Season finale spoilers below.
We may not have all the answers, but the second season finale ofMr.
Robotshed some harsh light on the underlying mysteries of the USA series polarizing sophomore year.
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The FBI knew more than they were willing to admit, python-style.
Something pretty major happened to Angela during those 28 minutes with White Rose.
But first, he had a question of his own.
SAM ESMAIL:Let me ask you a question before you get going asking me questions.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Yeah, sure.
That said, as reluctantly as I am to admit it, I thought Wellick was going to disappear.
You got me, and I hate that.
Well, I love to hear it.
People always say that: Did I fool you?
That, to me, was never the goal, to surprise people.
I just like to people to enjoy.
When was the concept of what Stage Two would be brought up in the writers room?
Was that discussed hand-in-hand with how season 1 ended?
That was something that was worked out in my head when I was just thinking about the feature.
It was intentionally in that feature stage.
That would be the executional plan for the season 2 arc.
The way we kind of went about it in the second season was very, very roundabout.
We thought that was the most authentic and organic next step to Elliots journey anyway.
After the big realization, hes not just going to ignore that and continue on with the plot.
Thats how it all folded up with the structure that we came up with for the second season.
If you look at the season as a whole and what was accomplished by Mr. For me, that wasnt interesting.
Then hed dismiss them and move up another level.
Then thered be a new bad.Sopranosdid something kind of similar.
To me, they executed that on the highest level you could, and it paid off in dividends.
Thats when we found this indirect route to essentially accomplishing the same thing.
Tyrell came back into the picture last week, long after we expected him.
What was the conversation like when deciding at which point he reenters?
The decision to keep him out of the season had a lot to do with Elliot.
He made this damning realization about himself at the end of the first season.
Okay, now lets move on and get to the plot felt completely disingenuous.
Season 2, arguably, has a bigger cliffhanger than season 1.
What do you think are the big questions fans are going to be asking heading into season 3?
I think the one big one will be What happened to Angela?
Has she really been flipped?
Or is she now playing some other motivation?
And I think thats great.
It feels like shes always playing both sides.
I think thats going to be a big question.
Obviously, Leon and the coda and what will become of our affable heroes, Mobley and Trenton.
Sometimes theyre questions I didnt even think we were asking.
Is that a thread that still needs to be explored?
Why does she care so much about it?
Also, what did she tell Angela to convince her of that?
Obviously and Ill say this right now, on the record those questions will be answered in due time.
Not every episode can answer every question, but those are the big, overarching mysteries of the show.
The White Rose and plant of it all is something that harkens back to the beginning of the series.
I think it will always be looming throughout the series and as we go into the next season.
Weve previously talked about how the production schedule had been shaped to allow you to direct every episode.
How do you think that went, and how will it affect production going forward?
Creatively, I think we accomplished everything we set out to do and then some.
This is an extremely layered show, and so it would get complicated very quickly.
On that level, aces.
On a personal level, I really need to get some sleep.
