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But the episode didnt stop there.
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And though they prevail in learning where the hard drives went look out, Lydia (Tracy Ifeachor)!
Below, EW spoke with EP Josh Safran to break down the episodes biggest moments.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Blair Underwood had to put up with some of the most intense scenes so far onQuantico.
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How did he react when he learned Owen had to be tortured in so many scenes?
JOSH SAFRAN:We told him this was coming up, and he was incredibly excited to do it.
He wanted to get into that headspace.
And by the way, we didnt even have to dunk him.
We could have dunked a double, but Blair was like, No, I want to.
Of course, we take measures here to verify everybodys protected, and we have a great stunt team.
We still tried to make it as real and harrowing as possible, even with Tracy and the waterboarding.
Even if thats not her underneath the water, acting that out is incredibly difficult.
So he didnt cut any corners with any of those scenes?
He wanted to do it all.
It wasnt just him; every single person understood how important the story was.
It was a bottle episode.
How grueling was it to put all those scenes together?
Its much easier to do rehearsal when youre on the stages.
You have the time to delve in.
Tell me about the research process for this weeks lesson.
What went into figuring out which enhanced interrogation techniques would be used?
We spoke to a bunch of people is all I can say.
Its scarily accurate in many ways.
So ultimately, this was Owen trying to prove that he could still be an operative, right?
It was a tough lesson for him to learn and will definitely affect him moving forward.
Does his failure here have anything to do with how he ends up in prison?
Sebastian barges into Harrys room and kisses him late in this episode.
Why did this coupling make sense, and what are the implications of that kiss?
Its also a question, as in, What does this feel like to me?
and Is this actually what I want on Sebastians side?
So its not clean, its not like, This was always inside me, and Im expressing it.
Alex and Ryans relationship seems headed for the rocks now that Ryans been tapped to join the AIC.
Are we beginning to see their partnership crumble?
Also, we havent seen the Murder Board in a while.
Could you give us a status update?
Is everyone still where they are?
No, they moved up.
When theyarein danger, which will happen in the near future, you will see it again.
Whats going on inside her head?
It looks like shes satisfied.
She doesnt know what those mean, she doesnt know if Lydia was telling the truth.
In her mind, thats like spy versus spy, you know?
But she still wasnt going to give them what they wanted until she absolutely had to.
Thats not her alias, for instance.
She thinks that Lydia will, you know, its Lydia.
This is a trained person, good or bad.
Shes not super worried about Lydia, because Lydia can handle herself.
We didnt see the twins this week.
What can you tell me about how much well see of them going forward?
You will see a very large amount of the twins [story] in the next episode.
So, at 9 oclock that night, we shot a new scene to plug the hole.
The audience will never know there was a hole, but she bridged that.
Ive never opened an episode this close to airing to put an entire storyline back in.
Now, you said last week that this was a difficult episode to write, shoot, and watch.
What was the hardest scene to do?
We were all in it, and we were going to do this and get through this.
I think that first turn where all of them got dark was probably the hardest thing.
Quanticoairs Sundays at 10 p.m.
