‘The Resort’: Cristin Milioti and William Jackson Harper Break Down the ‘Claustrophobic and Intense’ Finale
variety.comSelome Hailu SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t watched “The Disillusionment of Time,” the Season 1 finale of “The Resort.” As intricate and text-heavy as “The Resort” is, Andy Siara’s adventure-comedy series manages to say a lot about love with almost no dialogue on the subject. “I hate a romantic monologue.
It is exactly the kind of thing that makes me want to throw up,” William Jackson Harper, who stars in the series as Noah opposite Cristin Milioti’s Emma, tells Variety.
The two travel to the Yucatán peninsula for their 10th anniversary, but their marriage is quietly on the rocks. As they miscommunicate again and again, they find themselves investigating the disappearance of two teenagers at the resort 15 years prior — a mystery Siara uses to get at the root of the couple’s problems more subtly. “I live in a place where I don’t necessarily say everything that’s on my mind.
I hardly ever say what’s on my mind; I’m lying most of the time,” Harper laughs. Siara’s writing, he says, emphasizes actions over words: “The moment isn’t the confession.
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