To guide us through our binging, the cast and crew will be takingEWbehind the scenes.
Theyll take turns sharing their thoughts on what went into making each episode.
Showrunner Kate Robin takes us through episode 2, Effects.
Credit: Michele K. Short/Amazon Studios
The second episode is always the hardest.
Also, the major emotional events of the pilot are taking Caroline off life support and burying her.
This was a tricky thing to dramatize.
Our heroine had no drive forward into the rest of the story.
What did she want?
For me, this was the crucial drive of the episode.
It was an unusual/unorthodox motivation for a TV character because it was internal and existential.
And of course, many viewers may be more engaged with external drives as well.
After many development conversations, we arrived at an episode that worked for all of us.
I interwove my more esoteric interest in Tigs need for an explanation for her mothers random fatal accident.
(I brought my own emotional life to this.
Im unconsciously always looking for someone to blame when things go wrong, because of my own family history.
(Real Tig did not actually have a Fecal Transfer.
(I relate to Brooke!)
