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It\u2019s Becka who reminds the sisters that they\u2019re not murderers and urges them to call the authorities. Why was she the right person to bring them back to earth?<\/strong><\/p>\n Because she\u2019s pregnant. It\u2019s not just themselves they\u2019re looking after. It\u2019s Blanaid [Saise Quinn<\/strong>] and Becka\u2019s baby. So, it felt really right that it was Becka who\u2019s the voice of reason in the end, because she was so gung-ho in that first season. She was like, \u201cFuck it. Let\u2019s just lock him in the freezer.\u201d I think I wanted to give them all a position on the cliff of what you\u2019d expect that character to do, then confound that expectation.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a moment in the finale where Grace\u2019s daughter Bl\u00e1naid shares her perspective on all of the family secrets that are being kept from her. How will all of this impact her future?<\/strong><\/p>\n What was really important to me was to bring her and Eva back together, because I have teenage daughters, and the greatest thing is when they don\u2019t entirely close up on you. It\u2019s so difficult to express what you\u2019re really feeling when you\u2019re that age. In the first season, Eva was her substitute mum in some way, like her favorite aunt. Then of course, when you go through something as difficult as losing a parent, you need to hit out at the person you think is not going to go away. And Eva gets the brunt of it.<\/p>\n Obviously the worst thing that could have happened has happened to her, but she\u2019s surrounded by family\u2014these women who love her and would do anything for her. And she\u2019s got the memory of this incredible woman who she was everything to. There\u2019s a sense that she\u2019s going to be okay. The Garveys as young sisters were without parents, they had each other, and they got by. I wanted that to be the feeling that people are left with\u2014that love.<\/p>\n This season, you explore institutional sexism and bigotry through the characters of Una and Ian. Where do you see them headed?<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, Ian can just go to hell. [Laughs<\/em>] I never want to think about him again.<\/p>\n With Una and the police institution, I wanted to introduce a character who was just plain good, and would always do the right thing. This particular career meant everything to her. Starts off very much involved with Loftus [played by Barry Ward<\/strong>]\u2014how he investigates, but soon realizes that there\u2019s something really rotten there. Is she willing to turn a blind eye to the old guard for her career, or is she going to forsake it?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n