With its season finale which marked creator Katori Halls directorial debut P-Valley ends an era.
Warning: This post contains spoilers forP-Valley’s season 2 finale.
Chucalissa is entering a whole new era.
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How significant is that moment to his overall journey and evolution?
When he’s looking at that fractured mirror there is blonde Murda, blue hair Murda, killa Murda.
He’s just gone on such a remarkable character trajectory.
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Lil Murda’s performance also marks Mercedes' return to the stage after struggling with a mental block.
What got her back out there?
[Mercedes] is really good at appreciating and seeing true art because she is truly an artist.
What she hears in that song is passion, reflection and regret.
It’s this beautiful moment of release that Mercedes have at that moment.
It’s a really powerful moment that took so much energy, time, and thought to create.
It took us two days to film that sequence.
Mercedes ends the season leaving the Pynk, taking care of Terricka and with her own studio.
This feels like the end of a chapter of her story.
What would you like to explore with her moving forward?
It’s definitely the end of an era.
The Pynk is a stepping stone and should always be that for these dancers.
Autumn loses big in terms of the casino deal and leaves Chucalissa with Uncle Clifford’s money.
Is this the last we’ll see of her?
Because she says she’s one to not look back.
If so, why was this the right time to end her story?
It’s so clear that the strip club is a revolving door.
She was a woman who came in on the wind and her leaving on the wind.
It’s just reflective for who she is as a woman.
She saved the Pynk, she did something that Uncle Clifford could not at the time.
There are some women who do come into the strip club space and use it as a stepping stone.
Can you talk to me about how you shaped the end of Keyshawn’s season 2 story?
We always want to see [Keyshawn] exhaust every single option.
It’s a reflection of how he is able to use every piece of control.
He is absolutely the uber villain of the season, and quite frankly, of the series.
Now we have to talk about that final sequence!
Diamond gets double-crossed by Big Bone and ends up in that trunk.
What was that about?
It’s something that we layered in from the top of the season.
She has been sitting on information for a while because she actually liked him.
I think she was falling in love.
We really wanted to show how hard it is to give someone over when you care about them.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
