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The Gifted Season 2: [SPOILERS] Stephen Moyer Talks the Season Finale

The fate of The Gifted is very much up in the air at the moment. The ratings for the second season haven't been that great and no one is really sure if the show is going to get renewed. There is a chance that Hulu could pick it up but it's still a little unclear. We could find out tomorrow or we might have to wait until May. The season [hopefully not series] finale aired tonight and a Reed Strucker, played by Stephen Moyer, was put in a very interesting situation. Moyer spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the finale but to talk about that we'll have to throw up the spoiler warning.

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Toward the end of the episode Caitlin, Reed, Lorna, and Marcos were not going to have an easy job getting up to Reeva to stop her. It became apparent to Reed, and to audiences, this was pretty telegraphed, that he was the one who had to stop her. Reeva's powers make mutants lose control of their powers but Reed has never had control of his power. He's also a walking timebomb and Reeva using her powers against Reed sets off that bomb. His power explodes destroying the entire top floor of the Inner Circle including Reeva and Reed. The character very much appears to be dead and Moyer was asked about why he decided to leave the show.

Well, I've got 6-year-old twins, and older kids who are 16 and 19. When I went off to do True Blood, I was off for a long while, and that worked out great, but last year, I was away in Atlanta and I was thinking, "This is a long time to be away from my little people." The second time around this year, I missed a lot of firsts: I missed their first concert, their first day of school, their first day of soccer, and it was kind of hitting me.

I knew that they were looking for a big death at the end of season 2, so Matt [Nix, The Gifted's showrunner] and I talked about the possibility of it being me. It was great for the show because they were able to do something big, and I don't think people will be expecting me to go. But also I love my gang, I love the cast. I've had an amazing time on the show. I adore Atlanta, but truthfully it was really about [how] seven months is a long time to be away, and I felt this was a really cool way to bring the character to a satisfying, massive ending.

The interviewer points out that Reed is sacrificing himself for the greater good while Moyer is doing the same thing for his family. While television is the most consistent work an actor can hope for it does come up, quite often, that you are away from your family a lot. Moyer, it sounds like, was ready to move on to spend more time with his family.

[Laughs] Exactly! And Reed is a fantastic trigger in a lot of ways in season 1. He sets them off on this adventure. As he learns about himself and about who he truly is, he starts to realize how he's been this fatal pawn in all of this. He's been pushed in this direction without realizing it. And therefore, it's his chance to take control of his own destiny in a way that he's never been able to do, and I was kind of attracted to that idea that he was able to have his final place in the world without anybody saying so.

And of course, we are talking about a Marvel show. We are talking about the comic book universe in general. Characters don't ever really die. The plasma that is Reed, it still exists. Like in Terminator 2, for instance.

However, this is a show based on comic books and that means no one is ever really dead unless you're Bruce Wayne's parents or Uncle Ben. There is a chance that Reed could come back and in the final moment of the episode, when Clarice returns from what appears to be the future, it looks like The Gifted could be doing their own version of Days of Future Past.

It's up in the air. I think there's a real chance to shift the story, with what happens with Blink [and time travel], so there's so much you could do. Matt did ask if I'd like to come back and direct an episode. I've directed a bunch of True Blood and some features, so there's a possibility I might come back and do an episode. Who knows? You can do all sorts of things in this world. I certainly wasn't saying goodbye forever. We are a very close-knit tribe. [Laughs]

While the cast and crew might like to say that Reed's death is a surprise anyone who has been paying attention could have seen it coming. Perhaps the way that Reed died was a surprise but Moyer confirmed that Reed's been coming to terms with something like this for a while now. The moment he decided to stop taking the medicine he started a ticking clock to his own death. The situation with Reeva just allowed him to go out on his own terms and at his own time.

No, I think he's been thinking about it. Remember, he does talk about the fact that he's going to stop taking the medicine. He feels [early on] that there's a sort of destined moment that's coming.

Reed got a lot of cool scenes in this episode so Moyer was asked which one he liked shooting the best. It wasn't any of the action scenes or anything like that but two quiet moments between Lauren (Natalie Alyn Lind and Andy (Percey Hynes White).

I got a scene with Percy [Hynes White] that I loved. You know, I'm very, very close to those two kids, and as I said earlier, I have a 16- and 19-year-old, and they're the same age. So I do have a relationship with Percy and Natalie [Alyn Lind] that is parental, and I adore those kids, so I was really happy to get a nice closing moment with Percy, and there's a scene with Natalie where we're sitting on the couch, which I thought was lovely. So it was a really satisfying arc.

The Gifted quietly became its own little section of the X-Men universe and it would be a lot of fun to see it continue in some way. We'll have to see what Fox's decision is and, should they decide to cancel, whether or not someone else is going to step in to save the show. While there is a cliffhanger ending there is plenty of closure which is absolutely a good considering that this could be the series finale. Let's hope not.

Action-adventure family drama THE GIFTED, from Marvel, tells the story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

Created by Matt Nix, FOX's The Gifted stars Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Natalie Alyn Lind, Percey Hynes White, Sean Teale, Emma Dumont, Jamie Chung, and Blair Redford. Seasons one and two are currently streaming on Hulu.

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