We ["Mary and Jane"] did not want to be a weed show, like it is a bunch of people sitting around smoking.

The original pilot script [ of "Mary and Jane"], we literally just wrote for fun. It was, let's just do this.

Hopefully we have a slightly different vibe, but also East Side is where a lot young people live. It is a really fun, trendy, funky neighborhood, and it is ripe for satire, that area specifically.

We did want it ["Mary and Jane"] to feel a little different and have some surreal weird touches, which we try to do every episode. That is what we took advantage of.

I don't want to call the show [ "Mary and Jane" ] a satire because it is not, but there are satirical elements.

There is an episode [in "Mary and Jane"] where there is not a lot of pot smoking, but there is a giant wall of weed in their apartment.

When we were done and not picked up to series yet, they wanted us to read lots of writers. I was like, "No." Then we finally were picked up. It is hard not to start thinking of story lines. It is like doodling.