Warning: The next accommodates spoilers for the collection finale of Animal Kingdom. If you happen to nonetheless haven’t watched, c’mon, what are you doing right here?
What the… ? Longtime Animal Kingdom viewers needed to have been bowled over by the regret J confirmed for poisoning girlfriend Penny within the collection’ finale Sunday. He’s, in any case, the sociopath who dumped former boo Nicky on a hospital doorstep when she unintentionally shot herself, put a bullet within the head of lovergirl Mia and turned lawyer Morgan into shark bait. What the hell occurred there?
“I believe it’s a basic story of falling in love with the mark,” showrunner Daniele Nathanson tells TVLine. Owing to Penny’s place on the legislation agency, “he focused her, and I do know he didn’t plan on placing his plan [to betray his uncles] into motion as quickly as he did, however he needed to when Pope confessed [to Catherine’s murder].
“That was one of many causes he was indignant when Pope went to jail,” she continues, “as a result of it screwed up his lengthy con. It sped it up. When Pope confesses, J tells Penny, ‘It is best to transfer into an condominium [I own].’ These issues are tied.”
So seducing Penny was all a part of J’s scheme? At first, sure. “He’s like, ‘I gotta get this chick near me so I can use her,’” says Nathanson. “However I do consider he fell in love along with her. Some individuals on-line have talked about that she seemed like [his mother] Julia… Good, sure, as a result of I do consider that persons are interested in form of the power of their mother and father that’s imprinted on them.
“Penny additionally had an addict sister,” she provides. That gave J the impression that “perhaps he might be with this lady as a result of she understood the place he was coming from. However sadly, his endgame was larger, and mainly, it simply form of reveals the corrosion [of J as he sought revenge against Smurf’s family]. Identical to in The Godfather on the finish, he dies alone. I imply, J doesn’t die alone, however he’s alone. He needed Penny with him. That wasn’t a lie.”
