'The Resident' Boss on Emily VanCamp's Finale Return and Conrad's Love Triangle (Exclusive)
etonline.comEmily VanCamp — who departed the series at the start of the season — to offer proper closure for her storyline.VanCamp's finale return as Conrad's late wife, Nic, was a long time in the making, according to executive producer Andrew Chapman.
Because her initial exit was sudden, it was halfway through the season that creator Amy Holden Jones suggested bringing VanCamp back to «close up the relationship between her and Conrad.» Thematically, it also fit, as Conrad was navigating life as a widower and figuring out if, when and how he could move on amid a tangled love triangle with Billie and Cade.«Because so much of the season thematically had been about grief and loss and coming to terms with mortality and how Conrad is moving on from his relationship with her and the time jump and being a single dad with Gigi, it felt like the right thing to do,» Chapman explained to ET, sharing that the actress was «excited to come back.» «She had not had a chance to say goodbye to everybody on the show, the crew, all the other actors.
So she felt she needed closure as well.»In the end, it was a conversation Conrad and Nic had in the bedroom after their perfect date night that proved illuminating for Conrad and gave him the permission to move on. «I want you to love someone again,» Conrad tells her when they have a frank discussion about what they'd want each other to do should something happen to him. «After a while, I do want you to move on… Just promise me whoever it is, find somebody who loves you as much as I do.» And in return, Nic made Conrad promise the same: «Only if you do too.»So who is Conrad moving on with?
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