‘The Buccaneers’ Stars on Uniting for That Divorce Trial & Shifting Mother-Daughter Dynamics

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Buccaneers Season 2, Episode 7, “All Rise.”]

The Buccaneers went to court in Season 2’s penultimate episode, “All Rise,” as Nan (Kristine Frøseth) traveled back to America in order to support her mother, Patti (Christina Hendricks), amid her divorce.

But supporting her mother also meant confronting the truth about her true parentage as they stayed with Patti’s sister, Nell (Leighton Meester), who had gotten married and become pregnant in the time since Nan saw her at her wedding. This stirred up strong feelings as Nan had come to understand that Nell was her true mother.

Things came to a head, though, when the divorce proceedings turned pretty ugly, and Patti was ridiculed on the stand. After getting a couple of mistresses of her husband to agree to testify against him, they changed their minds after seeing Patti’s experience. This left Nell as the only person able to testify, but Patti didn’t want her sister Nell to ruin her fresh start in life by tarnishing her reputation that way.