John Smith

Oh, no, it's changed all along the way. Oh, wow.

Oh, no, it's changed all along the way. Oh, wow.

Oh, no, it's changed all along the way. Oh, wow.

For me, that's the joy of writing television. Did you think you were doing one season at first?

For me, that's the joy of writing television. Did you think you were doing one season at first?

For me, that's the joy of writing television. Did you think you were doing one season at first?

No, I'm I'm Jewish. I prepare for failure.

No, I'm I'm Jewish. I prepare for failure.

No, I'm I'm Jewish. I prepare for failure.

So I assumed that it would be one season and done. And season one definitely ended.

So I assumed that it would be one season and done. And season one definitely ended.

So I assumed that it would be one season and done. And season one definitely ended.

Well, let me just say for those in your audience who are writing pieces like this, it's not an accident that there was like, oh my God, who's going to survive the car bombing at the end of... And that there was an, oh my God, at the end of season two. I mean... you do want to create a situation where also Netflix wants to know what's going to happen.

Well, let me just say for those in your audience who are writing pieces like this, it's not an accident that there was like, oh my God, who's going to survive the car bombing at the end of... And that there was an, oh my God, at the end of season two. I mean... you do want to create a situation where also Netflix wants to know what's going to happen.

Well, let me just say for those in your audience who are writing pieces like this, it's not an accident that there was like, oh my God, who's going to survive the car bombing at the end of... And that there was an, oh my God, at the end of season two. I mean... you do want to create a situation where also Netflix wants to know what's going to happen.

So, and that sometimes, you know, definitely helps. But, The world has not stopped turning even for a second to let us tell any story that we thought we would have told a couple of years ago. You and I have a friend in common who, Daphna Linzer, who was helpful all along through the creation of this series and still now.

So, and that sometimes, you know, definitely helps. But, The world has not stopped turning even for a second to let us tell any story that we thought we would have told a couple of years ago. You and I have a friend in common who, Daphna Linzer, who was helpful all along through the creation of this series and still now.

So, and that sometimes, you know, definitely helps. But, The world has not stopped turning even for a second to let us tell any story that we thought we would have told a couple of years ago. You and I have a friend in common who, Daphna Linzer, who was helpful all along through the creation of this series and still now.

And I talked to her a lot about the story that we were going to tell in the very first season and While we were still writing that story, we were about five scripts in and we had spoken to a woman named Heather Conley, who's a Russia expert. She's really fantastic, brilliant woman.

And I talked to her a lot about the story that we were going to tell in the very first season and While we were still writing that story, we were about five scripts in and we had spoken to a woman named Heather Conley, who's a Russia expert. She's really fantastic, brilliant woman.