Still, the death of Max (Nathan Dean Parsons) (!!!)
undoubtedly came as a devastating blow to many fans.
Things were going so well!
He and Liz (Jeanine Mason) finally… ya know, did the magic-alien-handprint thing again!
Ugh, theres no getting around it it was a truly heartbreaking crash-landing of a finale.
Do you anticipate the reaction when youre writing this?
I never intended to make people feel satisfied by the end of this one.
But, but, but Max is definitely dead, right?
Noah called him the savior that doesnt mean therell be a resurrection to come?
The problem is, hes the guy that can resurrect people, and hes gone now.
Weve still got a lot to learn about Max.
We still have more story to tell with Max, but thats all I can say.
He was feeling a little bit like he had charged up and taken down the villain.
At the beginning of the story, we meet Max having made all these rules about not being extraordinary.
He feels that, and its all hes wanted for 10 years.
Can you talk a little about shooting that scene where Liz finds his body?
How impressed were you with Jeanines acting?It was a tough day.
It was one of the first scenes we shot for the finale.
We gave Jeanine her space.
She was like, No, I dont think so.
And I was like, Can we just pad his shirt just in case someone gets injured?
And she did end up hitting him; she wasreallyin the moment.
She did a beautiful job.
Jeanine hasnt let us down a single time this season.
We feel so lucky to have her.
I shouldve known better?
The cover (by Daniel Blake) was done specifically for us.
Okay, Ill deal with Maxs death in my own time, I guess.
Lets cut back to the beginning of the episode and talk about the tense scene between Michael and Max.
Vlamis acting was so great in that scene.Hes phenomenal.
Vlamis is a really interesting actor in that hes really in it.
Vlamis stays in his zone, and so its sometimes a little heartbreaking to watch him go through that.
They really play off of each other so well we wanted it to feel like brother versus brother.
Speaking of boys, where do Michael and Alex [Tyler Blackburn] go from here?
Things with Alex are extremely fraught; hes tied to a lot of pain in Michaels life.
Hopefully we get to dig a lot more into Alexs family next season if we get it.
Marias another character youve mentioned wanting to explore more thoroughly.
My intention is put her at the center of the mythology and the plot next season.
I dont want to tell this story of grief and victimhood in only one way.
Isobel is really going to have to step up.
We get together to watch it a lot.
Michael Vlamis has viewing parties all the time.
Its been really fun to watch everyone watch themselves.
I like that people who watched the original warmed up to our show by the end.
As far as shooting it, it was tough.
I guess my favorite part of shooting it was being done shooting it.
