“All of [the final] script surprised me,” she continued. “I had no idea they’d take such an emotional route of devastation [with their] kids. I did not see the Henry (Keidrich Sellati) aspect coming at all and that was just devastating to me.” The writers’ decision to have the couple lose custody of their children indeed blindsided the actress.
“[After reading the script] one of our directors, Tommy Schlamme, said something that made so much sense,” she continued. “You are watching this couple and rooting for them, but want them to pay for what they have done, but then chose the most painful way for them to pay” – they took their kids away. They’d already lost Henry, but to take their daughter Paige (Holly Taylor) away? As a mother, it was too much!”