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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW."
MY GUEST TONIGHT STAR IN "HOMELAND" WHOSE SERIES FINALE
AIRS THIS SATURDAY ON SHOW "TIME."
PLEASE WELCOME CLAIRE DANES AND MANDY PATINKIN.
MANDY YOU JUST GRATED CELEBRATED YOUR 42nd ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR
FIRST DATE WITH YOUR WIFE.
>> YES, SIR.
>> Stephen: AND YOU HAVE ADVICE AS TO HOW PEOPLE A
RELATIONSHIP FRESH.
WHAT IS THAT?
>> THE ADVICE IS WE'VE SPENT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME APART.
>> Stephen: HOW IS THAT WORKING NOW?
I ASSUME YOU'RE TOGETHER.
>> WELL, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, WE WERE T TERRIFIED, BUT IT'S
WORKING GREAT.
I ADORE HER.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S ALWAYS GOT, LIKE, 50,000 PLANS EVERY DAY.
SHE WOULD NORMALLY BE GOING, YOU KNOW, BACK TO NEW YORK CITY, YOU
KNOW, MILLIONS OF PLANS.
WE'RE TOGETHER FOR EVERY MEAL.
WE COOK EVERY MEAL TOGETHER, WE EAT EVERY MEAL TOGETHER.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THE DAY WE MET 42 YEARS
AGO, AND WE'RE CLEANING THE HOUSE.
I'VE NEVER HAD SUCH RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR PEOPLE WHO CLEAN
HOMES.
I NEVER REALIZED HOW HARD THAT WAS.
AND WE LOVE DOING IT.
AND, SO, JUST SPEND A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF TIME APART.
SO SHE HAS A LITTLE CUBBY HOLE IN OUR PLACE HERE WHERE WE CALL
IT THE WRITER'S ROOM.
SHE'S A WRITER AND SHE GOES TO WRITE.
>> Stephen: SHE ESCAPES FROM YOU FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME?
>> ALL MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY DO THAT.
EVEN THE DOG IS WITH HER NOW.
>> Stephen: THIS SUNDAY AFTER EIGHT SEASONS, "HOMELAND" IS
HAVING ITS SERIES FINALE.
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE, RIGHT?
HAPPY ENDINGS ALL AROUND?
>> AS LONG AS YOU WASH YOUR HANDS AND STAY SIX FEET APART,
EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE.
>> Stephen: I'VE SAID THIS TO BOTH OF YOU WHEN YOU'VE COME ON
THE SHOW BEFORE, "HOMELAND," THE WRITING FOR THE SHOW HAS BEEN
ALMOST PROPHETIC AT TIMES, LITERALLY YOU'VE SHOT MONTHS
BEFORE WORLD EVENTS ROLLED OUT IS THEN ECHOED ON WHAT WE'RE
SEEING IN REAL LIFE.
NOW, A PANDEMIC IS SOMETHING THAT HASN'T ACTUALLY OCCURRED IN
THE "HOMELAND" UNIVERSE.
THIS IS ONE YOU GUYS DIDN'T PREDICT.
HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR CHARACTERS WOULD DO IN A LOCKDOWN
SITUATION?
HOW DO YOU THINK SAUL AND CARRIE WOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW?
>> GO AHEAD, CLAIRE.
YEAH, NO, CARRIE WOULD NOT BE FOLLOWING ANY PROTOCOL.
>> Stephen: OF COURSE NOT.
SHE WOULD BE LICKING DOOR KNOBS.
>> SHE'S A RESTLESS LASS.
YES.
>> LOOKING FOR SUITE HEARTS IN BARS.
>> EXACTLY.
NO, I WOULDN'T TRUST CARRIE FOR A SECOND TO OBSERVE THE LETTER
OF THE LAW.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
SHE'S A LOOSE CANNON.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
HOW ABOUT SAUL?
>> WHAT WOULD SAUL DO DURING THIS COVID 19?
>> Stephen: YES.
