2, 3]) [1, 2, 3] For an ndarray-backed Series / Index the ndarray is returned. >>> extract_array(pd.Series([1, 2, 3])) array([1, 2, 3]) To extract all the way down to the ndarray, pass ``extract_numpy=True``. >>> extract_array(pd.Series([1, 2, 3]), extract_numpy=True) array([1, 2, 3]) Z