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Blindspot just aired it series finale, so what’s next? Recently, creator Martin Gero spoke with Deadline about ending the NBC TV show and a possible spin-off.
The thriller centers on Jane Doe (Jaimie Alexander), an amnesiac who is found in Times Square covered in mysterious tattoos. FBI Agent Kurt Weller (Sullivan Stapleton) and his team work to decipher her intricate tattoos. Despite a web of conspiracy and corruption, they begin to uncover clues, as well as Jane’s identity. The cast also includes Rob Brown, Audrey Esparza, Ashley Johnson, Ennis Esmer, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
BLINDSPOT SERIES FINALE SPOILERS AHEAD!
Speaking to Deadline, Gero said he’s open to a Blindspot spin-off series:
I’d be super open to it. I mean, Audrey is part of the…she’s a star I think since the beginning, and if anyone wants to do a Zapata P.I. spinoff, they know where to find me. I’d love to do it.”
Later, Gero revealed they intentionally planned on ending Madeline’s (Mastrantonio) arc before the series finale:
No, I mean, for us, you know, Madeline –Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is, like, such a beast. She is such a dominant presence and power in the show and you know, had been a two-season bad guy. So, we really needed to give her a proper ending, and we felt like we wanted the last episode to be more focused on the team, and we couldn’t do that if we were trying to take down the main bad guy of the last two years. So, getting our big boss down earlier allowed us to have the space to have a celebration of, you know, this weird kind of look-back at Blindspot in this final episode.”
As for the ending, Gero says the creative team always wanted the NBCseries to return to Times Square:
Well, you know, there’s something beautiful. We did this graphic in the opening of the episode where it starts with, you know, 100, and the 100 turns around to 001. For us, we really love the roundness of storytelling, you know? Like, we liked that the beginning feels like the end, the end feels like the beginning. So, that image was always kind of in our minds, that there would probably be a body bag in Times Square — but it’s not the last image. It’s the penultimate image, right? It’s kind of a choose-your-own-adventure where the story ends. Does it end in the penultimate shot, or does it end in the final shot?”
What do you think? Are you a fan of Blindspot? Would you watch a spin-off series?
I absolutely loved this show! It was very different from things I normally choose to watch but caught my attention right from the very first advertisement! I am so sad to see it go!!! Beautiful, tough, mysterious complicated Jane and Zapata were my favorites! Patterson and Rich Dot com made it funny and interesting in a tech savvy kinda way! Kurt and Reed brought the sex appeal and masculinity needed to give it the romance and mystery it needed! Without All of them together it wouldn’t have worked as well as it did. I will definitely miss seeing this group… Read more »
Would love a spin off! Definitely would watch. I love the whole team so hope they could all be involved somehow. Especially Patterson!
Yes, I’d watch a spin-off!!
Breaks my heart that this seems to be going off. Yes indeed; I surely would be glued to a spinoff!
Yes I’d love to see a spinoff
This last season was one of there best was surprised. would be nice for a spin off I would watch it
I love the show. Sad to see it end.
Loved the series and this year was terrific. Want the series back or a spin-off. Characters were so entertaining
I would love if they did a spin off, I was so devasted to find out that this was the last season. It was the best show I had ever seen!! I love all the characters! So I am 100% on the spin off!!! Please!!!
I was sad that the series ended. I would absolutely Watch a spinoff. It could go on many directions.
I would absolutely watch a spinoff. I was sad that the series ended!!
Spin off please!! This was my favorite show! Loved everyone!!
This has been one of the two shows our family can’t wait to see, alongside “The Blacklist.” The writing is amazing, the characters all compelling and smart. The interaction between Patterson and Rich.com especially kept up entertained, but the whole cast was incredible. The series finale left us a bit melancholy thinking this was the last we would see of this ensemble. We were hoping that the series might even be picked up in syndication allowing us to see the team uniting again as maybe a Private Investigation firm or even as bounty hunters sent in behind the scenes to… Read more »
Yes please. I loved all of the characters and the whole story. Maybe Madeleine returning from death.
Spinoff please!!!!! I loved this show and am so sad to see it go. It was smart and the characters were so loveable. It was a show you could get invested in.