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The reason they kiss twice is because I wanted it to be clearly mutual ha ha
Equal opportunity face grabs and kisses! #GHliveblog
I wanted the feeling of Graham‘s confession to be that he knows that Lucy’s in a good headspace now, and he couldn’t hold it in anymore! #GHliveblog
This was originally the last episode before the timeskip, which is why I leaned SO HARD onto the callbacks ha ha
(But then I found out that I should add another episode, so... oh well, the callbacks were still fun!) #GHliveblog
It was also important that when Graham thinks about his happy everyday life, it’s not just Lucy! It’s more widespread and stable that just one other person
(Though, yes, he does think of her as special ha ha) #GHliveblog
It was important that the question wasn’t “Are you happy now?”, since that suggests a final stage or completion
They’re still working on themselves, but they recognize that they ARE doing better! #GHliveblog
The Affogato ep needed to happen, but I was worried that after the catharsis of the previous episode, having Graham pull Bartlett away would ruin the momentum
I’m glad I did include it though—Graham needed his arc completed with this convo #GHliveblog
The idea was that there was no reason for them to have met with both Bartlett and Lynn gone
That they DID meet years later, and happened to be just the right people to support each other through their troubles, is the miracle #GHliveblog
That being said, I was also worried that “the Dimanche chefs’ cooking + her grandmother’s recipe notes and scent” would be too contrived!
This had been my plan from the start, but I still asked my editor “Is this alright?? Are you sure????” #GHliveblog
There are lots of hands in this episode because I wanted to show the chain-link relationship between Lynn, her three students, the Dimanche chefs, and Lucy— it’s as if a piece of Lynn is lovingly handed from person to person and finally returned to Lucy via Dimanche!#GHliveblog
It had to be Bartlett who absolved Lucy of her guilt—he doesn’t represent Lynn, but he understands her in a way no other characters do #GHliveblog