Bridget Everett on Crafting ‘Somebody Somewhere's Emotional Finale

In crafting the arc of her HBO dramedy Somebody Somewhere (set in her hometown of Manhattan, Kansas), New York cabaret legend Bridget Everett wanted to tell a story about finding “your person.” Not in a romantic way — in the series, her character, Sam, forms an impactful friendship with Jeff Hiller’s Joel after she returns home to care for her dying sister. Joel welcomes Sam into his community of small-town queer folk, and the growth the pair go through during the course of three seasons shows how their friendship has given each of them permission to find a sustaining kernel of levity in their lives. In this scene between Joel and Sam in the finale episode, “AGG,” the duo are able to express how important their relationship has been to them, and will continue to be, for the rest of the