When crafting the final episode of
Suburgatory's first season, showrunner
Emily Kapnek had one very simple goal: give ABC no choice but to renew the freshman comedy. "I really wanted to create a lot of loose threads so that there was no way they couldn't pick us up for Season 2," Kapnek told reporters at a special preview screening of the finale. "The main goal ... was really just to stir the pot. It was about finding a way to create all ...