![]() ![]() All my friends are like, “Yo, you’re great, but Trent is my favorite character.” I’m looking forward to seeing where he goes in his career. I remember the first time we shot together, me and him became just very quick friends. I’m feeling overwhelmed.” So, that was a moment for me where I was shocked.īARNET: No. RAMAKRISHNAN: I think I actually tweeted about it because I was like, “I wanna reference it back when the season drops,” but I actually got really emotional and cried, not where you think I might have cried, but actually when I read that Devi rips out of her journal, “I’m gonna have sex with Paxton Hall-Yoshida.” She writes, “I have a crush on Des.” Something about that made me really sad. What is the craziest thing that you never saw coming? RAMAKRISHNAN: It’s a little bit of an audience moment for us to just enjoy the writing and see what the story goes. We’re predicting things, and we’re excited, and then we read them, and we’re like, “Oh, my God!” It’s always fun to read those unexpected twists, and then be excited and surprised. I try that too, but I’m just not good at it. Friendships, romantic relationships, and family are all important to Devi, who’s still trying to figure out who she is and what she wants, with the humor, heart and hormones of a young woman forging her path in life.ĭuring this interview with Collider, co-stars Ramakrishnan, Darren Barnet (who plays Devi’s dream guy, Paxton Hall-Yoshida) and Jaren Lewison (who plays Ben Gross, the guy that always challenges Devi but has also proven to be a friend) talked about how much they learn about each season prior to filming, the fun of learning about the unexpected twists, the craziest thing they never saw coming on the show, the magic of the friendship between Paxton and Trent ( Ben Norris), the scenes with Devi and her therapist ( Niecy Nash), balancing Ben’s banter with his sweetness, and how this show has changed their lives. Now it’s your turn.From co-creators Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, the Netflix half-hour dramedy series Never Have I Evercontinues to follow Indian American teenager Devi Vishwakumar ( Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) and the trials and tribulations of her high school and home life, neither of which are ever short of drama. Back at home, Devi finally opens her grief journal and begins writing: “I’m gonna have sex with Paxton!” To her absolute shock, he agrees - but he’s got plans that evening. Ryan, during which Devi completely mischaracterizes the therapist’s advice, the teen marches right up to Paxton and propositions him for no-strings-attached sex. And then she breaks a window at home by flinging her geometry book at it during an angry fit.Īfter another session with Dr. Then she realizes that Eleanor has had a secret boyfriend all along. ![]() She attempts to rally by dressing sexily for school the next day, but all that happens is that she winds up in the principal’s office for getting into an argument with Ben during class. He encourages her to stand up for herself like McEnroe did, then she asks, “Wait, what are you doing here?” and just like that, she wakes up in her bed. He tells her that John McEnroe is the greatest tennis player of all time - ah, so that’s why McEnroe has been narrating the episode from the beginning! - and comforts her as she unloads her problems. Later that evening, Devi comes downstairs to find her father Mohan ( Heroes‘ Sendhil Ramamurthy) watching tennis. Nalini excitedly announces that Kamala’s parents have found her a suitable arranged marriage Kamala is less than thrilled about the idea. ![]() Ryan ( Claws‘ Niecy Nash), who hands her a grief journal and encourages her to explore her feelings by writing in it.Īt home that night, Devi relates her day to her mother Nalini ( The Night Of‘s Poorna Jagannathan) and cousin Kamala (Richa Moorjani), a graduate student staying with them while she’s in school. After a nasty encounter with the latter, Devi sees her therapist, Dr. They include hot jock Paxton (Darren Barnet, who also plays one of the younger incarnations of This Is Us‘ Jack) and Devi’s academic nemesis, Ben Gross (Jaren Lewison). ![]() But as the girls go about their seduction plans, we meet some of the show’s key players. From there, she assumes, popularity is the next logical step. So Devi starts the year with a plan: She - along with her equally socially awkward best friends Eleanor ( Legends of Tomorrow‘s Ramona Young) and Fabiola (Lee Rodriguez) - are going to get boyfriends, any boyfriends, ASAP. The teen (played by newcomer Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) is worried that her father’s sudden death during a school orchestra concert freshman year - as well as her spontaneous paralysis and just as inexplicable recovery that followed - will always be the things she’s known for among the adolescent set. ![]()
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