The Emmy Fyc Season That Wasn’t

It was the evening of Friday, March 13, 2020 that I went to my first — and only — Fyc event of the Emmy season.

It was for “Westworld,” and it took place at the Saban Media Center at the Television Academy Campus in North Hollywood.There was a Q&a with the cast, and I was petulantly jealous of Thandie Newton’s outfit.

They screened the first episode of Season 3 on the big screen to a capacity audience of several hundred people.

I attended with my husband — “Westworld” is his favorite show, or at least it was until this season — and our friend, who I didn’t realize was attending until she dropped her daughter, our babysitter, off at our house.

Her mother and I spontaneously carpooled together after we realized that we were, in fact, heading to the same place.

All of us had a couple glasses of wine and fancy apps afterwards,

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