I felt as though there should be something she cannot have and cannot fix. I remember being like, “What's the problem?” So I remember telling Sheryl that Helen has almost everything–this career and the house and everything. And then I'll be back onstage September 30. We're going to get pregnant in February, and then we'll have the baby in September. Then, all of a sudden, in our late 30s, 40s, we're like, “Let's have a baby.” I remember going to my doctor and saying, “I think I'm ready. Heather: There are many women who are choosing careers earlier, and so we wait. I think all of the women on the show saw a lot of themselves in Helen.” Heather, what can you tell me about that conversation? I spoke with executive producer and showrunner Sheryl Anderson about Helen’s journey this season, from the miscarriage to embarking on IVF, and she said, “I give Heather a lot of the credit for Helen’s storyline because she asked me when we were shooting season one if I had given any thought to Helen grappling with infertility. It’s Helen’s own personal tragedy that is really the catalyst for this relationship to bloom. But when all of a sudden the potential of someone coming in who already has a history with Helen is what ignites this feeling of, What am I going to do about it? Given what happened in his past, I don't think he was ever prepared to fall in love again. By the time he starts hearing about Ryan, that's when he starts realizing, I've got to do something. Each scene that they got together, it just felt more and more like this could be a fit. It just felt like it was a natural evolution. I don't think he necessarily realizes right from “go”: “Oh my God, I'm attracted to her,” but he loves the play. Dion: For me, it's a slow burn, and it's slow coming into awareness.
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