LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, Josh Lawson and Alison Tolman say Season 2 of St. Denis Medical, premiering Monday at 8 p.m. EDT on NBC, gives new insight into their characters.

The comedy series following the staff of an emergency room was renewed in January. In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, the cast said the new episodes show all of the characters in a new light.

McLendon-Covey, who plays St. Denis administrator Joyce, said Season 2 gets personal.

"We're going to see just about everybody's love life, all the grizzly, weird things that go on [while] not at work," she said. "There's a couple of times this season where we actually leave the hospital, which I think threw us all."

Grier plays Ron, the veteran doctor who is the eldest person on the staff. Though often gruff, Grier said Season 2 explores more of Ron's "emotional depth and his trigger points."