The Big Bang Theory has finally been caught by the cancellation reaper, but what will the upcoming 12th and final season, not to mention the series finale, look like?
EP Steve Holland opened up on the ending of The Big Bang Theory with THR:
As you look toward a dwindling number of episodes that you have remaining, how are you approaching the end? Do you know what the series finale is? Have you talked about it?
We have always talked about it over the years and everyone has had thoughts but then it became much more concrete. And maybe about a week after the announcement of the show ending, Chuck [Lorre, the co-creator] came down and was like, “OK, I guess we should start thinking about where we want to land this thing.” We had a big, open discussion where people threw out ideas — and we’ve chatted about it more since then. On Thursday, [exec producer] Steve [Molaro], Chuck and I sat down and we talked about what we thought the last episode should be. We’re all really excited about the idea.
Without spoiling anything, what were those finale talks like?
We talked a lot about finales in general. Endings are always hard and I’m sure people have invested so many years in this show, you know, I’m sure there will be people who have very solid ideas of what they want the ending to be and they’ll be disappointed if it isn’t that. For us, you want to find a way to do something that feels right for these characters and satisfying and surprising and that’s not just fan service. We always think if we can find something that feels right to us then hopefully people will like it.
How much of the story will be closed-ended or is it more of a sense of life goes on for these characters?
I don’t want to say! [Laughing.] It is a tricky balance because there are stories we would have told this season whether it was the last season or not and there were some story arcs that we started, like Raj going to his father to arrange a marriage. Those were already in the works as things we were going to tell this season anyway. So it’s a question of how closed-ended we want that finale to be.
Cancelled with a final 12th season, The Big Bang Theory will conclude in 2019.
Will you miss The Big Bang Theory? Was it cancelled too soon, not soon enough or at just the right time? Will you continue watching spinoff series young Sheldon?
Maybe it is time but no young Sheldon for me
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It’s a shame Jim Parson’s wanted out of the show. Why did they have to cancel it? I think they should have given it a try without him. There are more stories to tell that don’t have to include him!
I’m with you, just write him out and continue with the rest of the cast.
I watched Young Sheldon, but didn’t care for it. When Big Bang is gone, so am I.