Ferrera, whose final season was cut one episode short due to the coronavirus shutdown, confirmed she'll be back next season while discussing last night's abrupt Season 5 finale. "I was gearing up for a big goodbye to my cast and crew that I’ve worked with for five years who I love so much," she tells Deadline. "I had so much emotion building up and I thought, 'Okay, I’m not going to cry for a month. I’m going to wait for the last week and say my goodbyes in the last week.' When people wanted to talk about it, I was like, 'Nope, nope, nope, nope. Not doing this right now. We’ll do it in the last week.” I was holding it all in and then we got shut down. The Friday that we got shut down, we came into work and they were like, 'This is your last day.' That was jarring and not completely unexpected because we were obviously paying attention to world events and realizing this could have an impact on what happens. The silver lining is that I get to come back at the beginning of the season and see my Superstore family and be a part of the first episode back. I assume that that’s how it’s going to go and wrap up the storyline." Showrunner Jonathan Green adds: "There was no time in between the decision to shut down and the decision from America that she would have to come back for a premiere of next season. That was not even a discussion. It was just sort of a given from both sides. She really wanted to do it and we wanted to give her the farewell she deserves."
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TOPICS: America Ferrera, NBC, Superstore, Gabe Miller, Jonathan Green, Coronavirus