Over the past five years, Syfy's Haven has brought the story of a town plagued with literal Troubles to the world and introduced us to many of that town's intriguing and sometimes offbeat characters.
One of those characters is Audrey (Emily Rose), a mysterious young woman who isn't who she thinks she is and who is, in fact, a multitude of different people. Throughout the series' run, Audrey has also been Mara and Lucy and existed in multiple timelines. However, Audrey is the key to Haven and its Troubles.
Another character, Dwight (Adam "Edge" Copeland) began his time in Haven as a member of the elite Guard, a group determined to save those people with Troubles, regardless of the cost. Throughout Haven's run, Dwight rose in the ranks of the town and now serves as Haven's sheriff. Dwight has a Trouble of his own, though: he attracts bullets, which explains why he always wears a bulletproof vest.
Now, with Haven in its sixth and final season, all good (and bad) things come to an end.
Recently, Rose and Copeland attended a press call to speak about the end of Haven, as well as what we can expect from Audrey and Dwight in this final season.
Last season ended with Duke Crocker (Eric Balfour) inadvertently releasing a host of new Troubles into Haven. This season picks up exactly after that, with Haven facing its biggest challenge yet.
"I really liked how — I don't know if chaotic is the right word — but that's how it felt to me filming it — not necessarily the experience — but the story of it, how we start this world off in this sort of mass chaos," said Rose. "And it's really kind of neat, because instead of the chaos pushing people away, it's drawing them together. I feel like between Nathan and Audrey, it causes them to be super close, and the town, as a whole, is trying to band together to get through that chaotic sense of disruption."
Things, however, are a little different for Dwight. Being sheriff makes him responsible for the town and everyone in it, so he faces even more of a challenge to not only keep himself together, but also the town of Haven.
"The chaos lends itself to Dwight just trying to hold everything together, and in doing that, it ruffles feathers: it ruffles the feathers of friends, ruffles the feathers of — well not necessarily enemies — the Dukes of the world," said Copeland. "But at the end of the day, Dwight is always just trying to keep the town together. That's really all the guy cares about."
However, now, the Troubles are no longer just a small problem possessing a selective group of people in Haven: with so many Troubles taking to the air and landing on previously non-Troubled people, the Troubles are now a townwide issue. This means that the secrecy of the Troubles is no longer as secret as it once was.
"I think you had all these secrets for so long and the town felt like they were outcasts and had to keep it quiet," said Rose. "But now, it's like the whole town is dealing with this problem together. So, we kind of wrestled with that. Obviously, Audrey, Nathan, Dwight and Duke all know what the rest of everybody doesn't. And so, there are still those secrets, but it's a lot of the town sort of freaking — having a mutual freak out about what does this really mean for us and what the heck is going on?"
Many of Copeland's fans know him as the WWE wrestler Edge, but with Haven, Copeland transitioned into acting. How did he go from wrestling to acting so smoothly?
"They're both on the entertainment tree, they're just different branches," said Copeland. "So, it was just kind of getting accustomed to those small differences that can be there: in the WWE, it's instant gratification: you know right away if something worked. I'm assuming that's how theater works.
"I really looked for a lot of confirmation from people after I did something because I wasn't sure. It was new to me and I wanted to make sure that I was on the right path. So, I would talk to Emily or Lucas or the directors and just go, 'was that OK? Did that suck?'"
Rose also spoke about working with Copeland as he transitioned to becoming an actor.
"I just want to say, though — because Adam wouldn't ever say this about himself — but, as somebody that was on the outside, I also kind of liked it because I also got to just view him through the friend lens," said Rose. "But I didn't ever really know or see anything of what he had come from. And so, it was pretty cool because he would just be open and honest about just trying to figure out how this part is working, if it's working. And I think one of Adam's best moments of the entire series happened this season."
Earlier this year, Syfy shocked Haven fans by announcing that this season was its last. However, both Rose and Copeland assure longtime fans of the series that the finale acts as a series finale.
"The cool thing about this season, kind of contrary to what was initially put out there, is that our planners were really planning for it to be the end," said Rose. "We were, from the beginning, speaking about where these characters would land and we were treating the end as a series finale. It's always been in the plan."
Copeland agreed, stating that the season finale also stands as a series finale.
"I think you never absolutely 100 percent of the time get everyone to agree 'OK, that was perfect,'" said Copeland. "It's just impossible. There are too many jaded people in the world. But I can say that it feels like the knots were tied. It doesn't feel like there are loose ends, which I think was important to all of us. From a creative standpoint and from a performing standpoint, the last thing you want is like, 'yes, but what about ...?' And I don't think there is that."
However, that's not to say that the series finale wraps everything up in a tight bow: some of what happens will still create speculation from Haven's viewers.
"I do think there's going to be fun speculation at the end," said Rose. "I think every good show has a bit of that intrigue that they still leave you with because at the core of our show is the mystery. So, there'll always be things that will leave the fans being able to talk and be like, 'well what about this, and what about this?' But it's not any massive questions. It's just more like the kind of questions you want to be thinking about and leaving up to the audience so that they can carry that journey on however they would like to in their minds."
Haven's final season premieres on Syfy on Oct. 8.
