I wanted to make it clear that the show's about a matriarchy. I wanted it to be clear that power can be ugly, and a matriarchy is just as ugly as a patriarchy. It may look a little different, but power is bloody. (Gillian Schieber Flynn)

I wanted to make it clear that the show's about a matriarchy. I wanted it to be clear that power can be ugly, and a matriarchy is just as ugly as a patriarchy. It may look a little different, but power is bloody.

Gillian Schieber Flynn

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