But if there was a world in which we were convinced, this is a continuation of the story that honors the first chapter and does things an audience will appreciate, then maybe.
“You’re supposed to say you know seven seasons of the show in your mind and you know exactly how it’s going to end — no.
Whenever I break these stories — and I had a great group of writers this year — part of the original discussion is drama and tragedy have a different structural identity.
I want to think what I want to think about the characters, where they end up and what happens with them and have the audience have those conversations with others over drinks.
I thought I had a beginning, a middle and an end — and I still feel like I very much have an end — it’s just that I’m finding more interesting paths along the way and more interesting things to do as we move toward more fascinating parts of the story.
Because our audience has been so devoted, and I think because we’ve hopefully smartly set up the contained areas where these future timelines live, you’re going to have a real sense of resolution and completion for this family.
Especially parentally, that’s where love gone wrong truly begins, that the love coming from a parent is not appropriate or twisted or not real, that is obviously one of the things that contributes to people’s future behavior.