad.
I know. It's like he's up to something.
Oh, who's that?
We don't know.
Is that your glamor shot?
This is a pageant shot, isn't it?
You guys, I called my mom. I was like, "This is not okay."
It's not okay.
Wow. That had to be okay.
How old? Amazing.
No idea. Three, four?
Oh my gosh, it's amazing. So cute.
So cute. Look at those cheese ball eyes.
Oh my God. I can't.
I know, the best. You guys are nailing these.
Okay. I like that.
That's Sutton. Sutton. Yep.
That's definitely you. That's you.
Isn't that you? Yeah.
You guys are crushing this thing.
Look at you. You have one tooth hanging out in front.
That's your look.
That's your look when you're like, "Are you shooting?
Are we rolling? Are you kidding?"
Oh my God, stop. You're so cute.
Look at you. Such a [crosstalk 00:12:18].
Oh my God. Peter?
Peter. Peter.
That is definitely in Germany.
Peter, are you in Germany?
Yeah.
This is German Peter.
Deep in thought. So cute.
Walking through- Sweet.
Walking through the woods.
But you guys, 100%. Way to go.
Younger selves, they all know each other now.
[crosstalk 00:12:34],
It's like we just instantly grew up together.
You guys, what do you think we're doing at pre-K right now?
Inciting trouble.
We're kind of causing the [crosstalk 00:12:42].
Put everyone in an outfit.
Exactly.
You definitely put me in my outfit.
You're reading a book somewhere.
I'm reading a book somewhere in a corner.
Yes. I mean, we're like best friends.
Yes. You're tying on hats.
Great one. That was fast.
Who knows where that look one goes.
You're singing somewhere.
She's [crosstalk 00:12:56].
Trying hats. Before I let you all go though,
I need you guys to give me one word
to describe next week's episode. Okay?
Birth.
Yeah.
Okay, that's a good one.
Romance.
Okay.
Beginnings.
Uber.
You guys, thank you so much for being here.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Plus I'm so excited for this season,
and I just love you guys. You're the best.
Aw, Taylor. Love you too, Taylor.
Love you.
And thank you, guys, for joining us,
and watching and commenting.
I'm Taylor Strecker, and this is Getting Younger.
Join me again right here after next week's episode,
for more behind the scenes stories
and insights from the cast.
Until then, here's a little sneak peek of what's coming up.
We do not belong here.
You're standing in front of bar.
You never belonged anymore more in your life.
Here, have mine.
Wow, tough day.
Tough week, but a good day.
I had a little breakthrough at work,
and it's nice to see a friendly face.
Actually, that's what I want to talk to you about.
I don't want to be friends with you anymore.
It's too difficult.
Because I have a job, and you're not working?
That is so ... Not friends. You mean ...
Oh my God. You got a job.
Let's just say things are looking up.
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