Ideas / Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend: The Friend Test
Timothy Olyphant Returns
Conan O'Brien with Timothy Olyphant
An actual friendship gives Olyphant permission to undermine the premise, pacing, and remaining dignity of Conan's program.
Olyphant and Conan already know one another well enough to skip the courtship. Olyphant repeatedly interferes with the program’s premise and pacing while Conan reacts with the delight of someone whose houseguest has correctly identified the load-bearing wall.
It belongs after the four introductions. The friendship is no longer hypothetical, which gives both men more efficient ways to make it look unlikely.