Friendly warning: This article contains spoilers from the series finale of Younger. Haven’t watched? Get to streaming!
Younger may have ended on a somewhat ambiguous note for leading lady Liza, but at least Kelsey’s future is clear — sort of. After discovering that Rob was actually scamming her (“I have terrible taste in men!”), Kelsey found a new investor for Inkubator in Reese Witherspoon’s production company. (If you don’t remember Kelsey’s dealings with Witherspoon & Co., perhaps the term “age queer” will help jog your memory.)
The catch? Kelsey’s new partnership requires a move to Los Angeles, potentially setting the stage for that Kelsey-centric spinoff we’ve heard so much about. Unfortunately, Star now tells us, “I think that’s pretty much off the table. [Kelsey moving to California] could have set up the spinoff, sure, but that’s also just the way we wanted this to end. We resolved her story regardless of any notion of a spinoff.”
In fact, Star says that Kelsey was always going to be Cali-bound, even if Zane hadn’t abruptly removed himself from her life earlier this season.
“Even if Zane had stuck around, I don’t believe they would have ended up together,” Star says. “Her journey was taking her somewhere else. It was always in our mind that she would set out for Los Angeles and start something new. There were a lot of iterations of that. If Charles Michael Davis had been available to us, things might have played out a little differently, but it was always going to end with Kelsey doing her own thing, alone, heading to Los Angeles.”
And for those of you who couldn’t possibly imagine Kelsey without Lauren by her side, Star acknowledges that “going to LA is certainly one possibility” for Lauren, who has “a lot of paths she could take in her life and career.”
To be fair, the spinoff — which was first reported in May 2020 — was never officially a done deal. And with Duff now set to star in How I Met Your Father, which received a straight-to-series order from Hulu earlier this year, the timing certainly doesn’t seem right.
Your thoughts on Kelsey’s ending, as well as the seres finale as a whole? Weigh in via our polls below, then drop a comment with your full take.
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Damn first Lizzie now this Hilary can’t catch a break because we all the that HIMYM thing isn’t going to last more then a season
Well it’s not on Netflix so it might last a few seasons
Ugh its hard to write an ending that will please all fans…. but like Younger’s really disappointed me.
As much as I like her, we never really needed a Kelsey spin-off. What we DO need is a Diana spin-off! The show wasn’t the same without her this past season and there is SO much they could do with her character, particularly given how incredibly talented Miriam Schor is!
Yes! Totally agree! I’d love to see more of Diana! And if it can’t be a Younger spinoff then give Miriam Shor her own show!
Here, here! Totally agree.
Plus, Kelsey spin-off would have been pure misery.
I enjoyed Kelseys ending. I thought for sure Quinn was going to be behind an Angel investor or something though. I’m bummed that the Kelsey spin-off won’t be happening. I would much rather see that than HIMYF. But I’ve always been a Hilary Duff fan from all the way to her Lizzie days so I’ll watch anything she’s in.
WHY is it not happening??
I love Hilary Duff and I hope that the HIMYM thing does well, but man, I was really hoping that Lizzie or Kelsey would take off.
Would have LOVED to see the series continue and was so looking forward to Kelsey’s journey!! I was excited to see what characters would be around her in California.
I just gotta say I’m happy she managed to escape Darren’s ill-conceived plot-lines. I’m reliving how much I hated the final season and why Carrie Bradshaw is so hated nowadays.
I need more!!! Younger had me laughing and in tears all in the same episode!! I was so happy when Charles came back to Liza, then so sad when they realized it wasn’t going to work. This can’t be the end.
I just didn’t want it to end! Charles needs to stay with Liza (power couple). Bring Diana back too.