I always saw the show ending with Oliver’s death, but Oliver’s death in the actual finale.
The implication being, of course, that he inspired Batman.
So that, of course, didn’t happen for a variety of different reasons — not the least of which is Batwoman came along — but that was my original conception.
And then you would go to this rooftop in a whole other city, and on the cut, a thug or some bad guy would crash into the frame, having been punched off-screen.