‘The Diplomat’s Season 4 Finale Made This Star Throw His Script Across the Room (Again)

Ato Essandoh says the Season 4 finale of The Diplomat made him throw his script across the room, repeating a reaction he had to an earlier cliffhanger. The interview with Essandoh and Ali Ahn highlights how Stuart and Eidra’s relationship deepens amid political pressures, and how the finale leaves their story poised for another turn.

Ahn says she was surprised to learn Eidra had been married, and suspects it was brief and happened when Eidra was young. Essandoh describes Stuart’s marriage monologue as a way of expressing commitment and a desire to deepen their relationship; Ahn says it helps set up Eidra’s unusual romantic gesture involving pink Post-it notes. The supplied article text ends before giving the actors’ full comments on the cliffhanger or their thoughts about Season 5.