Showrunner Scott Kreamer Talks Fourth and Final Season of ‘Jurassic World: Chaos Theory’

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory season 4 brings to a close the five-year journey of the Nublar Six, who started up left behind at Jurassic World during the events of the eponymous movie and forced to survive against dinosaurs, mercenaries, robots, and much more. Chaos Theory jumped forward in time and follows the characters during the events of Fallen Kingdom and Dominion, with a darker and more mature story with higher stakes than ever. In the final season, the characters gather at the Biosyn preserve in the Dolomites to end their killer dinosaur program, while trying to evade dangerous dinosaurs.

Though Chaos Theory already had higher stakes than Camp Cretaceous, things kick up a notch in this final season, with plenty of violent deaths and an ever-present sense of danger. It’s the final season, after all, and no one is safe.

Scott Kreamer, who developed the show with Zack Stentz, served as showrunner (alongside Aaron Hammersley) and has spent years in this universe, but is finally ready to say goodbye. What’s On Netflix caught up with Kreamer for one final conversation, ranging from Brooklynn’s redemption, to scary killer dinos, Ben’s fate, and whether there were attempts to connect this show with Jurassic World Rebirth.

WoN: What were the biggest points you wanted to hit this final season, story-wise?

We obviously wanted to wrap up the story of the Nublar 6, who we’ve been following since they were kids at the beginning of Camp Cretaceous, while also hitting the big-ticket moments from the third act of Dominion, where everything goes down. The plan was always to sort of do a bookend with the first season of Camp Cretaceous in this story of survival, with the kids not having anyone to count on but themselves. And so I always really like the idea of setting the final season of Chaos Theory in a similar situation where they’re just fighting for their lives and they just have to count on one another. 

The show focused a lot on the Atrociraptors and this idea of training dinosaurs to kill, and we get a fantastic sequence in episode two showing the raptors’ scheme and working together. Why was this important to do in this final season?

The Atrociraptors in Dominion made such an impression, being kind of controlled by the laser or being informed by the laser. So we always liked the idea of digging into that concept, and it just felt like, since Jurassic Park, the novel came out, there’s always been this overarching theme of humans taking advantage and exploiting these animals. So we definitely wanted to explore that more. Since Camp Cretaceous, we’ve had this underlying theme about our kids standing up for the animals even though they are these lethal creatures. So it felt like something Dodson and Biosyn would do. 

And I think there might have even been a deleted scene for Dominion, or I know I’ve definitely had conversations with Colin [Trevorrow] about these Atrociraptors being trained at Biosyn, and it felt like this would be something that our kids would put their lives on the line to stop, to help humans and dinosaurs alike. 

Both shows have plenty of references and crossover moments with the movies. What were the guiding principles for this final season, and what did you want to hit from Dominion?

We want to tell our story first, but anytime we can cross over and enrich our show and also then enrich the movies, we’ll take it. We were early on set on the idea that it’s because of our kids that the Dilophosaurus are in the Hyperloop tunnels when they meet Dodgson in the movie. So we always look for where that makes sense, we never want to shoehorn. We don’t want these easter eggs or these crossovers to ever feel solely for fan service. But if it supports our plot and our characters and can also then fill in some gaps that may be there that the audience doesn’t see in the movie, that’s the sweet spot. 

Were there conversations about teasing Rebirth at any time during the season?

I’ll be honest with you. By the time Rebirth really came out, we were done writing this. I got a chance to see a draft of the script, but right when they started shooting, we had been done writing for a while. So when we started this series, we didn’t even know there was a Rebirth. So I think had we known, we probably would have given some sort of nod to where the story was going. 

You bring back Dr. Wu this season and give him a bit of an attempt at redemption. What drove that decision?

He had some great interactions with Brooklynn in Camp Cretaceous, and it felt like a great way of not just bringing him in but also supporting Brooklynn’s character arc of seeking forgiveness. Likewise, Dr. Wu is seeking forgiveness from the world for everything that he’s been responsible for. It just worked out really nicely; it was one of those sort of serendipitous moments where both of these stories and these characters, their arcs really dovetailed beautifully, where we have that in the season. 

Speaking of Brooklynn, she has a fascinating arc this season where she spends most of it trying to apologize and find redemption, but the rest of the characters deny her that, or at least don’t make it easy on her. Talk about that decision and exploring her story this season.

I’m glad we did it. I love that we spent the time because life isn’t just, “Oh, sorry, all’s forgiven.” Going back to season one of Chaos Theory, there’s a world where all the kids get back together in the pilot and everything is forgotten, and we’re off and running. But we really wanted to take our time with these characters that we know so well at this point and we care about, so we wanted to tell an authentic story, which is that Brooklynn has a lot to answer for. She’s made a lot of questionable decisions. You may agree or disagree with what she did and why she did it, but it didn’t seem real to us that they would just go “Everything is fine now.” So we wanted to explore what that would be like and how it would be different between her and all the other members of the crew.

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory’s final season arrives on Netflix globally on November 20th, 2025. We have one final question to ask Scott Kreamer, which we’ll include in an ending explained piece on the day of release.