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SPOILER: This station contains specifications astir The Comeback, Season 3 premiere section ‘Valerie Gets a New Chapter’
Nine years aft character Robert Michael Morris‘ death, nan 3rd and last play of The Comeback premiered this weekend, pinch 1 awesome absence.
In nan play premiere section ‘Valerie Gets a New Chapter’, airing Sunday, March 22 astatine 10:30pm ET connected HBO and streaming connected HBO Max, Lisa Kudrow‘s Valerie Cherish reveals what happened to her longtime hairstylist and champion friend Mickey Deane (Morris) aft nan character died astatine property 77 successful 2017.
“We mislaid Mickey. He passed away,” explains Val successful nan episode. “Covid, nan first round. Covid OG, I telephone it.”
Valerie reveals nan news while reminiscing astir Mickey pinch Tommy Tomlin (Jack O’Brien), who did impermanent actors’ hairsbreadth connected her first sitcom, I’m It, besides doing Val’s hairsbreadth erstwhile Mickey was out. While Tommy helps Val comes to word pinch Mickey’s death, O’Brien emphasized to Deadline that he “wasn’t being asked to mimic” Morris successful his portrayal.
The Season 2 finale ‘Valerie Gets What She Wants’ saw Val missing her Emmy-winning infinitesimal successful bid to sojourn Mickey successful nan infirmary aft he was diagnosed pinch cancer.
Dan Bucatinsky, Kudrow’s co-producer who besides plays Valerie Cherish’s head Billy, noted complete Zoom, “He was sick successful nan shooting of each of Season 2, and we worked it into nan storyline of Season 2. Him having nan opportunity to sprout Season 2 was truthful treatment for him. He recovered reserves of power that he had not had successful months to make Season 2. It was a immense gift, to america and to him.”
Kudrow’s co-creator Michael Patrick King antecedently told Deadline astatine our SXSW Studio that she “didn’t moreover consider” doing different play aft Morris died. “Yeah, that was it. We were done,” she said.
“Mickey’s irreplaceable,” said Kudrow. “And we cognize that’s really everyone would feel.”
King, a erstwhile play student of Morris years earlier nan actor’s onscreen debut connected nan HBO show, added, “He couldn’t beryllium replaced. So, we came up pinch nan thought that possibly Valerie hasn’t really felt it yet.”
Morris appeared alongside Kudrow connected The Comeback since its 2005 premiere. The mockumentary reality show returned for a agelong overdue 2nd play successful 2014. Season 3 premieres Sunday connected HBO, pinch a tribute section airing April 5.
