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Season two tied up neatly with Darius and Ruby finding true love and Coleman and Yael getting possibly murdered so they don’t tell Everlasting’s secrets? Why did you decide to go that route and kill off Coleman and Yael?
Stacy Rukeyser: I think Darius finding true love is the most revolutionary thing that can happen on Everlasting. It’s certainly something we wanted for him. We always loved the character of Ruby and loved the transformation that was possible for both of them within this context. When we looked at the way last season ended, we certainly wanted to do something different, even just in the Everlasting side of it. In some ways, this is the most shocking thing that could happen on Everlasting. In terms of Coleman and Yael … we think of it is as a completely rogue move that Jeremy went out and did. When we were following that story through of what Coleman had did to Rachel and what he became, we have to admit there was kind of a deliciousness to that.
Sarah Gertrude Shapiro: We’ve always felt that pure cynicism is boring and kind of bad writing. We always want to have some hope and humanity on the show. Darius was a person who came on because of a PR scandal but he was a pretty pure, good person. So we wanted him to win and for a good person to win. There’s also an important moment when Ruby comes back and she asks Darius if he’s OK, and he says, “You’re the first person who has asked me that in a week.” The whole culture of narcissism is what reality TV is about, like selfie culture and self-documentation, is the idea that to find true love you actually have to care about another person. It’s not just about being hot; it’s also about having compassion. We wanted to protect that storyline kind of how we protected Faith last year. We always want to have our baby bird. We do find some of our characters are actually looking for love, and that does include people behind the scenes.
Sarah, you spoke about keeping Jeremy in this season when you thought he was a one-season-only character. What did you learn from having to change the course for the network, finding a way to incorporate a character you weren’t as invested in and bringing him in in a big way, especially in the finale?
Shapiro: UnREAL is an interesting show because part of the cast refreshes every season. What we’ve found is that it’s really important to keep our main characters sort of core and focus on the work family. Incorporating Jeremy into that storyline landed in a way for us that now they’re bound together by blood. They are more attached to each other than they’ve ever been. It was a satisfying way to weave together the work family, even if it is a really broken family.
Stacy Rukeyser: I think Darius finding true love is the most revolutionary thing that can happen on Everlasting. It’s certainly something we wanted for him. We always loved the character of Ruby and loved the transformation that was possible for both of them within this context. When we looked at the way last season ended, we certainly wanted to do something different, even just in the Everlasting side of it. In some ways, this is the most shocking thing that could happen on Everlasting. In terms of Coleman and Yael … we think of it is as a completely rogue move that Jeremy went out and did. When we were following that story through of what Coleman had did to Rachel and what he became, we have to admit there was kind of a deliciousness to that.
Sarah Gertrude Shapiro: We’ve always felt that pure cynicism is boring and kind of bad writing. We always want to have some hope and humanity on the show. Darius was a person who came on because of a PR scandal but he was a pretty pure, good person. So we wanted him to win and for a good person to win. There’s also an important moment when Ruby comes back and she asks Darius if he’s OK, and he says, “You’re the first person who has asked me that in a week.” The whole culture of narcissism is what reality TV is about, like selfie culture and self-documentation, is the idea that to find true love you actually have to care about another person. It’s not just about being hot; it’s also about having compassion. We wanted to protect that storyline kind of how we protected Faith last year. We always want to have our baby bird. We do find some of our characters are actually looking for love, and that does include people behind the scenes.
Sarah, you spoke about keeping Jeremy in this season when you thought he was a one-season-only character. What did you learn from having to change the course for the network, finding a way to incorporate a character you weren’t as invested in and bringing him in in a big way, especially in the finale?
Shapiro: UnREAL is an interesting show because part of the cast refreshes every season. What we’ve found is that it’s really important to keep our main characters sort of core and focus on the work family. Incorporating Jeremy into that storyline landed in a way for us that now they’re bound together by blood. They are more attached to each other than they’ve ever been. It was a satisfying way to weave together the work family, even if it is a really broken family.
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TVLINE | Season 1 ends with just Rachel and Quinn on the lounge chairs, talking about how they killed Mary. Then Season 2 ends with Rachel, Quinn, Jeremy and Chet in a similar situation. Is it the four of them against the world now?
Yeah. That’s what it feels like to me, like we’re all in this together, and it’s not us against them, which I like, because we’ve seen when it’s men against women and boyfriends against girlfriends and all that kind of stuff. So with them all working together going into Season 3, that creates a whole new energy that we have not done yet.
TVLINE | Rachel and Quinn have been through a lot this season, and in the finale, you have Rachel and Jay conspiring behind Quinn’s back. What kind of place do you feel like their relationship is in at the end of Season 2?
I think they’re good. End of Season 1, we all knew that Rachel was going to be out to get Quinn because of what Quinn did to Rachel, and now at the end of Season 2, they kind of have bigger fish to fry. Yes, there’s going to be backlash [about] how Rachel did something behind Quinn’s back, but ultimately, I think going to go into Season 3, they’re going to be on the same team, because they have to be, and I prefer them on the same team. They’re better together. They’re incredibly volatile when they’re not together, because they’re vying for each other’s attention.
Yeah. That’s what it feels like to me, like we’re all in this together, and it’s not us against them, which I like, because we’ve seen when it’s men against women and boyfriends against girlfriends and all that kind of stuff. So with them all working together going into Season 3, that creates a whole new energy that we have not done yet.
TVLINE | Rachel and Quinn have been through a lot this season, and in the finale, you have Rachel and Jay conspiring behind Quinn’s back. What kind of place do you feel like their relationship is in at the end of Season 2?
I think they’re good. End of Season 1, we all knew that Rachel was going to be out to get Quinn because of what Quinn did to Rachel, and now at the end of Season 2, they kind of have bigger fish to fry. Yes, there’s going to be backlash [about] how Rachel did something behind Quinn’s back, but ultimately, I think going to go into Season 3, they’re going to be on the same team, because they have to be, and I prefer them on the same team. They’re better together. They’re incredibly volatile when they’re not together, because they’re vying for each other’s attention.
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