The story of Jane Doe is over.
In its final hour,Blindspotleft fans with one last puzzle.
Catching up with them sometime later, they all come together for a family dinner.
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Does Jane die or is she sitting at that large table with the family their team built?
We spoke toBlindspotcreatorMartin Geroabout pulling off the cameo-filled finale, how Jane’s story ended, and more.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How long have you had this ending in mind?
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When we got the official go-ahead that we were going to let us finish the series.
We were bringing back over 100 guest stars for this finale, guest stars that work a lot.
Just coordinating everyone’s schedule in a way that made sense was difficult.
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It meant a lot of flying back and forth to New York for me, but it was incredible.
What was amazing is everyone said yes.
There are actors from all hundred episodesevery previous episode has some representative in the hallucinations at some point.
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What should viewers take away from the final moments with Jane?
It’s up to the viewer to decide.
People have really firm reactions either way.
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It’s kind of like a Rorschach test for what you need out of the ending.
If you were to do a deep dive, it would be very clear what our intent was.
But that’s not the point.
This finale, in many ways, is us trying to do everything that we wanted in the finale.
To have our cake and eat it, too, a little bit.
So, this allows us for both a happy and sad ending, depending on you.
What was going back to Times Square like?
It was totally surreal.
It was also the most stress I’ve ever felt in my life, maybe making the show.
There’s not a lot of dialogue, there’s not a lot of scene work.
Times Square is empty for a bit, and she comes out of the bag.
It’s gorgeous, but we shot it over six hours.
Whereas this time it’s a whole act of television.
There are no visual effects in the scene, we closed it down for real.
What was the cast’s reactions to the ending?
Everyone is really emotional about it, and, as designed, everyone had a totally different take.
They all thought that their take was right too, which was great.
There’s a version of the story where after the team stops Ivy, they get their jobs back.
Why terminate the FBI chapter of the entire team’s lives?
This is the ending of the show, and we didn’t want adventures to continue without the audience.
They were known worldwide terrorists for a while.
Oh my God, it’d be the greatest.
I’d sure as f— watch Zapata P.I.
Everybody involved needs a littleBlindspotbreak.
You had a cameo in the finale!
How did that come about, and what was that like for you?
It was really fun.
It was a very last-minute thing.
What do you want viewers to take away from the finale?
Everything else has been such a joyous experience in many ways for us.
Anything you’d like to add?
What’s incredible about doing this volume of television is we’ve said it all.
I’m just so thankful to the fans that we got to sew it up.
I will say one more thing.
I have said this before, but I would like it out there.
What we’re going to miss more than anything is working with our crew.
Our crew was phenomenal and has been with us for the most part for all 99 episodes.
Blindspotis over, but you’re bringing a new show to NBC.
What can you share about your new show Connecting?
Also, there was a lot to process.
It could be comfort food and also help people process what the hell’s going on.
We’re shooting it entirely in self-isolation.
The actors are filming it at their homes with our guidance, of course.
