The situation between Paul and Luke seems like a culmination of seeds that were planted in Season 1.It wasn’t necessarily the arc from the get-go.
I think once we’d seen how Paul parented, particularly with Luke…we thought we would age the kids up six years and then it became inevitable that [Paul’s] parenting a teenage boy would not work out — particularly with a boy like Luke, who’s troubled and anxious.
I had the idea, when we were finishing Season 1…of Luke punching Paul. It’s a very significant moment in a father and son’s life when the son is strong enough and tall enough to hit his father.
Suddenly there’s this young man who can hurt you — and I thought it was interesting to play that and see all the repercussions.
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