\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tKathy Bates as Madeline Matlock<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Yarish\/CBS<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tDEADLINE:<\/strong> Oof, the way that ending plays out, this show could go anywhere next season. Was that the plan?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tJENNIE SNYDER URMAN:<\/strong> It could go anywhere. We knew we were going to end Wellbrexa this year, and we knew how our next mystery was coming in and all of that. But we didn\u2019t want to be living in the same space. We want to always push storytelling forward. Secrets are always there, and they\u2019re interesting, but they\u2019re more interesting when they come out, and we see how people react. So we\u2019re really putting them in a place where it feels like anything can happen, and then there are a lot of ramifications from the end of this season.<\/p>\n \n\tDEADLINE: Taking the show in a whole new direction for Season 3 is pretty ballsy. Pardon my French.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tSNYDER URMAN: <\/strong>Yes, it is. I always thought that at the series finale we\u2019d get to do, \u201cAfter all, I came here for my daughter, but my daughter led me here to you.\u201d Then, as we were doing the storytelling here, and realizing we had to come to this point where [Matty] is ready to lay down the sword, because she realizes that a lot of healing has been done, and that other people in her life have meant so much to her. So, right when we realized that had to be a moment for Matty, that part came out, like it\u2019s all been about this relationship [with Olympia]. \u201cI thought I was coming here to avenge my daughter\u2019s death, but if I look at it the other way, look at what I\u2019ve gotten.\u201d Olympia is not her daughter, but this mother-daughter-sister-friend relationship has been so meaningful. Now, her life at 77 is suddenly opening instead of closing. She\u2019ll never be healed from her daughter\u2019s death, but she\u2019s processed it in a different way than she ever had before.<\/p>\n \n\tDEADLINE: Senior was arrested along with some others. Does this mean Beau Bridges will leave the show since we assume he\u2019s going to jail?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tSNYDER URMAN:<\/strong> You\u2019ll see Beau. Does he end up in jail? I mean, he\u2019s certainly arrested. The actual [Season 3] mystery is fresh because I want a start, middle, and end, and I really want a tight twisty something to find. But will there be a string that connects back [to Senior], or something that he knows, maybe. He\u2019s still a grandfather. Julian and Olympia\u2019s relationship is in a great place. Matty and Julian\u2019s relationship is in a great place. Julian became the person he always wanted to be. He\u2019s always saying, \u201cI\u2019m a good person. I did one bad thing,\u201d and he is a good person. But whenever his morals came into conflict with what he wanted, he chose the easy way, not the right way. Now, he finally takes this right step, and that\u2019s going to come with consequences, too. I think it will be fun for the audience to watch it play out. <\/p>\n \n\tDEADLINE: Will there be any major casting changes?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tSNYDER URMAN: <\/strong>There will be additions. All of our regulars are still our regulars; there will just be different iterations. Like, where will Sarah [Leah Lewis] be working?<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t(L-R): Leah Lewis as Sarah Franklin and Skye P. Marshall as Olympia Lawrence.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Yarish\/CBS<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tDEADLINE: Will you explore her adoption storyline further?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tSNYDER URMAN: <\/strong>It will expand on the adoption. You might pick her up in a very different place, with regard to the rest of the characters, which I think is interesting because she feels betrayed. She finally gets the truth, but she\u2019s been on the outside. I think Sarah does want to be on the inside. That\u2019s part of who she is; at her core, she wants to be accepted. When we come back in, everybody will be in slightly different places.<\/p>\n \n\tDEADLINE: Will there be a time jump?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tSNYDER URMAN: <\/strong>We\u2019re not going to pick up directly [after the Season 2 finale]. It\u2019ll be six months to a year, I would say.<\/p>\n \n\tDEADLINE: The people want more Edwin Hodge.<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\")
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