SPOILER ALERT:The story includes details about Season 4 ofNetflixsSweet Magnolias.Part 3 in a series.
MIA Ty & short-lived romance?
Is there hope for them to find their way back or were they doomed from the start?
Sweet Magnolias. (L to R) Brooke Elliott as Dana Sue Sullivan, Heather Headley as Helen Decatur and JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Maddie Townsend in episode 402Courtesy of Netflix
DEADLINE: Sweet Magnoliashas done romantic scenes but nothing tops the storm.
This is an epic love story, may we give you an epic scene?
Also, you had kept Isaacs sexuality ambiguous for the first few seasons.
Dion Johnstone as Erik Whitley and Heather Headley as Helen Decatur in episode 408 of ‘Sweet Magnolias’Courtesy of Netflix
Why did you decide to reveal it now by introducing a boyfriend for him?
ANDERSON: He wasnt interested in dating until he was comfortable with who he was in Serenity.
DEADLINE:Will that man, Michael, be back?
Will their love story continue?
ANDERSON: I look forward to the chance and the hope of being able to ponder what happens next.
When he fell down the stairs, I thought he was on drugs or something.
But its a journey for him.
He had no expectation that the kids would immediately embrace him.
How did that come about?
ANDERSON: Because it was Christmas Eve and I knew I wanted to have Heather sing.
Brooke sang on Broadway too.
Chris Medlin comes from Broadway.
We have such a wealth of talent in our show, above and beyond them all being amazing actors.
Carson [Rowland]s a musician too.
Was that a framing unit to bookend the season?
ANDERSON: Visually, yes.
Is Annie leaving?
DEADLINE:Looking ahead, is Annie leaving Serenity to go to school in California?
ANDERSON:Well, I mean, eventually.
Were ending in December.
If were lucky enough to get another season, shes got another six months of school.
So no Season 5 time jump?
ANDERSON: Everythings on the table.
Is Maddie leaving?
Is this the end of the Magnolias?
ANDERSON: Can anything end the Magnolias?!
Our ladies have seen each other through bigger challenges than physical distance.
When you love someone, you want whats best for them and want to help them reach that goal.
Are you setting up potential spinoffs: a mobile clinic medical show andSweet Magnolias: The Next Generation?
ANDERSON: What a fabulous idea.
But thats not what we were doing.
How did you handle it?
Was it hard on everyone?
ANDERSON: This cast and crew rise to every challenge we give them.
