Collider’s interview with Tatiana Maslany discusses the dramatic first-season finale of Apple TV’s Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, which ends with Paula winning custody of her daughter Hazel before a disturbing twist casts doubt over her past. The article argues that this matters because the finale shifts the series from a darkly comic custody story into something more psychologically unsettling, raising bigger questions about Paula’s character and whether viewers can trust her.

Key details include Paula’s courtroom monologue, which Maslany says was intentionally awkward and vulnerable, exposing both the character’s fragility and the double standards she faces. The finale also introduces a video from an unknown number suggesting Paula may have deliberately killed her neighbour in Portland rather than causing an accident, leaving the season on a chilling cliffhanger. Maslany says the ending fits the show’s refusal to let Paula become comfortable, and she adds that she has “no idea” where the story could go next, including whether the custody outcome could later change.