Donald Glover on Why ‘Atlanta’ Will End With Season 4: ‘Death Is Natural’

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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeDonald Glover originally wanted to end “Atlanta” after Season 2. But now that the show will indeed wrap after this year’s back-to-back third and fourth seasons, the star/creator/executive producer/writer/director/executive music producer told reporters on Thursday that he felt the time was truly right.“Death is natural,” he said during FX’s portion of the Television Critics Association winter press tour. “I feel like when the conditions are right for something, they happen, and when the conditions aren’t right, they don’t happen.

I don’t feel any longevity. Because then things start to get weird. The story was always supposed to be what it was. And the story, it really was us.

Everybody in that writers’ room, everybody on set. It really was what we were going through and what we talked about. … I think it ends perfectly.” Glover said the decision to end “Atlanta” was unrelated to his deal at Amazon, where he signed a rich overall pact in 2021.

He added that he’s not opposed to revisiting the series in some way one day. “If there’s a reason to do it, of course. Like a Christmas special,” he joked. “It always depends.