BK: There was always this question of how we were going to execute it. It seemed like it would be way more ambitious than the resources that we had, which is always a problem, but we loved Alex’s work from Documentary Now!, so we were very comfortable letting him come up with a style and a vision for it on our limited budget. We always knew that we wanted the sky to be weird, but I think that we had more ideas dealing with the laws of physics that we had to abandon. We compromised by making it a real internal thing about what’s going on in these character’s minds, but whenever they’re outside for it to be as visually interesting as possible.

Was that “Six Months Later” epilogue always included at the end and were there different futures that you had in mind for anyone?

BK: I think we really wanted everyone to end up in their respective happy places. A major drive for Josh this season is his journey to get home, whether that means abandoning all the things that he’s done and gone back to his old life, or something else. But whatever version of home that he’s trying to return to made for a good structure for the end. I mean, the way that we set up Wolf as this Batman-like figure was one of the most organic things of all.

AS: We kind of liked the idea that when we initially meet Josh in the first season he’s this blunt instrument and he discovers all of these incredible things that he can do because he’s from the worst timeline. Like anyone, your first instinct would be to use these advantages for your own selfish gain because you’ve been denied these things all your life, So it felt like a really natural place for Josh to end up as he does this helpless thing for the world. We looked at Tiger as this survivor who’s always been getting by off of her own ability to defeat any enemy and be this apex predator, so turning her into a shepherd felt like nice maturity for her. These all felt like emotionally satisfying endings for them and that those would mean more than the group staying together, even though we love that.

There are some really satisfying moments, like with the switched toes, where heavy callbacks from the show become major plot points for these final episodes. Did you want to really bring things full circle with these final episodes?