Once a Friend, always a Friend. David Schwimmer will never be anything besides Ross to the planet of Earth. He may be the only one yet to accept this fact. Still, I can’t imagine him putting his particular strengths as a thespian—sad puppy eyes, constipated whine and general aw-shuckiness—to better employ than he did as Robert Kardashian in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. Yes, in fact: the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie deserves to go to him.

As one of the last true believers in the innocence of “Uncle Juice,” Kardashian, as played by Schwimms, was the sympathetic, human heart of a story about homicide, gossip and the sleaze-slicked punji sticks of a fame that consumed the West Coast. No easy feat.

There he was telling his daughters not to abuse their recently gained moment in the spotlight, as blissfully unaware as the rest of us of the future horrors to come. For a nanosecond, he managed to transcend his role as Ross Geller. It would be a great crime and an irreversible stain upon the dramatic arts to ignore this feat.

Well, as far as crimes concerning Outstanding Supporting Actor awards go, anyway.