Behind the scenes of Queen Sugar's Season 3 finale

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Filming a rural Louisiana wedding in July wasn't the ideal time to be dressed in formal clothes, says Angelica Jade Bastién of her Season 3 finale set visit. "It’s an understatement to say that shooting in these conditions takes a lot out of you," she writes. "Everyone has been working since the afternoon, and for the crew, much earlier. We’re approaching midnight, and they won’t be done until past 4 a.m. Between shots, I can see the heat wearing on (Tina) Lifford and (Omar) Dorsey. But when they hear action, their faces soften into a loving repose. The scene is bumpy at first, with the pastor fumbling his lines. But once everyone gets into the right groove, it quickly becomes a loving tribute to one of the show’s central romances." ALSO: The revolutionary power of pies on Queen Sugar.