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When you were reading the script for last week’s episode, especially the moment when Lance finally found out the truth about Sara, was there a sense of relief?
Paul Blackthorne: It’s a [terrible] situation. He has to deal with his daughter’s death a second time around. One of the things that kind of made it interesting – because he’s already been through the death of his daughter once and knowing the effect that had on his life – that almost doubled it up as twice as bad to losing his daughter. He’s like, “Oh blimey, how am I going to keep myself together?” It’s utter dread at the idea of having to deal with it again, having really struggled with it beforehand when his life, marriage and family fell apart, and his drinking. It’s a big double whammy for the poor guy!
It took him a while to be let it on the truth, but it was a huge sigh of relief – at least for me – when Laurel finally broke the news. Would it have made a difference had she told him sooner?
Blackthorne: Yeah! That was what upset him most was the delay, the few months of not being told some crucial news. In his mind, he also felt like he could have done something to track down the killer. In my mind, one of the things I felt would have been so difficult for him to deal with was that he didn’t get the chance to bury his daughter. He thought he buried her the first time out, but the second time around, at least he could have buried her properly. But, he didn’t because Laurel took care of all that. The disrespect and the awful betrayal from Laurel having done that killed him as well. He just would’ve wanted to have been there, and he wasn’t.
Paul Blackthorne: It’s a [terrible] situation. He has to deal with his daughter’s death a second time around. One of the things that kind of made it interesting – because he’s already been through the death of his daughter once and knowing the effect that had on his life – that almost doubled it up as twice as bad to losing his daughter. He’s like, “Oh blimey, how am I going to keep myself together?” It’s utter dread at the idea of having to deal with it again, having really struggled with it beforehand when his life, marriage and family fell apart, and his drinking. It’s a big double whammy for the poor guy!
It took him a while to be let it on the truth, but it was a huge sigh of relief – at least for me – when Laurel finally broke the news. Would it have made a difference had she told him sooner?
Blackthorne: Yeah! That was what upset him most was the delay, the few months of not being told some crucial news. In his mind, he also felt like he could have done something to track down the killer. In my mind, one of the things I felt would have been so difficult for him to deal with was that he didn’t get the chance to bury his daughter. He thought he buried her the first time out, but the second time around, at least he could have buried her properly. But, he didn’t because Laurel took care of all that. The disrespect and the awful betrayal from Laurel having done that killed him as well. He just would’ve wanted to have been there, and he wasn’t.
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