Superstore‘s Severed Foot Mystery Solved: ‘[Spoiler] Was Really Honored to Have That Role in Series Finale’
It was a not-so-heavenly reveal four seasons in the making!
During the first half of Superstore‘s two-part series finale, Amy and the employees stumbled upon a duffel bag full of feet — the latest instance of severed limbs turning up at Store 1217. As longtime fans will recall, the recurring gag began in Season 3, when a foot was discovered upon Cloud 9’s grand reopening. Everyone thought it belonged to Brett, who was presumed dead following the St. Louis twister that nearly flattened the Ozark Highlands store, but he was very much alive. Since then, the sales associates have occasionally alluded to additional feet being found on store shelves, but the culprit was never identified.
That all changed during “All Sales Final,” when silent employee Elias, played since Season 1 by Danny Gura, was shown to be the cutter-upper in one of the series’ very last interstitials.
“We had joked about revealing someone as the foot person for a long time,” co-showrunner Jonathan Green tells TVLine. “And there was a lot of discussion about whether we actually wanted to do it in the finale, and then who it should be.
“There was an early draft of the script where it was one of our other background employees who we don’t know or care about quite as much as Elias,” Green reveals. “Because Elias is so lovable, we were like, ‘Is this terrible? Does this leave us with a bad feeling?’ But then we realized ‘No, it’s kinda great. It’s kinda funny. It’s the last person you’d expect.’ And Danny Gura was really honored to have that kind of big role in the series finale, and the lore of the show.”
As series star Ben Feldman recalls, the Elias reveal was “universally” loved by the cast. “It was revealed to us when we saw the shooting draft,” he says. “It was a jump-up-and-clap moment for us. And we love Danny. It was such a perfect thing to see him replacing the foot on the shelf. That’s incredible closure.”
One mystery that shall remain is whether Elias was brought to justice for all those presumed murders. That said, the series-ending flash forward offered a pretty big hint at his fate.
“It was a deliberate thing to not have him at the barbecue once we had revealed that he was responsible for the feet,” Green confirms. “We don’t know if he’s [been arrested]. I like to think he’s still out there! [Laughs]”
Elias has a foot fetish. #Superstore https://t.co/xgCCrCU4Cr
— Danny Gura (@DannyGura) March 26, 2021
Were you shocked/delighted/horrified by the reveal that Elias was responsible for the severed feet all these years? Hit the comments with your reactions.
He’s Jerusha’s brother. I wish we could have seen Glenn’s reaction.
So sad this show ended but I loved all of the call backs to earlier episodes, also the house tha was used the in the barbecue seen at the end was Lynettes house in desperate housewives.
*scene
I had a good laugh when it was revealed it was Elias but man, it’s pretty dark when you think about it.
I thought it was great, and I looked for him in that flash forward!
Finally a show that knows how to do a finale !! 👏🏼👏🏼Gave closure to us faithful fans. Happy endings for all & foot mystery solved !!
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In the jump forward, it didn’t show what Garrett ended up doing jobwise… : ( I know it showed him at the BBQ with Dina, but it didn’t show what his next career ended up being. Considering what a big part he played in the show, that was a huge miss for me. And I can’t believe he wasn’t one of Dina’s ‘five’. Lastly, good for Sandra!!! Finally grew a backbone.
That type of warehouse job would be hard to do in a wheel chair I assume
I was wonderibg about Garrett also. I thought I might have missed that part but I guess I didn’t.
I was wonderibg about Garrett also. I thought I might have missed that part but I guess I didn’t.
Dina, Sandra, Marcus, Justine were shown being in the fulfillment center.Who is the fifth?
Having worked a dept. store and literally turned out the lights at the end, I was a lot more emotional at this series finale than expected. Well done.
My only issue with the finale is a small one, Jonah never interviewed with Glenn, in the first episode he interviewed with Dina. However, it did not take anything away from the finale and I understand why they changed it up. I am going to miss this show.
I guess he didn’t necessarily kill the people the feet came from. Maybe he works at a mortuary part time or near a med school with cadavers. Yeah, I’m grasping at straws, but it’s better than a serial killer.
I wonder if NBC will do comedies next season?
I guess they could do Thursdays
8 PM-The Mayor
8:30-New comedy/Brooklyn 99
9 PM- Young Rock
9:30-Kenan show
Most satisfying ending to a hilarious series. Sorry to see it go, love the cast. Will miss it immensely.
THANK GOD THEY REVEALED WHO IT WAS!! That’s been bugging me for nearly 4 years! Now we just need to know what happened on that fishing trip in Gavin and Stacey and then my mind can finally chill 😂😂
Scranton Strangler
Loved seeing Elias as the foot leaver!
Great series ending all around
Elias was the Only person they left open and that’s horrible! Carol was another but she was always coming & going but Elias was he arrested? Is he still out there? Where did he get the feet from? Was he a murderer? Did he have a side job in a funeral? Did he have ties to the real murderer? Thing I’m left wondering after it ended!!!