David Crane on the final season of TV show Episodes

Pictured: (L-R) David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik

Are you sad that Episodes is ending, or is now the right time?

Jeffrey: I wasn’t sad that it was ending until we realised it actually is ending, and every so often something happens and we think, ‘Damn, that would have been such a great bit, I wish we were still shooting’. But I think we’re doing the right thing, and I like the idea of people wanting more rather than kind of yawning and saying... again?

David: This was probably the most enjoyable season to make and with Jeffrey directing this year, he did a really great job and so it was us going out on a high. As bittersweet as it is, it was a really good year.

Is it something that could potentially be revisited years down the line?

J: I think that, unlike Friends, it could be revisited, sure.

D: I don’t know if it will, but it could, absolutely.

Is it something you ever talk about?

J: We talk about spinning it off, in a way. What would happen if American writers had to come to Britain to do a show? There are lots of versions we talk about.

D: And, unlike Friends [Crane was a co-creator of the show] – which was about a finite period of time in your life in your 20s – these characters can mature and it doesn’t hurt the essence of the show.

Is that finite time thing the main reason that Friends will never happen again?

D: We did it, and it’s done, we put a bow on Friends and you know, if you want to watch Friends now, it’s still on television.

J: The irony is, people think that’s what they want and you just know... it’s like going to your high school reunion, it’s such a disappointment. You’re like, ‘Oh my God, what happened to her?’

D: Right now, it’s preserved exactly as it should be. You don’t want a bunch of people in their 50s in the coffee house!