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In a new interview with TheTVAddict, Mary McDonnell talks about the challenges Sharon Raydor will be facing this year on Major Crimes, as her personal life begins to collide with her work.

‘Q: What can you tease about what fans can be expecting out of the second season of MAJOR CRIMES?

MARY:  What I can tease in terms of really new elements is the new D.A. that comes in to help out with the Philip Stroh (Billy Burke) case, which as we know Rusty is a material witness and that’s kind of how this beloved adoptive son situation came about. So the new D.A. presents so much potential and so much dilemma simultaneously for many of us in different ways.  There’s some very exciting issues that come up out of that and very human things that grow out of her presence — and Sharon Raydor is once again forced to try to understand her choices between what is right and what is right.  It’s always her dilemma.  It’s a very sophisticated line that she walks ‘cause she has a very strong moral and ethical code and she can see multiple choices.  She understands a lot this season about what has to happen, and she also understands another level that has to happen, and the fact she has to be able to choose between two right things is a very interesting dilemma.  I think that’s fun to watch.  And I think fans will be very excited about the new Tom Berenger visitation.  It’s very exciting.  He’s fantastic.  Their marriage [Sharon and Jackson’s] – I wouldn’t call it an odd marriage, but I’d call it a very understandable, interesting marriage with a lot of issues. Tom and I have worked together before and we have a lot of just innate history and chemistry, so playing it has been just a blast.  I think that’s going to be just so much fun.  Also because he comes into the home.  So it’s Sharon, it’s Rusty and it’s Jackson.  He gets to interact and sort of shake all of us in different ways.  That is so exciting and he is such a terrific actor. It’s going to be wonderful for the fans.

Q: Sounds like Sharon is going to have a lot going on the homefront this season between Rusty and Jackson!
MARY:  She certainly does!  Now all she needs is a male dog and she’ll be surrounded by a lot of boys.  (Laughs) It’s great actually.  It really is wonderful to watch.  I’ve learned a lot about Sharon and her life and her nature.  I’ve learned so much about her through having a husband around.  By the way, he’s not an ex, they have been literally separated for decades.  That adds an interesting element about it.  It is intriguing and raises many different questions.  I think Rusty goes, “What is it about you two? What happened?”  And it’s hard to explain.  So it’s one of those really complicated, wonderful, troubled and exciting relationships.  That’s how I would describe it.

Read the whole interview here!