[…] The Programmers have been heard to program their slaves, “Don’t be a hustler and don’t pick up strays.” The programmers must now ‘‘groom’’ these alters. Though Tara’s personalities re-emerge when she chooses to go off her medication, Diablo Cody, one of the show’s producers, has stated that Tara isn’t being irresponsible by not taking the medication, but rather “wants a chance to try living with her condition, instead of smothering it with drugs” because it is “clear …