The Resident was canceled after six seasons in 2023 and, as a fan of the present, I nonetheless discover that to be a tough capsule to swallow. The Fox medical drama, nevertheless, tied up free ends in Season 6’s finale, even with no assure that one other season would occur. That being stated, the collection, which might be streamed with a Hulu subscription, nonetheless had a variety of subplots that would’ve been expanded upon, together with Billie and Conrad’s. Now, the collection’ EP is revealing how their story would’ve performed out in later episodes, and I am getting all of the FOMO.
After Nic’s demise, it was unclear as as to whether Conrad would discover love once more. Nonetheless, after the present launched Billie, who occurred to be Nic’s longtime pal, it was clear that one thing may be brewing between them. There have been some points with their blossoming romance, however they ultimately confessed their emotions for every and received collectively. When Conrad and Billie made their remaining look within the finale, they each stated to one another, “I really like you.”
It turns on the market was much more in retailer for the fan-favorite couple. As collection government producer Amy Holden Jones advised TV Insider, the characters have been going to stroll down the aisle. Jones additionally defined precisely how their love story would’ve been offered on the present:
We have been going to leap time and have them married after which see the wedding in flashbacks. It was such a sluggish burn to get to Billie that I don’t know the way rather more you possibly can have taken. And we form of missed what we had within the final years with Emily, which was this actually secure, loving couple on the core who have been form of the rock that everyone else was in comparison with, and the threats got here from outdoors, from well being points or household points that they needed to face collectively. I’ve a pal who says that the one reveals she watches are ones the place a bunch of individuals are all working collectively for a similar purpose, like FBI and our present and Sluggish Horses.
Oh, it might have been nice to see Billie and Conrad completely happy, in love and married with household. These two love pursuits deserved one another and, given the build-up to their coupling, it might’ve been satisfying to see their romance play out additional. Followers received a bit of little bit of that household dynamic in direction of the tip of the ultimate season, however I would argue that it wasn’t sufficient.
Contemplating all that Billie and Conrad went by and that messy love triangle, they definitely deserved happiness, as did Gigi. Nonetheless, if the present continued with Season 7, it wouldn’t all be sunshine and rainbows, as Jones shared that there would have been some battle, and never simply between Billie and Conrad:
The battle between characters must be there, nevertheless it’s not that a lot with our present as a result of they have been a really united staff by that point, so a whole lot of the conflicts had gone away, although I feel there’s nonetheless loads of room for them with — Cade’s [Kaley Ronayne] nonetheless there and her father’s [Andrew McCarthy‘s Ian] nonetheless there and he’s nonetheless received a whole lot of issues, and we have been teasing her getting concerned with Dr. James Yamada [Ian Anthony Dale].
It wouldn’t be a drama collection with out some drama, proper? It is onerous to see unlucky developments befall fan-favorite characters, however that is what finally makes a present attention-grabbing. It is onerous to say precisely how all of that might’ve panned out. On the very least, in the case of Billie and Conrad, they may have seen one other main life change amid Season 7, and I’m actually mourning what may have been, particularly because it may’ve been a vivid spot amid that aforementioned slew of battle:
I feel that we have been going to most likely put Billie on a being pregnant journey, and can she have a toddler? And the way fraught is that for her, given how fraught it was with the primary one? I don’t know whether or not that might’ve gone along with her having that baby, after which we’d have that baby, or presumably an adoption story would’ve been attention-grabbing, too, for them if she was unable to have a toddler for some purpose.
I am undecided whether or not I am happy or disenchanted now that I do know what was deliberate forThe Resident. There may be, nevertheless, some consolation available in figuring out that Season 6 did handle to offer a degree of closure and that the characters have been in comparatively stable locations by the tip of the collection. As for Billie and Conrad, it is nice to know that their relationship would’ve flourished had the present moved on.
Regardless that The Resident is completed, followers can all the time return and watch all the collection. There are many nice tales to get pleasure from, which contain the employees at Chastain Park Memorial Hospital. As for me, I feel I’ll have to begin writing some fan fiction that builds on Amy Holden Jones’ feedback.