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Ahead of the Grey’s Anatomy spinoff’s finale, showrunners Peter Paige and Zoanne Clack disclosed to TVLine that some of the Easter eggs that were planted in the episode’s visions of the future were once destined to hatch. Foremost among them? Merle Dandridge’s Ross becoming mayor of Seattle. In more concrete flash-forwards, we learned that Andy became Seattle’s fire chief and Maya, Station 19’s captain.

Though the crime anthology wrapped its Season 2 case by the end of the finale, it left just enough time to launch a potential new mystery, one involving Juliette Lewis’ tough-as-nails detective Andrea Cornell. She was shot in the episode’s final moments, and executive producer Barbie Kligman tells TVLine that Season 3 would have partially involved figuring out who could have wanted her dead. “Given how many enemies Cornell has made over the years, there certainly wouldn’t be a shortage of suspects,” Kligman said. And how!

Despite the undeniable chemistry between Piper Perabo and Daniel Sunjata, a potential second season of this short-lived drama would not have seen their characters get together. At least not right away. “If they physically consummate their feelings, it would fundamentally change the series,” executive producer Josh Berman tells TVLine. We would, however, see “romantic sparks” between combative co-workers Avery and Megan (played by Rebecca Breeds and Sepideh Moafi). And Darin (Matt Walton) would get hired at a competing network, “which would put his son [Ryan] in a compromising position.”

The Season 2 ender found Nell experiencing a first with someone she knew appearing to her as a ghost while Brad Garrett’s character, Duncan, was undergoing surgery. When he came to, Duncan at first didn’t seem to remember anything about his experience on the spiritual plane… until he recalled the feeling of riding in Nell’s Prius as a ghost.

“There’d be some new hot messes in the mix, and we’d be moving back toward the kind of racy romp that Mistresses was when it began,” exec producer Rina Mimoun teased of the ill-fated fifth season, which would have been billed as the series’ “final fling.” But with the soap’s two remaining original mistresses, April and Joss, both married with children, how scandalous could that farewell season have been? “We are not going to suddenly become a show about April and Joss pushing swings on the playground and chatting about breast milk.

Though we’ll never know if Jason Ritter’s unlikely hero was successful in his mission, co-creator Michele Fazekas hinted that bringing Amy (JoAnna Garcia) into the loop would create even more challenges for Kevin and Yvette (Kimberly Hebert Gregory). “She is going to have a lot of questions and a lot to say to Yvette,” Fazekas told TVLine.

With Dave and Alex finally getting the closure they needed, Dave was opening up to a new possibility… with another member of the gang, perhaps? “Would Penny have been part of that? Maybe. We would have needed to regroup because Penny and Alex are so close,” series creator David Caspe told TVLine. Other possible storylines: Alex hitting the dating scene, and Brad and Jane talking about starting a family or getting new jobs.

This short-lived sudser ended with a bang, specifically with hotelier Santiago Mendoza being shot in the tunnels of the Riviera Grand, which would have been the main focus of Season 2. “I’ve toyed a lot with various ideas about who it could have been, but honestly, I keep changing my mind,” showrunner Brian Tanen told TVLine.

In not one but two Twitter threads following the series’ cancellation, creator Matt Miller outlined Henry and Jo’s future for bereft fans. First matter of business: The photo that Jo saw in the series finale, which essentially proved Henry was ageless. The immortal doc’s explanation “was going to be complicated, then interrupted, then he tries to tell her, then…” Miller teased.

The Season 1 finale revealed that Adam Warren — the presumed-dead teen at the center of the saga — was actually alive, and he intended to reclaim his life from Ben, the impostor who’d moved in with his family. Ahead of the show’s cancellation, series creator Jenna Bans told TVLine, “It won’t be late into [Season 2] that [Adam] makes his reappearance into the family… It will be in the first two minutes.” Bans confirmed it was “always part of the pitch” to bring Adam back, and Season 2 would have focused on him and Ben “circling each other” as they attempt to lead normal lives.