Shawn Ryan
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"Shawn Ryan" is an American screenwriter and television producer best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series The Shield (2002-2008) and The Chicago Code (2011). Ryan also co-created the American Broadcasting Company/ABC series Last Resort (U.S. TV series)/Last Resort (2012), and produced The Unit (2006-2009), Lie to Me (2009-2010) and Terriers (TV series)/Terriers (2010).

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Everyone, I think, felt more comfortable staying together and working rather than sitting at home trying to deal with this.

He's going to be a great foil for the guys on our show. Forest has always impressed me with his range. He's got an incredible sweetness and soulfulness but also strength. It's a rare combination for an actor and that appealed to me with this character.

This was really one of the great guys of Hollywood.

You don't. You just go back and insert some lines.

The payment for certain sins can be delayed. But they can't be avoided.

But he's someone that the networks, the studio, I think, in the past viewed a little dangerously. And I'm hoping that any success we might have with this will change their opinions of that because I've never met someone as committed and professional and intent on making good dramas as he is.

I think everyone would have felt lost if they went home and had to deal with this and had nothing to do.

He's going to be a great foil for the guys on the show.