'UnREAL' showrunner breaks down the finale and the show's move to Hulu
(Warning: This article contains spoilers about the series finale of "UnREAL.")
You could say "UnREAL" brought the heat with its series finale Monday.
The cult drama, a dark look at the underbelly of reality-dating competitions, started things off with a bang Monday when it was announced the series would move from Lifetime to Hulu for its fourth and final season, with all eight episodes available to stream that same morning.
The fourth season, which stars Constance Zimmer and Shiri Appleby as cutthroat reality TV producers, saw "Everlasting," the reality show-within-the-show, tackle an "All-Stars" season featuring former contestants and a new format. It also featured a sexual-assault storyline inspired by the recent "Bachelor in Paradise" scandal.
Along the way, Rachel (Appleby) leaned fully into her manipulative ways, while Quinn (Zimmer) grappled with possible motherhood and the question of what comes next.
Once the series reached its closing minutes, Rachel and Quinn's friendship was renewed just as "Everlasting," which had already imploded on national television, saw its mansion engulfed in flames.
The Times spoke to showrunner Stacy Rukeyser about the fiery ending, the evolution of Rachel and Quinn (apart and together) and the show's move to Hulu.
Q: What did you set out to get the audience thinking about this season?
A: This season was always conceived as a Frankenstein story in the sense that Quinn has created a
