Molly Shannon on Returning to 'SNL' and Her Wild Makeover in 'The Other Two' Season 3 (Exclusive)
in April, when she hosted for the second time in 16 years, the appreciation of all things Molly Shannon continues with season 3 of, which is now streaming on HBO Max. The series from creators (and former co-head writers) Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider sees Shannon playing Pat Dubek, the mother of three children with varying degrees of success in the entertainment industry who has also struck gold herself as a wildly popular daytime talk show host. While talking to ET, Shannon, who has also earned rave reviews for her performances on and, opens up about being back at Studio 8H as well as Pat's dramatic transformation that resulted in some confusion with her co-stars. «Pat is at the point in her career where she now has an empire and she is really in the public eye and more famous than she's ever been,» Shannon says, explaining that she's now «figuring out how to navigate that. And it's not at all what she expected.» As she continues to struggle with her newfound superstardom in season 3, Pat finds herself increasingly isolated from the real world, including her own kids, Chase (Case Walker), Cary (Drew Tarver) and Brooke (Heléne Yorke). «So, we really see her navigating that and also wanting to not lose touch with her family.