THR: Arizona is suffering from Phantom Limb Syndrome. How will we see her battle that?
Jessica Capshaw: It's very real and the writers have done such an incredible job of being so responsible for researching the challenges that Arizona would face. It has felt like a very important part of the storytelling in terms of what someone might go through who has had this happen to them. It starts in dream sequences with Arizona understanding this pain through her dreams. She ends up trying to hide it from Callie because she really wants to move on. After the grief and the loss, Arizona is trying to rebuild and figure it out again. She wants to keep [her suffering] separate from Callie because she wants to magically make it disappear. But it is unrelenting so she ends up seeking council. After it doesn't go away, Owen (Kevin McKidd) ends up helping her with different therapies. It's a great story -- it's kind of spooky and a little bit dark but with the same heart that beats throughout the entire tone of the show. It's like a child when you dreamed of falling out of bed and felt like it was a real sensation -- these are dreams that feel that real to her. The loss of one's leg -- or any limb -- is a deeply profound thing so then having this situation when she feels it not there, it's mind-bending.
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