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The pair bonded over their mutual love of the club and the artists that played it, and Yoakam invited Steele to try writing with him.

Like Carl, series adviser Stephen Shore, a professor at Adelphi University, is autistic, and when he saw the first episode of the series, he couldn’t believe how much he had in common with Carl, down to their mutual love of argyle sweater vests.

“I separated from an Army that didn’t want me anymore. The feeling was mutual — I didn’t want this Army anymore either.”

A mutual friend connected him to Grant Gershon, artistic director of the Master Chorale, and Aitken proposed creating a song cycle.

“There’s a mutual scream that happens when you know you’re about to dive into something that is going to be rich in experience, but is also maybe going to test you and pull you and stretch you as an actor,” Lynch says.