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In a great new article by the LA Times, Mary McDonnell and Series Creator James Duff talk about the evolution of Sharon Raydor in Major Crimes, and what we can expect from her in season 2.
‘”She’s concerned with doing what’s right, not with what people think about her,” McDonnell said recently during a break in filming this season’s expanded order of 19 episodes. “It’s more of a male energy.”
So if Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg hadn’t written the bestseller “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead,” maybe Raydor would have? The unflappable cop will continue to thrive in a male-dominated world when “Major Crimes” returns Monday to TNT, where it planted its flag as the No. 1 new drama on cable last year with an average 7 million viewers.
James Duff, creator of “Major Crimes” and its predecessor, “The Closer,” said he wants viewers to respect and relate to Raydor, the politically savvy chief of detectives.
But like her? It wasn’t his goal, even as he took her from guest player on “The Closer” to the center of the “Major Crimes” ensemble. And that helps illustrate how far TV, especially cable, has come in its portrayals of women, he said.’