

The whole company, top to bottom-I mean everybody-it’s just a great culture of respect. You feel like you’re a part of a very special group and club. I would describe getting into Shondaland like getting an acceptance letter to an Ivy League school. How has it been being a part of the whole Shondaland world? I think that comes through in the work between Seth and Kate. We’ve really bonded over this experience.

Last week, during the episode, she came over to our apartment and we live-tweeted together. We both come from the theater world originally and we have a lot in common. A couple of years back, we played a brother and sister in a staged play reading back in New York. Susannah and I have known each other for a little while. How is it to work with Susannah? Her character is kind of steely, but we’re starting to see the layers peel back. There’s a lot of fun to be had between Kate and Seth throughout the rest of the season.Ĭan you recall all the epic lines from Shonda shows? Test your memory with this quiz. The writers started to really pick up on the banter that me and Susannah had on set and the rhythm we had in character, so they really started to write to it.
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Yes, you saw it in Episode 2, this budding professional relationship between Kate and Seth. Will we see more of that as we move on in the series? In this episode, we see Seth and Kate ( Susannah Flood) bond in the office, despite the two being very different. I also will say that next week’s episode is a very, very exciting episode for the show, where we really get to know Vondie Curtis-Hall’s character, Judge Byrne. I’m super excited for that and, as an actor, there’s a lot of things comedically, dramatically-and also be able to tell a complicated, nuanced story in this hour. I would say, in terms of my character development, this is a huge, huge episode for people to really dig in and understand who Seth is at his core and where he comes from. The show just started but is there an upcoming episode you’re excited for people to see? I’m not so sure that at the end of this episode he has the exact same ambitions that he did at the beginning. With this episode, we see the beginnings of him sort of becoming a new man. At the beginning of the episode, you see how much a colleague from the old firm has over him and that power and how wrapped up in Seth’s future that all is. I think that this episode might be the seeds of change for his opinion on that. How is he adjusting to that, and do you think he aspires to get back to a large firm? It’s interesting that he left this big fancy firm and now he’s at the Southern District of New York Federal Court. Oh man, that’s tough to answer! I would say my answer to that is to strap in, because it just becomes a wild rollercoaster throughout the rest of the season. Should fans be hopeful that they might work things out? I think he definitely wants her to be proud of him. Also, I think he’s excited to show Allison how far he has come. They were together for a reason, for a long time. He doesn’t lean on her in a dependent way but it’s more of a real emotional connection that they have. I really like how it unfolds in this episode. How would you describe his relationship with Allison? Obviously, they’re still connected emotionally even if they’re not together. The thing that makes him special and sets him aside from his colleagues is precisely what, on the surface, might seem like a weakness, which is his sort of simplicity and honesty about certain things. I think in this fourth episode, because the case that he’s working on hits so close to home in so many ways, we really discover what his true talent is as a lawyer. Does he have the stuff? Does he have what it takes? In the first couple of episodes, the audience might have a little bit of difficulty understanding Seth’s true talent as a lawyer.

What’s your handle on Seth as we move into this episode?īen Rappaport: When we meet Seth at the beginning of the series, he’s sort of in over his head with his other colleagues on the prosecution side. So much has already happened in the few episodes since the show premiered. Rappaport filled us in on what we’ll see in tonight’s episode, as well as how it feels to be a part of Shondaland. Creator Paul William Davies spills on his new legal drama.
