The Roy family saga has been one stacked with rug-pulls and reversals, but there weren’t many of us expecting the one showrunner Jesse Armstrong dropped in an interview with thewhich begins airing in a month’s time will be the last.
“Or we could go on for ages and turn the show into something rather different, and be a more rangy, freewheeling kind of fun show, where there would be good weeks and bad weeks. Or we could do something a bit more muscular and complete, and go out sort of strong. And that was definitely always my preference.”A lot of fans have reacted with absolute horror.
“I have caveated the end of the show, when I’ve talked to some of my collaborators, like: Maybe there’s another part of this world we could come back to, if there was an appetite? Maybe there’s something else that could be done, that harnessed what’s been good about the way we’ve worked on this.”