What occurred at Camp Shallow Lake is just not going to remain at Camp Shallow Lake.
Wednesday’s season finale of Excessive College Musical: The Musical: The Sequence introduced an finish to the Wildcats’ summer time, full with an empowering efficiency of Frozen, a change of coronary heart for Corbin Bleu and a dramatic farewell from surprise-guest Nini.
However it’s what occurred after the one-month time leap that’s assured to shake up the Disney+ comedy’s fourth season. A bunch screening of the trailer for Bleu’s documentary created a rivalry between Gina and Kourtney (not true!), recommended that Carlos cheated on Seb (additionally not true!), revealed that each Ashlyn and Massive Crimson are bisexual (apparently true!), and confirmed that Ricky’s emotions for Gina are extra than simply pleasant (undoubtedly true!).
The episode even ended with Gina getting a long-awaited kiss, albeit one with Ricky versus EJ. What a distinction a season makes!
Beneath, showrunner Tim Federle solutions our burning questions in regards to the HSM:TM:TS finale, together with how these last-minute developments will have an effect on the Wildcats transferring ahead:
TVLINE | To begin with, I wasn’t anticipating to see a lot of Nini on this finale — a nice shock!
That’s good to listen to, thanks. I felt like we couldn’t do a season finale with out Olivia Rodrigo.
TVLINE | I’m positive you’ve seen it, however #Rini is already trending on Twitter.
I did not see that. I keep off Twitter round premieres and finales, as a result of it’s too overwhelming. I feel there’ll at all times be a contingent of people that have been there from the start and know that Ricky and Nini have been a particular launch to the present. However it’s additionally enjoyable to begin writing new chapters.
TVLINE | Would we have now seen extra one-on-one goodbyes, significantly between Nini and Ricky, when you had extra time?
Yeah, Olivia was about to go on tour, so I had three days together with her initially of the season. Even earlier than we shot something on the camp, we shot Olivia out of the whole season. There have been solely so many actors accessible that early within the run, and since she and Kourtney have been the OG besties, that felt proper. I might have liked an enormous group sendoff, however it simply wasn’t within the playing cards with our schedule.
TVLINE | Honest sufficient. I really like that final season and this season each ended with kisses for Gina, albeit very totally different ones.
A very totally different one, proper? Gina’s massive factor is that she doesn’t get something proper the primary time, however she doesn’t cease when she sees one thing she needs. I distributed blacked-out pages for that final scene with Gina and Ricky, and everyone made enjoyable of me, like this was a Marvel film or one thing. After which I realized from Disney safety that 90 p.c of our season was leaked on Reddit, so I stand by my resolution to maintain that one non-public. Sofia [Wylie] and Josh [Bassett] shot that in two takes, and it was fairly thrilling on the day.
TVLINE | EJ isn’t glad, in fact, however does Ricky even have to fret about that, since EJ has graduated?
EJ has graduated from highschool in each sense of that phrase, however Matt Cornett is so unimaginable to jot down for. His season was a tough transitional season into younger maturity, and there are undoubtedly extra tales to inform there, however we’re specializing in our highschool college students for now. I look ahead to EJ being an essential later a part of the collection.
TVLINE | On a lighter be aware, I howled when Massive Crimson casually revealed within the trailer that he’s additionally bi.
I realized at D23 that Julia [Lester] and Larry [Saperstein], since Season 1, have been like, “Wouldn’t or not it’s so cool if we did a bi/queer storyline for our characters?” So it’s type of humorous how the present generally imitates the actors’ ideas or lives or desires. It’s cool to be writing for Disney in an period the place I really feel like I’m free to inform these sorts of tales.
TVLINE | I really like that they’re happening this journey of discovery collectively.
For positive. This technology is admittedly inspiring. Once I was in highschool, when you got here out as bi, the joke was “subsequent week, you’ll be homosexual.” That notion has modified, so essentially and superbly. That is an period of freedom and discovery, so I’m going to step again and let the younger folks lead.
TVLINE | And also you’re doing Excessive College Musical 3 subsequent 12 months! Was that at all times the plan?
As a result of it’s Ricky and Kourtney’s senior 12 months, it felt like a very good one. The music is unimaginable, the franchise is iconic, and the third film is unbelievable. You return and watch it, and also you notice, this had a Prime Gun: Maverick finances. We at all times did type of know that we’d be working in the direction of that.
TVLINE | And with EJ gone, Ricky is virtually assured to play Troy, proper?
I’m unsure. Josh has been begging me for a few years to sing “Scream,” and it does really feel like this is able to be the season so see that. There’s lots to look ahead to with this inctedible music from HSM 3 and the entire characters and who steps into what position. It’s going to be raeally enjoyable.
