‘Shining Vale’ Season 2 Time Jump Blurs Courteney Cox’s State of Mind: ‘Is She Psychotic or Possessed?’

Cocreator Jeff Astrof talks with TheWrap about collaborating with “Bad Sisters” scribe Sharon Horgan on the Starz horror comedy

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Courteney Cox in "Shining Vale." (Starz)

Warning: This story contains spoilers from “Shining Vale” Season 2, Episode 1.

Courteney Cox’s Pat Phelps got out of a mental institution during the “Shining Vale” Season 2 premiere, but she’s clearly not out of the woods following her nervous breakdown (or demonic possession?) in Season 1.

The Starz horror comedy — created by Jeff Astrof (“Trial & Error”) and “Bad Sisters” scribe Sharon Horgan — followed up on the shocking events from the Season 1 finale, including Pat succumbing to the influence of demon Rosemary (Mira Sorvino) and axing her husband Terry (Greg Kinnear) in the head. The violence led to her children Gaynor (Gus Birney) and Jake (Dylan Gage) having her committed at the local asylum for a year.

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