HE WOULD TAKE UP HIS GRANDMA'S ADVICE WHO CAME OVER
ON THE BOAT FROM POLAND AND WASH HIS HANDS 20,000 TIMES A DAY AND
PROBABLY BE WELL SUITED FOR COVID 19 PROTOCOL BECAUSE HE,
LIKE SPICE, ARE ALWAYS UNDER A THREAT OF BEING KILLED, AND
FOUND OUT, AND DISCOVERED.
HE WOULD BE EQUAL TO EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD, AND I SHOULD
SAY EVERYONE EMS IN THE WORLD WOULD BE IN HIS POSITION, i.e.
A SPY'S POSITION OF HAVING THEIR LIFE BE UNDER POSSIBLE THREAT AT
ANY MOMENT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE.
O WE ARE ON COMMON GROUND THERE.
AND, SO, I THINK HE WOULD -- HE'S TRAINED HIS WHOLE LIFE FOR.
THIS THIS IS THE WORLD HE LIVES IN WITH OR WITHOUT COVID 19.
>> THAT'S A VERY IMPRESSIVE ANSWER, MANDY.
>> Stephen: THAT'S HIS SPECIALTY.
THAT'S HIS SPECIALTY, CLAIRE.
REALLY IMPRESSIVE ANSWERS.
AND THAT WAS A SHORT ONE.
>> I HADN'T EVEN STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE REFUGEE CRISIS, YET.
>> Stephen: ONE CONSTANT IN THIS WHOLE THING IN THE LAST
EIGHT SEASONS, NINE YEARS, HAS BEEN SAUL AND CARRIE'S
RELATIONSHIP.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO FILM THE LAST SCENE YOU GUYS DO TOGETHER?
OR THE LAST READDOWN?
WHAT WAS THAT EMOTIONALLY LIKE FOR YOU GUYS?
>> LADIES FIRST.
I MEAN, THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND IS JUST SLOPPY.
I LOST IT WHEN WE FINISHED FILMING THAT FINAL SCENE.
I JUST CRUMBLED.
AND I COULD CRY ABOUT IT NOW, JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: IT WOULD BE GOOD TV.
>> YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ) NO, I JUST HUGGED MANDY, WE
HUGGED EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME AND TOLD EACH OTHER THAT WE
LOVED EACH OTHER AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS EXPERIENCE.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, IT WAS VERY OUT OF BODY.
AS YOU WILL SEE ON THIS COMING SUNDAY AT THE FINALE, THE MOST
INTENSE STUFF THAT WE'VE HAD IN A LONG, LONG TIME, AND THAT'S AN
UNDERSTATEMENT.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, A MOMENT CAME WHERE A VOICE IN THE ROOM
SAID, EVERYONE, THAT IS THE LAST SHOT BETWEEN SAUL AND CARRIE AND
MANDY AND CLAIRE.
IT WAS JUST SURREAL.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING FOR A MOMENT.
THE NEXT MOMENT, I REALIZE CLAIRE AND I CAUGHT EACH OTHER'S
ATTENTION, AND AS SHE SAID, WE FELL INTO EACH OTHER'S ARMS.
AND THEN I REMEMBER OUR BODIES JUST FEELING THE OTHER ONE
WEEPING AND HOLDING EACH OTHER FOR AN ETERNITY.
>> YEAH.
AND I JUST COULDN'T GET OVER -- SOMEBODY SAID TO ME,
WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST MEMORY OF "HOMELAND" IN EIGHT YEARS, AND
WE WERE AT IT FOR, YOU KNOW, ALMOST TEN IN TERMS OF REAL
TIME, AND IT WAS THAT MOMENT BECAUSE IT WAS THE CULMINATION
OF A LARGE PART OF OUR LIFE, AND IT WAS INCONCEIVABLE THAT IT
COULD BE NOT CONTINUING IN THE WAY THAT WAS SO FAMILIAR.
>> Stephen: HEY, GUYS, WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK,
BUT IF YOU CAN STICK AROUND, WE'LL BE BACK, EVERYBODY, WITH
MORE CLAIRE DANES AND MANDY PATINKIN.
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