The season finale of The Madison introduced a surprising conclusion after shocking onscreen deaths and some major moves to Montana — but did the show end on a satisfying note?
Season 1 concluded on Saturday, March 21, with Stacy (Michelle Pfeiffer) and the other members of the Clyburn family still dealing with Preston’s (Kurt Russell) death. They remained in Montana but ultimately they had to pack back up for New York. It was an adjustment for most of them — with Paige (Elle Chapman) nearly getting arrested and Stacy remaining in therapy.
Ultimately, Stacy returned to Montana while the rest of her family stayed behind in New York — for now.
The Madison follows the Clyburn family from New York City, who “relocate to the Madison River valley of southwest Montana for emotional recovery following a tragedy that shattered the family.”
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In addition to Russell, 74, and Pfeiffer, 67, the show stars Patrick J. Adams, Elle Chapman, Matthew Fox, Beau Garrett, Alaina Pollack, Amiah Miller as members of the Clyburn family, Ben Schnetzer, Kevin Zegers. Rebecca Spence and Danielle Vasinova make up the rest of the cast.
“Taylor has a wonderful knack of putting what he wants to be known from the script into the script. There is always a specificity to what locations are — to what moment of the scene is the most resonant to character descriptions,” executive producer and director Christina Alexandra Voros told Us about collaborating with Sheridan, 55. “There’s so much DNA in the scripts themselves that there are fewer conversations than you would think [between us]. We’ve been working together for a very long time. I feel lucky enough to have been trusted with interpreting his writing for screen for a very long time.”
Voros addressed the decision to show Preston’s death on screen — and the aftermath.
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“The experience of grief is something that’s universal. The way it becomes personal is in the specificity with which it is examined,” Voros exclusively told Us Weekly. “Part of the reason the show is so resonant to me is because I think anyone who watches it can see themselves in these characters — or see loved ones resonating in these characters. We feel more for a character and characters make us feel more for ourselves when those experiences are very specific.”
It was always the plan to show every aspect of losing a loved one.
“Living with a character in a moment — waiting for luggage at an airport or standing in a coroner’s office — are the quiet moments where you do not have the distraction of anything else other than the enormity of what you are dealing with,” she continued. “The emotional space is a very resonant place for storytelling to live.”
The Madison is currently streaming on Paramount+.
