Episode 4 of Season 2 marks a unique moment in Big Mood, because much of the episode takes place in one location, a restaurant where Maggie has lunch with her estranged father (Robert Lindsay), even though he didn't realize they were estranged. It's an incredibly devastating, emotional, and eye-opening moment for Maggie in the series, but Camilla Whitehill finds perfectly placed moments of levity.
The episode was filmed during the first week of shooting Season 2, and Whitehill shared that it was the first script she fully finished for the season, drawing inspiration from her experience writing for theatre.
"What I love about theatre as an art form is the restriction of the space. Obviously, you can have a play be in many, many places, but really a lot of theatre is set in a single space. And there's something about that restriction that really ... is great for a difficult conversation," Whitehill said. "And so I always wanted the episode to be in one room, which is tricky when you only have six 23-minute episodes. That's a lot of real estate to be giving up to just one room at one time."
"But I'm really glad we did, because it meant I could take the time to flesh out that relationship, so you could really understand the dynamic between them. I didn't want it to be ... too shallow. I wanted to try and make people see who this man was, and how he relates to Maggie. ... When we were filming it, I was worried it wasn't funny, because it is quite emotional. And there were times when we were filming and the crew would be like, 'I'm sad.' ... And I was like, yeah, I know, sorry love. But actually, when it cuts together, I think ... there are moments of more levity. And actually, just the dynamic between them is funny because it's infuriating, and the stuff he comes out with is ridiculous. But I mean, full credit to Nicola and Robert Lindsay. ... They were so good together. I mean, Nicola's good with everyone. ... But them together was really special."
"I really, really love that episode. And Robert Lindsay ... is such a fantastic actor, and he had such a brilliant energy on set, because we shot that episode in a week, ... that's pretty short, and it was very dialogue heavy," Coughlan added in a separate interview. "So on those days, we had pages and pages and pages to get through, but he was just wonderful."
"When you meet someone's family, it makes so much more sense of who they are. So you see Maggie's dad, and you go, oh, this is a huge part of why she is who she is. ... It was great, a very rewarding experience."
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