This post contains details from the second season ofNetflixsThe Diplomat.
That is, until Season 2, when things start to become much less black and white.
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That was a mistake … all of it, he says.
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But, is it really?
And even if it is, does that mean its truly over?
DEADLINE: I think we need to start at the end and work our way back.
How is Grace Penns ascension to the Oval Office going to shake things up?
DAVID GYASI:I think its just brilliant.
If Season 1 didnt even scratch the surface, this just scratches the surface.
Theres a whole other layer, a whole other level of layers that were about to uncover.
Its so nice for them to do that, as much as it is frustrating and annoying.
This is really impactful ending.
DEADLINE: So, what was the reaction when you all were finally able to read this final scene?
GYASI:Lots of swearing.
We didnt read the end of Season 1 together.
DEADLINE: How did it feel knowing you already have a renewal, even before this season was out?
The pandemic, and then we had the strikes.
DEADLINE: What are you looking forward to in Season 3?
Im always interested in the silence between characters, the silence between words.
And what does that mean?
And is it any different to someone else across the pond saying, We are going to make Americagreatagain?
What links those two words?
So, what are these greats?
Because all of my children went to university.
It has afforded us this kind of life.
Look at New York.
Thats what makes this country great.
So thats what Im looking forward to, the release of the scream.
When we leave him, hes ready to allow the truth about the bombing to all get buried.
Will he have a reckoning in Season 3?
We know that humanity is a complex kind of collection of different motivations, different stimuluses, different emotions.
There will be some some feeling of altruism.
So I think Dennisons caught in that.
How do you navigate that space?
So its like hes got no one doing that for him.
Theres elements of self preservation.
I think the feelings that he has towards his ambition are there as well, and serving the country.
Can she do anything, in his eyes, to gain his trust back?
GYASI:I dont know if theres anything that Kate can do, per se.
We see in Season 2, what happens with Roylin.
So I think there is certain guards and barriers that are up for him.
But Im not sure that all the pieces got completely disintegrated…Do you know what I mean?
It crosses all sorts of things, but I dont know what he can do with that.
I dont know what Kate can do with that.
I think that that doesnt go away.
Those things dont change for them, even though they might have different approaches.
What do you make of that?
Do you see that as a potential future for him?
Underneath all of that hurt, I think theres a layer of love and respect.
I think that thats based around that sort of undercurrent of love that they have for one another.
GYASI:I think the majority of it is self preservation, to be honest.
I think as human beings, I dont know that were that black and white.
So I think there is an element of the respect or the love or the connection that they have… Theres an element of self preservation, theres an element of biding your time.
Theres an element of love respect.
I have a go at stand in all of that.
