Lost Is A Mystery Show, So I

It's Just Immensely Frustrating That Things Like Breaking Bad Get Made That Are Kind Of Perfect! There's Not Even A Bad Episode Of Breaking Bad, Let Alone A Bad Season. I Want To Be Able To Say, "hey Everybody, It's Impossible To Make A Show Where Every Episode Is Great!" No It's Not.

Look, We Can Definitively Agree That Cable Is Far Superior To Network. That Isn't To Say That There Can't Be A Great Network Drama Or Comedy That Makes 20-plus Episodes A Year. We Know That There Are, And There Have Been.

Sometimes We Get Frustrated Ourselves And Decide It's Time To Download A Big Chunk Of Mythology. And Then The Audience Says, 'i Find This Confusing And Alienating And Too Weird.' So Then We Pull Back, And They Say, 'you're Not Giving Us Enough'.

Good Twists Are Enormously Hard To Come By, And I Think The Best Ones Are Earned Ones. The Idea That A Story Can Take A Left Turn On You, It's Easy To Do, But It Has To Be Done Very, Very Carefully, Or Else You Risk Losing The Audience's Trust.

As Cliched As It Sounds, If You Have An Original Voice And An Original Idea, Then No Matter What Anybody Says, You Have To Find A Way To Tell That Story.