Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for The Diplomat Season 2!The Diplomat creator Debora Cahn and star Keri Russell carefully detailed why Kate is ready to take on the role of vice president by the end of season 2. The Diplomat Season 2 focused on Kate (Russell) trying to find out who within the UK government orchestrated an attack by the Russians in Season 1. At the end of the last few episodes, it becomes clear that Vice President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) was the mastermind behind what happened. Although Kate was originally slated to replace her as vice president, the president (Michael McKean) had a heart attack in the season finale.
Talking to The wrapCahn and Russell broke down why Kate is ready to take on the role of vice president right now The Diplomat season 2 ends. The showrunner explained the responsibility she feels taking on the role, especially given her ever-changing relationship with Grace. As for the star of the series, she believes this involves taking advantage of her current situation to protect her country of a domestic threat. Check out what Cahn and Russell had to say below:
Deborah Cahn: She reaches a point where she feels like she needs to do it – she has a responsibility to take on a role that needs to be filled by someone other than the person in it. And for Kate, what’s interesting about the relationship with Grace Penn is that she has a terrible impression of her, and then she kind of fell in love with her, suddenly she’s fantastic, she’s vilified, and then this relationship goes through these wild shifts and shifts in her opinion of who Grace is, and her idea of ​​whether or not she should take Grace’s job, or try to take Grace’s job, changes as her opinion of Grace changes.
Keri Russell: [It’s] circumstantial. I think her love and loyalty is for the country – she believes that. She really wants it. And someone is going to take this down – a bad person who shouldn’t have been in charge, who manipulated things that shouldn’t have been manipulated, who put us in a bad situation, who didn’t make the best choices, is going to take over, and I think she thinks that’s wrong. Even though it’s a job she doesn’t want, she thinks she would be better than this person who has this stain and who was involved in dark things. It is a moral point of view.
What Kate’s candidacy for vice president means for the diplomat
Season 3 could bring a big change for Kate
The Diplomat season 2 ended with Grace suddenly president of the United States, and with Kate having already directly confronted her about her involvement in the Russia attack. This puts her potential place in the line of succession at risk, especially given what she knows about the country’s new leader. At the same time, however, she was initially in line to be vice president due to the controversy surrounding the new commander-in-chief’s family, meaning she could still nominate her to ensure her secret would not get out.
If Kate still becomes vice president, it means she will be permanently back on American soil, marking a drastic change for The Diplomat season 3. This would also mean that Grace would have power over her, despite knowing the new president’s secret.potentially leading to even more intense follow-through when the show returns. With the potential for a power struggle now in full effect, Kate will have to decide what to do next now that her enemy has one of the most powerful positions in the world.
Our Take on Kate’s Potential Vice President Position in Diplomat Season 3
The closer she is to grace, the better
If Kate still manages to secure the vice president position somehow, then it would make sense for her to accept and remain close to Grace. Although it appears that the new President has no intention of issuing another major attack, she still needs to pay for her treasonous crimes. Given how far the protagonist has come since The Diplomat Season 1’s search for the truth is unlikely to stop her, no matter what position she occupies when Season 3 begins.
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