Tina Fey. (Jon gave her full name at some point.) I have no idea who the real Evelyn knows, so in giving her someone to hook up with I just went for hotness factor. (I also gave her a pattern of being attracted to snark and glasses.)
You've hit the exact reason why Stephen allows Jon to laugh at him. There's no one else he trusts to do it without malice.
I think Jon is very much a safe zone for Stephen. In the tosses and their on-camera interactions Stephen can be as angry or obnoxious or inconsiderate as he wants, and Jon will still be his friend afterwards. The guests fall broadly into the categories of "people whose opinion he doesn't care about" and "people to whose expectations he tries to mold himself." With Jon he cares, but he doesn't have to fight to be what Jon wants him to be.
"I can be flexible for you, Jon!" is all kinds of Freudian.
We all know Stephen needs to change, but it was fun to find out where Jon needs changing too. (This is another idea that will show itself in State of Grace, in which poor Jon keeps getting it wrong.)
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You've hit the exact reason why Stephen allows Jon to laugh at him. There's no one else he trusts to do it without malice.
I think Jon is very much a safe zone for Stephen. In the tosses and their on-camera interactions Stephen can be as angry or obnoxious or inconsiderate as he wants, and Jon will still be his friend afterwards. The guests fall broadly into the categories of "people whose opinion he doesn't care about" and "people to whose expectations he tries to mold himself." With Jon he cares, but he doesn't have to fight to be what Jon wants him to be.
"I can be flexible for you, Jon!" is all kinds of Freudian.
We all know Stephen needs to change, but it was fun to find out where Jon needs changing too. (This is another idea that will show itself in State of Grace, in which poor Jon keeps getting it wrong.)