the biggest twist of all came in season two’s final moments as the woman leading the charge to find a cure, Dr. Scott (Rhona Mitra), was left wounded and fighting for her life in a hotel room after going down at the hands of a John Wilkes Booth wannabe.
The Hollywood Reporter spoke with showrunners Steve Kane and Hank Steinberg about the thought process behind that scene, as well as what’s to come in the show’s recently ordered third season.
The final scene feels like it was shot with a sense of purposeful ambiguity concerning Dr. Scott’s fate. Was that intentional?
Steven Kane: It was purposely ambiguous. … We like the idea of showing that the show’s not over, that there’s still threats out there. Otherwise, it felt like, “Well, I guess they got the cure. Why keep watching?” It’s part of the structure.
The Hollywood Reporter spoke with showrunners Steve Kane and Hank Steinberg about the thought process behind that scene, as well as what’s to come in the show’s recently ordered third season.
The final scene feels like it was shot with a sense of purposeful ambiguity concerning Dr. Scott’s fate. Was that intentional?
Steven Kane: It was purposely ambiguous. … We like the idea of showing that the show’s not over, that there’s still threats out there. Otherwise, it felt like, “Well, I guess they got the cure. Why keep watching?” It’s part of the structure.
