According to Egan, “people were really honest about how, ‘This happened to my dad two weeks ago,’ or ‘I didn’t realize.
I was depressed until I saw this episode,'” “And now I’m going to talk to my husband about it, and I’m going to get help,” one individual commented. It was very meaningful to me.
The actress went on to say that the “mental health story line” had “such a profound response from the fans that it will likely always be [her] favorite” storyline on the program.