It’s a slow burn that escalates into a bonfirethe last three episodes will leave you breathless.
(WARNING: Spoilers ahead about the season finale ofThe Sinner.
Read at your own risk!)
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(Or maybe they secretly hoped she would.
Shame is a funny thing.)
We hope the same for Ambrose, but his future seems a little less certain.
But in the end, it’s about so much more than that.
This would be such a hard series to encapsulate in an elevator pitch.
Now that it’s all aired, how would you describe this show?
This woman committed this astonishing act of violence and doesn’t know why.
To me, the show is an investigation of the consequences of shame.
The relationship between Cora and Ambrose is the relationship between two people who have been traumatized.
They developed an interesting relationship.
And he couldn’t let it go.
But what’s next for her?
We do feel like Cora… has actually sorted through it and can move forward.
And Ambrose in helping her is only cracking the door to his own traumas.
And at the end, he actually looks at them directly.
He actually takes them in and that’s the last moment of the season.
There’s this idea that he’s starting to look at himself directly instead of compartmentalizing himself.
He’s starting to look at the whole thing.
He’s a pretty interesting character.
Speaking of future seasons, is that a possibility?
That seems to be the question on everybody’s mind.
I’m not being cagey in saying I really don’t know.
We’re all very optimistic.
The show has done very well forUSA, and they’re super excited about it.
There are different scenariosand I don’t really have a preference right now.
But we really just don’t know.
We’ve offered the answer to viewers.
Season 2 and onward would be a new mystery centered around a new character every season.
Speaking of Miss Cora Tannetti, what was it like working with Jessica Biel?
Honestly, it’s so easy for me to say that.
I don’t even have to sugarcoat or tell you a half-truth.
She’s been the most incredible creative partner.
I feel so blessed thatshe’s a part of this show.
From the very start, she’s had great thoughts and notes on scripts.
I want to go there."
She’s got such humility.
It’s such a huge service to the story.
We also haven’t really seen her in a role like this before.
It’s the perfect meeting of character and actress and they’re both subverting the surface.
Was there fear in going that far?
There was never any doubt about the importance of that scene or its function in the story.
There was a lot of care around it; we wanted to get it right.
It’s really moving to me.
I feel like, the next episode, it was terriblebut I was also so happy for Phoebe.
She finally got that one day to live.
I’m glad you felt that way.
And that’s the tragedy of it.
My goal is always that there are no villains, we’re all human beings.
How do we show everyone’s struggle and make that relatable?
