Liv took an unexpected detour into the wild after a plane crash.
We dive into how her thrilling story ended.
Warning: This article contains spoilers forKeep Breathing.
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Liv (Melissa Barrera) has had one hell of a trip.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What made you want to tell this story?
Can you clarify the ending?
BRENDAN GALL: The ending is literal in that she survives.
We see her wake up again and take that breath.
GERO: But she survives.
Were there any survivalists you consulted with forKeep Breathing?
That one we Googled.
What was your standout or favorite obstacle you put in Liv’s way?
We realized we had to crash a real plane, there was really no way to fake it.
We bought a real plane and figured out how to crash it into the lake.
The river sequence for us was the last piece because we were thinking of a terrifying final obstacle.
It’s done entirely out in the wilderness.
Why did Liv burn all that money?
After the fire was started, she could have used other stuff to keep it going?
GERO: Money is useless to her.
Then she drops [her] bag eventually.
Was there anything that you wanted to include but didn’t?
She could use it to protect herself from the bear.
This show was the antithesis of that in a lot of ways.
After working on the show, do you think you could survive in the wild?
GALL: I think I would give up more quickly now.
It just seems really, really hard.
It’s kind of a guidebook to how not to die immediately.
We don’t see Liv’s life after her time in the wilderness.
What did she learn out there?
Trying to control that sometimes can be a fool’s errand.
At the end, it ends with “for Mike.”
What was that dedication for?
He’s a huge part of our creative life and this is such an editorial show.
There’s little dialogue and super visual.
What do I do with this?"
and I was like, a lot of this is gonna get made in the room.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
Keep Breathingis now streaming on Netflix.
