This post contains details from the series finale ofNBCsLa Brea.
La Breahas officially come to an end.
He also teased the idea of potential spinoffs and other ways hed be excited to expand the story.
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DEADLINE: Six episodes isnt a very long runway to land this plane.
The show begins with them being separated.
So that was always a landmark that we wanted to reach.
We didnt know that before the season began.
So the first task was like, where do we want to end all the characters?
And then backfilling them all from there.
So it was a great to be able to know that.
APPELBAUM:The other ones were more of an evolution as we went along.
We wanted to give him a happy ending with her.
We didnt know all of them from the very beginning.
So having that guiding light was really important.
These shows go through a lot of iterations.
Were not doing it in a vacuum.
Weve lots of feedback from online grid executives and senior executives and producers and actors.
You take it all into account as youre crafting the story.
So things shift and change a lot as you go.
DEADLINE: Did the actors have any strong opinions on where their characters ended up?
APPELBAUM:Not really.
I mean, the actors were great.
And theyll definitely give ideas, like, Id like to do this this season.
Or, I feel like my character wants to be a little bit more humorous in certain moments.
Well take that into account.
But theyre not in the writers room.
So theyre not involved in the story breaking process.
How did you add in the dinos without making them too much of a distraction?
But its the balancing act of, when do you bring certain things in?
one of the inspirations for the show was definitelyJurassic Parkand Steven Spielberg.
I always thought that I would like to bring dinosaurs into the world at some point.
Weve got giant ground sloths and sabertooth tigers and woolly mammoths and things like that.
And so, dinosaurs fit into the that world of crazy animals that you might encounter.
DEADLINE: Tell me what it looks like in the writers room when youre plotting out the show.
Do you have timelines laid out to track where everyone is?
APPELBAUM:Lots of whiteboards.
We had whiteboards for all the characters and mapping out what they were doing in each episode.
And also another whiteboard mapping out all the serialized plot moves in each episode.
And then another whiteboard for the whatever episode were working on at the time and the beats of that.
So youre definitely balancing a lot.
Its a lot to keep track of.
DEADLINE: There were many foiled plans to get home throughout the series.
In Season 2 we had the building, and then we had Moores portal at the end.
So a lot of the ideas were based around, how do we make that difference?
You want to venture to be creative, but also venture to hold true to what the show is.
So thats what the audience is coming for.
Its just trying to find different spins on that.
DEADLINE: What is one of the things about the series youre most proud of?
APPELBAUM:The last 10 minutes of the finale is one of the things that Im most proud of.
I feel like it packs a real emotional punch.
I watched it many times and got emotional almost every time I watched it.
So I think that our goal…its a thrill ride.
We want it to be fun, but we also want to make the audience feel and care.
And I think thats really most encapsulated in the final 10 minutes of the show.
DEADLINE: Have you thought about any ideas to expand the story, if given the opportunity?
APPELBAUM:I do have ideas.
Its something that I have thought about as the show was going along.
So its always been something in my mind.
But I would like to explore new characters and new dynamics.
