“Everyone’s going to be crying in the final episode of the series,” Elizabeth Tulloch warns.
“I did.”
“That would’ve been a hell of a way to leave the series.
Michael Bishop, Inde Navarrette, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Elizabeth Tulloch, Alex Garfin, ‘Superman & Lois’.Shane Harvey/The CW
“That would be awful for the fans and for us, not having any closure.”
ThankfullySuperman & Loispulled off an epic save that would make the Man of Steel himself proud.
“We tested fate there, the way we ended season 3,” showrunner Todd Helbing tells EW.
Tayler Buck and Wolé Parks, ‘Superman & Lois’.Colin Bentley/The CW
“So we’re really relieved that it all worked out.”
“And that means a lot for us.”
“It’s epic,” Tulloch says.
Dylan Walsh, ‘Superman & Lois’.Colin Bentley/The CW
She really needs to step up and be the strong one for her family, which she does.”
As for what that means for the man behind Superman?
“I may have snoozed through a rehearsal or a blocking at one point.
Erik Valdez and Sofia Hasmik, ‘Superman & Lois’.Colin Bentley/The CW
[But] I definitely am still part of the show, obviously.
“There are flashbacks, there are also other elements,” he says.
“So I feel like people can read between the lines there and put it together… “It all worked out oddly in a really nice way,” Helbing says.
“It’s just sad that it had to be the last season.”
“We thought it would be impactful, emotional, surprising,” he adds.
“So I’m excited to see what people think.”
And in classic Superman fashion, the situation appeared dire before it all worked out.
“Unfortunately, with the state of the business, we had to do it,” Helbing says.
“It also afforded us [the opportunity] wrap all these storylines up in a really satisfactory way.
“Somehow we may have actually pulled off our strongest season of the series,” Hoechlin says.
“And that’s saying a lot with some of the limitations that we had put on us.”
“There’s a lot of fun characters that pop in.”
“It is not something you’ve seen before,” Fletcher confirms.
“I wish we could have had this character for 18 seasons.
It was fun.”
“If we tease them, we’ll spoil it,” Helbing says with a laugh.
“But I’ll say we have a couple that we think are fantastic.”
“When it ends and the credits come up, they’re going to be surprised.”
“I think they’ve done a beautiful job of saying something poignant,” he adds.
“I did.”
