2nd season of St. Denis Medical it threw the fans for a loop giving Matt and Serena a breakthe growing romance.
During the Monday, November 3 premiere, a brief time jump revealed that Matt (Mekki Leeper) and Serena (Kahyun Kim) were working in different parts of the hospital. Serena asked for the change to help Matt get over his feelings for her, until she realized that Matt was asking for the same thing.
Matt then told Serena he was able to get away from herwhich did not leave her excited. The twist implied that Serena was now more aware of her feelings for Matt than the other way around — a change from their Season 1 dynamic.
“Like a real relationship, you have to get to know each other,” Leeper, 31, exclusively said. Us Weekly. “There’s a stop and start there.”
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Leeper scoffed at Matt’s mood. “He doesn’t want to be too desperate and he wants to play great. Sometimes that means you have to take a step back for a season,” he explained. “I like that it’s not a classic comedy-like romance.”
He continued, “They’re both really weird in their own right. If they weren’t dating, they’d just be two interesting characters. I think it’s great that we get to be weird together.”
Meanwhile, Kim, 36, hinted it would be more surprises as the season progresses.
“There’s a lot going on in Season 2,” he added. “A lot of ups and downs, so it’s definitely continuing to grow and shape itself into something. It’s very exciting.”
While talking to we, Wendi McLendon-Covey he remembered being shocked to the result “Every table read we were like, ‘Well, what happens now?'” she shared. “We all want it to go a certain way, but it’s definitely going to take some twists and turns that none of us expected.”
St. Denis Medical follows overworked doctors and nurses doing their best to care for patients at an underfunded Oregon hospital. In addition to Leeper, Kim and McLendon-Covey, the stars of the mockumentary David Alan Grier, Allison Tolman, Josh Lawson i Helic Good night.
When the series premiered on NBC in 2024, viewers couldn’t help but notice that Matt and Serena’s romance could make them the next fan-favorite sitcom couple. creator Eric Ledgin did not rule out a potential romance between Matt and Serena.
“There is definitely at least a unilateral willingness to pass them or not,” he previously said. we. “So I can tell you that it’s definitely going to be a slow burn of something that we’re going to follow over time.”
Before Season 2, Tolman, 43, defended the decision not to rush into on-screen romance.
“We’ve been taught, especially by media relationships, that with shipping, those are a handful of things that can go wrong. But in relationships, sometimes someone goes away for a month for work and when they come back the vibes are weird,” she told Us. “It’s kind of weird. Relationships work all the time. Every step of the way, even when they’re good. There’s a lot of places we could have a romance.”
Sant Denis Medical airs on NBC on Mondays at 8 pm ET before airing the next day on Peacock.