Emmy-winning actor Amanda Seyfried sat in the backseat of a patrol car for a ride along with two Philadelphia police officers through Kensington. Within minutes of the car pulling out of the precinct,

"We can see ourselves in each of these people, and that's the point of storytelling,” Seyfried tells PEOPLE of the show, now streaming on Peacock

For Amanda Seyfried, the Peacock limited series offered a rare opportunity to play a character adapted from a book while working closely alongside the author, Liz Moore.