‘Call Me Kat’: Mayim Bialik on That ‘Blossom’ Reunion, Kat’s Feelings for Max & More
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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Call Me Kat Season 2 finale “Call Me Shellfish.”]
Following what ends up being a panic attack that lands Kat (Mayim Bialik) in the hospital, she decides it’s time to make a major decision: close the cat café.
Following a dream in which she shares a conversation with her late father (Ted Wass, who played Bialik’s father on Blossom), Kat admits to her friends and mother that she needs a break. They’re supportive, but Randi (Kyla Pratt) and Phil (Leslie Jordan) also surprise her by later revealing they’ll keep the café open while she’s gone. So where is she going? She spends some time in Paris, and while the real Max (Cheyenne Jackson) may not join her on the balcony in robes, “who knows?” Kat wonders.
Bialik breaks down the Season 2 finale and what could be next. (The comedy has yet to be renewed for a third season.)
Talk about Kat’s decision to get away. Does she need distance not just from the cat café but also from the people in her life to figure out what she wants to do next?
Mayim Bialik: Yeah, I think Kat is having a total breakdown. All of the things that have been secure for her have started falling away and even the overwhelm regarding Oscar [Christopher Rivas] proposing and all of the potential confusion and feelings that she might still be having for Max played into that. And the Nick [Andy Favreau] of it, as I’ve been calling it, has only confused things more and placed an amount of pressure on her both financially and also kind of emotionally that leads her to need to get away.
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Clearly Kat’s not over Max, but how does she feel about him at the end of Season 2? Does she know?
I think there’s a lot of not knowing and that’s the space that we’re trying to be comfortable with Kat living in. There is a lot of not knowing and I think many of us can relate to that, especially the unmarried women around 40. There’s a lot of not knowing, there’s a lot of choices kind of constantly to be made. And Kat is at the juncture of a lot of those. So I think when it comes to Max, it’s an added part of the confusion that she doesn’t know. And as a lot of people say, when you don’t know, you don’t know, and indeed she’s still figuring many things out.
Talk about that dream Kat had of her father. Was he — or a version of him in her head, at least — the only person she could be honest with like that to arrive at the decision she needed to about the café?
Obviously having Ted Wass from my Blossom days do this cameo for us was really, really special. And I think that so much of Kat’s motivation, which we explore in the therapy scene, is about the lessons that she learned from her father and kind of the legacy that she feels he passed on to her. So I think it’s a really sweet connection to have, and also a real nod to kind of the way the show started, meaning this notion of, we have this character who we don’t really know, but we know her father died and it’s set in motion all of these things. So it felt like a really sweet way to kind of put a cap on Season 2 to kind of revisit the basis for a lot of her decisions about opening the cafe and why she did that.
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Even though there’s all the uncertainty and Kat’s now going with the flow, how does she feel about her life now compared to when we met her at the beginning of the series? How has she changed the most?
It’s been two years of a lot of change for our Kat. Obviously she got to have a long-term relationship, the longest that she’s had, which is really special, and lo and behold, that was not everything that she thought it would be. It didn’t do all the things that maybe she thought it would do for her. And so in a lot of ways, she’s a little bit back where she started, but as I like to remind myself, we’re never back exactly where we started. We do this kind of spiraling up, so she has a lot more experience, a lot more insight and a lot more perspective than she did at the beginning.
If there is a Season 3, what can you tease about where it might find Kat — in terms of her career and love life — after she took that time away?
I have no idea because the big “if” is still an issue for me today. We don’t know if there’s gonna be a Season 3 and it’s really gonna be up to our writers to decide where she’s gonna go. I can see her ending up a lot of places. I can see her finding a new version of herself. I could see her making changes. I really don’t know, and it’s exciting. And obviously not knowing if there’s a Season 3 makes it even more of an unknown. But we hope we all get to find out where Kat ends up.
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Love the show, PLEASE give us season 3..
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Man...Ted Wass sure aged well. (I've had a crush on him since his Soap says, and apparently, he just gets better with age.)
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We need a season 3! Love this show
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Renew it For A Season 3 it’s a great show I love it can’t wait to see where Kat will end up!!!!
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Love Kat and the cast but this season seemed to be written by different writers. Where was the fun and the quirkiness of season one that was so engaging and entertaining??? Bring back a season 3 with the creativity the program started out with. It was so good and unique.
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Hubby and I LOVE this show! So funny, super cast, and lots of fun. Hope we get a season 3, but I also hope they don't take it too far from where it started. Kat should be able to find herself without losing the quirks that made this show so engaging.
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Fingers crossed for a season 3
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I love this show. All the characters. Please please renew it for season 3.
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I’m such a huge fan of the Original UK series Miranda Such Fun !!!! The best . Call me Kat is great adaptation and I want to see more of kat and her shenanigans. Please bring back for 2 more seasons !!!! I’m excited to where she goes and who else guest stars ! Id really luv to see the original Miranda make a guest appearance or even a routine character as Kats British cousin. Or something in that . Would be epic !!!!
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Gosh I hope they cancel the show and replace it with another reality song and dance show because there's never enough of those on tv.
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Lol good point.
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I love it and never miss a show! Please make another season. I love the scene with your dad and I hope to comfort my daughters in the future. Che Mario!
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I love this show!! I can relate to much of it & Kat! Hope another season is at hand because it's very entertaining and relates to many life challenges. Have loved Mayim since the Blossom days & think she's a blast! Looking forward to seeing more of Kat/ Mayim, keep up the good work, ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🐱
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I loved this show, if it ends i will be sad. The last episode was great! I love all the funny characters especially Phil. Loved him since he was on Reba.
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I don't get it. We go from Kat being broke having to layoff Phil and selling low quality store bought muffins to being rich enough to take time off and a jaunt to Europe? This show is still trying to find its way. Hope this isn't a jump the shark moment.
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Wondered that myself. Do love the show and characters, especially since some of them have “toned down” their overly animated acting. The last few shows have been the best. She has become less animated and more natural while still being funny. Hoping it returns. I live in Louisville and love all the references. but what will happen to the kitties?
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