When stunt coordinator Wade Allen started working on the second season of Lioness , there was a scene in the first episode that he knew was going to be a challenge. It follows Zoe Saldaña’s Joe McNamara and her Quick Reaction Force team members as they rescue a kidnapped U.S. congresswoman from a Mexican border town. The script called for a multi-vehicle chase, a shootout and a water landing in the Rio Grande (with helicopters involved). “That took years off my life,” Allen says with a laugh. “By the time we got to episode eight, that scene seemed small.”

Lioness creator Taylor Sheridan is famous for starting production before a season’s scripts are finished, so Allen — who has been with the showrunner since the Wind River days — was prepared for the element of surprise. For the ri

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