How is actually having to face her own actions and take responsibility affecting her in Season 2?
She is really at her lowest of low.
Shes unsure of herself.
So many layers come up in Season 2 for Gabi, after exposing her secret.
Thats also reflected in how each of her team looks at her differently now.
She doesnt even know how to navigate these relationships because the dynamics are so new.
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The series returns on October 3rd.
How scary was it to take a show that was successful and shake it up?
HAMPTON: Thats a great question.
Im gonna be honest with you, I did not know how we were gonna do it.
Thats not my lane, and I give a shot to stay in mine.
I was like, Oh, were already letting him out of the basement Season 1?
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What are we doing?
We could have carried this on for a little while longer.
What does that mean?
The audience really experiences that anxiety with us.
Its hard to get a TV show on the air.
Its also hard to get past the pilot to get a season.
It takes a lot of balls to do that.
HAMPTON: It does.
An artistic vision is what it takes.
It takes seeing past the first season.
Our showrunner, NK, already has five seasons in her mind.
Its very thought out.
Its very felt out.
On a personal level, I miss not being in scenes with Mark-Paul [Gosselaar].
That is why a week-to-week show works so well.
It gives that anticipation of, Okay, will it be next week?
Even that is an additive to why Season 2 has such a great energy behind it.
HAMPTON: It really could.
Theres something to be said about that.
Bring on the commercial.
Toothpaste, let me look at you.
Season 2 premieres this fall on NBC.
Did you make any specific suggestions about things that you wanted to see in the second season?
Especially after you do a first season of a show, you get to know a character so well.
Were the wheels turning in your head?
HAMPTON: Absolutely not.
I am such a big believer in every single person having their artistic integrity and respect.
Our writers and our showrunners know it better than me.
Generally speaking, whatever they give me is what Im going to do.
So, no, I didnt offer anything.
My service is my face and my mouth to say the words.
Everyone in Gabis life is super angry with her and theyre finding their own ways to deal with that.
What was it like to turn her into the villain for her team?
Can we forgive Gabi now?
Thats whats so great about art imitating life.
Healing, forgiveness, and all of those things take time.
The audience will have to go through their own journey of healing.
Those who wanna forgive Gabi can be like, Forgive her already!
You know that man had her locked up when she was a kid!
Especially with an ensemble like this, it gives you time to get to know the other characters better.
HAMPTON: I think that youre absolutely right.
It was a season of not getting full seasons in this way, when came back on the air.
HAMPTON: Its challenging.
Its not the easiest task, especially for me on a personal level.
I live in Los Angeles, and we shoot in Atlanta.
Its a lot of traveling, every single week.
The next episode of the hit NBC series airs this Thursday.
Sirs brother is a part of the bigger picture this season.
What do you feel that that character brings to the show?
Whats it been like to shine some light on things that Gabi couldnt have known?
That started the beginning of shedding light.
It also causes everyone to pause and to question.
These two have grown up in the same household.
How much are they are alike?
How much are they different?
Can you trust him?
Can the audience trust him?
All of those things continuously add the layers that we want to have in this season.
We want everybody asking questions and to have it be a conversation.
Its been really cool.
Look what you did to him.
There is definitely a feeling that causes conversations, with how human he is.
Gabi Mosely and her crisis management team confirm there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people.
Foundairs on NBC and is available to stream on Peacock.
Check out the Season 2 trailer:
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