During the second half of 2023, I started working on a story that had been sparked by a fever dream featuring Rihanna’s song “Diamonds.” The story was my attempt to answer two questions: what could “break” Amanda King? And what would it take to bring Lee Stetson in from the field for good?
Restless Hearts
Standing in the Dark began with a simple question: what would it take to “break” Amanda King? We viewers had seen Lee Stetson hit personal walls in episodes such as “We’re Off to See the Wizard” and “Unfinished Business,” but there were few, if any, equivalent moments for Amanda during the series.