Reaper's Producers Preview a "Huge" Finale

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue May 13, 2008 6:01 PM EDT

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It's been a trying season for the CW's Reaper (Tuesdays at 8pm/ET). But even after a crippling writers' strike and disappointing ratings, this supernatural tale of a boy and his Devil returned post-strike with its strongest episodes yet. Though the show just got picked up for a second season, two of the show's executive producers, Tara Butters and Tom Spezialy, got on the horn with us to gab about the show's mind-blowing May 20 season finale. Readers be warned: Some content may be considered spoiler-worthy.

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vacelts

I'm more excited about this finale after reading this interview. I think that I was a bit leery of getting to attached to this show until I learned that it finally got reviewed.

TVGuide.com: Well, fans have long debated whether Sam is the Devil's son. When we asked Ray Wise about it, he just said, "I think that's a swell theory." Spezialy: [Laughs] He's a bit of a Devil off-screen too.

I am one of those fans who think that Sam is the Devil's spawn and here is my reasoning.

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#1 - Tue May 13, 2008 6:13 PM EDT

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I'm glad to see that it got picked up for a second season - hope they can fine tune it for a more solid future.

I think they would do well to study Buffy and Angel, maybe even hire one or two of their writers to adjust the tone (although have to be careful to emulate the tone but not become a cheap copy)

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#1.1 - Tue May 13, 2008 6:52 PM EDT

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vacelts

To be fair I don't think the series really got a chance to get rolling before the strike hit. The last few episodes seem to really be playing to an overall arc.

I look forward to see what they can come up with next year. I was surprise to learn that one of the producers used to work on X-Files.

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#1.2 - Tue May 13, 2008 6:58 PM EDT

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