It’s something we played with for a lot of the season. We wanted them to have a real legitimate go at a relationship, but the fate of it was something that was up in the air from one episode to the next. I think we wanted to play the story of that relationship organically and see where it went. As Cameron says, it did work for a while, and they both acknowledge that. They will be connected forever. But we wanted it to conclude in a healthy way, and not be as pyrotechnic as things between them have been in the past. It shows that these characters are growing and changing.
TVLINE | As much as it hurt to see them go their separate ways, I was amazed at how long they lasted, considering all of the obstacles thrown their way.
TVLINE | Talk me through the sequence of events Joe goes through after closing the doors to Comet. The trip to the fortune teller, the return of Dale Butler, the near-car accident harkening back to Joe’s entrance in the pilot … there’s a lot going on there. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ‘s Carol Kane] because we saw a guy who was so convinced he knew the future in the pilot [and] we thought it would be great to see him really grasping at straws by the very end. Joe killed an armadillo in the pilot and really didn’t give a s–t, and in the series finale, he’s almost the armadillo. With Dale, what we liked was we could show that time tempers all people, and no one really stays the same. Dale is no longer this flinty a–hole that we met in the pilot, and neither is Joe. I think it was also good to have IBM creep up and have Joe feel like he’s being boxed in by fate to retread.
TVLINE | Of course, Joe doesn’t retread, but instead becomes a humanities teacher. Was this to signify that he’s not only reached a point where he’s capable of making real human connections, but that it’s a skill he can now pass on to others?
TVLINE | We get a glimpse of Joe’s office, and there are pictures of Gordon, Cameron and Haley on his desk. Safe to say his makeshift family is still going to remain a part of his life?
TVLINE | Halt and Catch Fire became this wonderfully feminist show the more it became about Cameron and Donna, and eventually Haley and Joanie. Was Donna’s speech in the final hour a reflection on that development?
TVLINE | What was the significance of Donna and Cameron envisioning the rise and fall of hypothetical company Phoenix? Was that them realizing that they’ll never be able to recreate exactly what they had with Mutiny? could go, they have a new foundation to stand on, as opposed to where they were before that. That to us was important to the evolution of Donna and Cameron’s relationship.
TVLINE | In the end, Donna approaches Cameron with a new idea. It’s never revealed to the audience, but will presumably find them working together again in some capacity. Did you consider revealing what Donna had in mind?
TVLINE | Not only did Bosworth get a clean bill of health, but he was told he’s going to live well into the 21st Century. Who woulda thought?!
TVLINE | When breaking this final run, did you ever entertain the idea of seeing where these characters wound up in present day? Laughs ]
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