Lower says the show has been planting seeds for this since the first season - and the narrative twist is enhanced by what she believes to be Helena's own quiet radicalization while undercover as Helly at the start of the second season. "She's waging a war inside of herself within the same body," the actor tells me during a recent makeshift art session on a bench at the Pratt Institute Sculpture Park, adding touches of paint and marker to our shared canvas. "It's quite provocative and relatable."