Ultimately he made choices that hurt a lot of other people, that came back to hurt him. And for me, the betrayal of Gemma at the end of last season was the thing that broke him. Once she broke that connection, once she said okay, you’re too despicable for me and to the point where she betrayed him, then it really became the beginning of the end for him. What I tried to do this season was to let him have some sort of self‑awareness and remorse about the choices he’s made. That’s not unrealistic with the way these guys live. Clay begins this season where he’s looking at the end. He doesn’t think he has much time. And so there’s a part of him that’s really trying to clean up the wreckage and make things right before he goes out. It’s interesting to see a guy like that. I didn’t suddenly expect people to turn around and have compassion for this guy, though I think a lot of people were wondering, oh, yes, it’s all a plan. It’s all a play. He’s got something else up his sleeve because that’s who Clay is. I like the idea of a guy who is trying to make it right. He really does want to do the right thing by the club. He really does want to do the right thing by Gemma. And so, that by [the 10th episode] when you think okay, they’ve done everything they could to keep this guy alive and they’re going to keep him alive … when you have some sense that maybe you don’t hate Clay as much as you used to … that’s when we kill Clay. As a storyteller, it would have been too easy for me to put a bullet in his head when he’s just a scumbag. The more interesting arc was have him earn that peace. I think it will be more satisfying for people. Because as much as people say that want Clay dead, they don’t want Clay dead. They want to still see that relationship play out. They want to see it be complicated. They want to see how Gemma feels about betraying Clay. They want to see how Juice feels about betraying Clay. They want to see that play out even though in their gut, they know the guy should be dead. It would be very unsatisfying I think to have killed him already. Here’s a guy who’s lived by a certain code and done bad sh– but at least, you know, let him go out dying with some of the nobility.