Sullivan’s Crossing is again for Season 3, and the premiere episode, titled “New Beginnings,” wastes no time reminding viewers that Maggie Sullivan’s coronary heart remains to be therapeutic. Actress Morgan Kohan, who performs the deeply empathetic and resilient Maggie, sat down with us to replicate on the premiere, Maggie’s emotional arc, and what followers can anticipate this season.
From the second we reunite with Maggie, it’s clear one thing is simmering beneath her composed exterior. Kohan calls the premiere “a smooth touchdown,” explaining that the episode is much less about excessive drama and extra about refined emotional undercurrents. “It’s like a quiet ache,” she says, describing Maggie’s grief. “It brings her individuals nearer to her.”
And Maggie’s individuals are a vital a part of her therapeutic. “House is all the pieces to Maggie,” Kohan explains. “It’s not in regards to the place—it’s the individuals. She’s fallen aside and been put again collectively there. It by no means fails her.” That groundedness within the Crossing turns into much more necessary this season, as viewers be taught Maggie is quietly mourning a miscarriage, a loss not revealed explicitly till mid-episode.
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Kohan’s efficiency within the first half of the episode is fastidiously restrained, capturing the best way individuals usually operate by means of grief with out voicing it. “You simply keep on,” she says. “However a unique a part of you is possibly put to the facet.” For Maggie, that half ultimately breaks by means of in a superbly written and emotionally uncooked scene with Frank (Tom Jackson), who presents consolation in a metaphor a few butterfly’s transformation. It’s a standout second—Kohan credit Jackson’s efficiency: “Should you’re taking a look at Tom Jackson and believing the phrases popping out of your mouth, that may occur.”
The butterfly itself turns into a recurring image all through the episode, culminating in a quiet, touching second as one lands on Maggie’s hand. Sure, Kohan confirms, the butterfly was deliberate, however she approached the scene with openness: “You simply let no matter occurs shock you.”
Whereas Maggie and Cal (Chad Michael Murray) share romantic moments within the premiere, their dynamic is extra emotionally nuanced than ever. Maggie’s hesitance round intimacy, even with somebody she loves, feels deeply genuine. “Frank is the most secure of protected locations for her,” Kohan says. “With Cal, it’s nonetheless new. And possibly she didn’t have the phrases for it but.”
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Regardless of all the pieces Maggie’s endured, Kohan assures followers this gained’t be a season of unrelenting sorrow. “There are pleased moments,” she says. “We get to see Maggie be the assist for different individuals a bit extra this season. She and Cal get collectively and we watch that relationship blossom.”
And sure, Cal could have his personal set of struggles this yr. Kohan is trying ahead to Maggie stepping right into a extra supportive function of their relationship: “That’s what a real relationship is—having the ability to change assist and be there for one another. She’s more than pleased to take that on.”
As for what else followers can anticipate in Season 3, Kohan teases a season full of a tapestry of affection tales at completely different phases: “Some new love, some previous love, and the completely different challenges that come up alongside the best way. I believe everybody will see a little bit of themselves in that.”
When requested to explain Maggie and Cal’s relationship this season in three phrases, Kohan grins: “Slightly saucy, supportive, and candy.” That’s precisely the power followers have been hoping for.
Season 3 could also be titled New Beginnings, however for Maggie, it’s additionally about discovering her footing once more, selecting to stay, to like, and to develop—even when carrying ache. And with Kohan main the best way, Maggie’s journey stays as deeply human and quietly highly effective as ever.
Watch our full interview with Morgan Kohan on the hyperlink beneath: