Producers for ABC's Castle are fully prepared to end season 8 in a satisfying manner, even if they get the news that the show isn't coming back.

Castle fans are in a state of limbo, with ABC still not officially confirming a renewal for season 9. Plus there's the recent news that Stana Katic is exiting after season 8, news that was devastating to most fans.

However, there is a plan in place for it ABC chooses to renew or cancel the show. Castle co-showrunners Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter made sure to say this in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly.

"If we hear that we're not coming back, we have shot something that we can put at the end of the episode as a way to put a button on everything," Hawley explained. "Obviously that would be a bad thing because it would mean no more. We did it in order to try to protect the fans, because you can't end the series on a cliffhanger."

"The hope is that it never sees the light of day," Winter added.

Regardless, the season 8 finale is expected to tie things up nicely.

"There will be no more loose ends at the end of the season," Winter assured. "Everything will be answered; all mysteries from previous years will be wrapped up."

The finale is expected to be one of the biggest they've ever done, especially considering it will be the last episode for Katic as well as Tamala Jones (who plays Lanie).

"We wanted to turn it to 11, so to speak, and really challenge the characters and our actors and our director," Hawley teased. "We really gave them a dynamic episode that's scary, it's funny, and it's emotional. That's the finale - we figured we'd go big."

Castle airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.

Watch the sneak peek for the next episode of Castle here:

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