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JamesG · 06-01-2014, 09:58 PM

"Major Crimes" Scoop: Meet Rusty's Mom!
Jun 1, 2014
by Adam Bryant

"Major Crimes" is about to turn Rusty Beck's life upside down.

After two seasons of tracking Rusty (Graham Patrick Martin) through the emotional turmoil he felt after being abandoned by his family and forced to prostitute himself to survive, the TNT drama's third season (premiering Monday, June 9 at 9/8c) will finally introduce Sharon Beck, the mother who eventually left him behind.

"Eureka" and "24" alum Ever Carradine will play the crucial role, "Major Crimes" creator James Duff tells TVGuide.com.

"We begin our first episode with a different Rusty," Duff says.

"He has changed quite a bit. The experience of testifying on his own and having his say in the courtroom, reduced the whining, reduced the teenage angst. He's sort of moving beyond and looking into his own heart and how he can make things better. Then, out of the blue, he's knocked off stride by the reappearance of his mother who he had thought he was separated from for good."

However, Rusty doesn't tell the other Sharon in his life — Capt. Sharon Raydor (Mary McDonnell), who took Rusty in — about his mother's reappearance, at least not right away. When he does, you can expect things to get a little messy.

"The anxiety he has about his mother will reveal itself, and he does introduce his mother to Sharon," Duff says. "His mother has a very different take on where he is in life than Sharon does. It's so disturbing."

But Rusty's mother isn't the only one weighing in on Rusty and Capt. Raydor's relationship. In fact, later in the season Raydor's husband (Tom Berenger) and her yet-to-be-cast son Ricky will have a point of view as Sharon considers adopting Rusty outright.

"The theme of our first 10 episodes this season is expectations," Duff says. "We have an expectation of a lot of things in our lives that it turns out that we have no right to expect. Family is not a given. Family is something you are sometimes obligated to create for yourself and that you embark upon with other people. How do you include other people? What does the word family mean? Do you have any right to expect that your family will always be exactly what it is?"

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JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,275	Ever Carradine Joins "Major Crimes" *"Major Crimes" Scoop: Meet Rusty's Mom!* Jun 1, 2014 by Adam Bryant "Major Crimes" is about to turn Rusty Beck's life upside down. After two seasons of tracking Rusty (Graham Patrick Martin) through the emotional turmoil he felt after being abandoned by his family and forced to prostitute himself to survive, the TNT drama's third season (premiering Monday, June 9 at 9/8c) will finally introduce Sharon Beck, the mother who eventually left him behind. "Eureka" and "24" alum Ever Carradine will play the crucial role, "Major Crimes" creator James Duff tells TVGuide.com. "We begin our first episode with a different Rusty," Duff says. "He has changed quite a bit. The experience of testifying on his own and having his say in the courtroom, reduced the whining, reduced the teenage angst. He's sort of moving beyond and looking into his own heart and how he can make things better. Then, out of the blue, he's knocked off stride by the reappearance of his mother who he had thought he was separated from for good." However, Rusty doesn't tell the other Sharon in his life — Capt. Sharon Raydor (Mary McDonnell), who took Rusty in — about his mother's reappearance, at least not right away. When he does, you can expect things to get a little messy. "The anxiety he has about his mother will reveal itself, and he does introduce his mother to Sharon," Duff says. "His mother has a very different take on where he is in life than Sharon does. It's so disturbing." But Rusty's mother isn't the only one weighing in on Rusty and Capt. Raydor's relationship. In fact, later in the season Raydor's husband (Tom Berenger) and her yet-to-be-cast son Ricky will have a point of view as Sharon considers adopting Rusty outright. "The theme of our first 10 episodes this season is expectations," Duff says. "We have an expectation of a lot of things in our lives that it turns out that we have no right to expect. Family is not a given. Family is something you are sometimes obligated to create for yourself and that you embark upon with other people. How do you include other people? What does the word family mean? Do you have any right to expect that your family will always be exactly what it is?" http://www.tvguide.com/News/Major-Cr...e-1082389.aspx Attached Images