Gunning also speaks about the show’s many twists and turns, and praises it for turning our perceived idea of what it should be about on its head. “I think when you read what it’s about, you think one thing. And then you’re surprised because it’s so much more than that,” she says. “I think it shows that audiences are hungry for complicated stories and want to be challenged.”

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