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“But in that moment of peacemaking, she created a ripple effect to that saved everyone in the show.”Ĭourtesy of HB0 Max By choosing peace in that intance, Kirsten gets to see Jeevan. “Had she done something violent, there was a child army that would have done something more sinister,” Rhoades said. Recalling a line Kirsten says about having tried (and failed) to kill Tyler in the show’s second episode, Somerville said of Kirsten’s decision to let Haley go: “It’s all centered around this idea that ‘stabbing you didn’t work’ - it doesn’t work to stab people. And after a brief, half-hearted chase, she even smiles about it. And Haley, knowing its totemic importance to Tyler also, runs off with it -this sacred object. “That sometimes connection to a stranger is the thing that saves you.”Īs the show winds toward its conclusion, Kirsten has shown Haley (Kate Moyer), one of the affectless members of Tyler’s kid cult/army (or whatever they are), her copy of “Station Eleven,” the graphic novel that’s become her bible. “I think the most important thing to Kirsten’s arc was that she has learned that you can’t always fight - that you can’t always kill,” Rhoades said. He then took her in, along with his brother, Frank (Nabhaan Rizwan), and then sets off with her into the post-pandemic world after 80 days. The question of how they got separated is the spine of “Station Eleven.” She was a child (played by Matilda Lawler) when the Georgia flu killed most of the world’s population, and she survived only because Jeevan, a total stranger, decided to try to walk her home to safety. Kirsten has found community, art and love in her life - but it hasn’t been easy. Here, Somerville and Rhoades talked Variety through it.Ĭourtesy of HBO Max How Kirsten learns not to fight. The hug - hugs, plural, actually - turned out to be just one element of the final 10 minutes or so of “Station Eleven,” which was directed by Jeremy Podeswa.

“When we pitched the show, I actually pitched the show literally ending on that hug.” So yes, Somerville wanted to bring the hugs to “Station Eleven. I was always desperately trying to make people heal.” “On ‘Leftovers,’ I was always like, LAURIE HUGS HER DAUGHTER. “I’m a big sucker for hugs in TV,” Somerville said, mentioning one of his previous - and similarly wrenching - writing jobs. He knew he wanted the three worlds of the show - the Traveling Symphony the often-creepy cult of kids, led by the prophet Tyler (Daniel Zovatto) and the airport survivors, who’ve lived in relative luxury, and have even created a Museum of Civilization - all to come together at the airport.Īnd he also knew that he wanted Jeevan and Kirsten to share a hug, at long last.

He and the writers’ room had sketched out Episode 10, the finale of the limited series, titled “Unbroken Circle,” but the last few episodes weren’t written. “Station Eleven” happened to be on a break in March 2020 when COVID hit, and by the time production started up again in February 2021, the world had changed. So when it came time to write the final episode - in which long-lost loved ones would once again come together, finally reuniting Kirsten (Mackenzie Davis) and Jeevan (Himesh Patel) - Somerville felt a lot of pressure.