The mastermind terrorist terrorists?
How did you decide he would be the one?
[Clayton] was created with all of that in mind, and that he was going to die.
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Will you be revealing any other significant deaths from the bombing?
At Grand Central, Alex was there but she didntsurviveit.
The repercussions of that event emotionally echo through the rest of the season.
And will Claire Haas (Marcia Cross) play a larger role?
We glimpse her at the hearings, but she says very little.
Claire and Alex come head-to-head pretty soon.
Lets jump ahead to the end of the episode.
What can you tell us about the mastermind?
Is there more than one?
I cant say that, but I can say that it touches on many people as the season continues.
Alex isnt necessarily the only person being manipulated.
… [In the phone call], there are multiple voices layered, could you tell?
In the Quantico timeline, Charlies kidnapping goes under scrutiny and now Shelbys half sisters been kidnapped.
How do these kidnapping stories weave into the New York timeline?
One of them is false, and youll find out in the very next episode.
For Charlie and Miranda, the same can be said.
Both of those stories come to pretty decisive conclusions in episode 15.
Elsewhere at the Academy, Raina decides to take on Charlie and then lie to Nimah about what happened.
Does shenotwant to reconcile with her sister, and why not?
I think she believes she can do it better, on her own.
Its not competition, because Rainas not out to prove anything.
Raina simply believes shes more capable, and we see that.
Youve talked about how this half of the season is a reset for much of the story.
What was the biggest challenge of figuring that out?
Actually, it came together really quickly.
[This episode] was one of the easiest episodes to break that weve ever had.
[Co-exec producer and writer] Jake Coburn wrote it in, like, two days.
It was a great scene!
It was cut so we put it in episode 12 and now its cut again.
So were never going to see Alex break from all the pressure?
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The last scene of the next episode is some of the most powerful acting Priyanka has ever done.
What else can we expect to see in the next episode?
Its tough on both of them.
Quanticoairs Sundays at 10 p.m.
