Yes, open sourcing was one of the possible endings they had in mind. > JUDGE: Yeah, we had a series ending in mind really since season two or three. It was not

Yes, open sourcing was one of the possible endings they had in mind. > JUDGE: Yeah, we had a series ending in mind really since season two or three. It was not this one, but it had a similar thing to it in that it was Richard (Thomas Middleditch) basically sacrificing [his company.] But it was about him open sourcing it and giving his algorithm to the world as opposed to keeping it for himself and making tons of money. Our actual ending came along just when we were writing this season when our tech consultants told us about this theoretical possibility of the end of encryption. It just seemed like the would be a stronger, more dramatic ending. I felt the last two episodes went too much into the realm of science fiction instead of being rooted into reality like most of the series was.