WATCH: ESSENCE Got The Behind Scenes Scoop On The Newest Season Of Reasonable Doubt

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We spoke to Emayatzy Corinealdi, Mckinley Freeman, and Pauletta Washington about the hit Hulu series on an actual TV set.

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00:00I am bursting at the seams of this new season.

00:02I literally cannot wait for everybody to see it.

00:05You know, what we've created here,

00:08we have elevated the first season in a way that just,

00:11people are not even ready for it.

00:12It's gonna be so much fun.

00:13It's gonna be a real exploration

00:16and continuation of what we started in season one,

00:20but taken to a higher level.

00:22♪♪

00:29We got to see how Jax ended in season one.

00:31You know, it was a very traumatic experience that she had.

00:35You know, and so we get to see her in season two

00:37try to figure out how to navigate that.

00:39You know, what does that look like?

00:42And we get to see the effects of it on her life.

00:44You know, her marriage, her friendships, her career.

00:46I think, you know, in terms of character evolution,

00:49I think Lewis is a guy like,

00:53I think most people is doing the best that they can

00:56while they try to figure out how to pick up the pieces.

00:59And I think one of the things is also recognizing, like,

01:03picking up the pieces doesn't mean you have to arrange them

01:05back the way they were before.

01:07Mama Lou has a great arc this season.

01:09First of all, she broke through a big barrier

01:11between her daughter Jacqueline

01:15and what had happened to her that she didn't know.

01:19And then for her to have to deal with that.

01:22And then now they're in a good place

01:24and they're building a relationship

01:26that's really, really lovely.

01:28It's been such an amazing journey

01:29because what happens is, you know,

01:31I wrote the script during like peak COVID, like in 2020,

01:35and then, you know, it was kind of delays.

01:37And then finally we got to shoot the pilot

01:39and, you know, we were still wearing masks season one,

01:42you know, shooting everything.

01:43And then it aired and I got this great response

01:45and it was just so gratifying to just, you know,

01:48you put so much work into something

01:49to see people have such a positive response about it

01:52and connect with it.

01:53I know when I watch TV shows, you know, I get excited.

01:57You know, when I watch something and it's really good

01:58and you want to tell all your friends.

02:00So the fact that people were doing that about my show

02:02was really special.

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