in 2017, the workplace dramedyNestled somewhere between the high-fashion setting ofportrays a happy medium in the world of industry cosplay. It follows the lives of three best friends, Jane Sloan , Kat Edison , and Sutton Brady , as well as their parallel forays into the luxe landscape ofmagazine . Together, the trio navigate a changing media sphere that sees them experience it all: climbing the corporate ladder, early marriage, queer identity, love, loss, and more.
It [ending] is definitely bittersweet, but I think that the beauty behind that is the show continues to find new audiences. There are people who continue to discover this show, and I hope that that's true for years to come. I think that the show will continue to live on long after we're done with it.Maybe I shouldn't say this, but truly when we started the show, I would actively tell both Katie and Meghann,"No one's going to watch, we're going to get canceled.
Meghann talks about this often that people resonate with Sutton so much in the industry, because it's true that you are an assistant for a very long time. And then, you have Kat's background and she is coming from a place where her parents are therapists and she grew up in Connecticut and is coming from a place of privilege. But within that, she also wants to fight for people who don't have that same privilege, and she knows that she can help and elevate their voices.
Even though the show comes in this fantastical world, we still try to at least make sure the people feel real. It just felt really important to me to kind of remain true to herself, and that the show stay the safe space that it's been, especially for women of color. Unfortunately, to see someone who reflects you in mainstream media, especially this kind of a show, is so rare. Having that opportunity is huge. I hope that people feel satisfied with Kat's journey and closing that chapter.
We actually just did an interview where the writer said that she loved [the ending] because there are a lot of writers with those feelings. Like, when they first go into it, they're like,"Oh, my God, I would love to be editor in chief." And then you learn what goes into being editor in chief and you're like,"Wait, no, that's not what I want to do.
What are you going to miss most from being on the show, and what do you hope its legacy will be going forward?I'm just going to miss working with Katie and Aisha. I think it's really rare, and we've all sort of said versions of this at some point, but we worked so closely for so long and I don't know that any of us will necessarily ever have that kind of experience again. It was such a specific moment in our lives for all of us.