The Resident delivered a cliffhanger of probably the most literal selection in its Dec. 6 fall finale, as new mother Padma contemplated taking her personal life whereas within the throes of postpartum melancholy.
Naturally, sequence co-creator Amy Holden Jones can’t say precisely what is going to occur when the Fox drama returns on Jan. 3 (8/7c). However after the present left Padma poised to probably bounce off a bridge, Jones provides perception as to why Padma’s suicide try felt like an comprehensible selection for the character.
“What fascinates me is the thought of somebody who will get right into a being pregnant with out actually understanding it, who has by no means had these sorts of obligations, after which, lo and behold, has twins and not using a companion and will get overwhelmed. That’s a growing-up occasion, you understand?” the EP shares with TVLine. “And the truth that it’s inflicting an emotional break is one thing very plausible to me. She doesn’t have the ability set to cope with these sorts of overwhelming issues.”
Much more jarring for Padma, Jones says, was the expectation that she is likely to be a “flower-child, pretty, easygoing mother” upon giving delivery, contemplating her work as a yoga teacher and beforehand carefree way of living. However “it didn’t work out the way in which she thought it will, and that’s one other attention-grabbing journey,” she continues. “There is no journey if individuals don’t have inner in addition to exterior obstacles to face, so now there’s this impediment.”
And there are constructive indications that Padma will survive her present ordeal when Season 6 resumes, if solely as a result of Jones teases Padma’s down-the-road relationship with Raptor — and it’d shock you to know {that a} romantic future is probably going off the desk for the pair.
“We debated early on if she may find yourself with Raptor, and we determined no, that was not the place we needed to go,” Jones divulges. “We will now have a really difficult, attention-grabbing state of affairs the place individuals are co-parenting who’re not actually lovers. What does that seem like? How do individuals cope? It’s a superb query, and an attention-grabbing space for drama.”
After all, per Jones, “it’s attainable” {that a} romance between Padma and Raptor may finally really feel proper. However “as we constructed their scenes, it appeared like such an exquisite world to create an expensive friendship, a very shut friendship that we needed to see. So we went that manner as an alternative,” she says, including that it’s been a problem to search out Raptor an acceptable romantic companion since Shaunette Renée Wilson’s Mina left the present in Season 4.
“Sadly, Mina’s fairly tough to interchange, each for him emotionally and for me emotionally,” Jones admits with fun. “I had completely no need to see her go. That was actually painful. However there shall be a solution, for certain. It’s additionally attainable the love of [Raptor’s] life shall be his sons.”
In the event you’re excited about suicide, are fearful a couple of pal or cherished one, or would really like emotional help, dial “988” for the Nationwide Suicide & Disaster Lifeline.
