Stephanie: I first found out about Munchausen by proxy, which is what Patty has, from my best friend who's an elementary school psychologist in Colorado. She unfortunately has experience with this syndrome through her work with her students and their parents. She told me about it. I was immediately riveted and horrified. I went down this rabbit hole of research. I was really surprised to find that the perpetrators are typically women, and often mothers. We think of this mother-child bond as sacred, but it's not in these cases. I wanted to explore why that was. Even though Rose Gold is the titular character, it was really Patty who I was interested in getting in her mindset, figuring out, does she know that she's lying? Does she honestly believe she's doing what's best for her kid? It was the why behind these people's behavior.