If youve been keeping a close eye all season long on Bravos exhilarating new showImposters, congratulations!
All that detective work just came crashing down.
EW got to the bottom of theImpostersfinale with the two people in the best position to unpack it all.
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The hardest thing was outlining it, and then writing it was a dream.
It was a very ambitious episode for us, and our most action-y episode.
When you say you knew where you were going, what do you mean?
We knew we wanted to end with the three of them pulling away on a bus together.
We had that when we pitched season 1 of the show to Bravo.
Getting everybody into those positions was a different matter.
Its changing who they are and how they think about themselvesespecially Ezra.
I find it interesting that the Bumblers remark how they think theyre free.
Ezra literally has an FBI dossier about him.
I think Ezra feels like, Well, the FBIs going to blame Maddie for this.
Theyre going to think Maddie stole the ring.
Shes going to be the priority.
So I dont think he necessarily feels like the heat is on.
Although that might dawn on him in the future, if there is a future.
BROOKS:I think maybe theyre a little bit in denial about what theyve gotten themselves into.
If there is no season 2, is this a satisfying finale?
I dont know if itd be a satisfying series ender.
If there is a season 2, thats exactly what well start with.
Their lives have been blown up.
Theyre left with one another.
What do they do?
What happens when that paranoia creeps in?
And that goes across the board.
Its true of Max, its true of Patrick, and its true of Maddie.
How close is Patrick going to get to Maddie again?
How close is Lenny going to get to the Bumblers?
All those things are sort of implied in the last minutes of the season.
What was the actual probability that Maddie was ever going to get on that bus?
Or like, zero percent?ADELSTEIN:There are two mitigating factors.
And I think thats something that we want the audience to have to argue amongst themselves about.
BROOKS:And its something that we debated over the entire writers room.
I was surprised there was no bloodshed, especially given what happened to Gary earlier.
Im not sure when we abandoned that, Adam.
BROOKS:I cant even remember.
ADELSTEIN:I dont know when that went away.
But yes, there was the potential for some violence.
What are the repercussions for the FBI here for this botched mission?
And then theres the problem of the Doctor.
What should we be asking ourselves about the mythology of the Doctor?
What his reach is?
How many operations he has?
Thats very well put.
Is it only Lenny Cohen?
Are there some other Lenny Cohens out there that do the Doctors dirty work for him?
And does he have other operations out there, and will they be compromised, too?
Its been going on for years.
So we had this thing, and she said, Oh my God, its so fantastic.
I would love to do a character arc in season 2.
And I was like, you could do a character arc in season 1.
We have this character who would be perfect for you.
And we had an amazing time doing it with her.
Let me ask about Maddie and Ezra.
Two questions: One, are they the couple that were supposed to consider the most genuine for Maddie?
Was she really in love with Ezra?
I dont think she even knows where it starts.
I think there is a connection between them, and its shifting given whats happened.
ADELSTEIN:And to answer your question about the church… we dont want to answer.
[Laughs] I think they were there to provide a distraction for Patrick and piss him off.
Whether they were supposed to make out or not, well leave that to the audiences imagination.
BROOKS:But even if they were supposed to make out,howwere they making out?
Because, for instance, the Patrick reveal, everyone knew that going in.
Everyone?BROOKS:People on the crew didnt.
And they were freaking out.
Thats got to be the single biggest one, I think.
And even when we told the actors, I think that was the biggest single reaction.
And the fact that Gary Heller gets killed.
Theyve got to want to know what happens next.
This chapter of it has obviously come to a close.
BROOKS:And there is, for the three of them, a version of mission accomplished.
