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This concept that the characters are going on, but the fact that he got a call to another, you got to go. In a very general sense of a happy ending, but this sense that it's not an ending. What was the most satisfying thing for you guys to wrap up and be able to give the fans in this final episode? And so, Chris was right that the luxury of knowing that we were coming to an end - although it had to focus on the things that we thought that we cared about and we thought that the fans would care about and establish stories for them that would continue on after the show was over.
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We took those things that ultimately were in those last several episodes and we expanded those, we turned out some other stuff. And we ended up leaning into the personal stories and the wedding and the Connor story and dropping some of the procedural elements. What we did at that point was Chris and I had conversations with each other and the writers about what we thought - based on the plans we had made - was going to be the most satisfying conclusion to the show. Nash: Because we had already broken at the time that they told us that the show wouldn't be returning for season 8, we ostensibly already mapped out what the season was going to be. How did you navigate trying to tie up nearly a decade of loose ends with the amount of episodes that you had left? But we were so in the midst of making the show under these very strange circumstances that I personally didn't spend a lot of time thinking about it. When you're 150-plus episodes into something, there's always the possibility that you will reach the end of that very long run. And I was genuinely surprised and saddened when the network said that the show wouldn't be returning for season 8. Chris and I, and so many other people put so much energy into coming back and getting people back to work and getting them back to work safely, that I can honestly say that I did not. I was so pleased with the fact that we went to work and that we were making such good television, that I didn't really give a ton of thought to what the show's prospects were. Jan Nash: It was such a strange start to the end of the last season with us having our season cut short because of COVID, and then starting this year. Oftentimes find out once you've finished your season.
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But there's also always that sort of optimistic plan of coming up with a season that would have a satisfying ending, if it were the season finale, or even if it was the series finale because oftentimes you don't have the gift that we got which was advance notice that, it wasn't as much advance notice but it was more than a lot of shows got and certainly other shows I've been on that have ended their run. ET: When you started out the season and started mapping out the season, was there any indication that this could be the end?Ĭhris Silber: There's always that thought in the back of your mind, the later the seasons go, that the deeper into a run that you get to.