Warning: There are spoilers for The Equalizer Season 3, Episode 11! Between Robyn retaining custody of his daughter and Harry reconnecting with a part of his mother he barely knew, tonight’s episode equalizer It’s all about family. Titled “Never Again,” season 3’s 11th episode sees Harry Keshejian (Adam Goldberg) investigate a recent hate crime against the local Jewish community. After meeting his former rabbi, he begins to see his mother’s abandonment in a different light and learns that she is protecting him rather than forgetting him.
equalizer Season 3 takes the time to learn about the characters and their family circumstances in new and unexpected ways, including Robyn (Queen Latifah) and Delilah (Laya DeLeon Hayes) redefining with Aunt Vi (Lorraine Toussaint). ) and Mel (Liza Lapira) at the end of the episode, her brother raised her bet. This week it’s Harry’s turn to confront his Jewish heritage and how the death of his mother has affected his life.
rant screen Talk to Goldberg about how it was to learn new things about his character over the course of three seasons equalizerwhich he hopes will be the next case for Harry and Mel, being his favorite to date.
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Screen Rant: This year we’ll see more personal stories related to the case, between Mel’s brother and now Harry’s family. How does it feel to get to know Harry better in Season 3?
Adam Goldberg: That’s really helpful. Honestly, no matter what I end up doing in the next episodes, it just gives you a stronger base to think about how you’re going to do something or how you’re going to say something.
For any TV show, procedural or non-procedural, this is a very strange way of working for actors. You read a movie and you are working on the entire script. You know where the character is going, and you know who he is. In the TV series, you find out you are Jewish in the third season of the series. I do not know [Henry] Jewish until this year; I am half Jewish and largely identify as Jewish.
And then, of course, we learn more about his faith and his family and things like that. All the things you’ve always wanted as an actor. Still, it’s fun that it came out for three seasons.
Interestingly, you can even have a little influence on Harry’s history.
Adam Goldberg: He has an Armenian surname, but we finally learn in this episode that he mostly grew up with his father after his mother abandoned him—or that’s how he sees it. .
But there are a lot of similarities in how I struggled with being seen as a Jewish actor. Even going back to my own childhood, I didn’t go to a Jewish school until I was 11 years old and chose not to go to the mitzvah bar, that’s a suggestion I made when I talked to fellow Jews. writer.rabbi [originally] Say, “I haven’t seen you since you went to bar mitzvah,” and I say, “It would be funny if he didn’t do bar mitzvah.” You get straight to the point, and then you step back. I am this here.
One positive takeaway is that in order to protect myself and my people on social media, I really started to own that part of my DNA and learned a lot about bats – you know the negative theories. How crazy is this jewish conspiracy. This seemed abstract and ludicrous to me at first, but then you will see these people taking them as gospel. It’s wild, and it’s profound.
Another really interesting part of Harry’s story is his relationship with his mother and how her abandonment affects his perception of community and himself. Now that he knows the truth, do you think that will change?
Adam Goldberg: I don’t know. Surely it would be great if he somehow re-engaged with that community and it’s not a one-time thing. Honestly, I can’t say that because I’m just a pawn in the big game of TV. But I think it reminds me of the way we all think about childhood; The screen memories we decide on are the things that define us. And I know that even having children is more complicated and nuanced than we think.
Harry doesn’t have children, that’s not how he knows his mother, but having children makes me more sensitive to my parents’ motivations. When I was a kid, I just thought, “Oh, my parents do this and that.” But it’s clearly not that simple.
When it comes to kids, we all love Harry and Mel. Are their future children, or are there other aspects of their personal life that you would like to see?
Adam Goldberg: That would be very interesting and strange. Better move on, or drop some eggs or something, if that’s going to happen. [Laughs] The clock is definitely ticking. All these episodes are ticking so maybe they should make one [about that].
I love their moments in this episode, such as at the comic book store, where she jokes about his weird hobbies. Isn’t it cool to see what they do on their days off? If McCall stopped the game, what do you think they would do?
Adam Goldberg: When they first took me out of the closet where I did most of the work at the end of season one or the beginning of season two, I thought, “We’re going to date these two.” But, Of course, our date nights are all camera-free.
lisa [Lapira] I always make fun of the spinoffs. There were days when we were together all day and we ended up completely stunned and hysterical. We’re basically doing an entire sitcom that never aired before and after the actual tape. The crew can see the gag, but their relationship exists in a parallel universe. It’s funny, I think. I love.
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I like that you are the one in the back of the chair and the women are the ones in the front. How has this motivation affected you?
Adam Goldberg: It was a much easier day for me than I’m sure for them. [Laughs] I’ve always said that the program eased my brain and my neurons at an age when those things really started to change. Because on any given day that I’m working, I have to deal with a lot of crazy information and spread it.
But it’s also great that last season I started going undercover and physically I’m more of a support system. But if someone comes to us, we know who will take them down. Both as an actress and as a full advocate for women’s rights. I think it’s very luxurious.
fan equalizer It seems interesting that you are no stranger to fan feedback. What are some of your favorite fan interactions during your television career?
Adam Goldberg: First of all, I quit Twitter after a long time. Either way, this is really a tough spot for me, and it’s going to get me hooked on the content of this episode.
I watched some stuff on Instagram, but nothing drove me as crazy as when I did Fargo. It’s a crazy cult fandom with weird, interesting fanfics.me and russell [Harvard] It’s boyfriend and boyfriend, and the illustrations are amazing. I didn’t know this world existed because for a long time the Internet didn’t exist.
I was on Relativity at the beginning of my career, and I remember Jane Adams telling me when they canceled the show that there was an entire Save Us program. “You can go to this page,” I don’t know exactly what she’s talking about. They sent ABC soup cans with my character Doug on them, and I didn’t know anything about it.
Before the internet and social media, I thought it was like you were at the airport and everyone was holding your avatar or something like that, but now people can participate in this way, what that was great.
sure, equalizer Still a show. Do you have a favorite case of the season, past or upcoming?
Adam Goldberg: Listen, I’ll be 100% honest with you. I can’t tell where it starts and where it ends. I shot an entire episode in one day and an entire episode right after. I showed this to my wife and she said, “How can you straighten it?”
But one of the funny things that was broadcast was when I was working undercover as a “normal person”. Now we call him normal. I don’t know if you know this, but I dress myself. Everything you see me wearing comes from my clothes. There was an episode where I had to secretly work as a food inspector and the line was “Do you have a blazer?” I should have just worn a blazer and badge. I said, “I just want to be a member [jacket], tie and khaki, and a lousy pair of sneakers. We put the suit together and I made the sound.
De Niro seems to have said years ago that he’s getting into the characters by stepping in their place, literally. That’s what happened in that particular scene.Joe [C. Wilson, the showrunner,] I started calling him everyone, and I loved everyone. We have to do more with Normal Guy.
About Equalizer
A mysterious character uses his diverse skills to help the homeless. Robyn McCall is a mysterious woman with a mysterious background who uses her diverse skills to help those who have nowhere to turn.
equalizer Airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.