The following contains spoilers for The Franchise season 1 episode 3, “Scene 54: The Lilac Ghost,” now streaming on MaxThe Franchise just had its most cutting piece of commentary yet, directed straight at the top of the Hollywood system. The Franchise is centered around the troubled production of a superhero blockbuster, lampooning the current state of the industry. The Franchise juggles its entire cast of characters in “Scene 54: The Lilac Ghost” but the episode also serves as a showcase for Katherine Waterston’s Quinn. The only female actor of note in the in-universe film Tecto, an exhausted Quinn is ready to be done with the project only to discover that due to studio mandated rewrites, she’s been given an extended scene.
