Theres a whole sequence of that that ended up falling out, unfortunately. But Superstore picks up where the contentious Season 1 finale left off with the employees seeing their walkout through with a full-blown, storewide Club wrote that the "first season got better and more confident as it moved on", and that the first-season finale "is a nice little cap to a nice little sitcom that couldve used a little more attention. 4. Its like yeah, of course youdshoot him. The interviews below have been edited for length and clarity. Like whenyou would just walk on the soundstage and suddenly youre in thisstoreand it feels like a fully realistic store. But it also felt we like the show taking place as close to reality as we can andretail is moving in this direction. The first season originally had an episode order of 13 episodes, but it was later trimmed by NBC to 11 episodes due to scheduling, and The Voice returning to schedule.[5]. His words of remembrance and celebration score a sequence that looks at Cloud 9s brightest moments, and flashes forward to whats next. With Amy and Jonah, we had early drafts where there was a lot more conflict in those final episodes scenes before they get to the place where they end up together. SPITZER:If someone came to me with an idea on the Dina show, itddefinitelybe interesting for me, at least. America Ferrera as Amelia "Amy" Sosa, a Honduran American Cloud 9 employee who worked as an associate, floor supervisor, and assistant manager before being promoted to store manager. Its always nice to see a show go out on a high note, and season six was definitely that. Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. What did those conversations look like around having Amy return for the finale? [19], It was announced on February 20, 2015, that Lauren Ash had been cast as a series regular, and would be playing Dina, the stores assistant manager. Cheyenne considers putting her baby up for adoption, causing Glenn and Dina to argue over who would be a better adoptive parent. 10. We knew we wanted her to come back to the end of this. [2] The first season consisted of eleven episodes, after the episode order was reduced from thirteen on October 19, 2015. [1] The series was picked up by NBC on May 7, 2015. It was a fun process but it was also a bit tricky to find real estate for everything we wanted to do. We had so many great writers over the seasons, who are really talentedfunny people, butreally great people too really kind and collaborative and rooting for each other. I always had in the back of my mind that this series would end with Amy finally leaving Cloud 9, but then that ended up happening at the end of season5 anyway, so that wasmoot. The employees of Cloud 9 rush to rebuild the store in time for its grand re-opening. The first season of Superstore, the U.S. television series, was ordered on January 14, 2015. The last scene we shot was the scene where theyre all watching their interviews. DEADLINE: Do you see yourselves collaborating again down the road? Rate. Amy is upset and becomes competitive with Jonah after he gets a perfect score on a company policies test. Jonah succeeds in making a big sale worth over $2,000, not realizing the customer is Amy's husband, Adam. It was going to be a big group ceremony-slash-party to set the robot free. After we decided to have ICE detainMateo, we figuredtheres not really an easy way to get citizenship. [26] On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a 54% rating, based on reviews from 24 critics, with an average rating of 4.4/10.