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There Are Story-room Sessions Where You Think About The Big Picture, Like A Novel, But Once You Have Certain Things In Place, You Have To Treat Each Episode Like An Hour Of Tv, And Think That Maybe This Will Be The Only Episode That Anyone Will Ever Watch. You Want To Have Some Sort Of Beginning, Middle, And End To The Episode, Even If You Have Storylines That Are Carrying Over. You Still Want It To Feel Like A Cohesive Hour Of Entertainment. And You Can't Think About Both At The Same Time.

The Payment For Sins Can Be Delayed. But They Cant Be Avoided.

Series Finales Have That Responsibility To Leave You Feeling Good About Entire Series. You Want To Feel Like The Viewer Closes The Book Satisfied. And If You Strike Out On The Finale It Skews How You Feel About The Entire Series.

I Was Never That Kid Who Grew Up In New York And Was Always At The Arthouse Watching Important Films. I Was The Kid Who Grew Up In The Midwest Where There Weren't Any Art Films, And I Watched Tv. And That Was Really The Medium That Affected Me And That I Fell In Love With.

One Of The Tricky Things About Running A Tv Show Is That You Just Never Know How Good The Guest Stars You Cast On A Weekly Basis, How Good They're Going To Be In The Episode. Sometimes They Surprise You In Good Ways And Sometimes They Surprise You In Disappointing Ways.