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**Silktie** · 01-02-2012, 05:57 AM

(31-01-2012 05:26 PM)SweetTea Wrote: Do you think that the writers envisioned in S6 that Connie would be the traitor in S7? There's a scene mid series 6 where Harry tells everyone that they have a mole on the Grid and of course Ros knows it's her, but Connie also has just a hint of fear in her face as well, so I've wondered about that. Though even if they did have that planned, they may very well have not told Gemma just so that she would continue to play it straight.

No, I honestly don't think they planned seasons ahead with these storylines. PF has spoken about how they had no idea where their characters would be taken even within a particular season, and how it was necessary to develop a sort of 'catch-all' performance that would cover all eventualities. I think Gemma Jones was just particularly good at that type of performance, which gave the writers the leeway to take Connie in the direction they did in season 7. Gemma Jones gave Connie so many layers, that it was possible to believe almost anything they threw at us about Connie.