Darren Barnet and Raini Rodriguez in 'Jurassic World: Chaos Theory' season four. Courtesy of Netflix Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text [This story contains major spoilers from Jurassic World: Chaos Theory series finale.] When Jurassic World: Chaos Theory executive producer and co-showrunner Scott Kreamer was first approached about doing a follow-up series to DreamWorks Animation Television's successful Camp Cretaceous, his initial instinct was to pass. "I was pretty exhausted, and [executive producer] Aaron [Hammersley] and I both said, 'That was a lot of fun, but let's move on,'" Kreamer recalls of the show's fourth and final season. "Our executive, Maria Crenna, has quoted me as saying, 'Well, good luck with whatever schmuck you find to run that thing.'" Related Stories Movies Where to Stream Every 'Jurassic Park' Movie and TV Series in Order Online Lifestyle Your Favorite 'Jurassic Park' Quotes Have Found a Way Onto This Hollywood-Loved Brand's Stylish Sweaters As Kreamer remembers it, there weren't even dailies for Jurassic World Dominion to help paint a picture for Chaos Theory's timeline, locations and events. Still, he agreed to hear Universal's pitch, with two people from the studio over Zoom using photos and key art to set the stage for the then-upcoming installment. It would be enough to spark something for Kreamer. "They said the Department of Fish and Wildlife was in charge of rounding up the dinosaurs in America, and I just started thinking, as your mind wanders in one of those giant Zooms," the showrunner recalls. "Maria, who was on the Zoom, texted me and said, 'You have an idea. I can see it on your face.'" That seed would birth Chaos Theory, initially a 16- to 20-episode pitch that became a 39-episode all-ages animated conspiracy thriller set five years after Camp Cretaceous. The show's journey culminates with the final nine episodes streaming today on Netflix, and serves as a milestone virtually unheard of in modern TV. Across two series and upwards of 90 episodes, Kreamer and his team have been able to give the Nublar Six - a group of teens who survived Jurassic World's 2015 Isla Nublar incident and the 2016 Mantah Corp incident - a sweeping coming-of-age arc. "That's kind of unheard of now, and it's been a dream," says Kreamer, while crediting Colin Trevorrow, the animators, and writing team - including story editors Josie Campbell and Bethany Armstrong Johnson - on Camp Cretaceous and Chaos Theory. "You don't normally get to tell these stories in kids' animation. You don't get to have characters like Kenji or Ben from day one on Camp Cretaceous, and see where they end up. You don't get that kind of runway. And while shows like ours are out there, many more people get to see ours thanks to this giant franchise we're wrapped up in." Below, Chaos Theory's executive producer Kreamer and story editor Armstrong Johnson discuss landing the plane for the Nublar Six, weaving in Dominion's events and characters, and what could lie ahead for Jurassic World's animated future - if Kreamer has anything to say about it. *** Landing the Plane on the Nublar Six Johnson says she, Kreamer and Hammersley discussed Chaos Theory's final season "paralleling the very first season of Camp Cretaceous" as a very condensed story that explores when the tension and stakes are highest and everything's up against them; who these people are and how they've changed over nine seasons. It also let the team "make this the most Jurassic season that we possibly can," the story editor adds. "Jurassic Park doesn't take place over a long period of time. A lot of the movies have this condensed timeline, so it felt cool to be able to be like: This season is our movie." Characters like Kenji Kon (Darren Barnet) and Sammy Gutierrez (Raini Rodriguez) - goofy and fun in Camp Cretaceous - "cut to the core of who they are, being a little bit more vulnerable with each other" as they explore the ways they are not alone as someone related to Camp Creatious antagonist Daniel Kon and someone with her own very complicated family relationship. "Out of anybody in the group, the two of them have more of a challenge with: Are we destined to become like our parents, no matter how hard we try or are we able to break out of that?" says the story editor. "It's being able to show that sometimes your parents are going to be great and sometimes life deals you a hand where your parents aren't, but how can you navigate that? Can you take what is important to take from them, but also leave behind the other things, and find the people in your life who understand where you're coming from and can support you in that? " For Yaz Fadoula (Kausar Mohammed) and Sammy, who split ahead of season four, they "were always endgame because they're soulmates," but they