“Salem” star Janet Montgomery is preparing for her character’s triumphant return to the WGN America series in Wednesday’s episode.
“I’m back this season,” the actress told TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell, revealing that showrunner Brannon Braga had promised from the beginning that her character would return. “At that point we’d not been picked up, so we didn’t know. I didn’t know how she was going to come back or what she was going to come back as, or how it would look.”
Montgomery, who plays the Salem witch Mary Sibley, also teased that her character’s post-death love life will face some complications in Season 3.
“This season, there’s a big love triangle that happens, which is probably going to upset a lot of the fans of Mary and John,” she said. “But I think it keeps things interesting. The relationship between them becomes quite complicated from what happened last season, not really being able to find each other.”
“Mary’s at her weakest this season, and in that weakness comes strength because there’s nothing left to lose,” she continued. “So when you have this woman who’s actually lost everything and everything’s been taken from her, She actually becomes fearless.”
The series was on the bubble for renewal at the end of last season, and once again the show’s future is far from a sure thing, but Montgomery promises that viewers will still be satisfied if Season 3 is the end.
“I really like the way this season ends,” she said. “It’s definitely not over, but I think the fans are going to be really happy with the way Season 3 ends. It’s a nice ending.”
11 Early Winners and Losers of the Fall TV Season (Photos)
Winner: MacGyver This reboot of the classic 80's series defied the conventional wisdom that a Friday night timeslot equals death for a new show. Instead, the show has managed to maintain solid ratings and recently scored a full-season order.
CBS
Loser: Pure Genius The only new CBS fall show to premiere to soft ratings, this medical drama starring Augustus Prew and Dermot Mulroney opened to just 6.2 million viewers and a 1.0 rating. And as shows tend to dip in their subsequent weeks, this one could be ripe for cancellation already.
CBS
Winner: Supergirl's CW move The Girl of Steel went from being a bubble show on CBS to the top-rated show on The CW. This was a no-brainer.
The CW
Loser: Notorious "Notorious" has the unfortunate distinction of being the first fall show to have its episode order cut - essentially a cancellation.
ABC
Winner: This Is Us Who knew a wholesome, earnest family drama would be the breakout hit of the fall TV season? NBC needed a hit, and it got one in Dan Fogelman's latest.
NBC
Winner: Lethal Weapon Among the hits and misses of movies being turned into TV shows, Fox's redo of the Mel Gibson cop comedy is firmly in the "hit" column, thanks to the strong chemistry between the two leads.
Fox
Winner: Jeff Zucker We may all come out losers when this election is finally decided, but with the way CNN has cashed in on ratings thanks to Trump's antics, CNN boss Jeff Zucker definitely won't be one.
CNN
Winner: FX Move over, HBO and AMC. From "Fargo" to "American Horror Story" to "Atlanta" to "Better Things," FX has become the go-to cable network for quality programming.
FX
Loser: Divorce Sarah Jessica Parker's big return to TV and the network of "Sex and the City" didn't make much of a splash, and "Insecure" and "Westworld" are both buzzier.
HBO
Winner: Designated Survivor Kiefer Sutherland's return to TV was a resounding success, and "Designated Survivor" is a hit with audiences and critics alike.
ABC
Loser: NFL Games There are only a few guarantees in life: death, taxes, and strong TV ratings for NFL games. That last one has been a bit shaky thus far this season, however, as weak match-ups, sloppy play, altered rules and even a contagious national anthem protest have turned a significant number of viewers off.
NBC
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The 2016-17 season is about a month in, and while it’s too early to make any final judgments, here’s how things are shaping up
Winner: MacGyver This reboot of the classic 80's series defied the conventional wisdom that a Friday night timeslot equals death for a new show. Instead, the show has managed to maintain solid ratings and recently scored a full-season order.