“We have to s ourselves to death.”
How did you arrive at this ending, and why did it feel right for the show?
So for the last couple years we had sort of a landmark of where we were headed.
This is a slightly modified version of what we thought the ending was going to be.
Not what they say they wantDinesh says he wants a billion dollarsbut is that really what he wants?
It got interesting with characters like Gavin Belson.
He should end up losing."
That’s where we landed with this idea of doing the documentary.
You mention trying to see what each character earned or deserved.
Was there one future that was the hardest to nail down?
It’s a stupid thing to say, but you just listen to the characters.
We knew that Big Head was going to keep failing up.
Was there one specific piece of information that you loved but you just could never get it in?
Are some things even too dark for Jared?
The evolution of Jared was a great tennis match between the writers and the actor.
Most of them were these little insights into the horrors that he had seen.
Even in his fantasy he’s not Robin, he’s the servant.
He’s just the most aggressively beta of any character.
Was that a long time in the making?
Yeah, he’s a fan of the show, which is awesome and very gratifying.
We flew up and grabbed some stuff and he was great.
Was there anyone from the tech world that you just couldn’t make happen?
Marc Andreessen is a guy who has been a friend of the show since season 1.
So he’s a guy who we kept trying to figure something out with and it never worked out.
We were dancing around Mark Zuckerberg for a little bit.
Oddly, people who run gazillion-dollar businesses are busy.
Was there ever talk of actually bringing him back,despite how his exit went down?
No… [Laughs] No, there never was.
But I like that people think he was going to pop up.
The episodeand seriesends with a cliffhanger of sorts as Richard is unable to find the thumb drive.
What did you like about going in that direction?
It just seemed like a funny place to end.
