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ANN DOWD: I was floored by the season.
DOWD: Oh, thank you.
As I was reading the scripts, I was like, “Huh.”
For the writers, I mean, to say, just phenomenal.
And of course the directors.
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This is just a phenomenal season.
DOWD: Isn’t that lovely.
Thank you, honey.
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And do you find yourself needing to decompress after the day?
And the thing is for actors, we don’t take the consequences home with us.
You know what I mean?
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And by the end of the day, you’re tired, man.
You’re like, “Thank you, Lydia.
Thank you very much.
Have a good night because I’m going home and having a beverage and putting my feet up.”
It’s something like that.
And so what’s going through her mind.
Can you tease a little bit of that?
She loves that girl as her own.
Lydia has so many defenses and so much protection, so much armor, travels a very narrow road.
But when you have such feelings, love in particular, those walls aren’t going to stay up.
It’s just not how we’re built as human beings.
Love is far more powerful than fear, if we allow it to take its place.
I don’t know?
Is this in their best interest?"
She’s just starting to look at the truth.
I’ve seen those moments kind of coming through over the course of the past five years.
DOWD: The changes, are they more extreme?
Is that what you’re saying?
No, as the protection and the defenses are beginning to not hold up, she has two choices.
And I think that is the choice that Lydia makes, to her credit.
I was going to say, looking ahead, this is a spoiler question.
Feel free to answer it, or you’re going to hold it until we get to that episode.
Because it’s such a powerful … like, seeing him hanging there is such a powerful moment.
DOWD: Well, I think … thank you for saying his name.
You know what I’m saying?
Now he’s gone.
I think she sees it all.
And she has to work with Lawrence because she’s a woman.
She gets it, but they need each other.
So it’s a very interesting relationship that way.
Do you think there’s a place of redemption for Lydia?
DOWD: I think so.
There’s the answer to that question, but yes, I think she’s capable of it.
