With The Kominsky Method Season 3 now streaming on Netflix, I recently sat down with Paul Reiser and Sarah Baker to talk about making the final season of the award-winning show. If you’ve never seen The Kominsky Method, the extremely well made series hails from The Big Bang Theory and Mom creator Chuck Lorre and it’s not at all what you might expect. Instead of a laugh track or characters performing in front of a live studio audience, The Kominsky Method is a single-camera series about people navigating their later years in Los Angeles. The Kominsky Method Season 3 also stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Lisa Edelstein, Emily Osment, Graham Rogers and Haley Joel Osment.
While the entire cast is excellent, the main reason I’m such a fan of the series is Chuck Lorre’s writing. Unlike other shows he’s involved with, Lorre writes every Kominsky Method script on his own and each episode manages to find humor in uncomfortable situations. In addition, he writes about subject matter most shows avoid like what happens when you get older and long time friends die. If you’ve never seen an episode, it’s absolutely worth your time.
During my interview with Paul Reiser and Sarah Baker, they talked about why they each loved Lorre’s dialogue and scripts, how Lorre writes about what it’s really like to age, what they thought of director Barry Levinson work as an actor, and more. In addition, Reiser shared what it was like making Aliens with James Cameron early in his career.
Check out what they had to say in the player above and below is exactly what we talked about followed by The Kominsky Method Season 3 synopsis.
Paul Reiser and Sarah Baker:
- Reiser talks about what it was like making Aliens with James Cameron.
- They both talk about Chuck Lorre’s fantastic dialogue and scripts.
- Reiser on how Lorre is writing about real stuff like what is it like to be aging and perhaps your best years behind you.
- What did they think of Barry Levinson the actor after working with him on Diner?
Here’s the synopsis for The Kominsky Method Season 3:
Sandy Kominsky (Michael Douglas) has to navigate what aging looks like without his longtime friend Norman Newlander (Alan Arkin) by his side in the final season of The Kominsky Method. Life only becomes more complicated with the arrival of Sandy's ex-wife Roz Volander (Kathleen Turner). The pair's famously volatile relationship is further inflamed when she comes to LA to spend time with their daughter Mindy (Sarah Baker) and her boyfriend Martin (Paul Reiser). This season of The Kominsky Method deals with money, death, love, murder, and dreams coming true. In other words, the usual. Lisa Edelstein, Emily Osment, Graham Rogers and Haley Joel Osment reprise their guest starring roles.
Both funny and poignant, the Golden Globe Award winning The Kominsky Method is a half-hour single camera comedy created by 9-time Emmy Award Nominee Chuck Lorre. Lorre, Al Higgins and Douglas executive produce the series which is produced by Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television. The third and final season consists of six episodes.
