'Reasonable Doubt' star Emayatzy Corinealdi teases "uncomfortable" moments in upcoming episodes
Corinealdi's character Jax has been recovering from a gunshot wound and an addiction to pain meds
"Uncomfortable" seems to be the name of the game in season four of "Reasonable Doubt."
It's the word the show's star Emayatzy Corinealdi said a few times when On The Red Carpet caught up with her at the Women in Film Honors.
And it's definitely how fans feel as they've watched the strong and capable Jax Stewart become addicted to pain pills after being shot at her newly formed law firm, with the intervention scenes hitting particularly hard.
"It's just been a myriad of emotions, which is what you deal with when you have someone who's going through addiction, you know? So it's definitely true in that sense, and people are really feeling it. They are really feeling Jax's journey right now," Corinealdi said.
"It's very uncomfortable to have to witness someone that you've seen be so strong, have it all together, kind of take this downward spiral as it is. But this is reality, and it usually happens in the people that you don't expect," she continued.
"Addiction doesn't always look like the person who was haggard and disheveled. It can happen in the the people who are wearing the three-piece suits, driving the fancy cars, and that's what this story is telling. Those are the people that you should check on. And those are people where you have to push them even further because they are the least likely to say, hey, I've had enough. They're not going to do that. So that's what this storyline is highlighting. And I hope that people are able to take that and not see it as this woman who is just destroying herself or what have you."
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By the end of episode seven, fans saw Jax appearing to be on a road to recovery from addiction. But her problems are far from over.
Jax's main client Eric Cropper, played by Durrell "Tank" Babbs, makes what you might call a deadly decision, so we'll see how that plays out in light of the trouble he's already in (that Jax and Corey are trying to get him out of).
"Expect even more of what we've seen, you know, to be a bit more uncomfortable. You know Eric, played by Tank, who's been fantastic... he's playing a character who is, you do not know what's going to happen next. And that same can be said for these last three episodes. You don't know where this is going, but you know....it's going somewhere where things are going to come to a head between he and Jax."
"Reasonable Doubt" is streaming now on Hulu. New episodes drop Tuesdays.
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