But there is some relief attached, sometimes, to someone who just is not able to hold on to life - whether somebody is very sick or someone can’t do what they want to do or life is just too hard. We have this relationship, but there’s only so much control we have over them and we have to be hopeful. I recognize the certain helplessness I experience, even just in my own kids’ very fine, productive lives. I don’t think for the sake of being provocative, but rather to shine a light on uncomfortable stuff, sometimes that makes us want to think a little bit differently about things that have everything to do with being alive in the world today. GORDON: As the show tends to do, and is I think at its best, it really provokes in a way. How did you ultimately decide to go the route of the family deciding that it was more humane not to save him, though?
it probably had nothing to do with it airing last.ĭEADLINE: The episode feels very personal, so thank you for sharing that connection. I decided to do it when a friend of mine’s son passed away exactly this time last year from a long addiction issue…it punctuates the season, in a very personal way, but nobody else would know that. For me, it was really special too, because it was a very personal episode. But no, there was really no great thought. So maybe there was some kind of thematic symmetry to that. But in a strange way, this book-ended two stories about their sons.
So I think it’s funny because I was thinking about the symmetry of the series, which again, had a really diverse mix. But this is the order the network went with. HOWARD GORDON: Well, I wish I had a better answer. Gordon broke down the episode with Deadline and explained the personal connections he has to the Season 1 closer in the interview below.ĭEADLINE: So I want to start by asking about the inspiration for this story, and why it was chosen to punctuate the season? So in a way, this is like one last act of being there, of action that he can actually do for the sake of his family. “Some of the raw moments in the episode, we learned he wasn’t always there. “What I liked about the idea of doing an old rock star versus just you know, Johnny lunch pail kind of father is that he’s a bit of a narcissist.
When he receives a sentence of four years, the judge recognizes that that may be a life sentence for him.
#Season finale trial
Now, Billy is on trial for preventing his wife from saving his son’s life. When the paramedics arrive and see the needle, Billy takes the fall, telling authorities that he’s the one who stopped his wife from administering the life-saving medication. The confrontation leads their son to another relapse and, as Billy tries to save him with an injection of naloxone, his wife stops him. They eventually make the difficult decision to tell their son he can no longer live with them until he’s sober, and they ask him to sign over custody of his daughter while he tries to get clean. Throughout the episode, Billy and his wife watch their son go through periods of sobriety followed by traumatizing relapses. Tuesday’s season finale stars Keith Carradine as Billy, who, in addition to working on what may be his final album as he battles cancer, is also struggling to keep his son alive. LA Screenings: How The Writers Strike Is Impacting This Year's Event
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