“We decided fairly early on that part of the story would involve Frank because in talking about Brianna’s journey and her going back, the fact that she’s never met her birth father and was raised by another man for the first 20 years of her life and that’s the only father she’s ever known . . . how torn she would feel, as a character?” says Davis, adding that Brianna is wrestling with feelings of guilt over her perceived betrayal of the man who raised her.
The writers also loved the idea of bringing Frank’s last days to life, since viewers and book readers don’t really know much about the night of the accident that took his life.
The scenes with Frank were so heartbreaking. A man with his back against the wall, emotionally. His marriage a shambles, and knowing it, with nowhere else to go. He loved Brianna so much, and had hopes she would consider going to England with him. Brianna of course being so young, who felt that her parents would be together always, was stunned when Frank asked her to join him. Tobias was brilliant in his scenes. Oscar winning material. I still can’t believe that this show is being overlooked for the Golden Globe Awards.