COLLIDER: What fueled the decision to take the show to Metropolis this season?
Was it needing a change of scenery, shaking up the characters?
It seemed like setting it in Metropolis would be fun.
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Supermans there keeping an eye on things and all that, so that might be interesting.
That’s where it came from.
Why did it feel like a good time to finally dive into her?
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It’s a heartbreaking story, too.
LOREY: I had always wanted to do the Ivy origin story.
So, we thought that that would be kind of fun.
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Also, it just felt like you did want to know more about Ivy.
So, that was a big part of it.
LOREY: It was hugely important.
But it wasn’t meant to be like, Oh my god, they’re going to break up!
We never wanted that.
We also love the fact that the two of them have a very healthy sex life.
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They still love each other very much.
It’s not that.
It’s just that sometimes you fall into complacency.
It wasn’t meant to be dire.
That’s partially where all that came from.
We just go and tell the story of one person throughout the whole episode.
Freeze in Season 1, where he was sort of a tragic villain.
Like, why would he want to make everything in the universe perfect?
What would lead to someone wanting to do that?
And so, in doing that, it allows him to make peace with his past.
What’s the definition of perfect?
Because it’s completely subjective, really.
So, we tried to figure that out.
DC’s original power couple is still one of its best.
LOREY: The season ended up being really stuffed.
So, this is how we chose to do it.
By the way, this has happened in every season of all of these shows.
So,it all got put into this episode, which started as a completely different episode.
It was originally going to be about a prom with the Teen Titans.
My concern with that was that it didn’t involve our main characters a lot.
Jamiesen Borak wrote this.
He’s been a great writer for us, and he did a great job on this.
But like all these episodes, it went through a million permutations.
Did you know you wanted that full-circle moment of having both Frank’s birth and death?
That seemed like it was going to be kind of fun.
Ivy basically has to step into the role of a mom, and not just because Frankette is part-her.
What we really wanted to get to was that moment in Episode 10 where they’re going to die.
Was that something you were thinking about at all?
Are you interested in doing another season if the stars align?
So, I hope we’ll have some exciting news soon.
LOREY: Well, I hope we stop one season before the wheels fall off.
There’s no overall plan.
Butwe do have a pretty wonderful idea for what Season 6 would beif we get so lucky.
We’re excited to continue.
I know there’s a desire to aggressively pursue making the season.
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