Not that it’s impossible - there’s definitely a way to do that - but as Anthony said, it seemed a little too sad for Zoë at the end if it was her sister. Miller: We talked very briefly about making Grace the killer, but it seemed disappointing to have the person you point the finger to at the very beginning be the killer. But if no one had found the teapot and Zoë didn’t have to prove anything, would she have had doubts? And did you ever consider making Grace the killer? She later drinks the tea to prove that she believes Grace is innocent. Zoë hides a teapot that looks incriminating for her sister. You’re unearthing this stuff - which happens at a wedding, right? You go to a wedding and think about your own relationship and then start looking at everyone else. Same as in the first season, those old pains and old loves can lead to murder. Her family is more complex than she wanted to admit. Zoë’s wanting to protect her family, but having to realize she doesn’t know everything about her family. And family is even more complicated, so we wanted to play with that. King: Yeah, the first season is so much about: Who are you? How do you want to be perceived? Who have you become? Who did you want to be? It’s old relationships. What were you trying to hit on this time around? In Season 1, everyone being old friends and enemies in the high school setting sets up themes about what people owe each other - and how and whether people should protect each other. It’s interesting that Ulysses’ affair with Vivian leads to a murder, while Grace’s affair with Hannah (Anna Konkle) gets a bit of a happy ending.Ĭhris Miller: Affairs can work out, I guess? It turns out that Edgar Minnows is maybe a psychopath, and maybe it’s good that they didn’t get married.
Then we’re at a wedding, starting to explore love and secrets and different relationships. The big leap was when we realized we wanted to do more than one affair in the same season. Once we made those decisions, we started out figuring how all those things would fit together. That led us to this uncle that was somewhat estranged. Was there anyone else besides Ulysses you considered making the murderer?Īnthony King: We figured out pretty early on that we wanted it to be someone in Zoë’s family, but not someone that, when it was revealed, made the show so sad that it wasn’t enjoyable. Miller, co-showrunner Anthony King and executive producer Phil Lord spoke to Variety about how the end of Season 2 came together, and what future the show may have after the Hollywood strikes end.
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