Created by Patrick Sean Smith, Greek premiered on ABC Household in July 2007, and ran for 4 seasons till March 2011. The collection targeted on sororities and fraternities on the fictional campus of Cyprus-Rhodes College and starred Spencer Grammer, Scott Michael Foster, Jake McDorman and Jacob Zachar.
After the present went off the air, its creator sat down with Leisure Weekly to debate the finale and the potential for a derivative. He admitted that whereas followers had been unhappy to see the present go, he thought it might finish before it did.
“To offer somewhat backstory, we type of got here into the fourth season with a present,” Smith informed EW. “All of us thought that we had been completed on the finish of the third season. So after I was writing the spring break episode, ‘All Youngsters Develop Up,’ I type of thought we had been completed. We truly shot a series-ending flash-forward scene within the occasion that we had been completed and we additionally had the season-ender. Fortuitously, our scores went up within the third season, and other people type of rallied for the present, so we by no means needed to present that. We type of went into this subsequent 10 [episodes] saying, ‘It is a reward. Now we have these subsequent 10 episodes to wrap it up versus simply attempting to do all of it in a flash-forward.’ I used to be attempting to determine it out, what actually is the center of the present. There have been so many recollections and moments and feelings that had gone on by the home.”
The present’s ending left issues open for a possible spinoff collection, however Smith stated that wasn’t intentional. His purpose was merely to permit the characters to stay on for followers. Potential to proceed their tales in one other collection was merely an added bonus.
“When it seemed like we had been completed on the finish of the third season, I clearly was very emotional, nearly how a lot I really like the present, and the way a lot I really like working with everyone,” he stated. “However the factor I used to be lacking the deepest for me personally and selfishly was the characters. I by no means wished to finish the collection with ‘It’s completed,’ ultimate nail within the coffin. It’s most likely somewhat open-ended in my thoughts simply so the characters can stay on in my creativeness. And may there be a derivative, so be it!”
Freeform introduced plans to debut Greek: The Reunion in 2016. The 2-hour movie would have gathered collectively the forged for his or her five-year reunion, in response to TVLine. The community determined to not transfer ahead with the movie, nonetheless.
Discussing the community’s determination in June 2017, Smith informed TVLine he was “upset.”
The showrunner stated, “I delivered a script to Freeform in February that they appeared to like sufficient to need to transfer ahead. We reached out to the forged. Then Freeform informed me they didn’t have the cash to make it this yr … perhaps we will subsequent yr. … So, I’m clearly upset however grateful for the time I received to spend with these characters once more. I’m sorry I can’t share that work with the followers.”
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