How do you fight the stagnation of monogamy and the monotony of time together?
Fights take a long time to shoot.
I boxed through college and I played college level football. I was a linebacker.
If you give a scene enough room to breathe, actors will hopefully find those magical moments.
Within the stability of a family struggle, when there's less chaos, you can have the most soul-searching and the most digging to find out what and who you really are.
The difficult thing about shooting a television series is that you never have enough time. You really don't.