Nick Offerman gets an emotional arc

This is Fresh Air. I'm Terry Gross. Our guest is actor, writer, and woodworker Nick Offerman. He's best known for his role in parks and recreation, and for his Emmy Award winning role in the show The Last of Us. His new series, Margot's Got Money Troubles, is based on the book of the same name.

He spoke with Fresh Air's Anne-Marie Baldonado. The new Apple TV series Margot's Got Money Troubles is about Margot, a bright college freshman who ill-advisedly has an affair with her English professor. She ends up getting pregnant and decides to have and keep the baby. Margot herself was raised by a single mom. Her dad, Jinx, played by Nick Offerman, was a popular professional wrestler when she was born and has been pretty absent from her life.

Now his career is in the past. and his injuries have caused him chronic pain. He turns to painkillers, then heroin, and then rehab. He's there when he hears about Margot and decides to come back into her life after years of being away. In this scene he comes to Margot's door and meets the baby for the first time.

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