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As Janes true mission came to light, not everyone made it out ofBlindspots horrifically emotional penultimate episode alive.
And the whole thing was Janes idea!
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What wasnt Janes idea?
That Mayfair would end up dead as a result.
Mayfair escaped house arrest to track down those responsible for framing her and came face-to-face with Jane.
But before Mayfair could lash out against her, Oscar shot Mayfair in the back, and she died.
(EW was on set for Mayfairs bloody end and has an exclusive postmortem with Jean-Baptistehere.)
If thats true, then who is Jane Doe?!
We started to attempt to figure out, Well, what do we do with Mayfair?
How do you honor a character like that going forward into season 2?
Shes an extraordinary performer, and an all-around great person.
This felt like this could be a defining moment for the series, and felt important enough to do.
Talk about shooting Mayfairs death scene.
What was the atmosphere like on set?
Its always a little tense.
Its not a pleasant thing.
Its a really hard scene emotionally for the actors to do.
Its not a comfortable scene physically for anyone, because its all on the floor and theres blood tubes.
But it has been one of the privileges of my professional career to work with Marianne.
It was really important to me that we got that character right.
I cant imagine anyone [else] having done it.
Like Ive said before, we got our first choices for everyone on the show.
I thought she handled herself with such extraordinary grace, charm, and charisma throughout those final episodes.
When did you tell her that she was going to be getting killed off?
Thats never an easy conversation to have.
It feels like a breakup in some ways, because we had become such good friends.
Again, she couldnt have handled it better and totally understood.
The reality is, both Marianne and I are fans of shows that would do things like this.
So you understand in the making of it that that goes with the territory.
One of my best friends, Joe Dinicol, played David, Pattersons boyfriend.
I love Joe, but David needed to die for a lot of reasons.
You just have to remove yourself personally from some of those decisions sometimes.
Its difficult, but I cant say enough good things about her.
Shes going to be fine.
Mayfair was the boss and center of this team.
How will her death affect them?
Its going to affect each and every single one of the characters moving forward.
How far will Jane go to get justice for Mayfair?
Shes willing to go the distance.
Shes as horrified as we as viewers are.
Its a defining moment for her character, its a defining moment for the series.
For Jane, this really spins her around.
Mayfairs death proves Janes mission may not be good after all.
Does that make her question everything?
She certainly feels an emotional connection with Oscar.
He promised no one would get hurt.
Its all just a means to the end for them.
Thats just not going to sit well with her.
I dont think thats acceptable to her.
Mayfairs death comes during a season where several lesbian characters have been killed off the bury your gays trope.
It was built into the DNA of the show.
But I think its definitely a problem.
I think our industry needs to be better, I think we need to be better.
Im glad its a conversation that were having.
At the beginning of the episode, Oscar says this is just Phase 1 of their plans.
It was Mayfair specifically for her involvement in Daylight.
Youll get more information on that in the next episode.
On his deathbed, Wellers father says that he killed Taylor Shaw.
What does this mean?
And what lengths will Weller go to get to the truth?
The next episode is almost a purely character-based episode.
We dont have a tattoo case.
TheBlindspotfinale airs Monday at 10 p.m. Read our exclusive postmortem with Marianne Jean-Baptistehere, and follow@NatalieAbramsfor moreBlindspotscoop.
