I'd do the crime flashbacks when I felt it was important to kick that character's story up, ... A lot of times what I wanted to do was to say, 'This is who you think this guy is, the stereotype that you have of him,' by showing the crime, and over the course of the series reveal other aspects of him. -Tom Fontana

 

I'd do the crime flashbacks when I felt it was important to kick that character's story up, ... A lot of times what I wanted to do was to say, 'This is who you think this guy is, the stereotype that you have of him,' by showing the crime, and over the course of the series reveal other aspects of him.


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I'd write one character's story for all eight episodes, then the next character, while one of the other writers may be working on pieces of another character's story.

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We wanted to tell the truth about what it is like to go to college in 2006.

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I'd do the crime flashbacks when I felt it was important to kick that character's story up, ... A lot of times what I wanted to do was to say, 'This is who you think this guy is, the stereotype that you have of him,' by showing the crime, and over the course of the series reveal other aspects of him. -Tom Fontana
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I said no. I told him I found the ruling incomprehensible. He said the censor would do the edit.

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The message here is that [viewers will] be forced to go alternative ways of looking at shows if they want to see the real thing. It's like they're telling people that broadcast television now has much less interesting stuff than you see on the Web or cable.

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People don't date anymore. It is like a prehistoric notion. -Tom Fontana
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I made it up off the top of my head, ... At this point I can't even remember why I came up with that term. It just popped into my head one day and made me laugh.

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