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Whats going on with CCH Pounder, and why is she organizing this whole kidnapping situation?
What happened with Timothy Olyphants past to give him all these conflicted feelings about this other kidnapped kid?
How do all these families connect to a high-end condo development in Guyana?
Sometimes, though, a question can linger even after a series ends.
Sometimes, its important to pursue that remaining concern.
Sometimes you have to spend time pondering why Dennis Quaid is wearing his hair in a French braid.
So, what is Dennis Quaid doing inFull Circle, and why does he have a braid?
Does Jeff do it himself?
Does his wife do it?
How old was Jeff when he decided a braid was his look?
Unfortunately, we may never know the answers to these mysteries, as Jeffs full backstory is never explained.
Hey, Adenike, I want a ponytail.
I was like,What?
How are we going to do this?
He said, Oh, youll figure it out.
We get there the morning of, and Dennis is like, Oh, itll be fine!
Dont worry about it, Wright says.
But the wig she brought wouldnt quite work with Quaids short hair.
I cannot put this ponytail into your hair without a braid, she told him.
Its not long enough.
Its not going to blend.
The only way to blend it is to add the braid.
He was like, Oh, I love it.
But why did Dennis Quaid insist his character have a ponytail?
You know, stuck in his ways, didnt want to change his look.
And here we are now.
Here we are now, indeed: left with even more unanswerable questions.
What exactly was it about Steven Seagal that inspired Quaids performance of Jeff the Chef?
Wright does not know.
He didnt mention that.
He only mentioned Steven.
I was like … okay!
You cant just let that kind of thing go and not mention it.
The braid does insist on being mentioned.
There is an immediate, ineffable weirdness to it that communicates something specific about Jeff the Chef.
It implies parenting or, at the very least, peers with ample downtime.
Is any of that purposeful?
Its doubtful, given the braids rushed origins.
And sometimes a braid is just a braid.
I mean, its fabulous, says Wright.
But its just like …
I cant believe he made me do that.
