If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page.In one of the most heartbreaking reveals in Part 1 of the hour-long drama,'s Kate -- after recently getting re-engaged to Johnny -- notices a severe rash that's formed on one of her breasts. When she gets it checked out by a doctor, Kate receives the devastating news that that rash is not just easily remedied by medication. It in fact is a rare and aggressive form of Stage 3 breast cancer.
"We lost my aunt and my grandmother to cancer. There were crew members who came up to me and told me their stories, so when you're shooting and you become very close with this crew when you’re looking into the eyes of those people as you’re doing that scene, yeah it was definitely... a lot of heavy days there that last few weeks of filming," the actress added.
"Oh, I can't answer that," she teased, adding that they've"shot all of" the final season."I know all of the things, but that is something that plays out through the last half of the season." "I am under very big lock and key not to reveal anything about the back half, so I can't say anything," Chalke skirted, adding later she's optimistic Tully and Kate will find their way back to each other through this crucial time: "That's how walk through life is remaining hopeful, so when I read the scripts, every time one would into my box, I'd be like, 'What's gonna happen?,' 'cause obviously there's the huge cliffhanger at the end of season...
I know people who've had breast cancer and other cancers, but can we just not have a life and death situation on a show that always involves cancer? Can we have a show that's not always punching everyone in the face with real-life. Most times we just want to suspend reality.