The Quantum Bounce midseason finale left Us with such a lot of questions — and the solid is providing some hints about what’s nonetheless to return in season 2.
Sooner than the bombshell Wednesday, December 13, episode, stars Ernie Hudson, Nanrisa Lee and Mason Alexander Park completely opened as much as Us Weekly about how the second one season of the NBC collection differed from the primary.
“It was really cool to see the feedback roll in real time [for season 1 as we started filming the second season]. Especially leading up to the season finale, because there were so many big story points that happened toward the end that really kept upping the ante,” Park, 28, defined. “As we’re building out season 2, we can [now] talk about how it really does feel a lot bigger and it feels like we’ve even found ways to make the show even more intense and even more insane.”
Whilst Park has loved getting to peer audience react because the season advanced, Lee, 43, has most popular taking a step again.
“In terms of the reception, we were all just so thrilled to be there. We really liked the show. We were having a really good time making it. I was having a good time making it,” she instructed Us about her revel in filming the primary season. “For me personally, I don’t read a ton about critical feedback or message boards or things like that. You don’t have time when you’re making the show. So to me it felt like sort of a perfect storm of just you keep your head down, do your work, mind your business and stay out of trouble.”
Quantum Bounce, which is a revival of the ‘90s science-fiction collection, follows Ben (Raymond Lee) after he makes a secret bounce via time and will get misplaced prior to now. With assist from his ex Addison (Caitlin Bassett) and the remainder of the Quantum Bounce crew, Ben tries to determine what led to him to change historical past.
Wednesday’s midseason finale presented a big twist when Addison’s new boyfriend — and the brand new chief of the Quantum Bounce crew — Tom (Peter Gadiot) printed that there may well be a approach to in the end go back Ben to the current.
Stay scrolling to peer Hudson, Lee and Park damage down all of Us‘ burning questions about what’s to return in the rest of season 2 and the way forward for the display:
The Ben Divulge
Ben doubtlessly coming again to the current threw Us for a loop as it sounds too excellent to be true. In keeping with Park, Ben’s attainable go back manner all the premise of Quantum Bounce falls aside.
“If Ben is back, we’re unemployed,” Park joked. “Obviously, as the characters, we all want to see resolution with that story line. We’ve been working years and years — especially with the time jump — to bring this individual back. I could probably speak for all of us to say that as characters we want Ben back.”
Park persevered: “As an actor, I would like to make more episodes. So I’m sure that [the writers room] has plans that I’m really excited about for all the various ways in which the show is going to continue from this to the season finale, which I think is really, really rad.”
Hudson, 77, in the meantime, is ready to peer how the plot twist performs out sooner than getting his hopes up.
“It’s what we come into [with] trusting the producers and the writers team. We all definitely as characters really want [Ben to come back], but I’m also trusting that they have looked further ahead. As we were saying, we like the surprise of what comes next,” he detailed to Us. “And if Ben’s back, I’m sure it’s going to be very interesting. I’m excited about the possibility and I’m sort of taking it all in one episode at a time. But the possibilities are just all out there.”
Lee additionally praised the writers for pushing the limits they themselves created, including, “It would pretty drastically change the format of the show. But if it did happen, I am sure our writers would find some really fun and interesting ways to develop that and maybe get another leaper out there.”
What Lovers Can Be expecting From the Remainder of Season 2
Whilst the primary part of season 2 completed airing, the solid is recently on set filming the rest episodes. With out giving any spoilers away, the trio have been ready to tease the place the tale can cross from right here and the way it units up the display’s long term.
“What’s really exciting for me is [the way] there are the characters, [but] there’s another huge part of it, [which] is the people behind the Pentagon. All those forces that make this possible that we really don’t control,” Hudson identified about attainable threats. “They affect everything and how they’ll come into play as we move forward is a mystery. But it is also very, very exciting. It’s not all just up to us to just feel good about each other. There are other elements that really sort of turn things upside down and sideways.”
Park opted out of providing hints about how season 2 performs out as a result of they know their “limits,” joking, “I’ll ruin something somehow,”
Lee, for her phase, reminded audience to evolving persona arcs in addition to tale strains.
“Season 2 has had more of a focus on the relationships. Between what’s going on with Ben and Addison together and separately [on an emotional level], as well as the rest of the team and what everybody is sort of grappling with,” she famous. “It’s a really nice opportunity for the audience to get to know other facets of these characters. Some of those things tend to build and we see some arcs of those things. But past that, I can’t divulge too much.”
How A lot They Know About Their Persona’s Upcoming Tale Traces
“For me, I’d rather sort of discover it as we go along. But I think if there’s some major things that are about to happen, it’s kind of nice to be aware because it affects everything that comes [ahead of it],” Hudson shared. “I don’t want to be totally naive about it, but as much as possible, I’d like to kind of discover it in the same way the audience does.”
Park instructed Us they'd “get made fun of a lot” on set for “not reading ahead” of their scripts.
“Nanrisa gives me a really hard time with the level of uncertainty that I maybe approach some things with. But there’s so much fun in discovery. There’s so much fun in seeing what the writers come up with every week, especially because the show does go to really wild places and it does shift pretty drastically really quickly,” they gushed. “I try not to get too attached to story lines or get too attached to an idea of what could happen because odds are they’re going to throw a curveball at us anyway.”
Lee, in the meantime, enjoys attaining out to her solid contributors to unpack the large twists.
“Definitely, on more than one occasion, I’ll text the [cast] thread just, like, all capitals after a script gets released to us. It’s exciting to be a part of an ongoing series where big things happen,” she famous. “I really like being shocked, however like Mason mentioned, if it’s one thing that’s without delay hooked up to our persona, we get a heads up about it.
The actress concluded: “As far as the twists and turns of things that are happening with the program or in the leap, we just got one that I could not contain myself [about]. I just read it the other night. It was insane. It’s going to be really, really, pretty exciting to deal with.”
Their Favourite Visitor Stars — and Their Dream Additions
Lee famous that it used to be amusing having Justin Hartley and his real-life spouse, Sofia Pernas, seem on an episode right through season 1. She additionally applauded Bel-Air’s Diandra Lyle for taking part in a district legal professional when Ben leaps into the Nineteen Eighties.
Park joked that they have been “selfishly thrilled” with their real-life spouse Alice Kremelberg‘s presence on the show because of the glimpse fans have gotten into their character Ian’s non-public existence.
“We’ve wanted to do something together for a very long time, so that was such a nice treat to find out that the writers really did want to make it happen at some point,” they shared. “It was something that we had talked about literally during the pilot. So that was really cool to see it sort of come to fruition and it be more than just a one episode, one-off kind of experience. It is nice for Ian to have someone to play off of that. We’ve now seen [Ian and Rachel together] four times, which has been great.”
Hudson concluded by way of stating how Quantum Bounce uplifts its visitor stars.
“The way the show is set up, it really gives them a lot to come and play. It’s not just making an appearance, the episodes are really written in a way that they really get to show what they do,” he mentioned. “Stan Shaw, who’s been a friend of mine for years, to see him come on and have fun, that was really important to me. And, of course, I feel like for the fans, the ultimate guest star would be to see Sam Beckett [played by Scott Bakula] come back [from the OG series].”