In the end, “And Just Like That” couldn’t hide its shame that its characters were aging.

Lights Out is about the show’s final taping on December 17, 1957. But it’s also about Nat Cole himself, and what he endured despite—or perhaps because of—being the first black superstar.

"It feels like we're in northern Minnesota, and we can look out, and you're almost ready to see northern lights, because it can be that dark around the lake," said Arden Haug, the pastor at Lake of ...