‘The Beauty’ Director Breaks Down Episode 6’s Tricky Origin Story: ‘As Real as It Can Be’

“The Beauty” uncovered the mystery behind the explosive outbreak at its core in its latest episode, with an unlikely “Laverne and Shirley” duo being partly to blame.

That’s how Episode 6 director Michael Uppendahl described the friendship between two laboratory workers inside billionaire Byron Forst’s (Ashton Kutcher) corporate headquarters. The show introduces the pair, played by Rev. Yolanda and Eddie Kaye Thomas, as they commiserate about gender-affirming hormone treatment on one...