“It's still a rarity,” said the Tony-nominated actor about racially inclusive sets. “And so the fact that Onyx has this as part of their stated mission to tell stories that are about us—it’s incredibly special.”, which borrows from McMillan’s personal experiences growing up with an incarcerated father. Historically, the chaos that occurs within prisons—and the crime that lands people there—has made for reliable and often good television drama and even comedy.
Not so ironically, the show’s messages about freedom ultimately speak more to Paige, who understandably struggles to embrace her flawed father. Her resentment is often masked in sarcasm and insults, until the wounded child inside of her can’t help but pop out. And quite literally she does when the younger version of Paige appears abruptly in fantasy sequences for emotional check-ins with her adult self.
It's in these moments of adversity and marginalization, though, that we get to see what a charismatic, generous human being Edwin is at his core. Despite his obvious misdeeds, which the show doesn’t totally let him off the hook for, it’s refreshing to see a convicted felon portrayed in such a warm, fuzzy manner.
“I spent time in foster families as a child,” he said. “I know that the circumstances that placed me there were not arbitrary. But it was like, stuff happens. That doesn't then define you or set the trajectory of your life.”
Yes, but please help end daylight saving time, because it's unnatural, harmful, and stupid