Dan Fogelman

Yeah, and so we were sitting and taking such great care to protect the secrets and then realized there were tour groups just driving by with the windows open that could look right in the window and see everything.

It was more, we just really built it out. We knew from the very beginning in those first couple of weeks that it was going to be a house fire, that he wasn't going to die in the house fire, that he was going to die from the after effects of it, that those after effects were going to have been caused by going back in for the family dog. So we knew all that.

It was more, we just really built it out. We knew from the very beginning in those first couple of weeks that it was going to be a house fire, that he wasn't going to die in the house fire, that he was going to die from the after effects of it, that those after effects were going to have been caused by going back in for the family dog. So we knew all that.

It was more, we just really built it out. We knew from the very beginning in those first couple of weeks that it was going to be a house fire, that he wasn't going to die in the house fire, that he was going to die from the after effects of it, that those after effects were going to have been caused by going back in for the family dog. So we knew all that.

And then it was just really a matter of like parsing it out and making sure everything we told up until that point had been delivered at the right time and the right way. And just, it's kind of easy when you know the end. Like it's not as hard as it seems.

And then it was just really a matter of like parsing it out and making sure everything we told up until that point had been delivered at the right time and the right way. And just, it's kind of easy when you know the end. Like it's not as hard as it seems.

And then it was just really a matter of like parsing it out and making sure everything we told up until that point had been delivered at the right time and the right way. And just, it's kind of easy when you know the end. Like it's not as hard as it seems.

The ironic part was, I think, when I came into the writer's room, I believe... I had a couple of scripts. We definitely had the pilot done. And I might have written the second script already. I can't remember. And I kind of, whenever I'm starting a writer's room, I send out a document to the writers that says, here's what the show is. Here's what I don't know yet. Here's kind of my plan.

The ironic part was, I think, when I came into the writer's room, I believe... I had a couple of scripts. We definitely had the pilot done. And I might have written the second script already. I can't remember. And I kind of, whenever I'm starting a writer's room, I send out a document to the writers that says, here's what the show is. Here's what I don't know yet. Here's kind of my plan.

The ironic part was, I think, when I came into the writer's room, I believe... I had a couple of scripts. We definitely had the pilot done. And I might have written the second script already. I can't remember. And I kind of, whenever I'm starting a writer's room, I send out a document to the writers that says, here's what the show is. Here's what I don't know yet. Here's kind of my plan.

And I'm pretty sure House Fire was just ingrained from the beginning. Yeah, okay. And all the detail of it, the going back in for the dog and the after effects of it. But I think just it was a decision I made early in that early document that just held. I think I thought...

And I'm pretty sure House Fire was just ingrained from the beginning. Yeah, okay. And all the detail of it, the going back in for the dog and the after effects of it. But I think just it was a decision I made early in that early document that just held. I think I thought...

And I'm pretty sure House Fire was just ingrained from the beginning. Yeah, okay. And all the detail of it, the going back in for the dog and the after effects of it. But I think just it was a decision I made early in that early document that just held. I think I thought...

for a show that was gonna be about a family, that this hinge point being the burning down of their house would be like an interesting way to do it. Sure. I don't think it was something we backed into. I think we had that and then we backed into the steps of how to get there.

for a show that was gonna be about a family, that this hinge point being the burning down of their house would be like an interesting way to do it. Sure. I don't think it was something we backed into. I think we had that and then we backed into the steps of how to get there.

for a show that was gonna be about a family, that this hinge point being the burning down of their house would be like an interesting way to do it. Sure. I don't think it was something we backed into. I think we had that and then we backed into the steps of how to get there.

The ironic part was that when we made the show, it never occurred to me how big a deal the mystery of Jack's death was gonna be. I thought it was gonna be a small component. And when I'd wrote it out, I'd be like, oh, we'll eventually get to the part where you reveal how it happened and that there was a fire.

The ironic part was that when we made the show, it never occurred to me how big a deal the mystery of Jack's death was gonna be. I thought it was gonna be a small component. And when I'd wrote it out, I'd be like, oh, we'll eventually get to the part where you reveal how it happened and that there was a fire.

The ironic part was that when we made the show, it never occurred to me how big a deal the mystery of Jack's death was gonna be. I thought it was gonna be a small component. And when I'd wrote it out, I'd be like, oh, we'll eventually get to the part where you reveal how it happened and that there was a fire.

it wasn't until like the first episode started screening and people were like, where's the dad? And the second episode, what happened to the dad? And it took on a life of its own. It was always part of the fabric, but I didn't realize what a big deal it was going to become.