![]() ![]() But a literal moment? I think it's when she tells Terry, "No matter what happens, know that I love you." I think Pat knows then that she's getting into dangerous territory. You can argue it's when she starts drinking again. It's when she started to become addicted to the drugs, I think that was her point. I think once Pat accepted Rosemary was real that's where she lost it, which is at the end of Episode 5 - and certainly by the end of Episode 6. ![]() And then once we met Joan, we found out her mother had schizophrenia and her mother was a drug addict. We laid in the pilot that her mother was psychotic. But if you watch the show again, you'll see that she only sees Rosemary in states of heightened reality - when she's super stressed, or dreaming, or when she's taking drugs. ![]() Or she is possessed." Once we cast Mira as Rosemary, we definitely wanted Pat to be possessed because that's kind of what it is. The whole show looked at like, "Okay she is psychotic. The tricky part was her relationship with Rosemary. Jeff Astrof: Breaking out this season, I knew where it was gonna end. RELATED: Shining Vale Stars Discuss the Hysterical Teenage Angst in Starz' Haunting SeriesĬBR: As Shining Vale's co-creator, what do you think was Pat's moment of "no return" in Season 1? Astrof delved into why Pat's final moments were always going to end with her being committed and teased where he'd like Shining Vale to delve into further, should it receive a Season 2 renewal from Starz. While it's not clear by the end of Season 1 if Pat did murder Terry (Greg Kinnear), she definitely knocked him out with an ax, forcing Gaynor (Gus Birney) to commit her.ĭuring an exclusive interview with CBR, Shining Vale co-creator Jeff Astrof discussed the cyclical tragedy that Gaynor experienced in the Season 1 finale. The haunting being living in Pat's home spent months trying to spur Pat to commit matricide, so she could be free of the constraints of being a wife and mother. Although her mother, Joan (Judith Light), was hospitalized for a psychotic break, Pat's trip to the asylum was due, in part, to the demonic seduction of Rosemary (Mira Sorvino). The interview below contains major spoilers for Shining Vale's Season 1 finale.ĭuring Shining Vale's Season 1 finale, Pat Phelps (Courteney Cox) meets a tragic fate, not unlike the one her mother faced decades ago. ![]()
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