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There’s Boris Kodjoe, who’s just eye candy anyway, and he’s the most decent human being, and who knew he was a great singer. There’s Luis Guzman, Momma, and at some point he’s twerking in the ER. In that song and dance number, I got to see and renew my understanding of how incredible everyone is. Suddenly you’re taken into the ER and BANG!, there’s a song and dance number that you didn’t expect. In episode 2, you’re given a bit of a surprise.
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We are so lucky on “Code Black” to have this amazing cast. What’s it like working with everyone? READ MORE: 7 Hours Of Sleep May Be Best, New Study Suggests She has to be more embracing of motherhood and get over - you never get over the death of a child - but she has to move on and embrace the beauties of this new child. She surprises herself and it’s really beautiful. That’s what happens in season 3 - how do these two women come together, and how does Ariel come to understand herself as a capable young woman, capable of things beyond her teenage capacity. They have that to unite on, but they also have that to overcome. Leanne has that teenage angst with Ariel, but it’s compounded because Ariel has a lot of tragedy in her life, as does Leanne. I used to tell my own kids, you’re allowed to roll your eyes, because I know you need to, but only a certain number of times a day. It’s a teenager’s job to disagree with everything an adult says on some level. There’s some beautiful, rich stories with that.Ĭan you describe Leanne’s relationship with Ariel?
They’re there for her, kind of teaching her life lessons. What’s quite beautiful is that the ER ends up parenting Ariel and being there for her. There’s nothing more high-octane than a teenager, as a mother of two, I can tell you. In season 3, she’s juggling two high-octane jobs - on the one hand the ER, on the other hand, a teenage. But now there’s an enrichening of the characters and there’s some surprises as well. There are still lots of emotional punches. I promise you there’s the familiar high-octane emergency room, I promise you there’s still Rob Lowe’s character Willis going out into the street with first responder medicine. There’s a lot new for a lot of the characters in “Code Black” for season 3. READ MORE: 3 Workers Injured After Floor Collapse At Former Edison Power Plant In South Boston 25 at 10/9c on CBS) and her poignant, heartwarming and funny new memoir “The Seasons of My Mother” (coming out May 1 through Simon & Schuster). Harden spoke to CBS Local about what we can expect from her character Leanne on the third season of “Code Black” (premiering Apr. The Academy Award-winning actress has a way with words, whether she’s discussing a thoracotomy on the set of her show or chronicling her relationship with her mother and her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s. Marcia Gay Harden isn’t afraid to speak up.