With Carla having told Lisa their relationship is over, where is Lisa’s head at, does she still think she can talk her back round? Does she still think there's hope?
At this point she's numb, there's just so much going on. She obviously still has a love for Becky, but where Carla's concerned she's never known anything like it. The relationship that she's experienced, the family dynamic, the maturity that's been brought out in Betsy since Carla has been in her life. Her family was complete as far as Lisa was concerned and then this bomb went off and shattered everything. At this point, I don't think Lisa has any idea how she's feeling, she's so confused, her heart's broken. There's hope there, but what does she do about Becky? What does she do about Betsy? At this moment in time, Lisa feels she can't do anything right.
At the same time we're seeing Becky making her move and ramping up the pressure on Lisa. Could she be swayed to go back to Becky or do you think the love for Carla is too deep?
I think the love for Carla is too deep at this stage. But Lisa has been so manipulated by Costello, with him saying you don't know how hard Becky tried to get hold of you and he put the block on it. So we've got to remember that as far as Lisa is concerned, yes there might be holes in Becky’s story, but there's the potential here that if she picks this scab, that a whole 20 years of her life may have been a lie. I think her judgement is also blurred by the heartbreak she’s going through with Carla and the fact that she's being told by her superior that this was all the above board, it was an order from above. There’s a hierarchy, she can't go and make waves, she needs her job and she's got to be very careful.
At the same time the police are investigating the attack on Costello but the viewers now know Becky is involved. Is Lisa having any doubts about her behaviour or as you say is there something that’s stopping her going there?
There are definitely some doubts creeping in because Becky’s story doesn't add up with how freely she’s walking around. I think we saw that on Halloween when she said, "aren’t you supposed to be undercover. Aren't you supposed to be keeping a low profile?”
So obviously those things are a definite question mark for Lisa, because she's a detective and she used to be a very good one. But again, with that, she knows that the order's come from above and she's aware of this gang and how notorious they are. She’s been blocked from a lot of information that she's tried to access in the past and she needs this job so she's got to be very, very careful. Plus what does she say to Betsy? She's seen Betsy almost be destroyed and utterly heartbroken when Becky was gone the first time. Is she going to be the instigator of that a second time? There's a lot to unpack but life has to continue. She's trying to do her job, she's trying to hold the family together, she needs to earn money. So there's a lot going on.
Does she have any idea how dangerous Becky really is? Could Lisa and Betsy be in danger?
No, no idea. She lived with this person for 20 years, they've had a child together and they have grown up together, worked together. She knows that there is corruption in the police force, but no, no chance she thinks Becky is dangerous, it would never enter her head. There might be question marks raised over Becky’s story, but again, Lisa would be veering down that route in regards to Costello and whoever gave the order from above, because Lisa still believes that the order came from above. Then when Becky's going out to meet people, Lisa can't be involved in that because she believes this is covert and undercover.
Are you enjoying the way the plot keeps on twisting and turning, are you excited to see where it goes and maybe for the scenes when Lisa finds out how dangerous Becky really is?
Yes, because credit to Amy, she's playing a fantastic villain with such subtlety and nuances and she's a brilliant wind up merchant. She's a great character to play but everyone loves it when the villain gets their comeuppance so let's hope that is the case.
Are you enjoying seeing Lisa and Kit working together a bit more again because they have such an interesting dynamic. Would you like to see them crack the Becky case together?
Yeah, I think there's a lot that's unsaid and unspoken between the two of them. Despite the way that they talk to each other, and even though Lisa is his superior, I think Lisa sees a lot of herself in him and she knows he’s a more than competent detective, she believes in him. I think she actually likes his cheekiness, his directness, his slight tinge of arrogance. He's actually somebody that she can work with even though they often disagree. It’s also somebody that lives in her community and I think she absolutely cares for him. It’s great to see them working together, but I also love it when they're at each other's throats like siblings, their little one liners and the way they can wind each other up. But also she absolutely has his back and she's loyal to him and I think he feels the same.
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