TVLINE | I feel like showrunners have two choices now: Either they work behind the scenes to make their last episode feel like a finale, or they just pause where they are and plan to continue the action next season. SHAPIRO | Almost by accident, Episode 19 is a really good place to stop if we couldn’t make it to the very very end. Now, our characters just have to resolve everything.

All the mysteries of what happened this season - where the Darklighter came from, how he was released, who’s behind the Faction - are answered. KRUGER | At least we feel good that by the end of Episode 19, all the questions have been answered. We will have a chance to wrap up all of these stories as we intended. We’re going to shoot those episodes whenever we get back into production for Season 3. SHAPIRO | …and will be satisfying, just not this season. We had three fantastic scripts that I felt would be very satisfying…

The third act would have been about crescendoing, climaxing all of the stories and then wrapping them up. We think of Episode 19, which became our finale, as the end of the second act. KRUGER | Twenty-two episodes is an epic journey. TVLINE | From a creative standpoint, it must have been so frustrating to have to stop at this juncture, when you’re finally getting to what you’ve been building towards all season. It’s really beginning to sound like Celeste is right about Julian - that he’s the second coming of “The Conquerer,” an ancient being that tried to take magic for itself.īelow, showrunners Craig Shapiro and Liz Kruger talk us through some of the finale’s biggest moments, offering a hint as to what Season 3 might look like… someday. Learning that his sister was making progress, and that she might recover fully with more black amber, proved to be his tipping point. Meanwhile, Julian spent much of the finale pushing back against Vivienne, who insisted that he take advantage of his relationship with Macy to further their agenda. Supergirl Melissa Benoist Breaks Down Her Directorial Debut, From That Cameo to Kara and Lena's Painful Subtextīatwoman Promo: DC Villain Is Coming - See First Photos The Flash: Candice Patton Ponders Iris' Damage, Hints at 'Finale' Cliffhanger

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