Watchmen show boss breaks down in tears at The Good Place finale after easy-to-miss tribute
WATCHMEN'S show boss broke down in tears at The Good Place finale after an easy-to-miss tribute.
Damon Lindelof has close links to the NBC fantasy comedy series thanks to his friendships with executive producer Drew Goddard - who worked with him on Lost - and creator Mike Schur.
Mike had asked Damon's advice on how to tackle subjects including philosophy, humanity and mortality on the show considering his past experience with Lost, The Leftovers and most recently, Watchmen.
So when it came to the series finale last Thursday, Damon was in tears, telling Variety: "It ended beautifully. It was exquisite. I definitely cried.
"It was very elegant and understated. It didn’t feel manipulative, which I most certainly would have done.
"There would have been much more overtly teary goodbyes. And I loved how understated it was, and how much it trusted the audience.”
Damon was particularly touched by The Good Place's tribute to The Leftovers during the finale, after Maya Rudolph's character the Judge revealed she was binge-watching the show.
She also said she nearly destroyed two per cent of humanity after learning The Leftovers' Carrie Coon failed to get an Emmy for her role.
Damon said: "Obviously I was deeply and personally touched and surprised by The Leftovers shoutout.
“Especially for Carrie. But once I recovered from that… I’m still weeping over the ‘Parks and Recreation’ finale. Those guys are pretty good at it.”
The Leftovers aired from 2014 until 2017, which Damon created alongside Tom Perrotta.
Damon was a co-creator on Lost, which aired from 2004 until 2010, and he co-created Watchmen, which aired last year.
Fans are desperate for the superhero show to return for a second series, but Damon admitted he was in no rush to come back to it.
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He explained: "I understand that the culture writ large wants a firm answer.
"Is there going to be more, isn’t there going to be more. And unfortunately the answer is, ‘probably not.’ "I’ve been pretty consistent about that since we premiered the show at Comic-Con.”